This course critically examines how the constructs of race, class and gender shape everyday life in the Caribbean. The course will cover history, human-environmental relations, the global circulations that continue to create the Caribbean (e.g. migration, tourism and development), spiritualities, language, music, and Carnival. Contributes to Feminist Studies, International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Group-Themed Course. Prerequisite: Anthropology 35-104, Feminist Studies 04-104, or permission of the instructor. (ScS) (SJ)

An exploration of global environmental issues from a perspective that foregrounds questions of social inequality (differences in socioeconomic status, race, gender, indigeneity, national identity, etc.). The course includes an overview of the U.S. environmental justice movement, a consideration of global inequality, and social theories of nature and culture. Topics addressed may include global climate change, consumerism, pollution and toxic substances, resource extraction, bio-diversity conservation, food production systems, natural disasters, and water scarcity. Contributes to Animal Studies, Environmental Studies, Feminist Studies, Health Studies, International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. Prerequisite: Anthropology 35-104, Environmental Studies 49-104, or Feminist Studies 04-104. (ScS) (SJ)

This course provides an introduction to the disciplinary methods and concepts of art history, presented in the context of the art and architecture of China, Korea, and Japan. Emphasis will be placed on how the distinctive styles, genres, and traditions of each region emerged in relation to one another and in the context of a shared East Asian cultural heritage. Open only to first- or second-year students, or with consent of the instructor. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (Annually) (FA) (WA)

This course provides an introduction to the disciplinary methods and concepts of art history, presented in the context of Latin American art, from the pre-Columbian, colonial, and modern eras, including U.S. - Latino art. Open only to first- or second-year students, or with consent of the instructor. Contributes to International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (Annually) (FA) (WA) (SJ)

This course provides an introduction to the disciplinary methods and concepts of art history, presented in the context of Greek Classical and Hellenistic art and Italian Renaissance art. Open only to first- or second-year students, or with consent of the instructor. Contributes to Early Modern Studies and International Studies. (Annually) (FA) (WA)

This course provides an introduction to the disciplinary methods and concepts of art history, presented in the context of European and American art from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Open only to first- or second-year students, or with consent of the instructor. Contributes to International Studies. (Annually) (FA) (WA)

This course surveys the arts of China from the Neolithic to the contemporary period. Each lecture will consist of an in-depth examination of one of twenty-three landmarks of Chinese art. A variety of works will be considered including jades, ancient bronzes, calligraphy, Buddhist murals, landscape paintings, Chinese gardens, temples, contemporary works, and more. Each work will be examined in its historical context, introducing students to China's social and political history, as well as its major religious and humanistic traditions including Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

This course introduces the visual arts of Japan from the Neolithic to the late twentieth century. It will consider the development of the pictorial, sculptural and architectural traditions in light of themes such as religion, gender, cross-cultural exchange, and changes in socio-political life. Biweekly sessions will cover a range of subjects including ceramics, woodblock printing, ink painting, gardens, religious and castle architecture, calligraphy, tea ceremony, and contemporary works. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

This course covers China's rich and complex ancient civilization, beginning in the Neolithic and concluding with the fall of China's first long-lasting imperial administration, the Han dynasty. It considers the development and trajectory of Chinese art and architecture in relation to the formation of local states, kingdoms, and the early Chinese empires. Topics covered include painted ceramics, jades, oracle bones, bronze vessels and bells, lacquer works, mummies, gold ornaments, stone shrines, early palaces and cities, silk, and much more. Art works will be studied in the archaeological context in which they were discovered and in relation to the material culture surrounding them. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

This course presents an overview of the development of visual arts in China from the late 19th century to the present. Students will consider the ways that recent works created by Chinese artists responded to the turbulent politics of the 20th century, the global art market, and past traditions of Chinese art. Works in a range of mediums will be considered-from painting and calligraphy to architecture, film, and performance works. Contributes to East Asian Studies, Feminist Studies, International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

A survey of the ancient Americas, concentrating on the archaeology and ritual aesthetics of the Mezcala, Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Nayarít, Chupícuaro, Teotihuacan, Totonac, Toltec, Mixtec, Purépecha and Aztec, among others, and focusing on each culture's sense of past and place. In so doing, this course examines the role of archaeology in shaping current understanding of the ancient past, and how that past is exhibited and made part of modern visual culture. Course themes explore social and ritual landscapes, cosmology, palaces, divine kingship, hieroglyphs and Mesoamerican calendars. Contributes to International Studies and Latin American and Border Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

A survey of the ancient Americas, concentrating on the archaeology and ritual aesthetics of the Valdivia, Chavín, Jama-Coaque, Tairona, Coclé, Paracas, Nazca, Moche, Tiwanaku, Wari, Chimu and Inca, among others, and focusing on each culture's sense of past and place. In so doing, this course examines the role of archaeology in shaping current understanding of the ancient past, and how that past is exhibited and made part of modern visual culture. Course themes explore social and ritual landscapes, cosmology, mummification, warrior cults, shamanism, visual metaphors and formal processes of abstraction. Contributes to International Studies and Latin American and Border Studies. (Annually) (FA) (WA)

As the primary vehicle of communication in the 16th century, and as a model of religion, the Book was part of Spain's effort to colonize the Americas. Yet there already existed systems of recording in Mesoamerica and the Andes, which were both conflicting and commensurate with European notions of the Book. This course examines these concepts by considering books as repositories of spoken words and thought. It questions Western hierarchies of literacy in the pursuit of truth and knowledge, and seeks to understand indigenous American voices in the process. Contributes to Early Modern Studies, International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (Biennially) (FA) (WA) (SJ)

