DEAN'S TEACHING FELLOWSHIP COURSES

ANTHROPOLOGY

070.391 (H,S)

RELIGION AND THE PROBLEM OF SUFFERING (3) Singh   Limit 25   How do different religious traditions interpret the meaning of human suffering? How are secular responses to suffering inflected by religious or moral imaginations? Key authors include Nietzsche, Weber, Mauss, Deleuze, Rene Girard, Michael Taussig, Veena Das and 
the anthropological literature on social suffering.

M 4:30-7pm

CLASSICS

040.223 (H) W)

EVERYTHING IN MODERATION?  EXPLORING WINE IN ANCIENT GREECE (3) Coccagna   Limit 25   This course explores wine consumption in ancient Greece, including its role in religion, gender, childhood, and ethnicity as well as Greek
attitudes toward moderation and excess in
drinking and other behavior.

MW 3-4:15

HISTORY

100.206 202 (H,S)

CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTS: ORPHANED, ABANDONED AND STOLEN CHILDREN IN AMERICAN HISTORY (3) Adelman   Limit 20    This course studies children separated from parents by death, poverty, abandonment, and coercion, and the ways Americans have cared for them-including indenture, orphanages, “orphan trains,” adoption, and foster care.

TTh 3-4:15

100.309 (H,S)
(W)

SAILORS ASHORE, AFLOAT, AND ACROSS THE LINE TO PIRACY: PERSPECTIVES IN 18TH CENTURY MARITIME HISTORY (3) Roberts Limit 20  Prereq: 100.103 This course looks at the maritime history of the 18th century Anglo-Atlantic and Caribbean from the perspectives of merchant, naval, pirate and enslaved seamen in their communities at sea and ashore.

TTh 3-4:15

HISTORY OF ART

010.290 (H)

AT THE VERY EDGE: THE ART OF ISLAMIC SPAIN AS A FURTIVE INTRODUCTION TO ‘ISLAMIC ART’ (3) Bauer   Limit 25 
The course aims at introducing the problematics of Islamic art by focusing on the art of Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain), where intensive encounters with numerous cultures shaped the formation of a unique and indigenous Islamic art.

TTh 9-10:15

HISTORY OF SCIENCE

140.383 (H,S)
             
             

THINKING AND LIVING WITH ANIMALS: HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS IN HISTORY (3) Petrozzi   Limit 20     The course analyzes the history of human-animal interactions focusing on the way in which discourses and knowledge about animals shaped fundamental concepts such as gender, culture, agency, and knowledge.

TTh 12-1:15

HUMANITIES CENTER

300.344 (H)
(W)

GENOCIDE AS A PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEM (3) Shuster Limit 20 30 This class will be an empirical and philosophical examination of genocide, particularly focused on perpetrators.  In addition to looking at historical  case studies of genocide in both the ancient and modern world, we will attempt to deal with the philosophical questions that emerge from these cases.  These include but are not limited to genocide definition, legal issues in genocide prosecution, and meta issues such as the relationship between modernity and genocide.

M 1:30-4 4:30-7pm

NEAR EASTERN STUDIES

130.257 (H)

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF FOOD (3) MaskevichLimit 25   Food is the basis of life and the foundation of civilization.  This class will explore the role food has played in Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Meso-american, and Andean cultures as evidenced in the archaeological record.

TTh 9-10:15

PHILOSOPHY

150.480 (H) (W)

PHILOSOPHY AND GEOMETRY IN HISTORY: EPISODES FROM THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD (3)  Holtzman Limit 20   Students will explore the relationship between philosophy and geometry in the period from Descartes to Kant from 1650 to 1800, through a study of crucial historical episodes. 

MW 3-4:15

SOCIOLOGY

230.334 (S)
 

THE CITY IN TIME AND SPACE: HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY OF THE URBAN WORLD (3) Pasciuti   Limit 15    This course will cover the past and current developments of urbanization from a comparative historical perspective examining how cities operate in the increasingly connected and complex world of today.  

TTh 1:30-2:45