Autumn Quarter 2024 Time Schedule

COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF IDEAS
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )

      >12729 B  2       T      130-320    PDL  C101     Anderson,Cynthia                     0/  20                      
                        "CHID 101: INTRO TO CHID"                                   
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                        **MUST BE A DECLARED CHID MAJOR OR                          
                        MINOR TO ENROLL. CONTACT CHID                               
                        ADVISOR FOR ADD CODE.                                       

       12731 A  5       TTh    400-550    GUG  204      Simpson,Caroline           Open      0/  20                %     
                        RADICAL POETICS (A&H, W)                                    
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                        THIS COURSE IS JUST WHAT THE TITLE                          
                        CLAIMS, A DEEP DIVE INTO THE                                
                        RADICAL POETIC INNOVATIONS OF, IN                           
                        THIS CASE, BIPOC POETS. UNDERSTAND,                         
                                                                                    
                        THIS IS NOT SIMPLY A COURSE IN                              
                        CLOSE READING POEMS IN ISOLATION,                           
                        ALTHOUGH THAT SKILL WILL CERTAINLY                          
                        BE IMPORTANT AT TIMES, AND YOU WILL                         
                                                                                    
                        BE GIVEN INSTRUCTION IN BASIC CLOSE                         
                                                                                    
                        READING UPFRONT. AFTER THAT                                 
                        INTRODUCTION, THE COURSE WILL TURN                          
                        ITS ATTENTION TO UNDERSTANDING                              
                        POETIC FORMS, EXPLORING HOW MANY OF                         
                                                                                    
                        OUR POETS HAVE SPENT CONSIDERABLE                           
                        TIME REVISITING MAJOR POETIC                                
                        CONVENTIONS, SUCH AS THE SONNET AND                         
                                                                                    
                        THE AUBADE, IN RESPONSE TO                                  
                        IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS AND                             
                        PRESSING POLITICAL QUESTIONS.                               

Restr  12732 A  5       WF     1230-220   OUG  136      Barr,Nicolaas P.           Open      0/  30                WJ    
                        "VIOLENCE AND CONTEMPORARY                                  
                        THOUGHT:                                                    
                        ANTISEMITISM, RACISM, AND                                   
                        HISTORICAL MEMORY AFTER AUSCHWITZ"                          
                        (SSC, W)                                                    
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                        HISTORICAL EXPLORATION OF                                   
                        INTELLECTUAL, LITERARY, AND                                 
                        ARTISTIC RESPONSES TO THE PROBLEM                           
                        OF MODERN MASS VIOLENCE THROUGH                             
                        COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE LEGACIES                           
                        OF THE HOLOCAUST AND EUROPEAN                               
                        COLONIALISM. CROSSLISTED WITH JEW                           
                        ST 206 / HSTCMP 206.                                        

       12734 A  5       T      100-220    JHN  075      Lucero,Jose Antonio        Open      0/ 100                      
                        Th     100-220    ECE  105      
                        THE IDEA OF THE UNIVERSITY - WAYS                           
                        OF LEARNING, EXPLORING, AND KNOWING                         
                        (A&H, SSC)                                                  
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                        IS THE UNIVERSITY AN AGENT OF                               
                        COLONIALISM, CAPITALISM, AND THE                            
                        STATE? ALTERNATIVELY, IS IT A                               
                        CRUCIBLE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AND                              
                        RESISTANCE? IS IT ALL OF THESE                              
                        THINGS? CAN IT BE SOMETHING ELSE?                           
                        THIS COURSE EXAMINES THE UNIVERSITY                         
                        AS SIMULTANEOUSLY A CRIME SCENE, A                          
                        SITE FOR HEALING, AND A PLACE FOR                           
                        TRANSFORMATION.                                             

      >12735 AA  QZ     F      930-1020   MGH  287                                           0/  25                      
                        FIRST-YEAR INTEREST GROUPS (FIGS)                           
                        ONLY, QUESTIONS VISIT                                       
                        FYP.WASHINGTON.EDU/EXTRASEATS.                              

