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COML 1104
FWS: Reading Films

We live in an image-saturated world. How do we make sense of the moving image and its powerful roles in shaping culture and mediating our relationship with the world? This course will equip students with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19040 COML 1104   SEM 101

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19041 COML 1104   SEM 102

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19042 COML 1104   SEM 103

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi:

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19043 COML 1104   SEM 104

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

COML 1105
FWS: Books with Big Ideas

What do Frankenstein and Things Fall Apart have in common? What lies behind the fantastical stories of Aladdin? Do we have to like Garcia Márquez and Shakespeare? These texts and authors re-imagine the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19045 COML 1105   SEM 101

  •  
    • MWF Uris Hall 398
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Valdez, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19046 COML 1105   SEM 102

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19047 COML 1105   SEM 103

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19048 COML 1105   SEM 104

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

COML 1106
FWS: Robots

In 2015, Japan's SoftBank Robotics Corporation announced the world's first robot with feelings. Many people were excited, many more disturbed. If robots are simply, as the dictionary suggests, machines ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19057 COML 1106   SEM 101

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

COML 1139
FWS: The Art of Criticism

In this course, we will read works of literary, cultural, music, art, and film criticism aimed at a popular audience, from a range of magazines and other publications. We will discuss what makes a successful ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19062 COML 1139   SEM 101

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

COML 2000
Introduction to Visual Studies

This course provides an introduction to modes of vision and the historical impact of visual images, visual structures, and visual space on culture, communication, and politics. It examines all aspects ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2000, ARTH 2000, VISST 2000

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  4812 COML 2000   LEC 001

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5662 COML 2000   DIS 201

  •  
    • R Uris Hall G28
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5663 COML 2000   DIS 202

  •  
    • R Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5664 COML 2000   DIS 203

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5665 COML 2000   DIS 204

  •  
    • F Morrill Hall 110
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5666 COML 2000   DIS 205

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5667 COML 2000   DIS 206

  •  
    • R Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6011 COML 2000   DIS 207

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6012 COML 2000   DIS 208

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 2050
Introduction to Poetry

Could a meter have a meaning? Could there be a reason for a rhyme? And what is lost and gained in translation? We'll consider such questions in this introduction to poetry. We'll see how poems are put ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17925 COML 2050   SEM 101

  •  
    • MWF Uris Hall G22
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Pollak, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 2271
Reading for the End of Time

This course will explore how in the body of world literature humans have construed, narrated, imagined the end of time and of the world and sometimes its new beginning.  Spanning from ancient epic and ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2971

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17926 COML 2271   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR Morrill Hall 111
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Melas, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 2282
Speculative Asias

This course explores Asian speculative literary fiction and cinema including early mythological influences, science fiction, and contemporary discourses of technoscientific progress. Students will examine ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2282

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20223 COML 2282   LEC 001

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 2703
Thinking Media

From hieroglyphs to HTML, ancient poetry to audiotape, and Plato's cave to virtual reality, "Thinking Media" offers a multidisciplinary introduction to the most influential media formats of the last three ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  5863 COML 2703   LEC 001

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 3113
Imagining the Middle Ages: Films, Games, and Media

The medieval past often returns in modern media with a critical twist. This course explores the imagination of the Middle Ages in modern films, video games, and other popular media. It introduces classic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 19584 COML 3113   SEM 101

  •  
    • MW Uris Library 311
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Born, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 3262
Global Cinema II

Global Cinema I and II together offer an overview of international film history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: PMA 3551, PMA 6551, VISST 3176

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6158 COML 3262   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18914 COML 3262   LAB 401

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 3389
The Revolutionary as Author: Autobiography and Political Myth

In this course, we will read some of the most influential examples of a genre at the intersection of literature and history: the memoir of the revolutionary. As we study the autobiographies of Russian, ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3989, RUSSL 3389

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18475 COML 3389   SEM 101

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    • MW Uris Hall 494
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Pinkham, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 3485
Cinematic Cities

Beginning in the early days of silent cinema, a rich tradition of what are called "city films," combines technological innovation with the exploration of specific urban spaces. Students in this class will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17121 COML 3485   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR Klarman Hall KG42
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Keller, P

      Lawless, C

    • M Klarman Hall KG70
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Keller, P

      Lawless, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    There will be a mandatory weekly movie viewing. conducted in English.

