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27 Oct: RELI 80-001: Religion and Writing in the Ancient World (Spring 2023)

Few technological innovations have more profoundly shaped the course of human civilization than the invention of writing. This course explores…

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By Ben Haven

11 Oct: ROML 63-001: Forging Alliances: Religion, War and Cultural Transference on the Camino de Santiago (Spring 2023)

This course explores the role the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James) played in the construction of a…

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09 Oct: Smart Cities (Spring 2023)

A smart city is one where the needs of a populace meet the needs of environmental sustainability. The balance between…

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By Melissa

04 Oct: SOCI 53 – 001 : The Consequences of Welfare Reform and Prospects for the Future (Spring 2023)

President Bill Clinton ended “welfare as we know it” in 1996 when he signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity…

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By Melissa

04 Oct: SOCI 57H – 001 : Rationalization and the Changing Nature of Social Life in 21st-Century America (Spring 2023)

Today, fast food restaurants have become a model for everyday life. Some scholars have even talked about the “McDonaldization” of…

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By Melissa

04 Oct: SOCI 89 – 001 : Discrimination in the Labor Market (Spring 2023)

There are many forms of inequality in the U.S. labor market and in workplaces, including, for example, inequality across gender,…

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By Melissa

04 Oct: WGST 68 – 001 : Assumed Identities: Performance in Photography (Spring 2023)

Our day to day lives are filled with selfies and social media images. This course asks students to re-examine these…

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By Melissa

04 Oct: RELI 70 – 001 : Jesus in Scholarship and Film (Spring 2023)

This seminar will examine how historians have reconstructed the life, teachings and death of the historical Jesus. We will look…

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By Melissa

04 Oct: RELI 71 – 001 : Ethics and the Spirit of the New Capitalism (Spring 2023)

In 1905 the sociologist Max Weber famously proclaimed that capitalism has a “spirit.” Beyond just determining how we make money…

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By Melissa

04 Oct: ITAL 51 – 001 : Contagion and Culture: Lessons from Italy (Spring 2023)

Set in plague-stricken Florence of 1348, Boccaccio’s Decameron begins with a portrait of social unravelling and civic collapse that is…

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