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Across Africa, archives contain records of colonialism, resistance, migration, land dispossession, and everyday life, yet many remain difficult to access or are organized through systems created during colonial rule. At the same time, artificial intelligence is transforming how historical sources can be preserved, searched, interpreted, and shared. This…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"African & African American Studies","q":["Autumn"],"u":"3-5","g":["WAY-EDP"],"i":["Getz, T.","Salovaara, I."]},{"codes":["AFRICAAM 203"],"t":"Mining Inequality: AI, Extraction, and Racial Capitalism","d":"From as early as the sixteenth century to the present moment, the history of capitalism has been a central part of our world. It is not just a history of wealth and development, but it is also a history of extraction and exploitation - a history that scholars have conceptualized as racial capitalism. This course explores the global structures of inequality inherent to capitalism and how they have changed over time.…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"African & African American Studies","q":[],"u":"5","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["AFRICAAM 247G","HISTORY 247G"],"t":"Africa in a Global Perspective: Connections, Encounters, and Diasporas","d":"What happens when we place Africa and Africans at the center of world history? Rather than treating Africa as peripheral to global historical processes, this course examines the connections, encounters, and diasporas that linked African societies to the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean, Europe, and the Soviet world. 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Readings will range from classic texts such as Harriet…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"African & African American Studies","q":["Winter"],"u":"5","g":["WAY-A-II"],"i":["Hobbs, A."]},{"codes":["AFRICAAM 289"],"t":"West Africa and the Making of the Ancient and Modern World","d":"Analysis of the culture, politics, and economics of West Africa and West-Central African regions from the earliest times to the present. These are dynamic regions, encompassing over 21 countries, over 1,000 languages, hundreds of ethno-language groups, and diverse belief systems.  This course examines social, political, economic, and cultural change, and how West African/ West-Central Africans have shaped global…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"African & African American Studies","q":[],"u":"5","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["AMSTUD 90"],"t":"Exploring Archives","d":"What makes special collections special? 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This course examines the history of American representations of the Moon from the mid-19th century through the present, with particular attention to the interplay between the real and the fantastic in imaginings of…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"American Studies","q":["Autumn"],"u":"5","g":["WAY-A-II"],"i":["Kessler, E."]},{"codes":["ANTHRO 2"],"t":"Culture and Power: Introduction to Political Anthropology","d":"Public debates across the world warn of democratic decline and the rise of authoritarian rule. Across the world many fight for democracy. But does 'power' and democracy look the same all over the world? When and how did 'the people' become a legitimate source of political power? Why are there still kings, aristocrats and other forms of inherited offices? What is the difference between states, nations and…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Anthropology","q":["Spring"],"u":"3-5","g":[],"i":["Hansen, T."]},{"codes":["ANTHRO 18N"],"t":"End Times","d":"How do human societies imagine their own demise? The question is inescapable in an age beset with environmental catastrophe and the collapse of political systems on a global scale. What sense of the future survives the fraying of modern utopias that promised freedom and equality for all? Exploring the apocalyptic imagination in philosophy, religion, and anthropology, this course asks about the ethics of living in…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Anthropology","q":["Spring"],"u":"3","g":["WAY-EDP","WAY-SI"],"i":["Tambar, K."]},{"codes":["ANTHRO 38"],"t":"Monuments and Landscapes: Memory, Identity, and Power","d":"How do monuments shape landscapes, and how do landscapes give monuments meaning? This course explores relationships among nature, people, places, memory, identity, and power through archaeological case studies from different regions and periods. Students examine natural and cultural features, asking why communities build monuments, reuse older places, erase unwanted pasts, and contest inherited landscapes. They also…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Anthropology","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["ANTHRO 45"],"t":"Healing Systems","d":"This discussion-based course surveys diverse global healing systems with the broader consideration of healing (the) systems. Through the lens of medical anthropology, we will examine and engage with perspectives on the body, disease, diagnoses, treatment, and notions of healing and cure. Readings will explore global 'ancient' and 'modern' systems, approaches to the doctor-patient relationship, as well as integrative…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Anthropology","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["ANTHRO 48","CHILATST 48","CSRE 48"],"t":"Drugs: Experience, Cultures, Capitalism","d":"\"Drugs\" play a significant role in shaping contemporary expressions and representations of the self and social life; in the management of populations; in the production of markets and wars, and in the maintenance of inequality. Understood historically, drugs lend insight into the social construction of the licit and illicit; the boundaries of rich and poor; and the production and management of difference, desire,…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Anthropology","q":["Winter"],"u":"3-5","g":[],"i":["Garcia, A."]},{"codes":["ANTHRO 51"],"t":"Who's Crazy? 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Artificial intelligence has placed undergraduates in a profound bind: academic policy warns that using AI on coursework may constitute cheating and be grounds for discipline, while the broader message from career services, industry, and peers is that…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Anthropology","q":["Autumn"],"u":"1","g":[],"i":["Kohrman, M."]},{"codes":["ANTHRO 63"],"t":"What Natural Language Grammars Do","d":"This course explores what so-called natural language grammars do (and what artificial grammars don't do?... yet?), through a survey of some key analytic foci of the contemporary anthropology of grammar. This course considers relationships between grammatical categorial structures and symbolic texts (including computational texts), with a special emphasis on the many functions of natural language grammars (and asking…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Anthropology","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["ANTHRO 76"],"t":"Fitness Cultures","d":"From the meteoric rise of pickleball, to the global commodification of yoga, to Taylor Swift practicing her Eras Tour set on a treadmill, fitness is an inescapable facet of contemporary global culture. Drawing on historical and anthropological perspectives, this course examines fitness as an evolving social category shaped by state projects, health sciences, capitalism, gender, race, and everyday practice. We ask:…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Anthropology","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["ANTHRO 132W"],"t":"Law, Culture, and Human Rights","d":"How can anthropological concepts be applied to study the law? Be it through non-Western legal and law-like systems (such as dispute resolution in tribal societies), or our own institutions (such as courtrooms and prisons), legal anthropologists have sought to understand the complex relationships between law and society/culture. 