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RLST 105 HM - Religion American Culture: Toleration
CrsNo RLST105 HM
When Offered: Last offered fall 2010
Instructor(s): E. Dyson
This introductory-level course explores American religious history from pre-colonial indigenous civilizations through the present, focusing on three related issues – diversity, toleration and pluralism. We will consider how religions have shaped or been shaped by encounters between immigrants, citizens, indigenous peoples, tourists, and occasionally, government agents. Putting these encounters in historical context, we will look closely at how groups and individuals have claimed territory, negotiated meaning, understood each other and created institutions as they met one another in the American landscape. At these sites of contact, we will also attend carefully to questions of power, translation and the changing definitions of religion itself.
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RLST 106 PZ - Zen Buddhism
CrsNo RLST106 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 107 PO - Modern Chinese Buddhism
CrsNo RLST107 PO
When Offered: Fall 2011, alternate years.
Instructor(s): Z. Ng
Tradition and Innovation in the Making of Modern Chinese Buddhism. During China’s transition from imperial rule to modern state, traditional religions were challenged with the seemingly inevitable fate of being erased by modernizing and secularizing forces. To meet intellectual, social, and political challenges that included state persecution. Buddhist leaders poured their efforts into rearticulating Buddhism under a spectrum of approaches defined by two polarities: (1) conservatives who emphasized restoring Tradition and (2) progressives who favored modernization. we will look at the Buddhist adaptations to modernity, particularly the modern state, from the perspective of religious history, exploring how metaphors of “Tradition” versus “Innovation” can be used toward the preservation and revitalization of religion. Lecture/Discussion. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: one RLST course.
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RLST 108 PO - Buddhism & Society in SE Asia
CrsNo RLST108 PO
Buddhism & Society in Southeast Asia. A multidisciplinary study of Theravada Buddhism against the historical, political, social, and cultural backdrop of Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia with particular attention to Thailand and Sri Lanka. The course focuses around three themes: Buddhism as a factor in state building, political legitimation, and national integration; the inclusive and syncretic nature of popular Buddhist thought and practice; and representations of Buddhist modernism and reformism. The course includes material from the formative period of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia to contemporary times.
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RLST 113 HM - God, Darwin, Design in America
CrsNo RLST113 HM
When Offered: Last offered fall 2010
Instructor(s): E. Dyson
This course explores the relationship between scientific and religious ideas in the United States from the early 19th-century to the present. Starting with the natural theologians, who made science the “handmaid of theology” in the early republic, we will move forward in time through the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species and Andrew Dickson White’s subsequent declaration of a war between science and religion, into the 20th-century with the Scopes trial and the rise of creationism, the evolutionary synthesis, and finally, the recent debates over the teaching of intelligent design in public schools.
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RLST 116 PO - The Lotus Sutra in East Asia
CrsNo RLST116 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): L. Zhiru
The Lotus Sutra is undoubtedly the most popular Buddhist scripture in East Asia. Following the text’s trajectory from its emergence in India to its borad dissemination across East Asia, up to the present day, we will critically analyse its many (re)imaginings in doctrinal schools, popular literature, ritual practices, art and architecture and, in modern times, even social activities. Letter grade only.
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RLST 117 PO - The World of Mahayana Scriptures: Art, Doctrine and Practice
CrsNo RLST117 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012.
Instructor(s): L. Zhiru
Examines Mahayana Buddhist scriptures in written texts and through their visual representations and the spiritual practices (e.g., ritual, meditation, pilgrimage) they inspired. Doctrinal implications will be discussed, but emphasis will be on the material culture surrounding Mahayana scriptures. (HRT 1)
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RLST 119 PZ - Religion in Medieval East Asia
CrsNo RLST119 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 121 SC - The Pauline Tradition
CrsNo RLST121 SC
When Offered: Every other year.
An examination of the genuine letters of Paul and their social, cultural and religious settings and later writings, both biblical and non-biblical, from early Christian literature claiming to represent the thoughts of Paul. Special attention is given to women’s role in Pauline communities and to the impact of Pauline theology on women’s lives and spiritual experiences.
