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*Please note the modalities listed for each course. A description of each modality is listed below:
Teaching Class In-Person with Students Attending Remotely or In-Person. Faculty using this modality would teach in a tech-enhanced classroom on the Homewood campus. Students may attend in person or remotely. Asynchronous options will be included for those students to participate asynchronously due to differences in time zones, etc. Teaching Class Remotely with Students Attending Remotely or In-Person. Faculty using this modality would teach a course by streaming into the classroom from a remote location, which could include a dedicated studio, a modified classroom, or an office. A teaching assistant or technology assistant might be in the classroom to manage the technology and to facilitate student engagement. Students may attend in person or remotely. Asynchronous options will be included for those students to participate asynchronously due to differences in time zones, etc. Hybrid Course (50% In-Person and 50% Online). Faculty using this modality would teach a course by alternating the meeting pattern between in-person and online. This could be done by teaching class in-person for week 1, online for week 2, in-person for week 3, etc. Such an option reduces in-person contact hours and increases opportunities for different instructors to use the same instructional space. Students must also have the option to attend in-person sessions remotely. Asynchronous options will be included for those students to participate asynchronously due to differences in time zones, etc. Online-Synchronous Components. Faculty using this modality will teach students remotely. Faculty will incorporate asynchronous components to the course, but the class would still have a day/time for synchronous zoom meetings. Any synchronous components will need an alternative for students to participate asynchronously due to time zone differences, etc. Online-100% Asynchronous. Faculty using this modality will pre-record instructional content for asynchronous delivery. Courses will be designed intentionally so that course content, student engagement, and assessment would all occur without the need to hold zoom sessions during a regular day and time.
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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.040.626 (01)
Plato and Poetry
F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Smith, Joshua M
Gilman 10
Plato and Poetry AS.040.626 (01)
This graduate seminar will explore Plato’s contributions to the “old quarrel” between poetry and philosophy, encompassing such topics as the relationship between poetic inspiration and human reason, the role of literature in pedagogy, and the metaphysical implications of poetic fiction. We will focus on several Greek texts from the Platonic corpus related to these themes, as well as some later sources that engage with Platonic ideas.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Smith, Joshua M
Room: Gilman 10
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.602 (01)
Proseminar
W 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Miller, Andrew
Gilman 130D
Proseminar AS.060.602 (01)
This course is intended to train students in skills required by the discipline, help prepare them for a range of futures, and integrate them into the university community.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Instructor: Miller, Andrew
Room: Gilman 130D
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/8
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.618 (01)
Milton: Black and White
T 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Achinstein, Sharon
Gilman 130D
Milton: Black and White AS.060.618 (01)
In Milton: Black and White we will consider Milton and the discourses of racialized categories (poetical, political, and embodied), specifically attending to his role in the historical developments of white identity; concepts of justice; the genre of epic; and universal notions of personhood through the liberal tradition. We will also consider how Black writers have responded to Milton (including Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, the gospel tradition, Toni Morrison, Chris Ofili) through readings of Paradise Lost and selected prose, as well as readings in contemporary critical theory.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Instructor: Achinstein, Sharon
Room: Gilman 130D
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/8
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.650 (01)
Character Studies
Th 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Rosenthal, Jesse Karl
Gilman 130D
Character Studies AS.060.650 (01)
What are literary characters? Can we imagine literature without them? And how do they relate to questions of form and society? Starting with Aristotle, and moving through 20th- and 21st-century critics such as Lukacs, Barthes, and Woloch. We will pay special attention to the historical relationship between theories of character and approaches to the novel.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Instructor: Rosenthal, Jesse Karl
Room: Gilman 130D
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/8
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.652 (01)
The Time and Space of Capital
M 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Nealon, Christopher
Gilman 130D
The Time and Space of Capital AS.060.652 (01)
This course will look at the relationship between the logical and historical aspects of Marx’s analysis of capitalism, which special emphasis on key arguments in volumes 2 and 3 of Capitalism. We will ask questions about capital’s use of time and space in the service of accumulation, and read more recent secondary material all term from anti-colonial, feminist, queer, Indigenous, and Black radical traditions, in order to develop a fresh picture of the complex interrelation or different types of oppression and exploitation across capitalist history. Some familiarity with the concepts and argument of Capital, volume 1 will be helpful, but are not required.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Instructor: Nealon, Christopher
Room: Gilman 130D
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/8
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.800 (01)
Independent Study
Cannon, Christopher
Independent Study AS.060.800 (01)
This course is a semester-long independent research course for graduate students. Students will have one-on-one assignments and check-in's with designated faculty throughout the semester.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times:
Instructor: Cannon, Christopher
Room:
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.800 (02)
Independent Study
Mao, Douglas
Independent Study AS.060.800 (02)
This course is a semester-long independent research course for graduate students. Students will have one-on-one assignments and check-in's with designated faculty throughout the semester.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times:
Instructor: Mao, Douglas
Room:
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.800 (03)
Independent Study
Nealon, Christopher
Independent Study AS.060.800 (03)
This course is a semester-long independent research course for graduate students. Students will have one-on-one assignments and check-in's with designated faculty throughout the semester.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times:
Instructor: Nealon, Christopher
Room:
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.893 (01)
Individual Work
Individual Work AS.060.893 (01)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times:
Instructor:
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 38/40
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.894 (01)
Independent Reading
Independent Reading AS.060.894 (01)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times:
Instructor:
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.060.895 (01)
Journal Club
Daniel, Andrew
Journal Club AS.060.895 (01)
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times:
Instructor: Daniel, Andrew
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/5
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.100.682 (01)
Introductory Topics in Computation for Scholarship in the Humanities
Th 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Lippincott, Thomas
Gilman 50
Introductory Topics in Computation for Scholarship in the Humanities AS.100.682 (01)
The first half of this seminar course consists of non-mathematical introductions to, and discussions of, the fundamental motivations, vocabulary, and methods behind computational techniques of particular use for humanistic research. The second half combines selected readings chosen to address specific questions raised by these discussions with hands-on application to students' research goals. Each participant will lead discussion for one of the selected readings relevant to their interests.
Credits: 0.00
Level: Graduate
Days/Times: Th 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Lippincott, Thomas
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.300.618 (01)
What is a Person? Humans, Corporations, Robots, Trees.
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Siraganian, Lisa Michele
Gilman 208
What is a Person? Humans, Corporations, Robots, Trees. AS.300.618 (01)
Knowing who or what counts as a person seems straightforward, until we consider the many kinds of creatures, objects, and artificial beings that have been granted—or demanded or denied—that status. This course explores recent debates on being a person in culture, law, and philosophy. Questions examined will include: Should trees have standing? Can corporations have religious beliefs? Could a robot sign a contract? Materials examined will be wide-ranging, including essays, philosophy, novels, science fiction, television, film. No special background is required.
