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Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.010.330 (01)
Art of the Caliphates: Visual Culture and Competition in the Medieval Islamic World
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Rustem, Unver
Gilman 177
INST-GLOBAL, HART-MED
Art of the Caliphates: Visual Culture and Competition in the Medieval Islamic World AS.010.330 (01)
Despite its modern-day association with a fringe extremist movement, the term “caliphate” was traditionally used to describe the Muslim world at large, the political and spiritual ruler of which bore the title of caliph. The original Islamic caliphate was established in the seventh century as a vast empire centered on the Middle East and extending deep into Africa, Asia, and Europe. It soon broke apart into a series of competing powers, until in the tenth century, three rival dynasties—the Baghdad-based Abbasids, the Spanish Umayyads, and the Fatimids of North Africa—each claimed to be the rightful caliphate. This course will examine how these fascinating political developments and conflicts played out in the realm of art and architecture between the seventh and thirteenth centuries. As well as palaces, mosques, and commemorative buildings, the course will look at media ranging from ceramics and metalwork to textiles and illustrated manuscripts, with many of the artifacts being viewed firsthand in local museum collections. These works will be considered in relation to such themes as patronage, audience, ceremony, and meaning. Particular attention will be paid to how the various caliphates—both in emulation of and competition with one another—used visual culture as a powerful tool to assert their legitimacy.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Rustem, Unver
Room: Gilman 177
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HART-MED
AS.010.336 (01)
Männer und Meister: Artistry and Masculinity in Sixteenth-Century Germany
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Stolurow, Benjamin Isaac
Gilman 177
INST-GLOBAL, HART-RENEM
Männer und Meister: Artistry and Masculinity in Sixteenth-Century Germany AS.010.336 (01)
Since the publication of Giorgio Vasari’s Lives (1550), in which the history of art was first conceived as the successive accomplishment of a select group of great men, the discipline of Art History has had a gender problem. Today, feminist scholars continue to grapple with this troubled legacy, working to redress the masculinist biases inherent in disciplinary methods and assumptions while at the same time fighting to recover the value of traditionally overlooked subjects and genres. In the early 1990s, the history of masculinity emerged as an adjunct to traditional feminist history. Aimed at addressing misconceptions about the nature and naturalness of male identity, this subfield has helped open masculinity to critical reevaluation. Drawing on the contributions of contemporary feminist scholarship as well as those of the history of masculinity, this course explores the ways in which a reconsideration of the nature of male identity in the historical past might help us rethink key art historical issues, for example, paradigmatic notions of the Renaissance artist, the nature of copying and competition, and the concepts of creativity, invention, and genius. The course will focus on developments in the German speaking world in the late fifteenth and sixteenth-centuries; as numerous historians have noted, the German speaking lands underwent a crisis of masculinity during this period, in part precipitated by the events of the Protestant Reformation. At the same time, the region witnessed profound changes in the status of the arts and of the artist. In this course, we will explore the ways in which these phenomena were related, and how they contributed to culturally specific notions of the relationship between masculinity and artistry. We will also consider the ways in which a close examination of masculinity in the German Renaissance opens up new avenues of art historical and cultural historical investigation with relevance beyond the period itself.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Stolurow, Benjamin Isaac
Room: Gilman 177
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HART-RENEM
AS.010.373 (01)
Art and Politics in Modern China
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Liu, Yinxing
Gilman 177
INST-CP, HART-MODERN
Art and Politics in Modern China AS.010.373 (01)
Art has always been intertwined with politics; one can even say art is always political. In modern China, this statement is especially poignant. The relationship between art and politics has been at the core of art production in China in the past century, and a perennial preoccupation of those in power, including now. This course will therefore examine three major threads: the documents, dictums, and decrees by the artists and by the regimes concerning the nature, function, and practice of art and artists in the 20th century, for example, Mao’s famous Yan’an talk in 1942; artists’ response to and art’s participation in the important political events and historical moments, for example, the 1989 democracy movement; we will also examine the space of resistance, intervention, and alterity that art created in modern China, concerning topics of gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, ecocriticism, privacy, and questions of historiography. The period we examine will begin at the end of the 19th century when artists struggled with a crumbling empire facing the onslaught of modernity, to the present.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Liu, Yinxing
Room: Gilman 177
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-CP, HART-MODERN
AS.010.465 (01)
Renew, Reuse, Recycle: Afterlives of Architecture in the Ottoman Empire
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Rustem, Unver
Latrobe 120
INST-GLOBAL, HART-RENEM
Renew, Reuse, Recycle: Afterlives of Architecture in the Ottoman Empire AS.010.465 (01)
Designed from the outset to be inhabited and used, works of architecture are inherently susceptible to changes in purpose, appearance, and meaning over time. This was particularly so in the Ottoman Empire (c. 1299–1922), a multiethnic and multireligious transcontinental polity whose territories were already marked by long and eventful architectural histories. Through such case studies as the Parthenon in Athens, the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople/Istanbul, the Citadel of Cairo, and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, this course investigates the ways in which buildings and sites have been appropriated, repurposed, transformed, and/or reconceptualized in response to changing sociopolitical and artistic conditions. Topics to be addressed include the conversion of places of worship, (re)decoration as a vehicle of ideology, and the phenomenon of spoliation—the recycling, whether for practical or symbolic reasons, of existing building materials. In addition to the monuments themselves, we will address the objects that filled them and the human activities they hosted. While our focus will be on the Ottoman context and its relationship to the past, the course will also consider comparable examples in other geographies as well as developments in the post-Ottoman era, including the current debate over the Parthenon marbles and the recent reconversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Rustem, Unver
Room: Latrobe 120
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/8
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HART-RENEM
AS.060.213 (01)
Global Victorians: Race, Empire, Re-Imagination
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Jackson, Jeanne-Marie; Rosenthal, Jesse Karl
Shaffer 304
ENGL-GLOBAL, ENGL-LEC, INST-GLOBAL
Global Victorians: Race, Empire, Re-Imagination AS.060.213 (01)
The British nineteenth century was marked by rapid industrialization and increasing social inequality. It gave birth to some of the most well-known novelists and thinkers in the English language, while introducing technologies of communication and surveillance that continue to trouble us today. It was also a period of the British Empire’s overseas expansion and racial-economic empowerment, especially in Africa, East Asia, and the Mediterranean. This course surveys a wide range of literary, artistic, intellectual developments that took place across a wide geographical terrain in the British imperial nineteenth-century, as well as later imperial and post-imperial renditions of it.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Jackson, Jeanne-Marie; Rosenthal, Jesse Karl
Room: Shaffer 304
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/20
PosTag(s): ENGL-GLOBAL, ENGL-LEC, INST-GLOBAL
AS.060.213 (02)
Global Victorians: Race, Empire, Re-Imagination
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Jackson, Jeanne-Marie; Rosenthal, Jesse Karl
Shaffer 304
ENGL-GLOBAL, ENGL-LEC, INST-GLOBAL
Global Victorians: Race, Empire, Re-Imagination AS.060.213 (02)
The British nineteenth century was marked by rapid industrialization and increasing social inequality. It gave birth to some of the most well-known novelists and thinkers in the English language, while introducing technologies of communication and surveillance that continue to trouble us today. It was also a period of the British Empire’s overseas expansion and racial-economic empowerment, especially in Africa, East Asia, and the Mediterranean. This course surveys a wide range of literary, artistic, intellectual developments that took place across a wide geographical terrain in the British imperial nineteenth-century, as well as later imperial and post-imperial renditions of it.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Jackson, Jeanne-Marie; Rosenthal, Jesse Karl
Room: Shaffer 304
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/20
PosTag(s): ENGL-GLOBAL, ENGL-LEC, INST-GLOBAL
AS.060.213 (03)
Global Victorians: Race, Empire, Re-Imagination
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Jackson, Jeanne-Marie; Rosenthal, Jesse Karl
Shaffer 304
ENGL-GLOBAL, ENGL-LEC, INST-GLOBAL
Global Victorians: Race, Empire, Re-Imagination AS.060.213 (03)
The British nineteenth century was marked by rapid industrialization and increasing social inequality. It gave birth to some of the most well-known novelists and thinkers in the English language, while introducing technologies of communication and surveillance that continue to trouble us today. It was also a period of the British Empire’s overseas expansion and racial-economic empowerment, especially in Africa, East Asia, and the Mediterranean. This course surveys a wide range of literary, artistic, intellectual developments that took place across a wide geographical terrain in the British imperial nineteenth-century, as well as later imperial and post-imperial renditions of it.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Jackson, Jeanne-Marie; Rosenthal, Jesse Karl
Room: Shaffer 304
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/20
PosTag(s): ENGL-GLOBAL, ENGL-LEC, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.118 (01)
Introduction to the Middle East
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Noor, Rao Mohsin Ali
Hodson 316
HIST-MIDEST, INST-GLOBAL
Introduction to the Middle East AS.100.118 (01)
This introductory course aims to introduce students who have no prior knowledge of the Middle East to the region. Emphasis will be placed on the history, geography, languages, religions, and culture of the pre-modern and modern Middle East. Students will also be exposed to different methods and approaches to the academic study of the region.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Noor, Rao Mohsin Ali
Room: Hodson 316
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/30
PosTag(s): HIST-MIDEST, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.170 (01)
Chinese Cultural Revolution
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Shaffer 202
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
Chinese Cultural Revolution AS.100.170 (01)
The Cultural Revolution was Mao Zedong's last attempt to transform Chinese society spiritually and structurally. The events of this period were marked by social upheaval, personal vendettas, violence, massive youth movements, and extreme ideological pressure. This course will explore the Cultural Revolution from a variety of perspectives, focusing on the relationship between events in China from 1966-1976, and their interpretation in China and the West during the Cultural Revolution decade and since. (Previously offered as AS.100.219 and AS.100.236. )
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Room: Shaffer 202
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/20
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
AS.100.170 (02)
Chinese Cultural Revolution
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Shaffer 202
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
Chinese Cultural Revolution AS.100.170 (02)
The Cultural Revolution was Mao Zedong's last attempt to transform Chinese society spiritually and structurally. The events of this period were marked by social upheaval, personal vendettas, violence, massive youth movements, and extreme ideological pressure. This course will explore the Cultural Revolution from a variety of perspectives, focusing on the relationship between events in China from 1966-1976, and their interpretation in China and the West during the Cultural Revolution decade and since. (Previously offered as AS.100.219 and AS.100.236. )
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Room: Shaffer 202
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/20
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
AS.100.218 (01)
Paris Noire: Black American Women in the City of Lights
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Pilatte, Malaurie Jacqueline
Latrobe 107
HIST-US, HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
Paris Noire: Black American Women in the City of Lights AS.100.218 (01)
This class explores the construction and articulation of Black womanhood between the anglophone and francophone worlds in the 19th and 20th century. Through a study of secondary and primary sources, we will follow African American women across the Atlantic and analyze their experiences with France and the French language.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Pilatte, Malaurie Jacqueline
Room: Latrobe 107
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): HIST-US, HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.245 (01)
Islam East of the Middle East: The Interconnected Histories of Islam in Asia
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Halladay, Andrew
Gilman 219
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-MIDEST
Islam East of the Middle East: The Interconnected Histories of Islam in Asia AS.100.245 (01)
Challenging the conception that Islam is synonymous with the Middle East, this course considers Muslim populations across Asia and interrogates how Islam and these regions have shaped one another.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Halladay, Andrew
Room: Gilman 219
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-MIDEST
AS.100.250 (01)
The American Revolution in Unexpected Places
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Pearsall, Sarah
Hodson 203
HIST-US, INST-GLOBAL
The American Revolution in Unexpected Places AS.100.250 (01)
This course considers the American Revolution from the perspective of locations beyond the thirteen rebelling colonies. Covering a range of global hotspots, the focus is on events from 1763 to 1788.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Pearsall, Sarah
Room: Hodson 203
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): HIST-US, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.250 (02)
The American Revolution in Unexpected Places
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Pearsall, Sarah
Hodson 203
HIST-US, INST-GLOBAL
The American Revolution in Unexpected Places AS.100.250 (02)
This course considers the American Revolution from the perspective of locations beyond the thirteen rebelling colonies. Covering a range of global hotspots, the focus is on events from 1763 to 1788.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
This course is a survey of the history of Jewish magic, mysticism, and secret tradition from the Middle Ages till the 19th century. We shall explore the concept of the sod (mystery) and its historical variants. We shall read excerpts from the most important texts of Jewish esotericism, such as Sefer Yetzirah, the Bahir, and the Zohar. We shall also discuss “practical Kabbalah”, i.e. the preparation and use of amulets and charms, as well as demonic (and angelic) possession.
Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the medieval Middle East
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
el-Leithy, Tamer
Ames 320
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-MIDEST, HIST-ASIA
Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the medieval Middle East AS.100.262 (01)
The course examines religious difference in the medieval Middle East, including everyday encounters and relations between members of different communities; the policies of some Islamic states towards non-Muslims; conversion to Islam and the Islamization of society and space.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: el-Leithy, Tamer
Room: Ames 320
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/16
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-MIDEST, HIST-ASIA
AS.100.265 (01)
A History of Health, Healing, (Bio)Medicine, and Power in Africa
W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Mazzeo, Vincenza F
Ames 218
HIST-AFRICA, INST-GLOBAL, MSCH-HUM
A History of Health, Healing, (Bio)Medicine, and Power in Africa AS.100.265 (01)
This course explores how historical events and processes, such as colonialism and globalization, have shaped ideas of health, healing, medicine, and power in specific African societies since the 19th century. 100-level course in African History recommended.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Mazzeo, Vincenza F
Room: Ames 218
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): HIST-AFRICA, INST-GLOBAL, MSCH-HUM
AS.100.270 (01)
Europe since 1945
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Harms, Victoria Elisabeth
Hodson 210
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, HIST-US
Europe since 1945 AS.100.270 (01)
This class focuses on Europe from the end of World War II until today. We will discuss such topics as the Cold War, social democracy, the welfare state, the relationship to the US and the Soviet Union, decolonization, migration, 1989, European integration, neoliberalism, and the EU. We will discuss and analyze academic literature, movies, documentary films, textual and visual primary sources.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Harms, Victoria Elisabeth
Room: Hodson 210
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/40
PosTag(s): HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, HIST-US
AS.100.295 (01)
American Thought since the Civil War
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Burgin, Angus
Gilman 119
HIST-US, INST-PT
American Thought since the Civil War AS.100.295 (01)
A survey of major developments in American philosophy, literature, law, economics, and political theory since 1865. Among other subjects, readings will explore modernism and anti-modernism, belief and uncertainty, science and tradition, uniformity and diversity, scarcity and surfeit, and individualism and concern for the social good.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Burgin, Angus
Room: Gilman 119
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/20
PosTag(s): HIST-US, INST-PT
AS.100.295 (02)
American Thought since the Civil War
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Burgin, Angus
Gilman 119
HIST-US, INST-PT
American Thought since the Civil War AS.100.295 (02)
A survey of major developments in American philosophy, literature, law, economics, and political theory since 1865. Among other subjects, readings will explore modernism and anti-modernism, belief and uncertainty, science and tradition, uniformity and diversity, scarcity and surfeit, and individualism and concern for the social good.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Burgin, Angus
Room: Gilman 119
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/10
PosTag(s): HIST-US, INST-PT
AS.100.303 (01)
Old Regime and Revolutionary France
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Kwass, Michael
Gilman 217
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE
Old Regime and Revolutionary France AS.100.303 (01)
Examines the history of France from the reign of Louis XIV to the French Revolution, focusing on early modern society, popular culture, absolutism, the Enlightenment, overseas empire, and the French and Haitian Revolutions.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Kwass, Michael
Room: Gilman 217
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.348 (01)
20th-Century China
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Rowe, William T
Gilman 17
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
20th-Century China AS.100.348 (01)
History of China since ca. 1900.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Rowe, William T
Room: Gilman 17
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/40
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
AS.100.372 (01)
African Cities: Environment, Gender, and Economic Life
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Gondola, Didier Didier
Gilman 377
HIST-AFRICA, INST-GLOBAL
African Cities: Environment, Gender, and Economic Life AS.100.372 (01)
This class explores the geographic, economic and cultural issues resulting from Africa’s urban growth from precolonial times to the present.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Gondola, Didier Didier
Room: Gilman 377
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/18
PosTag(s): HIST-AFRICA, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.386 (01)
The Cold War as Sports History
W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Harms, Victoria Elisabeth
Krieger 300
HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL, HIST-US, HIST-ASIA
The Cold War as Sports History AS.100.386 (01)
This class reassesses the history of the Cold War through sports. We will investigate how the Cold War has shaped sports, the Olympic movement, the role of athletes at home and abroad. We will discuss how sports were used in domestic and foreign policy, and how Cold War sports reinforced or challenged notions of race, gender, and class.
Brazilian Paradoxes: Slavery, Race, and Inequality in Brazil (from a Portuguese Colony to the World’s 8th Largest Economy)
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Hebrard, Jean Michel Louis
Gilman 277
INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, HIST-LATAM
Brazilian Paradoxes: Slavery, Race, and Inequality in Brazil (from a Portuguese Colony to the World’s 8th Largest Economy) AS.100.394 (01)
Place of contrasts, Brazil has a multi-ethnic cultural heritage challenged by social and racial inequalities. Its political life remains chaotic. We will examine these problems through Brazilian history and culture (literature, cinema).
The Gender Binary and American Empire AS.100.396 (01)
This seminar explores how the sex and gender binary was produced through US colonialism since the nineteenth century. Topics include domestic settler colonialism, as well as Hawaii, the Caribbean, and Asia.
Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe AS.100.426 (01)
Witchcraft, magic, carnivals, riots, folk tales, gender roles; fertility cults and violence especially in Britain, Germany, France, and Italy.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Marshall, John W
Room: Gilman 308
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/26
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-EUROPE
AS.100.445 (01)
Revolution, Anti-Slavery, and Empire 1773-1792: British and American Political Thought from Paine, Smith, and the Declaration of Independence to Cugoano, Wollstonecraft, and the Bill of Rights
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Marshall, John W
Krieger 304
HIST-EUROPE, HIST-US, INST-GLOBAL, INST-PT
Revolution, Anti-Slavery, and Empire 1773-1792: British and American Political Thought from Paine, Smith, and the Declaration of Independence to Cugoano, Wollstonecraft, and the Bill of Rights AS.100.445 (01)
This seminar-style course will focus on discussing British and American political thought from the "Age of Revolutions", a period also of many critiques of Empire and of many works of Antislavery. Readings include Paine's Common Sense and Rights of Man, the Declaration of Rights, the Constitution and Bill of Rights, the Federalist Papers; works by Smith, Burke, and Wollstonecraft; and antislavery works by Cugoano, Equiano, Rush, Wesley, and Wilberforce.
Making Medieval History in 'Modern' America AS.100.446 (01)
This course examines the emergence and practice of medieval history as a field of history in the US beginning in the nineteenth-century. We will address what the medieval past meant for the formation of the discipline of history in the US and how an imagined medieval past came to inform scholarly discourse, research approaches, methodologies, ideas about race and gender, legal and constitutional history, and the contours of nation states. The narrative of the medieval origins of states will also be addressed and questioned as it developed over the course of the 20th century. Students will do archival research in the JHU archives and in other published and unpublished source sets.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Lester, Anne
Room: BLC 4040
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/8
PosTag(s): HIST-US, HIST-EUROPE, INST-GLOBAL
AS.100.482 (01)
Historiography of Modern China
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Rowe, William T
Hodson 313
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
Historiography of Modern China AS.100.482 (01)
How has the history of modern China been told by Chinese, Western, and Japanese historians and social thinkers, and how did this affect popular attitudes and government policies toward China?
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Rowe, William T
Room: Hodson 313
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
AS.130.216 (01)
History of the Jews in Pre-Modern Times, from the Middle Ages to 1789
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Katz, David
Smokler Center 213
NEAS-HISCUL, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
History of the Jews in Pre-Modern Times, from the Middle Ages to 1789 AS.130.216 (01)
A broad survey of the significant political and cultural dynamics of Jewish history in the Medieval, Early-Modern, and Modern Eras.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Katz, David
Room: Smokler Center 213
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/21
PosTag(s): NEAS-HISCUL, INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST
AS.130.352 (01)
History of Hasidism
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Katz, David
Smokler Center 213
INST-GLOBAL
History of Hasidism AS.130.352 (01)
Although it appears to be a relic of pre-modern Judaism, Hasidism is a phenomenon of the modern era of Jewish history. This course surveys the political and social history of the Hasidic movement over the course of the last three centuries. Students will also explore basic features of Hasidic culture and thought in their historical development. Cross-listed with Jewish Studies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Katz, David
Room: Smokler Center 213
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/19
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.140.312 (01)
The Politics of Science in America
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Ginsberg, Benjamin; Kargon, Robert H
Bloomberg 168
INST-AP
The Politics of Science in America AS.140.312 (01)
This course examines the relations of the scientific and technical enterprise and government in the United States in the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics will include the funding of research and development, public health, national defense, etc. Case studies will include the 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic, the Depression-era Science Advisory Board, the founding of the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, the institution of the President’s Science Advisor, the failure of the Superconducting Supercollider, the Hubble Space Telescope, the covid pandemic, etc.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Ginsberg, Benjamin; Kargon, Robert H
Room: Bloomberg 168
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): INST-AP
AS.140.334 (01)
Science, National Security, and Race: the US-East Asia Scientific Connections
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Hu, Yize
Shriver Hall 001
INST-IR, INST-CP, MSCH-HUM
Science, National Security, and Race: the US-East Asia Scientific Connections AS.140.334 (01)
America’s scientific connections with China, its East Asian allies, and the rest of the world are heavily shaped by geopolitics nowadays. This course traces the historical root of these connections and invites you to explore the movement of knowledge and people, the omnipresence of the state and concerns about national security, and the career of Asian American students and scientists. It aims to equip you with a set of analytical tools to understand the complicated dynamics of the transnational scientific community between America and East Asian countries. As nationalism regains momentum globally, it is time to look back on history and think about how we should approach the increasingly tumultuous world!
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Hu, Yize
Room: Shriver Hall 001
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/18
PosTag(s): INST-IR, INST-CP, MSCH-HUM
AS.140.387 (01)
Islam and Medicine: Histories, Debates and Controversies
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Ragab, Ahmed
Shaffer 2
INST-GLOBAL, MSCH-HUM
Islam and Medicine: Histories, Debates and Controversies AS.140.387 (01)
This course will analyze how “Islam” and “medicine” interacted and intersected from the medieval and into the modern and contemporary world. We will look at the rise of Islamic medicine in the medieval and early modern period, the modernization of medicine in the Islamic world, and we will also investigate questions and challenges facing Muslim physicians and patients in the US, Europe and inside and outside the Muslim-majority world.
