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School of Humanities And Sciences

Graduate Special Relevance Courses

Title
Instructor
Quarter
Day, Time, Location

ARTHIST 306
Byzantine Art and Architecture, 300-1453 C.E. (ARTHIST 106, CLASSICS 171)

Pentcheva, B. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

ARTHIST 401A
Soren Kierkegaard and the Visual Arts (ARTHIST 201A)

Nemerov, A. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Autumn

Tuesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

ARTHIST 408
Hagia Sophia (ARTHIST 208, CLASSICS 173, CLASSICS 273)

Pentcheva, B. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Winter

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

ARTHIST 417B
Design Theory (ARTHIST 217B)

Beischer, T. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Autumn

Tuesday
10:30 AM
1:20 PM

CHINA 371
Posthumanism, Biopolitics, and the Anthropocene in Science Fiction: A Comparative Perspective (COMPLIT 371)

Wang, B. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Winter

Monday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM

CLASSICS 293
Archaeology and Environmental Aesthetics (ARCHLGY 193A, CLASSICS 193)

Shanks, M. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

CLASSICS 381
Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought (CIVIC 230A, CLASSICS 181, ETHICSOC 130A, PHIL 176A, PHIL 276A, POLISCI 230A, POLISCI 330A)

Salamanca, E. (PI)
Ober, J. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

COMPLIT 360B
History and Theory of the Novel: Foundations (ENGLISH 360B)

Ruttenburg, N. (PI)
Cohen, M. (PI)
Woloch, A. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Autumn

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

COMPLIT 371
Posthumanism, Biopolitics, and the Anthropocene in Science Fiction: A Comparative Perspective (CHINA 371)

Wang, B. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Winter

Monday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM

DLCL 333
Philosophy, Literature, and the Arts Core Seminar (ARTHIST 433A, ENGLISH 333, MUSIC 332, PHIL 333)

Anderson, R. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Spring

Tuesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

ENGLISH 366F
Media Theory for Literary Studies

McGurl, M. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Autumn

Wednesday
4:30 PM
7:20 PM

ENGLISH 367E
Contemporary Theory Lab (COMPLIT 367E, ILAC 367E)

2026 - 2027
Spring

FEMGEN 313
Performance and Performativity (ARTHIST 313, ENGLISH 313, TAPS 313)

Menon, J. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Winter

Monday
9:30 AM
12:20 PM

FEMGEN 314
Performing Identities (TAPS 314)

Brody, J. (PI)
Bhagani, K. (TA)

2026 - 2027
Autumn

Monday
9:30 AM
12:20 PM

FILMEDIA 302
Theories of the Moving Image: The Technologically Mediated Image (FILMEDIA 102)

Oeler, K. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

FILMEDIA 306
Media and Mediums (FILMEDIA 6)

Hebling, M. (TA)
Denson, S. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Autumn

Wednesday
5:30 PM
7:20 PM

FRENCH 319
Sex, Gender, and the Body in Renaissance France (FRENCH 219)

Alduy, C. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Winter

Tuesday
3:00 PM
5:50 PM

FRENCH 328
Literature, Narrative, and the Self (COMPLIT 328, ENGLISH 328, ITALIAN 328)

Landy, J. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Autumn

Thursday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

FRENCH 351
Writing, Memory, and the Self (FRENCH 251, ITALIAN 251, ITALIAN 351)

Wittman, L. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Spring

Wednesday
3:00 PM
5:50 PM

GERMAN 331
German Literature (1700-1900) (GERMAN 231)

von Stosch, E. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Winter

Thursday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

GERMAN 332
German Literature 3: Museum of Modern Poetry (GERMAN 232)

Pao, L. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Spring

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

ILAC 367E
Contemporary Theory Lab (COMPLIT 367E, ENGLISH 367E)

Hoyos, H. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Spring

Tuesday
3:00 PM
5:50 PM

ITALIAN 351
Writing, Memory, and the Self (FRENCH 251, FRENCH 351, ITALIAN 251)

Wittman, L. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Spring

Wednesday
3:00 PM
5:50 PM

ITALIAN 375
Navigating Chaos: Literature, Prime Matter, and the Ocean (COMPLIT 375)

Berchi, G. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Spring

Tuesday
4:30 PM
7:20 PM

JEWISHST 227D
Readings in Talmudic Literature (JEWISHST 127D, RELIGST 170D)

Fonrobert, C. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Autumn

Tuesday
5:30 PM
7:20 PM

JEWISHST 342
Myth and Modernity (COMPLIT 222A, GERMAN 222, GERMAN 322, JEWISHST 242G)

2026 - 2027
Spring

MTL 334A
Concepts of Modernity I: Queer Theory - Literature, Performance, and Art

Mornet, P. (TA)
Phelan, P. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Autumn

Monday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

MUSIC 200A
Proseminar in Musicology and Music Bibliography

Hadlock, H. (PI)
Barzel, T. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Autumn

Monday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

MUSIC 332
Philosophy, Literature, and the Arts Core Seminar (ARTHIST 433A, DLCL 333, ENGLISH 333, PHIL 333)

Anderson, R. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Spring

Tuesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

PHIL 276A
Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought (CIVIC 230A, CLASSICS 181, CLASSICS 381, ETHICSOC 130A, PHIL 176A, POLISCI 230A, POLISCI 330A)

Salamanca, E. (PI)
Ober, J. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

PHIL 333
Philosophy, Literature, and the Arts Core Seminar (ARTHIST 433A, DLCL 333, ENGLISH 333, MUSIC 332)

Anderson, R. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Spring

Tuesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

POLISCI 330A
Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought (CIVIC 230A, CLASSICS 181, CLASSICS 381, ETHICSOC 130A, PHIL 176A, PHIL 276A, POLISCI 230A)

Salamanca, E. (PI)
Ober, J. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

SLAVIC 346
The Russian Novel: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and More (SLAVIC 146)

Safran, G. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

SLAVIC 347
Modernism in Eastern Europe (REES 347, SLAVIC 147)

Ilchuk, Y. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Spring

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

TAPS 313
Performance and Performativity (ARTHIST 313, ENGLISH 313, FEMGEN 313)

Menon, J. (PI)

2026 - 2027
Winter

Monday
9:30 AM
12:20 PM

TAPS 314
Performing Identities (FEMGEN 314)

Brody, J. (PI)
Bhagani, K. (TA)

2026 - 2027
Autumn

Monday
9:30 AM
12:20 PM