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Course Catalog 2006-2007 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Oberlin College Courses
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HIST 283 - Environmental Histories of South Asia
3 SS, CD, WR
This course explores crucial material,
socio-political, and cultural relationships between the diverse peoples
of South Asia and their ecosystems, from the pre-colonial period down
to the present. We focus on a series of integrated issues including
“forest as frontier and/or home,” “shaping and using the land,” and
“meanings and control of water.” Students will write short position
papers and a substantial research paper on a relevant topic of her/his
individual interest.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 25.
Mr. Fisher
Next offered 2007-08.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 285 - East Asia and the World Before 1800
3 SS, CD
First semester. This course examines global connections in East Asia from the time of the silk road to 1800. We will study the exchange of culture, religion, and trade within the region, and its connection to the “West”. We will also study the major debates that assess Asia’s role in world history. Suggested preparation: an introductory survey course on Japanese, Chinese, or Korean history. Counts toward the East Asian Studies Major.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment limit: 30
Mr. Wert
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 286 - World War II in Asia, 1931-45
3 SS, CD
This course examines World War II on the entire Asian continent and covers East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands. The course considers traditional subjects such as diplomatic, political, and military history, but also newer fields such as social and cultural history. Counts toward the East Asian Studies Major.
Prerequisites & Notes
Note: Recommended preparation HIST 226, or course work in Japanese, Chinese, South Asian, or Korean history.
Enrollment Limit: 40.
Mr. Smith
Next offered 2007-08.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 293 - Dirty Wars and Democracy
3 SS, CD, WR
First Semester. In this study of the military dictatorships of
Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay in the 1970s and 1980s, we will
examine why these regimes arose, the nature and methods of the
dictatorial state, resistance movements, and the dictators’ demise. The
course will also focus on the search for truth and justice under
post-dictatorial governments. Students will engage a variety of
cross-disciplinary methodologies. Lecture and discussion format.
Prerequisites & Notes
Note: Recommended preparation HIST 110.
Enrollment Limit: 40.
Mr. Volk
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 294 - The United States and Latin America
3SS, CD, WR
In this course we will explore an overview of the basic elements which have shaped the U.S. presence in Latin America and the way in which Latin America has been represented in the United States from the early nineteenth century to the present day, exploring both official (public) policy as well as the impact of corporations and the market, ideology, cultural representations, the media, and others.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mr. Volk
Next offered 2007-08.
Credits: 3
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HIST 296 - Russia Before Peter the Great
3 SS, CD
Second Semester. This course examines the history of Russia from
the 9th until the late 17th c., with attention to the interaction of
Eastern Slavs with the peoples of the steppe; the adoption of Orthodox
Christianity; the nature of the early Kievan and Muscovite state; the
Mongol overlordship; and the processes and events which shaped the
social structure and cultural values of this vast multi-ethnic
empire. Lecture and discussion.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 25
Ms. Hogan
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 297 - The Soviet Union/Russia Since 1945
3 SS, CD, WRi
Beginning with the impact of World War II on
Soviet society, this course explores the domestic consequences of
Stalinism and the early Cold War; the reform initiatives of Khrushchev;
the ‘stagnation’ of the Brezhnev period; Gorbachev’s program of
glasnost and perestroika; the dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union and
the establishment of the Yeltsin regime; and the Putin presidency.
Focus will be on socio-economic conditions and popular culture. Major
research project.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 25.
Ms. Hogan
Next offered 2009-10.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 306 - Germans and Jews
3-4 SS, CD, WR
Second semester. Focuses on cultural hybridity: how Jews in Germany
emerged from mental and cultural as well as physical ghettos, and
constructed an identity that was both Jewish and German; on the
creativity, tensions, hopes of that stance and its resonance in larger
German society. Studies German policies and attitudes to Jews; trends
in German Jewish society, family and culture; attitudes to east
European Jews; German Jew-hatred and Jewish responses; how the Jewish
case sheds light on modern German history. Identical to JWST306.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Ms. Magnus
Credits: 3 to 4 hours
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HIST 308 - Monopolizing the Holy and Catholicizing Europe
3-4 SS New Course Added 07/06/2006
First semester. This course traces the growth of an institutionalized medieval Catholic Church headed by the papacy out of a diverse group of Christian sects. Through primary and secondary sources, it explores how the Church sought to enforce orthodoxy and control popular beliefs in and access to holy power. Topics include: saints, miracles, heresy/reform, “popular” religion, inquisition, and witchcraft. Consent of Instructor required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment limit: 12.
Mr. Barton
Credits: 3-4 Credits
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HIST 311 - Sport and Society in Modern Europe
3 SS New Course Added 10/24/2006
Second Semester. This seminar explores the social, cultural and political impact of sport in European society over the last two centuries. Key issues include the historical development of sport as a contested means of social control, the crisis of gender and masculinity at the end of the 19th century, the emergence of professionalism and commercialism, the Olympic movement and politicized sports spectacle, and the relationship between sport and European colonization.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: History 102.
Enrollment Limit: 12. Consent of Instructor
Mr. Lewis
Credits: 3 Credits
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HIST 312 - Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge
3 SS, WR
Every museum is a narrative, every
visit to a museum a chance to explore the ways that narrative shapes
and reflects how we think about the past and the present, underlying
ideologies that represent or challenge dominant thought, and
assumptions about how we learn. This course is intended for students
interested in the way we look at and “conserve” the past via the
organization of material culture, and in how museum design and practice
reflects contemporary epistemology, ethnography, nationalism, and
colonialism.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Volk
Next offered 2008-09.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 313 - The French Empire: Colonizers and Colonized
3 SS, CD, WR
This advanced colloquium will consider issues of
French colonialism since the 18th century. Particular issues include:
causes of imperial expansion; slavery in the French empire; imperialism
and republican ideology; the role of the colonial army; the wars of
decolonization in Southeast Asia and Algeria; immigration to
metropolitan France and the origins of French multiculturalism.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Smith
Next offered 2007-08.
