Women have been creating their own significant rituals both inside and outside established religious movements for centuries. This course explores this phenomenon and analyzes a variety of contemporary women's rituals in light of contemporary feminist ritual theory and methodology. Previously offered as: AP/WMST 3519 6.00.
Students discover how local cultural production is fostered, disseminated, and in some cases restricted in and by the communities they serve. Building on cultural theories and concepts of public pedagogy, students work in small groups with partner organizations to engage in a choice of research or community focused experiential learning activities to be used for […]
This course focuses on interrogating how the modern conception of race and racism has been produced and reproduced within cultural forms over time. We will analyze fictional and non- fictional texts to critique the role of culture and representation played in both constituting and perpetuating the violences of colonialism, imperialism, and racial capitalism. We will […]
This course explores the importance of biographical and autobiographical writing in the ancient Mediterranean among Greeks, Romans, and minority populations, focusing less on the subjects of each life and more on literary, ethnic, social, cultural. Crosslisted with RLST 4109 6.00 and CLST 4109 6.00
Introduces students to the major cultural characteristics of the contemporary Caribbean through an examination of the writers, artists and scholars of the region. Previously offered as: AP/HUMA 2310 9.00.
A study of the culture of the Greek speaking peoples of the Hellenic and Hellenistic Mediterranean at various points in their development and evolution. Areas of cultural endeavours to be explored include drama, epic, gender, law, philosophy, history and rhetoric. Crosslist: AP/CLST 2110 6.00 Prior to Fall 2014: Course credit exclusion: AP/HUMA 2100 9.00
Explores the works of 12 contemporary Canadian writers who give readings to the class and respond to questions about their work.
From the perspective of Humanities disciplines and popular culture, this course explores gender in the West as both subjective experience and social interactions. It traces how it has changed in response to historical developments and practices. It critically analyzes the categories of gender as modes of social control. These include sexuality, love, marriage, family, race, […]
This course is concerned with the origins and impact of the ideas of two of the most significant scientists of the modern era, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. Note: This is an approved LA&PS General Education Course. Course credit exclusions: AP/HUMA 2915 9.00 (prior to Fall 2014), SC/STS 3750 6.00. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course […]
Examines the movements, texts, beliefs and practices of Christianity, and explores the factors and forces shaping them from its beginnings to the present day. Course credit exclusion: AP/HUMA 2835 9.00 (prior to Fall 2014).