Students learn about Islam as a global, historical religious tradition and the dynamic interaction between religious ideas, practices, and debates…
Beliefs about what a human being is—and isn’t—lie at the root of all religious traditions and also of secular ideologies….
This seminar examines the cultural construction of animals in Japanese myth, folklore, and religion. We will discuss various kinds of…
This seminar offers first-year students an introduction to the German-Jewish experience and the history of anti-semitism in Germany, from early…
Jewish life and civilization in Spain have been compared to a drama in which moments of cultural flourishing are mixed…
The Dead Sea Scrolls have been described as the most important archaeological discovery of the 20th century. The first scrolls…
This seminar will examine how historians have reconstructed the life, teachings and death of the historical Jesus. We will look…
The course explores the various Indigenous knowledge production, the struggles, and the beliefs throughout Indigenous populations in Mexico. The course…
This interdisciplinary course explores various, often conflicting ways of conceiving and shaping reality in the ancient world – religious, scientific,…
Jewish life and civilization in Spain have been compared to a drama in which moments of cultural flourishing are mixed…