Credits: 3
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HIST 314 - Existentialism
3SS
This course explores the history of European existentialism. We shall examine the major themes of existentialism (authenticity vs. inauthenticity, meaninglessness, absurdity, freedom and anguish, etc.) through reading philosophers such as Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre and de Beauvoir. We will be looking both at the development of existentialism as a philosophical trend and at the ways that existentialist philosophers anticipate, inspire and respond to political events.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Ms. Sammartino
Next offered 2007-08.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 316 - The Body as Historical Subject
3 SS, CD, WR
A historiographical colloquium exploring the use of
the body both as a site of symbolic representation and as a site for
the construction of experience, gender, and sexuality. Most of the
readings will deal with European history, though some comparative
component will be included as well. Authors to be read include Caroline
Bynum, Michel Foucault, Lynn Hunt, and Thomas Laqueur. Frequent
presentations and short papers.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: HIST 101, 102, or the equivalent.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Smith
Next offered 2008-09.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 319 - Migration in 20th Century Europe
3SS
First Semester. This course will explore migration in 20th century Europe. We will investigate a wide range of topics from European responses to asylum seekers, to the integration of former colonial subjects and labor migrants, and the responses of these migrants to European culture and society. Throughout we will be questioning the various meanings assigned to migration throughout this period as well as evolving notions of belonging in Europe.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Ms. Sammartino
Credits: 3
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HIST 321 - Consumption and Its Consequences in American Society
3 SS New Course added 04/23/2006
Second Semester. We will discuss the rise of mass consumer society in the United States since the late nineteenth century. The course will begin with a consideration of theories on what drives consumerism and then focus on how changing patterns of consumer behavior for American men and women have affected notions of status and identity, exposed class and gender tensions, and produced economic and environmental consequences. Assignments include a research paper on one aspect of the history of consumer society.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of the Instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Zimring
Credits: 3 Credits
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HIST 322 - Women and Power in 19th-Century America
3 SS, CD
This colloquium explores how women from different races, classes, and regions laid claim to participation in American public life in post-Civil War America. It examines in historical context the conflicts and coalitions of women across lines of race, class, and national origin; the relationship of different groups of women to the state in areas including citizenship, suffrage, sexuality and reproduction, social welfare; and the problems and possibilities of the “maternalization of the state” under the impact of women reformers. Suggested preparation: college-level work in American history.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of Instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Ms. Lasser
Next offered 2007-08.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 323 - Liberty and Power, Democracy and Slavery in Jacksonian America
4 SS, CD, WR
An exploration of the cultural dynamics, social
relations, economic forces, and political structures that shaped the
lives of ordinary Americans—African American, Euro-American and Native
American; male and female; rich, middling, and poor; urban and rural;
northern and southern, eastern and western; native-born and
immigrant—between approximately 1820 and 1850. After reading Alexis de
Tocqueville’s classic analysis of Jacksonian democracy, we will focus
on recent case studies and current scholarly controversies.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Kornblith
Next offered 2008-09.
Credits: 4 hours
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HIST 324 - Slavery, Antislavery and Emancipation in American History
4 SS, CD, WR
This course examines multiple dimensions of two long-term, technologically based social processes that have profoundly transformed how Americans live, work, relate to one another, and think about the world. We will begin with the history of American industrialization in the nineteenth century and then turn our attention to the Information Revolution currently underway. Among the issues we will explore are the relationship between technological progress and the distribution of wealth and opportunity in the United States, the impact of technology on gender roles and the sexual division of labor, the experience of community and alienation in different technological contexts, people’s perceived sense of time and space, and utopian and dystopian visions of the future.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of Instructor required
Mr. Kornblith
Next offered 2008-09.
Credits: 4 hours
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HIST 325 - Native American History, ca. 1450-1900
4 SS, CD, WR
First Semester. Explorations in the history of Native American
peoples from before the European invasion of North America through the
end of the 19th century. Topics include social diversity in North
America on the eve of European contact; dynamics of early
Indian-European encounters; causes of demographic decline among Native
Americans; accommodation and resistance to Euro-American expansion;
relations with African Americans; assimilation, adaptation, and
rejection of Euro-American values and behavioral norms. Heavy reading
load; discussion-based pedagogy.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Kornblith
Credits: 4 hours
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HIST 327 - Borderlands
3 SS, CD, Wri
The American Southwest, roughly the US-Mexico border
area from Texas to California, is a political, economic, and cultural
crossroads. We will investigate interactions between Native Americans
and Spanish colonists beginning in the 16
th century, emerging U.S. economic and political control during the 19
th century, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, land dispossession, the Mexican Revolution, immigration, civil rights, and 20
th-century demography. We also discuss borderlands as a literary and symbolic concept.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr. Mitchell
Next offered 2007-08.
Credits: 3-4 hours
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HIST 329 - Perfecting the World: Abolition and Radical Movements in the United States before the Civil War
4 SS
Second Semester. Early-nineteenth-century American radicals optimistically believed they could identify and resolve the evils their society faced. This course explores their ideas, their organizational strategies, and the impact of their efforts to end slavery and racism; promote temperance and peace; affirm Native American and women’s rights; and establish utopian communities. Readings and discussion will position students to pursue major research projects in primary sources.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Ms. Lasser
Credits: 4
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HIST 333 - The Cold War
3 SS New Course Added 10/30/2006
Second Semester. For half a century the Cold War loomed over American and world history. This colloquium addresses the origins of the Cold War, key Cold War crises, and the end of the Cold War. Conflicting interpretations are highlighted, with sources from both the United States and the Soviet Union as well as other players. The “cultural Cold War” and the Cold War’s effects on the United States domestically also receive attention. The course ends with analysis of how the lessons of the Cold War are used and misused in current policy discussions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Limit 12. Instructor consent required.