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How might we decipher better the ways reproduction expresses sociopolitical registers - public/private, individual/societal, present/future, body/machine - which reveal age-old…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Anthropology","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["ANTHRO 292","ARCHLGY 192","ARCHLGY 292","ARTSTUDI 192A"],"t":"Making, Knowing, Resisting: Anthropology of Craft","d":"This course focuses on crafting as a social and political process that makes and remakes worlds. Anthropology and history demonstrate that \"to craft\" is much more than engaging in a hobby. Crafting is potent tool of resistance, regardless of the setting where it takes place or who undertakes it. 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Through lectures, discussions, and hands-on…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Archaeology","q":["Winter"],"u":"3-5","g":[],"i":["Chen, R."]},{"codes":["ARCHLGY 177","ARCHLGY 277"],"t":"Non-Destructive Archaeology: Methods, Ethics, and Theory in Geophysics and Remote Sensing Drones","d":"Archaeology is not just digging! As archaeologists have become more cautious about excavation, technological developments have transformed our ability to detect the past. We can now analyze entire settlements without digging them, through the aid of drones, spy satellites, magnetometers, and ground penetrating radar. Yet such technologies come at a social and ethical cost - particularly pertaining to indigenous…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Archaeology","q":["Winter"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Silvia, Z."]},{"codes":["ARCHLGY 184","ARCHLGY 284","CLASSICS 184A"],"t":"Barbarians at the Gate: Race and Ethnicity in Ancient Rome","d":"Who is a Roman? Who is a barbarian? 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His way of looking at and representing the world through his paintings and…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art History","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":["WAY-A-II","WAY-SI"],"i":["Findlen, P."]},{"codes":["ARTHIST 20Q"],"t":"War and Art","d":"How can art show new ways to live? People have lived and worked amongst the ruins of war throughout history, creating work that has gone on to define Western art. Our course will reveal the different anxieties of wartime and postwar worlds, where artists like Goya and Picasso attempted to come to terms with newly reshaped societies. 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In this seminar, we are moving past…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art History","q":["Spring"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Lugli, E."]},{"codes":["ARTHIST 111N"],"t":"Art Worlds: Museum, Studio, Gallery, Archive","d":"How does a work of art get from the artist's studio to the museum wall? Who makes these choices, and why? This class will introduce students to the spaces and institutions where art is made, sold, exhibited, viewed, and researched. We will visit museums and community art spaces, galleries and auction houses, conservation labs and artist studios, and speak with the people who work there. These visits will illuminate…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art History","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Kwon, M."]},{"codes":["ARTHIST 121N"],"t":"Islam and Water","d":"Water plays a central role in Islamic religious practice, and in the lifeworlds the Islamic world, from late antiquity to the present. This course examines water in relation to the artistic production of the Islamic world, encompassing architecture, portable objects, and paintings (mostly in books).  Indoor and outdoor fountains in residence and mosques, bathhouses, basins and channels in gardens, and cisterns to…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art History","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Blessing, P."]},{"codes":["ARTHIST 140","FILMEDIA 140"],"t":"An Architectural Imagination","d":"What is architecture? What questions and needs does it respond to? What kind of an imagination does it provoke? What is it about our relationship to architecture that has led to so many forms of cultural expression to draw from its theoretical and practical frameworks? Drawing from the work of thinkers and practitioners from across a wide variety of mediums, including film, fashion, performance, and visual art, this…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art History","q":["Autumn"],"u":"4","g":[],"i":["Gonzalez Ho, C."]},{"codes":["ARTHIST 231A","ARTHIST 431A","NATIVEAM 231A"],"t":"Otherized and Organized: The Politicization of Indigeneity in Colonial Latin America","d":"This course focuses on Indigenous visual, material, and cultural production of early colonial Latin America (Viceroyalty of Peru and Viceroyalty of New Spain) from the mid-1500s through the mid-1700s, with some content on the very late precontact period before colonization. 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Co-taught by an art historian and a…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art History","q":["Winter"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Kwon, M.","Mabuchi, H."]},{"codes":["ARTHIST 259A","ARTHIST 459A","HISTORY 289A","HISTORY 389A"],"t":"The Mongol Empire","d":"This course examines the artistic production of the Mongol Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries, stretching from the Middle East to East Asia. Under the vast umbrella of an empire built by Chinggis Khan and his successors, artistic exchange brought the introduction of Chinese motifs into Islamic art; increased production of illustrated manuscripts of histories and epics such as the Shahname; production of brocaded…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art History","q":["Spring"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Blessing, P.","Yaycioglu, A."]},{"codes":["ARTHIST 275","ARTHIST 475A","FILMEDIA 275","FILMEDIA 475","REES 275A"],"t":"The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde","d":"This course approaches the Russian and Soviet avant-gardes through three central themes:  things, forms, and thinking. 'Things' speaks to such key concepts as dialectical materialism, nonobjective art, and faktura.  'Forms' encompasses the intricate paths of Russian Formalism as well as Constructivist design. 'Thinking' threads through things and forms as they were understood to shape subjectivities.  We will…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art History","q":["Winter"],"u":"5","g":["WAY-A-II"],"i":["Oeler, K."]},{"codes":["ARTHIST 403"],"t":"Global Arts of Guinea, West Africa","d":"Designed as a curatorial practicum, this seminar offers an introduction to the field of African art history, building both theoretical and practical expertise related to the arts of Africa and postcolonial art histories more broadly. We will examine globally circulating arts from Guinea, West Africa, as a means of honing curatorial research and writing; engaging with key issues in museology; and developing the…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art History","q":["Autumn"],"u":"4-5","g":[],"i":["Cohen, J."]},{"codes":["ARTSTUDI 123G"],"t":"Relief Printing as Installation","d":"This course teaches students the foundations of the relief printing process, emphasizing carving and printing techniques on linoleum and rubber blocks. Students will learn how to develop drawings and transfer them onto blocks, operate an etching press, and print their images onto paper and fabric. This course encourages students to think about their work sculpturally, and implements processes that give their printed…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art Studio","q":["Autumn"],"u":"2","g":[],"i":["Aviles, A."]},{"codes":["ARTSTUDI 141G"],"t":"Expanded Painting: Bricolage and Material Language","d":"This course will introduce students to the medium of painting beyond the 2-dimensional conventions of a canvas by employing a directional composition of everyday objects, sound, lens-based practices (photography and video), and mark making. Through studio projects, screenings, readings, local field trips, critiques, and experimentation, this course seeks the potential for the transformative assemblage of available…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art Studio","q":["Winter"],"u":"2","g":[],"i":["Ukaigwe, C."]