CENTER FOR WEST EUROPEAN STUDIES COURSE LIST | WINTER 2023
October 26, 2022
Area Courses
AREA COURSES
JACKSON SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
JSIS 201 MAKING OF 21ST CENT (W,SSc)
Provides a historical understanding of the twentieth century and major global issues today. Focuses on interdisciplinary social science theories, methods, and information relating to global processes and on developing analytical and writing skills to engage complex questions of causation and effects of global events and forces. Offered: WSp.
JSIS 488 SPEC TOPICS EUROPE (SSc)
JSIS 495 TASK FORCE (W,SSc)
JSIS A 239 GREECE ANCNT TO MODN (A&H,SSc)
16325 A TuTh 1030-1220 MEB 246 Klapaki,N
How are Ancient and Modern Greece connected to each other? Learn about great moments in Ancient Greek culture (tyranny and democracy, tragedy and comedy, athletics and art) and the complex ways Modern Greece has drawn on this heritage by exploring ancient and modern texts and images. Offered: jointly with CLAS 239.
Offered with CLAS 239 A
16325 A TuTh 1030-1220 MEB 246 Hollmann,A
Offered with CLAS 239 A
JSIS A 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 HSTEU 251; Sp.
JSIS A 301 EUROPE TODAY (SSc)
A multi-disciplinary approach to contemporary Europe focusing on social, political, cultural, and economic change, with special reference to developments in the countries of the European Union, Scandinavia, and those in Eastern Europe in the post-Soviet era. Offered: A.
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 330 INTL POL ECON (SSc)
Establishment, maintenance, and decay of the post-1945 international economic order. Political economy of international trade, monetary relations, inflation, and North-South relations. Prerequisite: JSIS 201 which may be taken concurrently; either ECON 201, GEOG 123 or JSIS 123 any of which may be taken concurrently. Instructors: Hamilton, Ingebritsen, Latsch
JSIS B 357 ENERGY GEOPOLITICS (SSc)
Comparative study of how and why genocides have occurred in modern times. Examines how ethnic, religious, and nationalist conflicts have sometimes led to violent conflict, and how political leaders and governments have mitigated or exacerbated them, sometimes engaging in state sponsored mass killing. Offered: jointly with POL S 337.
JSIS B 366 COMP LAW & CLTR (SSc)
Explores global issues of comparative law, societies, politics, courts, and cultures. Introduces theories and methods of comparing legal settings internationally and understating diverse responses to law. Covers what is comparative law; families of law; history of comparative law; judicial review; legal cultures; rights consciousness; and regulation. Can not be taken for credit if student has already taken LSJ/POL S 367. Offered: jointly with LSJ 366.
JSIS B 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 POL S 426.
JSIS B 508 TOPICS IN CAPITALISM
Selected topics in the history of capitalism in a global, multi-century perspective. Offered: jointly with HSTCMP 508.
JSIS E 113 ELEM MODERN GREEK
16411 A * *-0 Panagiotides,H
Fundamentals of oral and written modern Greek. Offered: A.
RELIG 201 RELIGIONS,WESTERN (SSc)
20173 B * *-0 Wellman Jr,J
ART, ART HISTORY, AND DESIGN
ART H 341 GREEK ART & ARCHLGY (A&H)
Survey of the material remains and the developing styles in sculpture, vase painting, architecture, and the minor arts from the geometric to the Hellenistic periods, illustrated by slides. Principal sites and monuments, as well as techniques and methods of excavation, are examined in an attempt to reconstruct the material culture of antiquity. Offered: jointly with CL AR 341.
ART H 342 ROMAN ART & ARCHLGY (A&H)
CLASSICS
CL AR 342 ROMAN ART & ARCHLGY (A&H)
CLAS 239 GREECE ANCNT TO MODN (A&H,SSc)
CLAS 328 SEX & GENDER IN LIT (DIV,A&H,SSc)
CLAS 430 GRK & ROM MYTHOLOGY (A&H)
12618 A * *-0 La Fond,M
Offered with CLAS 430 B
ECONOMICS
ECON 471 INTERNATIONAL TRADE (SSc)
Theory of comparative advantage and different models of international trade. Trade and welfare. Factor mobility and trade flows. Economic integration. Theory and practice of commercial policy. Prerequisite: minimum grade of 2.0 in ECON 301.