Mr. Koppes
Credits: 3 Credits
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HIST 338 - Colloquium in U.S. Urban Environmental History
3 hours, 3SS, WRi New Course Added 04/17/2006
First Semester. This course will consider changing urban environments, environmental influences on cities, the environmental impact of urban places, and the concerns and influence of urban environmental activists in the United States. Assignments include a
research paper on one aspect of the history of urban environmental
history.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Zimring
Credits: 3
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HIST 339 - Motion Picture Censorship and Moral Reform
3SS
First Semester. American movies posed a sharp challenge to traditional concepts of moral standards and artistic expression. This colloquium explores how various segments of the American public mobilized to contain this subversive new medium, how Hollywood responded in order to preserve its creativity and markets, how formal censorship systems affected film content, and how censorship structures unraveled in the 1950s and 60s. Several landmark films will be screened.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of Instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Mr. Koppes
Credits: 3
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HIST 344 - Gender, Marriage, and Kinship in China
3-4 SS, CD, WR
A colloquium exploring the construction of gender, varieties of marriage, and conceptions of family in China from imperial times to the present. Special attention will be paid to the state’s attempts to shape ideals and enforce norms in these areas, along with the response of various groups in the society to those efforts. Counts toward the East Asian Studies Major.
Prerequisites & Notes
Recommended Preparation: HIST 105/ 106, or equivalent.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Kelley
Next offered 2007-08.
Credits: 3 to 4 hours
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HIST 345 - Social Movements in China, Late Imperial Times to the Present
3-4 SS, CD, WR
Social movements from the Qing Dynasty to the present will be analyzed using social science theories about social movements, while interrogating them in the Chinese context. Cases may include: the White Lotus Rebellion, the Taiping Revolt, the Boxer Uprising, the Communist-led Revolution, strike waves of the 1930s and 1957, the Cultural Revolution, the 1989 protests, and the Falungong protests of 1999-2000. Students will write a theoretically-informed research paper on a social movement of their choice. Counts toward the East Asian Studies Major.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr. Kelley
Next offered 2007-08.
Credits: 3 to 4 hours
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HIST 350 - Violence in Japanese History
3 SS, CD
First semester. This course uses violence as a lens to study major themes in Japanese history while deepening understanding of violence in various forms. Topics: the monopolization of violence; the relationship between violence and religion; violence and the state; legitimate/illegitimate forms of violence; ethnic violence; violence and gender; terrorism; contemporary issues of memory, national identity and victimization. Covers the entire range of Japanese history from rise of the samurai to contemporary issues of WWII memory and responsibility. Counts toward the East Asian Studies Major.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment limit: 15
Mr. Wert
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 351 - Center and Periphery in Modern Japan
3 SS, CD
Second semeseter. In this class we will explore the creation of the modern Japanese state in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and how marginal regions are involved in this process. We will also cover the nostalgia for the local, ‘lost’ Japan in the postwar period. Topics include: local vs. national histories, regional identity, changing spatial constructs and ethnic minorities. Counts toward the East Asian Studies major.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment limit: 15
Consent of Instructor required.
Mr. Wert
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 356 - The British Empire in Asia and Africa
3 SS, CD, WR
Examines origins and development
of British imperialism in Britain, India, China, and Africa, from the
17th through the 20th centuries. Common readings and individual
research projects explore issues including: What changes within
Britain, Asia, and Africa led to their incorporation within the Empire?
What resulted from their interactions? What forces culminated in the
disintegration of the Empire? Finally, what were the legacies of the
Empire for Britain and the former Asian and African colonies?
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr. Fisher
Next offered 2008-09.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 357 - Non-Violent Opposition to British Imperialism: M. Gandhi
3 SS, CD, WR
This colloquium concentrates on, but is not limited to, the life of Mohandas Gandhi. Parallel to our study of Gandhi’s life in India, England, and South Africa, we analyze indigenous Indian and European notions about issues like non-violent activism and moral and secular law. Students, through research papers, compare and contrast M. Gandhi’s conception and practice of non-violence with the strategies of other nationalists or social reformers
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Mr. Fisher
Next offered 2007-08.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 359 - On the Road in Mughal India
3SS, CD, WR
Second Semester. What was life actually like for Asian and European travelers in Mughal (16th-19th century) India? Original travel narratives by Indians, other Asians, and Europeans described the everyday experience of travel from the perspective of the particular author, her/his natal culture, and the travel narrative genre. In addition to readings about the theory and praxis of travel writing, each student undertakes a substantial research project on a select traveler and her/his narrative.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr. Fisher
Credits: 3
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HIST 360 - History of Vietnam
3-4 SS, CD, WR
First Semester. A colloquium emphasizing reading and discussion. The course will examine the history of Vietnam from the beginnings to the present. A topical approach will be taken through a variety of readings structured chronologically. Topics will cover pre-colonial history and society, colonialism and nationalism, and Vietnam’s struggle for national independence and security, in both national and international contexts. Counts toward the East Asian Studies Major.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Kelley
Credits: 3 to 4 hours
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HIST 361 - The Mexican Revolution: Birth, Life, Death
3 SS, CD, WR
Second Semester. The Mexican Revolution is widely
studied and thoroughly disputed. This seminar engages the argument by
exploring the bloody origins, institutionalization, and (perhaps)
demise of the Revolution. Whether or not the Revolution happened, it
did produce a rich historiography, as well as epic cultural artifacts.
