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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.010.444 (01)
Classics/History of Art Research Lab
Stager, Jennifer M S
Classics/History of Art Research Lab AS.010.444 (01)
Antioch Recovery Project investigates mosaics from the ancient city of Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey, near the border with Syria) now in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Excavated by an international team of archaeologists in the 1930s, hundreds of ancient mosaics from the cosmopolitan city were subsequently dispersed to museums across the globe, with twenty-four mosaics entering the collection of the BMA. Phase I will focus on the digital documentation and analysis of the mosaic of Narcissus as a prototype for ongoing research bringing together the fragments of ancient Antioch for contemporary beholders. The Greek myth of Narcissus tells the story of a beautiful Theban hunter doomed to love his own reflection and is the origin of the modern psychiatric term “narcissism”. Researching the mythology, materials, conservation history, archival material, historiography, and contemporary reception of the Narcissus mosaic and myth offers extensive opportunities to collaborate with scholars across a range of disciplines at JHU, in the Baltimore museum community, and beyond. Investigators will move between the Baltimore Museum of Art, the CRL processing lab in Gilman Hall, and Special Collections. The course will involve some travel to visit other mosaics from Antioch now in collections at Harvard’s Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C., and the Princeton Art Museum in Princeton, New Jersey.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times:
Instructor: Stager, Jennifer M S
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.111 (01)
Ancient Greek Civilization
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Smith, Joshua M
Gilman 108
Ancient Greek Civilization AS.040.111 (01)
The course will introduce students to major aspects of the ancient Greek civilization, with special emphasis placed upon culture, society, archaeology, literature, and philosophy.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Smith, Joshua M
Room: Gilman 108
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.070.132 (01)
Invitation to Anthropology
T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Khan, Naveeda
Gilman 50
ARCH-RELATE
Invitation to Anthropology AS.070.132 (01)
This introductory course will focus on the theme of “encounter,” which has been central to anthropology’s self-formation. We will focus on the encounter with the other, the colonial encounter and the encounter with the possibility of human extinction to explore how newness comes into the world and how it may be structured by prior violence.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Khan, Naveeda
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (02)
Invitation to Anthropology
T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Khan, Naveeda
Gilman 50
ARCH-RELATE
Invitation to Anthropology AS.070.132 (02)
This introductory course will focus on the theme of “encounter,” which has been central to anthropology’s self-formation. We will focus on the encounter with the other, the colonial encounter and the encounter with the possibility of human extinction to explore how newness comes into the world and how it may be structured by prior violence.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Khan, Naveeda
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (03)
Invitation to Anthropology
T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Khan, Naveeda
Gilman 50
ARCH-RELATE
Invitation to Anthropology AS.070.132 (03)
This introductory course will focus on the theme of “encounter,” which has been central to anthropology’s self-formation. We will focus on the encounter with the other, the colonial encounter and the encounter with the possibility of human extinction to explore how newness comes into the world and how it may be structured by prior violence.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Khan, Naveeda
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (04)
Invitation to Anthropology
T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Khan, Naveeda
Gilman 50
ARCH-RELATE
Invitation to Anthropology AS.070.132 (04)
This introductory course will focus on the theme of “encounter,” which has been central to anthropology’s self-formation. We will focus on the encounter with the other, the colonial encounter and the encounter with the possibility of human extinction to explore how newness comes into the world and how it may be structured by prior violence.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Khan, Naveeda
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.132 (05)
Invitation to Anthropology
T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Khan, Naveeda
Gilman 50
ARCH-RELATE
Invitation to Anthropology AS.070.132 (05)
This introductory course will focus on the theme of “encounter,” which has been central to anthropology’s self-formation. We will focus on the encounter with the other, the colonial encounter and the encounter with the possibility of human extinction to explore how newness comes into the world and how it may be structured by prior violence.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 9:00AM - 10:15AM, Th 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Khan, Naveeda
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE
AS.070.273 (01)
Ethnographies
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Procupez, Valeria
