This course examines the social construction of 'the Black athlete' through race and gender politics, and capitalism. Sport is more than entertainment; the course considers sport as a site where stereotypes, prejudices, and inequalities manifest themselves. It also considers athletes who engage in resistance, and examines the ways dominant representations of Blackness in sport are […]
This course provides hands-on, Work-Focused EE opportunities in the form of placements to fourth-year CCY students. Students complete part-time, supervised placements with an organization/employer that helps them gain relevant work experience and meet the learning outcomes of the CCY Program. Students complete course work and placement hours at the same time. The course takes 140 […]
Explores issues of image worship and destruction in several cultural contexts. Topics include: images as magic; fetish and taboo; Judaic, Christian and Muslim interpretations of the Second Commandment; the 9thc. Christian Iconoclastic Controversy; individual, state and revolutionary destruction of images. In a world increasingly saturated with visual images and information across a range of media, […]
This course is an historical and critical inquiry into the religious thought of Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (1135-1204).
This course uses a critical human rights approach to examine Jewish communities in a variety of historical and contemporary settings, including immigration experience, family life, culture and Identity.
A student may take an independent, individually supervised reading/research course, provided that the student and the course meet the requirements as set out by the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies and those established by the department. Note: Independent reading/research courses require a signed agreement between the student and faculty member, as well as […]
Jewish thought and culture are explored over a millennium (800-1800), focusing on transformations of the classical (biblical-rabbinic) legacy and interplay with the Islamic and Christian religio-cultural spheres in which they developed.
What is ""Jewish"" and ""modern"" about modern Jewish women's literature, and how does it reflect the experiences and perceptions of women? Examining a variety of literary genres, the course compares Israeli women's literature with contemporary writing by other Jewish women.Course credit exclusion: AP/HEB 3710 3.00.Prior TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AS/HEB 3710 3.00 and […]
Renowned scholar Robert Skloot suggests that Theatre of the Holocaust scripts can express their understanding of historical facts, and although the plays are not history, they would not stand apart from history. Holocaust plays and drama work can raise crucial historical and moral questions and make them more immediate. Traces of lives, real or imagined, […]
This course investigates the origins, development and continuing legacies of apocalypticism in ancient Judaism and in the history of Christianity. We will focus on understanding: (1) apocalyptic literature (biblical and nonbiblical, including 1 Enoch, Daniel, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Revelation); (2) millennial movements; and (3) the apocalyptic worldview, which centers on the notion of […]