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Courses that Count for Concentration Credit 2011-2012

The following courses count for concentration credit in the fields of History and Literature. In most cases, this means that at least 50% of the material in the course relates directly to the student’s field.
 
If you find a course that you think is well-suited to your own particular course of study, but that does not appear on the list, please petition the Committee on Instruction for credit, keeping in mind the 50% guideline. For more information on how to submit a petition to the Committee on Instruction, please see the Concentrator Handbook. Petitions are usually due before the second week of classes.
 
Lists for Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Spain now appear under the heading “Modern Europe”. The courses on these lists span the period from 1750 to the present.  
Students interested in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, or Spain before 1750 will find relevant courses on the list for Early Modern Europe (1300-1750) or on the list for Medieval Europe (ca. 400 to 1500).
 
If you have any questions about courses or concentration credits, please speak with one of the Co-Chairs of the Committee on Instruction.

Brackets and asterisks in the course listings appear in accordance with the listings in the university course catalog.

• America
• Modern Europe (1750-present)
• Britain
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Russia
• Spain
• Latin America
• Medieval Europe (c.a. 400-1500)
• Early Modern Europe (1300-1750)
• Postcolonial Studies

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Note: All the courses listed below count for concentration credit in the America field, but ONLY SOME also fulfill a period requirement; be sure to check the "Requirements in the America field" page as well.

• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 12. Poetry in America. Elisa New
• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 15 (formerly English 34). Elements of Rhetoric. Engell
• [Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 20 (formerly Literature and Arts A-22). Poems, Poets, Poetry. Vendler]
• [Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 23 (formerly Literature and Art A-88). Interracial Literature. Sollors]
• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 26 (formerly Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1133). Race, Gender, and Performance. Bernstein
• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 31 (formerly Literature and Arts B-85). American Musicals and American Culture. Oja
• African and African American Studies 10. Intro to African and African American Studies. Gates and Higginbotham
• [African and African American Studies 13. Introduction to Black Political Thought. Shelby]
• African and African American Studies 111. Spectral Fictions, Savage Phantasms: Race and Gender in Anti-Racist South African and African American Drama, Fiction and Film. Jeyifo
• African and African American Studies 117x. Of Mean Streets and Jungle Fevers: Race, Gender and Ethnicity in Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee. Jeyifo
• African and African American Studies 118. The History of African Americans from the Slave Trade to the Great Migration. Instructor TBD
• [African and African American Studies 121. Please, Wake Up! - Race, Gender, Class and Ethnicity in the Early Films of Spike Lee. Jeyifo]
• African and African American Studies 128. Black Nationalism. Shelby
• [African and African American Studies 130. W. E. B. Du Bois: Social and Political Writings. Shelby]
• African and African American Studies 131. African-American Literature from the Beginnings to the Harlem Renaissance. Sollors
• [African and African American Studies 133. Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston. Sollors and Carpio]
• African and African American Studies 179 (formerly Literature and Arts B-82). Jazz, Freedom, and Culture. Monson
• African and African American Studies 182. From R&B to Neo Soul: Black Popular Music and Cultural Transformation. Monson
• African and African American Studies 191x. African American Lives in the Law. Higginbotham
• Culture and Belief 30. Seeing is Believing: A History of Photography. Kelsey
• Culture and Belief 34. Madness and Medicine: Themes in the History of Psychiatry. Harrington
• Culture and Belief 49 (formerly Literature and Arts A-86). American Protest Literature from Tom Paine to Tupac. Stauffer and McCarthy
• *English 59. Poets: The American Lyric. Vendler
• *English 60. Diffusions: Fictions of America. New and Van der Woude
• *English 90ca. Set in Motion: Contemporary American Literature. Instructor TBD
• *English 90ea. Interracial Encounters in Contemporary Ethnic American Narratives. Instructor TBD
• *English 90kw. The American Civil War. Stauffer
• *English 90lm. Literature of Mourning. Van der Woude
• *English 90pn. Poets of New England. New
• *English 90qo. T.S. Eliot: Seminar. Sacks
• *English 90qp. 20th-Century American Poetry. Sacks
• *English 90sp. Place, Space, and Region. Burt
• *English 90we. David Foster Wallace & Environs. Warren
• English 168d. Postwar American and British Fiction. Wood
• English 170aw. American Women Writers. Van der Woude
• English 179. American Drama since 1945. Scanlan
• English 179j. Alice, Henry, and William James. Menand
• English 181a. Introduction to Asian American Literature. Instructor TBD
• English 182a. American Drama: 1787 to the Present. Instructor TBD
• [Folklore and Mythology 90j. American Folklore: Plants and People. Brooks]
• [Folklore and Mythology 126. Continuing Oral Traditions in Indigenous Communities. Brooks]
• *Government 98qa (formerly *Government 90qa). Community in America. Putnam
• [*History 74a. African Diaspora in the Americas. Instructor TBD]
• [*History 74e. North American Borderlands History. St. John]
• [*History 74f. U.S. Environmental History. St. John and Chaplin]
• [*History 74l. The New Deal and American Liberalism. Flehinger]
• [*History 74n. U.S. History: Major Themes in the Twentieth Century. McGirr]
• [*History 74o. Colonial Lives. Ulrich]
• *History 74q. Anti-War Movements in Modern U.S. History. Liazos
• [*History 74t. New York from 1900 to 9/11: Local Lives, Global City. Cohen]
• *History 74u. The American Republic: From Revolution to the “Age of Jackson.” Gordon-Reed
• *History 79a. The United States in International History. Manela
• *History 79i. Breaking Headlines: The History of News (with Heidi Tworek). Armitage
• *History 82f. The Origins of the Cold War: The Yalta Conference (1945). Plokhii
• [*History 84a. Early American Slave Revolts. Instructor TBD]
• [*History 84c. Confronting Objects/Interpreting Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on North America. Ulrich]
• [*History 84g. Harvard and Slavery. Beckert]
• *History 84h. The Northern Side of the Civil Rights Movement. Higginbotham
• *History 84i. Secularization in Europe and the United States, c. 1780-2000. Hempton
• [*History 84l (formerly History 1666). The World of William James and Henry James. Kloppenberg and Follansbee]
• *History 84m (formerly History 1670). The New Deal: The United States during the Roosevelt Years. McGirr
• *History 84o. Woodrow Wilson’s America: The Emergence of the Modern United States, 1856–1924. Throntveit
• [*History 84q. Histories of the Present. Johnson]
• [*History 84t. Trans-War America: Cultural and Political Origins of an Ambivalent Empire, 1914–1945. Throntveit]
• *History 84v. Japanese Internment in the United States and Beyond. Kapur
• History 1213. The Evangelical Tradition, c. 1700-2000. Hempton
• History 1330. Social Thought in Modern America. Kloppenberg
• History 1404 (formerly *History 84b). The American Revolution. Lepore
• [History 1410. American Families, 1600–1900. Ulrich]
• History 1415 (formerly *History 84d). The Nine Lives of Benjamin Franklin. Chaplin
• History 1433. American Populisms: Thomas Jefferson to Rush Limbaugh. Flehinger
• [History 1434. American Public Life in the 20th Century. Flehinger]
• History 1441. History of the US West. St. John
• [History 1445. Science and Religion in American Public Culture. Jewett]
• [History 1457. History of American Capitalism. Beckert]
• [History 1462. History of Sexuality in Modern West. Cott]
• History 1465. The United States in the World since 1900. Manela
• [History 1495 (formerly History 1672). The US in the 1960s. McGirr]
• History 1963 (formerly Historical Study B-68). America and Vietnam: 1945-1975. Ho Tai and Flehinger
• [History 1970. Cold War Summits. Plokhii]
• *History and Literature 90ag. Storied Structures: The Material and Cultural Life of the New England Home, 1600-1900. Carter
• *History and Literature 90ai. The American Civil War. Nelson
• *History and Literature 90ak. The Vietnam War in American Culture. Follansbee and Biel
• *History and Literature 90al. Borderlands and Banana Republics: The Political Cultures of U.S. Empire, 1848-present. Larson
• *History and Literature 90ao. Immigrant Narratives: Tracing the Histories and Literatures of Immigration in the United States and Postcolonial Contexts. Villa-Ignacio
• *History and Literature 90l. Stories of Slavery and Freedom. McCarthy
• *History and Literature 90s. Cloak and Swagger: Fashioning the Body in Early Modern Europe and the New World. Elphick
• [History of Art and Architecture 172w. American Art and Modernity, 1865–1965. Roberts]
• [History of Art and Architecture 175w. Pop Art. Roberts]
• History of Art and Architecture 178m. Cold War Photography. Kelsey
• [History of Science 154. Science and Business in Modern America. Shapin]
• *Literature 131. The Arab-American Experience in Fiction, Film, and Popular Culture. Naddaff
• [Literature 153 (formerly Comparative Literature 153). Saul Bellow and the New York Intellectuals. Wisse]
• Religion 1468. Religion in America: From the Coming of the Europeans to the 1870s. Hall
• Religion 1472. The Ethical and Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. Williams
• Religion 1544. Unitarian and Universalist Thought in the Nineteenth Century. McKanan
• Religion 1556. Classical Pragmatism and Religion. Lamberth
• [Religion 1557. Unitarian and Universalist History in the United States. McKanan]
• [Religion 1565. Religion and the Left in US History. McKanan]
• [Societies of the World 39 (formerly Historical Study B-52). Slavery and Slave Trade in Africa and the Americas. Akyeampong]
• United States in the World 12 (formerly History of Art and Architecture 17y). American Encounters: Art, Contact, and Conflict, 1560-1860. Roberts
• United States in the World 13 (formerly Historical Study A-34). Medicine and Society in America. Greene
• [United States in the World 14 (formerly Historical Study B-40). Pursuits of Happiness: Ordinary Lives in Revolutionary America. Ulrich]
• United States in the World 16 (formerly Historical Study A-86). Men and Women in Public and Private: the US in the 20th Century. Cott
• United States in the World 19. American Food: A Global History. Chaplin
• [United States in the World 23 (formerly English 177). Art and Thought of the Cold War. Menand]
• [United States and the World 26 (formerly Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1000sc). Sex and the Citizen: Race, Gender, and Belonging in the United States. Light]
• United States in the World 28 (formerly Historical Study B-43). Slavery/Capitalism/Imperialism: The US in the Nineteenth Century. Johnson
• United States in the World 29 (formerly Literature and Arts B-20). Designing the American City: Civic Aspirations and Urban Form. Krieger
• [United States and the World 30. Tangible Things: Harvard Collections in World History. Ulrich]
• [United States in the World 31 (formerly Social Analysis 54). American Society and Public Policy. Skocpol and Waters]
• United States and the World 33 (formerly African and African American Studies 193). Religion and Social Change. Frederick
• United States and the World 34. The Civil War from Nat Turner to Birth of a Nation. Stauffer and Claybaugh
• [*Visual and Environmental Studies 90c (formerly VES 90c. The History of Now). Art and Historical Memory, 1980–the Present. Lambert-Beatty]
• *Visual and Environmental Studies 107. Studies of the Built North American Environment Since 1580. Stilgoe
• *Visual and Environmental Studies 160. Modernization in the Visual United States Environment, 1890–2035. Stilgoe
• *Visual and Environmental Studies 166. North American Seacoasts and Landscapes, Discovery to Present. Stilgoe
• [Visual and Environmental Studies 197. The Cinema According to Alfred Hitchcock. Guest]
• [*Visual and Environmental Studies 198. American Film Noir. Guest]
• [Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1154. I Like Ike, But I Love Lucy: Women, Popular Culture, and the 1950s. Jardine]
• *Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1200fh. Our Mothers, Ourselves: Postwar American Feminist Thought. Jardine
• Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1245. Virgins, Vamps, and Camp: Gender and Sexuality in Classical Hollywood Cinema. San Filippo
• *Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1411. Sex, Gender Roles, and Sexuality in Native America. Luis