COML 3541
Introduction to Critical Theory

Shortly after the 2016 election, The New Yorker published an article entitled "The Frankfurt School Knew Trump was Coming." This course examines what the Frankfurt School knew by introducing students to ... view course details

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  • 16953 COML 3541   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR Malott Hall 253
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Fleming, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 3550
Decadence

"My existence is a scandal," Oscar Wilde once wrote, summing up in an epigram the effect of his carefully cultivated style of perversity and paradox. Through their celebration of "art for art's sake" and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3550, FGSS 3550, LGBT 3550

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20080 COML 3550   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR White Hall 110
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Hanson, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 3780
What is a People? The Social Contract and its Discontents

When Jean-Jacques Rousseau introduced the concept of the "general will" in his classic text The Social Contract, he made what was then an unprecedented and scandalous claim: that the people as a whole, ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FREN 3780, GOVT 3786

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18768 COML 3780   SEM 101

  •  
    • MW Uris Hall 312
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • McNulty, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Conducted in English.

COML 3800
Poetry and Poetics of the Americas

As globalization draws the Americas ever closer together, reshaping our sense of a common and uncommon American culture, what claims might be made for a distinctive, diverse poetry and poetics of the America? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17898 COML 3800   SEM 101

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 3985
Literature of Leaving China

Ever since the creation of the concept of a culturally and geographically stable center in China, people have been intentionally excluded from that center. Disgraced officials are sent to far-flung provinces, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3329, CAPS 3329

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6280 COML 3985   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR Morrill Hall 110
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 4110
The National Question: Theory and Critique

For critical theory, the nation and nationalism have always been vexed issues. How to consider the relation of the nation and capital? Is the nation merely an institution that serves to ideologically ground ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19412 COML 4110   SEM 101

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 4200
Independent Study

COML 4190 and COML 4200 may be taken independently of each other. Undergraduate student and faculty advisor to determine course of study and credit hours. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6632 COML 4200   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Melas, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    If you do not see the faculty member you wish to work with, please use 601.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4253 COML 4200   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Monroe, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5084 COML 4200   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Bachner, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6606 COML 4200   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Banerjee, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4950 COML 4200   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Caruth, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4951 COML 4200   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Castillo, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4952 COML 4200   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6633 COML 4200   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6634 COML 4200   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Vaziri, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6635 COML 4200   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • McNulty, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6636 COML 4200   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Murray, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5883 COML 4200   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Pinkus, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4953 COML 4200   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Pollak, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6637 COML 4200   IND 629

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Fleming, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6638 COML 4200   IND 633

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Keller, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6639 COML 4200   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Lorenz, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

COML 4334
Caribbean Worlds: Landscape, Labor and Climate Imaginaries

The seminar will explore relations between the tangible effects of climate on urban, infrastructural, and ecological landscapes in the Caribbean and lived experiences of climate as mediated through literature, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 19414 COML 4334   SEM 101

  •  
    • T Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Melas, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 4452
Trauma Across Borders

This course will begin with some of the earliest theoretical works on personal and historical trauma and pass through several traditions of interpretation (French, American, etc.). Then we will move to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6452, ENGL 3452

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17903 COML 4452   SEM 101

  •  
    • M Clark Hall 294C
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Caruth, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 4902
Environmental Humanities: Theories and Methods

The environmental humanities pose a radically different set of questions to texts, materials, and contexts that were previously approached in terms of human intentions and actions alone. This seminar explores ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6902, STS 4902, STS 6902

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17904 COML 4902   SEM 101

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 4930
Senior Essay

Times TBA individually in consultation with director of Senior Essay Colloquium. Approximately 50 pages to be written over the course of two semesters in the student's senior year under the direction of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5170 COML 4930   IND 601

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Melas, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

COML 4940
Senior Essay

Times TBA individually in consultation with director of Senior Essay Colloquium. Approximately 50 pages to be written over the course of two semesters in the student's senior year under the direction of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5583 COML 4940   IND 601

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5401 COML 4940   IND 603

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Bachner, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4954 COML 4940   IND 604

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Banerjee, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5487 COML 4940   IND 606

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Caruth, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4955 COML 4940   IND 607

