Medieval Studies Courses

Courses in italics are primarily for graduate students

Medieval Studies 10. Introduction to the Medieval World (Brian FitzGerald and Sean Gilsdorf). TuTh 1330-1445. Also offered as History & Literature 10ab.

Medieval Studies 107. Authority and Invention: Medieval Art and Architecture (Christine Smith). TTh 1030-1445.

Arabic 101a. Elementary Classical Arabic for Reading (Khaled El Rouayheb). MWF 0900-1015.

Arabic 102a. Intermediate Classical Arabic for Reading (Khaled El Rouayheb). MWF 1030-1445.

Arabic 259. Introduction to Medieval Arabic Rhetoric (Khaled El Rouayheb). Th 1500-1745.

Celtic 221. The Celtic Languages: A Linguistic Introduction (Paul Russell). TTh 1030-1145.

Chinese Studies 267r. Topics in Tang Literature (Xiaofei Tian). M 1200-1445.

Classical Studies 122. Identity and the Self in the Medieval Greek Tradition (Dimiter Angelov). W 1245-1445. Also offered as History 1970.

Comparative Literature 114. Mysticism and Literature (Luis Girón Negrón). W 1200-1445. Also offered as HDS 3802 and Religion 1623.

English 90cl. Comic Literature through the Middle Ages (Daniel Donoghue). W 1200-1445.

English 102m. Introduction to Old English: Charms, Herbals, Folk Medicine, Miracle Cures (Daniel Donoghue). TTh 1200-1315.

English 115b. The Canterbury Tales (Nicholas Watson). TuTh 0900-1015.

English 180vw. Two Visionary Women: Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe and Company (Nicholas Watson). W 0900-1145.

First Year Seminar 65h. The Greatest Love Story of All Time? Heloise and Abelard (Jan Ziolkowski). M 1500-1700.

Folklore & Mythology 140: Jewish Magic and Folklore: Messages from Beyond the Mountains of Darkness (Daniel Frim). W 1500-1700.

General Education 1185. The Power and Beauty of Being In Between: The Story of Armenia (Christina Maranci). TuTh 1030-1145.

History 34. Medieval Islam: An Age of Revolutions (Lorenzo Bondioli). TuTh 1200-1315.

History 1934. The Medieval Islamic Commercial Revolution (Lorenzo Bondioli). W 0945-1145.

History 1970. Identity and the Self in the Medieval Greek Tradition (Dimiter Angelov). W 1245-1445. Also offered as Classical Studies 122.

History 2050. Medieval Societies and Cultures (Dan Smail). M 0945-1145.

History of Science 2150. History of Science and the World (Eric Gurevitch). W 1500-1745.

History & Literature 10ab. Introduction to the Medieval World (Brian FitzGerald and Sean Gilsdorf). TuTh 1330-1445. Also offered as Medieval Studies 10.

HAA 12m. Monuments and Cities of the Islamic World: An Introduction (David Roxburgh and Gulru Necipoglu). MW 1030-1145.

HAA 81. Art of Monsoon Asia: Interconnected Histories (Jinah Kim). TuTh 1330-1445.

HAA 127m. Medieval Architecture in Greater Iran and Central Asia (David Roxburgh). M 1200-1445.

HAA 148p. Openings: The Illuminated Manuscript in the Middle Ages (Jeffrey Hamburger). Tu 1200-1445.

HAA 174. The King’s Money: Power, Art, and Economy in the Global Middle Ages (Eurydice Georganteli). Th 1500-1700.

HDS 1724. Early Christian Demonology (Charles Stang). Tu 1500-1700. Also offered as Religion 1313.

HDS 3802. Mysticism and Literature (Luis Girón Negrón). W 1200-1445. Also offered as Comparative Literature 114 and Religion 1623.

Islamic Civilization 145. Introduction to Islamic Philosophy and Theology: The Classical and Medieval Period (Khaled El Rouayheb). W 1500-1745.

Italian 138. The Cosmos of the Divine Comedy (Ambrogio Camozzi Pistoja). W 1500-1745.

Japanese Literature 124. The Tale of Genji in Word and Image (Melissa McCormick). W 1500-1745.

Medieval Latin 105. A Germanic Hero and His Afterlife: Walter's Poem (Jan Ziolkowski). Tu 1800-2045.

Religion 41. History of Christianity from Constantine to the Reformation (Brian FitzGerald). TuTh 1030-1145.

Religion 1313. Early Christian Demonology (Charles Stang). Tu 1500-1700. Also offered as HDS 1724.

Religion 1623. Mysticism and Literature (Luis Girón Negrón). W 1200-1445. Also offered as Comparative Literature 114 and HDS 3802.

Spanish 201. Historia de la lengua española (Luis Girón Negrón). Tu 0900-1145.

Turkish 150a. Advanced Ottoman Turkish I (Himmet Taskomur). MW 1500-1700.