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Literature courses that consider materials from a comparative and specifically European perspective. Please note that this list is NOT comprehensive. Other courses may also fulfill this requirement.

• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understading 14 (formerly Literature and Arts C-56). Putting Modernism Together. Daniel Albright (English)
• [Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 25 (formerly Literature and Arts C-55). Surrealism: Avant-Garde Art and Politics between the Wars. Susan R. Suleiman (Romance Languages and Literatures; Comparative Literature)]
• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 29 (formerly Literature and Arts A-48). Modern Jewish Literature. Ruth R. Wisse (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; Comparative Literature)
• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 42. Literature and Revolution: Great Books in Moments of Cultural Transformation. James Simpson (English)
• [Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 46 (formerly Literature and Arts B-49). Modernisms 1865–1968. Benjamin Buchloh (History of Art and Architecture)]
• *English 90hs. Satire: Augustan and Modern: Seminar. Michael Shinagel
• *English 90lv. Consciousness from Austen to Woolf: Seminar. James Wood
• English 153. The Comic Enlightenment - (New Course). Andrew Warren
• English 157. The Classic Phase of the Novel. Philip J. Fisher
• English 165. Proust, Joyce, Woolf: Aestheticism and Modernism. Philip J. Fisher
• *History and Literature 90ae. Border Crossings: Remaking European Identities. Sarah Rose Cole
• *History and Literature 90am. The Legacy of War in Modern Europe: Forgetting and Remembering after 1945 - (New Course). Juliet Clare Wagner
• [Jewish Studies 109 (formerly Yiddish 109). The Yiddish Novel Under Tsars and Stripes. Ruth R. Wisse]
• [Literature 127. Futurisms. Jeffrey Schnapp]
• Literature 129. Reading the 18th Century Through 21st-Century Eyes. Christie Mcdonald
• Literature 130. European Romanticism. John T. Hamilton
• [*Literature 146 (formerly *Literature 124). Space and Place in Postmodern Culture. Verena A. Conley]
• [Literature 154. Music, Literature, and the Voice. John T. Hamilton]
• [Literature 160 (formerly Comparative Literature 160). Literary Forgeries and Mystifications. George G. Grabowicz]
• Literature 163. Jewish Languages and Literature. Marc Shell and Members of the Faculty
• [Literature 164. The 20th-Century Post-Realist Novel in Eastern Europe: Conference Course. George G. Grabowicz]
• [Literature 165. The Holocaust and Problems of Representation. Susan R. Suleiman ]
• [Literature 174. Realism, Fantasy, and the Grotesque: Hoffmann and Balzac. John T. Hamilton]
• Literature 175. The Moment in Modernism - (New Course). Karen Zumhagen-Yekple
• Literature 181. Kafka, Coetzee and the Difficulty of Reality - (New Course). Karen Zumhagen-Yekple
• Modern Hebrew 158. Milestones in Modern Hebrew Poetry - (New Course). Jordan David Finkin
• Romance Studies 157. Italian Futurism and European Avant-Gardes, 1900-1945 - (New Course). Instructor to be determined
• [Romance Studies 191. Crowds. Jeffrey Schnapp]
• [Visual and Environmental Studies 184. Imagining the City: Literature, Film, and the Arts. Giuliana Bruno and Svetlana Boym]
• [* Mather 74. Memoirs and Memory in 20th Century Europe. Laura Schlosberg]

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These courses do not meet the 50% rule for any of the countries studied in the field of Modern Europe, but they may be taken for concentration credit by students in the field, usually as elective half-courses.

