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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.040.103 (01)
The Roman Empire
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Roller, Matthew
Gilman 17
The Roman Empire AS.040.103 (01)
This introductory course examines the history, society, and culture of the Roman state in the Imperial age (ca. 31 BCE-ca. 500 CE), during which it underwent a traumatic transition from an oligarchic to a monarchic form of government, attained its greatest territorial expanse, produced its most famous art, architecture, and literature, experienced vast cultural and religious changes, and finally was transformed into an entirely different ("late antique") form of society. All readings in English.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/40
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.105 (01)
Elementary Ancient Greek
MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM, TTh 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Franklin, Ryan, Staff
Gilman 108
Elementary Ancient Greek AS.040.105 (01)
This course provides a comprehensive, intensive introduction to the study of ancient Greek. During the first semester, the focus will be on morphology and vocabulary. Credit is given only upon completion of a year's work. Cannot be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.010.222 (01)
Representing Roman Power: Sculpture as Political Rhetoric from Republic to Empire
MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Miranda, Amy Christine
Krieger Laverty
HART-ANC
Representing Roman Power: Sculpture as Political Rhetoric from Republic to Empire AS.010.222 (01)
Rome created one of the world’s most powerful empires that dominated the Mediterranean from the 3rd century BCE into the 4th century CE. As Rome expanded its borders, its cities saw a proliferation of sculptural monuments that produced a visual political rhetoric and expressed imperial ideologies. This class examines the close relationship between Roman sculpture and politics from the Republic through the Severan principate. Through close visual analysis of the ancient materials and critical readings of scholarship, this course will examine the role of sculpture in the formation, reproduction, and attenuation of imperial rule.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/12
PosTag(s): HART-ANC
AS.040.107 (01)
Elementary Latin
MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Warwick, Ryan
Gilman 108
Elementary Latin AS.040.107 (01)
This course provides a comprehensive, intensive introduction to the study of Latin for new students, as well as a systematic review for those students with a background in Latin. Emphasis during the first semester will be on morphology and vocabulary. Credit is given only upon completion of a year’s work. Course may not be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
Credits: 3.50
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/17
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.107 (02)
Elementary Latin
MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Staff
Shaffer 300
Elementary Latin AS.040.107 (02)
This course provides a comprehensive, intensive introduction to the study of Latin for new students, as well as a systematic review for those students with a background in Latin. Emphasis during the first semester will be on morphology and vocabulary. Credit is given only upon completion of a year’s work. Course may not be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
Credits: 3.50
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Canceled
Seats Available: 10/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.121 (01)
Ancient Greek Mythology: Art, Narratives, and Modern Mythmaking
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Yatromanolakis, Dimitrios
Maryland 202
Ancient Greek Mythology: Art, Narratives, and Modern Mythmaking AS.040.121 (01)
This course focuses on major and often intricate myths and mythical patterns of thought as they are reflected in compelling ancient visual and textual narratives. Being one of the greatest treasure troves of the ancient world, these myths will further be considered in light of their rich reception in the medieval and modern world (including their reception in the modern fields of anthropology and philosophy).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/25
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.145 (01)
Story and Argument from Homer to Petrarch
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Cannon, Christopher
Gilman 108
Story and Argument from Homer to Petrarch AS.040.145 (01)
Stories entertain us, but we also tell them to make a point. This course will explore the ways that stories were used to make points by Greek and Latin authors from Homer to Petrarch, while also looking at, and comparing them to, the techniques of argument contemporaneous thinkers were developing. This is a course about narrative and rhetoric but also about how and in what way stories matter.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.205 (01)
Intermediate Ancient Greek
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Yatromanolakis, Dimitrios
Gilman 108
Intermediate Ancient Greek AS.040.205 (01)
Reading ability in classical Greek is developed through a study of various authors.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.207 (01)
Intermediate Latin
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Tabeling, Adam
Gilman 108
Intermediate Latin AS.040.207 (01)
Although emphasis is still placed on development of rapid comprehension, readings and discussions introduce student to study of Latin literature, principally through texts of various authors.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.218 (01)
Celebration and Performance in Early Greece
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Anderson, Emily S.K.