},{"codes":["ARTSTUDI 142G"],"t":"Photographic Printmaking","d":"Photographic Printmaking is an introductory printmaking course centered on direct-to-plate photopolymer gravure, an intaglio process that uses light to translate photographic images into printed form. The course treats photography as source material rather than an end point, emphasizing how images are transformed through plate making, inking, pressure, and paper. Students will learn the full workflow of photopolymer…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art Studio","q":["Winter"],"u":"2","g":["WAY-CE"],"i":["Sabogal, J."]},{"codes":["ARTSTUDI 177G"],"t":"The Art of Noticing: People and Place","d":"The Art of Noticing: People and Place is a studio-based documentary photography course grounded in observation, repetition, and relational engagement. Students will develop a sustained photographic project focused on a person, place, or environment over time. Rather than prioritizing technical mastery alone, this course emphasizes attention - how meaning is constructed through proximity, duration, and care. Students…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art Studio","q":["Winter"],"u":"2","g":[],"i":["Dennison, I."]},{"codes":["ARTSTUDI 238"],"t":"Cross-Media Painting","d":"Cross-Media Painting","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Art Studio","q":["Spring"],"u":"4","g":[],"i":["Xie, X."]},{"codes":["ASNAMST 85","ENGLISH 85"],"t":"Asian American Pop Culture: Representation, Aesthetics, Reception","d":"While conversations around Asian representation in US media have historically centered on exclusion from the mainstream, the 21st century has seen the global rise and popularity of various forms of Asian and Asian American pop culture. Asian media, music, memes, fashion, beauty, games, and celebrities have become household names, no longer consigned to the realm of obsessive otaku or cringeworthy Koreaboos. We will…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Asian American Studies","q":["Autumn"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Zhou, J."]},{"codes":["ASNAMST 289","ENGLISH 288"],"t":"Transpacific Literary Futures","d":"This course explores the booming archives of East Asian and Asian American speculative fictions. How does the future look different from disparate angles in the Pacific region? What speculative worlds are being fashioned or predicted in each, and why? We will examine the making of science fiction texts and adaptations as the space between Asia and Asian America narrows through increasingly transpacific cultural…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Asian American Studies","q":["Winter"],"u":"3-5","g":[],"i":["Bo, M."]},{"codes":["BIO 44"],"t":"Plant Molecular Biology Lab","d":"This course will provide an overview of the biology of plants focusing on molecular scale processes. Plant growth and development and environmental responses system will be explored.  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This course combines an in-depth look at denazification processes, a history of cultural reflections on denazification, and political debates about denazification from the 1940s…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Comparative Literature","q":["Winter"],"u":"3-5","g":[],"i":["Daub, A."]},{"codes":["COMPLIT 203R","ENGLISH 302R","FEMGEN 203F","FRENCH 203","FRENCH 303","ITALIAN 202"],"t":"Queer Romance","d":"\"Sometimes I think I've found my hero, but it's a queer romance\": these are Lorenz Hart's words, sung famously by Ella Fitzgerald, and they embody one of the central paradoxes of romance in both the medieval and the modern senses of the word: that heroism, like love, doesn't necessarily look the way we expect it to, and that some of the pleasure as well as the pathos of reading, and loving, lies in this…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Comparative Literature","q":["Winter"],"u":"3-5","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["COMPLIT 211"],"t":"Girard, Schmitt, Strauss","d":"An examination of central concepts of Rene Girard, Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss: mimetic desire, sacrifice, the friend-enemy distinction, political theology, and the crisis of modernity. 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This course focuses on rethinking China from the margins, within and without, through an inclusive and intersectional study of China as diverse and plural site of investigation. The readings in this seminar offer an emphasis on comparative histories and wide-ranging ethnographies of traditionally marginalized communities who are often rendered invisible…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"East Asian Languages & Cultures","q":["Spring"],"u":"3-5","g":[],"i":["Chan, C."]},{"codes":["EALC 320"],"t":"Modernism, Colonialism, and Nationalism in Japan and Korea","d":"A graduate seminar covering recent scholarship on literary modernism, colonialism, and nationalism in Japan and Korea. 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As…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":["WAY-A-II"],"i":["Pufahl, S."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 8S"],"t":"Southern Literature","d":"This critical creative seminar explores the rich tradition of Southern literature, examining how writers from the American South have shaped thought about identity, race, family, history, and place. Through short stories, poetry, and essays, students will analyze many Southern voices and consider how themes such as memory, religion, class, and social change reflect the region's complex cultural landscape. Students…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":["WAY-A-II"],"i":["Shewmaker, M."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 8T"],"t":"The Body in Fiction","d":"In this course, we examine the varied ways in which writers represent the physical body on the page as object, possession, extension of self, and microcosm of the collective. We examine how writers marshal gender, race, sexuality and sensory expression to articulate broader social, political or cultural concerns, and how the individual body might be mobilized as a metaphor for, or as resistance against, larger…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":["WAY-A-II"],"i":["Tomar, R."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 8U"],"t":"New Perspectives on the Short Story","d":"What can the short story reveal that longer forms cannot? This introductory course approaches short fiction from multiple historical, cultural, and formal perspectives, examining how writers have used craft techniques (such as compression, omission, point of view, voice, and structure) to represent different ways of seeing the world. 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This course begins with the assumption that the arts are in dialogue with each other. Our time in class will be rooted in group discussion and dialogue as well. Each week, we will look at several pairings of classic poems and enduring visual artworks. Sometimes…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Spring"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Jenkins, N."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 56"],"t":"Earliest English Poetry","d":"Earliest English Poetry","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Spring"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Treharne, E."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 56S","HISTORY 56S"],"t":"\"Tell About the South\": Cultural History of the American South","d":"Americans feel compelled to \"tell about the South,\" framing it as a provincial, backward region separate from the nation. Yet the region has consistently produced some of the most modern, emphatically American culture. This course investigates these tensions from the Old South to the New South, incorporating film nights, photography, music, and literature ranging from slave narratives to works by William Faulkner,…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Winter"],"u":"5","g":["WAY-A-II","WAY-EDP"],"i":["Virtue, J."