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SHUM 1930
A Global History of Love

By posing seemingly simple questions such as what is love and who has the right to love, this introductory-level lecture course surveys how love has been experienced and expressed from the pre-modern period ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2930, FGSS 1940, HIST 1930, LGBT 1940

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17630 SHUM 1930   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Ghosh, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17631 SHUM 1930   DIS 201

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    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17632 SHUM 1930   DIS 202

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    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17633 SHUM 1930   DIS 203

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    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17634 SHUM 1930   DIS 204

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    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

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  • 17635 SHUM 1930   DIS 205

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    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

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  • 17636 SHUM 1930   DIS 206

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    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2158
St. Petersburg and the Making of Modern Russia

Founded by Peter the Great in the early eighteenth century, St. Petersburg was built expressly to advertise the triumph of enlightened absolutism at home and to display Russia's status as a major European ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2158, RUSSL 2158

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17663 SHUM 2158   SEM 101

  •  
    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Litvak, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2315
The Occupation of Japan

In August 1945, Japan was a devastated country; its cities burned, its people starving, its military and government in surrender. World War II was over. The occupation had begun. What sort of society emerged ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2315, ASIAN 2258, HIST 2315

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17654 SHUM 2315   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17655 SHUM 2315   IND 601

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 2350
Literature and Medicine

How does literary language depict the experience of physical suffering? Can a poem or a novel palliate pain, illness, even the possibility of death? From darkly comic narratives of black plague to the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 18645 SHUM 2350   LEC 001

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    • MWF
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Cohn, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2367
Humanitarianism: A Counter-History

This course is a counter-history of modern humanitarianism, humanitarian law, and human rights, with perspectives from the Near East. Humanitarianism aspires to fulfill the promise of human rights. It ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2637, NES 2367

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20187 SHUM 2367   LEC 001

  •  
    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Polat, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2435
Global Maoism: History and Present

Maoism and Chinese Communism are not history after Mao's death in 1976. In China, Maoism holds the key to the enduring success of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), one of the most remarkable organizations ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: CAPS 2435, HIST 2435

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 11534 SHUM 2435   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Sun, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11535 SHUM 2435   IND 601

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 2455
Introduction to Bioethics

Bioethics is the study of ethical questions raised by advances in the medical field. Questions we'll discuss will include: Is it morally permissible to advance a patient's death, at his or her request, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2455, STS 2451

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17929 SHUM 2455   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18185 SHUM 2455   DIS 201

  •  
    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18469 SHUM 2455   DIS 202

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    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18470 SHUM 2455   DIS 203

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    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2460
Japanese Pop Culture

Japanese pop culture—anime, manga, video games, music and more—has been a major phenomenon with massive worldwide popularity for the last three decades. In this course, we will explore a wide range of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2260, FGSS 2260, PMA 2460

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9771 SHUM 2460   LEC 001

  •  
    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Wong, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19049 SHUM 2460   DIS 201

  •  
    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Wong, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19050 SHUM 2460   DIS 202

  •  
    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Wong, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2652
Ancient Greek Drama

This course introduces students to ancient Greek drama, with a particular focus on the genre of tragedy and its relation to the cultural, political, and performance context of Athens in the 5th century ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2652, FGSS 2652, PMA 2652

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20431 SHUM 2652   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Lambert, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 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

  •  5995 SHUM 2703   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Moseley, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2729
Climate, Archaeology and History

An introduction to the story of how human history from the earliest times through to the recent period interrelates with changing climate conditions on Earth. The course explores the whole expanse of human ... view course details

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  • 19246 SHUM 2729   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Manning, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2750
Introduction to Humanities

These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2950

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: The Price is Right

  • 18513 SHUM 2750   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Stephen, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment preference given to: students accepted into the Humanities Scholars Program. For course description, see https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses

