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HUMANITIES CENTER |
300.307 (H)
(W) |
DOSTOEVSKY AND CRITICAL THEORY (3) Moss Limit 25 20 Examines novels by Dostoevsky, including The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov, and works of literary theory and philosophy which grapple with his poetics and thought (Bakhtin, Girard, Shestov, Rozanov, Nietzsche, Freud, Levinas). |
Sec. 01 |
Th 2-5pm |
300.335 (H)
(W) |
SCIENCE FICTION AND THE AVANT-GARDE (3) Khatib/Duda Limit 25 A broad introduction to the genre of science fiction in film, with a special focus on avant-garde tendencies in the representation of time, disaster, and dystopia.
Cross-listed with Film & Media Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course |
Lec.
Scr. |
Th 2-4
T 6-8pm |
300.337 (H) |
THINKING FILMS (3) Marrati Limit 35 25 This course examines how films deal with and renew philosophical ways of thinking about reality, perception, ethical choices, identity, personal and historical memory.
Cross-listed with Philosophy, Anthropology, German and Romance Languages, Political Science, and Film and Media Studies |
Sec. 01 |
T 4-6pm, W 7-9pm |
300.352 (H)
(W) |
PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PARADOXES IN FRENCH LITERATURE AND FILM (1930-1970) (4) (3) Geroulanos Limit 35 Focusing on issues such as sovereignty, violence and murder, living death, and the experience of suffering. We will examine certain works of 1930s-1960s French literature (Bataille, Blanchot, Duras, Klossowski, Leiris, Malraux, Sartre) and film (Bresson, Cocteau, Resnais, Franju, Clouzot, Godard, and Truffaut).Cross-listed with Film and Media Studies and German and Romance Languages |
Lec.
Scrn. |
T 7-10pm
W 5-8pm |
300.369 (H) |
LUSH LIFE: EPISODES IN THE HISTORY OF ROMANTICISM (3) Macksey Limit 15 A comparative tour of European, English, and American Romantic prose and poetry. The German and French texts will be available in translation. |
Sec. 01
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F 2-4 |
| 213.252 (H) |
WHAT IS A UNIVERSITY? (3) Tobias Limit 20 Although the first European universities date back to the ninth century, the idea of a modern research institution is of fairly recent provenance. In this course we will some of the most important works from the 18th and 19th centuries that provided the theoretical framework for institutions like Johns Hopkins and the U of Chicago. A consistent concern of the course will be the relation of the university to the state and education to moral edification and civic duty. Cross-listed with German & Romance Languages & Literature and History |
Sec. 01 |
W 3 -5pm |
214.390 (H) |
MACHIAVELLI IN CONTEXT (3) Celenza Limit 20
Cross-listed with German and Romance Languages, History, and Philosophy |
Sec. 01 |
T 2-5pm |
360.133 (H)
(W) |
GREAT BOOKS: WESTERN TRADITION OR THE HUMANITIES: A TRADITION OF CLASSICS (3) Egginton/Patton/Talle/Valládares
Limit 20 per section Open to all Undergraduates
Cross-listed with Classics, Interdepartmental, and German and Romance Languages, and Music |
Sec. 01
02
03
04 |
ThF 10:30-12
ThF 10:30-12
ThF 10:30-12
ThF 10:30-12 |
371.146 (H) |
BASIC BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY (3) Berger Limit 7 per section ATTENDANCE AT 1ST CLASS IS MANDATORY Cross-listed with Art |
Sec. 01
02 |
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 |
Sec. 01 |
F 1-4 |
371.151 (H) |
PHOTOSHOP AND THE DIGITAL DARKROOM (3) Berger Limit 10
Cross-listed with Art |
Sec. 01 |
Th 10-1 |
371.152 (H) |
INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY (3) Berger/ Staff/ Staff Limit 10 per section
ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS IS MANDATORY
Cross-listed with Art Sec. 03 canceled 4/06/07 |
Sec. 01
02
03
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T 2-5
Th 2-5 6-9pm
TBA
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300.501 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY |
Sec.01 |
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300.503 |
INDIVIDUAL HONORS WORK – Open only to Juniors admitted to the Honors Program Macksey/Staff |
Sec. 01 |
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300.505 |
INDIVIDUAL HONORS WORK – Open only to Seniors admitted to the Honors Program Macksey/Staff |
Sec. 01 |
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300.507 (H)
(W) |
HONORS SEMINAR: METHODS IN HUMANISTIC STUDIES (2) Macksey A workshop on Honors projects in progress and their relation to methods in humanistic studies. Open only to students in Humanistic Studies-Taught at Faculty’s home |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
300.525
(W) |
EDITORIAL INTERNSHIP MackseyAdmission by interviewSatisfactory/ Unsatisfactory only |
Sec. 01 |
TBA |
300.605 |
IN SEARCH OF THE NOVEL: DOING THINGS WITH PROUST Macksey Our time will primarily be spent in reading a la recherché du temp perdu (either in French or in the Kilmartin translation) and attending to the critical questions that this reading generates. |
Sec. 01 |
T 8-10:30pm |
300.637 |
HISTORY AND EVENT Marrati
This seminar analyzes different conceptions of historicity and temporality. Readings include: Husserl, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Badiou, and others.Cross-listed with Philosophy, Anthropology, German and Romance Languages, Political Science, and History
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Sec. 01 |
M 5-8pm |
300.646
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FIGURES OF JEWISH MODERNITY (ROSENZWEIG, BENJAMIN, SCHOLEM, LEVINAS) Moses Meets for six weeks (September) Cross-listed with Jewish Studies Course canceled 6/26/07
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Sec. 01
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TBA
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300.670
(W) |
THE SECULAR LIVES OF GRACE deVries Limit 25 This seminar will discuss the major works of two comtemporary thinkers, Alain Badiou, and Jean-Luc Marion, whose central concerns-the laicization of grace and the phenomology of the giveness-seem at once and diametrically opposed. Readings will include Badiou’s “Being and Event” and Marion’s “Being Given” as well as selections from authors relevant to these authors’ arguments (Descartes, Pascal, Michel Henry, Emmanuel Levinas, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, and others).Cross-listed with Philosophy, German and Romance Languages, Anthropology, and Political Science |
Sec. 01 |
Th T 1-4pm
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300.681 |
COMPLEXITY AND
SELF-ORGANIZATION: SPINOZA, A PHILOSOPHY FOR TODAY Atlan
Meets for six weeks (November 14-December
5)
Cross-listed with Jewish Studies |
Sec. 01 |
W
1-4 |
214.693 |
PLATONISM IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE Celenza Limit 15
Cross-listed with German and Romance Languages, History, Classics, and Philosophy |
Sec. 01 |
Th 3-5pm |
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 Staff |
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