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 58"],"t":"From Page to Stage: Troilus and Cressida","d":"The great city of Troy has been under siege for seven years. Both Greek and Trojan camps have lost the plot, if ever narrative coherence for their struggle did exist. The most irreverent of Shakespeare's \"problem plays,\" Troilus and Cressida puts infighting warriors - and young love - to the test. The Trojan prince and fair Cressida circle each other at arm's length; so, too, do \"insolent\" Achilles and \"blockish\"…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Spring"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Yu, E."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 59"],"t":"Poems as Artificial Intelligence","d":"In a column written soon after the public release of ChatGPT, Ezra Klein wrote that AI's \"thinking,\" for lack of a better word, is utterly inhuman, but we have trained it to present as deeply human\" (The New York Times, March 12, 2023). Implicit in Klein's thesis is the assumption that we do understand human thinking, or at least how to recognize it, and that AI confronts us with something radically different…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Autumn"],"u":"4","g":[],"i":["Atkins, J."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 75"],"t":"Shakespeare's Rivalries","d":"Before Shakespeare sat at the center of the literary canon, his reputation was rivaled by the likes of Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, Thomas Kyd, and others. This seminar pairs Shakespeare's works with his competitors to investigate the literary scene that produced the most famous writer in English. Topics include the aesthetics of revenge, the performance of racial difference, and the drama of the soul.","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Madani, A."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 90C"],"t":"Contemporary Ghost Stories","d":"\"The ghost\" writes sociologist Avery Gordon, \"represents a something-to-be-done.\" When a ghost appears in literature, \"The present wavers. Something will happen.\" A haunting is often an appeal (or a demand) for action. Inside a short story, the escalation of a haunting becomes an engine of revelation. Ghosts expose secret architectures of power and desire, unresolved violence and ongoing injustice. Ghosts can also…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Spring"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Russell, K."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 101"],"t":"Witchcraft and Alchemy on the Renaissance Stage","d":"\"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.\" Renaissance England was equal parts obsessed with and terrified of witches and sorcerers. King James not only instituted stricter witchcraft laws, but suppressed the books of witchcraft skeptics and wrote a treatise defending the existence and persecution of witches. England's playwrights rose to the occasion, pulling from both contemporary…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Autumn"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Hubbard, C."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 200"],"t":"Experiments in Making","d":"This generative creative writing course is open to students across genres and is ideal for writers embarking on longform projects or integrating research into original texts. It is my hope that weekly, collective study of works by such thinkers as Kamau Brathwaite and Helene Cixous will agitate our imaginative practices in generative and needful ways. As a way of learning with assigned materials, class participants…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Autumn"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Girmay, A."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 212A","FILMEDIA 412A","SLAVIC 212"],"t":"Lights, Cinema, and the Writer's Pencil! Vladimir Nabokov and Cinema","d":"An experimental and synesthetic author, Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) featured many references to films and actors in his novels - from Buster Keaton to Greta Garbo, and from Charlie Chaplin's \"The Floorwalker\" to Harold Lloyd's \"Safety Last!\" These references are not only thematic, but also stylistic, turning Nabokov into one of the first writers who tried and adapted cinematographic techniques to literary texts. In…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Winter"],"u":"3-5","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 213"],"t":"Victorian Poetry","d":"Poetry in the British Victorian era was fraught with contradiction. Scientific progress contributed, on the one hand, to a reeling sense of doubt and disorientation within a universe that seemed to be becoming ever more complex and, on the other, to a deeper investment in domesticity and religious faith. Mourning and a sense of loss and melancholy became melodic, as poets sought for ideals and heroism within a…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Winter"],"u":"5","g":["GER:DB-Hum"],"i":["Gigante, D."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 231"],"t":"Don DeLillo and His Times, 1971-2026","d":"Don DeLillo and His Times, 1971-2026","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Spring"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Greif, M."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 232"],"t":"Fictions of Early Capitalism","d":"Early modernity names the period of transition from feudalism to capitalism that included, among other changes, the dissolution of the monasteries, the enclosure of common lands, the formation of corporations, and the expansion of colonialism and trade. How did these transformations in the economy ramify in the literary production of the period? What is enabled and obscured by these grand narratives of historical…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Spring"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Madani, A."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 294"],"t":"Reading Austen","d":"An immersive seminar on Austen's fiction, for graduate and upper-level undergraduates. Our emphasis will be, as much as possible, on carefully reading the major novels and reflecting on the reading experience itself. We will also look at flashpoints in Austen criticism, including selections from three intensive, book-length studies by Claudia Johnson, Freya Johnston and D. A. Miller, as well as other critical…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Winter"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Woloch, A."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 335B","FEMGEN 335","TAPS 335T"],"t":"Queer Theory: Literature, Performance, and Art","d":"This is an interdisciplinary course introducing the primary contributions to the field of queer theory in the humanities. These readings will begin with Eve Sedgwick's work and responses to it from Heather Love, Jane Gallop, Jose Munoz, and Lauren Berlant. Then we will look at the work of Judith Butler and its impact on Performance Studies; readings here will include work by Phelan, Hart, and Halberstam. We will…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Autumn"],"u":"4","g":[],"i":["Mornet, P.","Phelan, P."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 339"],"t":"Anguish and Desire in Premodern British Literature","d":"This survey of premodern British literature will introduce graduate students to major premodern vernacular texts - their sources, genres, influence, and interpretative problems - through the related themes of anguish and desire. For what did early English writers and their personas long? How are the emotional pain and trauma of unfulfilled longing articulated and resolved? How useful might modern Trauma Theory,…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Autumn"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Treharne, E."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 347"],"t":"Cultural Studies and Cultural Criticism","d":"The class will introduce graduate students to the fundamental methodologies of cultural studies and cultural critique, through foundational texts in these traditions as well as recent exemplary instances.  Traditions may include Frankfurt School, Birmingham School, and Chicago School sociology, as well as idiosyncratic US practitioners such from Susan Sontag and Leslie Fiedler to Andrea Long Chu.","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Winter"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Greif, M."