Our analysis of the Revolution will follow the chronology of its
historiographic and cultural products. Classes will be organized and
discussions led by students
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr. Volk
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 367 - Narrating the Nation
2HU, 2SS, CD, WR
An interdisciplinary, intensive seminar which offers an analysis of the narratives through which nationalisms – both official and alternative – acquire (or are denied) credibility and authority. This discussion-centered class will examine the nationalisms of Latin America and South Asia with particular reference to those of Argentina and Mexico, India and Pakistan. Narrative theor(ies) as deployed in and by the disciplines of History and English literary studies provide the overarching critical methodologies for interdisciplinary analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of Instructor required.
Mr. Volk
Next offered 2007-2008.
Credits: 4
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HIST 371 - The Russian Intelligentsia in the Late Imperial Period
3 SS
This course examines the social and cultural
construction of the Russian intelligentsia, its self-identity, and its
intellectual products. We will read some of the great works of social,
political and literary commentary on such topics as the
Slavophile-Westernizer debates, nihilism and populism, Social Democracy
and the “worker question”, liberalism, the crisis of values at the turn
of the century. Readings will include works by Turgenev, Dostoevsky,
Tolstoy, Lenin.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Ms. Hogan
Next offered 2008-09.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 377 - Russia in Asia
3 SS, CD, WRi
Beginning with the interaction of sedentary and
nomadic peoples on the Eurasian steppe, this course studies the
relationship between Muscovy/Russia and the cultures, religions and
polities of Central Asia. Topics include: patterns of colonization and
conquest; imperial policy toward various Muslim peoples; 19
th century rivalry between Russia and Britain;
Turco-Mongolian political traditions; Perso-Islamic cultural and
religious influences; and oasis economies of the region.
Prerequisites & Notes
HIST 107/108. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Ms. Hogan
Next offered 2008-09.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 379 - Stalinism
3 SS, CD, WR
First Semester. This course explores in depth
the origins and nature of Stalinism and focuses in particular on recent
historiographical approaches to the study to Stalinism. Among the
topics to be explored are everyday life under Stalin, the literature of
personal experience, and the impact of the 2nd World War on Soviet
society.
Prerequisites & Notes
Note: Suggested preparation HIST 108.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Ms. Hogan
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 395 - Method in Modern European History
3 SS, WR
An advanced historiographical colloquium exploring the paradigms underpinning the writing of European history since the 19th century. Particular varieties of history to be read include: ‘scientific,’ Romantic, and nationalist approaches to history; the Annales School; Marxist history; the evolution of “political” history; feminist history; and contemporary cultural history. Frequent presentations and short papers.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: HIST 102 or equivalent. Note: This course is designed for, but not limited to, junior history majors.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Smith
Next offered 2008-09.
Credits: 3 hours
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HIST 442 - Democracy and Human Rights in China
3-4 SS, CD, WR
Seminar exploring democracy and human rights in Chinese political culture, 19th century to the present. Readings include primary materials in translation, which will provide resources for individual research projects. Topics include, but are not limited to, constructions of “democracy”; “human rights” in cross-cultural context; the status of “minority” peoples and Tibet; and the “Democracy Movement” of the 1970s and 1980s. Counts toward the East Asian Studies Major.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Kelley
Next offered 2007-08.
Credits: 3 to 4 hours
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HIST 501 - Senior Honors
1-4 SS
First Semester. The goal of the seminar is to provide a forum for
discussing progress and problems in carrying out honors projects, and
to establish a sense of shared enterprise among honors students.
Discussions will include methodology, research methods, and progress
reports on individual projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent by department invitation.
Mr. Smith
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
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HIST 502 - Senior Honors
1-4 SS
Second Semester. The goal of the seminar is to provide a forum for discussing progress and problems in carrying out honors projects, and to establish a sense of shared enterprise among honors students. Discussions will include methodology, research methods, and progress reports on individual projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent by department invitation.
Mr. Kelley
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
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HIST 995 - Private Reading
.5-3 SS
Independent study of a subject beyond the range of catalog course offerings. Private readings will be sponsored by Ms. Abend, Mr. Baumann, Ms. Dye, Mr. Fisher, Ms. Hogan, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Kornblith , Mr. Koppes, Ms. Lasser, Ms. Magnus, Ms. Sammartino, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Volk.
Private readings and Honors information is on the History web site at www.oberlin.edu/history and the Registrar’s page at www.oberlin.edu/regist. Available faculty members are listed on these sites as well.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of Instructor required.
Credits: .5 to 3 hours
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ITAL 101 - Beginning Italian I
5HU, CD
First Semester. Taught in Italian. Acquisition of the fundamentals of grammar and pronunciation with an emphasis on elements of grammar. The course is designed for beginners and no previous experience or study of Italian is anticipated.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 22 (11 places for Conservatory students).
Ms. Di Siena
Credits: 5 hours
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ITAL 102 - Beginning Italian II
5 HU, CD
Second Semester. Taught in Italian. Continuation of ITAL 101 completing coverage of grammar with an emphasis on reading, writing, conversation, and general oral skills.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ITAL 101 or consent of instructor or appropriate score on placement test.
Enrollment Limit: 22 (11 places for Conservatory students).
Ms. Di Siena
Credits: 5 hours
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ITAL 995 - Private Reading
.5-3HU, CD
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Credits: .5 to 3 hours
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JAPN 101 - Elementary Japanese I
5 HU, CD
First Semester. First-year Japanese. An introduction to basic
grammar, sentence patterns, and vocabulary of the modern language.
Attention to the written component of modern Japanese will include the
hiragana and katakana syllabaries, as well as kanji. This course is
designed for students with no previous knowledge of Japanese. No
auditors. See instructor for correct placement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Ms. Kurasawa, Ms. Koizumi
Credits: 5 hours
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JAPN 102 - Elementary Japanese II
5 HU, CD
Second Semester. First-year Japanese. An introduction to basic grammar, sentence patterns, and vocabulary of the modern language. Attention to the written component of modern Japanese will include the hiragana and katakana syllabaries, as well as kanji. No auditors. See instructor for correct placement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 101 or consent of instructor.
