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6.00 Credits
In this course, taught on site at an archaeological excavation, students receive instruction and hands-on training in archaeological field and laboratory work, including remote sensing in archaeology, on-site surveying, excavation techniques, field documentation, and artifact identification and processing.
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4.00 Credits
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0.00 Credits
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0.00 Credits
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4.00 Credits
The course approaches The Divine Comedy both as a poetic masterpiece and as an encyclopedia of medieval culture. Through a close textual analysis of selected cantos from Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, students learn how to approach poetry as a vehicle for thought, an instrument of self-discovery, and a way to understand and affect the world. They also gain a perspective on the Biblical, Christian, and Classical traditions as they intersect with the multiple levels of Dante's concern ranging from literature to history, from politics to government, from philosophy to theology. Class format includes lectures and discussion. Intensive class participation is encouraged. No prerequisites.
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4.00 Credits
The course approaches The Divine Comedy both as a poetic masterpiece and as an encyclopedia of medieval culture. Through a close textual analysis of selected cantos from Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, students learn how to approach poetry as a vehicle for thought, an instrument of self-discovery, and a way to understand and affect the world. They also gain a perspective on the Biblical, Christian, and Classical traditions as they intersect with the multiple levels of Dante's concern ranging from literature to history, from politics to government, from philosophy to theology. Class format includes lectures and discussion. Intensive class participation is encouraged. No prerequisites.
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4.00 Credits
How does one represent the unrepresentable? This is the key question we will explore as we look at films and literature about the Holocaust. As we look at fictional films, novels, documentaries and memoirs, we will discuss topics including memory, trauma, truth and representation. This course offers a look at the ways in which artists and their audiences negotiate the themes of loss, horror and redemption within the context of the Holocaust and its aftermath.
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4.00 Credits
The course will focus on the modern history of Japan from 1850 into the 1990s. The transformation of Japan from a traditional into a modern, industrial society with its costs, disruptions, and benefits will be emphasized. The emergence of Japan as a major power in East Asia, its expansion into Korea and Manchuria, and the growing conflict with the West, leading to the Pacific War, will also be covered as will Japanese postwar political, social, and economic change. READINGS: A modern Japan history text; G.L. Bernstein, HARUKO'S WORLD; N. Field, IN THE REALM OF A DYING EMPEROR; G. L. Bernstein, ed. RECREATING JAPANESE WOMEN; Arai Shinya, SHOSHAMAN; Nagatsuka Takashi, THE SOIL; Nakano Makiko, MAKIKO'S DIARY; among others.
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4.00 Credits
This seminar course is based on research on and discussion of a variety of issues of contemporary concern in Japan, including national, ethnic and racial identity; changing gender and sex roles; the family and generational conflict; immigration and work; the emperor system, war, and memory; cultural authenticity; and Japan's changing roles in Asia and in the world. Readings on issues begin with articles in the online English-language editions of Japan's main news media, extend outward to reports in the US news media, and eventually to popular and scholarly English-language studies of the issues involved. Grading is based on participation in informed discussion of issues raised in class (20%), and on four papers on issues to be chosen by each student with the intructor¿s permission (20% each).
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4.00 Credits
Russian Civilization from its beginnings a thousand years ago to the present day. Each unit will cover historical and cultural background as well as literary texts. We will examine important national "myths" (narratives with a variable connection to the historical record) that govern the Russians' understanding of their history and culture, including: the Golden Age of Kiev, Moscow as the Third Rome, and the myths surrounding the city of Petersburg. We will analyze traditional tensions in Russian civilization which prevail today, such as those between: chaos and order, foreign influence and a strong national identity, innovation and tradition, and between radical skepticism and faith. Readings will include: Russian fairy tales and saints' lives, excerpts from the autobiography of the 17th century heretic Avvakum, tales by Pushkin and Gogol, one of Dostoevsky's most powerful and influential novels ("The Devils/Possessed"), and a wide range of materials from the twentieth century. In English.
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