We will address questions related to modernization of medical education in the Islamic world, colonization and decolonization, questions related to gender and sexuality, issues related to Islamic bioethics from organ transplantation and clinical death to abortion, artificial fertilization among other similar questions.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Ragab, Ahmed
Room: Shaffer 2
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, MSCH-HUM
AS.150.205 (01)
Introduction to the History of Modern Philosophy
MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Connolly, Patrick
Gilman 17
PHIL-MODERN, MSCH-HUM, INST-GLOBAL, INST-PT
Introduction to the History of Modern Philosophy AS.150.205 (01)
An overview of philosophical thought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We shall focus on fundamental questions in epistemology (knowledge, how we acquire it, its scope and limits), metaphysics (the ultimate nature of reality, the relation of mind and body, free will), and theology (the existence and nature of God, God’s relation to the world, whether knowledge of such things is possible): all questions that arose in dramatic ways as a result of the rise of modern science. The principal philosophers to be discussed are Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant, though we shall also make the acquaintance of Spinoza, Leibniz and Berkeley.
An overview of philosophical thought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We shall focus on fundamental questions in epistemology (knowledge, how we acquire it, its scope and limits), metaphysics (the ultimate nature of reality, the relation of mind and body, free will), and theology (the existence and nature of God, God’s relation to the world, whether knowledge of such things is possible): all questions that arose in dramatic ways as a result of the rise of modern science. The principal philosophers to be discussed are Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant, though we shall also make the acquaintance of Spinoza, Leibniz and Berkeley.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
This course begins by reviewing canonical texts in modern political philosophy beginning with Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and ends by exploring classic questions in contemporary debates in race, gender, and identity.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS, INST-PT
AS.150.240 (02)
Intro-Political Philosop
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Gilman 55
PHIL-ETHICS, INST-PT
Intro-Political Philosop AS.150.240 (02)
This course begins by reviewing canonical texts in modern political philosophy beginning with Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and ends by exploring classic questions in contemporary debates in race, gender, and identity.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Instructor: Lebron, Christopher Joseph
Room: Gilman 55
Status: Open
Seats Available: 16/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS, INST-PT
AS.150.460 (01)
Rawls and His Critics
F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Bok, Hilary
Gilman 288
INST-PT, PHIL-ETHICS
Rawls and His Critics AS.150.460 (01)
John Rawls was the most important moral and political thinker of the 20th century. In this course we will look at his two main works, A Theory of Justice and Political Liberalism, along with some of the more influential criticisms of his ideas. Main topics will include the derivation of principles of justice, the role of the good in liberal political theory, and the nature of reasonable pluralism.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Bok, Hilary
Room: Gilman 288
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): INST-PT, PHIL-ETHICS
AS.180.101 (01)
Elements of Macroeconomics
TTh 9:00AM - 9:50AM, Th 4:30PM - 5:20PM
Seshie-Nasser, Hellen
Olin 305
Elements of Macroeconomics AS.180.101 (01)
An introduction to the economic system and economic analysis, with emphasis on total national income and output, employment, the price level and inflation, money, the government budget, the national debt, and interest rates. The role of public policy. Applications of economic analysis to government and personal decisions. Prerequisite: basic facility with graphs and algebra.
An introduction to the economic system and economic analysis, with emphasis on total national income and output, employment, the price level and inflation, money, the government budget, the national debt, and interest rates. The role of public policy. Applications of economic analysis to government and personal decisions. Prerequisite: basic facility with graphs and algebra.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 9:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Seshie-Nasser, Hellen
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.180.101 (03)
Elements of Macroeconomics
TTh 9:00AM - 9:50AM, Th 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Seshie-Nasser, Hellen
Olin 305
Elements of Macroeconomics AS.180.101 (03)
An introduction to the economic system and economic analysis, with emphasis on total national income and output, employment, the price level and inflation, money, the government budget, the national debt, and interest rates. The role of public policy. Applications of economic analysis to government and personal decisions. Prerequisite: basic facility with graphs and algebra.
An introduction to the economic system and economic analysis, with emphasis on total national income and output, employment, the price level and inflation, money, the government budget, the national debt, and interest rates. The role of public policy. Applications of economic analysis to government and personal decisions. Prerequisite: basic facility with graphs and algebra.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 9:50AM, M 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Seshie-Nasser, Hellen
Room: Olin 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/20
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.180.102 (01)
Elements of Microeconomics
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM, Th 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Husain, Muhammad Mudabbir
Hodson 110
Elements of Microeconomics AS.180.102 (01)
An introduction to the economic system and economic analysis with emphasis on demand and supply, relative prices, the allocation of resources, and the distribution of goods and services, theory of consumer behavior, theory of the firm, and competition and monopoly, including the application of microeconomic analysis to contemporary problems.
An introduction to the economic system and economic analysis with emphasis on demand and supply, relative prices, the allocation of resources, and the distribution of goods and services, theory of consumer behavior, theory of the firm, and competition and monopoly, including the application of microeconomic analysis to contemporary problems.
An introduction to the economic system and economic analysis with emphasis on demand and supply, relative prices, the allocation of resources, and the distribution of goods and services, theory of consumer behavior, theory of the firm, and competition and monopoly, including the application of microeconomic analysis to contemporary problems.
An introduction to the economic system and economic analysis with emphasis on demand and supply, relative prices, the allocation of resources, and the distribution of goods and services, theory of consumer behavior, theory of the firm, and competition and monopoly, including the application of microeconomic analysis to contemporary problems.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Husain, Muhammad Mudabbir
Room: Hodson 110
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/40
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.180.102 (05)
Elements of Microeconomics
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Husain, Muhammad Mudabbir
Hodson 110
Elements of Microeconomics AS.180.102 (05)
An introduction to the economic system and economic analysis with emphasis on demand and supply, relative prices, the allocation of resources, and the distribution of goods and services, theory of consumer behavior, theory of the firm, and competition and monopoly, including the application of microeconomic analysis to contemporary problems.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Husain, Muhammad Mudabbir
Room: Hodson 110
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/40
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.180.210 (01)
Migrating to Opportunity? Economic Evidence from East Asia, the U.S. and the EU
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Dore, Giovanna Maria Dora
Hodson 216
INST-ECON
Migrating to Opportunity? Economic Evidence from East Asia, the U.S. and the EU AS.180.210 (01)
Increased mobility of people across national borders, whether by choice or by force, has become an integral part of the modern world. Using a comparative perspective and an applied economics approach, the course explores the economic and political determinants, and (likely) consequences of migration flows for East Asia, the US and the EU. Lectures, assignments and in class discussions, will be built around the following topics: i) migrants’ self-selection; ii) human capital investment decision-making; iii) remittance decisions and effects; iv) impacts on labor markets of both receiving and sending countries; and v) the economic benefits from immigration. Overall, the course will give students perspective on the why people choose or feel compelled to leave their countries, how receiving countries respond to migrants’ presence, and the key economic policy concerns that are influencing the shaping of immigration policy in East Asia, the US, and the EU.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Dore, Giovanna Maria Dora
Room: Hodson 216
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): INST-ECON
AS.180.241 (01)
International Trade
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Dasgupta, Somasree
Hodson 213
INST-ECON
International Trade AS.180.241 (01)
Theory of comparative advantage and the international division of labor: the determinants and pattern of trade, factor price equalization, factor mobility, gains from trade and distribution of income, and theory and practice or tariffs and other trade restrictions. Recommended Course Background: AS.180.101.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Dasgupta, Somasree
Room: Hodson 213
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/60
PosTag(s): INST-ECON
AS.180.242 (01)
International Monetary Economics
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Poliakova, Ludmila
Ames 218
INST-ECON, ECON-FINMIN
International Monetary Economics AS.180.242 (01)
This course presents International Monetary Economics theory and applies it towards gaining an understanding of recent events and current policy issues. The theory presented in this course covers a broad range of topics including exchange rate determination, monetary and fiscal policy in an open economy, balance of payments crisis, the choice of exchange rate, and international debt. The insights provided by these theoretical frameworks will enable us to discuss topics such as the global financial crisis, global financial imbalances, the Chinese exchange rate regime, and proposed changes in the international financial architecture.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Poliakova, Ludmila
Room: Ames 218
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/40
PosTag(s): INST-ECON, ECON-FINMIN
AS.180.246 (01)
Environmental Economics
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Elliott, Jonathan Tyler
Hodson 311
INST-ECON, ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR
Environmental Economics AS.180.246 (01)
This course presents a broad overview of the key issues in modern environmental economics with a focus on understanding and solving urban pollution challenges in developed and developing nations. This course explores how cities and nations can achieve the "win-win" of economic growth and reduced urban pollution. Special attention is paid to the incentives of households, firms and governments in reducing the production of pollution. The course examines a number of pollution challenges including; air, water, noise, garbage and the global challenge of climate change.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Elliott, Jonathan Tyler
Room: Hodson 311
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/40
PosTag(s): INST-ECON, ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR
AS.180.332 (01)
Debt Crises and Financial Crises
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Fourakis, Stelios Stephen
Ames 218
ECON-FINMIN, INST-ECON
Debt Crises and Financial Crises AS.180.332 (01)
This course will provide students with the theoretical tools and historical context to understand financial crises and debt crises. We will review famous examples, such as the banking panics of the Great Depression and the Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crises, and use economic theory to understand how and why crises happen, as well as how policies can be designed to prevent them or mitigate their effects. Topics to be covered include banking crises, currency crises, sovereign debt crises, private debt crises, panics, and the relationships between them.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Fourakis, Stelios Stephen
Room: Ames 218
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/25
PosTag(s): ECON-FINMIN, INST-ECON
AS.180.355 (01)
Economics of Poverty/Inequality
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Husain, Muhammad Mudabbir
Hodson 216
INST-ECON
Economics of Poverty/Inequality AS.180.355 (01)
This course focuses on the economics of poverty and inequality. It covers the measurement of poverty and inequality, facts and trends over time, the causes of poverty and inequality with a focus on those related to earnings and the labor market, and public policy toward poverty and inequality, covering both taxation and government expenditure and programs. By the nature of the material, the course is fairly statistical and quantitative. Students should have an intermediate understanding of microeconomic concepts. Basic knowledge of regression analysis is also helpful.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Husain, Muhammad Mudabbir
