This course will explore political and philosophical angles on selected current public health emergencies, including the intersection on anti-black racism and weight stigma, our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and violence motivated by transphobia and homophobia.

MW 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Through video games, anime, film, and other media, this class will explore how visual and verbal expression represents the Middle East by assessing diversity, Orientalism, and historical representation.

TTh 1:30-2:50 p.m.

What is Known and Unknown in a Journey? We will be seeking to comprehend the broader impacts of migration and its effects on individuals, domestic, and larger systems. By engaging with places and journeys of various groups, such as the Tibetan Himalayan community in Nepal, we will explore and think critically about the various ramifications of migration.

T 5:30-7:20 p.m.

Many legends circulate about a small medieval Islamic sect known as the ‘Assassins,’ who are said to have ingested drugs before carrying out political assassinations. Who were the Assassins really? Can we separate history from legend?

4:30-6:20 p.m.

Priestess, merchant, ruling queen--weaver, potter, legend-writer--the women of the ancient Middle East were all these things. Explore the experiences of women at all levels of ancient society and how they were involved in religion, politics, and the economy. From Enheduanna, writer and priestess, to the hard-working tradeswomen of Old Assyria, we'll learn about them all! How were they viewed within their societies? How did they see themselves?

MW 3:30-4:50 p.m.

Taught in English. In this course, we’ll look at how Latin American writers illustrate, react to, and conceptualize mass culture — from comics to serial novels to a wide variety of broadcast media — in a rapidly changing world.

TTh 12:30-2:20 p.m.

Explores how Paris became the city of love. Examines how sexual commerce shaped the identity of the city, how the commercial spaces of the city shaped sexual identities, and how discourses about sexuality contributed to the legitimation of capitalism. Topics include the construction of gender difference, the emergence of mass media, and the commercial origins of queer identities.

TTh 11:30 a.m. - 01:20 p.m.

Taught in English. Introduction to Italian culture focusing on fashion and manners from the late Middle Ages to today. Explores common assumptions about nation, gender, clothes, make-up, and manners, through literary and visual analysis.

MW 12:30-2:20 p.m.

Introduction to Portuguese for Spanish and other Romance language speakers. Students will develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, while also learning about history and culture. *Satisfies world language requirement in combination with PORT 201.

MTWThF    12:30-01:20 p.m.

Examines artificial intelligence technologies in the context of literary and cultural histories of text reuse. Explores concepts including intellectual property, authorship, parody, and adaptation, drawing on approaches from literary studies and data science. Considers impacts of data and computation on textual production and analysis.

TTh 11:30 - 01:20 p.m.

Historical, conceptual, theoretical, and critical perspectives on world texts from antiquity to the digital age. Manuscript circulation of texts in the Middle Ages and modern times; global histories of the rise and spread of print technologies; preservation, access, reuse, and recycling of text. Impacts of digitization and textual data on reading and on repositories and institutions, such as libraries.

TTh 2:30-4:20 p.m.

Explores how social and political changes in Vietnam since 1975 have made profound impacts upon the lives of Vietnamese people at home and abroad. Via literary and visual genres, students learn to realize the critical relationship between utopian dreams and everyday realities while Vietnam rebuilt itself and re-integrated with the world.

TTh 12:30-02:20 p.m.

Taught in English. Did you know that Grimms’ Fairy Tales is the second most popular book in all of Germany? In this course we will read widely from their collection. We will also marvel at how their fairy tales are part of a transcultural and transnational web of storytelling that stretch from 16th century Italy to present-day Coast Salish nations. You will also participate in the spinning of the fairy tale web by creatively adapting these tales for contemporary audiences.

TTh 1:00-2:20 p.m.

Explores the history of musical experience in German-speaking worlds from medieval troubadours to twenty-first century hip hop artists. Provides an introduction to methods of musical analysis, textual and film interpretation, and cultural theory. Readings and discussion in English.

MW 1:00-2:20 p.m.

Detailed study of the history and culture of the reign of Augustus, the first Roman emperor (31 BC-AD 14). Includes readings in Augustan authors such as Vergil, Ovid, and Horace as well as the study of Augustan art and architecture.

MTWThF 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Survey of the art of Greece and the eastern Mediterranean from the time of Alexander the Great to the Roman conquest. Principal sites with their sculpture, painting, mosaics, and minor arts examined in lectures illustrated with slides.

MWF    10:30-11:20 a.m.

Taught in English.n Itroduction to basic grammatical concepts, terminology, and linguistics with emphasis on German-English relationship. Overview of phonology, morphology, syntax, and history of Germanic languages and people, both ancient and modern. Languages covered include Old, Middle, and New High German; English, Frisian, Dutch, Old Saxon, and Gothic.

TTh 10:00-11:20 a.m.

Icelandic sagas and poetry about Vikings in the context of thirteenth-century society.

TTh 2:30 PM - 4:20 P.M.

Selected works by major Scandinavian women writers from mid-nineteenth-century bourgeois realism to the present with focus on feminist issues in literary criticism.

TTh 2:30-4:20 P.M.

Taught in English. Introduces post-WWII Eastern European fiction created during and after the communist era, both in Eastern European countries and in exile. Includes works by Polish, Czech, Yugoslav, post-Yugoslav, Hungarian, and Baltic writers.

MW 12:30-2:20 P.M.

Investigate the diversity of human experience by focusing on culture specific aspects of linguistic expression of emotion. Examination of the meaning and form of emotion words in different languages, facial expressions, cultural attitudes to emotion and emotional behavior, and gender-specific emotional expressions.

MW 12:30-2:20 P.M.