ECON 475 ECON OF EURO UNION (SSc)
Analysis of economic issues relating to the European union. Explores the institutional aspects, the attempt to coordinate social and economic policies - welfare, employment, commercial, fiscal, and monetary - and the economic linkages between the European Union and the rest of the world. Prerequisite: minimum grade of 2.0 in ECON 301.
ENGLISH
ENGL 202 INTRO ENGL LANG LIT (A&H)
Gateway course designed for English pre-majors and majors. Introduces critical, historical, and theoretical frameworks important to studying the literature, language, and cultures of English. Cannot be taken for credit if student has taken ENGL 301.
ENGL 212 LIT 1700-1900 (W,A&H)
Introduces eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature, focusing on representative works that illustrate literary and intellectual developments of the period. Topics include: exploration, empire, colonialism, slavery, revolution, and nation-building. Offered: AWSp.
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
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
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.
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.
ENGL 330 ROMANTIC AGE (A&H)
Literary, intellectual, and historical ferment of the period from the French Revolution to the 1830s. Readings from major authors in different literary forms; discussions of critical and philosophical issues in a time of change.
ENGL 340 IRISH LITERATURE (A&H)
14527 A Tu 1230-220 MGH 251 McCue,F
Examines how Irish writers have responded to Ireland's history of being divided by both British colonialism and religious conflict. Covers how these authors brought literary experimentation and innovation to Celtic storytelling traditions. Varied readings, with some imagining a unified Irish identity, while others explore the continued legacies of colonialism on issues of gender, race, religion, and citizenship. Offered: AWSp.
ENGL 354 EARLY 20TH C AM LIT (A&H)
Investigates the period of American literary modernism (1900 to WW II). Topics include nationalism, migration, race, gender, and the impact of the visual arts on literary modernism, as well as the relation between modernity/modernization (social, economic, and technological transformation) and modernism (revolution in literary style).
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 301 LANG FRANCOPHN WORLD (A&H)
Introduces students to varieties of the French language across time and space. Considers language diversity in France and the uses and varieties of the French language in world regions where it plays an important role, with particular attention to the history of its establishment and the implications of its current status. Develops advanced language skills and cultural competency through oral and written production in the target language. Prerequisite: either FRENCH 203 or FRENCH 234.
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.
GERMAN 298 TOPICS LIT & CULTURE (A&H)
Introduces literary works and cultural artifacts from a variety of different traditions, cultures, and periods. Helps students to acquire basic tools for analyzing literature and culture.
GERMAN 422 STDS 19TH C LIT&CUL (A&H)
Rotating special topics in literature and culture of the nineteenth century, such as particular movements, authors, genres, themes, or problems. Offered: W.
GERMAN 590 PHIL ISSUES GER CUL
Seminar on rotating special topics dealing with the impact of particular thinkers, movements, or philosophical problems in German culture.
GERMAN 592 CULTURAL STUDIES
Seminar on rotating special topics dealing with periods, themes, or particular problems in German life and culture.
HISTORY
HSTAM 112 THE MEDIEVAL WORLD (W,SSc)
Political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the Middle Ages. Cannot be taken for credit toward a history major if HSTAM 331 or 332 or 333 previously taken.
HSTAM 330 AGE OF AUGUSTUS (A&H,SSc)
Detailed study of the history and culture of the reign of Augustus, the first Roman emperor (31 BC-AD 14). Includes readings in Augustan authors such as Vergil, Ovid, and Horace as well as the study of Augustan art and architecture. Offered: jointly with CLAS 330.
HSTCMP 209 HIST CHRISTIANITY (SSc)
Twenty centuries of the history, thought, and culture of Christianity.
HSTCMP 250 JEWISH CULTURAL HIST (SSc)
Introductory orientation to the settings in which Jews have marked out for themselves distinctive identities as a people, a culture, and as a religious community. Examines Jewish cultural history as a production of Jewish identity that is always produced in conversation with others in the non-Jewish world. Offered: jointly with JEW ST 250.
HSTCMP 408 TOPICS IN CAPITALISM (SSc)
Selected topics in the history of capitalism in a global, multi-century perspective. Recommended: either JSIS 200, or equivalent courses in global history. Offered: jointly with JSIS B 408.