ARCH-RELATE
Ethnographies AS.070.273 (01)
This course explores the craft of ethnography as a mode of research and writing fundamental to anthropology. Through the close reading of several ethnographic works, we will consider the intertwining of description and argumentation; and through various observation and writing exercises, we will develop a practical understanding of the ethnographic method of transferring social worlds from the field to the text.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Procupez, Valeria
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/12
PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE
AS.130.101 (01)
Ancient Middle Eastern Civilizations
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Schwartz, Glenn M
Shaffer 304
Ancient Middle Eastern Civilizations AS.130.101 (01)
Review of important issues in ancient Near Eastern history and culture from the Neolithic era to the Persian period. Included will be an examination of the Neolithic agricultural revolution, the emergence of cities, states and writing, and formation of empires. Cultures such as Sumer and Akkad, Egypt, the Hittites, Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians will be discussed.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Schwartz, Glenn M
Room: Shaffer 304
Status: Open
Seats Available: 18/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.130.126 (01)
Gods and Monsters in Ancient Egypt
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Jasnow, Richard
Krieger 170
Gods and Monsters in Ancient Egypt AS.130.126 (01)
A basic introduction to Egyptian Religion, with a special focus on the nature of the gods and how humans interact with them. We will devote particular time to the Book of the Dead and to the "magical" aspects of religion designed for protective purposes.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
Room: Krieger 170
Status: Open
Seats Available: 60/60
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.130.153 (01)
A (Virtual) Visit to the Louvre Museum: Introduction to the Material Culture of Ancient Egypt
MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Arnette, Marie-Lys
Gilman 130G
NEAS-ARTARC, ARCH-ARCH
A (Virtual) Visit to the Louvre Museum: Introduction to the Material Culture of Ancient Egypt AS.130.153 (01)
This course will present the Egyptological collections of the musée du Louvre in Paris, room by room, as in a real visit. From the Predynastic period, in the 4th millennium BC, to Roman time, the iconic “masterpieces” of this world-renowned art museum, as well as its little-known artifacts, will allow us to explore the history and material culture of ancient Egypt. We will also learn to observe, describe and analyze archaeological objects, in a global manner and without establishing a hierarchy between them, while questioning their place in the museum and its particular language.
The objective will be to go beyond the objects themselves and answer, in fine, the following questions: What do these objects tell us about the men and women who produced them, exchanged them, used them, and lived among them in antiquity? What do they also reveal about those who discovered them in Egypt, several millennia later, about those who collected them and sometimes traded them, and what does this say about the relations between Egypt and the Western countries over time?
The courses will be complemented by one visit to the JHAM and one visit to the Walters Art Museum; Dr. Aude Semat, curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) will also give a lecture about the Egyptian Collections at the MET.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Arnette, Marie-Lys
Room: Gilman 130G
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): NEAS-ARTARC, ARCH-ARCH
AS.130.250 (01)
Clapping Rivers, Talking Snakes: Nature in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Middle East
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Cooper, Stephanie Lynn
NEAS-HISCUL, ENVS-MAJOR, ARCH-RELATE
Clapping Rivers, Talking Snakes: Nature in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Middle East AS.130.250 (01)
How did ancient people relate to their environment—the animals, plants, landscapes, and weather with which they interacted? How have modern binary conceptions of ‘nature’ and ‘culture’ or ‘human’ and ‘animal’ influenced our interpretation of ancient texts (along with ancient societies)? What is “the zoological gaze?” This course will focus on these questions and more as it investigates conceptions of nature in the texts of the Hebrew Bible, as well as texts and material culture from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), and the Levant (modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, and Jordan). We will interrogate various interpretive lenses, including Posthumanism, Animal Studies, and Metaphor Theory, as we explore themes such as creation, nature and divinity, and animals in rituals, legal texts, and prophecies, among others. No previous familiarity with Hebrew language or the Hebrew Bible is needed.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Cooper, Stephanie Lynn
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): NEAS-HISCUL, ENVS-MAJOR, ARCH-RELATE
AS.270.103 (01)
Introduction to Global Environmental Change
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Gnanadesikan, Anand; Zaitchik, Benjamin
Olin 305
ARCH-RELATE, ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR
Introduction to Global Environmental Change AS.270.103 (01)
