Winter Quarter 2027 Course Offerings

COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF IDEAS
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )

       12423 A  5       MW     100-220                                             Open      0/  50                      
                        THIS COURSE INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO                          
                        SOME OF THE GENRES AND MODES OF                             
                        THINKING IN THE HUMANITIES AND                              
                        MAKES A CASE FOR THEIR RELEVANCE IN                         
                                                                                    
                        REPAIRING A WOUNDED WORLD. HOW CAN                          
                        LITERARY, PHILOSOPHICAL, ARTISTIC,                          
                        AND HISTORICAL WAYS OF THINKING                             
                        HELP US RESPOND TO URGENT ISSUES                            
                        LIKE WAR, CLIMATE CHANGE, GENOCIDE,                         
                                                                                    
                        AND STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE, BOTH                               
                        LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY? THIS COURSE                           
                        EXPLORES KEYWORDS OF THE HUMANITIES                         
                                                                                    
                        AS SITES OF CONTENTION,                                     
                        DELIBERATION, AND INSPIRATION, AS                           
                        THEY HAVE THE POWER TO HARM AND                             
                        HEAL.                                                       

       12424 AA  QZ     F      100-150                                             Open      0/  25                      

       12425 AB  QZ     F      100-150                                             Open      0/  25                      

      >12426 A  2       T      1230-220                                                      0/  18  CR/NC               
                        CHID MAJORS & MINORS ONLY                                   
                        CONTACT CHID(AT)UW.EDU FOR ADD CODE                         

       12427 A  5       TTh    1030-1220                                           Open      0/  40                      
                        APOCALYPSE AND POPULAR CULTURE(AH,                          
                        DIV)                                                        
                        ___                                                         
                        HOW OFTEN, AND FOR WHOM, DOES THE                           
                        WORLD END? POPULAR CULTURE SHOWS A                          
                        PERSISTENT FASCINATION WITH                                 
                        APOCALYPTIC SCENARIOS. THIS COURSE                          
                        USES CRITICAL INQUIRY AND                                   
                        SPECULATIVE THINKING TO EXAMINE A                           
                        WIDE RANGE OF MEDIA, INCLUDING                              
                        FILM, TELEVISION, VIDEO GAMES,                              
                        LITERATURE, VISUAL AND THEATER ART,                         
                                                                                    
                        AND DIGITAL MEDIA. IT FOCUSES ON                            
                        QUESTIONS OF POWER AND DIFFERENCE,                          
                        SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, IDEAS OF                            
                        THE FUTURE, AND THE POLITICS OF                             
                        REPRESENTATION.                                             

       12430 A  5       MW     1130-1250                                           Open      0/  10                J     
                        "BODIES IN TRANSITION"                                      
                        HOW HAVE SCHOLARS, WRITERS, AND                             
                        ARTISTS ENVISIONED EXTENDING THE                            
                        BODY VIA TECHNOLOGY? HOW HAS                                
                        LITERATURE, FILM, AND VIDEO ART                             
                        CONSTRUCTED, CONTESTED, AND                                 
                        REIMAGINED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN                         
                        DRAG, GENDER DIVERSITY, AND GENDER                          
                        TRANSITIONS? WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN W                         
                        SPEAK ABOUT "PASSING" BODIES? HOW D                         
                        EXPERIENCES OF DISCRIMINATION AND                           
                        VIOLENCE SHAPE A BODY AND ITS                               
                        PERCEPTIONS                                                 

       12431 A  5       to be arranged                                             Open      0/  40                #A    
                        MUSIC AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (AH, DIV                         
                        )                                                           
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                        THIS CLASS EXPLORES THE HISTORY AND                         
                        INFLUENCE OF THE BLACK POWER                                
                        MOVEMENT ON HIP HOP CULTURE. WE WIL                         
                        L                                                           
                        ALSO CONSIDER THE COMMERCIALIZATION                         
                        AND GLOBALIZATION OF HIP HOP, WITH                          
                        A                                                           
                        FOCUS ON RAP.                                               

      >12435 A  5       TTh    1230-220                                                      0/  25                J     
                        TO BE WITHDRAWN - CHID ADMIN                                

