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HUMANITIES |
300.223 (H)
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THE GERMAN ENLIGHTENMENT (3) Schott Limit 20 18th century German thinkers, unlike their counterparts elsewhere, explicitly ask "What is Enlightenment?" Against the general historical and cultural background, this introductory course will trace different currents of German Enlightenment thought. Readings include, among others, Mendelssohn, Lessing, Kant, Hamann.
Cross-listed with History and German and Romance Languages and Literatures Course canceled 4/18/08
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MW 1:30-2:45
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300.227 (H) |
PAUL OF TARSUS (3) Schott Limit 20 This course investigates how Paul's life and his "invention of Christianity" is shaped by the religious and cultural background of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism; the tensions that characterize Paul's stance towards the different groups he refers to as 'the Jews'; and the legacy of Paul for thinking about religion in the contemporary world. Readings include, e.g., Paul, the Mishnah, Cohen, Sanders, Taubes, Derrida. Cross-listed with Jewish Studies Course added 4/18/08
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MW 1:30-2:45 |
300.229 (H) |
REALISM AND ANTI-REALISM POST-HOLOCAUST HEBREW (3) Stahl Limit 20 Course added 07/11/08
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TTh 9-10:15 |
300.279 (H)
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POETICS AND PHILOSOPHY IN KIERKEGAARD (3) Lisi Limit 20 Close study of three of Kierkegaard's most important works published in 1843: Either/Or, Repetition, and Fear and Trembling. Particular attention will be paid to the probelm of the relationship between philosophical argument and literary representation in these texts. Course added 7/01/08 |
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W 4-6:30pm |
300.317 (H)
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THE RUSSIAN NOVEL (3) Moss Limit 20 25 Explores the uniqueness of the Russian novel in its development from Pushkin's novel in verse Eugene Onegin to Bely's symbolist novel Petersburg. Other works by Tolstoy, Doestoevsky, Lermontov and Gogol. Readings in translation. |
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MW 3-4:15 |
300.333 (H)
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MODELS OF NARRATIVE SHAPING THE STORY (3) Macksey Limit 15 A comparative study of fictional forms in theory and practice since 1800. Seminar meets at instructor’s home.
Cross-listed with Writing Seminars |
Sec. 01 |
F 2-4:30 |
300.344 (H)
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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.
Cross-listed with Anthropology, Jewish Studies, History, Philosophy and Political Science
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course |
Sec. 01 |
M 1:30-4 4:30-7pm |
300.363 (H)
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READING JUDITH SHAKESPEARE WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS OF EARLY MODERN ENGLAND (3) Patton Limit 15 Virginia Woolf's account of the thwarted career of Shakespeare's hypothetical sister, Judith, frames our reading of women playwrights, poets, and diarists of 16th and early 17th century England.
Cross-listed with English and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
Sec. 01 |
TTh 3-4:15 |
300.383 (H) |
WHAT MAKES US DESIRE? (3) Marrati Limit 20 This course will analyze different philosophical and literary conceptions of desire. Readings will include Plato, J. S. Mill, Freud, Proust, Klein, Nietzsche, Cavell, Deleuze & others.
Cross listed with Anthropology |
Sec. 01 |
T 1:30-4 |
300.399 (H)
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POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY (3) Dechand Limit 15 Selected episodes in the "ancient quarrel" between poetry and philosophy. Topics include Plato's objections to Homer, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's belief that "a great Poet must be, implicit if not explicit, a profound Metaphysician," and Wallace Stevens & his Collect of Philosophy. Supplementary essays by Derrida, Searle, and M. H. Abrams. |
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TTh 3-4:15 |
360.223 (H,S) |
INTRODUCTION TO FEMINIST FILM THEORY (3) Gerrits Limit 15 This course explores feminist film theory and the political stakes of cinema in the context of psychoanalysis and semiotics.
