ANTHROPOLOGY
- ANTH-E 332 Jewish Women: Anthropological Perspectives (3 cr.)
- ANTH-E 334 Jews in Moslem Society (3 cr.)
- ANTH-E 600 Seminar in Cultural and Social Anthropology (3 cr.)
Topics: Ethnicities of Israel; The Jewish Family; Jewish Women; Migrations and Diasporas; Modern Jewish Society and Culture; Reproduction, Culture, and Identity - ANTH-E 682 Memory and Culture (3 cr.)
- ANTH-E 687 Ethnography of Europe (3 cr.)
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
- CMLT-C 545 The
Bible and Western Literature (4 cr.) (when topic
focuses on Hebrew Bible)
Topics: The Poetics of Biblical Narrative; Prophecy and Poetry.
ENGLISH
- ENG-L 761
American Poetry (4 cr.)
Topics: Conceptualizing Culture after Auschwitz - ENG-L 780 Special Studies in English and American Literature (4 cr.)
Topics: Literature of the Holocaust
FOLKLORE
- FOLK-F 634 Jewish Folklore and Ethnography (3 cr.)
GERMANIC STUDIES
- GER-Y 501 Beginning Yiddish I (3 cr.)
- GER-Y 502 Beginning Yiddish II (3 cr.)
- GER-Y 503 Intermediate Yiddish I ( (3 cr.)
- GER-Y 504 Intermediate Yiddish II (3 cr.)
- GER-Y 505
Topics in Yiddish Literature (3 cr.)
Topic: Fantasy, Realism, and Fiction: The First Century of Modern Yiddish Literature, 1810-1913; Selected Readings in 20th Century Yiddish Fiction - GER-Y 506
Topics in Yiddish Culture (3 cr.)
Topics: Aspects of Modern Yiddish Culture, 1880-1980; Ghetto, Shtetl, and Beyond: Millennium of History and Society of Yiddish; History and Society of Yiddish; Readings in Yiddish Ethnography: Folklore and Dialectology; Yiddish in America - GER-G 815 Individual Readings in Yiddish Studies: Language, Literature, and Culture (1-4 cr.)
GRADUATE MAJOR IN JEWISH HISTORY
Graduate students in the Department of History can now major in Jewish history for their master's and doctoral degrees. History professors Matthias Lehmann, Mark Roseman, and Jeffrey Veidlinger each work primarily within the field of Jewish history; several other faculty within the department work in related fields. The department has particular strengths in modern Jewish European history, including Eastern Europe, Germany, and Sephardic Europe. Doctoral candidates pursuing the Jewish history major are encouraged to combine their degree with a doctoral minor in JS, which allows them to take advantage of the wealth of resources and expertise available through the Borns Jewish Studies Program.
HISTORY
- HIST-B 523 The Holocaust (3 cr.)
The courses below are cross-listed in Jewish Studies when they pertain to Jewish history.
- HIST-H620
Colloquium in Modern Western European History (4 cr.)
Topics: Globalization and Jewish History; Jews in Modern Europe; Life after Death: Rebuilding Germany after World War II - HIST-H 640
Colloquium in Russian History (4 cr.)
Topic: Jews in Eastern Europe - HIST-H 645 Colloquium in East European History (4 cr.)
- HIST-H 680 Colloquium in Cultural History (4 cr.)
- HIST-H 720 Seminar: Modern Western European History (4 cr.)
- HIST-H 740
Seminar in Russian History (4 cr.)
Topic: Culture and Empire - HIST-H 745 Seminar in East European History (4 cr.)
- HIST-H 780 Seminar in Cultural History (4 cr.)
INSTITUTE FOR BIBLICAL AND LITERARY STUDIES
- ISBL-I 600 Colloquium in Biblical and Literary Studies (4 cr.) (when topic focuses on Hebrew Bible)
JEWISH STUDIES
- JSTU-H 500 Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) Intensive study of selected topics and issues in Jewish Studies. May be repeated with different topics for credit.
- JSTU-H 520
Colloquium in Jewish History (4 cr.) (Topics in
the history of Judaism and the Jews in modern times)
Topics: Approaches to Jewish Studies, Theory, Method, and Historiography in the Study of Judaism - JSTU-H 595 Directed Readings in Jewish Studies (1-3 cr.) Directed readings in various topics in Jewish Studies; topics, credit hours, and readings to be determined in consultation with faculty member with whom the student wishes to work. May be repeated twice for up to 6 credit hours.
NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
- NELC-H 500 Elementary Hebrew I (2 cr.)
