Society for the Humanities (SHUM)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

SHUM 1802

This course seeks a fuller recounting of U.S. history by remapping what we understand as America. We will examine traditional themes in the teaching of U.S. history-territorial expansion and empire, migration ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 10428 SHUM 1802   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Garcia, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 1930

By posing seemingly simple questions such as what is love and who has the right to love, this introductory-level lecture course surveys how love has been experienced and expressed from the pre-modern period ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2930, FGSS 1940, HIST 1930, LGBT 1940

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10389 SHUM 1930   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Ghosh, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10390 SHUM 1930   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10391 SHUM 1930   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10392 SHUM 1930   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10393 SHUM 1930   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10394 SHUM 1930   DIS 205

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10395 SHUM 1930   DIS 206

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2011

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

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 13718 SHUM 2011   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2080

More than 400 years after his death, Shakespeare remains an inescapable part of world culture. His influence can be traced at every level, from traditional art forms like theater, poetry, and opera to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2080, PMA 2681

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7597 SHUM 2080   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Gilbert, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2101

This interdisciplinary course (with an emphasis in anthropology) will introduce students to the multiple routes/roots, lived experiences, and imagined worlds of South Asians who have traveled to various ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 2100, ANTHR 2410

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3219 SHUM 2101   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2241

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6074 SHUM 2241   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Bachner, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2435

Maoism and Chinese Communism are not history after Mao's death in 1976. In China, Maoism holds the key to the enduring success of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), one of the most remarkable organizations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 2425, CAPS 2435, HIST 2435

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10486 SHUM 2435   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Sun, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10487 SHUM 2435   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 2455

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14973 SHUM 2455   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Markovits, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 14974 SHUM 2455   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 14975 SHUM 2455   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 14976 SHUM 2455   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2462

In this course we will read some of the most influential micro-history writers and explore examples of different subgenres of microhistory, such as individual biographies, family histories, social histories ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2462, NES 2462

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10513 SHUM 2462   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Minawi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10514 SHUM 2462   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 2481

Recovering the People's Past is a public history seminar that focuses on the ways that a diversity of people have shaped the U.S. past and how the creation of museums and broader forms of popular shape ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2482

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10500 SHUM 2481   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Suarez, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10501 SHUM 2481   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 2703

From hieroglyphs to HTML, ancient poetry to audiotape, and Plato's cave to virtual reality, Thinking Media offers a multidisciplinary introduction to the most influential media formats of the last three ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7690 SHUM 2703   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Shechtman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2729

An introduction to the story of how human history from the earliest times through to the recent period interrelates with changing climate conditions on Earth. The course explores the whole expanse of human ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5974 SHUM 2729   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Manning, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2750

These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8443 SHUM 2750   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rebhi, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For course description, see https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses.

Syllabi: none
  •  8444 SHUM 2750   SEM 102

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rabedeau, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For course description, see https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses.

SHUM 2754

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
  • 15280 SHUM 2754   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Starr, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2800

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

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5186 SHUM 2800   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5187 SHUM 2800   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5188 SHUM 2800   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2812

An introduction to the history and theory of writing systems from cuneiform to the alphabet, historical and new writing media, and the complex relationship of writing technologies to human language and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5993 SHUM 2812   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Kirk, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    This is part of the Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP).

SHUM 3202

We will study several of Plato's major dialogues, including the Apology, the Meno, Phaedo, and Republic. Topics include knowledge and reality, morality and happiness, and the nature of the soul. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 3669, PHIL 3202, PHIL 6202

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14882 SHUM 3202   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 14883 SHUM 3202   DIS 201

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 14884 SHUM 3202   DIS 202

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3455

This course is about the surprisingly intricate relationship between humor and morality. We will investigate several theories of humor (theories of what makes things funny), we then turn our attention ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3455

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15002 SHUM 3455   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Shoemaker, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3465

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

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  4631 SHUM 3465   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Langwick, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3475

This course addresses central debates in the philosophy of legal punishment. We will analyze the leading theories of punishment, including the familiar retributivist and deterrent alternatives, as well ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3475

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14990 SHUM 3475   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3490

Museums are places where academic research meets the public. Though they remain among the most trusted types of institutions, they have increasingly come under critical scrutiny. Questions around museums' ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  4691 SHUM 3490   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rittershaus, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4692 SHUM 3490   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4693 SHUM 3490   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4694 SHUM 3490   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4695 SHUM 3490   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3742

When an African and an African American meet, solidarity is presumed, but often friction is the result. In this course, we will consider how Africans and African Americans see each other through literature. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3732, ASRC 3742, ENGL 3742

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7681 SHUM 3742   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Ngugi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3750

This course explores the practice, theory, and methodology of humanities research, critical analysis, and communication through writing and oral presentation. We will study the work and impact of humanists ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: CLASS 3850, COML 3750

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8471 SHUM 3750   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Platt, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8472 SHUM 3750   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Platt, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 3778

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.  Combined with: ENGL 3778

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7684 SHUM 3778   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Kalas, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3837

Is Homo sapiens the only species capable of producing visual art? Nonhuman great apes, especially, seem to be able to draw, paint, and enjoy such works. Our prehistoric ancestors are responsible for the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6094 SHUM 3837   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4081

This course explores the increasing presence of all the arts in prisons throughout the country and examines the increasing scholarship surrounding arts programs and their efficacy for incarcerated persons. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4681, PMA 4681

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8229 SHUM 4081   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4103

Vladimir Nabokov's legacy at Cornell is not limited to the world-famous literary works he produced here. The university's natural and built environments also provided powerful material for his lifelong ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4103, ENVS 4103

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6085 SHUM 4103   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Banerjee, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    To be added to the waitlist, please email complit@cornell.edu with your year and major.