A survey of the formation of Roman art and ancient art theory within the context of the Hellenistic world, c. 400 B.C. to c. A.D. 79. It covers Greek art from the Classical and Hellenistic periods (c. 480 - 30 B.C.) and contemporary Roman art of the Mid and Late Republic and early Empire (c. 390 B.C - c. A.D. 79). The course will involve considerable study of cultural context and social structure and will examine theoretical models of cultural formation. It uses extensive readings in ancient history and original ancient texts (in translation). Contributes to Classics and International Studies. (Annually) (FA) (WA)

A survey of the art and architecture of Spain, from the Muslim conquest of Toledo to the end of the Habsburg Monarchy, with a concentration on the ideological and political shifts that occurred during Spain's emergence as a global power. Beginning with the convivencia (coexistence) between Christians, Muslims and Jews, the course examines aspects of Mozarabic and Mudejar art and identity and the production and trade of Islamic and Christian religious and courtly objects and luxury arts. After examining the complex of events that occurred in 1492, the final part of the course concentrates on Spanish Golden Age painting under the Habsburg Empire. Contributes to Early Modern Studies and International Studies. (Annually) (FA) (WA)

A survey of Euro-American architecture from c. 1750 through present day. Material considers the context of intellectual history, industrial and political revolutions, mass culture and technological innovation. It is also an introduction to issues of architectural theory and the history of the modern architectural profession. Contributes to International Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

Encompasses the visual arts produced in Europe and the United States between 1780 and 1900. Organized according to chronological developments in the history of nineteenth-century art, concentrating on the emergence of a photographic visual culture, Realism in art, painting in the academy, the Impressionists, and post-Impressionist movements such as Divisionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau. The course also focuses on thematic issues including the rise of mass culture; class identity and conflict; gender in artistic representation and practice; and the politicization of art. Contributes to International Studies. (Biennially) (FA) (WA)

The purposes of this class are two-fold: on the one hand, it will provide a sketch of the most important elements of British literary development between 1390 and 1755. On the other hand, we will develop a conversation about the history of gender in that period. Contributes to Early Modern Studies, and International Studies. (H) (WA)

A historical survey of literary trends and prominent writers from the late 18th Century to the early 20th Century. Authors studied may include William Wordsworth, Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, Charles Dickens, E.M. Forster and Virginia Woolf, and special attention will be given to issues of race, sexuality, and colonialism in the context of the waxing and waning British Empire. May be taken independently of English 10-154. Contributes to International Studies. (H) (WA)

This is a course on translation theory that is open to monolingual and multilingual students, from inside and outside the English major. We will study Shakespeare in translation as well as the original, and modern poetry in English and in Spanish, as we explore important issues of translation theory. Contributes to Chinese, East Asian Studies, German, International Studies, Latin, Neuroscience and Spanish. May be repeated with change of topic. Prerequisite: English 10-244 or fluency in a second language. (H)

A history of narrative film from its origins to the present with an emphasis upon European, Asian, Indian and Third World cinema. Cultural contexts and technological evolution are emphasized. Lang, Eisenstein, Renoir, Truffaut, Fellini, Bergman, Fassbinder, Kurosawa, Ray, Almodovar, and Campion are among the directors studied. German cinema of the Weimar Period, Soviet Silent Cinema and the Theory of Montage, Italian Neorealism, the French New Wave, the Japanese Postwar Renaissance and emergent Third World Cinema are among the organizing principles of this survey. Contributes to International Studies. (H)

An advanced introduction to some of the best literature of the medieval period. Topics will vary but may include such authors as the Beowulf-poet, Chaucer, Malory and Langland. Some possible topics include quest-narratives, piety, drama, images of women, autobiography, and allegory. May be repeated with change in topic. Contributes to International Studies. (H)

An intensive introduction to the works of William Shakespeare. The selection of works will vary from semester to semester but will address both the traditional study of Shakespeare from a historical point of view, and also a variety of translations, adaptations and transformations across the world. Contributes to Early Modern Studies, International Studies, and Theatre. (H)

A study of British writing of the long 18th century (1660-1800), with particular attention to cultural continuity and change. Focus and authors will vary; offerings include Sexual Politics of the Restoration Age, Reason and Madness in 18th-Century Fiction, Enlightenment Self-Fashioning, Center and Periphery: the Problem of the British 18th Century. May be repeated with change in topic. Contributes to International Studies. (H)

This course will emphasize the poetry and prose of traditional Romantic writers such as Wordsworth, Keats, Coleridge, Hazlitt, Tighe and Barbauld, and will explore the Romantic-era work of novelists like Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Charlotte Smith, Sir Walter Scott and Ann Radcliffe. Topics for this course will vary and may include Romanticism and Gender, The Byronic Hero, and Romanticism and Aesthetics. May be repeated with change in topic. Contributes to Feminist Studies and International Studies. (H)

This course will explore the Victorian period in British culture through the dominant literary genre of that period: the novel. Contributes to Feminist Studies and International Studies. (H)

This course will focus on the development of British modernisms and postmodernisms, with particular attention to the diverse aesthetic strategies that challenged, reinforced, and reconstructed ideas about subjectivity, gender, sexuality, nation and novels. Contributes to Feminist Studies and International Studies. May be repeated with change in topic. (H)

This course examines the historical development and cultural production of U.S. Latina/o/x and Chicana/o/x spiritual and religious practices, beliefs, and identities. Drawing from Chicana/Latina Studies, Anthropology, and Religious Studies students will examine the social conditions and lived realities reflected in contemporary Latinx religious and spiritual practices, and their Mesoamerican and ancestral origins and influences. Topics include folk healing/curanderismo, indigenous and feminist spiritualities, social movements and religion, spiritual activism, environmental justice, embodied and spiritual knowledge, and their intersections with race, ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality. Contributes to Anthropology, Environmental Studies, International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Group-Theme Course. Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 04-104, Anthropology 35-104, or Sociology 34-264. (ScS) (SJ)

