Spring 2016 MEMS Courses
Spring 2016 MEMS Courses
For an official list of courses that count towards the MEMS minor, consult the Undergraduate Bulletin. Other courses, including those offered at Duke University and other institutions, may be eligible for credit towards the minor. For approval, submit a copy of the syllabus and a statement about the course’s engagement with Medieval and Early Modern Studies to Brett Whalen, the Program Director.
Check the Registrar’s Course Listings for updated information. Updated November 13, 2015.
AFRICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND DIASPORA STUDIES
AAAD 286: The African Diaspora in the Colonial Americas, 1450-1800
TuTh 3:30 – 4:45
Gardner Hall 105
Instructor: BARBARA ANDERSON
AAAD 298: Blacks in British North America to 1833
MW 3:35 – 4:50
Philips Hall 367
Instructor: ROBERT PORTER
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH 121-006: Ancient Cities of the Americas
MWF 3:35 – 4:25
Brooks-Sitterson Hall F009
Instructor: JOHN SCARRY
ART HISTORY
ARTH 154-001: Introduction to the Art and Architecture of Islamic Lands, 8th – 16th Centuries
MW 9:05 – 9:55
Sitterson Hall F009
Instructor: GLAIRE ANDERSON
ARTH 273-001: Arts Under the Mughal Dynasty in India
TuTh 11:00 – 12:15
Hanes Art Center 117
Instructor: PIKA GHOSH
ARTH 274-001: European Baroque Art
MWF 11:15 – 12:05
Hanes Art Center 218
Instructor: CHRISTOPH BRACHMANN
ARTH 274-002: European Baroque Art
MWF 3:35 – 4:25
Hanes Art Center 117
Instructor: CHRISTOPH BRACHMANN
ARTH 370-951: Visual Art in the Age of Revolution
TuTh 6:00 – 7:15
Murphey Hall 112
Instructor: KATHERINE CALVIN
ARTH 561: Islamic Urbanism
MW 3:35 – 4:25
Hanes Art Center 118
Instructor: GLAIRE ANDERSON
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
CMPL 123-001: Great Books I: Politics and Literature from Antiquity
MWF 12:20 – 1:10
Greenlaw Hall 305
Instructor: J. MCGOWAN
CMPL 227-001: Global Authors: The Middle Ages in World Cinema
TuTh 2:00 – 3:15
Dey Hall 313
Instructor: SHANE LEGASSIE
CMPL 489-001: Empire and Diplomacy
TuTh 2:00 – 3:15
Global Center 1009
Instructor: T. LEINBAUGH
CMPL 563-001: Studies in the Anglo-French Renaissance
TuTh 3:30 – 4:45
Dey Hall 205
Instructor: H. MELEHY
CMPL 624-001: The Baroque
Th 3:30 – 6:20
Dey Hall 404
Instructor: M. COLLINS
ENGLISH
ENGL 120-001: British Literature, Medieval to 18th Century
Th: 9:30 – 10:45
Greenlaw Hall 319
Instructor: M. GEIL
ENGL 120-002: British Literature, Medieval to 18th Century
MWF 12:20 – 1:10
Greenlaw Hall 222
Instructor: J. WOLFE
ENGL 120-003: British Literature, Medieval to 18th Century
MWF 12:20 – 1:10
Greenlaw Hall 301
Instructor: J. WOLFE
ENGL 225-001: Shakespeare
MWF 1:25 – 2:15
Greenlaw Hall 222
Instructor: D. BAKER
ENGL 225-002: Shakespeare
TuTh 11:00 – 12:15
Murray Hall G201
Instructor: R. KENDALL
ENGL 225-003: Shakespeare
TuTh 9:30 – 10:45
Hanes Art Center 121
Instructor: M. MATCHINSKE
ENGL 226-001: Survey of Renaissance Drama
TuTh 11:00 – 12:15
Bingham Hall 317
Instructor: MARY FLOYD-WILSON
ENGL 228-001: Literature of the Later Renaissance