SHUM 4172

Tolstoy is impossible. An aristocrat who renounced the privileges of wealth and rank. A man of titanic appetites who repudiated meat, alcohol and sex. A Christian who did not believe in God and tried to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4172, RUSSL 4172

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10450 SHUM 4172   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Litvak, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4202

There are two contrasting views of the status and role of women in Africa. One view portrays African women as controlled by men in all social institutions. Another view projects women as having a relatively ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4602, ASRC 6602

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14588 SHUM 4202   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4243

This class moves beyond the traditional disciplinary confines of academic history to examine museums, archival collections, parks, monuments, podcasts, op-eds, maps, and more as sites of historical inquiry, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4243, HIST 6243, SHUM 6243

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10543 SHUM 4243   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Martin, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10544 SHUM 4243   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Martin, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 4455

This seminar explores how patterned cloths serve as a symbolic medium, functioning on multiple levels of understanding and communication. As spun, dyed, and woven threads of consequence, textiles can be ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5198 SHUM 4455   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4670

DNA has become a pervasive feature of our lives, and a critical object through which race and justice are imagined and contested. DNA shapes how we think about ancestral pasts, medical futures, identity, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8656 SHUM 4670   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Tamarkin, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4719

This course examines the Renaissance and the early modern period not only as a celebrated age of creativity, artistic innovation, and intellectual rebirth, but also as an era deeply marked by violence, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 6719

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8493 SHUM 4719   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Foa, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4722

What would it mean to refuse to procreate, because of climate change? What kind of action is this refusal: the ultimate personal sacrifice, cavalier selfishness, or a perhaps a growing social movement? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 6722

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8488 SHUM 4722   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Budnick, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4723

Survival by Design: Desert Architecture at the End of the World investigates how architecture mediates survival in arid environments through history, environmental design, critical theory, and speculative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARCH 4408, ARCH 6408, SHUM 6723

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8490 SHUM 4723   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Karimi, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4724

When disaster strikes – war, earthquake, epidemic, nuclear fallout – how do people survive and rebuild? This course explores the history and aftermath of natural disasters and man-made catastrophes. Such ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4424, SHUM 6724

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8498 SHUM 4724   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4725

This course explores more-than-human animals and their relationality with other species, including the human, in Korean literature, culture, and film. We will explore key questions in the environmental ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 6725

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8492 SHUM 4725   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4726

This course surveys the evolution of queer Asian cinema as a critical and artistic mode of production. Students will rigorously examine and analyze each representative work of queer Asian cinema beyond ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 6726

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8495 SHUM 4726   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Kim, U

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4750

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. 

  • 1 Credit GradeNoAud

  •  8485 SHUM 4750   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rabedeau, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit GradeNoAud

  •  8486 SHUM 4750   SEM 102

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rebhi, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program.

SHUM 4753

The title of this course uses the single word “crisis” to pose two overlapping questions: First, how do scientists cope with the threats to their credibility posed by the surge of populism and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: STS 4753

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8671 SHUM 4753   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Davis, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6243

This class moves beyond the traditional disciplinary confines of academic history to examine museums, archival collections, parks, monuments, podcasts, op-eds, maps, and more as sites of historical inquiry, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4243, HIST 6243, SHUM 4243

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10547 SHUM 6243   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Martin, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10548 SHUM 6243   IND 601

    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Martin, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 6490

Museums are places where academic research meets the public. Though they remain among the most trusted types of institutions, they have increasingly come under critical scrutiny. Questions around museums' ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  4676 SHUM 6490   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rittershaus, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4677 SHUM 6490   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4678 SHUM 6490   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4679 SHUM 6490   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4680 SHUM 6490   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6719

This course examines the Renaissance and the early modern period not only as a celebrated age of creativity, artistic innovation, and intellectual rebirth, but also as an era deeply marked by violence, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 4719

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8494 SHUM 6719   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Foa, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6722

What would it mean to refuse to procreate, because of climate change? What kind of action is this refusal: the ultimate personal sacrifice, cavalier selfishness, or a perhaps a growing social movement? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 4722

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8487 SHUM 6722   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Budnick, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6723

Survival by Design: Desert Architecture at the End of the World investigates how architecture mediates survival in arid environments through history, environmental design, critical theory, and speculative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARCH 4408, ARCH 6408, SHUM 4723

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8489 SHUM 6723   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Karimi, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6724

When disaster strikes – war, earthquake, epidemic, nuclear fallout – how do people survive and rebuild? This course explores the history and aftermath of natural disasters and man-made catastrophes. Such ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4424, SHUM 4724

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8497 SHUM 6724   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6725

This course explores more-than-human animals and their relationality with other species, including the human, in Korean literature, culture, and film. We will explore key questions in the environmental ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 4725

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8491 SHUM 6725   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6726

This course surveys the evolution of queer Asian cinema as a critical and artistic mode of production. Students will rigorously examine and analyze each representative work of queer Asian cinema beyond ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 4726

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8496 SHUM 6726   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
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