This survey is an introduction to African cultures and history from pre-colonial times to the present, emphasizing Africa's variety and its connections to other parts of the world. Topics include: environmental challenges; pre-colonial social and political organization; the spread of Islam and Christianity; the impact of the Atlantic slave trade; conquest and resistance; social change under colonial rule; decolonization; neo-colonialism and postcolonial challenges. Contributes to International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course introduces the East Asian civilization from its diverse beginnings to the eve of the modern age. Covering histories of regions of current nation-states such as China, Korea, and Japan, this course explores transregional processes that help define East Asia as a unit of historical inquiry. Major themes include political history, ethnic discourses and practices, the localization of Buddhism, indigenous religions, inter-state relations, urban life, gender, family, and intellectual change. These themes allow us to deliberate the formation of the East Asian world and the exchanges of the premodern era. Contributes to Early Modern Studies, East Asian Studies and International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course introduces students to the inter-related histories of China, Japan, and Korea since 1800 until the present day. Major topics include cultural exchanges, revolutions, war, imperialism, colonialism, and Cold War geopolitics. While globalizing forces oversaw the convergence of East Asia and European imperialism, politicians, intellectuals, and even commoners began to imagine themselves as members of distinct nations. By placing the emergence of East Asian nation-states and the interactions among them within the context of an increasingly connected world, we explore the making of the modern East Asian world. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

After their independence in the early 19th century, Latin American countries faced the challenge to become nations. This course surveys the many paths that these countries followed, including the rise of nationalism and its overcoming by the neocolonial order, the revolutionary option in Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua during the 20th century, the authoritarian responses to national discontent, and the rise of neoliberalism. It also explores how these trends transformed the society, culture, economy, and policies at the local level in response to both national and international influences. Contributes to International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Group-Theme Course. (Biennially) (H)

This course explores and questions the concept of the early modern period of European history, from the close of the fifteenth to the dawn of the nineteenth century. Students will examine political, cultural, and intellectual developments from the period of feudalism to the modernity ushered in by Atlantic-wide revolutions. The course will examine Renaissance art and theory, Reformation and confessional tumult, sovereignty and expansion. Contributes to Early Modern Studies and International Studies (Biennially) (H)

This course surveys the history of Europe from the late eighteenth century revolutions through the creation and expansion of the European Union. We explore social, political, intellectual, and cultural developments, paying particular attention to reform movements and revolutions. The course tracks shifting ideas of gender, race, and class, as well as examining Europe's role in the world. Contributes to Data Analytics, Data Science, Feminist Studies, and International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

Thematic courses with a focus on African history. May be repeated with change in topic. Contributes to International Studies. (H)

Thematic courses with a focus on Asian history. May be repeated with change in topic. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (H)

Thematic courses with a focus on European history. May be repeated with change in topic. Contributes to International Studies. (H)

Thematic courses with a comparative or transregional theme (covering at least three different world regions). May be repeated with change in topic. Contributes to International Studies. (H)

Latin America is a complex territory and an idea suspended between the extremes of despair and hopefulness. Telling its history poses many challenges to the academic historian. Often the history of the land and its people is better expressed in the work of artists, writers and filmmakers. This course ventures into the magical relationships between the artist and that enigmatic territorial and spiritual landscape extending from the Rio Bravo to Tierra del Fuego. Contributes to International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Group-Theme Course. (Biennially) (H) (SJ)

The Mexican Revolution was a fiesta of bullets that transformed Mexico and launched the 20th century. Using the Mexican Revolution as the event that shaped Mexican history throughout the 20th century, this course examines the conditions that mobilized Mexican such as Madero, Zapata, and Villa into a civil war in 1910 and that ended up with a new Constitution in 1917, the challenges, successes, and failures to create institutions that implemented the revolutionary values during the 1920s and 30s, and the value of the Revolution to promote social and political change in the second half of the 20th century. Contributes to International Studies, and Latin American and Border Studies. (Biennially) (H) (SJ)

Branded as barbarians, nomadic groups across Eurasia (including the Mongols and Uyghurs) have often been cast as antagonists, minimized to the role of mere outsiders separated by the curtain of civilization, in the histories of their sedentary neighbors. This course puts the nomads of Eastern Eurasia on center stage in a multiethnic setting teeming with the exchange of sedentary and nomadic culture. By examining the nomadic way of life and mode of state building, we explore how nomads served as agents of change and influenced pre-modern Eastern Eurasia. Contributes to Early Modern Studies, East Asian Studies, International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course examines the British Isles since the Glorious Revolution via political, social, cultural, and intellectual lenses, integrating imperial and oceanic perspectives. It explores how British inhabitants formed, developed, and governed four distinct nations (England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales) as part of a single kingdom, constructing one of the most powerful empires of the modern age, leaving a profound legacy in a globalized, post-colonial world. Contributes to International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course investigates French history from 1789 to the present, charting political, social, and cultural developments within France and determining the extent to which these altered, or were influenced by, events outside the borders of the hexagon-in the Empire or in foreign relations. The course pays particular attention to attempts to define French identity within a global context. Contributes to Design Thinking and International Studies. (Biennially) (H) (SJ)

This course will chart the development of European society, culture, and politics from ca. 1000 to 1500, from British, European, Atlantic and global perspectives. We will study the combination of legend and history manifest in contemporary and modern appraisals of an era when lines between reality and lore, truth and superstition, secular and spiritual were blurred. Contributes to Early Modern Studies and International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course examines the Tudor dynasty, an age of personal monarchy, tyranny, national consolidation, imperial expansion, patriarchy and the rule of wealthy courtiers. Students will explore how the Tudor-Stewart revolution in politics and culture fundamentally transformed Britain and Ireland, with great consequences for the world beyond its borders, between the accession of Henry VII and the death of Elizabeth I. Contributes to Early Modern Studies, Feminist Studies, and International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course places contemporary human rights debates within a long historical context, from Classical and religious traditions, through the Enlightenment, the abolition of slavery, and the growth of socialism, to the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the movements for decolonization, and the present day. We track the gradual expansion of notions of rights, as well as changing understandings of who counts as human. The course includes discussions of political rights, social and economic rights, women's rights, minority rights, cultural rights, and environmental rights (among many others). Contributes to Data Science, Feminist Studies, and International Studies. (Biennially) (H) (SJ)

