Few technological innovations have more profoundly shaped the course of human civilization than the invention of writing. This course explores…
This course explores the role the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James) played in the construction of a…
A smart city is one where the needs of a populace meet the needs of environmental sustainability. The balance between…
President Bill Clinton ended “welfare as we know it” in 1996 when he signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity…
Today, fast food restaurants have become a model for everyday life. Some scholars have even talked about the “McDonaldization” of…
There are many forms of inequality in the U.S. labor market and in workplaces, including, for example, inequality across gender,…
Our day to day lives are filled with selfies and social media images. This course asks students to re-examine these…
This seminar will examine how historians have reconstructed the life, teachings and death of the historical Jesus. We will look…
In 1905 the sociologist Max Weber famously proclaimed that capitalism has a “spirit.” Beyond just determining how we make money…
Set in plague-stricken Florence of 1348, Boccaccio’s Decameron begins with a portrait of social unravelling and civic collapse that is…