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 290 TOPICS EUR HIST (SSc)
Examines special topics in European history.
HSTEU 301 EARLY MOD EURO HIST (SSc)
Political, social, economic, and cultural history from the late Renaissance to the Peace of Westphalia.
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.
HSTEU 422 FR RV&NAP 1789-1815 (W,SSc)
Transformation of France under the Revolution of 1789; the Reign of Terror and Napoleon; the impact of the revolution and Napoleon upon Europe.
LAW, SOCIETIES, AND JUSTICE
LSJ 320 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 POL S 368.
LSJ 366 COMP LAW & CLTR (SSc)
Explores global issues of comparative law, societies, politics, courts, and cultures. Introduces theories and methods of comparing legal settings internationally and understating diverse responses to law. Covers what is comparative law; families of law; history of comparative law; judicial review; legal cultures; rights consciousness; and regulation. Can not be taken for credit if student has already taken LSJ/POL S 367. Offered: jointly with JSIS B 366.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POL S 203 INTRO INTERNATL REL (SSc)
The world community, its politics, and government. Offered: AWSpS.
POL S 204 INTRO TO COMPAR POL (SSc)
Political systems in a comparative framework. Traditional and contemporary approaches to the study of governments and societies in different countries. Offered: AWSpS.
POL S 307 RELIG & WORLD POL (SSc)
Explores the intersection of religion and politics in various regions of the world, including the United States, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, and other regions. Presents an historical perspective on religion alongside contemporary issues in religion, politics, and church-state relations. Offered: jointly with RELIG 307.
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 407 INTERNATL CONFLICT (SSc)
Examines different theoretical explanations for the causes of war, including the role of international, state, organizational, and individual factors; additional topics vary with instructor. May include the development of warfare, deterring weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, intelligence, and the ethics of warfare.
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. The course will contribute to a better understanding of the political, social and cultural transformations characterizing Central and Eastern Europe since 1945. The focus will be placed on civil society developments in the region. The course unfolds in four parts: First, we will ask ourselves what civil society is and how the Soviet/Socialist legacy has affected the development of the sector. Second, we will turn our attention to concrete forms of dissent and sub-cultural movements in the Eastern Bloc that paved the way for post-communist political transition. Third, we will critically examine the state of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe on the ground and the ambivalent legacy of the EU Accession. Fourth, we will look at civil society dynamics in the post-Soviet space more in general, with an emphasis on the Color Revolutions, the Maidan Revolution and civil society responses to the current conflict in Ukraine.
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 301 LANG FRANCOPHN WORLD (A&H)
Introduces students to varieties of the French language across time and space. Considers language diversity in France and the uses and varieties of the French language in world regions where it plays an important role, with particular attention to the history of its establishment and the implications of its current status. Develops advanced language skills and cultural competency through oral and written production in the target language. Prerequisite: either FRENCH 203 or FRENCH 234.
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.
SPAN 329 LATIN CLTRL STUDIES (A&H,SSc)
Focuses on historical, social, and ideological aspects of modern Latin American culture. Lectures, readings, discussions, and written work in Spanish. Prerequisite: either SPAN 301, SPAN 310, or SPAN 314.
SPAN 371 ANDEAN WOMN LIT & ID (DIV,A&H)
Design-based inquiry focusing on Indigenous and other women's lived experiences and identities in twenty-first century Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. Literary works by short-story writers, novelists, playwrights, and poets. Multimedia narrative by filmmakers, podcasters, musicians, and visual and performance artists. Prerequisite: either SPAN 301, SPAN 302, SPAN 303, SPAN 310, SPAN 314, SPAN 315, SPAN 316, or SPAN 330.
SPAN 395 SPEC TOP -LATAM LIT (A&H)
Focuses on an individual Latin American author or a special topic in Latin American literature. May be repeated once. Prerequisite: either SPAN 301, SPAN 302, SPAN 303, SPAN 310, SPAN 314, SPAN 315, SPAN 316, or SPAN 330.