This course traces the history of Muslim presence in Europe from the early Islamic empires in Andalusia, through European imperial experiences with Muslims in Africa and Asia, to the more recent reception of Muslim migrants on European soil. The course questions the intellectual and political utility of defining populations of such cultural, linguistic, and geographical breadth solely by their religion; discusses the development of a European Islam; and debates the existence of a clash of civilizations or a shared Mediterranean culture. Contributes to International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Group-Theme Course. (Biennially) (H)

This course explores the relationship between science, technology, and medicine and their publics since the Early Modern period to our recent past. Drawing from case studies that examine the role of scientific societies, formal education, textbooks, popular literature, publicity, and other formal and informal means to disseminate knowledge, students will understand the changing relationship between science and the public sphere, the role that the popularization of science plays in democratic societies, and the impact of popular science and the public perception of science in the production of new scientific knowledge. Contributes to International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course explores the multifaceted experiences of women in the British World, from the medieval era to the present. We consider how gender and sexuality have been constructed differently over time and space; the role of churches, states, and empires in defining and proscribing sexual activity, masculinity, and femininity; the social and political expectations placed upon men and women; cultural representations and manifestations of gender and sexuality; the intersection of gender and other categories of difference; and how pivotal, transnational historical events like the Reformation and decolonization affected women and notions of gender. Contributes to Early Modern Studies, Feminist Studies, and International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course traces the development of Islamic societies and cultures throughout the world from Mohammad's seventh-century revelations to the present. Topics include Islamic empires, relations with other groups, art and architecture, science and philosophy, evolution and adaptation. Contributes to International Studies. (H)

A survey of the principle periods of music history and the most important genres, styles, compositional techniques, and composers of each period. Prerequisites: Music Theory 76-101 and 76-103, or permission of instructor. Contributes to International Studies. (Spring) (FA)

A historical survey of music from Classical Antiquity through the Baroque. Contributes to International Studies. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-114, or permission of instructor. (Fall) (FA)

A historical survey of music since ca. 1750. Contributes to International Studies. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-214, or permission of instructor. (Spring) (FA)

Special topics in Music Literature. Contributes to International Studies. (Fall) (FA) (WA)

A survey of Western European music to 1600. Contributes to International Studies. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-314. (FA)

A survey of Western European music from 1600 to 1750. Contributes to International Studies. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-314. (FA) (WA)

A survey of Western European music from 1750 to 1900. Contributes to International Studies. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-314. (FA) (WA)

A survey of music from 1900 to present day. Contributes to International Studies. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-314. (FA) (WA)

This course is oriented around the Haitian Revolution, the only successful slave revolution in history, examining the ways in which it both reflected and responded to the internal contradictions of Western philosophy's developing notion of race and the colonial mission and, on the other hand, its new universalist vision of human rights. How slave revolt exploded this contradiction from within, what its historical and theoretical effects were, and the ways in which related tensions rose again in the wave of anti-colonial revolutions in the 1960s and '70s will be the main focus. We will also consider the rise of postcolonial and decolonial theory in those revolutions' wake. Contributes to International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (H)

An introduction to philosophical thought developed by the original inhabitants of territories variously known as Abya Yala, Turtle Island, Anáhuac, or in modern colonial terms, the Americas. We will consider the philosophies and practices of these groups against the conceptual framework constituted by the triad Modernity/Coloniality/Decoloniality. Readings will be drawn from Andean, Nahua, Mayan, Haudenosaunee, Diné, and Lakota traditions. Contributes to International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Group-Theme Course. (H)

An introduction to modern and contemporary Latin American philosophy (incl. Hispanic-American) and its European and indigenous roots. Key issues to be considered are colonialism and decolonial practices, knowledge production, nationality, race, ethnicity and gender. Readings to be drawn from authors such as Bolívar, Martí, Vasconcelos, Alcoff, Mariátegui, Anzald a, Rivera Cusicanqui, Quijano, Mignolo, Freire, among others. Contributes to Latin American and Border Studies, International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (H) (SJ)

An introduction to and selective survey of contemporary race theory, with emphasis on intersections with gender, class, nationalism and imperialism. This course focuses on the ways race has been constructed as a category of identity across various cultures, academic disciplines and historical periods, and on the relationship between race and ethnicity as categories of difference. Contributes to Feminist Studies, International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Concepts Course. (H)

This introduction to contemporary Latin American and Caribbean politics also allows students with previous knowledge about the region to further their interests. The course is built around some of the key issues which confront Latin America and the Caribbean. Contributes to Anthropology, International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course, and Sociology. Course is approved to fulfill an upper-level course requirement in the Anthropology major (ScS) (SJ) (Comparative politics).

This course explores the historical and cultural context of contemporary Japanese politics, the political institutions of the 1955 system, the policy-making process in post-war Japan, and the effects of the 1994 political reforms. This course is open only to first years and sophomores. Juniors and seniors may register with the permission of the instructor. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (ScS) (Comparative politics)

A historical and thematic introduction to the Christian thought and practice. The survey begins with the Jesus movement and continues through the current growth of Christianity in the southern hemisphere, particularly sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Literary genres, gender issues, political contexts, social movements and ethical dimensions are explored. Contributes to International Studies. (H) (SJ)

A survey of the history, practices and belief of Judaism from the period of the formation of the Hebrew Bible to the modern era. Contributes to International Studies. (H)

A survey of the history, practices, and beliefs of Islam from Muhammad's era to the modern. It investigates special themes such as mysticism, gender, and politics with attention to diverse cultural contexts. Contributes to International Studies. (H)

