Jewish Studies (JWST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.
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Classes
JWST 1102
Course Description
Intended for beginners. Provides a thorough grounding in reading, writing, grammar, oral comprehension, and speaking. Students who complete the course are able to function in basic situations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1102
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR White Hall B14
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1102
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR White Hall B14
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
JWST 1710
Course Description
Who were the Jews that first settled in the Americas and around the Atlantic? How did their experiences intersect with processes of colonization, empire-building, racialization, and the formation of an ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: HIST 1710, RELST 1710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Juni, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Sibley Hall 208
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- W Sibley Hall B10
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2100
Course Description
The course is aimed at training students in exact and idiomatic Hebrew, expanding vocabulary and usage of grammatical knowledge, and acquiring facility of expression in both conversation and writing. Uses ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 2100
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR White Hall B14
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
JWST 2195
Course Description
Drawing on a combination of primary and secondary sources, this course explores the multiple forms and evolution of biographical writing from the Renaissance onward. We will interrogate the relationship ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2195
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR McGraw Hall 145
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Juni, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2522
Course Description
This course examines the production and exchange of wine, beer, coffee and tea, and the social and ideological dynamics involved in their consumption. We start in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and end ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2522, CLASS 2630, NES 2522
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Monroe, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This course examines the production and exchange of wine, beer, coffee and tea, and the social and ideological dynamics involved in their consumption. We start in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and end with tea and coffee in the Arab and Ottoman worlds. Archaeological and textual evidence will be used throughout to show the centrality of drinking in daily, ritual and political life.
JWST 2523
Course Description
Islamophobia and Judeophobia are ideas and like all ideas they have a history of their own. Although today many might think of Islamophobia or Judeophobia as unchangeable---fear of and hatred for Islam ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COML 2523, GOVT 2523, NES 2523, RELST 2523
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Brann, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F White Hall B14
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F White Hall B14
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F White Hall B14
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F White Hall B14
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2599
Course Description
This course explores the history of medicine and other sciences in the ancient Near East, broadly defined. In addition to medicine, the other scientific disciplines covered in this course include mathematics, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 2599, NES 2599, RELST 2599
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 132
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Mokhtarian, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2644
Course Description
This course is an introduction to Jewish identities, values, and practices from the ancient to modern era. Organized thematically, it examines Judaism as a religious phenomenon, with a particular emphasis ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2644, RELST 2644
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 110
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Monroe, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2790
Course Description
What does it mean to call a film is "Jewish"? Does it have to represent Jewish life? Does it have to feature characters identifiable as Jews? If artists who identify as Jews—actors, directors, screenwriters, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2790, PMA 2490, VISST 2790
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall 110
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Shapiro, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2958
Course Description
In the course we will study the history of the lands, peoples, and states of Eastern Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries as an integral part of modern Europlean and global history. We will ask what ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2958
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Florea, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 3102
Course Description
This is the second course in our third-year Modern Hebrew language sequence. Like its predecessor, it focuses on developing speech proficiency, reading and listening comprehension, and writing. It does ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 3102
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR White Hall B14
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 3588
Course Description
The purpose of the course is to place the Bible within the context of a larger ancient world that can be explored by systematic excavation of physical remains. Students will become familiar with archaeological ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3588, NES 3588, NES 6588, RELST 3588, RELST 6588
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 106
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Monroe, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 3655
Course Description
This course examines the historic diversity of the modern Middle East, exploring histories of inter-communal contact and conflict. We begin by investigating the legacy of the Ottoman Empire and the impact ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3743, NES 3655, NES 6655, SHUM 3655
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Sibley Hall 208
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Starr, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 3732
Course Description
The concept of law plays a central role in Judaism. We often use the word 'law' to describe obligatory Jewish religious practices. But is that 'law,' as compared with state law? Legal systems in the U.S. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 3732, RELST 3734
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Juni, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 3888
Course Description
This course explores the interactions between Jews, Christians, and other religious groups in late antiquity, especially in Sasanian Persia circa the first through seventh century C.E. Students pay particular ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 6888, MEDVL 3888, MEDVL 6888, NES 3888, NES 6888, RELST 3888, RELST 6888
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Mokhtarian, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 4407
Course Description
The modern Jewish religious movement known as Hasidism began in Eastern Europe in the eighteenth century and thrives today. We will approach Hasidism primarily through three avenues: recent critical social ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4407, ANTHR 7407, JWST 7404, NES 4407, NES 7404, RELST 4407, RELST 7404
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T McGraw Hall B65
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Boyarin, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 4520
Course Description
From Jerusalem to Rome, from Shanghai to Marrakesh, Jews and cities have been shaping each other for thousands of years. This course ranges through time and space to examine how Jewish and other "minority" ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4620, ANTHR 7620, HIST 4520, HIST 6520, JWST 7520, NES 4520, NES 7520
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall 110
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Sampson, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 4540
Course Description
Moses Maimonides who was born in Cordoba (1138), moved to Fez as a youth and died in Cairo (1204) is regarded by Jewish, Islamic, and Christian tradition alike as the most important Jewish religious ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 4540, MEDVL 6540, NES 4540, NES 6540, RELST 4540, SPAN 4540
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Sibley Hall 318
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Brann, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 4790
Course Description
Spinoza was excommunicated, wrote under death threats, and has remained a scandal to philosophy, psychoanalysis, politics, ethics, literature. "Every philosopher has two philosophies, his own and Spinoza's" ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4090, GERST 4290, GOVT 4769
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 106
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Waite, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 4913
Course Description
This extraordinary figure died in 1941, and his death is emblematic of the intellectual depredations of Nazism. Yet since World War II, his influence, his reputation, and his fascination for scholars ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4413, ANTHR 7413, COML 4429, GERST 4413, GERST 6413, JWST 7913, NES 4913, NES 7913
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M McGraw Hall B65
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Boyarin, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 4992
Course Description
For undergraduates who wish to obtain research experience or do extensive reading on a special topic. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to supervise ... view course details
JWST 6150
Course Description
Amidst widespread discussion of Holocaust memory as a globalized phenomenon, this seminar explores Jewish literature written in German since 1945. For these writers and their texts, the historical encounter ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 6150
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 158
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Adelson, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: Required readings in German. Class discussion in English. Enrollment limited to graduate students.
JWST 6888
Course Description
This course explores the interactions between Jews, Christians, and other religious groups in late antiquity, especially in Sasanian Persia circa the first through seventh century C.E. Students pay particular ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 3888, MEDVL 3888, MEDVL 6888, NES 3888, NES 6888, RELST 3888, RELST 6888
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Mokhtarian, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 7404
Course Description
The modern Jewish religious movement known as Hasidism began in Eastern Europe in the eighteenth century and thrives today. We will approach Hasidism primarily through three avenues: recent critical social ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4407, ANTHR 7407, JWST 4407, NES 4407, NES 7404, RELST 4407, RELST 7404
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T McGraw Hall B65
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Boyarin, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 7520
Course Description
From Jerusalem to Rome, from Shanghai to Marrakesh, Jews and cities have been shaping each other for thousands of years. This course ranges through time and space to examine how Jewish and other "minority" ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4620, ANTHR 7620, HIST 4520, HIST 6520, JWST 4520, NES 4520, NES 7520
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall 110
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Sampson, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 7913
Course Description
This extraordinary figure died in 1941, and his death is emblematic of the intellectual depredations of Nazism. Yet since World War II, his influence, his reputation, and his fascination for scholars in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4413, ANTHR 7413, COML 4429, GERST 4413, GERST 6413, JWST 4913, NES 4913, NES 7913
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M McGraw Hall B65
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Boyarin, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person