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Castillo, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4956 COML 4940   IND 613

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6648 COML 4940   IND 616

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Vaziri, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6649 COML 4940   IND 617

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • McNulty, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6650 COML 4940   IND 620

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Murray, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5867 COML 4940   IND 622

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Pinkus, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4959 COML 4940   IND 623

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Pollak, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5762 COML 4940   IND 629

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Fleming, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5890 COML 4940   IND 633

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Byrd, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6651 COML 4940   IND 634

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Fleming, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6534 COML 4940   IND 646

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Long, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6535 COML 4940   IND 647

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Terhmina, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6536 COML 4940   IND 648

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Lorenz, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

COML 6124
Arabic Literature from the Margins

Interrogating the notion of the margins, this class will explore works of contemporary Arabic literature that represent voices marginalized within the Arabic-speaking communities in which they are produced. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 6124

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19785 COML 6124   SEM 101

  •  
    • M Uris Hall 375A
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Starr, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 6200
Independent Study

This course gives students the opportunity to work with a selected instructor to pursue special interests or research not treated in regularly scheduled courses. After getting permission of the instructor, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5231 COML 6200   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Bachner, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4957 COML 6200   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Banerjee, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5485 COML 6200   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Caruth, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4958 COML 6200   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Castillo, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5486 COML 6200   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6640 COML 6200   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6641 COML 6200   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Vaziri, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6642 COML 6200   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • McNulty, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6643 COML 6200   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Murray, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6644 COML 6200   IND 622

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Pinkus, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6645 COML 6200   IND 629

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Fleming, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6646 COML 6200   IND 633

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Keller, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6647 COML 6200   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Lorenz, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6627 COML 6200   IND 649

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Ghanayem, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

COML 6250
Psychoanalysis and the Human

How does psychoanalysis conceive the human, and what does it offer humanity at the crossroads where we find ourselves today? These questions animate the work of Haitian-Quebecois psychoanalyst Willy Apollon, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FREN 6250

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17835 COML 6250   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Conducted in English.

COML 6334
Caribbean Worlds: Landscape, Labor and Climate Imaginaries

The seminar will explore relations between the tangible effects of climate on urban, infrastructural, and ecological landscapes in the Caribbean and lived experiences of climate as mediated through literature, ... view course details

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  • 19881 COML 6334   SEM 101

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    • T Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Melas, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 6452
Trauma Across Borders

This course will begin with some of the earliest theoretical works on personal and historical trauma and pass through several traditions of interpretation (French, American, etc.). Then we will move to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4452, ENGL 3452

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18480 COML 6452   SEM 101

  •  
    • M Clark Hall 294C
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Caruth, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 6490
Marx and Contemporary Theory

This course is intended to familiarize graduate students with the intellectual history, background, and development of Marxist theory in relation to the contemporary literary and cultural-theoretical landscape. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19781 COML 6490   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 6622
Asia as Question

To hone our skills in the analysis of topics in Asian studies, we will review critically a number of switchpoints that have produced conceptual difference in recent scholarly work. Asia scholars have laid ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6622

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7659 COML 6622   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Ph.D. students.

COML 6681
Systems Theory and Asia Critique

The history of systems theory involves complex stories of technoscientific change and knowledge production on a global scale. In recent years, scholars have increasingly moved away from the field's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6681

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 20209 COML 6681   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to graduate students only.

COML 6685
Literature of Leaving China

Ever since the creation of the concept of a culturally and geographically stable center in China, people have been intentionally excluded from that center. Disgraced officials are sent to far-flung provinces, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6639

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6456 COML 6685   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 6902
Environmental Humanities: Theories and Methods

The environmental humanities pose a radically different set of questions to texts, materials, and contexts that were previously approached in terms of human intentions and actions alone. This seminar explores ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4902, STS 4902, STS 6902

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17911 COML 6902   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COML 6960
Rites of Contact: Emergent German Literatures and Critical Method

New forms of German literature emerged in the wake of transnational labor migration, especially after 1989. Taking leave of a sociological model that interprets this literature only in terms of intercultural ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 6960, NES 6960

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16945 COML 6960   SEM 101

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    • R Uris Hall 260
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Adelson, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: good reading knowledge of German and English; enrollment limited to graduate students; exceptions require instructor approval.