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RLST 123 SC - Christianity in Africa
CrsNo RLST123 SC
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RLST 128 PO - The Religion of Islam
CrsNo RLST128 PO
When Offered: Fall 2011.
Instructor(s): Z. Kassam
Introduction to Islamic tradition: its scripture, beliefs and practices and the development of Islamic law, theology, philosophy and mysticism. Special attention paid to the emergence of Sunnism, Shi’ism and Sufism as three diverse expressions of Muslim interpretation and practice, as well as to gender issues and Islam in the modern world. (HRT II, MES)
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RLST 131 CM - Synagogue and Church
CrsNo RLST131 CM
When Offered: Every other year.
A survey of early synagogues and churches, along with related examples of Greco-Roman temples and shrines, through their architecture and art work. The course will explore the contributions archaeological data make to the understanding of Judaism and Christianity and how each religious tradition physically and ideologically constructs sacred space.
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RLST 132 PO - Messiahs and the Millennium
CrsNo RLST132 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): E. Runions
This course traces the origin and development of apocalyptic thought and surveys contemporary responses to the “end of time.” We will consider how apocalyptic thought affects Christian and Jewish theologies, new religious movements, colonialism, war, white supremacy, nationalism, imperialism, environmentalism, attitudes toward sexuality, HIV/AIDS and conceptions of gender. (HRT II)
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RLST 133 PO - Modern Judaism
CrsNo RLST133 PO
When Offered: Fall 2013.
Instructor(s): Staff
A survey of Jewish history, literature, thought and practice from 1000 C.E. to the present, exploring the changing self-understanding of Jews against the background of the birth and development of the modern world, and focusing on the European ghetto, Haskalah, Hasidism, denominational schisms, early Zionism and the events that heralded the development of modern anti-Semitism. (HRT II, MES)
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RLST 136 CM - Religion in Contemporary America
CrsNo RLST136 CM
When Offered: Every third year.
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 139 PO - Benjamin, Blanchot, Levinas, Derrida: Contemporary Continental Jewish Philosophy
CrsNo RLST139 PO
When Offered: Spring 2015.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Benjamin, Blanchot, Levinas, and Derrida all object to the totalizing nature of the philosophy of history which, as they see it, has dominated modern thought. Each criticizes or replaces it with a philosophy of language – translation, writing, dialogue – in which theorizing arises from the relation of same and other. We examine their ideas about history and language and look at their literary styles as expressions of their philosophies; in addition we read some illustrative literature. (PRT, CWS)
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RLST 140 PO - The Idea of God: Modern Theologies of Belief
CrsNo RLST140 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2010.
Instructor(s): J. Irish
An exploration and assessment of 20th-century European and North American theologians. How do they describe the human condition? Are their descriptions convincing? Do their ideas of God, religion and morality match our own? Are they asking questions we would ask and do their responses give expression to our beliefs, religious or secular? (PRT)
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RLST 141 PO - The Experience of God: Contemporary Theologies of Transformation
CrsNo RLST141 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2011.
Instructor(s): J. Irish
An exploration and assessment of African-American, Asian, ecological, feminist, liberation and process theologies. What do these theologies have in common? How do they differ? Do they speak from our experience? What insights do they have for our pluralistic, multicultural society? (PRT)
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RLST 142 AF - The Problem of Evil: African-American Engagements With(in) Western Thought
CrsNo RLST142 AF
When Offered: Spring 2012.
Thematically explores the many ways African Americans have encountered and responded to evils (pain, wickedness and undeserved suffering) both as a part of and apart from the broader Western tradition. We will examine how such encounters trouble the distinction made between natural and moral evil and how they highlight the tensions between theodicies and further ethical concerns. (CWS, PRT)
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RLST 144 CM - Life, Death and Survival of Death
CrsNo RLST144 CM
When Offered: Every other year.
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 148 PO - Sufism
CrsNo RLST148 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): Z. Kassam
What is the Muslim mystics’ view of reality? How is the soul conceptualized in relation to the divine being? What philosophical notions did they draw upon to articulate their visions of the cosmos? How did Muslim mystics organize themselves to form communities? What practices did they consider essential in realizing human perfection? (PRT)
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RLST 149 PO - Islamic Thought
CrsNo RLST149 PO
When Offered: Fall 2013.