• [Culture and Belief 42 (formerly Foreign Cultures 92). Communism and the Politics of Culture: Czechoslovakia from the Prague Spring to the Velvet Revolution. Jonathan H. Bolton (Slavic Languages and Literatures)]
• Culture and Belief 47 (formerly Historical Study B-45). The Darwinian Revolution. Janet Browne (History of Science) and Alistair William Sponsel (History of Science)
• Culture and Belief 50. The European Postwar: Literature, Film, Politics - (New Course). Peter E. Gordon (History)
• [Celtic 119. The Gaelic World: 17th Century to the Present. Simon R. Innes]
• *Government 90ti. Adorno. Michael E. Rosen
• Government 1061. The History of Modern Political Philosophy. Nancy Lipton Rosenblum
• [*History 72g (formerly *History 1491). Religion and Popular Culture in 19th-Century Europe. David Blackbourn]
• *History 73a. Republics and Republicanism. James Hankins and Harvey C. Mansfield
• *History 81i. Holland in the Age of Rembrandt - (New Course). Martine J. Van Ittersum
• *History 82f. The Origins of the Cold War: The Yalta Conference (1945). Serhii Plokhii
• [*History 83a. The History of Economic Thought Since 1750. Emma Rothschild]
• [*History 83d. Intellectuals and Auschwitz. Peter E. Gordon]
• *History 84i. Secularization in Europe and the United States, c. 1780-2000. David Neil Hempton (Divinity School)
• History 1167 (formerly Historical Study B-18). The Protestant Reformation. Steven Ozment
• History 1266. Central Europe, 1789-1918: Empires, Nations, States. Alison F. Frank
• [History 1304. Modern European Intellectual History Subject and Structure, Nietzsche to Postmodernism. Peter E. Gordon]
• [History of Art and Architecture 174g. European Modernism, 1895-1945. Maria Elizabeth Gough]
• History of Art and Architecture 175k. American and European Art, 1945–1975. Benjamin Buchloh
• Jewish Studies 137. The Sermon as Source for Jewish History and Culture - (New Course). Marc Saperstein
• [*Leverett 74. Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis: Two Contrasting World Views. Armand M. Nicholi II (Medical School)]
• Slavic 137. Prague Between Two Empires: Czech Culture from 1914 to 1948. Jonathan H. Bolton
• Slavic 195. Myths of Central Europe after World War II: Conference Course. Jonathan H. Bolton
• [Societies of the World 18 (formerly History 1205). Europe Since the Second World War. Mary D. Lewis (History)]
• Societies of the World 19. Western Ascendancy: The Mainsprings of Global Power from 1600 to the Present. Niall Ferguson (History)
• Societies of the World 32 (formerly Historical Study A-73). The Making of Modern Politics: The Development of Democracy in Europe from the Middle Ages to the European Union. Peter A. Hall (Government)
• Societies of the World 35. Conditional Equality: The Case of the Jews of Europe in Modern Times. Jay M. Harris (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)
• [*Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1407. Harlots, Dandies, Bluestockings: Sexuality, Gender, and Feminism in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Linda Schlossberg]

Courses that may be taken by students in the Modern Europe field, arranged by country:

BRITAIN Back to Top »

• [Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 20 (formerly Literature and Arts A-22). Poems, Poets, Poetry. Helen Vendler, (University Professor; English)]
• Culture and Belief 37 (formerly Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1122). The Romance: From Jane Austen to Chick Lit. Linda Scholssberg (Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality)
• *English 54 (formerly English 150). Poets: English Romantic Poets. James Engell
• *English 56. Narrative Poetry. Andrew Warren
• *English 90dd. Dickens: The Early Years: Seminar - (New Course). Matthew Kaiser
• *English 90ep. The English Epic - (New Course). Stephen Boyd Hequembourg
• *English 90gt. The Age of Johnson: Seminar - (New Course). James Engell
• *English 90hb. Four Shakespeare Plays: Seminar. Marc Shell
• *English 90hs. Satire: Augustan and Modern: Seminar. Michael Shinagel
• *English 90lm. Literature of Mourning: Seminar - (New Course). Joanne van der Woude
• *English 90n. Gender, Sex, and Marriage in the Age of Enlightenment : Seminar - (New Course). Melissa Ganz
• *English 90pf (formerly *English 51). Poets: Ballads, Sonnets, Literary History, and Poetic Form. Peter Sacks
• *English 90ww. Poetry of the First World War: Seminar - (New Course). Peter Sacks
• English 141. The 18th-Century Novel. Melissa Ganz
• English 151. The 19th-Century Novel. Leah Price
• English 154. Literature and Sexuality. Matthew Kaiser
• English 156. Crime and Horror in Victorian Literature and Culture. Matthew Kaiser
• English 158. Crime and Punishment in English Fiction. Melissa Ganz
• English 168d. Postwar American and British Fiction. James Wood
• *History 72k. The Worlds of Joseph Conrad - (New Course). Maya Jasanoff
• [*History 81c. The English Revolution. Mark A. Kishlansky]
• [*History 89a. British Colonial Violence in the 20th Century. Caroline M. Elkins]
• History 1224. Britain since 1760: Island, Europe, Empire. Maya Jasanoff
• Societies of the World 14 (formerly Historical Study A-88). The British Empire. Maya Jasanoff (History)
• [*Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1407. Harlots, Dandies, Bluestockings: Sexuality, Gender, and Feminism in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Linda Schlossberg]

NOTE: Students combining the study of Britain with Ireland or Scotland may also count one of the following courses:

• [Celtic 119. The Gaelic World: 17th Century to the Present. Simon R. Innes]
• [Celtic 195. Modern Scottish Gaelic Literature. Simon R. Innes]
• Literature 156. Joyce/Beckett - (New Course). Martin Puchner
• *English 90py (formerly English 152). The Poetry of W.B. Yeats: Seminar. Helen Vendler
• *English 90qo. T.S. Eliot: Seminar. Peter Sacks

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• French 70b. Introduction to French Literature II. 19th and 20th Centuries: Moving and Shaking. Janet Beizer
• French 70c. Introduction to French Literature III: The Francophone World. Mylène Priam
• *French 90f. Beyond France: Transnational Francophone Literature. Verena Conley and members of the Department.
• French 132b. 20th-Century French Fiction II: The Experimental Mode. Susan R. Suleiman.
• French 157. The Hermaphroditic Imagination. Janet Beizer
• French 167. Parisian Cityscapes. Verena Conley
• French 180. "The Words to Say It": Women Writing in French from Colette to Satrapi. Alice Jardine
• [French 184. Cinema and the auteur. Tom Conley]
• [French 188. They Write in French from Egypt, Lebanon, and the Maghreb: Feminine Voices. Mylène Priam]
• [French 190. Albert Camus. Stanley Hoffman]
• [*History 72c. French History through French Literature. Patrice Higonnet]
• [*History 72h (formerly History 1468). The Histories of France and the United States Compared. Patrice Higonnet]
• *History 82c. Vichy France. Patrice Higonnet
• [*History 82d. French Colonial Encounters: 1870’s to Present. Mary D. Lewis]
• *History 82l (formerly History 2242r). The French Revolution. Patrice Higonnet
• [History 1206. France since 1870. Mary D. Lewis]
• [History 1251 (formerly 1451). The History of France from 1715-1958. Patrice Higonnet]
• [History 1252 (formerly *History 72d). Paris From the French Revolution Through the 19th Century: Conference Course. Patrice Higonnet]
• [History 1253 (formerly Historical Study B-35). The French Revolution: Causes, Processes, and Consequences. Patrice Higonnet]
• [History 1324. French Social Thought. Peter E. Gordon]
• *History and Literature 90ah. A Clash of Civilizations? France and Islam on Both Sides of the Sahara - (New Course). Hassanaly Ladha
• [History of Art and Architecture 170r. Topics in 19th c. Art : Ingres and Delacroix : Proseminar. Henri Zerner]
• [*History of Art and Architecture 173m. The Early Modern Artist. Ewa Lajer-Burcharth]
• Literature 129. Reading the 18th Century Through 21st-Century Eyes. Christie McDonald
• [*Literature 146 (formerly *Literature 124). Space and Place in Postmodern Culture. Verena Conley]
• Literature 150. Colonial and Post-Colonial Spaces: France-North Africa. Verena Conley
• *Visual and Environmental Studies 190n. French New Wave Cinema. Instructor to be determined]
• [Visual and Environmental Studies 192 (formerly Foreign Cultures 21). Cinema and French Culture from 1896 to the Present. Tom Conley]
• [Visual and Environmental Studies 196. Women’s Film and Video in France: Agnès Varda, Chantal Akerman and Claire Denis. Dominique Bluher]

