Class Roster - Fall 2023 - Subject - Society for the Humanities

SHUM 1100

Art Histories: An Introduction

This lecture course introduces students to the History of Art as a global and interdisciplinary field. Team-taught by a selection of professors from the department, in collaboration with members of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 1100
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))

Section Topic

Topic: Ornament
Class Number & Section Details

6153 SHUM 1100 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:55pm - 4:10pm Baker Laboratory 335
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Robinson, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Section Topic

Topic: Ornament
Class Number & Section Details

6294 SHUM 1100 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
- F 10:10am - 11:00am Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Robinson, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Section Topic

Topic: Ornament
Class Number & Section Details

6295 SHUM 1100 DIS 202
Meeting Pattern
- F 11:15am - 12:05pm Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Robinson, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Section Topic

Topic: Ornament
Class Number & Section Details

6296 SHUM 1100 DIS 203
Meeting Pattern
- M 10:10am - 11:00am Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Robinson, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Section Topic

Topic: Ornament
Class Number & Section Details

6297 SHUM 1100 DIS 204
Meeting Pattern
- M 11:15am - 12:05pm Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Robinson, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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SHUM 2010

Atlantic Travelers

The objective of this seminar is to introduce students to the subjects of mobility and empires in the early modern Atlantic World. Through close reading of primary and secondary sources and discussions, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2010
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

19691 SHUM 2010 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 2:55pm - 4:10pm Rockefeller Hall 189
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Bassi Arevalo, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

19692 SHUM 2010 IND 601
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 2011

September 11 and the Politics of Memory

As a country, we are what we remember. But who decides what facts and stories about the past are important enough to memorialize? What does that decision tell us about power and truth? This class will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2012, GOVT 2011
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

19723 SHUM 2011 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 11:15am - 1:45pm Uris Hall G26
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Margulies, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2132

Law and Society in Early Modern and Modern China

China was and still is regarded in the Western world as a country without the rule of law. In this course, students examine recent scholarship that challenges this simplified understanding of the role ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 2280, CAPS 2132, HIST 2132
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19675 SHUM 2132 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Du, Y
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

19678 SHUM 2132 IND 601
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 2195

Biography, History, and Modernity

Drawing on a combination of primary and secondary sources, this course explores the multiple forms and evolution of biographical writing from the Renaissance onward. We will interrogate the relationship ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2195, JWST 2195
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

19695 SHUM 2195 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am McGraw Hall 145
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Juni, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

19696 SHUM 2195 IND 601
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 2208

Introduction to Southeast Asia

What is Southeast Asia? How does this faraway, "exotic," region intersect with our realities? This course introduces key questions in the study of Southeast Asia (which includes Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2208
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

10293 SHUM 2208 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 10:10am - 11:00am Morrill Hall 106
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Fuhrmann, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

10294 SHUM 2208 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
- F 10:10am - 11:00am Space Sciences Building 105
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

10295 SHUM 2208 DIS 202
Meeting Pattern
- F 11:15am - 12:05pm Space Sciences Building 105
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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SHUM 2220

From the New Deal to the Age of Reagan

This seminar will explore some of the major political and cultural trends in the United States, from the era of the Democratic New Dealer, Franklin D. Roosevelt, through the era of the conservative Republican, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2220, HIST 2220
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18156 SHUM 2220 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:55pm - 4:10pm McGraw Hall 215
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Glickman, L
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

18157 SHUM 2220 IND 601
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 2241

Game of Thrones: Multi-Media Fantasies

In this course we will use the Game of Thrones series as a way of familiarizing ourselves with different tools of cultural analysis and approaches in literary theory (such as narratology, psychoanalysis, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2241
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17772 SHUM 2241 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Bachner, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2245

Health and Disease in the Ancient World

The history of humankind is also a history of health and disease; the rise of agricultural societies, ancient cities, and colonial empires had wide-ranging effects on diet and nutrition, the spread of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2245, ARKEO 2245, BSOC 2245
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

19860 SHUM 2245 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 11:15am - 12:05pm Uris Hall 262
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Velasco, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2269

Korean Popular Culture

This course introduces Korean popular culture in global context. Beginning with cultural forms of the late Chosŏn period, the course will also examine popular culture during the Japanese colonial period, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 2269, ASIAN 2269, PMA 2465
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19689 SHUM 2269 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 1:25pm - 2:40pm Rockefeller Hall 115
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Yi, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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SHUM 2455