Instructor(s): Z. Kassam
Examines various facets of Islamic thought with respect to religious authority, political theory, ethics, spirituality, and modernity. Addresses these issues within the discussions prevalent in Islamic philosophy, theology, and mysticism, and, where available, their modern representatives.
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RLST 150 AF - Eye of God: Race and Empire
CrsNo RLST150 AF
When Offered: Spring 2012, alternate years.
Instructor(s): D. Smith
The Eye of God: Race and Empires of the Sun. In mythic cycles from the “Western Tradition,” there has been a sustained intrigue over the relationship between the human eye and the heavenly sun. This intrigue has been reshaped – but not lost – with the advent of modern visual surveillance techniques. In this course, we will examine a range of technological and political manifestations of the solar eye and its significance for religion. Letter grade only.
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RLST 152 PO - Ritual and Magic in Children’s Literature
CrsNo RLST152 PO
When Offered: Fall 2014.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Many children’s stories describe a passage from immaturity to individuality and responsibility, and facilitate such a passage in their readers. We study this pattern in various works with a focus on the role of ritual and magic. Our purpose is to arrive at a critical awareness of how the stories work, and to speculate on the residue they leave on our religious sense and hermeneutics. (CWS)
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RLST 153 CM - Religion and American Politics
CrsNo RLST153 CM
When Offered: Every third year.
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 154 PO - Life, Love and Suffering in Biblical Wisdom and the Modern World
CrsNo RLST154 PO
When Offered: Spring 2012.
Instructor(s): E. Runions
Examines the wisdom literatures of the Hebrew Bible (Proverbs, Job, Qohelet) in their ancient Near Eastern and literary contexts and alongside what might be considered latter-day wisdom literature, that is, works by 20th century writers influenced by existentialism (Simone de Beauvoir, Elie Wiesel and Tom Stoppard). (CWS, MES)
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RLST 155 PO - Religion, Ethics and Social Practice
CrsNo RLST155 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2011.
Instructor(s): J. Irish
How do our beliefs, models of moral reasoning and communities of social interaction relate to one another? To what extent do factors such as class, culture and ethnicity determine our assumptions about the human condition and the development of our own human sensibilities? Discussion and three- to six-hour-per-week placement with poor or otherwise marginalized persons in the Pomona Valley. (PRT)
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RLST 157 PO - Philosophical Responses to the Holocaust
CrsNo RLST157 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
According to some thinkers, the event of the Holocaust has called into question all the Western thought that preceded it. We examine this claim, focusing on the question of whether, after the Holocaust and similar contemporary horrors, theology and philosophy must change in order to speak responsibly. Thinkers taken up include Arendt, Fackenheim, Browning, Bauman, Spiegelman, Voegelin, Adorno, Jabes and Levinas. (PRT)
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RLST 158 PO - Jewish Mysticism
CrsNo RLST158 PO
When Offered: Spring 2014.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Close reading of selections from various texts of medieval Jewish mysticism in translation, including the Zohar, Abulafia, Cordovero, Luria and the Hasidim.
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RLST 160 SC - Interpreting Jesus: Global and Gendered Perspectives
CrsNo RLST160 SC
This course reads and analyses canonical and noncanonical gospels using feminist methods of biblical interpretation including historical and literary criticism, hermeneutics and theology. The goal is to so analyze the gospel christologies in order to reconstruct Christian women’s history for historical, theological and socio-political considerations. Special attention will also be given to the readings of African, African American, Asian and Latin American women.
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RLST 161 CM - Gurus, Swamis and Others: Hindu Wisdom Beyond South Asia
CrsNo RLST161 CM
When Offered: Every other year.
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 162 PO - Modern Jewish Thought
CrsNo RLST162 PO
When Offered: Spring 2012.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
To be announced. (CWS, PRT)
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RLST 163 CM - Women and Gender in Jewish Tradition
CrsNo RLST163 CM
When Offered: Every other year.
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 164 PO - Engendering and Experience: Women in Islamic Traditions
CrsNo RLST164 PO
When Offered: Spring 2012.