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 349"],"t":"Jane Austen","d":"Jane Austen","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":[],"u":"5","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 351"],"t":"Neo-Formalisms","d":"Literary theory in the twenty-first century has been marked by a return to formalist modes of thinking about the text. Alternatively presented as a reaction to sociological or cultural modes of critical reading and a radical expansion of what \"form\" is, these so-called neo-formalist methods of interpretation have both returned us to an interest in close-reading, and surfaced alternative approaches to uncovering…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Winter"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Algee-Hewitt, M."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 367"],"t":"Theatricality and Antitheatricality","d":"The theater has never had a comfortable existence. Its detractors fall primarily into the Platonic camp, claiming that theater is mimesis, mimicry not reality, and by default is morally dangerous. Theater's supporters, on the other hand, follow Aristotle, and claim that theater is catharsis, a prompting of emotions to allow for release, a form of untruth that allows for truth to be uncovered. In this course, we will…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Spring"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Hubbard, C."]},{"codes":["ENGLISH 391"],"t":"Comparative Studies of Race, Slavery, and Diaspora","d":"This seminar examines the concept of race, processes of racialization, and theory and methods for the interdisciplinary and comparative study of race, slavery, and diaspora formation. Drawing on readings from across the humanities, but with a focus on literary studies, this course emphasizes comparison in three distinct ways: comparison of processes of racialization; comparison of academic disciplines in their…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"English","q":["Autumn"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Rasberry, V."]},{"codes":["ETHICSOC 31Q"],"t":"On Friendship: Intellectual Community and the Search for Connection","d":"Friendship is woven into the fabric of a good life. But what is a friend, and why are the bonds of friendship so powerful? This course explores the nature and value of friendship in life and learning, drawing from the resources of philosophy, literature, education, history, and case studies in the real world. To pursue these enduring questions about social and intellectual bonds, we will reach back to ancient…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Ethics in Society","q":["Spring"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Brust, C."]},{"codes":["FEMGEN 121Q"],"t":"Trans Stories","d":"In this creative writing course, we'll read poetry, personal essays, and fiction that expand and complicate our understanding of trans and gender diverse experiences, asking how stories can articulate what's at stake in the fight for trans justice. We'll consider how a craft-based approach to storytelling allows us to avoid the didactic and lean into the complexity, nuance, and intimacy that good writing has to…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Howse, R."]},{"codes":["FEMGEN 158F","FRENCH 158"],"t":"Repressed Love in the French Ancien Regime","d":"French literature is often approached through the perspective of romance, passion, and desire. In this course, students examine love in the Ancien regime through its negation. What are the philosophical, religious and social underpinnings of the imperative to refuse both the other and the self? How are these internal conflicts and dilemmas represented in theater, poetry, and novels? How have these representations…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies","q":["Winter"],"u":"3-5","g":["WAY-A-II"],"i":["Liu, A."]},{"codes":["FEMGEN 171","JEWISHST 171","RELIGST 171"],"t":"Gender(s) and Sexuality in Jewish Culture","d":"This course examines how concepts gender(s) and sexuality have shaped Jewish culture and practice throughout history. It traces contours of Jewish thinking about gender(s) and sexuality in the biblical and rabbinic literature, examining formative traditions of law, practice and theology, in conversation with early Christian literature. Students will explore transformations of Jewish life into the contemporary…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies","q":["Winter"],"u":"4","g":["WAY-A-II"],"i":["Fonrobert, C."]},{"codes":["FEMGEN 185"],"t":"Gender and Sport","d":"Sports are a rich site for understanding gender. In this course we will use sports lens to understand how gender works, how it is performed, and how gender inequality persists. This course will introduce students to the study of gender and sport by learning to analyze gendered processes, how the social construction of gender impacts sports, and how to evaluate gender related processes within sports competition. The…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies","q":["Winter"],"u":"4-5","g":[],"i":["Hummel, L."]},{"codes":["FEMGEN 344","FRENCH 344","TAPS 344D"],"t":"A Dazzling Spectacle: French Classical Tragedy of the Seventeenth Century","d":"The tragic genre of the seventeenth century is a collection of dazzling spectacles that blind, confound, but ultimately reveal the condition of the spectator. The audience ends up both seduced and troubled by the staging of a gripping fiction. Why does tragedy, a genre that deals with great figures and great passions in history and mythology, evoke so much emotion across the ages? This course begins with a…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies","q":["Spring"],"u":"3-5","g":[],"i":["Liu, A."]},{"codes":["FILMPROD 101M"],"t":"Science/Fiction: Screenwriting about Science","d":"The bounds of human knowledge are pushed and reshaped by scientific research, but transforming those discoveries into cinematic material isn't simple. Without slipping into cartoonish Sci-Fi, how can creative people imagine science, technology, engineering, and math as source material for entertainment? How can climate science stories avoid \"preachy\" polemics? Or nanotech affect us at human scale? Or medical…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Film Production","q":["Spring"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Tobin, A."]},{"codes":["FILMPROD 105C","FILMPROD 305C"],"t":"Crafting Story for Film and Television","d":"Was there a time when a movie or TV episode affected you, made you jump, cry, or simply floored you? In those moments you were likely manipulated by dozens of narrative mechanisms -- invisible to an unaware audience -- that are the core tools of screenwriting. Learn the craft of generating cinematic material and organizing it for effect through case study screenings of popular film and television, followed by…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Film Production","q":["Winter"],"u":"3-4","g":[],"i":["Tobin, A."]},{"codes":["FILMEDIA 108N"],"t":"Writing Film Criticism","d":"What makes a great film critic?  How does a film critic earn the trust of their audience?  What makes good written criticism?  What makes good podcast criticism?  In this course we will analyze the work of influential film critics as we compose and workshop our own critical essays.  As part of the course we will attend several screenings at the local Stanford and Aquarius Theaters.","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Film and Media Studies","q":[],"u":"3","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["FRENCH 134","ITALIAN 134"],"t":"Animals","d":"This broad survey examines how French and Italian writers, philosophers, and naturalists from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century posed and re-posed the \"animal question.\" Featuring landmark figures of the period (Montaigne, Aldrovandi, Descartes, La Fontaine, Voltaire, Buffon, Spallanzani, Lamarck, Cuvier), the course follows arguments, debates, and controversies whose stakes remain ours: humans as…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"French Studies","q":["Autumn"],"u":"3-5","g":[],"i":["Angeli, N."]},{"codes":["FRENCH 136"],"t":"Science, Fiction, Science Fiction","d":"This course examines the birth of science fiction. 