Introduction to Bioethics

Bioethics is the study of ethical questions raised by advances in the medical field. Questions we'll discuss will include: Is it morally permissible to advance a patient's death, at his or her request, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2455, STS 2451
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

6154 SHUM 2455 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 11:40am - 12:55pm Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Markovits, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

6155 SHUM 2455 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
- F 11:15am - 12:05pm Rockefeller Hall 112
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Class Number & Section Details

6156 SHUM 2455 DIS 202
Meeting Pattern
- F 11:15am - 12:05pm Rockefeller Hall 105
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Class Number & Section Details

11093 SHUM 2455 DIS 203
Meeting Pattern
- F 12:20pm - 1:10pm Rockefeller Hall 103
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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SHUM 2515

Anthropology of Iran

This course explores the major debates that define the study of contemporary Iran. Drawing from ethnographic works, literary criticism, intellectual histories and more, we will examine historical events ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2415, NES 2515, RELST 2515
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19730 SHUM 2515 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 11:40am - 12:55pm White Hall 106
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Golestaneh, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2528

Borderlands History of Jazz: Mexico and African America

Since the early 20th century, perhaps no form of music has reflected more elements of American culture than jazz. At various points, jazz has signified working class defiance, African American cultural ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 2528, MUSIC 2528, SHUM 2528
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))

Class Number & Section Details

19868 SHUM 2528 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:55pm - 4:10pm Academic Surge A 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Barson, B
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

19870 SHUM 2528 IND 601
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Barson, B
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2528, MUSIC 2528, SHUM 2528
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))

Class Number & Section Details

19869 SHUM 2528 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:55pm - 4:10pm Academic Surge A 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Barson, B
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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SHUM 2550

Introduction to Latin American Art

This course is designed to introduce students to Latin American art from the pre-Columbian period to the present. It will cover the arts of ancient civilizations including the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Moche, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2555, ARTH 2550, LATA 2050, VISST 2550
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))

Class Number & Section Details

20292 SHUM 2550 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 11:40am - 12:55pm Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Cohen-Aponte, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

20293 SHUM 2550 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
- W 10:10am - 11:00am Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Cohen-Aponte, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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SHUM 2754

Wondrous Literatures of the Near East

This course examines Near East's rich and diverse literary heritage. We will read a selection of influential and wondrous texts from ancient to modern times, spanning geographically from the Iberian peninsula ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2754, JWST 2754, NES 2754
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

6324 SHUM 2754 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 11:40am - 12:55pm Uris Hall G26
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Starr, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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SHUM 2800

Introduction to the Arts of China

This course offers a survey of the art and culture of China from the Neolithic period to the twenty-first century to students who have no previous background in Chinese studies. The course begins with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARKEO 2800, ARTH 2800, ASIAN 2288
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))

Class Number & Section Details

17713 SHUM 2800 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Pan, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

19589 SHUM 2800 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
- W 11:15am - 12:05pm Sibley Hall 208
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Pan, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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SHUM 3324

Modern and Contemporary Korean Literature

This course examines major writers, works, and developments in modern Korean literature from the early twentieth century to the present. Beginning with the cultural transition at the end of the Chosŏn ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3324
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

19745 SHUM 3324 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 11:40am - 12:55pm Statler Hall 445
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Yi, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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SHUM 3334

Black Body Politics: Histories, Theories, and Debates

The body has been crucially important to Black liberation politics. Not only has it been a site of contestation and control, but it has also served as a productive site of protest, alliance, and collective ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3334, ASRC 3334, FGSS 3334
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))

Class Number & Section Details

19865 SHUM 3334 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 1:25pm - 2:40pm Uris Hall 262
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Chresfield, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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SHUM 3465

Anthropology of the Body

This class considers the relationship between the body, knowledge and experience. We investigate the production and reproduction of the body across different times and spaces. Students examine specific ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3465, BSOC 3460, STS 3460
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))

Class Number & Section Details

19859 SHUM 3465 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 10:10am - 11:25am Africana Ctr B01
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Langwick, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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SHUM 3520

(Dis)ability Studies: A Brief History

This course will offer an overview of theoretical and historical responses to bodily and cognitive difference. What was the status of people with (dis)abilities in the past, when they were called monsters, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one practicum. Combined with: FGSS 3520, FREN 3520
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17460 SHUM 3520 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 1:25pm - 2:15pm Uris Hall 312
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Long, K
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person
Additional 1 hour meeting with instructor each week and plus time spent at the Alternatives school. Conducted in English.

Class Number & Section Details

19925 SHUM 3520 PRA 401
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3535

Science, Fiction, Media

From videophones to walkie-talkies, transatlantic tunnels to interstellar travel, or perpetual motion to wireless energy, science fiction frequently presents visions of the future based on radical media ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3535, GERST 3535, PMA 3544, STS 3535
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18088 SHUM 3535 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am Uris Library 311
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Born, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3635

Queer Classics

This course engages classical antiquity and its reception through the prism of queer studies. Cruising Homer, Sappho, Euripides, Plato, Ovid and more, we will explore how queer theoretical frameworks help ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3635, FGSS 3636, LGBT 3635
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

20034 SHUM 3635 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 1:25pm - 2:40pm Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Lambert, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3778

Free Speech, Censorship, and the Age of Global Media

Disinformation, gag laws, de-platforming, violent hate speech, recommendation algorithms, chatbots, image generators. This course will help us make sense of our increasingly volatile public sphere by surveying ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 3778
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19791 SHUM 3778 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 2:55pm - 4:10pm Uris Library 311
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Kalas, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

19792 SHUM 3778 IND 601
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 4200

Field Methods in Community-Engaged Archaeology

Community-engaged archaeology brings together knowledgeable communities located within and beyond academic institutions who collaborate to produce higher-quality accounts of the past. In this course, students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one field studies. Combined with: ANTHR 4200, ANTHR 7200, ARKEO 4200, ARKEO 7200, SHUM 6200
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: Uncovering the Underground Railroad
Class Number & Section Details

11067 SHUM 4200 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- W 11:15am - 2:15pm McGraw Hall B65
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Sanft, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
Students will be expected to participate in occasional Saturday field days.

Class Number & Section Details

11068 SHUM 4200 FLD 801
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4233

Music and Touch

This seminar explores musical, aesthetic, physiological, and mythical concepts of touch in relation to music. Focusing on the relationship between the body of the musician and musical sound, we will develop ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 4233, MUSIC 6233
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

18594 SHUM 4233 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 2:00pm - 4:30pm Lincoln Hall 316
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Richards, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4451

Gender and Sexuality in Southeast Asian Cinema

Examines the new cinemas of Southeast Asia and their engagement with contemporary discourses of gender and sexuality. It pays special attention to the ways in which sexuality and gendered embodiment are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4451, ASIAN 6631, COML 4451, COML 6651, FGSS 4451, FGSS 6331, LGBT 4451, LGBT 6331, PMA 4451, RELST 4451, RELST 6631
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19674 SHUM 4451 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 2:55pm - 4:10pm Malott Hall 207
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Fuhrmann, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4540

Fascism, Nationalism and Populism

This course a offers comparative political sociology of democratic and non-democratic institutions in the United States and beyond. Topics will include nationalism, fascism and populism. My focus will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 4543, SOC 4540
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

10793 SHUM 4540 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- W 2:00pm - 4:30pm Uris Hall 498
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Berezin, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4666

Specters of Latin America

In this course, we will take an inter-and multidisciplinary approach that examines works of fiction, film, performance, and photography to explore how specters intervene in and mold the social, political, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 4666, LATA 6666, SHUM 6666, SPAN 4666, SPAN 6666
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18454 SHUM 4666 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:55pm - 4:10pm Klarman Hall KG42
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Troconis Gonzalez, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4682

Disturbing Settlement - Seminar

This is course explores—and aims to disturb—"settlement." Attending to the close historical and economic relationship between the settlement of settler colonialism and the settlement of settled agriculture, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4682, AMST 6682, ANTHR 4182, ANTHR 7182, SHUM 6682
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18865 SHUM 4682 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 11:15am - 1:45pm A D White House 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Bize, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information, please see: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/