Instructor(s): Z. Kassam
Explores the normative bases of the roles and status of women and examines Muslim women’s experiences in various parts of the Muslim world in order to appreciate the situation of and the challenges facing Muslim women. (CWS, MES)
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RLST 165 CM - Religion and Politics in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
When Offered: Every other year.
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 166A PO - The Divine Body: Religion and the Environment
CrsNo RLST166A PO
When Offered: Spring 2012.
Instructor(s): Z. Kassam
Sallie McFague calls the universe and hence the Earth, the Body of God. How are we treating such a body? How have our religions treated the Earth? Is our environment at risk and if so, due to what factors? Are religions part of the problem or part of the solution with respect to sustaining and possibly nurturing our environment? (CWS, PRT)
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RLST 166B CM - Religion, Politcs and Global Violence
CrsNo RLST166B CM
When Offered: Every year.
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 167 PZ - Theory and Practice of Resistance to Monoculture
CrsNo RLST167 PZ
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RLST 170 SC - Warriors, Wives and Wenches: Women in Antiquity
CrsNo RLST170 SC
Who were the ancient women? This course presents a sampling of diverse women’s stories, experiences and institutions as portrayed in ancient sacred, historical, classical and novelistic writings. Through feminist explorations of various ancient discourses, attempts can be made to reconstruct gender relations in various societal relationships and roles in antiquity.
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RLST 172 PO - The Bible Goes to Hollywood: Ideological Afterlives of Scripture
CrsNo RLST172 PO
When Offered: Fall 2013.
Instructor(s): E. Runions
Course examines how popular film both takes up and modifies biblical content and symbolism, and to what end. In learning to interpret biblical allusions, subtexts and narrative in film, we will consider how the Bible is used to uphold as well as to critique, power relations within U.S. American society. (HRT II, CWS)
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RLST 174 CM - Religion and the American Presidency
CrsNo RLST174 CM
When Offered: Every other year.
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 177 PO - Gender and Religion
CrsNo RLST177 PO
When Offered: Spring 2012.
Instructor(s): E. Runions
This course will look at the ways in which gender and religion interact within various historical and cultural contexts to reinforce, contradict and also resist traditional notions of gender and religious experience. Attention will be paid to how religion affects experiences of gender and how gender affects experiences of religion. (CWS)
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RLST 178 PO - The Modern Jewish Experience
CrsNo RLST178 PO
When Offered: Fall 2011.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Focusing on the relationship of Judaism to contemporary culture, the course takes up such issues as anti-Semitism, assimilation, Zionism, Jewish self-hatred, feminist Judaism, queer Judaism and Judaism in postmodern philosophy. Texts read will be drawn from a wide range of genres. (CWS, HRT II, MES)
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RLST 179 HM - Special Topics in Religious Study
CrsNo RLST179 HM
When Offered: Fall 2011
Instructor(s): E. Dyson
Please see the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 179S HM - Special Topics in Religious Study
See the Harvey Mudd College catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 180 PO - Interpreting Religious Worlds
CrsNo RLST180 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Required for all majors and minors. Examines some current approaches to the study of religion as a legitimate field of academic discourse.
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RLST 183 HM - Ghosts & the Machines
CrsNo RLST183 HM
When Offered: Alternate years.
Instructor(s): E. Dyson
See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 184 HM - Science and Religion
CrsNo RLST184 HM
When Offered: Fall 2011
Instructor(s): R. Olson and R. Cave
See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 184 PO - Queer Theory and the Bible
CrsNo RLST184 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): E. Runions
Course looks at biblical passages that are central to prohibitions on homosexuality, as well as passages that can be read as queer-friendly. Texts will be examined through biblical scholarship and queer theory. (CWS, HRT II)
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RLST 190 PO - Senior Seminar in Religious Studies
CrsNo RLST190 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Required for all senior majors. Advanced readings, discussion and seminar presentations on selected areas and topics in the study of religion.
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RLST 191 PO - Senior Thesis
CrsNo RLST191 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): All
Required of all senior majors in religious studies.
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RLST 198 PO - Summer Reading & Research
CrsNo RLST198 PO
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RLIT 191 PO - Senior Thesis in Romance Literature
CrsNo RLIT191 PO
When Offered: Offered as needed.
