Taking the recent Korean Wave phenomenon as its point of departure, this course introduces students to the history of transnational…
We all know that love is not easy. But what makes it so complicated? This course examines how the Chinese…
We are living in times of a genetic revolution. We have sequenced the human genome and are in a position…
Fear of a global famine inspired chemist Fritz Haber’s research into the production of ammonia from nitrogen in the air….
Bindings and curses, love charms and healing potions, amulets and talismans – from simple spells to complex group rituals, ancient…
Taking a participatory approach to ancient Greek drama, this course pairs readings from three Athenian playwrights (Aeschylus, Euripides, and Aristophanes)…
In this course, we will study the great tragic heroines of ancient Greek drama, focusing on Clytemnestra, Medea, Alcestis, Phaedra,…
This seminar is designed to investigate how the concept of race has been represented in cinema historically, with a particular…
Boundary making, migration, and population displacement have been significant dimensions of the contemporary African experience. How has boundary making, broadly…
With the United States as our geographic focus, this seminar explores a range of 20th- and early-21st-century American Indian topics…