Syllabi: none

  • Topic: After Images: From Photography to AI

  • 18514 SHUM 2750   SEM 102

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    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Lorca Fuentealba, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment preference given to: students accepted into the Humanities Scholars Program. For course description, see https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses

SHUM 2805
Introduction to Asian Art: Material Worlds

Trade in and to Asia proved to be a key force in creating our modern "globalized" world. The Indian Ocean and the China Seas converged on Southeast Asia, where a cosmopolitan array of ships from every ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2805, ASIAN 2285, VISST 2805

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5997 SHUM 2805   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • McGowan, K

      Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10351 SHUM 2805   DIS 201

  •  
    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • McGowan, K

      Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18856 SHUM 2805   DIS 202

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    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • McGowan, K

      Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2812
Hieroglyphs to HTML: History of Writing

An introduction to the history and theory of writing systems from cuneiform to the alphabet, historical and new writing media, and the complex relationship of writing technologies to human language and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 11602 SHUM 2812   LEC 001

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    • MWF
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Kirk, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This is part of the Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP).

SHUM 3022
Japan and the Age of Discovery

In 1610, Nahua chronicler Chimalpahin wrote that a group of Japanese merchants had made landfall in Mexico, bringing with them writing desks, folding screens, porcelain, and silk. During this period, Japanese ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3022, ASIAN 6022

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20375 SHUM 3022   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3334
Black Body Politics: Histories, Theories, and Debates

The body has been crucially important to Black liberation politics. Not only has it been a site of contestation and control, but it has also served as a productive site of protest, alliance, and collective ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 19147 SHUM 3334   LEC 001

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    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3370
Listening for Blackness: Sound, Noise, Music

This course will examine how theorists, scientists, artists, and other audiences ask questions of sound and questions of blackness, as well as what those questions reveal about the listener. We will also ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 3370

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20582 SHUM 3370   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Xaka, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3475
Philosophy of Punishment

This course addresses central debates in the philosophy of legal punishment. We will analyze the leading theories of punishment, including the familiar retributivist and deterrent alternatives, as well ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 6030, PHIL 3475, PHIL 6475

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5861 SHUM 3475   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3741
Design Thinking, Media, and Community

This StudioLab course connects critical design teams with researchers, NGOs, and nonprofits working on human rights, public health, and environmental and land rights in the US and abroad. Practicing methods ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3741, INFO 6940

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11189 SHUM 3741   DES 504

  •  
    • WF
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • McKenzie, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3750
Humanities Scholars Research Methods

This course explores the practice, theory, and methodology of humanities research, critical analysis, and communication through writing and oral presentation. We will study the work and impact of humanists ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ANTHR 3950, ARTH 3755, ASIAN 3375, NES 3750

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10099 SHUM 3750   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Ghosh, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  • 10100 SHUM 3750   IND 601

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Ghosh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 3825
The Past and Future of Holocaust Survivor Testimonies

This course will explore Holocaust survivor testimonies, from the multilayered history of their recording across the globe and their increasing institutionalization after the 1980s to their current uses ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 3825

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20376 SHUM 3825   SEM 101

  •  
    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Burzlaff, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3977
Body Politics in African Literature, Cinema, and New Media

This course examines how writers, filmmakers, and content creators from Africa engage with and revise public images of bodies—specifically pleasure, queerness, sex strikes, etc. Our inquiry also ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 20369 SHUM 3977   SEM 101

  •  
    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Diabate, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4020
Jewish Cities

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

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Syllabi: none

  • 20396 SHUM 4020   SEM 101

  •  
    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Sampson, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4025
Literature and Science: Transfers in Poetics and Epistemology

Part epistemology and part experimental humanities, this seminar looks at improbable encounters between the divergent regimes of thought and knowledge expressed by "literature" and the "sciences." Our ... view course details

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  • 20371 SHUM 4025   SEM 101

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4081
Cages and Creativity: Arts in Incarceration