SPAN 476 CONT LAT AM PTRY (A&H)
Evolution of Latin American poetry, from postmodernism and vanguardism to the most recent poetic expression: Prerequisite: either SPAN 303 or SPAN 316; SPAN 321. Instructors: O' Hara
SPAN 480 SPAN MEDIEVAL LIT (A&H)
Principal literary works of the Spanish Middle Ages in the context of evolving intellectual, spiritual, and artistic climates of the period. Covers the evolution of narrative and lyric prose and verse in both their traditional and learned manifestations. Prerequisite: either SPAN 303 or SPAN 316; SPAN 321. Instructors: Petersen
SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES
SCAND 230 INTRO TO FOLKLORE (W,A&H,SSc)
SCAND 427 SCAND WOMEN WRITERS (DIV,A&H)
SLAVIC LANGUAGES & LITERATURES
RUSS 120 RUSS LIT & CUL HIST (A&H)
SLAVIC 423 EAST EUROPEAN FILM (A&H)
SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE STUDIES
SPAN 329 LATIN CLTRL STUDIES (A&H,SSc)
Focuses on historical, social, and ideological aspects of modern Latin American culture. Lectures, readings, discussions, and written work in Spanish. Prerequisite: either SPAN 301, SPAN 310, or SPAN 314.
SPAN 371 ANDEAN WOMN LIT & ID (DIV,A&H)
Design-based inquiry focusing on Indigenous and other women's lived experiences and identities in twenty-first century Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. Literary works by short-story writers, novelists, playwrights, and poets. Multimedia narrative by filmmakers, podcasters, musicians, and visual and performance artists. Prerequisite: either SPAN 301, SPAN 302, SPAN 303, SPAN 310, SPAN 314, SPAN 315, SPAN 316, or SPAN 330.
SPAN 395 SPEC TOP -LATAM LIT (A&H)
Focuses on an individual Latin American author or a special topic in Latin American literature. May be repeated once. Prerequisite: either SPAN 301, SPAN 302, SPAN 303, SPAN 310, SPAN 314, SPAN 315, SPAN 316, or SPAN 330.
SPAN 476 CONT LAT AM PTRY (A&H)
Evolution of Latin American poetry, from postmodernism and vanguardism to the most recent poetic expression: Prerequisite: either SPAN 303 or SPAN 316; SPAN 321. Instructors: O' Hara
SPAN 480 SPAN MEDIEVAL LIT (A&H)
Principal literary works of the Spanish Middle Ages in the context of evolving intellectual, spiritual, and artistic climates of the period. Covers the evolution of narrative and lyric prose and verse in both their traditional and learned manifestations. Prerequisite: either SPAN 303 or SPAN 316; SPAN 321. Instructors: Petersen
LANGUAGE COURSES
FRENCH AND ITALIAN STUDIES
FRENCH 103 ELEMENTARY FRENCH
15173 B * *-0 Silverman,V
FRENCH 103 ELEMENTARY FRENCH
15175 D * *-0 McGregor,M
FRENCH 201 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH (A&H)
15181 C * *-0 Mereu,N
ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE
FRENCH 103 ELEMENTARY FRENCH
15173 B * *-0 Silverman,V
FRENCH 103 ELEMENTARY FRENCH
15175 D * *-0 McGregor,M
FRENCH 201 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH (A&H)
15181 C * *-0 Mereu,N
SPAN 103 ELEMENTARY SPANISH
20533 G * *-0 Zahajko,A
SPAN 103 ELEMENTARY SPANISH
20534 H * *-0 Hipolito,A
SPAN 103 ELEMENTARY SPANISH
20535 I * *-0 Reyburn,M
SPAN 201 INTERMEDIATE SPAN (A&H)
20548 J * *-0 Gonzalez,R
SPAN 201 INTERMEDIATE SPAN (A&H)
20549 K * *-0 Zahajko,A
SPAN 202 INTERMEDIATE SPAN (A&H)
20556 L * *-0 Hausenfluck,M
SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE STUDIES
SPAN 103 ELEMENTARY SPANISH
20533 G * *-0 Zahajko,A
SPAN 103 ELEMENTARY SPANISH
20534 H * *-0 Hipolito,A
SPAN 103 ELEMENTARY SPANISH
20535 I * *-0 Reyburn,M
SPAN 201 INTERMEDIATE SPAN (A&H)
20548 J * *-0 Gonzalez,R
SPAN 201 INTERMEDIATE SPAN (A&H)
20549 K * *-0 Zahajko,A
SPAN 202 INTERMEDIATE SPAN (A&H)
20556 L * *-0 Hausenfluck,M