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AP/JP 4010 6.0 Classical Japanese

In this course, classical Japanese language is studied using a wide range of Japanese texts. Prerequisites: AS/JP 3000 6.00 or equivalent; permission of the department.Course Credit Exclusions: Prior to Fall 2009: AS/JP 4010 6.0; AS/JP 4800B 6.00 (prior to Fall/Winter 2003-2004).

AP/JP 4000 6.0 Advanced Reading in Contemporary Japanese

Readings in unannotated original essays and articles on current issues taken from periodicals; interpretation, translation, summarization and discussion of readings enable students to use a wide variety of Japanese materials independently. Recognition of Characters for Daily Use (1,945).Prerequisite: AP/JP 3000 6.0 or equivalentCourse credit exclusions: Prior TO FALL 2009: AS/JP 4000 6.0

AP/CH 4000 6.0 Classical Chinese Language

This course serves as an introduction to Chinese classical language-- a bearer of Chinese traditional thoughts, philosophy, literature, arts, and culture in general. Selected readings are works by masters of ancient Chinese philosophy, and by historians, poets and essayists, which display a variety of styles of Classical Chinese. Students will be introduced to basic Classical […]

AP/RLST 4816 3.00/6.00 Women in Islamic Literature

This interdisciplinary course focuses on the representations of women in modern-day literary, scholarly, and visual “texts,” produced by both men and women in Muslim-majority countries and their diasporas in the West. It covers a wide range of geographical regions and treats a variety of literary texts (novels, short stories, poetry), as well as other art […]

AP/RLST 4814 3.00/6.00 The Qur’an and Its Interpreters

This course focuses on the Qur'an and its different interpretations. Historical, linguistic, literary, sectarian, Sufi, feminist, modernist and traditionalist approaches are considered in the discussion of selected readings from the Qur'an in English translation. COURSE CATEGORY: Religion and Gender; Religious Thoughts and Practices RELIGIOUS TRADITION(S) COVERED: Islam This course is offered as both 3.00 and […]

AP/HUMA 4827 3.00 Graeco-Roman, Biblical, And Early Christian Concepts Of The Soul

AP/HUMA 4808 6.00 Sex And Violence In The Hebrew Bible

ANCILLARY COURSE. This course attempts a nuanced reading of texts dealing with sexuality and/or violence in the Hebrew Bible. The discussion focuses both on a contextual and on a contemporaneous reading of these texts.

GL/HIST 4560 6.00 Religion And Society In Ancient Greece

This seminar course explores the relationship between religion, ancient thought and society through forms of worship. It introduces students to the diversity of ancient documents (archaeological, epigraphic and iconographic evidence, as well as literature) and conceptions about religion.

GL/HIST 4161 6.00 Food And Society In The Ancient World

This course analyzes the history of food and eating behaviours in ancient Greece and the Roman world. It considers the cultural and historically specific aspects of food related behaviours and engages the diversity of source material such as archaeological data, iconography, and epigraphy.

AP/HIST 4160 6.00 Slavery In Ancient Greece And Rome

This course explores the phenomenon of slavery in Greek and Roman antiquity, from the Bronze Age until the later Roman empire. Three main thematic areas are covered: ancient attitudes to and theories of slavery from Aristotle to Augustine, the role of slaves in the ancient economy, and the position of slaves in Greek and Roman […]