Instructor(s): Staff
Senior Thesis in Romance Literature.
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RLST 199DRPO - Religious Studies: Directed Readings
CrsNo RLST199DRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): All
Directed Readings. Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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RUSS 001 PO - Elementary Russian
CrsNo RUSS001 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
Acquisition of basic oral and written communication. Introduction to the structure of the language. Intensive oral practice.
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RUSS 002 PO - Elementary Russian
CrsNo RUSS002 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): L. Rudova
Continues the acquisition of basic oral and written communication with a focus on Russian grammar in social and cultural contexts. Intensive oral and written practice. Prerequisite: RUSS 001 PO .
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RUSS 011 PO - Conversation: Contemporary Russian Language and Culture
CrsNo RUSS011 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Russian Language Resident.
Open to all students except native speakers. Credit for satisfactory participation in Oldenborg Center activities and two conversation classes weekly. Cumulative, one-fourth course credit; graded P/NC. Does not satisfy the foreign language requirement. Limited to one enrollment per semester and a cumulative total of one course credit.
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RUSS 013 PO - Advanced Conversation
CrsNo RUSS013 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Language Resident.
Open to all students except native speakers. Credit for satisfactory participation in Oldenborg Center activities and two conversation classes weekly. Prerequisite: two years of college-level language study or equivalent. Cumulative, one-quarter course credit; graded P/NC. Does not satisfy the foreign language requirement. Limited to one enrollment per semester and a cumulative total of one course credit. Each semester.
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RUSS 033 PO - Intermediate Russian
CrsNo RUSS033 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): A. Dwyer
Further study in the Russian language, including reading, conversation, grammar and composition. Prerequisite: RUSS 002 PO .
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RUSS 044 PO - Advanced Russian
CrsNo RUSS044 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
Continues the study of the Russian grammatical system. Focus on oral communicative strategies, advanced syntax, study of short poems, prose and film. Prerequisite: RUSS 033 PO .
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RUSS 180 PO - Readings in 19th-century Russian Literature
CrsNo RUSS180 PO
When Offered: Fall 2013.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
Masterworks of Russian prose and poetry in the context of cultural, social and political trends in 19th-century history. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: RUSS 044 PO .
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RUSS 181 PO - Readings in Modern Russian Literature
CrsNo RUSS181 PO
When Offered: Fall 2013.
Instructor(s): A. Dwyer
A survey of Russian and Soviet poetry, prose and film of the 20th-century, covering major cultural movements including symbolism, suturism, ornamental prose, socialist realism, literature of the thaw, dissident and underground culture, and the post-Soviet scene. Class discussion in both Russian and English. Focus on composition in Russian.
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RUSS 182 PO - Post-Soviet Russian Culture and Society
CrsNo RUSS182 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2011.
Instructor(s): L. Rudova
Main changes in Russian society since the collapse of the U.S.S.R. through fiction, popular media and film. Topics include post-Soviet identity and nostalgia, nationalism, wars in Chechnya, terrorism, control of the media, ecological issues, new religiosity and popular culture. Readings from the Russian media and contemporary fiction. Films. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: RUSS 044 PO . Letter grade only.
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RUSS 183 PO - Russian Comedy in Film and Fiction
CrsNo RUSS183 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): L. Rudova
Introduction to comic works of film and fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries. Textual analysis, class discussion, oral reports, composition, advanced work on grammar and stylistics. Prerequisite: RUSS 044 PO .
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RUSS 186 PO - Animated Russia: Cartoons and the Language of Culture
CrsNo RUSS186 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
In a country with a strong tradition of animation, cartoons define the ways in which Russians make sense of their experience. The course surveys Russian cartoons from the Soviet era to the present, focusing on how they disseminate cultural assumptions while lampooning them at the same time. Prerequisite: RUSS 044 PO .
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RUSS 191 PO - Senior Thesis
CrsNo RUSS191 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Course or half-course.
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RUSS 193 PO - Comprehensive Examinations
CrsNo RUSS193 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Five-hour written and one-hour oral examinations in the field of Russian language and literature, testing the student’s general competence in the discipline. Half-course. P/NC grading only.