A historical and thematic introduction to the religious ideas and practices that developed primarily on the Indian subcontinent. The course surveys central religious concepts and myths in classical texts and popular traditions; the interaction with Buddhism, Jainism, Islam and Sikhism; gender issues; and the relationship between religion and politics in South Asia. Contributes to Feminist Studies and International Studies. (H) (SJ)

A historical and thematic introduction to the central ideas and practices of Buddhism. The course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to central religious concepts and myths in classical texts and popular traditions, beginning with the historical Buddha and early developments in India, Sri Lanka and Tibet. The course surveys the spread of Buddhism throughout Asia and to other regions of the world, including North America. Ethics, gender issues, and social movements are explored. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (H) (SJ)

A cross-cultural study of the ways women's voices have been heard and silenced, of the ways that their lives have been influential (as well as violently ended) and of the vital roles women have played in various religious traditions. The course also investigates ways in which female divinity has been conceptualized in various ancient and modern religious traditions. Rituals, communities, visual symbols and sacred texts will provide the material for our explorations and a feminist methodology will provide the lens for our gaze. Contributes to Anthropology, Feminist Studies, and International Studies. (H) (WA) (SJ)

A cross-cultural study of the ways other-than-human animals are included in and influence several different religious traditions. The course also examines contemporary issues such as factory farming and biomedical experimentation. Ecofeminist and environmental theories and methods inform the course. Contributes to Animal Studies, Environmental Studies, Feminist Studies, and International Studies. (H) (SJ)

A critical and comparative exploration of the religious, spiritual, social, cultural, environmental, economic, and political dimensions of religious journey. The course will investigate several theoretical approaches to pilgrimage that foreground issues such as the relation between place and sacred space; the distinction between physical and metaphorical journeys; pilgrims' motivations and goals; the relationship between religious journeying and ordinary life; how cultural values shape and are shaped by pilgrimages; the environmental impacts of pilgrimage; and the relationship between pilgrimage and tourism. Students will apply these theoretical approaches by focusing on particular religious journeys in several traditions. Contributes to Anthropology, Environmental Studies, and International Studies. (H)

This course looks at the study of ethnic religious traditions in the United States - religions associated with specific ethnic groups. Students will examine religious systems such as Santeria, Rastafarians and the Cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe, among others. The goal of the course is not only to understand the religions themselves, but also to see how to go about studying religious systems which are not founded in texts and which differ on a deep philosophical level from many mainstream religious systems. Contributes to Anthropology, International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Group-Theme Course. (H) (SJ)

A feminist, cross-cultural examination of the embodied human self in various religious traditions. The course will explore how the body is conceptualized, including sexuality and gender; moral proscriptions regarding the body and what they reveal about religion and culture; self-cultivation techniques; and the relationship between embodiment and salvation. Written texts and visual arts will be the media of exploration. Contributes to Feminist Studies and International Studies (H)

An exploration of global environmental issues from a perspective that foregrounds questions of social inequality (differences in socioeconomic status, race, gender, indigeneity, national identity, etc.). The course includes an overview of the U.S. environmental justice movement, a consideration of global inequality, and social theories of nature and culture. Topics addressed may include global climate change, consumerism, pollution and toxic substances, resource extraction, bio-diversity conservation, food production systems, natural disasters, and water scarcity. Contributes to Animal Studies, Environmental Studies, Feminist Studies, Health Studies, International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. Prerequisite: Anthropology 35-104, Environmental Studies 49-104, or Feminist Studies 04-104. (ScS) (SJ)

This course develops a conceptual framework for making business decisions in a globally competitive company. This framework requires an understanding of an environment that has different cultures and values, multiple foreign currencies, alternative capital markets, and country specific risks. The course focuses on the multinational firm's operating environment, global strategy and functional operations. Contributes to International Studies. Prerequisite: Business 30-214 or permission of instructor. (ScS)

A study of the general characteristics of economic systems, including unemployment, inflation, economic growth, and monetary and fiscal policy. The principles and problems related to the determination of prices, the economics of the firm and the distribution of income are also studied. (Fall, Spring) (ScS)

The theory of comparative advantage, analysis of commercial policy and principles of international finance. Contributes to International Studies. Prerequisite: Economics 31-104. (ScS)

Taught in English to serve students beyond the German Program, with a corresponding German Tutorial to maintain or develop proficiency in German. The course supports the development of intercultural knowledge and the skills and attitudes required for communicating across cultures. Focus on research and case studies, e.g. of Germany's Mittelstand (small and mid-size enterprises), documenting increasing importance of intercultural communication for global leadership. Contributes to Business and International Studies. (H)

This survey is an introduction to African cultures and history from pre-colonial times to the present, emphasizing Africa's variety and its connections to other parts of the world. Topics include: environmental challenges; pre-colonial social and political organization; the spread of Islam and Christianity; the impact of the Atlantic slave trade; conquest and resistance; social change under colonial rule; decolonization; neo-colonialism and postcolonial challenges. Contributes to International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course introduces the East Asian civilization from its diverse beginnings to the eve of the modern age. Covering histories of regions of current nation-states such as China, Korea, and Japan, this course explores transregional processes that help define East Asia as a unit of historical inquiry. Major themes include political history, ethnic discourses and practices, the localization of Buddhism, indigenous religions, inter-state relations, urban life, gender, family, and intellectual change. These themes allow us to deliberate the formation of the East Asian world and the exchanges of the premodern era. Contributes to Early Modern Studies, East Asian Studies and International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course introduces students to the inter-related histories of China, Japan, and Korea since 1800 until the present day. Major topics include cultural exchanges, revolutions, war, imperialism, colonialism, and Cold War geopolitics. While globalizing forces oversaw the convergence of East Asia and European imperialism, politicians, intellectuals, and even commoners began to imagine themselves as members of distinct nations. By placing the emergence of East Asian nation-states and the interactions among them within the context of an increasingly connected world, we explore the making of the modern East Asian world. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

