Medieval Studies (MEDVL)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024. Courses of Study 2023-2024 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

MEDVL 1101

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:How to Write a Love Letter—Medieval Advice

  • 20117 MEDVL 1101   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Mdvl Allegories & Fables

  • 20118 MEDVL 1101   SEM 102

    • TR Sibley Hall 211
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Emmons, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Medieval Crossdressings

  • 20119 MEDVL 1101   SEM 103

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Details in Dress-Reading Mdvl Clothing

  • 20120 MEDVL 1101   SEM 104

    • TR Uris Hall G26
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Gall, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Medieval Love Songs

  • 20121 MEDVL 1101   SEM 105

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Conjuring Horror in Medieval Literature

  • 20122 MEDVL 1101   SEM 106

    • MWF Clark Hall 294D
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Randle, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Art of Friendship in the Latin Middle Ages

  • 20123 MEDVL 1101   SEM 107

    • TR Uris Hall 254
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Thomas, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

MEDVL 1660

Globalization may seem like a recent hot topic, but it was already very much in vogue 1000 years ago when Norse explorers burst out of Scandinavia to journey as far as North America, Azerbaijan, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 1660NES 1660

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17498 MEDVL 1660   LEC 001

    • TR White Hall 106
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17494 MEDVL 1660   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 2170

This course explores major texts and themes of the Hispanic tradition from the 11th to the 17th centuries. We will examine general questions on literary analysis and the relationship between literature ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 2170SPAN 2170

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4863 MEDVL 2170   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 2655

At the beginning of the 7th century, a new religion, Islam, appeared in Arabia and by the end of the century, Muslims had defeated the Byzantines and Persians and created an empire that stretched from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2530NES 2655RELST 2655

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5395 MEDVL 2655   LEC 001

    • TR Morrill Hall 106
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Powers, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 3110

In this course, we will read and discuss some of the earliest surviving English poetry and prose. Attention will be paid to (1) learning to read the language in which this literature is written, (2) evaluating ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3110ENGL 6110MEDVL 6110

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4868 MEDVL 3110   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Zacher, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 3245

This course explores the relation between literary and utopian Enlightenment cultures in Western history.  For each moment of rapid change, from Plato to the Communist revolutions of the twentieth century ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3255HIST 3255

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19419 MEDVL 3245   LEC 001

    • MW White Hall 106
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Simpson, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 3315

Old Norse is a collective term for the earliest North Germanic literary languages: Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Old Danish, and Old Swedish. The richly documented Old Icelandic is the center of attention, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 3315

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5182 MEDVL 3315   LEC 001

    • MWF Uris Hall 494
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Svavarsdottir, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 4050

"Is love an art? Then it rquires knowledge and effort," writes Erich Fromm in the first chapter of The Art of Loving. His question (from 1956) is not a new one. This course engages with the long tradition ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17464 MEDVL 4050   SEM 101

    • W Uris Hall 303
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Howie, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 4295

This course introduces the canon of premodern German literature, including lyric poetry (Minnesang), Arthurian romance (Gottfried's Tristan, Wolfram's Parzival, Hartmann's Iwein), and the heroic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 4285GERST 6285MEDVL 6285

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18287 MEDVL 4295   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 4310

Topic: Writing Through the Forest in Search of Trees. Hello, Humanities Student! Are you a plotter or a pantser? Not sure? Come and join us to find out, and to gain valuable insight into what kind of a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17799 MEDVL 4310   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 4420

Through guided readings in Chinese of selected poems of the Tang dynasty (618-907) on various themes and in different styles, students develop the essential analytical skills for reading Tang poetry while ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 4420CHLIT 4420CHLIT 6620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17452 MEDVL 4420   SEM 101

    • TR White Hall 104
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Warner, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: minimum three years of Chinese and/or one year of Classical Chinese or permission of instructor.

MEDVL 4761

The people who invaded the isle of Britain after the withdrawal of Roman government in the early fifth century, and who dominated it until the establishment of Norman rule in the late eleventh century, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4761HIST 6761MEDVL 6761

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18691 MEDVL 4761   SEM 101

    • R Uris Hall 254
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18692 MEDVL 4761   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 7262PHIL 6020RELST 6020

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21254 MEDVL 6020   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6050

"Is love an art? Then it rquires knowledge and effort," writes Erich Fromm in the first chapter of The Art of Loving. His question (from 1956) is not a new one. This course engages with the long tradition ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17584 MEDVL 6050   SEM 101

    • W Uris Hall 303
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Howie, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6110

In this course, we will read and discuss some of the earliest surviving English poetry and prose. Attention will be paid to (1) learning to read the language in which this literature is written, (2) evaluating ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3110ENGL 6110MEDVL 3110

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4869 MEDVL 6110   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Zacher, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6191

Fear of idolatry is a recurrent feature of Western culture. The Christian image threatens to short-circuit the flow of spirituality between humans and God, just as images of the ancient, pagan gods threaten ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 6191

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19420 MEDVL 6191   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall 254
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Simpson, W

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6221

This seminar presents an introduction to Judeo-Arabic through the study of selected classical texts and the study of its grammar and lexicon. Because Judeo-Arabic combines elements of Hebrew and Arabic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18258 MEDVL 6221   SEM 101

    • W White Hall 413
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Brann, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6285

This course introduces the canon of medieval German literature: lyric poetry (Minnesang), Arthurian romance (Gottfried's Tristan, Wolfram's Parzival, Hartmann's Iwein), and the heroic epic (Nibelungenlied). ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 4285GERST 6285MEDVL 4295

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18385 MEDVL 6285   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6310

Topic: Writing Through the Forest in Search of Trees. Hello, Humanities Student! Are you a plotter or a pantser? Not sure? Come and join us to find out, and to gain valuable insight into what kind of a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19993 MEDVL 6310   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6761

The people who invaded the isle of Britain after the withdrawal of Roman government in the early fifth century, and who dominated it until the establishment of Norman rule in the late eleventh century, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4761HIST 6761MEDVL 4761

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18695 MEDVL 6761   SEM 101

    • R Uris Hall 254
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18696 MEDVL 6761   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 8010

This course gives students the opportunity to work with a selected instructor to pursue special interests or research not treated in regularly scheduled courses. After getting permission of the instructor, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3779 MEDVL 8010   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Hill, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5029 MEDVL 8010   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 8020

This course should be used for an independent study in which a small group of students works with one member of the graduate faculty. After getting permission of the instructor, students should contact ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3780 MEDVL 8020   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Hicks, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies