Romance Studies (ROMS)Arts and Sciences

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ROMS 1102

We tell stories for many reasons: to entertain; to seduce; to complain; to think. This course draws upon the literatures and cultures of the romance languages to explore the role of narrative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Transgressive Bodies & Subject of Work

  • 19160 ROMS 1102   SEM 102

    • MWF Uris Hall 398
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Torres, J

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

ROMS 1108

What is a culture, and how do we know one when we see it?  This course draws upon the histories and texts of French, Spanish, Italian, and/or Portuguese speaking worlds to discuss issues of identity, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Writing Italy

  • 19161 ROMS 1108   SEM 101

    • MWF Uris Hall 394
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Eibenstein-Alvisi, I

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

ROMS 1113

Some of the most important and intriguing thinkers, from the Middle Ages to postmodernity, have done their thinking in the romance languages.  This course explores a body of work that would be ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:On Love

  • 19167 ROMS 1113   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall 369
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Rodriguez de Rivera, I

  • 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:On Love

  • 19168 ROMS 1113   SEM 102

    • TR Uris Hall 369
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Rodriguez de Rivera, I

  • 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:On Authoritarianism

  • 19169 ROMS 1113   SEM 103

    • MWF Sibley Hall 115
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Tejada Lopez, M

  • 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:Money in Nineteenth-Century France

  • 19170 ROMS 1113   SEM 104

    • TR Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Kellogg, T

  • 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:Female Friendship vs. Patriarchy

  • 19917 ROMS 1113   SEM 105

    • MWF White Hall 104
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Tien, S

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

ROMS 1120

In this class, students will learn about animal welfare and conservation through international films. We will discuss wildlife, companion, farm, and lab animals in conjunction with human cultures, politics, ... view course details

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19171 ROMS 1120   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall 254
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Bachminska, E

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

ROMS 4255

Marx, never reading Freud, produced analysis of ideology and fetishism as class struggle; Freud, barely mentioning Marx, produced critique of socialism and communism. Freudo-Marxism began 1920s: Austria/Germany ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16936 ROMS 4255   SEM 101

    • M Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Waite, G

ROMS 4261

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Simone de Beauvoir

  • 17072 ROMS 4261   SEM 101

    • M Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Kosch, M

ROMS 4334

The seminar will explore relations between the tangible effects of climate on urban, infrastructural, and ecological landscapes in the Caribbean and lived experiences of climate as mediated through literature, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 20065 ROMS 4334   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Melas, N

ROMS 5070

Focuses on language teaching as facilitation of learning, thus on the learner's processing of language acquisition and the promotion of reflective teaching. Pedagogical approaches will be addressed from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  3679 ROMS 5070   SEM 101

  • This is the mandatory course for graduate students wishing to TA in Romance Studies.

ROMS 6255

Marx, never reading Freud, produced analysis of ideology and fetishism as class struggle; Freud, barely mentioning Marx, produced critique of socialism and communism. Freudo-Marxism began 1920s: Austria/Germany ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16941 ROMS 6255   SEM 101

    • M Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Waite, G

ROMS 6261

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Simone de Beauvoir

  • 17074 ROMS 6261   SEM 101

    • M Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Kosch, M

ROMS 6334

The seminar will explore relations between the tangible effects of climate on urban, infrastructural, and ecological landscapes in the Caribbean and lived experiences of climate as mediated through literature, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 20067 ROMS 6334   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Melas, N

ROMS 6350

The aim of this course is to investigate the relationship between history and images, by considering, the work of an outstanding representative of twentieth-century critical theory.  Siegfried Kracauer ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 6355HIST 6235

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17102 ROMS 6350   SEM 101