REECAS COURSE LIST | WINTER 2023
November 1, 2022
Area Courses
AREA COURSES
JACKSON SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
JSIS 478 SPEC TOPICS GLOBAL (SSc)
JSIS 478 SPEC TOPICS GLOBAL (SSc)
16267 F MW 0230-420 SMI 307 Senderovich,S
GLOBAL LITERATURES *** ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT FOR UNDERSTANDING TODAY'S WORLD. FOCUSES ON SHORT NOVELS BY AUTHORS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, COUNTRIES AND LANGUAGES THAT TACKLE SOME OF THE PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR TIME: LEGACIES OF COLONIALIS REFUGEE CRISES AND GLOBAL MIGRATION ENVIRONMENTAL/CLIMATE CATASTROPHE AS WELL AS QUESTIONS OF GENDER, CLASS AND RACIAL IDENTITIES AROUND THE WORLD. READINGS IN ENGLISH.
Offered with C LIT 496 A
JSIS 488 SPEC TOPICS EUROPE (SSc)
JSIS 495 TASK FORCE (W,SSc)
JSIS 495 TASK FORCE (W,SSc)
JSIS A 416 NATO (SSc)
Explores the history of NATO since 1949. Case studies include German unification; evolving security relationship between NATO, the USSR, and its successor states; process of NATO enlargement; emergence of human rights as a priority in NATO"s security interactions with non-member states; and NATO's role in ethno-nationalist-religious conflicts in the Balkans.
JSIS A 515 REECAS THESIS SEM II
Seminar to complete draft of master's thesis. Some use of relevant language required. Required of all second-year MAIS students. Offered: W.
JSIS A 516 NATO
Explores the history of NATO since 1949. Case studies include German unification; evolving security relationship between NATO, the USSR, and its successor states; process of NATO enlargement; emergence of human rights as a priority in NATO"s security interactions with non-member states; and NATO's role in ethno-nationalist-religious conflicts in the Balkans.
JSIS B 357 ENERGY GEOPOLITICS (SSc)
Provides an Introduction to energy studies focusing on geopolitics. Topics explored include global energy resources, trends, and technologies; energy supply, demand, and consumption; economic issues; the changing role of OPEC; concepts of energy sustainability; energy and climate change.
JSIS B 436 ETHNIC POLITICS (SSc)
Provides a broad theoretical base, both descriptive and analytical, for the comparative study of ethnicity and nationalism. Examples drawn from ethnic movements in different societies. Some previous exposure either to introductory courses in political science or to courses in ethnicity in other departments is desirable. Offered: jointly with POL S 436.
JSIS B 557 ENERGY GEOPOLITICS
Introduction to energy studies focusing on geopolitics. Topics include global energy resources, trends, and technologies; energy supply, demand, and consumption; economic issues; the changing role of OPEC; concepts of energy sustainability; energy and climate change.
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH 464 LANGUAGE POLITICS (A&H,SSc)
Theories and case studies of the power of language and how it is manipulated. Multilingualism, diglossia. Role of language and linguistics in nationalism. Standardization, educational policy, language and ethnicity. World languages, language death and revival. Prerequisite: either LING 200, LING 201, ANTH/LING 203, or LING 400. Offered: jointly with LING 464.
ANTH 522 CLTR CNTRL/INR ASIA
Introduces Central and Inner Asia with a multidisciplinary, comparative survey of the cultures and societies of contemporary China's Inner Asia (Mongolia, Xinjiang-Eastern Turkestan, Tibet, and Manchuria), the contemporary Muslim Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan), and the adjacent areas of Afghanistan and Iran. Offered: jointly with JSIS D 572/NEAR E 558.
ART, ART HISTORY, AND DESIGN
ART H 270 CONTEMP ART & IDENT (A&H)
10536 A * *-0 Rice,K
ART H 342 ROMAN ART & ARCHLGY (A&H)
COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF IDEAS
CHID 270 SPECIAL TOPICS (SSc)
12523 A TuTh 0330-520 KNE 110 Vukadinovich,S
TOPICS IN RUSSIAN LITERARY AND CULTURAL HISTORY: RUSSIAN CRIME FICTION FROM CZARS TO COMRADES AND TO NEW RUSSIANS, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHO IS GOOD, WHO IS EVIL, WHO IS UP, WHO I DOWN, AND OF COURSE, WHO DUNNIT. AL READINGS, LECTURES, AND DISCUSSIONS ARE IN ENGLISH.
Offered with GLITS 311 A
12523 A TuTh 0330-520 KNE 110 OSTROVERKHOVA,S
Offered with GLITS 311 A
12523 A TuTh 0330-520 KNE 110 Diment,G
Offered with GLITS 311 A
ENGLISH
ENGL 225 SHAKESPEARE (A&H)
Introduces Shakespeare's career as dramatist, with study of representative comedies, tragedies, romances, and history plays.