A time of collisions, encounters, and rebellions, Colonial Latin America explores the individual, social, cultural, and political experiences of Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans between the apogee of the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas and the Creole wars of independence of the 19th century. By examining pre-Colombian states, early European explorations, la conquista, the settlement of mostly Spanish but also Portuguese and other European colonies, and the responses of a diverse group of local inhabitants, this course explores the complex societies that resulted from the growth and end of global empires and that shaped the future of this diverse region. Contributes to Early Modern Studies, Health Studies, International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Group-Theme Course. (Biennially) (H)

After their independence in the early 19th century, Latin American countries faced the challenge to become nations. This course surveys the many paths that these countries followed, including the rise of nationalism and its overcoming by the neocolonial order, the revolutionary option in Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua during the 20th century, the authoritarian responses to national discontent, and the rise of neoliberalism. It also explores how these trends transformed the society, culture, economy, and policies at the local level in response to both national and international influences. Contributes to International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Group-Theme Course. (Biennially) (H)

This course explores and questions the concept of the early modern period of European history, from the close of the fifteenth to the dawn of the nineteenth century. Students will examine political, cultural, and intellectual developments from the period of feudalism to the modernity ushered in by Atlantic-wide revolutions. The course will examine Renaissance art and theory, Reformation and confessional tumult, sovereignty and expansion. Contributes to Early Modern Studies and International Studies (Biennially) (H)

This course surveys the history of Europe from the late eighteenth century revolutions through the creation and expansion of the European Union. We explore social, political, intellectual, and cultural developments, paying particular attention to reform movements and revolutions. The course tracks shifting ideas of gender, race, and class, as well as examining Europe's role in the world. Contributes to Data Analytics, Data Science, Feminist Studies, and International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

The Mexican Revolution was a fiesta of bullets that transformed Mexico and launched the 20th century. Using the Mexican Revolution as the event that shaped Mexican history throughout the 20th century, this course examines the conditions that mobilized Mexican such as Madero, Zapata, and Villa into a civil war in 1910 and that ended up with a new Constitution in 1917, the challenges, successes, and failures to create institutions that implemented the revolutionary values during the 1920s and 30s, and the value of the Revolution to promote social and political change in the second half of the 20th century. Contributes to International Studies, and Latin American and Border Studies. (Biennially) (H) (SJ)

This course examines the British Isles since the Glorious Revolution via political, social, cultural, and intellectual lenses, integrating imperial and oceanic perspectives. It explores how British inhabitants formed, developed, and governed four distinct nations (England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales) as part of a single kingdom, constructing one of the most powerful empires of the modern age, leaving a profound legacy in a globalized, post-colonial world. Contributes to International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course investigates French history from 1789 to the present, charting political, social, and cultural developments within France and determining the extent to which these altered, or were influenced by, events outside the borders of the hexagon-in the Empire or in foreign relations. The course pays particular attention to attempts to define French identity within a global context. Contributes to Design Thinking and International Studies. (Biennially) (H) (SJ)

This course will chart the development of European society, culture, and politics from ca. 1000 to 1500, from British, European, Atlantic and global perspectives. We will study the combination of legend and history manifest in contemporary and modern appraisals of an era when lines between reality and lore, truth and superstition, secular and spiritual were blurred. Contributes to Early Modern Studies and International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course examines the Tudor dynasty, an age of personal monarchy, tyranny, national consolidation, imperial expansion, patriarchy and the rule of wealthy courtiers. Students will explore how the Tudor-Stewart revolution in politics and culture fundamentally transformed Britain and Ireland, with great consequences for the world beyond its borders, between the accession of Henry VII and the death of Elizabeth I. Contributes to Early Modern Studies, Feminist Studies, and International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course places contemporary human rights debates within a long historical context, from Classical and religious traditions, through the Enlightenment, the abolition of slavery, and the growth of socialism, to the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the movements for decolonization, and the present day. We track the gradual expansion of notions of rights, as well as changing understandings of who counts as human. The course includes discussions of political rights, social and economic rights, women's rights, minority rights, cultural rights, and environmental rights (among many others). Contributes to Data Science, Feminist Studies, and International Studies. (Biennially) (H) (SJ)

This course explores the multifaceted experiences of women in the British World, from the medieval era to the present. We consider how gender and sexuality have been constructed differently over time and space; the role of churches, states, and empires in defining and proscribing sexual activity, masculinity, and femininity; the social and political expectations placed upon men and women; cultural representations and manifestations of gender and sexuality; the intersection of gender and other categories of difference; and how pivotal, transnational historical events like the Reformation and decolonization affected women and notions of gender. Contributes to Early Modern Studies, Feminist Studies, and International Studies. (Biennially) (H)

This course traces the development of Islamic societies and cultures throughout the world from Mohammad's seventh-century revelations to the present. Topics include Islamic empires, relations with other groups, art and architecture, science and philosophy, evolution and adaptation. Contributes to International Studies. (H)

This course is oriented around the Haitian Revolution, the only successful slave revolution in history, examining the ways in which it both reflected and responded to the internal contradictions of Western philosophy's developing notion of race and the colonial mission and, on the other hand, its new universalist vision of human rights. How slave revolt exploded this contradiction from within, what its historical and theoretical effects were, and the ways in which related tensions rose again in the wave of anti-colonial revolutions in the 1960s and '70s will be the main focus. We will also consider the rise of postcolonial and decolonial theory in those revolutions' wake. Contributes to International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (H)

An introduction to philosophical thought developed by the original inhabitants of territories variously known as Abya Yala, Turtle Island, Anáhuac, or in modern colonial terms, the Americas. We will consider the philosophies and practices of these groups against the conceptual framework constituted by the triad Modernity/Coloniality/Decoloniality. Readings will be drawn from Andean, Nahua, Mayan, Haudenosaunee, Diné, and Lakota traditions. Contributes to International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Group-Theme Course. (H)