GERMANY Back to Top »

• [Ethical Reasoning 26. The Ethics of Atheism: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud. Peter J. Burgard (Germanic Languages and Literatures)]
• German 71. German Literature from Goethe to Nietzsche. Thomas Herold
• German 72. German Literature from Kafka to Jelinek. Oliver Simons
• German 115. German Comedy - (New Course). Lisa Parkes
• [German 120. Age of Goethe. Peter J. Burgard]
• German 144. Readings in Classical Film Theory. Eric Rentschler
• German 147. Nietzsche. Peter J. Burgard
• [German 149. Neurosis, Hysteria and the Schizoid - Pathologies of the Subject in Literature and Thought. Oliver Simons]
• German 159. Robert Musil: Writing Modernity - (New Course). Oliver Simons
• [German 165. Literary and Visual Culture of Weimar Germany. Maria Tatar]
• German 166. Storytelling Cultures: The Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. Maria Tatar
• [German 170. Before Modernity: Büchner and Stifter. Markus Wilczek]
• [German 182. German Music in Culture and Politics. Lisa Parkes]
• [Government 1052. History and Freedom in German Idealism. Michael E. Rosen]
• [*History 82b. Fin-de-Siècle Vienna. Alison F. Frank]
• [History 1322. Heidegger and Arendt. Peter E. Gordon]
• [History 1323. German Social Thought, Nietzsche to Habermas. Peter E. Gordon]
• History 1326. The Frankfurt School and Religion: Conference Course - (New Course). Peter E. Gordon
• [History of Art and Architecture 175y. Visual Culture of Weimar Germany (1919-1937). Benjamin Buchloh]
• [*History of Art and Architecture 176m. Berlin & Moscow, 1918/1933 : Proseminar. Benjamin Buchloh and Maria Elizabeth Gough]
• Philosophy 129. Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. Farid Masrour
• [Philosophy 132. Marx and Marxism. Tommie Shelby]
• [Philosophy 137. The Later Philosophy of Wittgenstein. Richard Moran]
• Philosophy 168. Kant’s Ethical Theory. David G. Sussman
• Societies of the World 11. Germany in the World, 1500-2000. David Blackbourn (History)
• [Visual and Environmental Studies 187x. From Postwar to Postwall German Cinema. Eric Rentschler]

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• Italian 102 (formerly Italian 83). Italian Pop: Comics, Mass Media, Folk Culture. Giuliana Minghelli
• Italian 103 (formerly Italian 82). Italian Travels. Chiara Frenquellucci
• [Italian 136 (formerly Italian 148). Cultural Migrations Between Africa and Italy. Giuliana Minghelli]
• Italian 151. Women of Modern Italy - (New Course). Maria Grazia Lolla
• Italian 161. Italy in Motion: Cinema, History and National Identity - (New Course). Giuliana Minghelli
• Italian 166. Italian Modernisms Giuliana Minghelli
• Italian 182 (formerly Italian 128). The Fantastic: Marvelous, Magic, and Uncanny in Italian Culture. Giuliana Minghelli

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• [Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 41 (formerly Literature and Arts C-30). How and What Russia Learned to Read: The Rise of Russian Literary Culture, William Mills Todd III (Slavic Languages and Literatures; Comparative Literature)]
• [Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 45 (formerly Foreign Cultures 72). Art and Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe. Svetlana Boym (Slavic Languages and Literatures; Comparative Literature)]
• Ethical Reasoning 28. Moral Inquiry in the Novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Justin Weir (Slavic Languages and Literatures)
• Government 1243. Russian Politics in Transition. Timothy J. Colton
• *History 72e. The Life and Reign of Catherine the Great. Kelley A. O’Neill-Uzgiris
• [*History 72i. Cities and the Making of Modern Russia. Kelley A. O’Neill-Uzgiris]
• [*History 79f. Empire and Nation in Russia and China. Terry D. Martin 2966 and Mark C. Elliott 3329 (on leave spring term)]
• *History 82f. The Origins of the Cold War: The Yalta Conference (1945). Serhii Plokhii
• [History 1280. History of the Soviet Union, 1917-1991. Terry D. Martin]
• [History 1281. The End of Communism. Terry D. Martin and Alison F. Frank]
• History 1282. The Russian Revolution: An International History. Terry D. Martin]
• [History 1285. Russia and the Great Eurasian Steppe, Kelley A. O’Neill-Uzgiris]
• [History 1290. The History of the Russian Empire. Kelly A. O’Neill-Uzgiris]
• [History 1970. Cold War Summits: Conference Course. Serhii Plokhii]
• [*History of Art and Architecture 176m. Berlin & Moscow, 1918/1933 : Proseminar. Benjamin Buchloh and Maria Elizabeth Gough]
• History of Science 191: Brave New World? Scientific and Technological Visions of Utopia and Dystopia in Russia and the Soviet Union (New Course),/
• Literature 190. Literary Realisms in China and Russia - (New Course)
• Slavic 103. Advanced Russian: Reading, Composition, and Conversation. Natalia Pokrovsky and others
• *Slavic 111. Advanced Russian: Readings in Russian/Post-Soviet Studies. Natalia Pokrovsky
• *Slavic 112. Advanced Russian: Russian Press and Television. Natalia Pokrovsky
• Slavic 115 (formerly Slavic 104). Advanced Russian: Russian Cultural Self-Images and National "Mentality" . Natalia Pokrovsky
• [Slavic 142. Engineering the Mind in Soviet Culture – (New Course). Rebecca Zohar Reich]
• Slavic 143. Russian Formalism - (New Course). Justin Weir
• Slavic 145 (formerly 145a). Russian Literature in Translation: The 19th-Century Tradition. Rebecca Reich
• (formerly Slavic 145b). Russian Literature and Revolution. Rebecca Reich
• [Slavic 147. Soviet Film After Stalin. Justin Weir]
• Slavic 148. Strange Russian Writers. Stephanie Sandler
• [Slavic 149. Performance, Theater, Culture, Nation, Self: Russia and Its Others. Julie A. Buckler]
• [Slavic 151. Experiments in Reading: Chekhov and Nabokov. Svetlana Boym]
• Slavic 152. Pushkin. William Mills Todd III
• [Slavic 154. Introduction to Russian Poetry. John E. Malmstad]
• [Slavic 155. Dostoevsky. William Mills Todd III]
• [Slavic 166. Russian-Ukrainian Literary Relations in the 19th Century: Conference Course]
• [Slavic 169. 20th-Century Ukraine: Literature, Arts, and Society]
• Slavic 180. Russian Symbolist Poetry. John E. Malmsta
• [Slavic 181. Russian Poetry of the 19th Century. John E. Malmstad]
• [Slavic 182. Problems in 20th-Century Poetry: Conference Course. John E. Malmstad]
• Slavic 186. Poetry after Brodsky: How Russian Is It? Stephanie Sandler
• [Slavic 192. Literature as Institutions: Conference Course William Mills Todd III]
• Societies of the World 28. Exploration and Empire Building - (New Course) Kelly A. O’Neill (History)
• Visual and Environmental Studies 188s. Soviet and Russian Film and Film Theory - (New Course) . D. N. Rodowick and Justin Weir

NOTE: Of the offerings in the history and literature of Ukraine, Poland, and Slavic Eastern Europe, students may count two half-courses toward concentration requirements.