Room: Hodson 216
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/25
PosTag(s): INST-ECON
AS.180.361 (01)
Rich Countries, Poor Countries
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Dasgupta, Somasree
Hodson 305
INST-ECON
Rich Countries, Poor Countries AS.180.361 (01)
Why are some countries rich while some other countries poor? Why does a country’s income per person generally grow over time? We try to analyze these questions using the theoretical and empirical growth literature. We will study seminal growth models, and also try to explain cross-country income differences in terms of factors like geography, institutions and global integration. Knowledge of regression analysis (including instrumental variables estimation) is required.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Dasgupta, Somasree
Room: Hodson 305
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/18
PosTag(s): INST-ECON
AS.190.180 (01)
Introduction to Political Theory
MW 3:00PM - 3:50PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Brendese, PJ Joseph
Shaffer 301
INST-PT, POLI-PT
Introduction to Political Theory AS.190.180 (01)
This course investigates core questions of what constitutes political freedom, what limits on freedom (if any) should be imposed by authority, adn the relationship between freedom, responsibility, and political judgement. Spanning texts ancient, modern, and contemporary, we shall investigate how power inhabits and invigorates practices of freedom and consent. Among the questions we will consider: Can we always tell the difference between consent and coercion? Are morality and freedom incompatible? Is freedom from the past impossible? By wrestling with slavery (freedom's opposite) we will confront the terrifying possibility that slavery can be both embodied and psychic. If our minds can be held captive by power, can we ever be certain that we are truly free? The political stakes of these problems will be brought to light through a consideration of issues of religion, gender, sexuality, civil liberties, class and race.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 3:50PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Brendese, PJ Joseph
Room: Shaffer 301
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/20
PosTag(s): INST-PT, POLI-PT
AS.190.180 (02)
Introduction to Political Theory
MW 3:00PM - 3:50PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Brendese, PJ Joseph
Shaffer 301
INST-PT, POLI-PT
Introduction to Political Theory AS.190.180 (02)
This course investigates core questions of what constitutes political freedom, what limits on freedom (if any) should be imposed by authority, adn the relationship between freedom, responsibility, and political judgement. Spanning texts ancient, modern, and contemporary, we shall investigate how power inhabits and invigorates practices of freedom and consent. Among the questions we will consider: Can we always tell the difference between consent and coercion? Are morality and freedom incompatible? Is freedom from the past impossible? By wrestling with slavery (freedom's opposite) we will confront the terrifying possibility that slavery can be both embodied and psychic. If our minds can be held captive by power, can we ever be certain that we are truly free? The political stakes of these problems will be brought to light through a consideration of issues of religion, gender, sexuality, civil liberties, class and race.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 3:50PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Brendese, PJ Joseph
Room: Shaffer 301
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/20
PosTag(s): INST-PT, POLI-PT
AS.190.180 (03)
Introduction to Political Theory
MW 3:00PM - 3:50PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Brendese, PJ Joseph
Shaffer 301
INST-PT, POLI-PT
Introduction to Political Theory AS.190.180 (03)
This course investigates core questions of what constitutes political freedom, what limits on freedom (if any) should be imposed by authority, adn the relationship between freedom, responsibility, and political judgement. Spanning texts ancient, modern, and contemporary, we shall investigate how power inhabits and invigorates practices of freedom and consent. Among the questions we will consider: Can we always tell the difference between consent and coercion? Are morality and freedom incompatible? Is freedom from the past impossible? By wrestling with slavery (freedom's opposite) we will confront the terrifying possibility that slavery can be both embodied and psychic. If our minds can be held captive by power, can we ever be certain that we are truly free? The political stakes of these problems will be brought to light through a consideration of issues of religion, gender, sexuality, civil liberties, class and race.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 3:50PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Instructor: Brendese, PJ Joseph
Room: Shaffer 301
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/20
PosTag(s): INST-PT, POLI-PT
AS.190.180 (04)
Introduction to Political Theory
MW 3:00PM - 3:50PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Brendese, PJ Joseph
Shaffer 301
INST-PT, POLI-PT
Introduction to Political Theory AS.190.180 (04)
This course investigates core questions of what constitutes political freedom, what limits on freedom (if any) should be imposed by authority, adn the relationship between freedom, responsibility, and political judgement. Spanning texts ancient, modern, and contemporary, we shall investigate how power inhabits and invigorates practices of freedom and consent. Among the questions we will consider: Can we always tell the difference between consent and coercion? Are morality and freedom incompatible? Is freedom from the past impossible? By wrestling with slavery (freedom's opposite) we will confront the terrifying possibility that slavery can be both embodied and psychic. If our minds can be held captive by power, can we ever be certain that we are truly free? The political stakes of these problems will be brought to light through a consideration of issues of religion, gender, sexuality, civil liberties, class and race.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 3:50PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Instructor: Brendese, PJ Joseph
Room: Shaffer 301
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/20
PosTag(s): INST-PT, POLI-PT
AS.190.204 (01)
Ancient Political Thought
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Bennett, Jane
Krieger 170
INST-PT, POLI-PT
Ancient Political Thought AS.190.204 (01)
The premise of this course is that a political perspective is tied up with a (meta)physical one, that is to say, with ideas about the nature of Nature and of the status of the human and nonhuman elements within it. How is the universe ordered? Who or what is responsible for it? What place do or should humans occupy within it? How ought we to relate to nonhuman beings and forces? We will read three different responses to such questions and show how they are linked to a particular vision of political life. In the first, the world into which human are born is ordered by gods whose actions often appear inexplicable: Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, Oedipus the King by Sophocles, and Hippolytus by Euripedes will represent this tragic vision of the cosmos. In the second, Plato , in Republic and in Phaedrus, the forces of reason and eros play central and powerful roles. In the third, Augustine of Hippo presents a world designed by a benevolent, omnipotent God who nevertheless has allowed humans a share in their own fate. We end the course with Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy , which offers a perspective on these three visions of the world -- the tragic, the rational, and the faithful -- which will help us evaluate them in the light of contemporary political and ecological concerns.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Bennett, Jane
Room: Krieger 170
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-PT, POLI-PT
AS.190.220 (01)
Global Security Politics
MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Deudney, Daniel Horace
Hodson 110
INST-IR, POLI-IR, ENGY-SCIPOL
Global Security Politics AS.190.220 (01)
Contemporary and emerging technologies of nuclear (weapons, terrorism, energy) outer space (missiles, missile defense, asteroids), biosecurity (bioweapons, pandemics, terrorism) and cyber (war, spying, surveillance) and implications for security, international politics, arms control, and political freedom.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Instructor: Deudney, Daniel Horace
Room: Hodson 110
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/20
PosTag(s): INST-IR, POLI-IR, ENGY-SCIPOL
AS.190.220 (02)
Global Security Politics
MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Deudney, Daniel Horace
Hodson 110
INST-IR, POLI-IR, ENGY-SCIPOL
Global Security Politics AS.190.220 (02)
Contemporary and emerging technologies of nuclear (weapons, terrorism, energy) outer space (missiles, missile defense, asteroids), biosecurity (bioweapons, pandemics, terrorism) and cyber (war, spying, surveillance) and implications for security, international politics, arms control, and political freedom.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 1:30PM - 2:20PM
Instructor: Deudney, Daniel Horace
Room: Hodson 110
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/20
PosTag(s): INST-IR, POLI-IR, ENGY-SCIPOL
AS.190.220 (03)
Global Security Politics
MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Deudney, Daniel Horace
Hodson 110
INST-IR, POLI-IR, ENGY-SCIPOL
Global Security Politics AS.190.220 (03)
Contemporary and emerging technologies of nuclear (weapons, terrorism, energy) outer space (missiles, missile defense, asteroids), biosecurity (bioweapons, pandemics, terrorism) and cyber (war, spying, surveillance) and implications for security, international politics, arms control, and political freedom.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Deudney, Daniel Horace
Room: Hodson 110
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/20
PosTag(s): INST-IR, POLI-IR, ENGY-SCIPOL
AS.190.220 (04)
Global Security Politics
MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Deudney, Daniel Horace
Hodson 110
INST-IR, POLI-IR, ENGY-SCIPOL
Global Security Politics AS.190.220 (04)
Contemporary and emerging technologies of nuclear (weapons, terrorism, energy) outer space (missiles, missile defense, asteroids), biosecurity (bioweapons, pandemics, terrorism) and cyber (war, spying, surveillance) and implications for security, international politics, arms control, and political freedom.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM, F 3:00PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Deudney, Daniel Horace
Room: Hodson 110
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/20
PosTag(s): INST-IR, POLI-IR, ENGY-SCIPOL
AS.190.308 (01)
Democracy and Dictatorship: Theory and Cases
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Mazzuca, Sebastian L
Shaffer 300
INST-CP, POLI-CP
Democracy and Dictatorship: Theory and Cases AS.190.308 (01)
The course will cover three topics:
1) The conceptualization of political regime, democracy and authoritarianism. We will also consider neighboring concepts of other macro-political structures—government, state, and administration—in order to be able to demarcate what is distinctive about the study of political regimes.
2) The characterization of political regimes in most Western and some non-Western countries, in history and today. We will centrally focus on the so called “Waves of Democratization,” but we will also consider stories with less happy outcomes, that is, processes that led to the breakdown of democracies and the installation of repressive dictatorships.
3) The explanation(s) of the stability and change of political regimes around the world. Theoretical accounts of regime change come in many flavors—emphasis on economic versus political causes, focus on agents and choices versus structures and constraints, international versus domestic factors, among others. We will consider most of them.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Mazzuca, Sebastian L
Room: Shaffer 300
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/30
PosTag(s): INST-CP, POLI-CP
AS.190.310 (01)
The Global Color Line: American Segregation and Colonial Order
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Kripp, Jacob S
Bloomberg 276
POLI-AP, POLI-IR, INST-IR, INST-AP
The Global Color Line: American Segregation and Colonial Order AS.190.310 (01)
At the end of the 19th century racial segregation was imagined as a more than a part of Jim Crow in the U.S. South: it was imagined as a model for global order. Theorists of imperial rule crisscrossed the Atlantic to study “race relations” in the United States to bolster projects of colonial rule in Africa and the Pacific. This course will unpack the theories of spatial, racial, and urban control that underwrote these visions of global order as well as the long-lasting material impact of these ideas on cities across the globe. Together, we will also uncover the role of Baltimore, as the first city in the United States to try and implement a law upholding residential segregation, in these international relations. Other case studies include Charleston, Chicago, and Johannesburg and topics include the politics of rioting, racial capitalism, race war, gender and sexuality, and public health.
This course takes a “war and society” approach to the Korean War. It explores the ways in which the war entangled the United States and Korea, shaping society and politics in the US and on the Korean peninsula. The course looks at the Korean War “in the round,” as involving culture, gender, and economy as well as military operations, diplomacy and strategy. We will consider the causes, course and consequences of the war locally and globally and we will look at literature and film as well as history and social science. Properly understanding a war requires an interdisciplinary approach. Students will come away from the course not only knowing about the Korean War but also how to approach understanding any war in all its dimensions.
