Current Courses (2012/13)
| Current courses | Previous Courses |The courses listed below are offered in 2011-2012. The Humanities Program is distinctive in its explicit focus on interdisciplinary scholarship in practice and in theory. It builds on the tradition in Humanities at York of reading a broad diversity of texts, both historical and contemporary, which range from works of literature, religion, philosophy, science, and politics to oral traditions, visual arts, and music.
(Last updated: April 2, 2012)
Summer 2012
(Note: The day/time/locations may change)
| Semester | Course No. | Course Title | Time | Location | Professor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2012 - S1 (May 7 - June 15) |
GS/HUMA 6215 3.0 | Secularism And Its Challenges | Tuesday/Thursday 11:30am - 2:30pm |
MC 111 | Amila Buturovic |
Fall Term 2012
| Semester | Course No. | Course Title | Time | Location | Professor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2012 | GS/HUMA 6127 3.0 | Contemporary Theory and the Humanities | Thursday 4:00pm - 7:00pm |
RS 536 | Victor Shea |
| Fall 2012 | GS/HUMA 6146 3.0 | Borders of Knowledge: Metis Thought in International Contexts |
Wednesday 11:30am - 2:30pm |
ACE 008 |
David McNab
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| Fall 2012 | GS/HUMA 6216 3.0 |
Moses through the Centuries | Thursday 7:00pm - 10:00pm |
RS 501 |
Carl Ehrlich
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| Fall 2012 | GS/HUMA 6309 3.0 (Cross-listed SPTH 6137) | Tuesday 4:00pm - 7:00pm |
RS 156 | Joan Steigerwald |
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| Fall 2012 | GS/HUMA 6325 3.0 | The Idea of Utopia: Introduction to Utopology | Wednesday 2:30pm - 5:30pm |
RN 814 | Sylwia Chorostowska |
Winter Term 2013
| Semester | Course No. | Course Title | Time | Location | Professor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2013 | GS/HUMA 6125 3.0 | Uncanny Fashion | Wednesday |
RS 101A | Susan Ingram |
| Winter 2013 | GS/HUMA 6132 3.0 (Cross-listed SPTH 6222) |
Race-thinking, Modernity, and Postcolonial Melancholia
|
Tuesday 2:30pm - 5:30pm |
RN 814 | Patrick Taylor |
| Winter 2013 | GS/HUMA 6136 3.0 | Literature and Politics: from the Restoration to the 1848 Revolutions |
Wednesday 11:30am - 2:30pm |
VH 1005 | Gisela Argyle |
| Winter 2013 | GS/HUMA 6204 3.0 |
Holocaust Narratives: Exploring the Limits of Representation | Wednesday 4:00pm - 7:00pm |
RS 536 | Sara Horowitz |
| Winter 2013 | GS/HUMA 6322 3.0/ (Cross-listed EN 6549) |
Modernism, Interdisciplinarity, and the Arts
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Thursday 4:00pm - 7:00pm |
RN 814 | Elicia Clements |
| Winter 2013 | GS/HUMA 6323 3.0 (Cross-listed SPTH 6731 & PHIL 6145 | Tuesday 11:30am - 2:30pm |
RS 501 | Jim Vernon |
Fall/Winter 2012 - 2013
| Semester | Course No. | Course Title | Time | Location | Professor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FallWinter 2012 - 2013 | GS/HUMA 5001/6001 0.0 | Graduate Seminar | Monday 5:30pm - 8:30pm |
VC 010 | Markus Reiseneleinter |
| Fall/Winter 2012 - 2013 | GS/HUMA 5100 6.0 | Core Practices and Methodologies in Humanities Research | Monday 11:30am - 2:30pm |
RN 814 | Markus Reisenleitner |
| Fall/Winter 2012 - 2013 | GS/HUMA 6211 6.0 (Cross-listed HIST 5132) | The Social and Cultural History of Religion in Canada | Mondays 11:30pm - 2:30pm |
CC 335 |
Bill Westfall |
| Fall/Winter 2012 - 2013 | GS/HUMA 6324 6.0 (Cross-listed SPTH 6198) | Hermeneutics as Literature, Philosophy and Religion: Reading Shakespeare, Spinoza, Kierkegaard | Wednesday 2:30pm - 5:30pm | BSB 203 | Brady Polka |
General Program Courses
Humanities 5000 3.0 and 6.0 - Directed Readings for M.A. StudentsPermission of Program Director required.
Humanities 5001 0.0 - Graduate Seminar for M.A. Students
The Graduate Seminar is organized thematically around provocative debates in Humanities and gives students exposure to a wide range of methodological and theoretical issues and problems fundamental to the study of Humanities. The Seminar meets once a month during the academic year. The seminar is a non-credit-bearing required course for all M.A. and Ph.D. students in their first year of study.
Humanities 5002 0.0 M.A. - Major Research Paper
Students will be required to demonstrate in a Major Research Paper their grasp of a subject within the interdisciplinary study of culture in Humanities. See Requirements for obtaining a MA in Humanities
Humanities 6000 3.0 and 6.0 - Directed Readings for Ph.D. Students
Permission of Program Director required.
Humanities 6001 0.0 - Graduate Seminar for Ph.D. Students
The Graduate Seminar is organized thematically around provocative debates in Humanities and gives students exposure to a wide range of methodological and theoretical issues and problems fundamental to the study of Humanities. The Seminar meets once a month during the academic year. The seminar is a non-credit-bearing required course for all M.A. and Ph.D. students in their first year of study.
Humanities 7000 0.0 - Ph. D. Dissertation Research
No course credit.