MWF 9:05 – 9:55
Bingham Hall 301
Instructor: R. BARBOUR
ENGL 230-001: Milton
MWF 11:15 – 12:30
Bingham Hall 301
Instructor: R. BARBOUR
ENGL 319-001: Introduction to Medieval English Literature
MWF 1:25 – 2:15
Greenlaw Hall 302
Instructor: P. O’NEILL
ENGL 320-001: Chaucer
TuTh 12:30 – 1:45
Bingham Hall 317
Instructor: T. LEINBAUGH
ENGL 331-001: 18th-Century Literature
MWF 12:20 – 1:10
Greenlaw Hall 304
Instructor: T. REINERT
ENGL 337H: The Romantic Revolution in the Arts
M 3:35 – 6:25
Dey Hall 403
Instructor: J. VISCOMI
ENGL 343: American Literature Before 1860
TuTh 8:00 – 9:15
Greenlaw Hall 319
Instructor: P. GURA
ENGL 436-001: Contemporary Approaches to the 18th-Century
MWF 11:15 – 12:05
Greenlaw Hall 304
Instructor: J. ROSENTHAL
ENGL 437-001: Chief British Romantic Writers
TuTh 9:30 – 10:45
Hamilton Hall 452
Instructor: J. VISCOMI
ENGL 660-001: War in Shakespeare’s Plays
TuTh 9:30 – 10:45
Greenlaw Hall 301
Instructor: C. ARMITAGE
ENGL 762: The Devil’s Dominion in Early Modern England
Th 2:30 – 5:20
Stone Center 200
Instructor: MARY FLOYD-WILSON
GERMAN
GERM 210-001: Getting Medieval: Knights, Violence, and Romance
TuTh 3:30 – 4:45
Dey Hall 402
Instructor: GABRIEL TROP
GERM 225-001: Popular and Pious: Early Modern Jewish Literature
TuTh 11:00 – 12:15
Dey Hall 401
Instructor: RUTH VON BERNUTH
GERM 330-001: The Age of Goethe
TuTh 9:30 – 10:45
Dey Hall 402
Instructor: GABRIEL TROP
HISTORY
HIST 76-001: First Year Seminar: Understanding 1492
MWF 10:10 – 11:00
Carolina Hall 104
Instructor: KATHRYN BURNS
HIST 127-006: American History to 1865
TuTh 11:00 – 12:15
Chapman Hall 201
Instructor: MATTHEW ANDREWS
HIST 127-007: American History to 1865
MW 11:15 – 12:05
Hanes Art Center 121
Instructor: KATHLEEN DUVAL
HIST 135-001: Indian Subcontinent to 1750
MWF 10:10 – 11:00
Gadner Hall 105
Instructor: IQBAL SEVEA
HIST 151-001: European History to 1650
MWF 11:15 – 12:05
Chapman Hall 201
Instructor: LLOYD KRAMER
HIST 153-001: Jewish History from Medieval to Modern Times
MWF 1:25 – 2:15
Philips Hall 228
Instructor: FLORA CASSEN
HIST 158-001: Early Modern Europe
MWF 2:30 – 3:20
Peabody Hall 218
Instructor: JAY SMITH
HIST 177H: Honors Seminar: Early European History
Tu 2:00-4:30
Philips Hall 381
Instructor: MELISSA BULLARD
HIST 255: Manor to Machine: The Economic Shaping of Europe
TuTh 11:00 – 12:15
Bingham Hall 101
Instructor: MELISSA BULLARD
HIST 231-001: Eastern Native Americans
TuTh 11:00 – 12:15
Davie Hall 112
Instructor: GARRETT WRIGHT
HIST 278-001: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
TuTh 11:00 – 12:15
Manning Hall 209
Instructor: LISA LINDSAY
HIST 310-001: The French Revolution
MW 3:35 – 4:50
Peabody Hall 218
Instructor: JAY SMITH
HIST 370-001: Japan’s Long 16th Century
TuTh 2:00 – 3:15
Stone Center 210
Instructor: MORGAN PITELKA
HIST 398-001: Undergraduate Seminar: Seeing the Past: Eyewitness and Aubiographical Narratives Since the Middle Ages
TuTh 2:00 – 3:15
Hamilton Hall 523
Instructor: MARCUS BULL
HIST 398-004: Undergraduate Seminar: Martin Luther and the German Reformation