      >12436 A  5       TTh    130-320                                                       0/  18                      
                        COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF IDEAS                          
                        - THE ECOLOGICAL THOUGHT (AH)                               
                        ___                                                         
                        THIS SEMINAR INVITES STUDENTS TO                            
                        THINK AND RETHINK THE ECOLOGICAL                            
                        THOUGHT, USING PHILOSOPHER TIMOTHY                          
                        MORTONS PHRASE. IT ASKS WHAT IT                             
                        MEANS TO UNDERSTAND ALL BEINGS AS                           
                        FUNDAMENTALLY INTERCONNECTED, TO                            
                        RECOGNIZE OUR PLACE WITHIN A VAST,                          
                        INESCAPABLE MESH, AND TO LIVE IN                            
                        WAYS THAT HONOR THIS DEEP                                   
                        ENTANGLEMENT. AS THE JUNIOR                                 
                        COLLOQUIUM, THE COURSE EMPHASIZES                           
                        ENGAGEMENT WITH THE POLITICS OF                             
                        KNOWLEDGE, ASKING HOW WE COME TO                            
                        KNOW WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT COUNTS AS                           
                        KNOWLEDGE, AND WHOSE KNOWLEDGE                              
                        MATTERS.                                                    

       12442 A  5       W      930-1220                                            Open      0/  20                      
                        ENCOUNTERING ANIMALS - MORE-THAN-                           
                        HUMAN WORLDS IN RELATION (SSC, AH)                          
                        ___                                                         
                        THIS SEMINAR INVITES STUDENTS TO                            
                        ENGAGE ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND THE                             
                        BROADER MORE-THAN-HUMAN WORLD AS                            
                        AGENTIVE, ANIMATE, AND ENTANGLED                            
                        WITH HUMAN LIFEWORLDS. DRAWING ON                           
                        FRAMEWORKS AND METHODS FROM                                 
                        INDIGENOUS EPISTEMOLOGIES, CRITICAL                         
                                                                                    
                        ANIMAL STUDIES, MULTISPECIES                                
                        ETHNOGRAPHY, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL                          
                        HUMANITIES, AND ENGAGING A RANGE OF                         
                                                                                    
                        LITERARY, VISUAL, AND ORAL TEXTS,                           
                        THE COURSE EXPLORES BOTH HUMAN AND                          
                        MORE-THAN-HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF                               
                        RACIAL FORMATIONS, SETTLER                                  
                        COLONIALISM, EXTRACTIVE CAPITALISM,                         
                                                                                    
                        CAPTIVITY, WAR, AND OTHER FORMS OF                          
                        VIOLENCE.                                                   

      >12443 A  5       TTh    230-420                                                       0/  25                      
                        "CHID SENIOR PROJECT" (SSC) (CHID                           
                        MAJORS ONLY) CONTACT CHID[AT]UW.EDU                         
                        FOR ADD CODE.                                               

 IS   >12444 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10E                     

 IS   >12445 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10E                     

       12446 A  5       Th     1130-220                                            Open      0/  15                      
                        VIOLENT INTIMACIES - CARE,                                  
                        CONSUMPTION, BODIES (AH, SSC)                               
                        ___                                                         
                        THIS CLOSE READING SEMINAR INVITES                          
                        STUDENTS TO CONSIDER THE POLITICS                           
                        OF CARE, CONSUMPTION AND BODIES.                            
                        HOW DO DISABLED ARTISTS, INDIGENOUS                         
                        THINKERS, AND BLACK WRITERS EXPAND                          
                        OUR THINKING ABOUT THESE THEMES? BY                         
                        CRITICALLY EXPLORING A VARIETY OF                           
                        LITERARY GENRES, INCLUDING                                  
                        SCHOLARLY TEXTS, NOVELS, POEMS, AND                         
                        SHORT STORIES, THIS COURSE ASKS:                            
                        WHAT DO ZOMBIES, GHOSTS, AND                                
                        SHAPESHIFTERS TEACH US ABOUT THE                            
                        COMPLICATED CONTOURS OF LOVE?                               

      >12447 A  2       W      330-520                                                       0/  12  CR/NC               
                        TBA                                                         

 IS   >12451 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10                      

 IS   >12452 B  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10  CR/NC               

 IS   >12453 A  1-5     to be arranged                                                       0/  15E                     
                        CHID INDEPENDENT STUDY                                      

 IS   >12454 B  1-5     to be arranged                                                       0/  15E CR/NC               
                        CHID INDEPENDENT STUDY