A critical exploration of the development and implications of the peculiarly modern understanding of politics and the economy as distinct and autonomous spheres, tracing some of the key historical stages in articulating (and troubling) this distinction and exploring various Marxist, Polanyian, feminist and other critiques of it, as well as the alternatives they propose. (H) Contributes to Economics and International Studies

An introduction to modern and contemporary Latin American philosophy (incl. Hispanic-American) and its European and indigenous roots. Key issues to be considered are colonialism and decolonial practices, knowledge production, nationality, race, ethnicity and gender. Readings to be drawn from authors such as Bolívar, Martí, Vasconcelos, Alcoff, Mariátegui, Anzald a, Rivera Cusicanqui, Quijano, Mignolo, Freire, among others. Contributes to Latin American and Border Studies, International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (H) (SJ)

An introduction and examination of key concepts and debates in the development of Marxist theory, from Marx to the present day. Particular emphasis will be given to conceptions of class and class struggle, including how class relates to issues of gender and race; questions of political organization ('the party,' social movements, etc.); and conceptions of alternatives to capitalism. Contributes to International Studies. (H)

An introduction to and selective survey of contemporary race theory, with emphasis on intersections with gender, class, nationalism and imperialism. This course focuses on the ways race has been constructed as a category of identity across various cultures, academic disciplines and historical periods, and on the relationship between race and ethnicity as categories of difference. Contributes to Feminist Studies, International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Concepts Course. (H)

This introduction to contemporary Latin American and Caribbean politics also allows students with previous knowledge about the region to further their interests. The course is built around some of the key issues which confront Latin America and the Caribbean. Contributes to Anthropology, International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course, and Sociology. Course is approved to fulfill an upper-level course requirement in the Anthropology major (ScS) (SJ) (Comparative politics).

A survey of the comparative and international politics of the Middle East, focusing on major Arab states, Israel and Iran. Contributes to International Studies. (ScS) (Comparative politics)

This course explores the historical and cultural context of contemporary Japanese politics, the political institutions of the 1955 system, the policy-making process in post-war Japan, and the effects of the 1994 political reforms. This course is open only to first years and sophomores. Juniors and seniors may register with the permission of the instructor. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (ScS) (Comparative politics)

An introductory study of the theory and practice of international politics. The course examines both the origins and the consequences of the political organization of the modern world. Contributes to International Studies. Prerequisite: Political Science 32-114 and 32-144. (WA) (ScS) (International relations)

This course provides an in-depth analysis of the political cultures, structures, processes and policies of selected systems in Europe. In addition, the nature and function of the European Union is considered. Contributes to International Studies. Prerequisite: Political Science 32-144. (ScS) (Comparative politics)

An exploration of issues concerning the characteristics, causes and justifications of occurrences of international peace and violence. The focus is primarily on post-Cold War era state terrorism (internal and external), low intensity conflict, internal conflict resistance, rebellion and revolution, terrorism and peace. Substantial writing required. Contributes to International Studies. Prerequisites: Political Science 32-364 or 32-384, or permission of instructor. (ScS) (International relations)

This course compares democratic institutions, economic growth, and political culture in Japan and Germany in the postwar era. It also examines current challenges, including women in politics, nuclear power, immigration and regional dynamics. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. Prerequisite: Political Science 32-364 or 32-384, or permission of instructor. (ScS) (Comparative politics)

Insurrection and revolution have been among the most transformative events and processes in history, destroying powerful systems while creating new ideas, values, relations, and experiences. This course examines both broad conceptual questions about power, collective action, and agency and structuralism and the specificity of such key moments in different times and places. There is a substantial research and writing component. Contributes to International Studies. Prerequisite: Political Science 32-364 or 32-384, or permission of instructor. (ScS) (Comparative politics)

This seminar explores the causes of the Cultural Revolution, the role of Mao and Mao Zedong thought, the experiences of various groups in society during the Cultural Revolution, and the effects of the Cultural Revolution on contemporary China. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. Prerequisite: Political Science 32-364 or 32-384, or permission of instructor. (ScS) (Comparative politics)

A study of women and politics in Europe and Asia from a comparative perspective. Explores the role ideology, institutions, culture and social movements play in creating opportunities and constraints for women in the political realm. Contributes to East Asian Studies, Feminist Studies and International Studies. Prerequisite: Political Science 32-144. (ScS) (SJ) (Comparative Politics)

This course critically examines how the constructs of race, class and gender shape everyday life in the Caribbean. The course will cover history, human-environmental relations, the global circulations that continue to create the Caribbean (e.g. migration, tourism and development), spiritualities, language, music, and Carnival. Contributes to Feminist Studies, International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Group-Themed Course. Prerequisite: Anthropology 35-104, Feminist Studies 04-104, or permission of the instructor. (ScS) (SJ)

An exploration of global environmental issues from a perspective that foregrounds questions of social inequality (differences in socioeconomic status, race, gender, indigeneity, national identity, etc.). The course includes an overview of the U.S. environmental justice movement, a consideration of global inequality, and social theories of nature and culture. Topics addressed may include global climate change, consumerism, pollution and toxic substances, resource extraction, bio-diversity conservation, food production systems, natural disasters, and water scarcity. Contributes to Animal Studies, Environmental Studies, Feminist Studies, Health Studies, International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. Prerequisite: Anthropology 35-104, Environmental Studies 49-104, or Feminist Studies 04-104. (ScS) (SJ)

This course provides an introduction to the disciplinary methods and concepts of art history, presented in the context of Latin American art, from the pre-Columbian, colonial, and modern eras, including U.S. - Latino art. Open only to first- or second-year students, or with consent of the instructor. Contributes to International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (Annually) (FA) (WA) (SJ)