ENGL 313 MOD EUROPE LIT TRNS (A&H)
14518 A TuTh 0330-520 KNE 110 Diment,G
Covers selected fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction (diaries, manifestos, etc.) in translation by European writers from the mid-19th century to the present. Considers questions of aesthetics, history, and form. Writers may include Bachmann, Baudelaire, Brecht, Celan, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Ferrante, Flaubert, Ibsen, Jelinek, Kafka, Perec, Proust, Rilke, Tsvetaeva, and Undset.
Offered with CHID 270 A
14518 A TuTh 0330-520 KNE 110 OSTROVERKHOVA,S
Offered with CHID 270 A
14518 A TuTh 0330-520 KNE 110 Vukadinovich,S
Offered with CHID 270 A
ENGL 324 SHAKESPEAR AFT 1603 (A&H)
Explores Shakespeare's later works. Focuses on the mature tragedies and late-career romances, by may include selected comedies and histories.
FRENCH AND ITALIAN STUDIES
FRENCH 223 SEX, COMMERCE, PARIS (DIV,SSc)
Explores how Paris became the city of love. Examines how sexual commerce shaped the identity of the city, how the commercial spaces of the city shaped sexual identities, and how discourses about sexuality contributed to the legitimation of capitalism. Topics include the construction of gender difference, the emergence of mass media, and the commercial origins of queer identities.
FRENCH 302 CLTRS FRNCOPHN WRLD (A&H)
Introduces the cultural history of the francophone world via a broad survey of literary, cinematic, and other cultural texts in French that inform debates on national culture in France as well as the legacies of the French Empire in the form of discourses on race, immigration, and more in France and its postcolonies. Develops advanced language skills and cultural competency through oral and written production in the target language. Prerequisite: either FRENCH 203 or FRENCH 234.
FRENCH 320 FR LANG & IDENTITY (A&H,SSc)
Explores the French language as social practice. Students learn of the social aspect of the evolution of the French language, the dynamic relationship between language and identity, and the linguistic and cultural diversity in the Francophone world. Texts in English. Prerequisite: either FRENCH 103 or FRENCH 134.
ITAL 357 RACE IN ITALY (DIV,A&H)
Shifting Italian and European definitions of race and otherness in literary and visual representations from 1300-1700, ranging from medieval stories about Jews to 17th-century paintings. Topics include religion as race; language and nationalism; travel literature, costume history, and ethnography; and the presence of "black" Africans across Renaissance Europe. Taught in English.
GERMANICS
GERMAN 285 REPRSNTATION & DIV (DIV,SSc)
Studies of culture and ethics with aesthetic, literary, and philosophical tools of analysis, with special attention to issues of identity, diversity, civil rights, environmental justice, and multiculturalism. Readings and discussions in English.
HISTORY
HSTCMP 209 HIST CHRISTIANITY (SSc)
Twenty centuries of the history, thought, and culture of Christianity.
HSTCMP 220 ARCTIC HISTORIES (SSc)
History of human understanding of and relationship to the Arctic by tracing the social, economic, political, and environmental transformations of the Earth's northernmost region, from earliest settlements to the end of the twentieth century (the creation of the Arctic Council in 1996), as well as shifts in ideas that accompanied these changes. Offered: jointly with ARCTIC 220.
HSTEU 234 NAZI GRMNY & HOLOCST (DIV,SSc)
History of Nazi Germany and Holocaust from Weimar Republic through rise of Nazis and creation of Nazi state and society to war and genocide. Focuses on social, political, and gender history. Includes transnational examination of Holocaust (especially Eastern Europe); memory and history after 1945; perspectives of outsiders in Nazi Germany, including Jews, Afro-Germans, gay men, communists; examination of debates in historiography of Holocaust.
HSTEU 251 MOD EUR:FRENC REV-EU (SSc)
Examines major events that shaped Europe, from French Revolution in 1789 to the foundation of the European Union in 1993. Wars, revolutions, social transformations, toxic ideologies, and liberation movements as milestones in the course of developments in Europe over the past two centuries. Lectures and analysis of documents from these time periods. Offered: jointly with JSIS A 251; Sp.
HSTEU 370 TOLKIEN-ENGL MYTHOL (A&H,SSc)
Explores J.R.R. Tolkien in historical context. Influence of the nineteenth-century philosophy and folklore, World War I, Germanic mythology, Oxford Christianity, and the Inklings. Primary themes include language as a source of myth, fate and free will, religion, technology and nature, heroism and war, race and evil.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POL S 332 COMP POL TOPICS (SSc)
EUROPE TODAY
POL S 368 INTL HUMAN RIGHTS (DIV,SSc)
Studies the international human rights movement in its legal and political context. Focuses on institutions which influence, enable, and constrain the international promotion of human rights. Offered: jointly with LSJ 320.