SHUM 4684

The Labor of Images: Encountering the Collective in Visual Cultures

This interdisciplinary seminar brings together critical theory and global visual arts to analyze the problem of work over the long twentieth century. By focusing on the labor of visual artists and their ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4684, ARTH 6684, COML 4684, COML 6684, ENGL 4984, PMA 4684, PMA 6684, SHUM 6684, VISST 4684, VISST 6684
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18890 SHUM 4684 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 2:00pm - 4:30pm A D White House 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Wells, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information, please see: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/

SHUM 4685

Feeling Free: Radical Aesthetics and Political Affects

This course studies how radical movements mobilize both aesthetic and affect in their political organizing. Broadly, the study of aesthetics concerns how we experience beauty in the world. Affect studies ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4686, AMST 6686, FGSS 4685, FGSS 6685, GOVT 6985, SHUM 6685
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18876 SHUM 4685 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 2:00pm - 4:30pm A D White House 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Shomali, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information, please see: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/

SHUM 4686

Textures of Friendship: Ethics, Politics, Crossings

We all have friends and value the company of others, but what does it mean to be in a friendship? Against the backdrop of our contemporary moment characterized by borders, oppression, and injustice, this ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4186, ANTHR 7186, FGSS 4686, FGSS 6686, SHUM 6686
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18908 SHUM 4686 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 11:15am - 1:45pm A D White House 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Yusupov, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information, please see: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/

SHUM 4687

Trans Theory and Politics Across the Americas

This richly interdisciplinary course examines trans issues in the transnational context of North and South America. Focusing on the tensions and cross-pollinations of (especially US and Canadian) trans ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4687, COML 6687, FGSS 4687, FGSS 6687, GOVT 6995, LGBT 4687, LGBT 6687, PHIL 4995, PHIL 6995, SHUM 6687
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18914 SHUM 4687 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 2:00pm - 4:30pm A D White House 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Zurn, P
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information, please see: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/

SHUM 4692

Trance and Media

Media is a notoriously unwieldly concept, at once self-evident and generalizable beyond the bounds of conceptual utility. Yet one feature that tends to inhere in both the narrowest and broadest of definitions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4692, COML 6692, NES 4696, NES 6696, PMA 4692, PMA 6692, SHUM 6692
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18941 SHUM 4692 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 11:15am - 1:45pm A D White House 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Vaziri, P
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information, please see: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/

SHUM 4750

Senior Capstone Seminar for Humanities Scholars

This course is designed to support seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program working on their capstone projects. Students in the course will be guided in their project research and writing. The course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

Class Number & Section Details

6446 SHUM 4750 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 10:10am - 11:00am A D White House 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Chen, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment is restricted to seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program.

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

Class Number & Section Details

6448 SHUM 4750 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- T 10:10am - 11:00am A D White House 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Caswell, P
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment is restricted to seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program.

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SHUM 4860

Prison Theatre and the Possibilities of Transformation

To explore cultural aspects of imprisonment through a focus on theatre produced by those incarcerated. Does making theatre in prison seem to assist in transformation? Students create work with PPTG members ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one laboratory. Combined with: PMA 4680
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18241 SHUM 4860 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 10:10am - 11:25am Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Levitt, B
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Class Number & Section Details

18247 SHUM 4860 LAB 401
Meeting Pattern
- F 5:00pm - 10:30pm
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Levitt, B
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4948

Pleasure and Neoliberalism

The comparative seminar explores pleasure and its relationship with neoliberalism. We will adopt an interdisciplinary approach and a historical trajectory, starting with the Ancient world through ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4948, COML 6948, ENGL 4948, FGSS 4948, FGSS 6948, GOVT 6945, ROMS 4948, ROMS 6948
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19741 SHUM 4948 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 2:00pm - 4:30pm Uris Hall 438
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Diabate, N
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6200

Field Methods in Community-Engaged Archaeology

Community-engaged archaeology brings together knowledgeable communities located within and beyond academic institutions who collaborate to produce higher-quality accounts of the past. In this course, students ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one field studies. Combined with: ANTHR 4200, ANTHR 7200, ARKEO 4200, ARKEO 7200, SHUM 4200
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: Uncovering the Underground Railroad
Class Number & Section Details

11076 SHUM 6200 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- W 11:15am - 2:15pm McGraw Hall B65
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Sanft, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
Students will be expected to participate in occasional Saturday field days.