Enrollment Limit: 25.
Ms. Selden, Ms. Koizumi
Credits: 5 hours
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JAPN 116 - Traditional Japanese Literature in Translation
3 HU, CD, WR
First Semester. This course explores major genres of Japanese literature including myths, poetry, tales, diaries, drama, etc. The approach is chronological from earliest times to the mid-nineteenth century, placing the literature in historical and social context. Course format is lecture and discussion based on readings and films. No prior knowledge of Japanese language or history is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 35.
Ms. Sherif
Next Offered: 2007-08
Credits: 3 hours
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JAPN 118 - Modern Japanese Literature in Translation
3 HU, CD, WR
Second Semester. This course is an introduction to the rich body of
Japanese literary and cinematic tradition of Japan from the nineteenth
century to the present, Texts may include literary works by
Murakami Haruki, Higuchi Ichiyo, Tanizaki Jun’ichiro, Natsume Soseki,
Oe Kenzaburo, avant-garde cinema, anime, the film of Kurosawa Akira,
Mizoguchi Kenji, and Ozu Yasujiro, haiku, renga, and free verse poetry.
We will explore issues of style, influence, and national
literature/film against the backdrop of cultural and political history,
and investigate the reception of these works in relation to ideas
of gender, aesthetics, and nationalism. No knowledge of Japanese
language required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 35.
Ms. Sherif
Credits: 3 hours
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JAPN 177 - Japanese Noh Theater Workshop
1 HU, CD New Course Added 10/24/2006
Second Semester. This one-credit, first module course focuses on Japan’s traditional Noh theater. Requirements include attending a Noh theater performance by a troupe from Japan in February on campus, attending lectures and films on Japanese theater in the weeks prior to the performance, participation in a movement or music workshop with the visiting troupe, and a final paper or performance video.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of the instructor required.
Enrollment limit: 25
Ms. Sherif
Credits: 1 Credit
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JAPN 201 - Intermediate Japanese I
5 HU, CD
First Semester. Second-year Japanese. Primary emphasis on the development of oral skills and secondary emphasis on reading skills. Students will continue to learn basic grammatical patterns, expand vocabulary, and improve communicative skills in modern Japanese through oral-aural drills and exercises.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN l02 or consent of instructor.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Ms. Koizumi, Ms. Sherif
Credits: 5 hours
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JAPN 202 - Intermediate Japanese II
5 HU, CD
Second Semester. Second-year Japanese. Primary emphasis on the development of oral skills and secondary emphasis on reading skills. Students will continue to learn basic grammatical patterns, expand vocabulary, and improve communicative skills in modern Japanese through oral-aural drills and exercises.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 201 or consent of instructor.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Ms. Kurasawa, Ms. Koizumi
Credits: 5 hours
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JAPN 301 - Japanese Reading and Conversation I
3 HU, CD
First Semester. Third-year Japanese. This course seeks to reinforce the vocabulary and grammatical patterns learned in the first two years and to improve speaking and reading skills through task-oriented conversational practices, reading practices, and group discussion. Conducted in Japanese.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 202 or consent of instructor.
Ms. Selden
Credits: 3 hours
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JAPN 302 - Japanese Reading and Conversation II
3 HU, CD
Second Semester. Third-year Japanese. This course seeks to reinforce the vocabulary and grammatical patterns learned in the first two years and to improve speaking and reading skills through task-oriented conversational practices, reading practices, and group discussion. Conducted in Japanese.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 301 or consent of instructor.
Ms. Kurasawa
Credits: 3 hours
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JAPN 365 - The Tale of Genji Past and Present
3 HU, CD, WR New Course Added 10/24/2006
Second Semester. Why does this Japanese tale by an aristocratic woman still seduce, dismay, and surprise readers a millennium after its first telling? What are the thematic concerns and stylistic features, politics, and constructions of gender that have inspired countless allusions, parodies, adaptations, and translations?
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: Prior course work in Literary studies or East Asian Studies
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment limit: 12
Ms. Selden
Credits: 3 Credits
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JAPN 401 - Advanced Japanese I
3 HU, CD
First Semester. Fourth-year Japanese. This course is intended primarily for students who have completed a period of study in Japan. It seeks to further improve speaking, reading, and writing skills through the use of authentic reading materials, group discussion, and writing exercises. Materials are taken from modern literary works. Conducted in Japanese.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 302 or consent of instructor.
Ms. Kurasawa
Credits: 3 hours
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JAPN 402 - Advanced Japanese II
3 HU, CD
Second Semester. Fourth-year Japanese. This course is intended primarily for students who have completed a period of study in Japan. It seeks to further improve speaking, reading, and writing skills through the use of authentic reading materials, group discussion, and writing exercises. Readings are taken from newspapers, magazines, and other media. Conducted in Japanese.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAPN 401 or consent of instructor.
Ms. Sherif
Credits: 3 hours
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JAPN 500 - Capstone Project
0 HU
Prerequisites & Notes
Note: P/NP or CR/NE grading only. Consent of instructor required.
Credits: 0 hours
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JAPN 995 - Private Reading
.5-3 HU, CD
Independent study of a Japanese subject beyond the range of catalog course offerings.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Credits: .5 to 3 hours
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JAZZ 100 - Jazz Aural Skills
Second Semester. A one-semester course in aural perception devoted to the study of rhythm, scales, melody, harmony, and forms idiomatic to jazz, through sight singing, dictation, and programmed instruction.