       12736 AB  QZ     F      1030-1120  MGH  287                                 Open      0/  25                      

       12737 AC  QZ     F      130-220    MGH  288                                 Open      0/  25                      

       12738 AD  QZ     F      230-320    MGH  288                                 Open      0/  25                      

       12739 A  5       MW     330-520    ARC  160                                 Open      0/  40                %     
                        A&H, DIV CREDIT                                             

       12740 A  5       MW     1200-120   MGH  241      Thibault,Ronnie            Open      0/  30                J     
                        INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY STUDIES                          

       12741 AA  QZ     TTh    930-1020   MGH  287                                 Open      0/   7                J     
                        INTRO TO DISABILITY STUDIES QUIZ                            

       12742 AB  QZ     TTh    1030-1120  MGH  287                                 Open      0/   7                J     
                        INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY STUDIES                          
                        QUIZ                                                        

       12743 AC  QZ     TTh    1130-1220  MGH  287                                 Open      0/   8                J     
                        INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY STUDIES                          
                        QUIZ                                                        

      >12744 AD  QZ     TTh    1230-120   MGH  287                                           0/   8                J     
                        INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY STUDIES                          
                        QUIZ                                                        
                        QUIZ SECTION AD FOR DIS ST MAJORS &                         
                        MINORS ONLY. CHID STUDENTS SHOULD                           
                        REGISTER FOR AA, AB, AC INSTEAD.                            

       12747 C  5       MW     230-420    CDH  115      Mahadevan,Sudhir           Open      0/  40                      
                        INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE (A&H                         
                        SSC)                                                        
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                        THIS COURSE INTERROGATES THE                                
                        PERVASIVENESS, POWER AND MEANING OF                         
                        IMAGES IN EVERYDAY LIFE. IT                                 
                        INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO THE FIELD OF                         
                        STUDY CALLED VISUAL CULTURE THAT                            
                        EXAMINES IMAGES AS REPRESENTATIONS,                         
                        AS MEDIA AND AS FORMS OF                                    
                        COMMUNICATION, IN FIELDS AS DIVERSE                         
                        AS ART, JOURNALISM, ADVERTISING,                            
                        FILMS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA. WHY ARE                            
                        IMAGES CONSIDERED POWERFUL ENOUGH T                         
                        CENSOR AND REGULATE? WHAT ROLE HAVE                         
                        TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS PRINT,                                 
                        PHOTOGRAPHY AND CINEMA PLAYED IN TH                         
                        HISTORY OF IMAGES?                                          

       12748 A  5       TTh    830-1020   SIG  224                                 Open      0/  40                      
                        SSC AND DIV CREDITS                                         

       12749 A  5       MWF    1230-120   LOW  201      Block,Richard              Open      0/   5                J     
                        IN THIS COURSE, WE WILL ATTEMPT TO                          
                        TRACE THE LIMITS AND POSSIBILITIES                          
                        OF                                                          
                        QUEER LOVE IN THE WEST,                                     
                        PARTICULARLY SINCE AROUND 1800. IS                          
                        IT                                                          
                        THE ABSOLUTE FORM OF LOVE PLATO                             
                        DESCRIBES IN THE                                            
                        SYMPOSIUM.                                                  

      >12750 B  5       TTh    830-1020   ARC  160      Senderovich,Sasha                    0/   5                J     
                        COVERS RUSSIAN CINEMA FROM ITS                              
                        BEGINNINGS TO THE PRESENT DAY.                              
                        DIRECTORS INCLUDE YEVGENII BAUER,                           
                        SERGEI EISENSTEIN, VSEVOLDO                                 
                        PUDOVKIN, DZIGA VERTOV, MIKHAIL                             
                        KALATOZOV, ANDREI TARKOVSKY, ALEKSE                         
                        BALABANOV, AND ALEKSANDR SOKUROV.                           
                        ALSO "RUSSIANS IN HOLLYWOOD." COVER                         
                        THE RELEVANT SOCIOPOLITICAL CONTEXT                         
                        ALSO FEATURES DOCUMENTARIES AND                             
                        ANIMATION. OFFERED: AWSP.                                   