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It recounts the story of a famous author facing a psychological crisis that he hopes to resolve…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"German Studies","q":["Spring"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Berman, R."]},{"codes":["GLOBAL 140"],"t":"Iranian Visionary: On 'Abdu'l-Baha's Modernism","d":"Among the handful of occasions when Stanford's President has required all students and faculty to attend a public lecture, two names are widely remembered: Martin Luther King Jr. and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Less well known is that in 1912, Stanford's founding President David Starr Jordan - himself one of the original trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - extended that same rare…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Global Studies","q":["Autumn"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Mottahedeh, N."]},{"codes":["HISTORY 19S"],"t":"SEX IN THE CITY: A Global History of Work and Sex from Antiquity to Present","d":"This course examines \"the world's oldest profession\": sex work. Students will be introduced to the historical phenomenon of prostitution across time and space relating to class, sex, and migration from antiquity to present. The cities explored in this course provide a solid basis for a global history of prostitution and for bettering our understanding of the world of work. Case studies include ancient Roman…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"History","q":["Winter"],"u":"5","g":["WAY-EDP"],"i":["Goodman Rabner, D."]},{"codes":["HISTORY 25S"],"t":"Empires Without Colonies: A History of Informal Imperialism","d":"Are corporations having the power to act like states a form of imperialism? How about an empire bankrupting a sovereign state through predatory loans, or dominating cultural tastes beyond its borders? These questions are at the core of this seminar's subject: informal imperialism. We will question what informal imperialism is, and how it differs from formal colonial rule. Through weekly case studies, we will explore…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"History","q":["Autumn"],"u":"5","g":["WAY-EDP","WAY-SI"],"i":["Guven, K."]},{"codes":["HISTORY 28","HISTORY 128"],"t":"Heated Rivalries: Making Modern Eastern Europe","d":"Modern Eastern Europe has been one of the most consequential regions of the last two centuries: the site where empires collapsed, nations were created, genocides were carried out, communism was built and broken, and Europe is, once again, at war. This course offers a survey of the region from the nineteenth century to the present, using sport to make its history visible. The class moves through a Habsburg ski race…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"History","q":["Spring"],"u":"3-5","g":[],"i":["Hunter, J."]},{"codes":["HISTORY 80S"],"t":"As In Heaven So On Earth: Science and Medicine in the Islamic world","d":"For centuries, the Islamic world was a central hub of scientific knowledge and intellectual production. In this course, we will explore how the concept of 'ilm (knowledge or science) functioned as a fundamental component of this intellectual culture. In particular we will focus on the production of astronomical and medical knowledge in the premodern Islamic world. Particular attention will be paid to the…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"History","q":["Autumn"],"u":"5","g":["WAY-A-II","WAY-SI"],"i":["Jazra, F."]},{"codes":["HISTORY 162"],"t":"A History of Reproductive Rights in the United States","d":"Since the late 19th century, a woman's and all person's right to control their intimate reproductive lives in the United States has been a site of public debate and political struggle. These stakes became especially urgent following the US Supreme Court's 2022 Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Given the dynamic nature of the current debate specifically over abortion rights, we will ask how history can inform…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"History","q":["Winter"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Horn, M."]},{"codes":["HISTORY 174E"],"t":"Economic History of Latin America","d":"This course examines the common and divergent economic trajectories in Latin America from the colonial period to the present. Rather than treating the economy as an autonomous sphere, the course approaches economic life as deeply embedded in social, cultural, political, and environmental contexts. Economic growth, trade, exports, and other quantitative indicators are therefore studied not simply as statistical…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"History","q":["Spring"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Robles-Baez, C."]},{"codes":["HISTORY 220S","ILAC 220"],"t":"Violence and Its Afterlives: Memory, Repression, and Dictatorship in the Hispanic World","d":"This course examines the historical trajectories, memorial practices, and material legacies associated with twentieth-century dictatorships in Spain and Latin America. It adopts a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to the study of authoritarian regimes, focusing on their origins, mechanisms of repression, social consequences, and long-term impacts on democratic cultures and memory politics. The course…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"History","q":["Autumn"],"u":"3-5","g":[],"i":["Sole Barjau, Q."]},{"codes":["HISTORY 223B"],"t":"Red Power: Industry, Energy and Environment in the Soviet Union","d":"This course explores histories of industry, energy, and the environment in the Soviet Union, examining how rapid industrialization transformed landscapes, societies, and ecosystems. Focusing on key sectors including coal, gas, nuclear energy, and heavy industry, the course investigates themes such as forced labor, modernization, planning, resource extraction, environmental change, and technological ambition. Through…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"History","q":["Autumn"],"u":"5","g":["WAY-EDP"],"i":["Bykova, A."]},{"codes":["HISTORY 230B"],"t":"The Invention of Society in Early Modern Britain","d":"Medieval people had no concept of society as we understand it. By the 1530s, the term still referred to the friendly association of one person with another, from the Latin socius, or \"companion.\" Only from the mid-seventeenth century did it come to denote an object with its own independent existence and laws, that could be described, analyzed, and governed. This course retraces that invention in early modern…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"History","q":["Autumn"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Cooper, J."]},{"codes":["HISTORY 238P","HISTORY 338P"],"t":"History of Postcolonial Africa","d":"This course offers an in-depth examination of postcolonial African history through a consideration of common problems and themes across three distinct national contexts: Kenya, Cote d'Ivoire, and Angola. Emerging out of different imperial systems and charting different courses during the processes of decolonization, our study will provide insight into a diverse range of postcolonial African experiences. The…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"History","q":["Spring"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["HISTORY 241","HISTORY 341"],"t":"The Techies and The Fuzzies: A History of the Two Cultures Problem","d":"In a famous lecture in 1959, urging a major reform of higher education in Britain, the chemist and novelist C. P. Snow claimed that the main obstacle lay in the mutual incomprehension of \"the two cultures.\" On one side were scientists who dismissed literature as so much fluff, irrelevant for the modern, technological age. On the other were literary figures like Leo Tolstoy, who condemned science for failing to…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"History","q":["Winter"],"u":"4-5","g":[],"i":["Riskin, J."]},{"codes":["HISTORY 282B"],"t":"Enslavement and the Protracted End of Slavery in the Middle East and East Africa","d":"The history of slavery is often taught through the lens of the Atlantic world, leaving the histories of slavery and abolition in the Middle East and East Africa comparatively overlooked. This course broadens that perspective by examining slavery, the slave trade, and the many paths toward abolition across the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Middle East. Rather than treating abolition as a single event or…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"History","q":["Winter"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Ozdemir, O."]