An introduction to the science behind global environmental issues. Earth systems, biogeochemical cycles, and the interrelationships between the living and nonliving world are explored, along with applications to climate change, biodiversity loss, and other issues of global significance.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Gnanadesikan, Anand; Zaitchik, Benjamin
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 110/110
PosTag(s): ARCH-RELATE, ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR
AS.270.205 (01)
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Analysis
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Chen, Xin
Maryland 104
ENVS-MINOR, ARCH-RELATE, ENVS-MAJOR
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Analysis AS.270.205 (01)
The course provides a broad introduction to the principles and practice of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related tools of Geospatial Analysis. Topics will include history of GIS, GIS data structures, data acquisition and merging, database management, spatial analysis, and GIS applications. In addition, students will get hands-on experience working with GIS software.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Chen, Xin
Room: Maryland 104
Status: Open
Seats Available: 25/25
PosTag(s): ENVS-MINOR, ARCH-RELATE, ENVS-MAJOR
AS.270.220 (01)
The Dynamic Earth: An Introduction to Geology
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Lewis, Kevin; Viete, Daniel R
Olin 247
ENVS-MINOR, ENVS-MAJOR, ARCH-RELATE
The Dynamic Earth: An Introduction to Geology AS.270.220 (01)
Basic concepts in geology, including plate tectonics; Earth’s internal structure; geologic time; minerals; formation of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks; development of faults, folds and earthquakes; geomagnetism. Corequisite (for EPS Majors): AS.270.221; optional for others. The course is introductory and open to undergraduates at all levels; freshmen are encouraged to enroll.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Lewis, Kevin; Viete, Daniel R
Room: Olin 247
Status: Open
Seats Available: 50/50
PosTag(s): ENVS-MINOR, ENVS-MAJOR, ARCH-RELATE
AS.360.411 (01)
Trade Networks of the Ancient Near East: Laboratory Analysis
F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Harrower, Michael James
Bloomberg 168
NEAS-ARTARC
Trade Networks of the Ancient Near East: Laboratory Analysis AS.360.411 (01)
Trade and exchange, and the social interactions they foster, are long-standing center-points of interest to archaeologists. For the ancient Near East, trade has been proposed as a key factor in the rise of the world’s earliest cities in southern Mesopotamia. During their earliest stages of development, cities in southern Mesopotamia were destination points for exotic raw materials and high-value trade goods, including copper and softstone (chlorite) from ancient Magan (present day Oman and the United Arab Emirates). This course will examine theories and methods for studying ancient trade, with a specific focus on copper and chlorite from Oman. Students will learn some of the key methods archaeologists use to analyze ancient metal and stone, and will conduct some of their own analysis in laboratories at Johns Hopkins, including the Spatial Observation Lab for Archaeological Research (SOLAR) in Gilman Hall 135.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Harrower, Michael James
Room: Bloomberg 168
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 8/8
PosTag(s): NEAS-ARTARC
AS.363.331 (01)
Engendering Archaeology: Gender and Sexuality Beyond the Modern Global West
F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Poolman, Laurel Ames
Gilman 17
MSCH-HUM, ARCH-ARCH
Engendering Archaeology: Gender and Sexuality Beyond the Modern Global West AS.363.331 (01)
Modern understandings of our gendered selves are deeply rooted in narratives of human history. While research on the ancient world, like archaeology, is often upheld as a way of objectively observing the development of humanity over time, all too often, scholars and the public both impose modern concepts of gender and sexuality onto the archaeological study of the past. This class will introduce students to anthropological archaeology, as well as feminist and queer theories as tools for questioning popular narratives surrounding the development of gendered behaviors in the ancient past. Specifically, we will investigate stories about gender and sexuality in the scholarship of 1) evolutionary biology, 2) early community and societal formations, and 3) ancient identity. We will engage oft-repeated stories about the evolutionary and historical ancestries of gender and return to archaeological evidence with the intellectual tools and knowledge to complicate popular myths about the historicity of gender. We will thereby expand our understanding of human identities and behavior by incorporating alternative archaeological narratives influenced by intersectional feminist, nonbinary, and queer perspectives. Importantly, this class will also prompt students to reflect upon how stories of the ancient past inform and create their own modern experiences of gender, identity, and sexuality.
Introduction to the Museum: Past and Present AS.389.201 (01)
This course surveys museums, from their origins to their most contemporary forms, in the context of broader historical, intellectual, and cultural trends including the social movements of the 20th century. Anthropology, art, history, and science museums are considered. Crosslisted with Archaeology, History, History of Art, International Studies and Medicine, Science & Humanities.