For the most part, observers of American politics have not considered the possibility that the American democratic regime might be at risk. But the unexpected election of Donald Trump in 2016 and the subsequent course of his presidency have occasioned a great deal of uncertainty and anxiety about whether democracy in the United States is at risk and whether American political institutions can withstand the stresses of contemporary politics. This course will use the Trump era to explore the conditions that seem to threaten the stability of the American regime. We will begin by exploring the political circumstances that led to Trump’s rise. We will then examine what we can learn from the experience of other countries about the conditions that make democracy either robust or fragile. Finally, we will consider how a set of contemporary political conditions in the United States — extreme partisan polarization, intense racial antagonism, growing economic inequality, and expanded executive power — contribute to the challenges facing American democracy today and in the future.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Lieberman, Robert C
Room: Maryland 217
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/20
PosTag(s): INST-AP, POLI-AP
AS.190.331 (01)
America and the World
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Schmidt, Sebastian
Maryland 202
INST-AP, INST-IR
America and the World AS.190.331 (01)
This course is a survey of the unique position of the United States in world politics. We will cover the broader international relations literature on the dynamics of hegemony and empire, from work in the realist tradition to more critical approaches. The course will encompass security politics as well as the economic and monetary dimensions of American influence. Interested students must have at least completed one 100 or 200 level introductory course in international relations.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Schmidt, Sebastian
Room: Maryland 202
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): INST-AP, INST-IR
AS.190.334 (01)
Constitutional Law
W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
TerBeek, Calvin John
Mergenthaler 252
INST-AP, POLI-AP
Constitutional Law AS.190.334 (01)
Topics include executive and emergency power, racial and gender equality, and selected free speech and religious freedom issues.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: TerBeek, Calvin John
Room: Mergenthaler 252
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/19
PosTag(s): INST-AP, POLI-AP
AS.190.355 (01)
Comparative Racial Politics
T 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Chung, Erin
Mergenthaler 366
INST-CP, POLI-CP
Comparative Racial Politics AS.190.355 (01)
This course surveys the major trends and approaches to the comparative study of race in political science and critically examines the link between race and politics. Topics include race and state formation, citizenship and national membership, immigration, racial regimes, and the political economy of race. Recommended Course Background: Courses in comparative politics, immigration, and racial politics.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Instructor: Chung, Erin
Room: Mergenthaler 366
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/20
PosTag(s): INST-CP, POLI-CP
AS.190.370 (01)
Chinese Politics
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Yasuda, John Kojiro
Gilman 219
INST-CP, POLI-CP
Chinese Politics AS.190.370 (01)
This course is designed to help students better understand the politics of China. Lectures will focus on the tools of governance that China has employed to navigate its transition from plan to market, provide public goods and services to its citizens, and to maintain social control over a rapidly changing society. The course will draw heavily from texts covering a range of subjects including China's political economy, social and cultural developments, regime dynamics, and historical legacies. Students interested in authoritarian resilience, governance, post-communist transition, and domestic will find this course particularly instructive.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Yasuda, John Kojiro
Room: Gilman 219
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/20
PosTag(s): INST-CP, POLI-CP
AS.190.379 (01)
Nationalism and the Politics of Identity
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Kocher, Matthew A
Bloomberg 176
INST-PT, INST-CP, POLI-PT, POLI-CP
Nationalism and the Politics of Identity AS.190.379 (01)
Nationalism ties powerful organizations to political mobilization, territory, and individual loyalty. Yet nationalism is typically studied in isolation from other social formations that depend upon organizational – individual linkages. Alternative types of identity category sometimes depend similarly upon organizations that collect and deploy resources, mobilize individuals, erect boundaries, and promote strong emotional connections among individuals as well as between individuals and institutions. In this class, we study classic and contemporary works on nationalism, drawn from multiple disciplinary and analytic traditions, in the comparative context of alternative forms of identity. The focus of the class will be primarily theoretical, with no regional or temporal limitations.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Kocher, Matthew A
Room: Bloomberg 176
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/18
PosTag(s): INST-PT, INST-CP, POLI-PT, POLI-CP
AS.190.398 (01)
Politics Of Good & Evil
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Connolly, William E
Krieger 180
POLI-PT, INST-PT, POLI-RSCH
Politics Of Good & Evil AS.190.398 (01)
The Politics of Good and Evil examines comparatively a series of classical myths and modern philosophies concerning the sources of evil, the nature of goodness and nobility, the relations of culture to politics, nature and the gods, the degree to which any metaphysic or theological faith is certain, and so on. It is a course in “elemental theory” in the sense that each text pursued challenges and disrupts others we read. Often the reader is disrupted existentially too, in ways that may spur new thought. A previous course in political theory or a theoretical course in the humanities is advised. A high tolerance for theory is essential. Texts on or by Sophocles, Job, Genesis ("J" version), Augustine, Voltaire, Nietzsche, James Baldwin, W. Connolly and Elizabeth Kolbert form the core of the class. Assignments: 1) One 12 page paper and a second 5-7 page paper, both anchored in the readings; 2) a class presentation on one text; 3) regular attendance and quality participation in class discussions.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Connolly, William E
Room: Krieger 180
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/14
PosTag(s): POLI-PT, INST-PT, POLI-RSCH
AS.190.408 (01)
Sovereignty: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Issues
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Schmidt, Sebastian
Wyman Park N325F
INST-IR, POLI-IR
Sovereignty: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Issues AS.190.408 (01)
This seminar provides an in-depth exploration of the concept of sovereignty as the central organizing concept of international relations. Rather than taking it for granted as a framework that simply individuates state actors in international politics, we will explore the history of its emergence in colonial and imperial relations and trace its interactions with phenomena such as nationalism, globalization, territoriality, and intervention. The course is open to undergraduates with previous coursework in political science.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Schmidt, Sebastian
Room: Wyman Park N325F
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/15
PosTag(s): INST-IR, POLI-IR
AS.190.423 (01)
Planetary Geopolitics
Th 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Deudney, Daniel Horace
Krieger 307
Planetary Geopolitics AS.190.423 (01)
With the tools of geopolitics, course explores political debates over globalization of machine civilization and changes in scope and pace, space and place, and role of nature in human affairs.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Instructor: Deudney, Daniel Horace
Room: Krieger 307
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/17
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.190.432 (01)
Afropessimism
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Spence, Lester
Mergenthaler 366
POLI-IR, INST-PT, INST-AP
Afropessimism AS.190.432 (01)
Afropessimism represents a critical body of thought that takes as its fundamental premises two ideas, the Black is the Slave, and in order to end that ontological condition the world must end. In this course, we will interrogate the key readings associated with this body of thought as well as responses.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Spence, Lester
Room: Mergenthaler 366
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): POLI-IR, INST-PT, INST-AP
AS.190.438 (01)
Violence and Politics
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Ginsberg, Benjamin
Shriver Hall 104
INST-IR, POLI-IR
Violence and Politics AS.190.438 (01)
This seminar will address the role of violence–both domestic and international–in political life. Though most claim to abhor violence, since the advent of recorded history, violence and politics have been intimately related. States practice violence against internal and external foes. Political dissidents engage in violence against states. Competing political forces inflict violence upon one another. Writing in 1924, Winston Churchill declared–and not without reason–that, "The story of the human race is war." Indeed, violence and the threat of violence are the most potent forces in political life. It is, to be sure, often averred that problems can never truly be solved by the use of force. Violence, the saying goes, is not the answer. This adage certainly appeals to our moral sensibilities. But whether or not violence is the answer presumably depends upon the question being asked. For better or worse, it is violence that usually provides the most definitive answers to three of the major questions of political life--statehood, territoriality and power. Violent struggle, in the form of war, revolution, civil war, terrorism and the like, more than any other immediate factor, determines what states will exist and their relative power, what territories they will occupy, and which groups will and will not exercise power within them. Course is open to juniors and seniors.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Ginsberg, Benjamin
Room: Shriver Hall 104
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-IR, POLI-IR
AS.190.469 (01)
White Supremacy
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Brendese, PJ Joseph
POLI-PT, INST-PT
White Supremacy AS.190.469 (01)
This is a writing intensive, advanced undergraduate political theory seminar on racial formation. Specifically, the course examines white supremacy in politics and theory. We shall take a critical-historical approach to theorize the continuities and changes in whiteness over time. For instance, what power hierarchies and political goals has white identity been fashioned to advance historically? By studying whiteness as race---and not the absence thereof--we will take up questions of how to best understand and contest contemporary manifestations of white supremacy in environmental racism, imperialism, discourses of race war and replacement theory, and ongoing neo-colonial, biopolitical and death-dealing necropolitical projects. Building on this work, we will investigate the white disavowal of existential crises of climate change and pandemic threats within apocalyptic modes of whiteness---ways of thinking and acting where the end of white supremacy is imagined and lived as the real end of the world.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Brendese, PJ Joseph
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/15
PosTag(s): POLI-PT, INST-PT
AS.191.318 (01)
Empires of Capital: The British and American Empires in Global Historical Perspective
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Johnson, David Kenneth
Maryland 104
POLI-IR, INST-IR, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP, INST-ECON
Empires of Capital: The British and American Empires in Global Historical Perspective AS.191.318 (01)
What is the relationship between capitalism and empire in modern times? The history of capitalism and the history of imperialism are often treated as separate subjects. By contrast, this course begins with the hypothesis that modern empires were the progenitors of capitalist globalization, and that capitalism has been an international or geopolitical system from its earliest inceptions. The purpose of the course, then, is to engage students in a dual exploration of the political economy of modern empires and the geopolitical dimensions of modern capitalism, with a focus on Britain and the United States. We will draw our course readings from a diverse array of theoretical and historical sources on capitalism, empire and global political economy. The overarching aim of the course is to excavate how imperial histories can illuminate the nature of contemporary globalization.
American Leviathan: Conservative State-Building in the United States
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Frydl, Kathleen Jill
Krieger 306
INST-AP
American Leviathan: Conservative State-Building in the United States AS.191.334 (01)
udging by institutional capabilities, modern conservative state-building is the most ambitious project ever undertaken by the American government, or perhaps any government in history.
This seminar-style course will trace the emergence and unique features of this American Leviathan, encompassing the institutions dedicated to enforcement and national security as well as conservative visions of social policy. Across these different domains, we will look at how and why these programs and agencies manage to claim resources and attract unrivaled political support. From metaphorical wars waged against drugs or crime to a military-industrial complex unprecedented in its scale, we will look for patterns of conservative state-building in the presentation of mission, leadership style, and operation. Drawing on literatures and relying on insights from the disciplines of history and political science, this seminar will encourage and employ a broad analytical skill set in order to critique, and to better understand, the remarkable record amassed by the Leviathan of 20th century conservative state-building.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Frydl, Kathleen Jill
Room: Krieger 306
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/20
PosTag(s): INST-AP
AS.191.341 (01)
Race and (Anti) Racism in Neoliberal America
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Taylor, Ben B
Krieger 302
POLI-AP, POLI-PT, INST-AP
Race and (Anti) Racism in Neoliberal America AS.191.341 (01)
This course examines the concept of race in historical and theoretical perspective. “Race” is, as are all concepts, historically constituted, and racism has taken a variety of distinct forms since the earliest emergence of “racial orders.” We are especially concerned in this course with the forms of racism that have characterized the United States in the period since the late 1960s, when the dismantling of formally institutionalized white supremacy and the concomitant adoption of explicitly anti-racist values at the level of the official state policy immediately preceded institutional transformations typically captured under the label of “neoliberalism,” transformations characterized by explosions in wealth and income disparity as well as the slow dismantling of the post–World War II Keynesian/service/welfare state. Why, to put the question straightforwardly, does “race” remain one of the most effective principles of political organization despite anti-racism being the official ideological position of the United States and given the return of levels of inequality not seen since the Gilded Age? If there can be no politics in a capitalist society that is not a “class politics,” then what class politics does the current emphasis on racial disparities abet? Do anti-racist politics present a challenge to the political regime that has emerged since the 1960s, or is it part and parcel of the logic of expanding inequality, the same expanding inequality that continues to maintain racial disparities? This course will begin to address these and related questions by examining the historical development of black politics in the post–civil rights era, concluding with a consideration of contemporary debates regarding race and education, incarceration, and wealth distribution/reparations.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Taylor, Ben B
Room: Krieger 302
Status: Open
Seats Available: 19/25
PosTag(s): POLI-AP, POLI-PT, INST-AP
AS.191.343 (01)
Global Political Ecology: Colonialism, Capitalism, and Climate Change
Global Political Ecology: Colonialism, Capitalism, and Climate Change AS.191.343 (01)
The ecological crisis currently underway calls into question political theories that emphasize concern with the ‘human’ above all else. Yet this is the hallmark of humanist political thought, encompassing notions of freedom, equality, property, knowledge, agency, time, and so on. This course rethinks ‘politics’ (theory and modes of action) from the more-than-human perspective of political ecology in conjunction with Black, Indigenous, feminist, and postcolonial thought. We will challenge political concepts that justify the domination of nature for human flourishing, and consequently question prevalent notions of what counts as ‘human’ and what as ‘nature’. We will situate anthropocentric politics within histories of capitalism and colonialism and explore the interconnections between human and non-human domination through such processes as ecological imperialism, racial capitalism, and environmental racism. Toward the end of the course, we will explore recent scholarship on modes of political action suitable for building alternate, just futures for all forms of life in a more-than-human world.
