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| Architectural History | |
| ARH 4591 | Undergraduate Seminar in the History of Architecture (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Research seminar in select topics in architectural history. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| History of Art | |
| ARTH 1503 | Art and the Premodern World (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This course will train students to understand and critically evaluate comparative, premodern, global cultures. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2019 |
| ARTH 2861 | East Asian Art (3 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Introduces the artistic traditions of China, Korea, and Japan, from prehistoric times to the modern era. Surveys major monuments and the fundamental concepts behind their creation, and examines artistic form in relation to society, individuals, technology, and ideas. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2010 |
| ARTH 4591 | Undergraduate Seminar in the History of Art (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Subject varies with the instructor, who may decide to focus attention either on a particular period, artist, or theme, or on the broader question of the aims and methods of art history. Subject is announced prior to each registration period. Representative subjects include the life and art of Pompeii, Roman painting and mosaics, history and connoisseurship of baroque prints, art and politics in revolutionary Europe, Picasso and painting, and problems in American art and culture. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| English-Literature | |
| ENGL 3275 | History of Drama I: Ancient Greece to the Renaissance (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This course begins in ancient Athens with the birth of tragedy and comedy, moving from there to the Latin tradition, both pagan and Christian, before settling into the European vernaculars, both medieval and modern. Course was offered Fall 2023 |
| ENGL 3510 | Studies in Medieval Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Topics vary. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. |
| French | |
| FREN 5011 | Old French (1) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Basic introduction to reading Old French, with consideration of its main dialects (Île-de-France, Picard, Anglo-Norman) and paleographical issues. May be taken in conjunction with FREN 5100 or independently. Taught in English. Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of modern French. |
| FREN 5510 | Topics in Medieval Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Topics may include genres (romance, poetry, hagiography, chanson de geste, allegory), themes (love, war, nature), single authors (Chrétien de Troyes, Machaut) and cultural and literary issues (gender, religion, authorship, rewritings). |
| FREN 8510 | Seminar in Medieval Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Topics may include genres (romance, poetry, hagiography, chanson de geste, allegory), themes (love, war, nature), single authors (Chrétien de Troyes, Machaut) and cultural and literary issues (gender, religion, authorship, rewritings). |
| German in Translation | |
| GETR 3464 | Medieval Stories of Love and Adventure (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This course traces the lineage and shapes of the Arthurian legend as witnessed in medieval literature and modern adaptations, including film and television ("Games of Thrones," "Star Wars," etc.) The aim is familiarity with the story of King Arthur and his court, as well as an ability to appreciate the permutations of the legend in all forms of media. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020 |
| History-European History | |
| HIEU 2071 | Early Modern Europe and the World (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | European history, from the Reformation to Napoleon, in global perspective. |
| HIEU 2559 | New Course in European History (1 - 4) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of European History. Course was offered Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Summer 2012, Fall 2011 |
| Japanese in Translation | |
| JPTR 3010 | Survey of Traditional Japanese Literature (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This course provides an introduction to Japanese literature from earliest times through to the nineteenth century. We will read selections from representative texts and genres, including myth, poetry, prose fiction, memoir literature, drama, and works of criticism. No knowledge of Japanese culture or language is required. |
| Middle Eastern Studies | |
| MEST 3492 | The Afro-Arabs and Africans of the Middle East and North Africa (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This course offers an in-depth historical, philological, and socio-cultural exploration into the representation of the Afro-Arab and the African as depicted across a wide range of Arabic and Islamicate chronicles, saints' lives, and (mainly) folk epics, among sundry other genres. In the course of the semester, special attention will be given to significant moments in the history of Afro-Arab and Arab-African encounters. |
| Politics-Political Theory | |
| PLPT 3010 | Ancient and Medieval Political Theory (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Western Political Theory from Plato to the Reformation. Among authors covered are Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Martin Luther. For the medieval period, central themes are natural law, allegorical interpretation of Scripture, and the origins of modern liberal political theory. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Religion-General Religion | |
| RELG 2820 | Jerusalem (3) |
| This course traces the history of Jerusalem with a focus on its significance in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. How has Jerusalem been experienced and interpreted as sacred within these religious communities? How have they expressed their attachments to this contested space from antiquity to modern times? Discussion will be rooted in primary texts from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim sources, with attention to their historical context. | |
| RELG 3559 | New Course in Religious Studies (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Religious Studies. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, January 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, January 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, January 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 |