This course explores the increasing presence of all the arts in prisons throughout the country and examines the increasing scholarship surrounding arts programs and their efficacy for incarcerated persons. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4681, PMA 4681

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20368 SHUM 4081   SEM 101

  •  
    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4103
Nabokov, Naturally

Vladimir Nabokov's legacy at Cornell is not limited to the world-famous literary works he produced here. The university's natural and built environments also provided powerful material for his lifelong ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4103, ENVS 4103

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20117 SHUM 4103   SEM 101

  •  
    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Banerjee, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4112
The Historical Geography of Black America

This course provides students with a challenging and interdisciplinary examination of race and space in North American history. It engages public history and critical geographic study through the lens ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 11551 SHUM 4112   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Hyman, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11552 SHUM 4112   IND 601

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 4202
Women and Gender Issues in Africa

There are two contrasting views of the status and role of women in Africa. One view portrays African women as controlled by men in all social institutions. Another view projects women as having a relatively ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4602, ASRC 6602

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11032 SHUM 4202   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4422
Oral History: Theory, Practice, and Method

This course explores the method of oral history in theory and practice, across different topics, contexts, and geographic/national terrains. It will consider questions like: what sorts of insights do oral ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4422

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20323 SHUM 4422   SEM 101

  •  
    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Sandwell, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20324 SHUM 4422   IND 601

  •  
    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Sandwell, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 4426
Narrating Choson Korea: History and Memory

This course will explore the culture and society of Choson Korea (1392—1897) through a variety of historical, literary, and visual representations. Following the major political, social, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4426

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19378 SHUM 4426   SEM 101

  •  
    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4455
Threads of Consequence: Textiles in South and Southeast Asia

This seminar explores how patterned cloths serve as a symbolic medium, functioning on multiple levels of understanding and communication. As spun, dyed, and woven threads of consequence, textiles can be ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 20366 SHUM 4455   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SHUM 4520
Reading Race Early Modern Art

This seminar explores the ways in which artists and craftspeople created representations of non-Europeans that shaped, negotiated, and challenged pluralistic biological and symbolic conceptions of race ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4520, ARTH 6520

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20370 SHUM 4520   SEM 101

  •  
    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Howie, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4555
Indigenous Erasure and Resurfacing

This seminar examines long-term colonialist processes of erasing Indigenous histories, and recent attempts to bring this heritage back to visibility. We will read texts by Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Jean ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 20344 SHUM 4555   SEM 101

  •  
    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4681
Post-Conflict Justice and Resolution in Africa

This course combines literature, film, and other artistic projects in order to explore African forms of collective justice and repair, following the numerous conflicts that have shaken the continent in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17801 SHUM 4681   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Terhmina, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4698
Politics and the Speaking Animal

According to Aristotle, human beings are political animals because they are speaking animals. What's the connection? What are its implications? Is it anti-political to use violence to compel silence, or ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6895, SHUM 6698

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18597 SHUM 4698   SEM 101

  •  
    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Markell, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4699
Mapping the Black Pacific(s): Afro-Asian Encounters

This seminar investigates the emergent concept of the Black Pacific, an area that scholars across multiple disciplines in recent years have begun to shed new light on. This course is designed to encourage ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  • 18721 SHUM 4699   SEM 101

  •  
    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Allen, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4700
The Jewish Dead

We will explore the thesis that far from being dead and therefore gone, the continued presence of the dead is absolutely foundational for the workings of Jewishness. What that "presence" could possibly ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 18918 SHUM 4700   SEM 101

  •  
    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Boyarin, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4701
Nightlife

This course explores nightlife as a temporality that fosters countercultural performances of the self and that serves as a site for the emergence of alternative kinship networks. Focusing on queer communities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17870 SHUM 4701   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Jaime, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4702
Silent Creation: Potential and Dilemmas

When you work, do you listen to music, or wear noise-cancelling headphones? Why? This course will examine historical choices for silence and interact with local practitioners of various crafts to interrogate ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 6702

