The course reviews the basic teachings of the major religious traditions, including those of the indigenous people, and analyzes their role in international relations and the globalization process, through time and space, from a comparative and multicultural perspective. RELIGIOUS TRADITION(S) COVERED: Multiple Cross-listed as GL/ILST 3.00.
This course examines texts in Ancient Greek philosophy, the Bible, and modern European thought in order to assess the fruitfulness of viewing modern self-consciousness in terms of the relationship of faith and reason. RELIGIOUS TRADITION(S) COVERED: Multiple
Nietzsche’s famous, prophetic claim that “God is dead” is often taken as describing the declining significance of God within modernity. Adopting neither a pro- nor anti- theistic stance, this course critically examines the relationship between atheism and modernity in Western thought and culture by drawing upon religious, philosophical, scientific, literary, historical, sociological, artistic, and cinematic […]
This course studies selected ancient Greek and Roman novels in English translation, the social and literary currents which shape their narratives, and their role in the cultural politics of their era. RELIGIOUS TRADITION(S) COVERED: Greek and Roman Religions
Problems in the determination of the international relations of the Israelite states in the Iron Age. Sources, written and unwritten, from Israel, Assyria, Babylonia, Egypt and Israel's smaller neighbours will be examined in the course of these investigations. This course is restricted to History, Classical Studies, Jewish Studies or Religious Studies Honours majors and minors […]
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, […]
Practical performance instruction in the Klezmer musical tradition. Some performance ability and knowledge of fiddle, bass, guitar, piano, clarinet, sax, accordion, or trumpet is required. (Other instruments are welcomed). Prerequisite: None for 1045, appropriate lower level or permission of the Instructor required for upper level registration.
This seminar examines why, during the Nazi era, more than 5 million artworks illegally changed hands—a disproportionate number of them being works stolen from Jewish collectors—and how come it has been so challenging to restitute these pieces to their rightful owners. This course is divided into two parts: a study of the complex history of Nazi-art […]
This course examines a collage of complex relationships and emergent cultural identities in Israel. Readings relate to Israel’s roots, cultural milieu, contemporary and classical literary canon. Readings, film subtitles, and analysis are in English, peppered with selected translations of Hebrew terminology. Among the relationships considered are: relationships with individuals: love, poets and prophets; relationships with […]
Almost seventy-five years ago, in June of 1942, Anne Frank penned her first entry into the red checkered diary that she had just received for her thirteenth birthday. By many estimates, Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, first published in 1947 and in English translation in 1952, and by now translated into over […]