Cross-listed with Interdepartmental, Film and Media Studies and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
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TTh 1:30-2:45
M 7:30-9:30pm |
150.468 (H) |
SPINOZA AND DELEUZE (3) Melamed Limit 15 Cross-listed with Philosophy Course added 8/11/08 |
Sec. 01 |
M 4:30-7 |
371.146 (H) |
BASIC BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY (3) Berger Limit 7 per section Attendance at 1st Class is Mandatory
Cross-listed with Art |
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F 10-1
F 2-5 |
371.149 (H) |
VISUAL REALITY (3) Bakker Limit 12 Prereq: Imagination Freshmen by permission only
Cross-listed with Art |
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F 1:30-4:30 |
371.151 (H) |
PHOTOSHOP AND THE DIGITAL DARKROOM (3) Berger Limit 10 Students must have a digital camera. Prior knowledge of Photoshop is not required.
Cross-listed with Art
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Th 10:30-1:30 |
360.133 (H)
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GREAT BOOKS: WESTERN TRADITION OR THE HUMANITIES: A TRADITION OF CLASSICS (3) Egginton/Patton/Giarusso
Limit 10 11 15 per section Freshmen only Others wishing to enroll should contact Prof. Elizabeth Patton (epatton1@jhu.edu) to obtain a waiver. See Interdepartmental for full description
Cross-listed with the Interdepartmental, Philosophy, Classics, Music, and German and Romance Languages & Literatures
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TTh 10:30-11:45
TTh 10:30-11:45
TTh 10:30-11:45 |
300.503 |
INDIVIDUAL HONORS WORK – Open only to Juniors admitted to the Honors Program Macksey and participating faculty |
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300.505 |
INDIVIDUAL HONORS WORK – Open only to Seniors admitted to the Honors Program Macksey and participating faculty |
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300.507 (H)
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HONORS SEMINAR: METHODS IN HUMANISTIC STUDIES (2) Macksey/Dechand Method, imagination, and inquiry. Open only to students in the Honors Program in Humanistic Studies. Taught at instructor’s home. A workshop on Honors projects in progress and their relation to methods in humanistic studies. |
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TBA |
300.525
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EDITORIAL INTERNSHIP Macksey Limit 15 Admission by interview |
Sec. 01 |
M 8-10:30 |
300.615
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REPRESENTATIONS OF JESUS IN MODERN JEWISH LITERATURE Stahl Limit 20 Course added 6/18/08 |
Sec. 01 |
Th 12-3 |
300.629 605 |
NARRATIVE MEMORY:FICTIONS OF THE SELF Macksey A comparative seminar in narrative modes. Seminar meets at instructor’s home. |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
300.631 |
TOPICS IN ESTHETICS AND CRITICISM Fried Limit 20 Topics and readings will center on the issue of theatricality and ant theatricality from Diderot to the present. Cross-listed with History of Art |
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M 1:30-4 |
300.643 |
THE TURN TO AFFECT Leys Why is there a turn to affect among cultural theorists today? How do affect theorists re-imagine the "relays" between body, brain, and culture? Texts by Damasio, Deleuze, Hansen, LeDoux, Massumi, Maturana, Sedgwick, Tomkins,Varela, and others. |
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T W 1:30-4
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300.645 |
STANLEY CAVELL AND THE PROBLEM OF MORAL PERFECTIONISM Marrtti |
Sec. 01 |
M 4-7pm |
070.651 |
ANTHROPOLOGY OF “THE EVERYDAY” Khan Limit 15
Cross-listed with Political Science, Anthropology, German and Romance Languages and Literatures, and Geography and Environmental Engineering |
Sec. 01 |
F 10-12 |
070.651 |
ANTHROPOLOGY OF “THE EVERYDAY” Khan Limit 15
Cross-listed with Political Science, Anthropology, German and Romance Languages and Literatures, and Geography and Environmental Engineering |
Sec. 01 |
F 10-12 |
213.653 |
BEIEINANDER: DOUBLE DEALING Pahl Limit 15 Reading Kleist, Hegel, Derrida, and perhaps Freud in a first (larger) section and Eva Meyer, Yoko Tawada, and perhaps Deleuze in a second (shorter) section, we will analyze different models of doubling and relating words, bodies, feelings, and thoughts. Cross-listed with German & Romance Languages & Literature Course added 7/23/08 |
Sec. 01 |
T 5-7 |
300.800 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY |
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300.801 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY-FIELD EXAMS Staff |
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300.803 |
DISSERTATION RESEARCH Staff |
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300.805 |
LITERARY PEDAGOGY deVries |
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