Political Development in the Americas AS.191.351 (01)
This course examines the development of political institutions in the American continent from a comparative and a historical perspective (19th and 20th century), addressing a series of questions, such as: why are some states in the Americas able to provide public goods while others are not? Why are some states democracies while others are dictatorships? The course seeks to situate national developments in a broader regional trajectory and identify long-term patterns of political development. Emphasis is placed on state structures, regimes, and social dynamics in the region and in particular countries within the region (Argentina, Chile, Mexico, United States). The course will also introduce students to research tools in comparative and American politics.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Casas, Julieta
Room: Mergenthaler 252
Status: Open
Seats Available: 17/19
PosTag(s): POLI-CP, POLI-AP, INST-CP
AS.191.360 (01)
Revolution: Political Theory and Practice on the French Left 1789-1968
W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Bean, Conor J
Greenhouse 113
POLI-PT, INST-PT, INST-CP
Revolution: Political Theory and Practice on the French Left 1789-1968 AS.191.360 (01)
What is revolution and how is it done? Who is up to the task of revolution: the nation, working class, the colonized? How do radicals learn from the mistakes of past revolutions and evaluate the possibility of revolution in their own time? In this course, we will follow a series of debates in political theory in France from forerunners to the French Revolution (Rousseau, Sieyes) through to the aftermath of May 1968 revolts (Kristeva, Badiou, Foucault). The goal of the course is to map these theoretical debates alongside historical events in French history to which these theories are in some way responses and interventions. Besides the two major historical events bookending the course, we will also chart a course through 19th Century and 20th Century developments in the theories of popular sovereignty, violence, decolonization, and revolution (looking to theorists like Blanqui, Sorel, Fanon, Beauvoir, Sartre, and Althusser among others). Beyond the particular French examples discussed in the course, we will also focus on broader questions about the relationship between political theory and history, and we will discuss a variety of approaches to making sense of theory and history alongside one another. No previous familiarity with political theory or French history is expected for this course. Readings in French history will be assigned alongside works of political theory to help contextualize the material.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Bean, Conor J
Room: Greenhouse 113
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/12
PosTag(s): POLI-PT, INST-PT, INST-CP
AS.192.210 (01)
Library Research Seminar for International Studies and Social Sciences
W 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Ye, Yunshan
MSE Library ERC
Library Research Seminar for International Studies and Social Sciences AS.192.210 (01)
Are you planning to do a research project for your independent study class, or preparing for a grant application, or working on a big research project for a research intensive class or graduation thesis, or just wishing to improve your research skills? If so, this course is for you! Through weekly two hour sessions over ten weeks, you will receive systematic training on major research tools, resources and techniques useful for any research project in international studies, political science, and other social science subjects. By the end of the course, you will be able to come up with a viable research topic, and complete a research statement that includes an abstract, problem statement and literature review based on in-depth research utilizing tools and techniques covered in the course. The skills you learn through the course will prepare you for any future research projects and advanced studies.
Credits: 1.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Instructor: Ye, Yunshan
Room: MSE Library ERC
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.192.316 (01)
India's Challenges and the Future of a Sixth of Humanity
W 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Kapur, Devesh
Mergenthaler 266
INST-CP
India's Challenges and the Future of a Sixth of Humanity AS.192.316 (01)
Since its independence, India has been the world’s second largest country and largest democracy, but a poor country as well. However, as India celebrates its 75th anniversary of independence, its population is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country during 2023, with a sixth of the world’s population. And while India is likely to emerge as the third largest economy by the end of this decade, riding on the back of nearly four decades of middling-to-strong economic growth, its democracy is increasingly stressed. But India faces many challenges. While some are chronic, others are growing. Many of these – political, economic and institutional – are internal and have been shaped by India’s multiple social cleavages, inequalities and policy choices. Others are more external, stemming from the geopolitics of its neighborhood or the long-term challenges of climate change. The devastation wrought by COVID has further exacerbated some of these challenges. The seminar will examine the principal challenges facing India—political and institutional; democracy and nationalism; economic growth; poverty and inequality; urbanization; natural resources and climate change; and geopolitical—and policy options to address them.
For over a thousand years, the Sufi tradition has been a dynamic force in Islamic social, political and spiritual life. The tradition offers a treasure trove of devotional literature and music, philosophical treatises, contemplative practices, and institutions of social and political organization. After unpacking the politics of the term “Sufi,” we will trace the historical development of the tradition from the early ascetics in Iraq and Syria to the age of trans-national Sufi orders, with case studies from South Asia, Turkey, and the United States. We will then move into some of the key constructs of the tradition of spiritual growth and character formation: the divine-human relationship, the stages of the spiritual path, contemplative and practical disciplines, ideas of sainthood, discipleship and ethical perfection, and the psychology of love. Throughout the class, we will explore the nature of experiential language and interrogate the tradition through the lens of gender. We will also experience Sufism through ritual and music.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Ziad, Homayra
Room: 3003 N. Charles OMA Lounge
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, ISLM-ISLMST
AS.194.220 (01)
The Qur'an: Text and Context
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Ziad, Homayra
3003 N. Charles OMA Lounge
ISLM-ISLMST, INST-GLOBAL
The Qur'an: Text and Context AS.194.220 (01)
For 1400 years, the Qur’an has played a central role in Muslim intellectual, spiritual, artistic and ritual life. This course will explore the sacred scripture of Islam through its foundational ideas, history of the text and thematic development, literary style, history and methods of interpretation, and role in Muslim spiritual and ritual life. We will also explore how the Qur’an weaves through literature, music and the visual arts.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Ziad, Homayra
Room: 3003 N. Charles OMA Lounge
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): ISLM-ISLMST, INST-GLOBAL
AS.194.230 (01)
African-Americans and the Development of Islam in America
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Fanusie, Fatimah
Latrobe 107
INST-GLOBAL
African-Americans and the Development of Islam in America AS.194.230 (01)
Muslims have been a part of the American fabric since its inception. A key thread in that fabric has been the experiences of enslaved Africans and their descendants, some of whom were Muslims, and who not only added to the dynamism of the American environment, but eventually helped shape American culture, religion, and politics. The history of Islam in America is intertwined with the creation and evolution of African American identity. Contemporary Islam in America cannot be understood without this framing. This course will provide a historical lens for understanding Islam, not as an external faith to the country, but as an internal development of American religion. This course will explicate the history of early Islamic movements in the United States and the subsequent experiences of African-Americans who converted to Islam during the first half of the twentieth century. We will cover the spiritual growth of African American Muslims, their institutional presence, and their enduring impact on American culture writ large and African-American religion and culture more specifically.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Fanusie, Fatimah
Room: Latrobe 107
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/12
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.196.201 (01)
Introduction to Civic Life
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Han, Hahrie; Mason, Lily Hall
Hodson 313
INST-AP
Introduction to Civic Life AS.196.201 (01)
What does it take for people to engage productively as informed, skilled, and effective members of democratic communities and the world? Whether we are scientists, doctors, engineers, advocates, public servants, or anything else, we are all members of pluralistic communities. This introductory course seeks to introduce students to the theory and principles of civic life and the rights and responsibilities of active citizenship. We’ll examine the history of and struggles for freedom, inclusion, and civic participation, the role of information, deliberation, and free expression in the public sphere, and the threats and opportunities for global democracy. Students will read and discuss materials by civic studies and democracy scholars, building a foundational understanding of civic life across disciplines and perspectives. Many of these scholars and practitioners will appear in class to discuss their work directly with students. The course will pay particular attention to the ways that students from all backgrounds can apply these ideas in their everyday lives, regardless of the professions they pursue. This course is also the first course for students interested in minoring in the SNF Agora Institute Minor on Civic Life, but is designed to inspire a commitment to participation in civic life for all students, including those who do not major or minor in related fields.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Han, Hahrie; Mason, Lily Hall
Room: Hodson 313
Status: Open
Seats Available: 16/30
PosTag(s): INST-AP
AS.196.310 (01)
Fighting the Information War: Democracy, Autocracy and the Battle of Narratives in the 20th and 21st Centuries
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Applebaum, Anne E; Pomeranzev, Peter
Gilman 119
INST-IR, INST-CP
Fighting the Information War: Democracy, Autocracy and the Battle of Narratives in the 20th and 21st Centuries AS.196.310 (01)
Once, many believed the information revolution would undermine autocracies and energize democracies. Instead, we live in an era of unprecedented disinformation, propaganda and media manipulation. Can we reverse these developments? How do we fight back? This course will look at examples of propaganda and disinformation in the past, especially in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, as well as the present: Russia, Latin America, Europe, and the US. We will analyze how our information environment has been transformed, and think about how to create alternatives that will help deliberative democracy flourish.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Applebaum, Anne E; Pomeranzev, Peter
Room: Gilman 119
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/18
PosTag(s): INST-IR, INST-CP
AS.211.224 (01)
Made in Italy: Italian style in context
MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Proietti, Leonardo
Krieger 180
INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL, MLL-ITAL
Made in Italy: Italian style in context AS.211.224 (01)
Italy and the “Italian style” have become synonym of exquisite taste, class, and elegance thanks to the quality of Italian craftsmanship. This course will explore some of the major factors that contributed to the rise of Italian fashion and Italian industrial design as iconic all around the world. The classes will focus on the main protagonists and art movements that influenced the development of Italian style. We will analyze trends, clothing, and style not only in a historical context, but also through a critical apparatus that will include themes related to gender, culture, power, and politics.
The course is taught in English. No knowledge of Italian is required, but those who can read in Italian will have an opportunity to do so. Everyone will learn some Italian words and expressions.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Proietti, Leonardo
Room: Krieger 180
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/40
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL, MLL-ITAL
AS.211.315 (01)
The Meanings of Monuments: From the Tower of Babel to Robert E. Lee
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Mandell, Alice H; Spinner, Samuel Jacob
Gilman 479
MLL-ENGL, INST-GLOBAL
The Meanings of Monuments: From the Tower of Babel to Robert E. Lee AS.211.315 (01)
As is clear from current events and debates surrounding monuments to the Confederacy, monuments play an outsize role in the public negotiation of history and identity and the creation of communal forms of memory. We will study the traditions of monuments and monumentality around the world – including statues and buildings along with alternative forms of monumentality – from antiquity to the present day. We will examine the ways that monuments have been favored methods for the powerful to signal identity and authorize history. This course will also explore the phenomenon of “counter-monumentality”, whereby monuments are transformed and infused with new meaning. These kinds of monuments can be mediums of expression and commemoration for minority and diaspora communities and other groups outside the economic and political systems that endow and erect traditional public monuments. The first half of the course will examine the theoretical framework of monumentality, with a focus on ancient monuments from the ancient Near East (e.g., Solomon’s temple). More contemporary examples will be explored in the second half of the course through lectures and also field trips. We will view contemporary debates around monuments in America in light of the long history of monuments and in comparison with global examples of monuments and counter-monuments. All readings in English.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Mandell, Alice H; Spinner, Samuel Jacob
Room: Gilman 479
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/15
PosTag(s): MLL-ENGL, INST-GLOBAL
AS.211.316 (01)
Brazilian Cinema and Topics in Contemporary Brazilian Society
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Hodson 305
ARCH-ARCH, INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL
Brazilian Cinema and Topics in Contemporary Brazilian Society AS.211.316 (01)
Course is taught in ENGLISH. Did you know that one of the first Latin American actresses to conquer Hollywood was Brazilian? Did you know that cinema has existed in Brazil since 1895, just six months after the first screening in Paris?