Gilman 108
ARCH-ARCH
Celebration and Performance in Early Greece AS.040.218 (01)
Surviving imagery suggests that persons in Minoan and Mycenaean societies engaged in various celebratory performances, including processions, feasts, and ecstatic dance. This course explores archaeological evidence of such celebrations, focusing on sociocultural roles, bodily experience, and interpretive challenges.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/15
PosTag(s): ARCH-ARCH
AS.040.241 (01)
The Greeks and Their Emotions
MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Asuni, Michele
Gilman 134
The Greeks and Their Emotions AS.040.241 (01)
This seminar is meant as an introduction to the study of ancient emotions, with a particular emphasis on how the Greeks of the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods conceptualized, portrayed and lived their emotions through linguistic, literary and artistic expression. After an analysis of how the ancient Greek terminology for the emotions differs from our own, we shall focus on the phenomenon of emotion as deeply rooted in the physical body, and in light of this we will contemplate (and question) its universality. Texts will be read in translation. No knowledge of ancient Greek required.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.305 (01)
Advanced Ancient Greek
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Yatromanolakis, Dimitrios
Gilman 108
Advanced Ancient Greek AS.040.305 (01)
Reading of prose or verse authors, depending on the needs of students. Co-listed with AS.040.705.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.201 (01)
Introduction to Greek Philosophy
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Bett, Richard
Olin 305
PHIL-ANCIEN
Introduction to Greek Philosophy AS.150.201 (01)
A survey of the earlier phase of Greek philosophy. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle will be discussed, as well as two groups of thinkers who preceded them, usually known as the pre-Socratics and the Sophists.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/25
PosTag(s): PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.145.101 (03)
Death and Dying in Art, Literature, and Philosophy: Introduction to Medical Humanities
T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Ender, Evelyne, Merback, Mitchell, Stephens, Walter E
Gilman 50
Death and Dying in Art, Literature, and Philosophy: Introduction to Medical Humanities AS.145.101 (03)
This team-taught course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the university's new concentration in "Medicine, Science, and Humanities." The themes of death, dying, and the treatment of the dead are explored in their changing historical, anthropological, philosophical, literary, art historical and medical dimensions. Open to freshmen, sophomores, and upperclass Medicine, Science, and Humanities majors.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.417 (01)
Survey of Greek Literature I: Homer to the Classical Period
W 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Montiglio, Silvia
Gilman 108
Survey of Greek Literature I: Homer to the Classical Period AS.040.417 (01)
We shall read an extensive selection of major texts of Greek literature from Homer to the classical period.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.145.101 (02)
Death and Dying in Art, Literature, and Philosophy: Introduction to Medical Humanities
T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Ender, Evelyne, Merback, Mitchell, Stephens, Walter E
Gilman 50
Death and Dying in Art, Literature, and Philosophy: Introduction to Medical Humanities AS.145.101 (02)
This team-taught course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the university's new concentration in "Medicine, Science, and Humanities." The themes of death, dying, and the treatment of the dead are explored in their changing historical, anthropological, philosophical, literary, art historical and medical dimensions. Open to freshmen, sophomores, and upperclass Medicine, Science, and Humanities majors.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.145.101 (01)
Death and Dying in Art, Literature, and Philosophy: Introduction to Medical Humanities
T 10:30AM - 11:45AM, Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Ender, Evelyne, Merback, Mitchell, Stephens, Walter E
Gilman 50
Death and Dying in Art, Literature, and Philosophy: Introduction to Medical Humanities AS.145.101 (01)
This team-taught course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the university's new concentration in "Medicine, Science, and Humanities." The themes of death, dying, and the treatment of the dead are explored in their changing historical, anthropological, philosophical, literary, art historical and medical dimensions. Open to freshmen, sophomores, and upperclass Medicine, Science, and Humanities majors.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.307 (01)
Advanced Latin Prose
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Butler, Michael Shane
Gilman 108
Advanced Latin Prose AS.040.307 (01)
This course aims to increase proficiency and improve comprehension of the Latin language. Intensive reading of Latin texts, with attention to grammar, idiom, translation, etc. Specific offerings vary. Co-listed with AS.040.707.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.136.101 (01)
Introduction To Archaeology
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Schwartz, Glenn M
Gilman 50
ARCH-ARCH
Introduction To Archaeology AS.136.101 (01)
An introduction to archaeology and to archaeological method and theory, exploring how archaeologists excavate, analyze, and interpret ancient remains in order to reconstruct how ancient societies functioned. Specific examples from a variety of archaeological projects in different parts of the world will be used to illustrate techniques and principles discussed.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 38/70
PosTag(s): ARCH-ARCH
AS.150.201 (02)
Introduction to Greek Philosophy
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, W 2:00PM - 2:50PM
Bett, Richard
Olin 305
PHIL-ANCIEN
Introduction to Greek Philosophy AS.150.201 (02)
