Sections offered SPRING 2024: #13663 MARCO ARNAUDO TuTh 1:15-2:30 pm HU 108 The class analyzes the topic of military leadership and its applications to civilian contexts such as business and management. We read classic works by military thinkers such as Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, and Clausewitz, and we focus on the issue of leadership. How do these thinkers conceive of leadership? How… Read more »
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HON-H 234 The Agnostic Bible
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #30943 HERBERT MARKS W 4:10-6:40 pm GY 1042 There is arguably no book of world literature that has been more embroidered, distorted, and misread than the Hebrew Bible. As the ultimate source of Jewish law and the foundation of Christian theology, it is held up even today as a moral… Read more »
HON-H 234 Climate Change Fiction
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #9914 GARETH EVANS TuTh 11:30am-12:45 pm HU 111 Reading List Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower. Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves. Amitav Ghosh, Gun Island. Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future. Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones. Excerpts from the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA). NOTE: Please buy real copies of each of the books…. Read more »
HON-H 234 Literature of the Holocaust
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #4938 ALVIN ROSENFELD TuTh 3:00-4:15 pm BH 331 Among the most compelling literatures of our day is that which records and seeks to interpret the Nazi war of genocide against the Jews. This course will introduce students to this literature and encourage them to reflect upon many of the profound… Read more »
HON-H 233 The Golden Age of European Cinemas
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #34006 VINCENT BOUCHARD MW 1:15-2:30 pm LI 048 and HU 217 Monday class meets in Wells library screening room (048); Wednesday class meets in HU 217 Taking a comparative, transnational approach, this course offers an overview of European cinema as an evolving art and as a means of tracing the evolution of… Read more »
HON-H 233 Tragedy: When Life Imitates Art
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #12152 HALL BJORNSTAD MW 9:45-11:00 am HU 217 What do we mean when we say that an event is “tragic”? Is a death more tragic if it is the result of a murder than if it happened by accident or from natural causes? Do we say it is “tragic” in… Read more »
HON-H 233 Young Adult Fiction
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #7228 GARETH EVANS MW 1:15-2:30 pm HU 111 Young Adult Fiction (YAF) is all the rage these days. While roughly 3,000 Young Adult titles were published in 1997, 10,276 were published in 2012. What’s more, YAF is being bought and read by adults as well as young adults. The term… Read more »
HON-H 233 Young Adult Fiction
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #6531 GARETH EVANS MW 11:30am-12:45 pm HU 108 Young Adult Fiction (YAF) is all the rage these days. While roughly 3,000 Young Adult titles were published in 1997, 10,276 were published in 2012. What’s more, YAF is being bought and read by adults as well as young adults. The term… Read more »
HON-H 232 The Art and Skill of Writing
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #30937 POLLY GRAHAM TuTh 4:45-6:00 pm HU 108 HON‐H 232 Meaningful Writing: The Art & Skill of Written Communication will refine and enhance skills in written communication. We will read, analyze, and appraise a range of prose and poetry as a means of informing writing style and technique. We will… Read more »
HON-H 232 Beauty and the Self
Sections offered SPRING 2024: #30887 EMILY ESOLA TuTh 9:45-11:00 am HU 108 As experienced navigators of the image-saturated space of social media, members of Gen-Z have a sophisticated understanding of how pervasive beauty standards in our visual culture influence our self-perception. Collectively, Gen-Z has been vocal in opposing individuals or organizations that perpetuate unrealistic… Read more »