       12751 A  5       WF     230-420    SIG  227                                 Open      0/  40                J     
                        SSC & DIV CREDITS                                           

       12763 A  5       TTh    300-450    MGH  291      Louie,Patricia             Open      0/  10                      

       12764 AA  QZ     W      830-920    SMI  111                                 Open      0/   5                      

       12765 AB  QZ     W      930-1020   DEN  256                                 Open      0/   5                      

      >12766 A  5       TTh    1130-120   SMI  211      Rahman,Anis                          0/   5                J     

       12767 AA  QZ     F      930-1020   THO  325                                 Open      0/   2                J     

       12768 AB  QZ     F      1030-1120  THO  325                                 Open      0/   2                J     

       12769 AC  QZ     F      1130-1220  THO  325                                 Open      0/   1                J     

      >12771 A  5       Th     230-520    DEN  210      Garcia,MariaElena                    0/  20                      
                        HAUNTING, HORROR, AND OTHER GHOST                           
                        STORIES (A&H, SSC)                                          
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                        THE SEMINAR INVITES STUDENTS TO                             
                        CONSIDER HAUNTING, HORROR, AND                              
                        GHOSTS AS ENTRY POINTS INTO                                 
                        DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POLITICS, CULTURE                         
                        VIOLENCE, AND POWER. WHAT DO                                
                        INDIGENOUS ZOMBIE FILMS TELL US                             
                        ABOUT COLONIALISM? HOW MIGHT HORROR                         
                        FILMS SPEAK TO MISOGYNY, POLITICAL,                         
                        AND RACIAL VIOLENCE? CAN WE THINK                           
                        ABOUT HAUNTING AS ANTI-COLONIAL                             
                        PRACTICE? WHAT CAN DRACULA AND                              
                        FRANKENSTEIN TELL US ABOUT THE                              
                        ANXIETIES OF MODERN CAPITALISM?                             
                        STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE CRITICALLY WIT                         
                        ACADEMIC TEXTS, FILMS, FICTION, ART                         
                        AND OTHER MEDIUMS, AND WILL HAVE TH                         
                        OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON A RESEARCH                           
                        PROJECT RELATED TO THE THEMES OF TH                         
                        COURSE.                                                     

       12772 B  5       MW     130-320    CMU  228      Thurtle,Phillip S          Open      0/  20                      
                        WORLD BUILDING IN THE ARTS, SCIENCE                         
                        , AND HUMANITIES (AH, SSC)                                  
                                                                                    
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                        OUR WORLD IS IN TROUBLE. PROBLEMS                           
                        CAUSED BY SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES BASED                         
                                                                                    
                        ON RACE, GENDER, AND ABILITY STILL                          
                        CONSTRAIN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS,                              
                        WHILE SEEMINGLY NEW PROBLEMS, SUCH                          
                        AS GLOBAL WARMING, PROCEED FASTER                           
                        THAN PREVIOUSLY IMAGINED. MAKING                            
                        THINGS EVEN WORSE, OUR ATTEMPTS TO                          
                        CREATE BETTER FUTURES THROUGH                               
                        INNOVATION OFTEN END UP                                     
                        EXACERBATING THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY                         
                                                                                    
                        WERE MEANT TO ADDRESS. HOW CAN WE                           
                        AS DESIGNERS, ARTISTS, SCHOLARS,                            
                        AND ACTIVISTS ENGAGE OUR WORLD IN A                         
                                                                                    
                        WAY THAT EFFECTIVELY HARNESSES THE                          
                        POWER OF OUR IMAGINATIONS TO                                
                        RETHINK NOT ONLY WHAT WE CAN CREATE                         
                                                                                    
                        BUT CHANGE THE WAYS WE HAVE OF                              
                        CREATING?                                                   

       12775 A  5       TTh    230-420    SIG  226      Thurtle,Phillip S          Open      0/  25                      
                        EYE + MIND (AH, SSC, NSC)                                   
                                                                                    