A survey of the earlier phase of Greek philosophy. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle will be discussed, as well as two groups of thinkers who preceded them, usually known as the pre-Socratics and the Sophists.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.360.133 (04)
Freshman Seminar:Great Books at Hopkins
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Refini, Eugenio
Levering Arellano
Freshman Seminar:Great Books at Hopkins AS.360.133 (04)
Freshman Seminar: Students attend lectures by an interdepartmental group of Hopkins faculty and meet for discussion in smaller seminar groups; each of these seminars is led by one of the course faculty. In lectures, panels, multimedia presentations, and curatorial sessions among the University's rare book holdings, we will explore some of the greatest works of the literary and philosophical traditions in Europe and the Americas. Close reading and intensive writing instruction are hallmarks of this course; authors for Fall 2018 include Homer, Boethius, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Descartes, Aphra Behn, Mary Shelley, Mozart, Douglass, and Woolf.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Closed
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.360.133 (02)
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Egginton, William
Levering Arellano
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins AS.360.133 (02)
Freshman Seminar: Students attend lectures by an interdepartmental group of Hopkins faculty and meet for discussion in smaller seminar groups; each of these seminars is led by one of the course faculty. In lectures, panels, multimedia presentations, and curatorial sessions among the University's rare book holdings, we will explore some of the greatest works of the literary and philosophical traditions in Europe and the Americas. Close reading and intensive writing instruction are hallmarks of this course; authors for Fall 2018 include Homer, Boethius, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Descartes, Aphra Behn, Mary Shelley, Mozart, Douglass, and Woolf.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Closed
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.201 (03)
Introduction to Greek Philosophy
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Bett, Richard
Olin 305
PHIL-ANCIEN
Introduction to Greek Philosophy AS.150.201 (03)
A survey of the earlier phase of Greek philosophy. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle will be discussed, as well as two groups of thinkers who preceded them, usually known as the pre-Socratics and the Sophists.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/25
PosTag(s): PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.360.133 (03)
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Weiss, Susan Forscher
Levering Arellano
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins AS.360.133 (03)
Freshman Seminar: Students attend lectures by an interdepartmental group of Hopkins faculty and meet for discussion in smaller seminar groups; each of these seminars is led by one of the course faculty. In lectures, panels, multimedia presentations, and curatorial sessions among the University's rare book holdings, we will explore some of the greatest works of the literary and philosophical traditions in Europe and the Americas. Close reading and intensive writing instruction are hallmarks of this course; authors for Fall 2018 include Homer, Boethius, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Descartes, Aphra Behn, Mary Shelley, Mozart, Douglass, and Woolf.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Closed
Seats Available: 7/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.360.133 (01)
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Daniel, Andrew
Levering Arellano
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins AS.360.133 (01)
Freshman Seminar: Students attend lectures by an interdepartmental group of Hopkins faculty and meet for discussion in smaller seminar groups; each of these seminars is led by one of the course faculty. In lectures, panels, multimedia presentations, and curatorial sessions among the University's rare book holdings, we will explore some of the greatest works of the literary and philosophical traditions in Europe and the Americas. Close reading and intensive writing instruction are hallmarks of this course; authors for Fall 2018 include Homer, Boethius, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Descartes, Aphra Behn, Mary Shelley, Mozart, Douglass, and Woolf.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Closed
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.201 (04)
Introduction to Greek Philosophy
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, W 2:00PM - 2:50PM
Bett, Richard
Olin 305
PHIL-ANCIEN
Introduction to Greek Philosophy AS.150.201 (04)
A survey of the earlier phase of Greek philosophy. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle will be discussed, as well as two groups of thinkers who preceded them, usually known as the pre-Socratics and the Sophists.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Canceled
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.360.133 (05)
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Weiss, Susan Forscher
Levering Arellano
Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins AS.360.133 (05)
Freshman Seminar: Students attend lectures by an interdepartmental group of Hopkins faculty and meet for discussion in smaller seminar groups; each of these seminars is led by one of the course faculty. In lectures, panels, multimedia presentations, and curatorial sessions among the University's rare book holdings, we will explore some of the greatest works of the literary and philosophical traditions in Europe and the Americas. Close reading and intensive writing instruction are hallmarks of this course; authors for Fall 2018 include Homer, Boethius, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Descartes, Aphra Behn, Mary Shelley, Mozart, Douglass, and Woolf.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Canceled
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): n/a
Column one has the course number and section. Other columns show the course title, days offered, instructor's name, room number, if the course is cross-referenced with another pogram, and a option to view additional course information in a pop-up window.
Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.010.309 (01)
The Idea of Athens
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Stager, Jennifer M S
Gilman 177
HART-ANC, ARCH-ARCH
The Idea of Athens AS.010.309 (01)
This course will explore the art, architecture, material culture, and textual evidence from the ancient city of Athens, the many cultures and social positions that made up the ancient city, and the idea of the city as something far beyond its reality.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): HART-ANC, ARCH-ARCH
AS.040.206 (01)
Intermediate Ancient Greek
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Asuni, Michele
Gilman 108
Intermediate Ancient Greek AS.040.206 (01)
Reading ability in classical Greek is developed through a study of various authors.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.308 (01)
Advanced Latin Poetry
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Montiglio, Silvia
Gilman 108
Advanced Latin Poetry AS.040.308 (01)
The aim of this course is to increase proficiency and improve comprehension of the Latin language. Intensive reading of Latin texts, with close attention to matters of grammar, idiom, and translation. Co-listed with AS.040.710.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 16/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.106 (01)
Elementary Ancient Greek
MWF 9:00AM - 9:50AM, TTh 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Franklin, Ryan
Gilman 108
Elementary Ancient Greek AS.040.106 (01)
Course provides comprehensive, intensive introduction to the study of ancient Greek. The first semester’s focus is morphology and vocabulary; the second semester’s emphasis is syntax and reading. Credit is given only upon completion of a year’s work. Course may not be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.108 (01)
Elementary Latin
MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Warwick, Ryan
Gilman 108
Elementary Latin AS.040.108 (01)
Course provides comprehensive, intensive introduction to the study of Latin for new students as well as systematic review for students with background in Latin. The first semester's emphasis is on morphology and vocabulary; the second semester's focus is on syntax and reading. Credit is given only upon completion of a year's work. Course may not be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
Credits: 3.50
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.232 (01)
Island Archaeology: The Social Worlds of Crete, Cyprus and the Cyclades
T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Anderson, Emily S.K.
Gilman 130G
ARCH-ARCH
Island Archaeology: The Social Worlds of Crete, Cyprus and the Cyclades AS.040.232 (01)
Islands present highly distinctive contexts for social life. We examine three island worlds of the third and second millennia BCE through their archaeological remains, each with its particularities. These are places where water had a unique and powerful meaning, where boat travel was part of daily life, where palaces flourished and where contact with other societies implied voyages of great distance across the sea. Class combines close study of material culture and consideration of island-specific interpretive paradigms; students work with artifacts in the JHU Archaeological Museum.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): ARCH-ARCH
AS.040.306 (01)
Advanced Ancient Greek
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Asuni, Michele
Gilman 108
Advanced Ancient Greek AS.040.306 (01)
Reading of prose or verse authors, depending on the needs of students. Co-listed with AS.040.702.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.208 (01)
Intermediate Latin
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Toomey, Melissa E
Gilman 108
Intermediate Latin AS.040.208 (01)
Reading ability in Latin is developed through the study of various authors, primarily Cicero (fall) and Vergil (spring).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.040.418 (01)
Survey of Greek Literature II: Hellenistic Period to Imperial Period
M 4:30PM - 7:00PM
Montiglio, Silvia
Gilman 108
Survey of Greek Literature II: Hellenistic Period to Imperial Period AS.040.418 (01)
We shall read, in the original Greek, major authors of Greek Literature from the Hellenistic period to the Imperial period.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 12/19
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.150.401 (01)
Greek Philosophy: Plato and His Predecessors
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Bett, Richard
Gilman 75
PHIL-ANCIEN
Greek Philosophy: Plato and His Predecessors AS.150.401 (01)
A study of pre-Socratic philosophers, especially those to whom Plato reacted; also an examination of major dialogues of Plato with emphasis upon his principal theses and characteristic methods.Cross-listed with Classics.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): PHIL-ANCIEN
AS.040.102 (01)
The Art and Archaeology of Early Greece
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Anderson, Emily S.K.