• [Culture and Belief 42 (formerly Foreign Cultures 92). Communism and the Politics of Culture: Czechoslovakia from the Prague Spring to the Velvet Revolution. Jonathan H. Bolton (Slavic Languages and Literatures)]
• Government 1203. Capitalism and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. Grzegorz Ekiert
• [History 1270. Frontiers of Europe: Ukraine since 1500. Serhii Plokhii]
• [Literature 164. The 20th-Century Post-Realist Novel in Eastern Europe: Conference Course. George G. Grabowicz]
• [Slavic 166. Russian-Ukrainian Literary Relations in the 19th Century: Conference Course. George G. Grabowicz]
• [Slavic 169. 20th-Century Ukraine: Literature, Arts, and Society. George G. Grabowicz and Halyna Hryn ]
• [Slavic 173. Polish Romanticism. George G. Grabowicz]
• [Slavic 176. Between Avant-Garde and Catastrophism: The Interwar Period in Polish Literature. Joanna Nizynska]
• Slavic 177. Polish Literature After 1989: the Arrival of the Others. Joanna Nizynska
• Slavic 178 (formerly Literature 178). Trauma and Postmemory: Collective Identity and Unexperienced Loss: Conference Course. Joanna Nizynska
• [Slavic 179. Bialoszewski: The Art of Private Life - (New Course). Joanna Nizynska]

SPAIN Back to Top »

• Spanish 70c. Documenting Spanish Modernity: A Survey of Spanish Literature and Culture from 1700. Luis Fernández-CifuentesM
• *Spanish 90gc. You Will Win, But You Won’t Convince: Discussing the Spanish Civil War. Daniel Aguirre-Oteiza
• Spanish 149. Filming the Text - (New Course) . Luis Fernández-Cifuentes
• Spanish 177. Tricksters, Scoundrels, and Rogues: Pícaros and the Picaresque Tradition - (New Course) Eli Cohen

LATIN AMERICA Back to Top »

• Anthropology 1158. Maya Narratives: Gods, Lords, and Courts - (New Course)
• Anthropology 1168. Introduction to Classic Maya Writing and Art - (New Course)
• Culture and Belief 21 (formerly Foreign Cultures 93). Pathways through the Andes–Culture, History, and Beliefs in Andean South America. Gary Urton (Anthropology) and Thomas B. F. Cummins (History of Art and Architecture)
• Government 1295. Comparative Politics in Latin America. Steven R. Levitsky
• *History 75c. Readings on Modern Latin American History. Sergio Silvia-Castaneda
• [*History 84a. Early American Slave Revolts. Instructor to be determined]
• *History 85d. Society and Environment in Latin America - (New Course). Sergio Silva-Castaneda
• *History and Literature 90al. Borderlands and Banana Republics: The Political Cultures of U.S. Empire, 1848-Present - (New Course). Eric Larson
• History 1505. The History of Mexico 1810-2011. Sergio Silva-Castañeda
• [History of Art and Architecture 197. The Imperial Arts of the Inca and the Aztec. Thomas B. F. Cummins]
• History of Art and Architecture 197g. Colonial Art Thomas B. F. Cummins
• Latin American Studies 70. Modernity, Culture and Politics in Latin America. Mariano Siskind
• [Latin American Studies 90b. Gender, Writing, and Subalternity in the Americas. José Rabasa]
• Portuguese 145. Transatlantic Africa and Brazil - (New Course). Instructor to be determined
• Romance Studies 109. The Global Game: Soccer, Politics, and Popular Culture - (New Course). Francesco Erspamer and Mariano Siskind
• Societies of the World 15 (formerly Historical Study B-64). The Cuban Revolution, 1956-1971: A Self-Debate. Jorge I. Domínguez (Government)
• Societies of the World 30. Moctezuma’s Mexico: Then and Now. Davíd L. Carrasco (Harvard Divinity School; Anthropology) and William L. Fash (Anthropology)
• [Societies of the World 34 (formerly Foreign Cultures 46). The Caribbean: Globalization, Socio-Economic Development & Cultural Adaptation. Orlando Patterson (Sociology)]
• [Societies of the World 40 (formerly Anthropology 1174). The Incas: The Last Great Empire of Pre-Columbian South America. Gary Urton (Anthropology)]
• Spanish 71a. Continuity and Discontinuity in Colonial Latin America. José Rabasa
• [Spanish 71b. Introduction to Modern Latin American Literature. Sergio Delgado]
• Spanish 90mx. The Mexican Revolution in Literature and Art - (New Course). Sergio Delgado
• [Spanish 90n. Border Flux and Border Subjects: Cultural Practices of the US-Mexico Border. Sergio Delgado]
• [Spanish 134. Nahuatl (Aztec) Language and Culture. José Rabasa]
• Spanish 149. Filming the Text - (New Course). Luis Fernández-Cifuentes
• [Spanish 186. Tobacco and Sugar. Doris Sommer]
• Spanish 188. Cosmopolitanism and the Latin American Avant-Garde - (New Course) . José Rabasa and Sergio Delgado
• [Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1226. Sex and Power in Modern Latin America and U.S. Latino Culture. Bradley S. Epps]

NOTE: Students are encouraged to take one half-course in Peninsular history and/or literature.

• Portuguese 142. Introduction to Eça de Queiroz - (New Course). Joaquim-Francisco Coelho
• Spanish 70c. Documenting Spanish Modernity: A Survey of Spanish Literature and Culture from 1700. Luis Fernández-Cifuentes
• *Spanish 90gc. You Will Win, But You Won’t Convince: Discussing the Spanish Civil War. Daniel Aguirre-Oteiza
• Spanish 149. Filming the Text - (New Course) . Luis Fernández-Cifuentes
• Spanish 177. Tricksters, Scoundrels, and Rogues: Pícaros and the Picaresque Tradition - (New Course) Eli Cohen

MEDIEVAL EUROPE (c.a. 400 - 1500)Back to Top »

