Class List for Fall 2024

  • Ann Marie Yasin

    Mediterranean and European art and architecture presented in historical, cultural and social context that introduces art history as a discipline.

  • Sonya Lee

    An introduction to the major art forms and monuments of religious art in India, Southeast Asia, China and Japan from prehistory to1300.

  • John Pollini

    A broad survey, covering some 8,000 years and focusing on the material culture of the ancient world in a historical and social context.

  • John Pollini

    Survey of artistic works and monuments of ancient Greece from the Geometric through the Hellenistic period (c. 1000 – 30 BCE)

  • Stefano Rebeggianni

    Ancient Roman values, ideas, and institutions of relevance to later periods of civilization.

  • Alexandre Roberts

    Introduction to the history of premodern science and the social and intellectual processes and practices that have shaped the work of scientists.

  • Tracie Mayfield

    Archaeology as the means of investigating our shared human past, from the origins of humanity to the foundations of current civilization.

  • Lucas Herchenroeder

    Classical Greek and Roman mythology as inspiration for literature, art, music, and film in various historical contexts.

  • Susan Lape

    Investigations of the legal culture of classical Greece, focusing on regulation of social practices and on the role of social values in defining crime.

  • Afroditi Angelopoulou

    Homer through Aeschylus

  • Susan Lape

    Introduces students to research in Roman history and historiography.

  • Bettine Birge

    Characteristics and aspects of Chinese civilization; interpretation of philosophy, literature, religion, art, music. Conducted in English.

  • Joan Piggott and Bettine Birge

    A broad but deep look into the nature and development of law in two great East Asian civilizations, China and Japan, up to the modern era.

  • Maya Maskarinec

    Survey of European civilization in the Early Middle Ages.

  • Richard Ibarra

    The flowering of arts, literature, and learning at the end of the Middle Ages.

  • Cavan Concannon

    Historical investigation of New Testament characters, events, ethics and theology in relation to its social, intellectual, and religious contexts in the Jewish and Greco-Roman world.

  • David Albertson

    Survey of the changing beliefs and practices of the Christian religion from its origins through early modernity (100 CE – 1500 CE), with special attention to different varieties of Christian literature.

  • Arjun Nair

    Examination of the origins, development, and basic concepts and practices of Sufism, as well as its relationship to other areas of Islamic life.