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18924 SHUM 4702   SEM 101

  •  
    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • LaValle, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4703
The Glitch: Errors, Disability, and the Edges of Digital Media

A "glitch" is when something goes "wrong" in digital media—sometimes, however, it is precisely when something "fails" that can tell us about the structures and forces that underlie that media. In this ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 18927 SHUM 4703   SEM 101

  •  
    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4750
Senior Capstone Seminar for Humanities Scholars

This course is designed to support seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program working on their capstone projects. Students in the course will be guided in their project research and writing. The course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  5652 SHUM 4750   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Lorca Fuentealba, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  5740 SHUM 4750   SEM 102

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Stephen, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SHUM 4800
Rural Humanities Seminar

The Rural Humanities seminar will introduce students to the public humanities as both a disciplinary inquiry and a set of practices grounded in public and community engagement. It is intended to train ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: PMA 4450, PMA 6450, SHUM 6800

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Documenting Local Lives: Filmmaking As Research

  •  6001 SHUM 4800   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Bunn, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Application required. See https://rural.as.cornell.edu/seminar to apply.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  • Topic: Documenting Local Lives: Filmmaking As Research

  •  8936 SHUM 4800   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Bunn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SHUM 4860
Prison Theatre and the Possibilities of Transformation

To explore cultural aspects of imprisonment through a focus on theatre produced by those incarcerated.  Does making theatre in prison seem to assist in transformation? Students create work with PPTG members ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one laboratory. Combined with: PMA 4680

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17887 SHUM 4860   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  • 17888 SHUM 4860   LAB 401

  •  
    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Auburn, NY.

SHUM 6681
Post-Conflict Justice and Resolution in Africa

This course combines literature, film, and other artistic projects in order to explore African forms of collective justice and repair, following the numerous conflicts that have shaken the continent in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17806 SHUM 6681   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Terhmina, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6698
Politics and the Speaking Animal

According to Aristotle, human beings are political animals because they are speaking animals. What's the connection? What are its implications? Is it anti-political to use violence to compel silence, or ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6895, SHUM 4698

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18732 SHUM 6698   SEM 101

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    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Markell, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6699
Mapping the Black Pacific(s): Afro-Asian Encounters

This seminar investigates the emergent concept of the Black Pacific, an area that scholars across multiple disciplines in recent years have begun to shed new light on. This course is designed to encourage ... view course details

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  • 18730 SHUM 6699   SEM 101

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    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Allen, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6700
The Jewish Dead

We will explore the thesis that far from being dead and therefore gone, the continued presence of the dead is absolutely foundational for the workings of Jewishness. What that "presence" could possibly ... view course details

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  • 18919 SHUM 6700   SEM 101

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    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Boyarin, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6702
Silent Creation: Potential and Dilemmas

When you work, do you listen to music, or wear noise-cancelling headphones? Why? This course will examine historical choices for silence and interact with local practitioners of various crafts to interrogate ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 4702

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18923 SHUM 6702   SEM 101

  •  
    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • LaValle, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6703
The Glitch: Errors, Disability, and the Edges of Digital Media

A "glitch" is when something goes "wrong" in digital media—sometimes, however, it is precisely when something "fails" that can tell us about the structures and forces that underlie that media. In this ... view course details

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  • 18928 SHUM 6703   SEM 101

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    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6800
Rural Humanities Seminar

The Rural Humanities seminar will introduce students to the public humanities as both a disciplinary inquiry and a set of practices grounded in public and community engagement. It is intended to train ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: PMA 4450, PMA 6450, SHUM 4800

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Documenting Local Lives: Filmmaking As Research

  •  6002 SHUM 6800   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Bunn, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Application required. See online: rural.as.cornell.edu/seminar to apply.

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  • Topic: Documenting Local Lives: Filmmaking As Research

  •  8937 SHUM 6800   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Bunn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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