This course is an introduction to both the academic study of cinema as a communicative art and to Brazilian film. The films selected focus on the late 1950s to the present and highlight import episodes and challenges in the advancement of Brazilian society as well as its cinematic production. Film aesthetics are analyzed through a number of critical perspectives, including class, race, gender as well as ethnicity, nationalism or national identity, colonialism, social changes, and the politics of representation. In this sense, the films, and documentaries that we will be watching and studying encompass the period from the rise of New Cinema (Cinema Novo) up to films exploring the most recent trends, including movies launched up to 2022. Students wishing to do the course work in English for 3 credits should register for section 01. Those wishing to earn 4 credits by doing the course work in Portuguese should register for section 02. No Prereq.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Brazilian Cinema and Topics in Contemporary Brazilian Society
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Hodson 305
ARCH-ARCH, INST-NWHIST, INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL
Brazilian Cinema and Topics in Contemporary Brazilian Society AS.211.316 (02)
Course is taught in ENGLISH. Did you know that one of the first Latin American actresses to conquer Hollywood was Brazilian? Did you know that cinema has existed in Brazil since 1895, just six months after the first screening in Paris?
This course is an introduction to both the academic study of cinema as a communicative art and to Brazilian film. The films selected focus on the late 1950s to the present and highlight import episodes and challenges in the advancement of Brazilian society as well as its cinematic production. Film aesthetics are analyzed through a number of critical perspectives, including class, race, gender as well as ethnicity, nationalism or national identity, colonialism, social changes, and the politics of representation. In this sense, the films, and documentaries that we will be watching and studying encompass the period from the rise of New Cinema (Cinema Novo) up to films exploring the most recent trends, including movies launched up to 2022. Students wishing to do the course work in English for 3 credits should register for section 01. Those wishing to earn 4 credits by doing the course work in Portuguese should register for section 02. No Prereq.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: De Azeredo Cerqueira, Flavia Christina
Students will explore contemporary French society and culture through a wide variety of media: fiction and non-fiction readings (graphic novels, news periodicals, popular magazines), films, music, art, websites, and podcasts. A diverse range of hands-on activities in addition to guided readings will help students develop cultural awareness as we discuss topics such as education, politics, humor, sports, cuisine, immigration, slang, and national identity, as well as the historical factors that have influenced these facets of French and francophone culture.
Recommended Course Background: AS.210.301 or AS.210.302 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Instructor: Jacob, Julia Marie Francoise; Wuensch, April
Room: Gilman 313
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): INST-CP
AS.214.307 (01)
Collecting and its Discontents
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Falkoff, Rebecca R; Saiber, Arielle
Gilman 480
MLL-ENGL, INST-GLOBAL
Collecting and its Discontents AS.214.307 (01)
This seminar will be concerned with resonances between collectors, artists, poets, and other hallowed figures of modernity, and their less celebrated doubles: hoarders, bibliomaniacs, ragpickers, and gleaners. We will examine the material practices and psychic mechanisms that define these identities and authorize distinctions between them, as well as the historical contexts from which they emerge. More broadly, we will grapple with the relationships between objects and narrative. We will ask how the human-object practices of collecting, hoarding, gleaning, scavenge, misuse, and fetishism change when performed in the immaterial realm of language, and what these practices look like as rhetorical and narrative strategies.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Falkoff, Rebecca R; Saiber, Arielle
Room: Gilman 480
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): MLL-ENGL, INST-GLOBAL
AS.214.362 (01)
Italian Journeys: Medieval and Early Modern
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Avesani, Tatiana Ioanna
Hodson 315
INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL
Italian Journeys: Medieval and Early Modern AS.214.362 (01)
What does it mean to traverse a name? What’s in a name? What if that name is Orpheus, one of antiquity’s most renowned poets? In this class we will try to answer these three questions. We will follow the myth of Orpheus from its origins in antiquity to the Italian Renaissance. Our aim will be to look at the ways a name and, in this case, a story is able to take on different forms as it travels through time and as it is being narrated. Through the texts of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio and Poliziano, we will compare their delivery of the myth against those of the Roman poets Virgil and Ovid. Via a close reading of each text, we will use elements inherent to the story such as love, loss, pain, dismemberment, identity, gender and sexuality to explore the concept of multiplicity within a single unity. Historical contextualization, literary theory, textual criticism and reception will serve as further tools to help us in our questioning. Ultimately, we will follow the journey of transformation of the myth to ask ourselves two final questions: is it the same story? Are we the same readers?
No prior knowledge of any of the texts is necessary. The course will be taught in English with section 02 available in Italian for Italian Majors and Minors to fulfill their requirements.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Avesani, Tatiana Ioanna
Room: Hodson 315
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/10
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL
AS.214.362 (02)
Italian Journeys: Medieval and Early Modern
TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM, F 2:00PM - 2:50PM
Avesani, Tatiana Ioanna
Hodson 315
INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL
Italian Journeys: Medieval and Early Modern AS.214.362 (02)
What does it mean to traverse a name? What’s in a name? What if that name is Orpheus, one of antiquity’s most renowned poets? In this class we will try to answer these three questions. We will follow the myth of Orpheus from its origins in antiquity to the Italian Renaissance. Our aim will be to look at the ways a name and, in this case, a story is able to take on different forms as it travels through time and as it is being narrated. Through the texts of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio and Poliziano, we will compare their delivery of the myth against those of the Roman poets Virgil and Ovid. Via a close reading of each text, we will use elements inherent to the story such as love, loss, pain, dismemberment, identity, gender and sexuality to explore the concept of multiplicity within a single unity. Historical contextualization, literary theory, textual criticism and reception will serve as further tools to help us in our questioning. Ultimately, we will follow the journey of transformation of the myth to ask ourselves two final questions: is it the same story? Are we the same readers?
No prior knowledge of any of the texts is necessary. The course will be taught in English with section 02 available in Italian for Italian Majors and Minors to fulfill their requirements.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM, F 2:00PM - 2:50PM
Instructor: Avesani, Tatiana Ioanna
Room: Hodson 315
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/4
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ENGL
AS.215.380 (01)
Modern Latin American Culture
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Rios Saavedra, Veronica
Smokler Center 213
INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, INST-CP
Modern Latin American Culture AS.215.380 (01)
Taught in Spanish. This course will explore the fundamental aspects of Latin- America culture from the formation of independent states through the present—in light of the social, political, and economic histories of the region. The course will offer a general survey of history of Latin- America, and will discuss texts, movies, songs, pictures, and paintings, in relation to their social, political, and cultural contexts. May not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Rios Saavedra, Veronica
Room: Smokler Center 213
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/22
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, INST-CP
AS.215.390 (01)
Modern Spanish Culture
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Clarke, Rhiannon Taylor
Gilman 77
INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
Modern Spanish Culture AS.215.390 (01)
This course will explore the fundamental aspects of Spanish culture from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. The course will offer a general survey of the history of Spain and will discuss texts, movies, songs, pictures, and paintings in relation to their social, political, and cultural contexts. This course will be of particular interest for students planning on spending a semester abroad in Spain—specially for those students going to the JHU Fall Semester in Madrid, at Carlos III University. Taught in Spanish. Recommended Course Background: AS.210.311 or appropriate Webcape score.
AS.215.390 was formerly numbered AS.211.390
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Clarke, Rhiannon Taylor
Room: Gilman 77
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/12
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
AS.216.320 (01)
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Cultural Perspective
M 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Stahl, Neta
Maryland 309
MLL-ENGL, INST-GLOBAL
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Cultural Perspective AS.216.320 (01)
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is often construed as impenetrable to outsiders, yet, cultural production emerging from this crucible is often presented as a “window” into the history, politics, and psychology of the conflict. Rather than operating from the assumption that culture is a mirror that simply “reflects” an objective reality, this course investigates how authors, filmmakers, and artists situated in the midst of the conflict produce art that reaches far beyond the representation of historical events, extending into the domains of religion, memory, fantasies, nostalgia, perceptions of space and time, body image and gender and sexual identities. The material covered will include feature and documentary film, literature, memoir, dance, visual art, photography and theater. All material will be taught in English translation.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Stahl, Neta
Room: Maryland 309
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/15
PosTag(s): MLL-ENGL, INST-GLOBAL
AS.217.425 (01)
Latin American Ecocriticism
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Bedran, Marina
Croft Hall G02
INST-GLOBAL, MSCH-HUM, ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR
Latin American Ecocriticism AS.217.425 (01)
Increased awareness of climate change has led to a shift in the way we address and intervene in environmental issues in the new millennium. Yet the interest in making sense of the environment has a long history in literature and the arts. How have Latin American writers and artists understood and depicted their environments and environmental questions? How do the form and content of texts and cultural artifacts influence our understanding of the non-human world? Can works of fiction shape ecological transformations? In this course we will discuss texts from the early colonial period to the present, including the literary works of Graciliano Ramos, Horacio Quiroga, and Clarice Lispector; political ecology; film; Ana Mendieta’s earth-body art; contemporary experiments in bio-art; postcolonial theory; and the intersection of environmental justice with such topics as nationalism and human rights. Going beyond ecocriticism’s original focus on the Anglo-American world, we will engage recent scholarship on Latin America that sheds light on the region’s cultural and geopolitical importance to the global climate, with particular attention to Brazil. This course aims to introduce students to current debates in Latin American Ecocriticism and the Anthropocene and thus contribute to an incipient but expanding field.