},{"codes":["HISTORY 361B"],"t":"Topics in US History: Readings in American Legal History","d":"This graduate readings course is designed to provide students with an introduction to some of the major historiographical developments in American legal history, from its colonial origins to the present day. We will consider major interpretive problems in the field as well as key methodological debates that have defined it.","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"History","q":["Autumn"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Gienapp, J.","Twitty, A."]},{"codes":["HISTORY 447B"],"t":"Gender, Sex, and Colonialism in Global History: Part 2","d":"Graduate Research Seminar, Part II.  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Experimental approaches try to answer narrowly-scoped pieces of this question, but these have long coexisted and interacted with a growing stream of work using computational language processing systems as broad-coverage models of mental language processing systems.…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Linguistics","q":["Spring"],"u":"4","g":[],"i":["Shain, C."]},{"codes":["LINGUIST 289R"],"t":"Foundation Models and Linguistic Theory Research Lab","d":"The development of theories of language and cognition using foundation models as investigative tools. 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Topics to be covered depending on time and interest include: brownian motion, Langevin and Fokker-Planck equations, linear response theory and transport phenomena, phase transitions out of equilibrium, dynamics of surface roughening, phase-ordering kinetics, and pattern formation,  The course will…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Physics","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Raghu, S."]},{"codes":["POLISCI 43N"],"t":"Nepotism: Families, Status, and Wealth","d":"Nepotism, or families awarding jobs and opportunities to their own, is widespread. So why do people favor their relatives - and why can't societies seem to stop them? When is family preference defensible, and when does it corrode public life? nThis course traces nepotism from its evolutionary roots in biology to its modern forms: family firms, political dynasties, legacy admissions, and elite social networks. 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The seminar offers…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Political Science","q":["Winter"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Tarapore, A."]},{"codes":["POLISCI 231H","POLISCI 331H"],"t":"Philosophical Encounters: Europe and East Asia","d":"\"Translation is the most crucial and weightiest of all world affairs.\" Goethe wrote in a letter to his English translator, Thomas Carlyle in 1827. The German poet and the Scottish historian came to be known in each other's language without having physically met, exemplifying a mode of intellectual exchange that shaped the landscape of cross-cultural dialogue before the age of globalization. Encountering others in…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Political Science","q":["Winter"],"u":"3-5","g":[],"i":["Tang, A."]},{"codes":["POLISCI 233G"],"t":"What Was the University?","d":"What was the university when it was first created in the Middle Ages, before it assumes the form known to us today? In what ways are universities distinguished from other knowledge institutions, such as academies and schools? Can the university be considered a political institution? And if so, to what degree is it comparable to other political entities, including parties, courts, churches, and even states? In this…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Political Science","q":["Spring"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Tang, A."]},{"codes":["POLISCI 428G"],"t":"Inequality and Polarization in the United States","d":"This seminar examines how the profound economic and social inequality in the United States interacts with our polarized political environment, and how these forces ultimately shape democratic processes and government policy. We will analyze the interplay of economic incentives and realities with political behavior and institutions. 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Meetings will be discussion…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Psychology","q":["Autumn"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Gross, J.","Nencheva, M."]},{"codes":["RELIGST 11Q"],"t":"Being Human in an AI World","d":"We are living in unprecedented times of technological advancement that will fundamentally transform the meaning of work, identity, life and death - in short, what it means to be human. We have seen that AI is a huge disruptor to our world in good and bad ways. As a young person today, you might be wondering what your life's purpose is if AI will potentially replace whatever professional or creative aspirations you…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Religious Studies","q":["Autumn"],"u":"3","g":["WAY-ER"],"i":["Lai, E."]},{"codes":["RELIGST 138"],"t":"Indian Philosophies","d":"This course will survey the rich and sophisticated tradition of Indian philosophical thought from its beginnings in the speculations of Upanishads, covering debates among different varieties of Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and materialistic philosophers. We will explore what these profound thinkers had to say about such questions as the problem of suffering, the nature of world and the place which human beings occupy…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Religious Studies","q":["Autumn"],"u":"4","g":[],"i":["Monteserin Narayana, D."]},{"codes":["RELIGST 142"],"t":"Life Worth Living","d":"How should we live? This course delves into this profound question by exploring the lives of influential religious figures in 20th-century America who successfully communicated their visions to the wider public. Each week, we will examine how a historical figure or organization employed various mediums, such as writing, speaking, demonstrations, and organizing, to shift attitudes and inspire generations of Americans…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Religious Studies","q":["Winter"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Martin, L.","Sharick, J."]},{"codes":["RELIGST 163"],"t":"Ghosts, Ghouls, and Demons: Religion and the Supernatural","d":"What does the grotesque, the unsettling, and the terrifying have to do with religion? In Ghosts, Ghouls, and Demons: Religion and the Supernatural, we explore the relationship between religion and horror, exploring how some traditions posit a link between the seemingly horrific and profound truths about the divine and the human condition. 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Special attention is given to current debates surrounding healthcare and…","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Stanford in Washington","q":["Autumn"],"u":"5","g":[],"i":["Behrer, P.","Jamieson, A.","Sachs, R."]},{"codes":["TAPS 29S"],"t":"TAPS Production Units: Developmental Stage Management","d":"For students assigned to a Stage Management team for developmental stage productions in the Department of Theater and Performance Studies.","school":"School of Humanities & Sciences","dept":"Theater and Performance Studies","q":["Autumn"],"u":"1-3","g":[],"i":["Tipps, V."]},{"codes":["TAPS 128W"],"t":"Clown II: Advanced Physical Idiocy","d":"This course is a continued investigation of the possibilities of theatrical clown, designed for artists who have already begun their clown practice. Students will develop a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of clown performance - including partnership, audience play, and a personal sense of humor. 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We begin…","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Anesthesia","q":["Spring"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Bateman, B.","Nguyen, T."]},{"codes":["ANES 303P"],"t":"Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology","d":"VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: The intent of this clerkship is to introduce the student to the exciting world of pediatric cardiac anesthesiology and congenital heart disease.  