Welsh 225a. Medieval Welsh Language and Literature (Paul Russell). TTh 1330-1445.

Courses in italics are primarily for graduate students

Medieval Studies 109. Poverty, Wealth and Religion in the Middle Ages (Brian FitzGerald). TTh 1030-1145. Also offered as Religion 30.

Medieval Studies 111: Sex, Love, and Marriage in the Middle Ages (Sean Gilsdorf). TTh 1330-1445.

Medieval Studies 117. English Legal History 600-1600 (Elizabeth Kamali). MW 1030-1145.

Arabic 130b. Upper-Level Classical Arabic II (Shady Nasser). MW 1200-1315.

Arabic 243ar. Advanced Readings in Classical Arabic: Historical Sources (Shady Nasser). W 1500-1745.

Arabic 251r. Classical Arabic Texts Seminar: An Introduction to Reading in Arabic Manuscripts (Shady Nasser and Khaled El-Rouayheb). Th 1500-1745.

Celtic 120. Food and Fantasy in Irish Tradition (Joseph Nagy). MW 1200-1330.

Celtic 222. The Manuscript Cultures of the Celtic-Speaking World (Paul Russell). W 1330-1530.

Comparative Literature 157. From Type to Self in the Middle Ages (Luis Girón Negrón). W 1200-1445.

English 90mc. Before the Novel: Medieval Romance (Nicholas Watson). Th 0945-1145.

English 90tk. Tolkien's Library (Daniel Donoghue). Tu 1245-1445.

English 202b. Beowulf and Seamus Heaney (Daniel Donoghue). Th 1200-1445.

French 71. Women Who Make a Fuss: Tracing Women's Voices in Premodern France (Elizabeth Harper). TTh 0900-1015.

French 103. "Great Lust to Sleep": Dreamers, Sleepwalkers, and Insomniacs in Medieval French Literature (Elizabeth Harper). TTh 1500-1615.

General Education 1088. The Crusades and the Making of East and West (Dimiter Angelov). TuTh 1200-1315.

General Education 1160. Harvard Gets Medieval (Daniel Smail). MW 1200-1315.

Greek 188. Oratory (Alexander Riehle). TuTh 1030-1145.

HDS 1762. All from One: The Neoplatonism of Proclus (Charles Stang). Tu 1500-1700. Also offered as Religion 2434.

HDS 2781. Histories, Bodies, Differences (Amy Hollywood). Tu 1500-1700.

HLS 3380. Maimonides on Religion, Philosophy and Law (Moshe Halbertal). Tu 1545-1745. Also offered as Jewish Studies 212.

History 32a. The Ottoman Empire and the World, Part One: c. 1000-1500 (Cemal Kafadar). MW 1330-1445.

History 1935. Political Debates in the Empire of New Rome (Dimiter Angelov). M 1245-1445.

HAA 45m. Medieval Media (Jeffrey Hamburger). Tu 1200-1400.

HAA 183k. Himalayan Art (Jinah Kim). M 1500-1745.

HAA 236v. Threads of Survival: Armenian Liturgical Textiles (Christina Maranci). Tu 1200-1445.

HAA 241p. The Diagram Paradigm: Diagrams in Medieval Art and Beyond (Jeffrey Hamburger). W 1500-1745.

HAA 274. The King's Money: Power, Art, and Economy in the Global Middle Ages (Eurydice Georganteli). M 1200-1445.

HAA 289g. Japanese Screen Paintings (Melissa McCormick). W 1500-1745.

History of Science 1115. The Occult: A History of Science and Magic before Modernity (Hannah Marcus). M 1245-1445.

Irish 201r. Continuing Old Irish (Joseph Nagy). MW 1630-1745.

Islamic Civilization 158. The Quran through the Ages: Transmission and Reception (Shady Nasser). W 1500-1745.

Italian 76. The Italian Sonnet (Ambrogio Camozzi Pistoja). TBD.

Italian 238. Alchemy and Literature (Ambrogio Camozzi Pistoja). TBD.

Jewish Studies 212. Maimonides on Religion, Philosophy and Law ((Moshe Halbertal). Tu 1545-1745. Also offered as HLS 3380.

Modern Greek Studies 104. Dreams and Literature from Antiquity to Modernity (Panagiotis Roilos). Tu 0945-1145.

Persian 132r. Advanced Classical Persian (Himmet Taskomur). TTh 0945-1145.

Religion 30. Poverty, Wealth and Religion in the Middle Ages (Brian FitzGerald). TTh 1030-1145. Also offered as Medieval Studies 109.

Religion 2434. All from One: The Neoplatonism of Proclus (Charles Stang). Tu 1500-1700. Also offered as HDS 1762.

Welsh 227. Welsh Bardic Poetry (Paul Russell). TTh 1330-1445.