• [Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 16. Openings: The Illuminated Manuscript. Jeffrey F. Hamburger (History of Art and Architecture)]
• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 49 (formerly Medieval Studies 114). The Medieval Imagination: Visions, Dreams, and Prophecies. Nicholas Watson (English)
• Celtic 101 (formerly Literature and Arts C-20). The Hero of Irish Myth and Saga. Tomás Ó Cathasaigh
• [Celtic 103. Celts: People or Myth? Catherine McKenna]
• [Celtic 106. The Folklore of Gaelic Scotland. Simon R. Innes]
• Celtic 109. The Finn Cycle - (New Course). Simon R. Innes
• [Celtic 114. Early Irish Historical Tales. Tomás Ó Cathasaigh]
• [Celtic 118. The Gaelic World: 12th Century to 17th Century. Simon R. Innes]
• Celtic 137. Celtic Mythology. Tomás Ó Cathasaigh
• Celtic 138. Narrative Traditions of Medieval Wales. Catherine McKenna
• Celtic 151. The Literature of Medieval Celtic Christianity: The Hagiographical Tradition. Catherine McKenna
• [Celtic 184. The Táin. Tomás Ó Cathasaigh]
• [Celtic 194. Celtic Bards and Their Poems. Catherine McKenna]
• [Culture and Belief 20 (formerly Historical Study A-27). Reason and Faith in the West. Ann M. Blair (History)]
• [Culture and Belief 24. Gregorian Chants. Thomas Forrest Kelly (Music)]
• Culture and Belief 38 (formerly Literature and Arts C-28). Icon, Ritual, Text: Reading the Culture of Medieval Rus’Michael S. Flier (Slavic Languages and Literatures)
• *English 40. Arrivals. Daniel G. Donoghue
• *English 41. Arrivals. James Simpson
• *English 42. Arrivals. Nicholas Watson
• English 115b. Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales. Nicholas Watson
• French 70a. Introduction to French Literature I: From the Middle Ages to Modernity. Sylvaine Guyot
• French 114. Rex Quondam Rexque Futurus: French Arthurian Texts from the 12th to the 16th Century - (New Course). Instructor to be determined
• Government 1060. Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy. Harvey C. Mansfield
• *History 70i. Problems in Medieval History - (New Course). Jeffrey Robert Webb
• [*History 80b. Persons and Things in Medieval Europe. Daniel L. Smail]
• *History 80f. Carolingian Civilization - (New Course). Michael McCormick
• [*History 81f (formerly History 1127). Women’s Voices in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Rachel L. Greenblatt]
• *History 88b. Medieval History and Cinema. Cemal Kafadar
• History 1040. The Fall of the Roman Empire. Michael McCormick
• [History 1041 (formerly Historical Study B-13). Charlemagne and the Birth of Medieval Civilization. Michael McCormick]
• History 1044. Sacred and Secular Power in Medieval Europe - (New Course). Jeffrey Robert Webb
• History 1045. Crusade and Jihad in the Medieval Mediterranean - (New Course). Jeffrey Robert Webb
• [History 1060. Europe and Its Borders, 950-1550. Daniel L. Smail]
• History 1301. Western Intellectual History: The Middle Ages to the Seventeenth Century. James Hankins
• *History and Literature 90an. God Save the Queen! Ruling Women from Rome to the Renaissance - (New Course). Sean J. Gilsdorf
• [History of Science 107. History of Medieval Science. Instructor to be determined]
• History of Science 108. Bodies, Sexualities, and Medicine in the Medieval Middle East. Ahmed Ragab
• [History of Science 112. Health, Medicine and Healing in Medieval and Renaissance Europe. Katharine Park
• [History of Science 117. Science, Philosophy, and Religion in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Instructor to be determined]
• Italian 131. The Cosmos of the Comedy. Jeffrey Schnapp
• Jewish Studies 65. The Jews in Muslim and Christian Spain - (New Course). Marc Saperstein
• Jewish Studies 137. The Sermon as Source for Jewish History and Culture - (New Course). Marc Saperstein
• [Literature 157 (formerly Comparative Literature 111). From Type to Self in the Middle Ages. Luis M. Girón Negrón]
• Medieval Greek 115ar. Introduction to Byzantine Greek. Sarah Elizabeth Insley
• Medieval Latin 104. Boethius - (New Course). Justin Anthony Stover
• Medieval Studies 107. Authority and Invention: Medieval Art and Architecture. Christine Smith (Design School)
• Medieval Studies 117. Constitutional and Legal History of Medieval England. Charles Donahue, Jr. (Law School)
• [Medieval Studies 119. Constitutional and Legal History of Medieval Continental Europe. Charles Donahue, Jr. (Law School)]
• [Religion 1434. History of Western Christianity, 150-1100. Kevin J. Madigan (Divinity School)]
• [Religion 1437. History of Western Christianity: 1100–1500. Kevin J. Madigan (Divinity School)]
• *Religion 1438. The Friars and Their World, ca. 1100–1325. Kevin J. Madigan (Divinity School)
• Religion 1450. History of Christian Thought: The Medieval West. Amy Hollywood (Divinity School)
• [Scandinavian 150. The Vikings and the Nordic Heroic Tradition. Stephen A. Mitchell]
• [Scandinavian 160a. Old Norse Language, Literature, and Culture: The Viking Legacy. Stephen A. Mitchell]
• [Scandinavian 160br. Old Norse Language, Literature, and Culture: Mythology. Stephen A. Mitchell]
• [Societies of the World 41 (formerly History 1050). Medieval Europe. Michael McCormick (History)]
• [Spanish 70a. Heroes, Rogues, and Significant Others: Voices from Medieval and Early Modern Spain. Mary M. Gaylord]
• [Spanish 110. Hispanic Literature: The Middle Ages. Luis M. Girón Negrón]

EARLY MODERN EUROPE (1300 - 1750) Back to Top »

• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 37. Introduction to the Bible in the Humanities and the Arts. Gordon Teskey (English)
• [Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 43 (formerly Literature and Arts B-35). Visual Culture of the Ottoman Empire Between East and West (15th - 17th Centuries). Gülru Necipoglu-Kafadar (History of Art and Architecture)]
• [Celtic 118. The Gaelic World: 12th Century to 17th Century. Simon R. Innes]
• [Celtic 119. The Gaelic World: 17th Century to the Present. Simon R. Innes]
• [Celtic 194. Celtic Bards and Their Poems. Catherine McKenna]
• [Culture and Belief 20 (formerly Historical Study A-27). Reason and Faith in the West. Ann M. Blair (History)]
• [Culture and Belief 29 (formerly Humanities 12). “Strange Mutations”: Wonder, Faith, Skepticism, and Disbelief in Western Antiquity and the Renaissance. Christopher D. Johnson (Comparative Literature)]
• *English 40. Arrivals. Daniel G. Donoghue
• *English 41. Arrivals. James Simpson
• *English 42. Arrivals. Nicholas Watson
• *English 90ep. The English Epic - (New Course). Stephen Boyd Hequembourg
• *English 90rm. Renaissance Theatricality: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries - (New Course). Suparna Roychoudhury
• *English 90wm. Paradise Lost: World-Making in the Seventeenth Century - (New Course). Stephen Boyd Hequembourg
• English 115b. Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales. Nicholas Watson
• English 121cg. Shakespeare After Hamlet. Gordon Teskey
• English 125m. The Metaphysical Poets - (New Course). Stephen Boyd Hequembourg
• English 125s. Shakespeare and Identity - (New Course). Suparna Roychoudhury
• English 131. John Milton: An Introduction to His Life and Poetry. Stephen Boyd Hequembourg
• French 70a. Introduction to French Literature I: From the Middle Ages to Modernity. Sylvaine Guyot
• French 114. Rex Quondam Rexque Futurus: French Arthurian Texts from the 12th to the 16th Century - (New Course). Instructor to be determined
• French 143. Vision and Violence in 17th Century France - (New Course). Sylvaine Guyot
• Government 1061. The History of Modern Political Philosophy. Nancy Lipton Rosenblum
• *History 71b. The European Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1650. Steven Ozment
• [*History 74o. Colonial Lives. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich]
• [*History 81a. History in Early Modern Europe. Ann M. Blair]
• [*History 81c. The English Revolution. Mark A. Kishlansky]
• [*History 81f (formerly History 1127). Women’s Voices in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Rachel L. Greenblatt]
• *History 81j. What Was an Early Modern Author? - (New Course). Ann M. Blair
• [History 1025. Overlapping Spheres: Jewish Life in Early Modern Europe. Rachel L. Greenblatt]
• [History 1060. Europe and Its Borders, 950-1550. Daniel L. Smail]
• [History 1144 (formerly Historical Study B-19). The Renaissance in Florence. James Hankins]
• History 1151. Culture and Society in Early Modern France, 1500-1715. Ann M. Blair
• [History 1166 (formerly *History 71a). Marriage, Sex, and Family in Western Europe, 1250-1750: Conference Course. Steven Ozment]
• History 1167 (formerly Historical Study B-18). The Protestant Reformation Steven Ozment
• History 1214. Encountering of the Other: The Expansion of the Christian West, 1650-1830. David Hempton (Divinity School)
• [History 1285. Russia and the Great Eurasian Steppe. Kelly A. O’Neill-Uzgiris]
• History 1301. Western Intellectual History: The Middle Ages to the Seventeenth Century. James Hankins
• *History and Literature 90an. God Save the Queen! Ruling Women from Rome to the Renaissance - (New Course). Sean J. Gilsdorf
• *History and Literature 90s. Cloak and Swagger: Fashioning the Body in Early Modern Europe and the New World. Nenita Ponce de Leon Elphick
• [History of Art and Architecture 51p. Renaissance Architecture and the Rise of Classicism. Alina A. Payne]
• [History of Art and Architecture 152. Italian Renaissance Art. Frank Fehrenbach]
• History of Art and Architecture 152m. Leonardo da Vinci. Frank Fehrenbach
• History of Art and Architecture 154g. Dutch Art of the Golden Age - (New Course). Hugo van der Velden
• [History of Art and Architecture 159. Image and Text in 16th Century France. Henri Zerner and Tom Conley]
• History of Science 108. Bodies, Sexualities, and Medicine in the Medieval Middle East. Ahmed Ragab
• [History of Science 111. Two Scientific Revolutions: From the Classical Age of Islamic Sciences to the Scientific World of Early Modern Europe. Ahmed Ragab]
• [History of Science 112. Health, Medicine and Healing in Medieval and Renaissance Europe. Katharine Park]
• [History of Science 162. Science in the Enlightenment. Adelheid Voskuhl]
• [Italian 116. Visions of the Renaissance. Francesco Erspamer]
• Italian 131. The Cosmos of the Comedy. Jeffrey Schnapp
• Italian 155. Boccaccio and/on Authority (Latin to Vernacular, Vernacular to Latin) - (New Course). Jeffrey Schnapp
• Jewish Studies 65. The Jews in Muslim and Christian Spain - (New Course). Marc Saperstein
• [Literature 157 (formerly Comparative Literature 111). From Type to Self in the Middle Ages. Luis M. Girón Negrón]
• Philosophy 8. Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy. Alison Simmons
• *Philosophy 149x. Philosophy and the Exact Sciences: Proseminar - (New Course). Peter Koellner
• [Religion 1437. History of Western Christianity: 1100–1500. Kevin J. Madigan (Divinity School)]
• Societies of the World 32 (formerly Historical Study A-73). The Making of Modern Politics: The Development of Democracy in Europe from the Middle Ages to the European Union. Peter A. Hall (Government)
• [Spanish 70a. Heroes, Rogues, and Significant Others: Voices from Medieval and Early Modern Spain. Mary M. Gaylord]
• Spanish 90lw. The Spanish Novela: Telling Stories of Love and War in Early Modern Spain - (New Course). Eli Cohen
• Spanish 90t. Breaking the Rules: Transgressors and Transgressions in Early Modern Spain - (New Course). Eli Cohen
• Spanish 124. Don Quixote and the Art of Reading. Mary M. Gaylord
• Spanish 177. Tricksters, Scoundrels, and Rogues: Pícaros and the Picaresque Tradition - (New Course). Eli Cohen

POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES Back to Top »

Literature courses that consider materials from a comparative and specfically postcolonial perspective. Please note that this list is not comprehensive. Other courses may also work for this requirement.

• African and African American Studies 137. Literature and Its Cultural ‘Others’ - America, Africa and the Caribbean, 1950s-80s. Biodun Jeyifo
• *French 90f. Beyond France: Transnational Francophone Literature. Verena Conley and members of the Department.
• [French 188. They Write in French from Egypt, Lebanon, and the Maghreb: Feminine Voices. Mylène Priam]
• *History and Literature 90ah. A Clash of Civilizations? France and Islam on Both Sides of the Sahara - (New Course). Hassanaly Ladha
• *History and Literature 90ao. Immigrant Narratives: Tracing the Histories and Literatures of Immigration in the United States and Postcolonial Contexts - (New Course). Teresa Villa-Ignacio
• Literature 150. Colonial and Post-Colonial Spaces: France-North Africa. Verena A. Conley
• Portuguese 145. Transatlantic Africa and Brazil - (New Course). Instructor to be determined
• Spanish 71a. Continuity and Discontinuity in Colonial Latin America. José Rabasa
• [*Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1232. Postcolonial Women’s Writing. Katherine Stanton]

History courses on the colonial and postcolonial world that consider materials from a comparative or transregional perspective. Please note that this list is not comprehensive. Other courses may also work for this requirement.

• [Anthropology 1710. Memory Politics. Kimberly Theidon]
• Culture and Belief 41 (formerly Historical Study A-67). Gender, Islam, and Nation in the Middle East and North Africa. Afsaneh Najmabadi (History; Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality)
• [*History 76c (formerly *History 90g). Major Themes in World History: Colonialism, Imperialism, and Post-Colonialism. Hue-Tam Ho Tai
• [History 1703. Africa and the Wider World since 1800: Conference Course. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong] - (New Course)
• *History and Literature 90ah. A Clash of Civilizations? France and Islam on Both Sides of the Sahara - (New Course). Hassanaly Ladha
• *History and Literature 90ao. Immigrant Narratives: Tracing the Histories and Literatures of Immigration in the United States and Postcolonial Contexts - (New Course). Teresa Villa-Ignacio
• Societies of the World 14 (formerly Historical Study A-88). The British Empire. Maya Jasanoff (History)
• [Societies of the World 39 (formerly Historical Study B-52). Slavery and Slave Trade in Africa and the Americas. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong (History; African and African American Studies)]
• *Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1233. Gender, Sexual Violence, and Empire. Katherine Stanton

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Courses that may be taken by students in the Postcolonial field:

• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 30 (formerly Literature and Arts A-92). Love In A Dead Language: Classical Indian Literature and Its Theorists. Parimal G. Patil (Study of Religion; South Asian Studies)
• Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 40. Monuments of Islamic Architecture. Gülru Necipoglu-Kafadar (History of Art and Architecture) and David J. Roxburgh (History of Art and Architecture)
• [Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 43 (formerly Literature and Arts B-35). Visual Culture of the Ottoman Empire Between East and West (15th - 17th Centuries). Gülru Necipoglu-Kafadar (History of Art and Architecture)]
• African and African American Studies 10. Introduction to African American Studies. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
• [African and African American Studies 11. Introduction to African Studies]
• [African and African American Studies 104. Witchcraft, Rituals and Colonialism. Aisha Mahina Beliso-De Jesus (Divinity School)]
• African and African American Studies 111. Spectral Fictions, Savage Phantasms: Race and Gender in Anti-Racist South African and African American Drama, Fiction and Film. Biodun Jeyifo
• African and African American Studies 137. Literature and Its Cultural ‘Others’ - America, Africa and the Caribbean, 1950s-80s. Biodun Jeyifo
• [African and African American Studies 160. Christianity, Identity, and Civil Society in Africa. Jacob Olupona]
• [African and African American Studies 161. Religion, Diaspora, and Migration: Seminar. Jacob Olupona]
• [African and African American Studies 162. Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity: Seminar. Jacob Olupona]
• [African and African American Studies 170. The African Past: Art and History to 1800. Suzanne P. Blier]
• [African and African American Studies 172. Protest, Rebellion and Power in East African History. Caroline M. Elkins]
• [African and African American Studies 174. The African City. Suzanne P. Blier]
• African and African American Studies 187. African Religions. Jacob Olupona
• [African and African American Studies 192x. Religion and Society in Nigeria. Jacob Olupona]
• Anthropology 1656. Anthropology of Pakistan: Beyond the Headlines : seminar. Asad A. Ahmed
• [Anthropology 1710. Memory Politics. Kimberly Theidon]
• Arabic 158. Modern Arabic Literature Seminar: Lebanese Civil War in Fiction. William E. Granara
• Arabic 160r. Readings in Arabic Historians, Geographers, and Biographers. Roy Mottahedeh
• [Arabic 162. Introduction to the Modern Arab World I. William E. Granara and members of the Department]
• [Arabic 170. Introduction to the Arab World II: Politics, Religion, and Culture from World War I to Present. William E. Granara and members of the Department]
• Arabic 172 (formerly Arabic 175). From Rahil to Rihla: Journey & Exploration in Classical & Modern Arabic - (New Course). Maher Jarrar (American University of Beirut)
• [Arabic 175r. Understanding Modern North Africa. Instructor to be determined]
• Armenian 120. Armenian Magical Texts. James R. Russell
• [Armenian Studies 102. Introduction to Armenian Civilization. James R. Russell]
• Armenian Studies 105. Survey of 19th and 20th Century Armenian Poetry: From Romantics to Revolutionaries. James R. Russell
• Culture and Belief 12. For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature, and the Arts in Muslim Cultures. Ali S. Asani (Study of Religion; Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)]
• [Culture and Belief 19 (formerly Foreign Cultures 70). Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Societies. Ali Asani (Study of Religion; Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)]
• Culture and Belief 28. Hindu Worlds of Art and Culture. Diana L. Eck (South Asian Studies; Study of Religion)
• Culture and Belief 41 (formerly Historical Study A-67). Gender, Islam, and Nation in the Middle East and North Africa. Afsaneh Najmabadi (History; Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality)
• [Culture and Belief 46. Music, Debate, and Islam. Richard K. Wolf (Music)]
• English 199a. Literature and Memory - (New Course). Suparna Roychoudhury
• [Folklore and Mythology 126. Continuing Oral Traditions in Indigenous Communities. Lisa T. Brooks]
• French 70c. Introduction to French Literature III: The Francophone World. Verena A. Conley
• *French 90f. Beyond France: Transnational Francophone Literature. Verena Conley and members of the Department.
• [French 188. They Write in French from Egypt, Lebanon, and the Maghreb: Feminine Voices. Mylène Priam]
• [French 190. Albert Camus. Stanley Hoffmann]
• [*History 74a. African Diaspora in the Americas. Instructor to be determined]
• [*History 74o. Colonial Lives. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich]
• [*History 76c (formerly *History 90g). Major Themes in World History: Colonialism, Imperialism, and Post-Colonialism. Hue-Tam Ho Tai
• *History 77a. Alcohol in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1850 to the Present. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
• *History 78a. The Middle East during the First Wave of Modern Globalization, 1870-1925. E. Roger Owen
• *History 78c. Islam, Law, and the State: Historical and Global Comparisons (with Julia Stephens) - (New Course). David R. Armitage
• [*History 82d. French Colonial Encounters: 1870’s to Present. Mary D. Lewis]
• [*History 86d. The Indian Ocean in Comparative Perspective. Sugata Bose]
• *History 86e. Nation, Reason and Religion in South Asia. Sugata Bose
• *History 86f. Tagore and his Times - (New Course). Sugata Bose
• *History 87a. Health, Disease, and Ecology in African History. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
• [*History 87b. Human Rights in Africa: An Historical Perspective. Caroline M. Elkins]
• [*History 89a. British Colonial Violence in the 20th Century. Caroline M. Elkins]
• [History 1617. Mainland Southeast Asia: From Colonies to Independent Nations: Conference Course. Hue-Tam Ho Tai]
• History 1619. Premodern Vietnam. Hue-Tam Ho Tai
• [History 1620. Modern Vietnam]. Hue-Tam Ho Tai
• History 1700. The History of Sub-Saharan Africa to 1860. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
• [History 1701. West Africa from 1800 to the Present. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong]
• [History 1702 (formerly History 1923). Violence, Substances and Mental Illness: African Perspectives: Conference Course. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong and Arthur Kleinman]
• [History 1703. Africa and the Wider World since 1800: Conference Course. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong] - (New Course)
• [History 1711. A History of Southern Africa. Caroline M. Elkins]
• [History 1877a (formerly History 1877). History of the Near East, 600-1055. Roy Mottahedeh]
• History 1877b (formerly *History 78b). History of the Near East, 1055-1500: Conference Course. Roy Mottahedeh
• History 1878a. Ottoman State and Society I (1300–1550). Cemal Kafadar
• [History 1878b. Ottoman State and Society II (1550-1920). Cemal Kafadar]
• History 1891. Understanding the Middle East since 1945: The Basic Socio-Economic and Political Structures. E. Roger Owen
• *History and Literature 90ah. A Clash of Civilizations? France and Islam on Both Sides of the Sahara - (New Course). Hassanaly Ladha
• *History and Literature 90ao. Immigrant Narratives: Tracing the Histories and Literatures of Immigration in the United States
• and Postcolonial Contexts - (New Course). Teresa Villa-Ignacio
• History of Art and Architecture 124e. Architecture of the Early Modern Islamic Empires: Proseminar. Gülru Necipoglu-Kafadar
• *History of Art and Architecture 171x. Exoticism & Orientalism. Ewa Lajer-Burcharth
• History of Art and Architecture 193g. Global Africa: Introduction to Art and Visual Culture - (New Course). Suzanne P. Blier
• History of Art and Architecture 197g. Colonial Art. Thomas B. F. Cummins
• Islamic Civilizations 103. Orientalism: Old and New Perspectives - (New Course). Malika Zeghal
• [Islamic Civilizations 180. Contemporary Islam: Texts and Contexts. Malika Zeghal]
• Islamic Civilizations 183. Reform and Revival in Modern Islam, 19th -20th centuries - (New Course). Malika Zeghal
• [Islamic Civilizations 185. Ulama, Religious Institutions, and Islamic Education in the Middle East] - (New Course). Malika Zeghal]
• *Literature 131. The Arab-American Experience in Fiction, Film, and Popular Culture - (New Course). Sandra Naddaff
• Literature 150. Colonial and Post-Colonial Spaces: France-North Africa. Verena A. Conley
• Literature 181. Kafka, Coetzee and the Difficulty of Reality - (New Course). Karen Zumhagen-Yekple
• Near Eastern Civilizations 100. Approaches to Middle Eastern Studies - (New Course). Susan M. Kahn
• Portuguese 145. Transatlantic Africa and Brazil - (New Course). Instructor to be determined
• Religion 1625. Indian Religions Through Their Narrative Literatures. Anne E. Monius (Divinity School)
• [Religion 1635. Reading Pre-Modern Hindu Narrative Literature: Seminar. Anne E. Monius (Divinity School)]
• [Religion 1655. Gandhi, Then and Now: Seminar. Diana L. Eck]
• [Religion 1706. South Asian Buddhism: Dharmas, Emptiness, and Idealism. Instructor to be determined]
• [*Religion 1820 (formerly *Religion 1585). Muslim Societies in South Asia: Religion, Culture, and Identity. Ali S. Asani]
• Religion 1842. Religion, Gender, Identity: Readings in Arab and Muslim Autobiography: Seminar. Leila N. Ahmed (Divinity School)
• Romance Studies 109. The Global Game: Soccer, Politics, and Popular Culture - (New Course). Francesco Erspamer and Mariano Siskind
• Societies of the World 14 (formerly Historical Study A-88). The British Empire. Maya Jasanoff (History)
• Societies of the World 26 (formerly Historical Study A-21). Africa and Africans: The Making of a Continent in the Modern World. Caroline M. Elkins (History)
• [Societies of the World 34 (formerly Foreign Cultures 46). The Caribbean: Globalization, Socio-Economic Development & Cultural Adaptation. Orlando Patterson (Sociology)]
• Societies of the World 36 (formerly Historical Study A-16). Modern India and South Asia. Sugata Bose (History), and Amartya Sen (University Professor; Economics)
• [Societies of the World 39 (formerly Historical Study B-52). Slavery and Slave Trade in Africa and the Americas. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong (History; African and African American Studies)]
• [*South Asian Studies 123 (formerly *Indian Studies 123). Bollywood and Beyond: Commercial Cinema, Language and Culture in South Asia. Richard S. Delacy]
• South Asian Studies 124 (formerly Indian Studies 124). Introduction to World Mythology. Michael Witzel
• Spanish 71a. Continuity and Discontinuity in Colonial Latin America. José Rabasa
• [Spanish 186. Tobacco and Sugar. Doris Sommer]
• Turkish 160r. History of Modern Turkey through Literature. Himmet Taskomur
• [*Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1232. Postcolonial Women’s Writing. Katherine Stanton]
• *Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1233. Gender, Sexual Violence, and Empire. Katherine Stanton
• *Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1265. Gender and Sexuality in South Asia. Chaitanya Lakkimsetti
• United States in the World 28 (formerly Historical Study B-43). Slavery/Capitalism/Imperialism: The US in the Nineteenth Century. Walter Johnson (History; African and African American Studies)

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