Tu 3:30 – 6:00
Hamilton Hall 423
Instructor: TERENCE MCINTOSH
HIST 437-001: Culture in the Central Middle Ages
TuTh 8:00 – 9:15
Genome Sciences Building 1374
Instructor: MARCUS BULL
HIST 461-001: Early Modern Germany 1600-1815
MWF 1:25 – 2:15
Murphey Hall 112
Instructor: TERENCE MCINTOSH
HIST 529-001: History of Mexico, 1750-1870: War, Independence, and Reforms: Citizenship and Conflict in a New Nation
TuTh 12:30 – 1:45
Dey Hall 203
Instructor: CYNTHIA RADDING
HIST 772-001: Intellectual History of Europe
Tu 2:00 – 5:00
Hamilton Hall 420
Instructor: LLOYD KRAMER
HIST 831-001: Readings in Early American History
M 3:35 – 6:05
Hamilton Hall 517
Instructor: KATHLEEN DUVAL
HONORS
HRNS 356: Landscape Painting in Early Modern Europe
MW 3:35 – 4:50
Graham Memorial Hall 0035
Instructor: TANIA STRING
LATIN
LATN 205: Medieval Latin
MWF 3:35 – 4:25
Murphey Hall 220
Instructor: ROBERT BABCOCK
MUSIC
MUSC 251-001: Medieval and Early Modern Music
MWF 9:05 – 9:55
Person Hall 100
Instructor: LAUREN JENNINGS
MUSC 390H-001: Honors Seminar in Music: Singing About Love in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
MW 2:30 – 3:45
Kenan Music Building 2030
Instructor: LAUREN JENNINGS
PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 270-001: Classical Political Thought
TuTh 9:30 – 10:45
Gardner Hall 210
Instructor: HOLLIE MANN
PHIL 470.001: Political Philosophy From Hobbes to Kant
W 1:00 – 3:30
Caldwell 213
Instructor: GERALD POSTEMA
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
RELI 104-001: Introduction to New Testament Literature
MW 1:25 – 2:15
Hanes Art Center 121
Instructor: BART EHRMAN
RELI 110-001: The Archaeology of Palestine in the New Testament Period
TuTh 11L00 – 12:15
Hanes Art Center 121
Instructor: JODI MAGNESS
RELI 117-001: Culture of the Ancient Near East
MW 1:25 – 2:15
Wilson Hall 128
Instructor: JOSEPH LAM
RELI 211-001: Classical Hebrew I: A Linguistic Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
MWF 9:05 – 9:55
Carolina Hall 104
Instructor: JOSEPH LAM
RELI 217H-001: Gnosticism
TuTh 12:30 – 1:45
Hanes Hall Room 107
Instructor: ANDREA COOPER
RELI 581-001: Sufism
TuTh 3:30 – 4:45
Global Center 3024
Instructor: CARL ERNST
RELI 584-001: The Qur’an as Literature
TuTh 9:30 – 10:45
Global Center 3024
Instructor: RODRIGO ADEM
RELI 607-001: Problems in Early Christian Literature and History
TuTh 3:30 – 4:45
Gardner Hall 210
Instructor: ZLATKO PLESE
ROMANCE LANGUAGES
FREN 563-001: Studies in the Anglo-French Renaissance
TuTh 3:30 – 4:45
Dey Hall 205
Instructor: HASSAN MELEHY
ITAL 751-001: Italian Literature of the Renaissance II: The Cinquecento
TuTh 9:30 – 10:45
Dey Hall 302
Instructor: ENNIO RAO
SPAN 330-001: Cultural History of the Hispanic World I
MWF 9:05 – 9:55
Dey Hall 301
Instructor: HELENE DE FAYS
SPAN 371-001: Survey of Spanish Literature to 1700
TuTh 9:30 – 10:45
Dey Hall 209
Instructor: CARMEN HSU
SPAN 744: The Aesthetics of the Baroque in Spanish America from the 17th to the 20th Century
Tu 3:30 – 6:00
Dey Hall 209
Instructor: ROSA PERELMUTER