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RUSS 199DRPO - Russian: Directed Readings
CrsNo RUSS199DRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Directed Readings. Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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RUSS 199IRPO - Russian: Independent Research
CrsNo RUSS199IRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Independent Research or Creative Project. A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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RUSS 199RAPO - Russian: Research Assistantship
CrsNo RUSS199RAPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Research Assistantship. Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.
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RUST 070 PO - Alienation & Lit in Russia
CrsNo RUST070 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 071 PO - Natnl Ident/Geog in 19C Russ Lit
CrsNo RUST071 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 079 PO - Short Fiction by Russian Masters
CrsNo RUST079 PO
When Offered: Fall 2011.
Instructor(s): A. Dwyer
Russian culture of the 19th century in the European context. Focus on short stories and novellas by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Chekhov. Painting, photography, opera and ballet examined along with literary works.
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 080 PO - Russian Literature and Culture from 1900 to the Present
CrsNo RUST080 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): L. Rudova
Major movements and trends in Russian literature and culture with critical readings and cultural theory. Topics include Russian figurations of the utopia, avant-garde literature and art, social engineering, Stalinist terror, environmental issues, family and gender politics, post-Soviet popular culture.
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 100 PO - Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
CrsNo RUST100 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
Tolstoy and Dostoevsky captured the human experience in the context of modernity, in which we continue to live today. The modern age emerged with the development of the media in the nineteenth century, when relations between people, previously based on personal contact, came to be mediated by the press, as today they are mediated by film, television, and the internet. Tolstoy and Dostoevsky were fascinated by modernity and articulated salient insights into the human experience in media society. We read a selection of their major works addressing the problems of personal identity, social involvement, as well as relations between men and women, in a rapidly changing world.
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 103 PO - Dostoevsky and Popular Culture
CrsNo RUST103 PO
When Offered: Spring 2012.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
Media culture, youth movement, burgeoning city life, technological progress, and acute political developments, such as nihilism, anarchism, and terrorism–these circumstances brought to life Dostoevsky’s masterpieces. Popular culture fashioned the rich context for Dostoevsky’s existential questions about love, life, and death. By placing Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Possessed in the context of their time, remarkably similar to our own, the course highlights the links between Dostoevsky’s novels and our experience today.
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 105 PO - Russian Literature 1861-1917
CrsNo RUST105 PO
When Offered: Spring 2012, alternate years.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
Crime, Passion, Politics: Russian Literature, 1861-1917. The course explores canonical literary representations of the human condition in the modern age. The focus is on the logic of everyday experience of people much like ourselves who maintain passionate commitments while living in the ambivalent present and facing uncertain future, in an era marked by terrorism, political upheaval, and economic change. Texts include Dostoevsky’s The Possessed, Tolstoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata, Chekhov’s Lady with Lapdog and The Story of an Unknown Man and Bely’s Petersburg.
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 111 PO - Russian Cinema
CrsNo RUST111 PO
When Offered: Spring 2012.
Instructor(s): L. Rudova
The history of Russian cinema from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution to the present. Topics include cultural politics under the Soviets; censorship; confrontation between the real Soviet world and the fictional reality created by the Soviets; masterpieces of Soviet and post-Soviet cinema; sex and violence of new Russian cinema. Readings on film theory, film criticism and history of Russia.
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 175 PO - Empire and Ethnicity: The Case of Modern Russia
CrsNo RUST175 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): A. Dwyer
Empire and Ethnicity: The Case of Modern Russia. Examines cultural production in Russia through the lenses of empire and ethnicity. Emphasis on the formation of national and imperial identities from the Petrine era to today. Topics include Russian Orientalism in the Caucasus; Jews, Ukrainians and Poles as actors in Russian culture; Russia’s eastern frontier. Recommended: one course in Russian history or literature.
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 191 PO - Senior Thesis in Russian
CrsNo RUST191 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
(Russian in Translation)
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STS 001 PO - Introduction to Science, Technology and Society
CrsNo STS 001 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): Staff
General introduction to the interactions among science, technology and society, and approaches to studying these interaction in STS. Examines different concepts of rationality and the values that underlie scientific and technological endeavors. Evaluates the role of value conflict in technology controversies, such as the design of babies through genetic engineering.
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