LPCH is a national (& international) referral center for many complex & rare CHD including: TOF/PA/Mapcas for PA reconstruction; heart failure for VAD and transplants; pulmonary hypertension for lung…","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Anesthesia","q":["Winter","Spring"],"u":"3-6","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["BMDS 286"],"t":"AI Lab: Building AI Native Health Product & Startups","d":"Course Overview:nTransforming breakthroughs in the AI lab into high-impact health products and startups requires more than exceptional code - it demands navigating clinical validation, complex regulatory landscapes, and specialized venture financing. nThis course is a project-based, hands-on learning experience where you will build, test, iterate and pitch a computational health product idea. It serves as a…","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Biomedical Data Science","q":["Autumn"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Minno, M.","Wall, D."]},{"codes":["CTS 300W"],"t":"Cardiothoracic Surgery","d":"Away clerkship.","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Cardiothoracic Surgery","q":["Autumn","Winter","Spring","Summer"],"u":"6","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["CHPR 214"],"t":"Introduction to Research in Lifestyle Medicine","d":"The goal of this course is to develop an understanding of scientific research methods through the lens of lifestyle medicine. This course will teach a variety of techniques for exploring the pillars of lifestyle medicine (nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, social connection, cognitive enhancement, and gratitude & purpose). Course topics include research design, critical appraisal, introduction…","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Community Health and Prevention Research","q":["Autumn"],"u":"1","g":[],"i":["Crane, S.","Prochaska, J."]},{"codes":["CHPR 217"],"t":"Exercise as Medicine: Designing and Evaluating Physical Activity Interventions for Health","d":"This course examines physical activity as a preventive and therapeutic intervention for improving physical and mental health across diverse populations. Students will learn principles of exercise prescription, including resistance training and aerobic programming, alongside behavior change strategies and implementation frameworks. Emphasis is placed on designing scalable, evidence-based interventions for community…","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Community Health and Prevention Research","q":["Spring"],"u":"1","g":[],"i":["Prochaska, J.","ojemaye, L."]},{"codes":["CHPR 218"],"t":"Epinutrition: Diet, Epigenetics, and the Prevention of Chronic Disease Across the Life Course","d":"This course examines how dietary exposures regulate gene expression through epigenetic mechanisms across the lifespan - from preconception and fetal development through aging. Students investigate how two major classes of dietary compounds - methyl donors and epibioactives - modulate epigenetic marks implicated in metabolism, inflammation, and healthy aging. 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Students will explore how to design rigorous studies, communicate findings responsibly, and maintain scientific integrity when researching issues where political ideology intersects with public health evidence.Through selected case studies on topics…","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Community Health and Prevention Research","q":["Winter"],"u":"2","g":[],"i":["Flentje, A."]},{"codes":["GENE 107Q"],"t":"A Bug's Life: The Molecular Basis of Insect Adaptations","d":"Insects are undoubtedly the most diverse group of animals (with over a million species estimated), and they play a critical role in maintaining ecosystem health. At the same time, they can devastate human societies by spreading disease and destroying crops. People host complex feelings toward insects, as they provoke instinctive fears, despite also playing beneficial societal roles. In this course, we will look at…","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Genetics","q":["Autumn"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Verster, K."]},{"codes":["MED 150A"],"t":"(VOCES) Volunteer Opportunity for Community Engagement through Spanish Medical Interpreting","d":"This is a service learning quarter for students who have completed the didactic training in MED 150 (Spanish Medical Interpreting Skills for Community Clinics). 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We will examine the immediate and long term health consequences of these issues, along…","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Medicine","q":["Winter"],"u":"2-3","g":[],"i":["Grossman, L."]},{"codes":["MED 321W"],"t":"Advanced Medical Oncology Clerkship","d":"Away clerkship.","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Medicine","q":["Autumn","Winter","Spring","Summer"],"u":"6","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["INDE 243"],"t":"Foundations of Medicine I","d":"Enrollment is limited to MD candidates. Foundations of Medicine I provides an integrated introduction to the molecular, cellular, genetic, biochemical, immunologic, microbiologic, and pharmacologic principles that underpin human health and disease.  Students examine the biochemical basis of metabolism, including vitamins, cofactors, and the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, and nucleotides, alongside…","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Medicine Interdisciplinary","q":["Autumn"],"u":"12","g":[],"i":["Aggarwal, A.","Akeke, T.","Akporyoe, L.","Canter, O."]},{"codes":["NEPR 206"],"t":"Neuroscience Data Basics","d":"For first-year Neurosciences IDP graduate students. This hands-on course introduces core tools for research computing. Students will learn to use command line Bash and work effectively in the Unix shell; track, version, and share code with Git; transfer research data between Stanford data storage systems; access Stanford HPC resources (FarmShare, Sherlock) via the browser-based Open OnDemand portal; and use Python…","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Neurosciences Program","q":["Autumn"],"u":"1","g":[],"i":["Grier, B.","Liu, S.","Mark, L.","Nuyujukian, P."]},{"codes":["OBGYN 133"],"t":"Gender, Health, and the Production of Inequity: Case Studies in Medicine and Global Public Health","d":"This seminar examines how gender shapes health and access to healthcare across diverse patient populations and health systems. 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Students will work with real-world wearable data and explore topics including digital biomarkers, multimodal and foundation models, data quality and…","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Otolaryngology","q":[],"u":"3","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["PATH 40N"],"t":"Our Living Code: The Past, Present, and Future of the Human Genome","d":"The complexities of human life and disease are ultimately encoded with the 3 billion basepairs of our shared human genome. But our genetic code is no static list of A, T, C, and G's. It has expanded dramatically over the course of human evolution, changes constantly throughout our own lives, and increasingly can be intentionally manipulated by humans ourselves. 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Although renown as musician, song writer, and performer, Namjoon is also frequently cited…","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Psychiatry","q":["Autumn"],"u":"3","g":[],"i":["Jacobs, J."]},{"codes":["PSYC 333W"],"t":"Sleep Medicine","d":"Away clerkship.","school":"School of Medicine","dept":"Psychiatry","q":["Autumn","Winter","Spring","Summer"],"u":"3-6","g":[],"i":[]},{"codes":["SOMGEN 226"],"t":"Narratives In Military Medicine","d":"Introduces medical, non-medical graduate, and undergraduate students to the field of military medicine and the diverse career pathways within it. Through an exploration of training and professional development, the course follows the journey from students to military physicians, operational medics, researchers, and senior military leaders. 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