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                        THIS CLASS INVESTIGATES LIFE AS AN                          
                        EMERGENT PHENOMENON ACROSS THE                              
                        DISCIPLINES OF BIOPHILOSOPHY, ART,                          
                        ART HISTORY, LITERARY CRITICISM,                            
                        AND INFORMATION STUDIES. STUDENTS                           
                        WILL READ KEY TEXTS FROM THESE                              
                        DISCIPLINES, EVALUATE RECENT ART                            
                        COMMENTING ON BIOINFORMATICS, AND                           
                        DESIGN THEIR OWN CREATIVE PROJECTS.                         
                                                                                    
                        THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER WE WILL ASK                          
                        QUESTIONS SUCH AS: WHAT DO ART AND                          
                        SCIENCE HAVE IN COMMON? WHAT IS AN                          
                        EMERGENT PHENOMENON? WHAT IS                                
                        SPECIAL ABOUT LIVING THINGS?                                
                        STUDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TO LEAVE                             
                        THIS CLASS WITH KNOWLEDGE OF KEY                            
                        ISSUES IN PHENOMENOLOGICAL                                  
                        PHILOSOPHY, BIOART, BIOPHILOSOPHY,                          
                        POSTCOLONIAL, AND COMPLEXITY                                
                        STUDIES.                                                    

       12784 A  5       to be arranged                  Rafael,Vicente L.          Open      0/  20                WJA   
                        DISTANCE LEARNING                                           

      >12786 A  5       T      930-1220   PCAR 297      Dwyer,Annie                          0/  25                      
                        SENIOR PROJECT                                              
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                        THIS COURSE WILL LAY THE GROUNDWORK                         
                                                                                    
                        FOR YOUR CAPSTONE PROJECT IN CHID.                          
                        BY THE END OF THE QUARTER, YOU WILL                         
                                                                                    
                        HAVE CRYSTALIZED YOUR PROJECT                               
                        CONCEPT, COMPLETED A SIGNIFICANT                            
                        AMOUNT OF WORK TOWARD YOUR PROJECT                          
                        GOALS, AND A SOLIDIFIED A PLAN FOR                          
                        THE FOLLOWING QUARTER(S).    THIS                           
                        CLASS AIMS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH                              
                        STRUCTURE AND A COMMUNITY OF                                
                        SUPPORT AS YOU PURSUE YOUR UNIQUE                           
                        PROJECT GOALS. WHILE THE                                    
                        ASSIGNMENTS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP                            
                        YOU ADVANCE AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT,                          
                        OUR WRITING WORKSHOPS AND STUDENT-                          
                        INSTRUCTOR CONFERENCES WILL                                 
                        REINFORCE THE IDEA THAT                                     
                        INTELLECTUAL WORK IS NEVER A                                
                        SOLITARY ENDEAVOR.                                          

 IS   >12788 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10E                     
                        FACULTY CODE REQUIRED.                                      

 IS   >12789 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10E                     
                        FACULTY CODE REQUIRED.                                      

      >12794 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  25                      

      >12795 B  1-5     MW     330-520    DEM  124      Marin,Ileana                         0/   5                J     
                        EXPLORES EASTERN AND WESTERN ARTIST                         
                        TRENDS AND IDEOLOGIES IN ROMANIAN                           
                        LITERATURE AND CULTURE DURING THE L                         
                        100 YEARS. INVESTIGATES CONTRIBUTIO                         
                        TO SURREALISM, DADAISM, THEATRE OF                          
                        ABSURD, AND PRACTICES OF RESISTANCE                         
                        AGAINST COMMUNISM AS WELL AS WOMEN'                         
                        ROLES IN FORGING A POST-SOVIET                              
                        IDENTITY. TAUGHT IN ENGLISH.                                

 IS   >12796 A  1-5     to be arranged                                                       0/  15E                     
                        FACULTY CODE REQUIRED.                                      

 IS   >12797 B  1-5     to be arranged                                                       0/  15E CR/NC               
                        FACULTY CODE REQUIRED