Prerequisites & Notes
May be taken concurrently with MUTH 101 (Aural Skills I)
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 25
Mr. Ferrazza
Credits: 2 hours
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JAZZ 110 - Jazz Keyboard
Second Semester. Designed for musicians whose major instrument is other than piano. Content includes chord symbol interpretation, cycles, sequences, turnarounds, and elementary improvisational concepts.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: piano proficiency, which may be satisfied either by successful completion of two semesters of APST 110-111 (Piano Class) or by audition for waiver.
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 8
Mr. Wall
Credits: 2 hours
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JAZZ 120 - Jazz Theory
First Semester. Designed to acquaint students with rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and structural aspects of improvised music, including chord/scale relationships, common chord progressions, chord voicing and harmonization, chord substitution and reharmonizations, melodic transformation, and modal mixture and chromaticism. Emphasis will be placed on the development of analytical and writing skills within the context of such forms as the blues and song forms.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 25
Mr. Ferrazza
Credits: 3 hours
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JAZZ 121 - Jazz Theory
Second Semester. Designed to acquaint students with rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and structural aspects of improvised music, including chord/scale relationships, common chord progressions, chord voicing and harmonization, chord substitution and reharmonizations, melodic transformation, and modal mixture and chromaticism. Emphasis will be placed on the development of analytical and writing skills within the context of such forms as the blues and song forms.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 25
Mr. Ferrazza
Credits: 3 hours
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JAZZ 130 - Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques
First Semester. Designed to develop writing and arranging skills for
various instrumental/vocal combinations. The course will include jazz
chord symbology and terminology and basic voicings and scoring methods
for brass, reeds, and rhythm instruments. Not intended for Jazz
Composition majors. Alternates with JAZZ 160, 161.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: MUTH 132. JAZZ 130 is prerequisite to JAZZ 131. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr. Logan
Credits: 2 hours
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JAZZ 131 - Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques
Second Semester. Designed to develop writing and arranging skills for
various instrumental/vocal combinations. The course will include jazz
chord symbology and terminology, basic voicings and scoring methods for
brass, reeds, and rhythm instruments.
Prerequisites & Notes
Not intended for Jazz Composition majors
Alternates with JAZZ 160, 161
Prerequisite: MUTH 132. JAZZ 130 is prerequisite to JAZZ 131
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 15
Mr. Logan
Credits: 2 hours
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JAZZ 150 - Jazz Improvisation I
First Semester. A course in the technique and performance practice of jazz improvisation, covering the period 1935-60. The course includes historical investigation, transcriptions, aural analysis, rhythmic, harmonic and melodic technical studies, and repertoire development. Additional outside listening is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: Proficiency on a musical instrument; knowledge of scales, key signatures, intervals, and chords
Admission by audition
Required ensemble affiliation
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 15
Mr. Dominguez
Credits: 3 hours
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JAZZ 151 - Jazz Improvisation II
Second Semester. A course in the technique and performance practice of jazz improvisation, covering the period 1935-60. The course includes historical investigation, transcriptions, aural analysis, rhythmic, harmonic and melodic technical studies, and repertoire development. Additional outside listening is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: Proficiency on a musical instrument; knowledge of scales, key signatures, intervals, and chords
Admission by audition
Required ensemble affiliation
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 15
Mr. Dominguez
Credits: 3 hours
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JAZZ 250 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation III
First Semester. A continuation of concepts introduced in JAZZ 150, 151 (Jazz Improvisation) and an introduction to more recent improvisational concepts such as absence of a pulse, panmeter, and polymeter.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAZZ 150, 151 (Jazz Improvisation)
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 15
Mr. Belgrave
Credits: 3 hours
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JAZZ 251 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation IV
Second Semester. A continuation of concepts introduced in JAZZ 150, 151 (Jazz Improvisation) and an introduction to more recent improvisational concepts such as absence of a pulse, panmeter, and polymeter.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAZZ 150, 151 (Jazz Improvisation)
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 15
Mr. Belgrave
Credits: 3 hours
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JAZZ 290 - Introduction to African American Music
CD
First Semester. The first semester of a one-year survey
of musical styles and forms cultivated by African Americans. First
semester includes West African music and West African continuity in the
American, early African American instrumental-vocal forms, and the
social implications of African American music. Second semester includes
later instrumental and vocal music (jazz, blues, rhythm and blues,
gospel, soul, etc.) and important composers and performers of works in
extended forms.
Prerequisites & Notes
Cross listed with AAST 171 and MHST 290
Offered alternate years
Enrollment Limit: 50
Mr. Logan
[Next offered 2007 - 2008]
Credits: 3 hours
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JAZZ 291 - Introduction to African American Music
First Semester. A one-year survey of musical styles and forms
cultivated by African Americans. First semester includes West African
music and West African continuity in the American, early African
American instrumental-vocal forms, and the social implications of
African American music. Second semester includes later instrumental and
vocal music (jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, gospel, soul, etc.) and
important composers and performers of works in extended forms.
Prerequisites & Notes
Cross listed with AAST 172 and MHST 291
Offered alternate years
Enrollment Limit: 50
Mr. Logan
Credits: 3 hours
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JAZZ 380 - Special Topic: The Jazz Avant Garde
Second Semester. A study of post-bebop projections in American improvised music, beginning with the first sustained developments and reactions to metrically and harmonically confined styles. The course will focus on the philosophical bases of this music (the so-called: “new thing,” avantgarde jazz, “creative music,” etc.), the emergence of new forms, musical content (and the implications for newer improvisational resources and approaches), the changed (and the changing) contexts in which this music was/is performed, and important practitioners and their music.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAZZ 291. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Mr. Logan
Credits: 2 to 3 hours
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JAZZ 700 - Jazz Ensemble—Large Group
First and Second Semester. The ensemble performs a variety of large
ensemble literature ranging from the music of Fletcher Henderson and
Duke Ellington to the master composers of the present.