Class Number & Section Details

11077 SHUM 6200 FLD 801
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6666

Specters of Latin America

In this course, we will take an inter-and multidisciplinary approach that examines works of fiction, film, performance, and photography to explore how specters intervene in and mold the social, political, ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 4666, LATA 6666, SHUM 4666, SPAN 4666, SPAN 6666
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19725 SHUM 6666 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:55pm - 4:10pm Klarman Hall KG42
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Troconis Gonzalez, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6682

Disturbing Settlement - Seminar

This is course explores—and aims to disturb—"settlement." Attending to the close historical and economic relationship between the settlement of settler colonialism and the settlement of settled agriculture, ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4682, AMST 6682, ANTHR 4182, ANTHR 7182, SHUM 4682
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18869 SHUM 6682 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 11:15am - 1:45pm A D White House 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Bize, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information, please see: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/

SHUM 6684

The Labor of Images: Encountering the Collective in Visual Cultures

This interdisciplinary seminar brings together critical theory and global visual arts to analyze the problem of work over the long twentieth century. By focusing on the labor of visual artists and their ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4684, ARTH 6684, COML 4684, COML 6684, ENGL 4984, PMA 4684, PMA 6684, SHUM 4684, VISST 4684, VISST 6684
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18896 SHUM 6684 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 2:00pm - 4:30pm A D White House 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Wells, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information, please see: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/

SHUM 6685

Feeling Free: Radical Aesthetics and Political Affects

This course studies how radical movements mobilize both aesthetic and affect in their political organizing. Broadly, the study of aesthetics concerns how we experience beauty in the world. Affect studies ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4686, AMST 6686, FGSS 4685, FGSS 6685, GOVT 6985, SHUM 4685
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18878 SHUM 6685 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 2:00pm - 4:30pm A D White House 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Shomali, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information, please see: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/

SHUM 6686

Textures of Friendship: Ethics, Politics, Crossings

We all have friends and value the company of others, but what does it mean to be in a friendship? Against the backdrop of our contemporary moment characterized by borders, oppression, and injustice, this ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4186, ANTHR 7186, FGSS 4686, FGSS 6686, SHUM 4686
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18911 SHUM 6686 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 11:15am - 1:45pm A D White House 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Yusupov, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information, please see: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/

SHUM 6687

Trans Theory and Politics Across the Americas

This richly interdisciplinary course examines trans issues in the transnational context of North and South America. Focusing on the tensions and cross-pollinations of (especially US and Canadian) trans ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4687, COML 6687, FGSS 4687, FGSS 6687, GOVT 6995, LGBT 4687, LGBT 6687, PHIL 4995, PHIL 6995, SHUM 4687
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18903 SHUM 6687 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 2:00pm - 4:30pm A D White House 110
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Zurn, P
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information, please see: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/

SHUM 6692

Trance and Media

Media is a notoriously unwieldly concept, at once self-evident and generalizable beyond the bounds of conceptual utility. Yet one feature that tends to inhere in both the narrowest and broadest of definitions ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4692, COML 6692, NES 4696, NES 6696, PMA 4692, PMA 6692, SHUM 4692
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18945 SHUM 6692 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 11:15am - 1:45pm A D White House 109
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
- Instructors
  
  Vaziri, P
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information, please see: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/

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SHUM 1100 Art Histories: An Introduction

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SHUM 2010 Atlantic Travelers

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SHUM 2011 September 11 and the Politics of Memory

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SHUM 2132 Law and Society in Early Modern and Modern China

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SHUM 2195 Biography, History, and Modernity

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SHUM 2208 Introduction to Southeast Asia

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SHUM 1100

Art Histories: An Introduction

SHUM 2010

Atlantic Travelers

SHUM 2011

September 11 and the Politics of Memory

SHUM 2132

Law and Society in Early Modern and Modern China

SHUM 2195

Biography, History, and Modernity

SHUM 2208

Introduction to Southeast Asia

SHUM 2220

From the New Deal to the Age of Reagan

SHUM 2241

Game of Thrones: Multi-Media Fantasies

SHUM 2245

Health and Disease in the Ancient World

SHUM 2269

Korean Popular Culture

SHUM 2455

Introduction to Bioethics

SHUM 2515

Anthropology of Iran

SHUM 2528

Borderlands History of Jazz: Mexico and African America