- NELC-H 550 Elementary Hebrew II (2 cr.)
- NELC-H 575 Introductory Readings in Hebrew Literature (3 cr.)
- NELC-H 590 (4 cr.) [summer only]
- NELC-H 600 Intermediate Hebrew I (3 cr.)
- NELC-H 650 Intermediate Hebrew II (3 cr.)
- NELC-H 670 Advanced Hebrew I (3 cr.)
- NELC-H 680 Advanced Hebrew II (3 cr.)
- NELC-N 471 Biblical Hebrew I (3 cr.)
- NELC-N 472 Biblical Hebrew II (3 cr.)
- NELC-N 473 Biblical Hebrew III (3 cr.)
- NELC-N 511 Foreign Study in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (4 cr.)
- NELC-N 517 Biblical Hebrew IV (3 cr.)
- NELC-N 587 Modern Hebrew Literature in English (3 cr.)
- NELC-N 588 Recent Hebrew Literature in English (3 cr.)
- NELC-N 591 Directed Readings in Hebrew (1-6 cr.)
- NELC-N 675 The Kibbutz in Fact and Fiction (3 cr.)
- NELC-N 691 Research in Medieval Hebrew Texts (3 cr.)
- NELC-N 695 Graduate Topics in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (1-4 cr.)
Topics: Biblical Themes in Modern Hebrew Literature; Modern Hebrew Literature in English; Recent Hebrew Literature in English; Recent Hebrew Literature in Hebrew; S. Y. Agnon and the Jewish Experience - NELC-N 708 Seminar in Judaic Literature (4 cr.)
- NELC-N 720 M.A. Thesis (cr. arranged)
PHILOSOPHY
- PHIL-P 522 Topics in the History of Modern Philosophy (3 cr.) (when topic focus on Jewish philosophy)
- PHIL-P 535 Phenomenology and Existentialism (3 cr.)
Topic: Emmanuel Levinas: Ethics as a First Philosophy - PHIL-P 590 Intensive Reading (1-3 cr.)
Topics: Alienation and Redemption in Early 20th Century European Culture & Jewish Thought; Alienation and Community: Judaism, Philosophy, Religious Thought and Literature in Europe, 1900-1940; Franz Rosensweig and Emmanuel Levinas; Philosophy and Religious Thought after the Holocaust; Judaism, Philosophy, and Religious Thought in Europe, 1900-1940; Responses to the Holocaust: Philosophy, Religion, Ethics, Film, Politics and Historiography
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
- REL-R 521 Studies in Early Christianity (3 cr.)
Topic: Ancient Mediterranean Religions - REL-R 524 Judaism and Gender (3 cr)
- REL-R 511 Religion of Ancient Israel (3 cr.).
(The above course number can be attached to any of the following undergraduate courses. Graduate students will be expected to complete all the work in the undergraduate course, and, in addition, complete a research paper.) - REL-R 300 Studies in Religion
Topics: History of God; Issues in the Study of the Hebrew Bible - REL-R 311 Narrative in the Hebrew Bible
- REL-R 410 Topics in Ancient Israelite Religion
Topic: King David in History and Literature - REL-R 427 The Bible and Slavery
- REL-R 541 Studies in the Jewish Tradition (3 cr.)
(The above course number can be attached to any of the following undergraduate courses. Graduate students will be expected to complete all the work in the undergraduate course, and, in addition, complete a research paper.) - REL-R 300 Studies in Religion
Topics: Revolution in Rabbinic Literature - REL-R 307 Messiahs and Messianism in Comparative Perspective
- REL- R 310 Prophecy in Ancient Israel
- REL-R 317 Judaism in the Making
- REL-R 341 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
- REL-R 342 Religious Thought in Medieval Judaism
- REL-R 345 Religious Issues in Contemporary Judaism
- REL-R 345 Topics in the History of Judaism
- REL-R 660 Religion and Culture (4 cr.)
Topic: Studies in American Judaism: Theological and Cultural Perspectives
The courses below are crosslisted in Jewish Studies when they pertain to the Hebrew Bible:
- REL-R 610 Studies in Biblical Literature and Religion (4 cr.)
- REL-R 615 The Bible in Literature Courses (4 cr.)
- REL-R 663 History of Biblical Interpretation (4 cr.)
- REL-R 763 History of Biblical Interpretation (4 cr.)
- REL-R 793 Advanced Biblical Study (1-4 cr.)
SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
- SLAV-R 545 Jewish Characters in Russian Literature (3 cr.)