Gilman 55
ARCH-ARCH
The Art and Archaeology of Early Greece AS.040.102 (01)
This course explores the origins and rise of Greek civilization from the Early Bronze Age to the Persian Wars (ca. 3100-480 B.C.), focusing on major archaeological sites, sanctuaries, material culture, and artistic production.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/25
PosTag(s): ARCH-ARCH
AS.040.420 (01)
Classics Research Lab: The Symonds Project
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Butler, Michael Shane
Gilman 108
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
Classics Research Lab: The Symonds Project AS.040.420 (01)
This course gives participants a unique opportunity to engage directly in empirical research and its interpretation and dissemination. Topics vary. This semester’s offering is organized around a project to reconstruct digitally the library of the nineteenth-century writer John Addington Symonds, author of one of the first studies of ancient sexuality. No prerequisites, but potential students should contact instructor for permission to enroll.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 1/12
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
AS.211.477 (01)
Witchcraft and Demonology in Literature and the Arts
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Stephens, Walter E
Levering Arellano
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
Witchcraft and Demonology in Literature and the Arts AS.211.477 (01)
Who were the witches? Why were they persecuted for hundreds of years? Why were women identified as the witches par excellence? How many witches were put to death between 1400 and 1800? What traits did European witch-mythologies share with other societies? After the witch-hunts ended, how did “The Witch” go from being “monstrous” to being “admirable” and even “sexy”? Answers are found in history and anthropology, but also in theology,literature, folklore, music, and the visual arts, including cinema.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/70
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
AS.220.454 (01)
Poetry and Social Engagement
M 4:00PM - 6:20PM
Malech, Dora Rachel
Croft Hall B32
WRIT-POET
Poetry and Social Engagement AS.220.454 (01)
In this Community-Based Learning course, students will explore poetry of social and political concern in partnership with high-school age writers from Baltimore public schools. Students will put learning into practice by engaging in community conversation and collaboration. Participation in some events outside of class time will be required.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): WRIT-POET
AS.211.374 (02)
Gendered Voices
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Refini, Eugenio
Maryland 202
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
Gendered Voices AS.211.374 (02)
The course will explore the notion of ‘voice’ in order to show how poetry, literature, philosophy, and music have been dealing with it throughout the ages. In particular, by focusing on classical figures such as the Sirens, Circe and Echo, as well as by considering the seminal discussions of the 'voice' in Plato and Aristotle, the course will address the gendered nature of the voice as a tool to seduce and manipulate the human mind. More specifically, the course will discuss the ways in which male, female, queer, gendered and un-gendered voices embody different functions. Course materials include classical, medieval and early modern sources as well as later rewritings of myths concerned with the voice by authors such as Jules Verne, Karen Blixen, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, and Italo Calvino. A selection of theoretical works (e.g. Cavarero, Silverman, Dollar, Butler) will also be discussed. The course is taught in English and all materials will be available in English translation; Italian majors and minors should enroll in section 2.
Credits: 4.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/5
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
AS.211.374 (01)
Gendered Voices
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Refini, Eugenio
Maryland 202
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
Gendered Voices AS.211.374 (01)
The course will explore the notion of ‘voice’ in order to show how poetry, literature, philosophy, and music have been dealing with it throughout the ages. In particular, by focusing on classical figures such as the Sirens, Circe and Echo, as well as by considering the seminal discussions of the 'voice' in Plato and Aristotle, the course will address the gendered nature of the voice as a tool to seduce and manipulate the human mind. More specifically, the course will discuss the ways in which male, female, queer, gendered and un-gendered voices embody different functions. Course materials include classical, medieval and early modern sources as well as later rewritings of myths concerned with the voice by authors such as Jules Verne, Karen Blixen, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, and Italo Calvino. A selection of theoretical works (e.g. Cavarero, Silverman, Dollar, Butler) will also be discussed. The course is taught in English and all materials will be available in English translation; Italian majors and minors should enroll in section 2.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/14
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
AS.211.351 (01)
Why Poetry Matters: Poets Between Lies and Truth in the English and Italian Renaissance
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Brenna, Francesco
Bloomberg 172
GRLL-ENGL, GRLL-ITAL
Why Poetry Matters: Poets Between Lies and Truth in the English and Italian Renaissance AS.211.351 (01)
Does poetry participate in the quest for truth and knowledge? How does it compare to other such disciplines as history or philosophy? Are poets liars or do they have a deeper gaze on reality than anyone else? To answer these questions, this course studies poetry’s role within the different fields of human learning in the Renaissance. We will focus on the English and Italian tradition, reading texts by John Milton and Torquato Tasso, and explore the classical roots of the debate around poetry (Aristotle, Plato, Horace). We will then examine the relationship between science and literature through the work of Galileo Galilei. We will also study rare and ancient books in our library. The course is taught in English. All readings will be in English, but the original texts will also be available.
