Courses

This course addresses the politics of heritage, the destruction of antiquities, indigenous rights, and control over cultural practices and products. It introduces students to the debates and policies that have developed around these issues over the past 40 years, and it introduces how the US and international legal systems work in the context of cultural policy.

A team-taught variable topics course examining aspects of continuity and change within literary, aesthetic and cultural experiences under different forms of rule in the ancient, medieval, and modern traditions of the Classical World (Greek and Latin), the Middle East (Hebrew and Arabic), and Asia (Chinese, Korean, and Japanese).

A team-taught variable topics course examining aspects of continuity and change within literary, aesthetic and cultural experiences under different forms of rule in the ancient, medieval, and modern traditions of the Classical World (Greek and Latin), the Middle East (Hebrew and Arabic), and Asia (Chinese, Korean, and Japanese).

A team-taught course introducing varied topics in lyric or short poetry of the ancient, medieval, and modern traditions of the Classical World (Greek and Latin), the Middle East (Hebrew and Arabic), and Asia (Chinese, Korean, and Japanese).

An overview of the culture and , especially, the literary production of Latinos/as in New York. The course will focus on selected works of fiction (short stories, novels, and plays) written by authors from diverse ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic background.

The twentieth-century integration of Spain to Europe. Presentation of themes of colonialization, opression, resistance and exile (the "Generations" of 1898, 1927, 1936, 1941-1944, etc.), and government attempts to control expression and thought by law or force, or by allying itself with traditionally accepted Spanish social structures.

This discussion-based seminar focuses on critically examining the concept of learning, as seen from an Anthropological perspective. Students will gain an understanding of learning as a dynamic, culturally-framed process by exploring examples of child socialization practices around the world and by considering the continuation of enculturation into adulthood in varied cultural contexts.

Introduces student to cinema, theatre, music, literature and art in Israel. Taught in English.

Building on the foundation provided by the survey (SPAN 250), this course provides in-depth exploration of different texts and genres.

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