Prerequisites & Notes
Consent of instructor required. Admission by audition.
Enrollment Limit: 22.
Mr. Logan
Credits: 1 hour
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JAZZ 803 - Jazz Ensemble—Small Group
First and Second Semester. Groups of 4-9 players. Emphasis will be placed on the performance of a variety of literature and may include writing transcriptions, arrangements and compositions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Recommended to be taken concurrently with JAZZ 150, 151
Attendance at the Jazz Forums and 2 one-hour rehearsals (one with the faculty instructor) a week are required
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 25
Staff
Credits: 1 hour
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JWST 101 - Modern Hebrew I
3 HU, CD
First Semester. This is a course in modern, conversational Hebrew, geared to beginners. It emphasizes basic vocabulary, grammar, and idiomatic expression in interactive classroom activities and through assigned exercises to develop students’ aural and reading comprehension and basic spoken expression.
Prerequisites & Notes
Note: Registration open but admission and placement determined by the instructor
Enrollment Limit: 20
Ms. Yungster
Credits: 3 hours
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JWST 102 - Modern Hebrew II
3 HU, CD
Second Semester. Modern, conversational Hebrew geared to upper level beginners who have successfully completed Hebrew 101 or its equivalent.
Prerequisites & Notes
Notes: Registration open but admission and placement determined by the instructor.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Ms. Youngster
Credits: 3 hours
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JWST 131 - Jewish History from Biblical Antiquity to 1492
3 SS, CD, WR
First Semester. Survey of Jewish history from biblical origins through the medieval period in Christian and Islamic realms. Covers biblical society, ideas, and literature; Hellenistic and Roman rule in Judea; Jewish sects of the Second Temple period, including early Christianity; emergence and development of rabbinic Judaism; Jewish political attitudes toward non-Jews and the authorities; Christianity and Islam and the Jews; community and family; medieval Jew-hatred and Jewish responses during the Crusades, expulsions, popular judeophobia. Identical to HIST 131.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Ms. Magnus
Credits: 3 hours
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JWST 132 - Jewish History from the Spanish Expulsion to the Present
3 SS, CD, WR
Second Semester. Survey of Jewish history, 1492-present. Focuses on the challenges of Jewish modernity in Europe, the US, and the Middle East. Covers the end of traditional society and emerging modernity in the experience of Marranos, mystics, messiahs, secular Jews and religious reformers; the struggle for legal equality and social acceptance; family and economics; assimilation and cultural revival; antisemitism and Jewish responses; Zionism; Jewish socialism; the Shoah; founding of Israel. Identical to HIST 132.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Ms. Magnus
Credits: 3 hours
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JWST 150 - Introduction to Judaism
3 HU, CD, WR
First Semester. A theoretical introduction to Judaism as a religious system. Special attention will be paid to the historical development of the religion through interpretation of traditional texts and ritual practices.
Prerequisites & Notes
Cross referenced with RELG 250.
Enrollment Limit: 40
Mr. Raviv
Credits: 3 hours
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JWST 195 - Not in the Heavens: A History of Jewish Secular Thought
1 HU New Course Added 12/06/2006
Second Semester, First Module Mini Course. Jews have played a central role in the story of modern secularism, but there is a specific character to Jewish secularism as a response to the Jewish tradition. This course will examine varieties of Jewish secularism by looking at a series of topics: God, Bible, History, Politics and Culture. Among the thinkers we will consider are: Baruch Spinoza, Solomon Maimon, Heinrich Heine, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Ahad Ha-am and M.Y. Berdichevsky.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mr. Biale
Credits: 1 Credit
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JWST 205 - Hebrew Bible and its Ancient Near Eastern Context
3 HU, CD
First Semester. An introduction to the literature and history of ancient Israel as contained within the Hebrew Bible and to the methods of interpretation used by modern scholars to understand this ancient text. This course introduces the student to the skill of a close and critical reading of ancient texts and of modern scholarly interpretations of those texts. Thematic emphases will include the emergence of monotheism, the divine/human relationship, the mediation of priest, prophet and king, and issues of canon. This course is identical to RELG 205.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 40.
Ms. Chapman
Next offered in 2007-2008
Credits: 3 hours
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JWST 208 - New Testament and Christian Origins
3HU, WR New Course added 05/12/2006
Second Semester. An introduction to the academic study of the New Testament in its ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts. This course explores early Christian writings as Jewish sectarian literature and as early Christian foundational scripture. Thematic emphases include: the diversity of early Christian writings, Christianity within first-century Judaisms, the evolution of the Jesus narrative, and the rise of institutional Christianity. No previous knowledge of the New Testament is assumed. Identical to RELG 208.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 40
Mr. Barnes
Credits: 3 Hours
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JWST 233 - Jewish Memoirs and Memory: Writing the Self in Jewish Society
3-4SS, CD, WR
Second Semester. Explores the focus on group memory in traditional Jewish culture and the emergence of writing about the self and individual Jewish experience. Selected memoirs from Europe and the US from early Jewish modernity to the present, studying motivation for writing, intended and actual audience, gender and class in memory and writing, the relationship between personal and group experience, memoirs as sources of Jewish history.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 25.
Ms. Magnus
Credits: 3-4 hours
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JWST 235 - East European Jewry: 1772-1939: Adaptation, Innovation, and Crisis
3SS, CD, WR
First Semester. This course explores the transformation of East European Jewry from the partitions of Poland through the rise of the Soviet Union and the facsist regimes of interwar Poland. Studies include: the Musar and Jewish enlightenment movements; government Jewry policies and Jewish responses; economic and demographic change; Jewish nationalism, Jewish socialism; Jewish political parties and strategies; the birth of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature; massive emigration; and Jewish strategies under overtly anti-Jewish regimes in the interwar period.