POL S 403 INTL REL ADV SEM (SSc)
In the last couple of decades, public diplomacy has become a catch-phrase to refer to states’ activities aimed at creating a receptive environment for their policies among foreign publics. Originally known as “propaganda”, the concept was introduced during the Cold War and gained new significance after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Nowadays, public diplomacy has become a central domain of engagement not only for states but also for international organizations such as the European Union (EU) that in its Global Strategy (2016) flagged the need of joining up efforts in the field of public diplomacy, inside and outside the EU. The first part of the course is designed to offer an overview of the history of public diplomacy through the twentieth century, its relationship to soft power and related activities including nation-branding, cultural relations and education exchange. The second part of the seminar will be research-oriented and examine concrete public diplomacy efforts characterizing Germany and other European countries as well as the EU worldwide.
POL S 426 WORLD POLITICS (W,SSc)
The nation-state system and its alternatives, world distributions of preferences and power, structure of international authority, historical world societies and their politics. Offered: jointly with JSIS B 426.
POL S 436 ETHNIC POLITICS (SSc)
Provides a broad theoretical base, both descriptive and analytical, for the comparative study of ethnicity and nationalism. Examples drawn from ethnic movements in different societies. Some previous exposure either to introductory courses in political science or to courses in ethnicity in other departments is desirable. Offered: jointly with JSIS B 436.
POL S 445 EASTERN EUROPE GOVT (SSc)
Political and social issues in lands east of the Elbe, treating some historical problems but focusing particularly on developments since 1945. Includes all communist states of Eastern Europe and their successors. Offered: jointly with JSIS A 490.
POL S 447 COMP POL ADV SEM (W,SSc)
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT Selected comparative political problems, political institutions, processes, and issues in comparative perspective. Strongly
POL S 456 INSTITUTNAL FAILURE (W,SSc)
Examines why political institutions fail to achieve their goals or operate in a manner they were originally intended to, and the consequences of these failures. Topics include the national security establishment, the drug war, concentrated poverty, mass incarceration, and inner-city schools. Offered: jointly with LSJ 456.
POL S 511 ETHICAL POL THEORY
Ethical writings of major political philosophers. Coherent themes arising from these works and assessment of their impact on concepts of politics.
POL S 588 COMP POLIT ECON TPCS
Examination of current topics in the theory and practice of comparative political economy. Content varies according to recent developments in the field and research interests of the instructor.
ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE
FRENCH 223 SEX, COMMERCE, PARIS (DIV,SSc)
Explores how Paris became the city of love. Examines how sexual commerce shaped the identity of the city, how the commercial spaces of the city shaped sexual identities, and how discourses about sexuality contributed to the legitimation of capitalism. Topics include the construction of gender difference, the emergence of mass media, and the commercial origins of queer identities.
FRENCH 302 CLTRS FRNCOPHN WRLD (A&H)
Introduces the cultural history of the francophone world via a broad survey of literary, cinematic, and other cultural texts in French that inform debates on national culture in France as well as the legacies of the French Empire in the form of discourses on race, immigration, and more in France and its postcolonies. Develops advanced language skills and cultural competency through oral and written production in the target language. Prerequisite: either FRENCH 203 or FRENCH 234.
FRENCH 320 FR LANG & IDENTITY (A&H,SSc)
Explores the French language as social practice. Students learn of the social aspect of the evolution of the French language, the dynamic relationship between language and identity, and the linguistic and cultural diversity in the Francophone world. Texts in English. Prerequisite: either FRENCH 103 or FRENCH 134.
ITAL 357 RACE IN ITALY (DIV,A&H)
Shifting Italian and European definitions of race and otherness in literary and visual representations from 1300-1700, ranging from medieval stories about Jews to 17th-century paintings. Topics include religion as race; language and nationalism; travel literature, costume history, and ethnography; and the presence of "black" Africans across Renaissance Europe. Taught in English.
SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES
SCAND 100 INTRO SCANDINAVIA (A&H,SSc)
The Scandinavian experience from the Viking Age to the present day; the background for contemporary Scandinavian democracy, with major emphasis on the cultural, political, and religious development of the Scandinavian countries.
SCAND 230 INTRO TO FOLKLORE (W,A&H,SSc)
Folkloristics combines the methods and ideas of Literature Studies and Anthropology. Folktales (fairy tales), legends, jokes, songs, proverbs, customs and other forms of traditional culture are studied together with the living people and communities who perform and adapt them. Students learn the folklorist's methods of fieldwork (participant observation), ethnography, comparative analysis, and interpretation. Offered: jointly with C LIT 230; AWSpS.
SCAND 327 WOMEN IN SCAND SOC (A&H,SSc)
Examines the changing position of women in Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden from the 1880s to the contemporary period. Readings in literature and political science.
