Graduate Courses

Spring 2023

AN N EA C223B – Coptic
Lecture: Lec 1
Units: 5
Instructor(s): Winnerman, J.P.
Course Description: Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course C223A. Introduction to Coptic, final phase of Egyptian language, which is attested in writing from circa 300 to 1400 CE. Introduction to variety of Coptic textual genres, from hagiographies to homilies, magical spells, private letters, legal contracts, and Gnostic Gospels found in Nag Hammadi. Readings in texts in dialects other than Sahidic (Bohairic, Fayumic, Akhmimic). Concurrently scheduled with course C123B. S/U or letter grading.

ART HIS C217B – Selected Topics in Medieval Art
Lecture: Lec 1
Units: 4
Instructor(s): Cohen, M.M.
Course Description: Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in medieval art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C117B. S/U or letter grading.

CHIN 211B – Seminar: Classical Chinese Poetry
Seminar: Sem 1
Units: 4
Instructor(s): Mai, H.
Multi-Term Class
Course Description: Seminar, three hours. Preparation: reading knowledge of literary Chinese. Topics rotate among major textual traditions and chronological periods. Emphasis on philological, critical, and historical approaches. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Letter grading.

CLASSIC 220A – Interfaces: Transmission of Roman Literature
Seminar: Sem 1
Units: 2.0/4.0 Alternate
Instructor(s): Culik-Baird, H.
Course Description: Seminar, three hours. Examination of transmission of Latin classical literature in late antiquity, Middle Ages, and Renaissance to understand processes by which Latin literature has been preserved. S/U (2-unit course) or letter (4-unit course) grading.

ENGL 244 – Old and Medieval English Literature
Seminar: Sem 1
Units: 4
Instructor(s): Chism, C.N.
Course Description: Seminar, four hours. Studies in poetry and prose of Old and medieval English literature; limits of investigation set by individual instructor. May be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.

FRNCH 217 – 17th Century
Lecture: Lec 1
Units: 4
Instructor(s): Burns, R.J.
Course Description: Lecture, three hours. Readings in 17th-century literature studied within historical, cultural, and literary contexts. S/U or letter grading.

GREEK 240A – History of Greek Language
Lecture: Lec 1
Units: 2.0/4.0 Alternate
Instructor(s): Vine, B.H.
Course Description: Lecture, four hours. Course 240A is requisite to 240B. Linguistic history of classical Greek. S/U or letter grading.

HEBREW 220 – Studies in Hebrew Biblical Literature
Seminar: Sem 1
Units: 4
Instructor(s): Schniedewind, W.M.
Course Description: Seminar, three hours. Critical study of Hebrew texts in relation to major versions; philological, comparative, literary, and historical study of various biblical books. May be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.

HIST 201B – Topics in History: Ancient Rome: Persecution and Defiance: Religious Minorities in Roman World, 200-700 CE
Seminar: Sem 1
Units: 4
Instructor(s): Woolf, G.
Course Description: Seminar, three hours. Graduate course involving reading, lecturing, and discussion of selected topics. May be repeated for credit. When concurrently scheduled with course 191, undergraduates must obtain consent of instructor to enroll. S/U or letter grading.
Class Description: Study looks at treatment of Christians, Jews, Manichaeans, and heretic and pagan minorities in later Roman empire, roughly from 2nd to 7th centuries CE. Consideration through case studies and documents focused on Roman lands, but study glances at similar phenomena in Gothic and Vandal territory in Arabia and Persian Empire. This is age of rise of monotheisms and empires across much of western Asia and modern Europe. Most contained minority populations identified and identifying themselves in religious terms. It is also age documented through accounts of martyrdom, and edicts of persecution and (occasionally) of toleration. It has been focus of important new research by scholars such as Kate Cooper, Garth Fowden, Candida Moss, Eric Rebillard, and Brent Shaw. Study sponsored by CMRS Center for Early Global Studies.

HIST 201D – Topics in History: Early Modern Europe: Classical Social Philosophy and Early Modern Political Theory
Seminar: Sem 1
Units: 4
Instructor(s): Stacey, P.J.
Course Description: Seminar, three hours. Graduate course involving reading, lecturing, and discussion of selected topics. May be repeated for credit. When concurrently scheduled with course 191, undergraduates must obtain consent of instructor to enroll. S/U or letter grading.
Class Description: Exploration of intellectual life of classical theories of societas in early modern political thought. Study begins in texts of ancient Roman philosophy–works of Cicero and, more importantly, moral treatises of Stoic philosopher Seneca; then to revival of interest in their ideas about human and civil society in post-classical Europe among Renaissance and early modern political theorists. By 16th century, Seneca’s doctrines about social effects of liberality upon political life had become sufficiently prominent in Renaissance political thinking to preoccupy Machiavelli throughout his writings. In England, Stoic thesis of originary communism is important source of More’s sociopolitical philosophy in Utopia. And from pages of Hobbes to those of Hume, Seneca’s emphasis on indispensability of gratitude to successful human relations continued to command considerable reverence. Study designed to excavate history of this current of thought in European intellectual life.

JAPAN 297A – Seminar: Premodern Japan
Seminar: Sem 1
Units: 4
Instructor(s): Duthie, T.
Course Description: Seminar, three hours. Selected topics on premodern Japan. Letter grading.

KOREA C250 – Korean Literature in Translation: Classical
Lecture: Lec 1
Units: 4
Instructor(s): Park, H.
Course Description: Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Korean not required. Survey of premodern Korean literature from beginning to 19th century. Concurrently scheduled with course C150. S/U or letter grading.

PORTGSE M205A – Development of Portuguese and Spanish Languages
Lecture: Lec 1
Units: 4
Instructor(s): Quicoli, A.C.
This is a multiple-listed class: Portuguese (PORTGSE) M205A – Development of Portuguese and Spanish Languages; Spanish (SPAN) M205A – Development of Portuguese and Spanish Languages
Course Description: (Same as Spanish M205A.) Lecture, three hours. Intensive study of historical development of Portuguese and Spanish languages from their origin in spoken Latin.

RUSSN 204 – Introduction to History of Russian Literary Language
Lecture: Lec 1
Units: 4
Instructor(s): The Staff
Course Description: Lecture, three hours. Requisites: course 220A, Slavic 201. Required for MA (linguistics) and PhD (literature). Evolution of literary Russian from 11th to 20th century. Analysis of texts. S/U or letter grading.

SPAN M205A – Development of Portuguese and Spanish Languages
Lecture: Lec 1
Units: 4
Instructor(s): Quicoli, A.C.
This is a multiple-listed class: Portuguese (PORTGSE) M205A – Development of Portuguese and Spanish Languages; Spanish (SPAN) M205A – Development of Portuguese and Spanish Languages.
Course Description: (Same as Portuguese M205A.) Lecture, three hours. Intensive study of historical development of Portuguese and Spanish languages from their origin in spoken Latin,