As the primary vehicle of communication in the 16th century, and as a model of religion, the Book was part of Spain's effort to colonize the Americas. Yet there already existed systems of recording in Mesoamerica and the Andes, which were both conflicting and commensurate with European notions of the Book. This course examines these concepts by considering books as repositories of spoken words and thought. It questions Western hierarchies of literacy in the pursuit of truth and knowledge, and seeks to understand indigenous American voices in the process. Contributes to Early Modern Studies, International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (Biennially) (FA) (WA) (SJ)

Latin America is a complex territory and an idea suspended between the extremes of despair and hopefulness. Telling its history poses many challenges to the academic historian. Often the history of the land and its people is better expressed in the work of artists, writers and filmmakers. This course ventures into the magical relationships between the artist and that enigmatic territorial and spiritual landscape extending from the Rio Bravo to Tierra del Fuego. Contributes to International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Group-Theme Course. (Biennially) (H) (SJ)

The Mexican Revolution was a fiesta of bullets that transformed Mexico and launched the 20th century. Using the Mexican Revolution as the event that shaped Mexican history throughout the 20th century, this course examines the conditions that mobilized Mexican such as Madero, Zapata, and Villa into a civil war in 1910 and that ended up with a new Constitution in 1917, the challenges, successes, and failures to create institutions that implemented the revolutionary values during the 1920s and 30s, and the value of the Revolution to promote social and political change in the second half of the 20th century. Contributes to International Studies, and Latin American and Border Studies. (Biennially) (H) (SJ)

This course traces the history of Muslim presence in Europe from the early Islamic empires in Andalusia, through European imperial experiences with Muslims in Africa and Asia, to the more recent reception of Muslim migrants on European soil. The course questions the intellectual and political utility of defining populations of such cultural, linguistic, and geographical breadth solely by their religion; discusses the development of a European Islam; and debates the existence of a clash of civilizations or a shared Mediterranean culture. Contributes to International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Group-Theme Course. (Biennially) (H)

This course places contemporary human rights debates within a long historical context, from Classical and religious traditions, through the Enlightenment, the abolition of slavery, and the growth of socialism, to the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the movements for decolonization, and the present day. We track the gradual expansion of notions of rights, as well as changing understandings of who counts as human. The course includes discussions of political rights, social and economic rights, women's rights, minority rights, cultural rights, and environmental rights (among many others). Contributes to Data Science, Feminist Studies, and International Studies. (Biennially) (H) (SJ)

This introduction to contemporary Latin American and Caribbean politics also allows students with previous knowledge about the region to further their interests. The course is built around some of the key issues which confront Latin America and the Caribbean. Contributes to Anthropology, International Studies, Latin American and Border Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course, and Sociology. Course is approved to fulfill an upper-level course requirement in the Anthropology major (ScS) (SJ) (Comparative politics).

A study of women and politics in Europe and Asia from a comparative perspective. Explores the role ideology, institutions, culture and social movements play in creating opportunities and constraints for women in the political realm. Contributes to East Asian Studies, Feminist Studies and International Studies. Prerequisite: Political Science 32-144. (ScS) (SJ) (Comparative Politics)

A historical and thematic introduction to the Christian thought and practice. The survey begins with the Jesus movement and continues through the current growth of Christianity in the southern hemisphere, particularly sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Literary genres, gender issues, political contexts, social movements and ethical dimensions are explored. Contributes to International Studies. (H) (SJ)

A historical and thematic introduction to the religious ideas and practices that developed primarily on the Indian subcontinent. The course surveys central religious concepts and myths in classical texts and popular traditions; the interaction with Buddhism, Jainism, Islam and Sikhism; gender issues; and the relationship between religion and politics in South Asia. Contributes to Feminist Studies and International Studies. (H) (SJ)

A historical and thematic introduction to the central ideas and practices of Buddhism. The course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to central religious concepts and myths in classical texts and popular traditions, beginning with the historical Buddha and early developments in India, Sri Lanka and Tibet. The course surveys the spread of Buddhism throughout Asia and to other regions of the world, including North America. Ethics, gender issues, and social movements are explored. Contributes to East Asian Studies and International Studies. (H) (SJ)

A cross-cultural study of the ways women's voices have been heard and silenced, of the ways that their lives have been influential (as well as violently ended) and of the vital roles women have played in various religious traditions. The course also investigates ways in which female divinity has been conceptualized in various ancient and modern religious traditions. Rituals, communities, visual symbols and sacred texts will provide the material for our explorations and a feminist methodology will provide the lens for our gaze. Contributes to Anthropology, Feminist Studies, and International Studies. (H) (WA) (SJ)

Why do we imagine the end of everything? Is it fear? Is it control? Is it wanting to let go of control? What do religious traditions do with the idea of apocalypse (a vision, a revelation of things to come)? This course examines those questions in both religious and secular settings (while questioning those boundaries) asking why humans have imagined end times. It also considers why these imaginings exist and how they function. In addition, it raises issues of social justice and expresses hope in a different (and better) future as well as current environmental fears of demise. Contributes to Environmental Studies and International Studies. (H) (SJ)

A cross-cultural study of the ways other-than-human animals are included in and influence several different religious traditions. The course also examines contemporary issues such as factory farming and biomedical experimentation. Ecofeminist and environmental theories and methods inform the course. Contributes to Animal Studies, Environmental Studies, Feminist Studies, and International Studies. (H) (SJ)

An introduction to modern and contemporary Latin American philosophy (incl. Hispanic-American) and its European and indigenous roots. Key issues to be considered are colonialism and decolonial practices, knowledge production, nationality, race, ethnicity and gender. Readings to be drawn from authors such as Bolívar, Martí, Vasconcelos, Alcoff, Mariátegui, Anzald a, Rivera Cusicanqui, Quijano, Mignolo, Freire, among others. Contributes to Latin American and Border Studies, International Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (H) (SJ)