Issues in International Development AS.230.150 (01)
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Thornton, Christy
Room: Ames 234
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
AS.230.150 (02)
Issues in International Development
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Thornton, Christy
Ames 234
INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
Issues in International Development AS.230.150 (02)
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Thornton, Christy
Room: Ames 234
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/13
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
AS.230.150 (03)
Issues in International Development
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Thornton, Christy
Ames 234
INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
Issues in International Development AS.230.150 (03)
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Thornton, Christy
Room: Ames 234
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
AS.230.150 (04)
Issues in International Development
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Thornton, Christy
Ames 234
INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
Issues in International Development AS.230.150 (04)
Why do billions of people continue to live in poverty? What obstacles stand in the way of secure and dignified lives for all? Who is most likely to bring about change, what strategies should they follow, and what kinds of institutions should they put in place? This course will introduce the main theoretical perspectives, debates, and themes in the field of international development since the mid-20th century. It has three sections. The first section focuses on debates over the optimal conditions and strategies for generating economic growth and on the relationship between growth, human welfare, and inequality. The second section presents critical assessments of development interventions from various perspectives. The third section considers the role of social movements in shaping development and social change in the 21st century.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Instructor: Thornton, Christy
Room: Ames 234
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/13
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR, INST-ECON
AS.230.244 (01)
Race and Ethnicity in American Society
MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Greif, Meredith
Hodson 203
INST-AP, MSCH-HUM
Race and Ethnicity in American Society AS.230.244 (01)
Race and ethnicity have played a prominent role in American society and continue to do so, as demonstrated by interracial and interethnic gaps in economic and educational achievement, residence, political power, family structure, crime, and health. Using a sociological framework, we will explore the historical significance of race and its development as a social construction, assess the causes and consequences of intergroup inequalities and explore potential solutions.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Instructor: Greif, Meredith
Room: Hodson 203
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): INST-AP, MSCH-HUM
AS.230.320 (01)
Education & Inequality: Individual, Contextual, and Policy Perspectives
T 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Deluca, Stefanie
Abel Wolman House 100
INST-AP
Education & Inequality: Individual, Contextual, and Policy Perspectives AS.230.320 (01)
What is the function and purpose of schooling in modern society? Is education the "great equalizer" in America, or does family background mostly predict where people end up in life? What can we do to improve educational attainment? This course is designed to tackle such questions and develop the ability of students to think critically, theoretically, historically and empirically about debates in the sociology of education. The course will also cover additional topics, including: racial and economic differences in educational attainment; school segregation; the rise of for-profit education; how college matters. In addition to reading empirical studies and theoretical work, the relevance of education research for policy-making will be emphasized throughout the course.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Deluca, Stefanie
Room: Abel Wolman House 100
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): INST-AP
AS.230.352 (01)
Chinese Diaspora: Networks and Identity
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Kuo, Huei-Ying
Smokler Center 301
INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, INST-CP
Chinese Diaspora: Networks and Identity AS.230.352 (01)
This course surveys the relationship between China and Chinese overseas from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. It highlights the transnational foundation of modern Chinese nationalism. It also compares the divergent formations of the Chinese question in North America and postcolonial Southeast Asia.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Kuo, Huei-Ying
Room: Smokler Center 301
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-NWHIST, INST-CP
AS.230.365 (01)
Public Opinion and Democracy
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Morgan, Stephen L
Gilman 313
INST-AP
Public Opinion and Democracy AS.230.365 (01)
How does public opinion shape electoral behavior and the contours of democracy in the United States, and how have these relationships changed as techniques for measuring public opinion have evolved since the early twentieth century? To consider this question, the course introduces alternative perspectives on the features of a healthy democracy, including both historical perspectives and current arguments. Interweaved with this material, the course examines how public opinion is measured and interpreted by private pollsters, survey researchers, and data journalists. Emphasis is placed on the alternative claims that opposing analysts adopt, as well as how the technologies of data collection and analysis shape the permissibility of conclusions. Students will learn to interpret public opinion patterns, which requires a brief presentation of basic concepts from survey sampling, including what to make of the polling industry’s most boring concept: margin of error.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Morgan, Stephen L
Room: Gilman 313
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): INST-AP
AS.230.395 (01)
Contemporary Social Theory
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Levien, Michael
Shriver Hall 001
INST-CP, INST-PT
Contemporary Social Theory AS.230.395 (01)
What is the structure of society, how does it change, and how is it reproduced? What is the relation between social structures and our ideas about them? What are the conditions of possibility for human freedom? This course will examine how social theorists have advanced novel answers to these questions as they grappled with the historical events and social concerns of the 20th and 21st centuries. This semester there will be a particular focus on the social theories of Antonio Gramsci, Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Foucault, Nancy Fraser and Stuart Hall. In addition to understanding and comparing theories, we will assess their usefulness for understanding our present conjuncture with a particular emphasis on right-wing extremism and the relationship between racism and capitalism.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Levien, Michael
Room: Shriver Hall 001
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-PT
AS.230.440 (01)
Port Cities and Historical Capitalism in Maritime Asia
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Kuo, Huei-Ying
Smokler Center 301
INST-IR, INST-GLOBAL
Port Cities and Historical Capitalism in Maritime Asia AS.230.440 (01)
This seminar examines inter-regional connections and diplomacy in maritime Asia (focusing on the region around the Straits of Malacca, South and East China Seas, and the Taiwan Straits). In addition to a survey of world-system theories on Asia, the reading materials cover the maritime silk road, Chinese tribute trade system, British free-trade imperialism, American open-door policy, Japanese pan-Asianism, Cold-war diplomacy, and the Beijing-led Belt-and-Road Initiatives. The goal is to explore the prospects and limitations of examining East and Southeast Asia beyond the inter-state framework.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Kuo, Huei-Ying
Room: Smokler Center 301
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/20
PosTag(s): INST-IR, INST-GLOBAL
AS.271.360 (01)
Climate Change: Science & Policy
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Waugh, Darryn; Zaitchik, Benjamin
Olin 304
INST-IR, ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR
Climate Change: Science & Policy AS.271.360 (01)
Prereq: 270.103 or permission of instructor.
This course will investigate the policy and scientific debate over global warming. It will review the current state of scientific knowledge about climate change, examine the potential impacts and implications of climate change, explore our options for responding to climate change, and discuss the present political debate over global warming.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Waugh, Darryn; Zaitchik, Benjamin
Room: Olin 304
Status: Open
Seats Available: 27/50
PosTag(s): INST-IR, ENVS-MAJOR, ENVS-MINOR
AS.300.102 (01)
Great Minds
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Marrati, Paola
Gilman 208
INST-PT
Great Minds AS.300.102 (01)
Introductory survey of foundational texts of modern philosophy, social and political thought, and literature. This semester will include works by Plato, René Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx, Virginia Woolf, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Iris Murdoch, Cora Diamond, Judith Butler, Kwame A. Appiah, Jacques Derrida, and others. The course is taught in lectures and in seminar discussions.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Marrati, Paola
Room: Gilman 208
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/25
PosTag(s): INST-PT
AS.310.107 (01)
Introduction to Korean Studies
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Reizman, Laura
Mergenthaler 266
INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL
Introduction to Korean Studies AS.310.107 (01)
This course offers a comprehensive overview of Korean history, politics, and culture encompassing premodern, modern, and contemporary times. Through primary and secondary materials, students will learn about the formation of Korea as a complex interplay of dynastic changes, wars, colonialism, rapid modernization, migrations, and minority and diasporic politics. We will approach the study of Korea through a cultural studies perspective, paying close attention to systems of power, ideology, gender, race, and class.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Reizman, Laura
Room: Mergenthaler 266
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL
AS.310.340 (01)
Development and Social Change in Rural China
T 3:00PM - 5:30PM
He, Gaochao
Mergenthaler 266
INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
Development and Social Change in Rural China AS.310.340 (01)
This course will survey the major issues of development and social change in rural China since 1950s. These issues will be addressed in chronological order. They include land ownership and land grabbing, organization of rural economic, political, and social life, rural elections and village governance, development strategies, urban-rural relationship in resource allocation, rural modernization strategies in regard to irrigation, clean drinking water, electricity supply, hard paved road, education and rural medical service, women’s rights and family life, rural consumption, and etc. This course will prepare students, both empirically and analytically, to understand what happened in rural China from 1949 to the present, and how we can engage in policy and theoretical discussions based on what we learn.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: He, Gaochao
Room: Mergenthaler 266
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
AS.361.100 (01)
Introduction to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Cotler, Angelina
Mergenthaler 266
HIST-LATAM, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
Introduction to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies AS.361.100 (01)
An interdisciplinary introduction to the ways of life of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx peoples, their origins, historical legacies, and current cultural expressions. This course assumes no prior knowledge and incorporates the insights of several disciplines including anthropology, history, political science, economics, cultural studies, literary criticism, and ethnomusicology. The course seeks to comprehend the region from multiple perspectives and to provide a broad conceptual overview.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Cotler, Angelina
Room: Mergenthaler 266
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): HIST-LATAM, INST-GLOBAL, INST-CP
AS.362.315 (01)
Black Against Empire
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Schrader, Stuart Laurence
Bloomberg 176
INST-GLOBAL, INST-AP, INST-CP
Black Against Empire AS.362.315 (01)
This course will examine the confrontation of Black social movements with imperialism in the twentieth century. How, we will ask, have key Black internationalist thinkers conceptualized and defined diaspora, capitalism, imperialism, war, and the global? What have been the effects of war and repression, as well as economic growth and globalization, on Black internationalism? Readings may include texts by W.E.B. Du Bois, Angela Y. Davis, Frantz Fanon, Ashley Farmer, Claudia Jones, Robin D.G. Kelley, Claude McKay, Huey P. Newton, Walter Rodney, Malcolm X, etc. Students will complete a research paper on a topic of their own choosing related to Black internationalism in the twentieth century.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Schrader, Stuart Laurence
Room: Bloomberg 176
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/18
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-AP, INST-CP
AS.362.318 (01)
Liberation in the African Diaspora
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Makalani, Minkah
Hodson 203
HIST-AFRICA, HIST-EUROPE, HIST-US, INST-GLOBAL
Liberation in the African Diaspora AS.362.318 (01)
This course explores the historical, theoretical, and political question of liberation in the African diaspora from the period of enslavement up to the current era. We will consider three major themes: enslavement, marronage, and freedom; Pan-Africanism and anti-colonialism; Black Power and national liberation. We will examine how African peoples conceptualized freedom and liberation in each period, the major organizations and intellectuals who framed them, and how popular activity developed and informed all three (ideas, organizations, and intellectuals). Some of the questions taken up include: How did enslaved Africans conceptualize freedom? Did their ideas and activities merely extend western notions of liberty and freedom, or did they develop distinct conceptions of freedom, rights, and humanity? Why, in the early Twentieth Century, did African peoples around the world pursue pan-Africanism as a political philosophy? How do class, nationality, gender, and sexuality inform such movements? Did national liberation struggles from the 1950s through the 1970s in Africa and the Caribbean bring about fundamental changes to those societies or merely replicate colonial regimes? What connections existed between national liberation movements in Africa and the Caribbean, and Civil Rights and Black Power in the United States and England?
Unlocking Knowledge: Theorizing Prison from the Inside
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Furnas, Heather; Schrader, Stuart Laurence
Gilman 277
INST-AP
Unlocking Knowledge: Theorizing Prison from the Inside AS.362.335 (01)
What can we learn about mass incarceration, and social life in the USA more broadly, when we listen to incarcerated people themselves? This course centers the voices, experiences, and expertise of the incarcerated and will combine scholarly readings on life inside prisons with a range of writings by incarcerated people. Topics of discussion may include censorship, rehabilitation, Covid-19, solitary confinement, sexuality, racism, etc. Students will learn to probe primary-source collections to amplify silenced and overlooked voices, while completing a multi-stage research project. Prior course experience on mass incarceration preferred.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Furnas, Heather; Schrader, Stuart Laurence
Room: Gilman 277
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/16
PosTag(s): INST-AP
AS.363.341 (01)
Making Modern Gender
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Harmon, Brad G; Pahl, Katrin
Croft Hall G02
INST-GLOBAL, MSCH-HUM
Making Modern Gender AS.363.341 (01)
Gender as we know it is not timeless. Today, gender roles and the assumption that there are only two genders are contested and debated. With the binary gender system thus perhaps nearing its end, we might wonder if it had a beginning. In fact, the idea that there are two sexes and that they not only assume different roles in society but also exhibit different character traits, has emerged historically around 1800. Early German Romanticism played a seminal role in the making of modern gender and modern sexuality. For the first time, woman was considered not a lesser version of man, but a different being with a value of her own. The idea of gender complementation emerged, and this idea, in turn, imposed heterosexuality more forcefully than ever. In this course, we will trace the history of anatomy and explore the role of literature and the other arts in the making and unmaking of gender.