Prerequisites & Notes
Identical to HIST 235.
Enrollment Limit: 40
Ms. Magnus
Next offered in 2007-2008
Credits: 3 Hours
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JWST 237 - Women in Jewish Society, Antiquity to Modernity
3 SS, CD, WR
First Semester. Topics in Jewish women’s history from antiquity to the 20th century, examining “normative” constructions of women’s roles, idealized constructions of Jewish maleness and femaleness, and realities of gendered behavior. Using rabbinic and communal materials, women’s letters, memoirs and rituals, explores family and power relations between women and men; women’s economic functions and power; women, men, and religion; transformation of roles in modernity; gendered responses to persecution; feminism. Identical to HIST 237.
Prerequisites & Notes
Cross referenced with HIST 237.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Ms. Magnus
Credits: 3 hours
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JWST 253 - God and Holocaust in Jewish Theology
3 HU New Course added 04/20/2006
First Semester. Had Judaism believed in a Satan who solely authored its predicaments, the Holocaust would undeniably constitute his masterpiece. Jewish Monotheism, however, overrules any demonic governance by strictly professing God’s absolute dominion – a theological premise which left many confounded in wake of this unprecedented calamity. This course critically examines such perplexities and the theological routes taken toward their resolution by survivors and thinkers who sought a clear vision of divinity through the smoking speculum called ‘Shoah’. Identical to RELG 253.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit 30.
Mr. Raviv.
Credits: 3 Credits
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JWST 258 - Introduction to the Talmud: Argument and Interpretation
3 HU, CD, WR
Second Semester. The Talmud is a sprawling multi-volume compendium of rigorous legal argument, ingenious and fanciful biblical interpretations, rabbinic anecdotes, jokes, and deep moral and theological investigations. Compiled between 200 and 600 CE, it has been the most important generative force in Jewish religion and culture for the following two millennia. Exemplary texts will be studied (in English translation) with an emphasis on developing students’ skills in close reading and critical discussion.
Prerequisites & Notes
Identical to RELG 258.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Mr. Socher
Credits: 3 hours
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JWST 306 - Germans and Jews
3-4SS, CD, WR
Second Semester. Focuses on cultural hybridity: how Jews in Germany emerged from mental and cultural as well as physical ghettos, and constructed an identity that was both Jewish and German; on the creativity, tensions, hopes of that stance and its resonance in larger German society. Studies German policies and attitudes to Jews; trends in German Jewish society, family and culture; attitudes to east European Jews; German Jew-hatred and Jewish responses; how the Jewish case sheds light on modern German history.
Prerequisites & Notes
Identical to HIST 306.
Consent of the instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 15
Ms. Magnus
Credits: 3-4 hours
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JWST 355 - The Mystical Experience in Judaism
3 HU New Course added 04/20/2006
First Semester. Popular discourse seems to have always used Jewish Mysticism (Kabbalah) as a buzzword without much clarity behind its meaning. This advanced seminar encounters Kabbalah as an evolving edifice whose theories and practices both complemented and revolutionized traditional Judaism: sifting carefully through various sources and engaging them critically, this seminar offers the needed subsoil to systematically unpack the major concepts of Jewish mystical thought, and charts the historical and conceptual maps necessary for its broader appreciation.
Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit 12.
Mr. Raviv.
Credits: 3 Credits
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JWST 500 - Honors
1-3HU, CD
Students wishing to do Honors in Jewish Studies during their final year should consult their Major Advisor and/or JWST Program Chair, submitting a Proposal by the established deadline in the year prior to proposed Honors work. Details about JWST Honors are in the front matter of this catalog and on the JWST website. Consent of the Program chair is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Projects sponsored by Ms. Magnus (First and Second Semester) or Mr. Socher (Second Semester).
Consent of instructor required.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
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JWST 500A - Honors
501. Honors Project
1-3SS, CD
Students wishing to do Honors in Jewish Studies during their final year should consult their Major Advisor and/or JWST Program Chair, submitting a Proposal by the established deadline in the year prior to proposed Honors work. Details about JWST Honors are in the front matter of this catalog and on the JWST website. Consent of the Program required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Projects sponsored by Ms. Magnus (First and Second Semester) or Mr. Socher (Second Semester). Consent of instructor required.
Credits: 1-3
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JWST 995 - Private Reading
995. Private Reading
1-3 HU, CD
Prerequisites & Notes
Projects sponsored by Ms. Magnus (First and Second Semester) or Mr. Socher (Second Semester). Consent of instructor required
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
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JWST 995A - Private Reading
1-3SS, CD
Prerequisites & Notes
Projects sponsored by Ms. Magnus (First and Second Semester) and Mr. Socher (Second Semester). Consent of instructor required.
Credits: 1-3
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LANG 100 - English Diction
First Semester. A study of English language sounds as they relate to singing and speaking with emphasis on the fundamentals of phonetics and sound production.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is a prerequisite for all other diction courses. Preference is given to students for whom this course is a requirement. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 25.
Ms. Mahy
Credits: 2 hours
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LANG 101 - Italian Diction
Second Semester. The fundamentals of phonetics and sound production as applied to singing and speaking in Italian.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: LANG 100 (English Diction), one semester of Elementary Italian or equivalent. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr. Champagne
Credits: 1 hour
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LANG 200 - German Diction
Second Semester. The fundamentals of phonetics and sound production as applied to singing and speaking in German.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: LANG 100 (English Diction), one semester of German or equivalent. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Ms. Mahy
Credits: 1 hour
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LANG 201 - French Diction
Second Semester. The fundamentals of phonetics and sound production as applied to singing and speaking in French.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: LANG 100 (English Diction), one semester of French or equivalent. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Ms. Mahy
Credits: 1 hour
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