SCAND 345 BALTIC CULTURES (A&H,SSc)
Cultures and peoples of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Baltic literature, music, art, and film in social and historical context. Traditional contacts with Scandinavia and Central and East Europe. Offered: jointly with JSIS A 345.
SCAND 355 ARCTIC LITERATURES (DIV,A&H,SSc)
Primary emphasis on Scandinavian and Sami literature. Comparative consideration of texts by Canadian, Inuit, and Greenlandic authors. Includes literary representations of Arctic landscapes, culture, and history; climate change; indigenous and colonial encounters; survival and resilience; and environmental and political issues. Offered: W.
SCAND 427 SCAND WOMEN WRITERS (DIV,A&H)
Selected works by major Scandinavian women writers from mid-nineteenth-century bourgeois realism to the present with focus on feminist issues in literary criticism. Offered: jointly with GWSS 429.
SCAND 480 KIERKEGAARD (A&H)
Reading and discussion of core texts by Soren Kierkegaard, as well as a consideration of the relationship between Kierkegaardian thought and the literary practice of various writers of Scandinavian and European decadence. Offered: jointly with JSIS A 480.
SCAND 590 SCAN SPEC TOPICS
Special topics in Scandinavian art, literature, culture, and history. Course offerings based on instructor's specialty and student demand.
SWED 301 SWED LIT AND CLTR (A&H)
Topics in Swedish literature, life, and civilization.
SLAVIC LANGUAGES & LITERATURES
RUSS 120 RUSS LIT & CUL HIST (A&H)
20209 A TuTh 0330-520 KNE 110 Diment,G
Introduces important trends and movements in Russian literary and cultural history. Offered in English.
Offered with C LIT 252 B
20209 A TuTh 0330-520 KNE 110 OSTROVERKHOVA,S
Offered with C LIT 252 B
20209 A TuTh 0330-520 KNE 110 Vukadinovich,S
Offered with C LIT 252 B
RUSS 313 BUSINESS RUSSIAN (A&H)
Emphasizes the language and practice of business in Russia today. Prerequisite: either RUSS 203 or RUSS 250. Offered: W.
RUSS 322 19TH C RUSS LIT (A&H,SSc)
Explores Russian literature and culture during the "Golden Age" of the nineteenth century. Authors include some of the best-known and most influential Russian writers, including Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Turgenev, Chekhov, and Goncharov. Students gain a comprehensive knowledge of major literary themes, ideas, and developments of nineteenth century Russian literature. Offered: W.
RUSS 340 RUSSIA'S BIG BOOKS (A&H)
Studies one big/epic novel by the titans of Russian literature per quarter. Includes such novels as Tolstoy's War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov, Goncharov's Oblomov, Bulgakov's Master and Margarita, Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago, and Nabokov's Ada. All readings are in English. Offered: AWSp.
RUSS 522 RUSS LIT 19TH CENT
Survey of nineteenth-century Russian poetry and prose. Representative works of Russia's major and minor authors, literary trends, and genres.
RUSS 543 SMNR RUSS PROSE
Analysis of Russian prose fiction. Selected authors and topics.
SLAVIC 101 SLAV LANDS&PEOPLES (SSc)
Introduces students to basic concepts regarding the whole body of present-day Slavs as well as the area inhabited by or under the influence of present-day Slavs. Uses latest achievements in technology and in social media advancements to retrieve relevant information from present-day Slavs themselves. Taught in English.
SLAVIC 320 EAST EUR FICTION (A&H)
20265 A TuTh 1230-220 FSH 107 Florczyk,P
Introduces post-WWII Eastern European fiction created during and after the communist era, both in Eastern European countries and in exile. Includes works by Polish, Czech, Yugoslav, post-Yugoslav, Hungarian, and Baltic writers. Taught in English.
Offered with GLITS 313 A
20265 A TuTh 1230-220 FSH 107 Boyechko,R
Offered with GLITS 313 A
SLAVIC 423 EAST EUROPEAN FILM (A&H)
20266 A TuTh 0230-420 SMI 304 Crnkovic,G
Studies major East European film makers who left their countries at some point in their careers. Compares East European and Western production of those directors who worked partially in the West. Offered: jointly with CMS 423.
Offered with CMS 423 A
20266 A TuTh 0230-420 SMI 304 EFTIMOV,T
Offered with CMS 423 A
SLAVIC 580 DISSERTATION WORKSHP
20269 A * *-0 Diment,G
For graduate students in literature, film, or linguistics planning or already writing dissertations. May be taken by students pursuing Master of Arts thesis, with permission of instructor. Weekly meetings, readings, and discussing chapters and outlines submitted by participants and instructor. Prerequisite: either Candidate of Philosophy status, nearing Doctor of Philosophy exams, or permission of instructor; recommended: graduate-level course work in either literature, film, or linguistics. Credit/no-credit only. Offered: AWSp.