Courses & Curriculum
Fall 2021
Note: courses in italics are intended primarily for graduate students
Medieval Studies 111: Sex, Love, and Marriage in the Middle Ages (Sean Gilsdorf). MW 1330-1445
Medieval Studies 117: English Legal History, 600-1600 (Charles Donohue). MW 1630-1800
Medieval Studies 250: At Cross Purposes: The Crusades in Material Culture (Eurydice Georganteli). Th 1230-1445
Arabic 130A: Upper-Level Classical Arabic I (William Granara). MWF 0900-1000
Arabic 249R: Arabic Philosophical Texts (Khaled El-Rouayheb). F 1200-1445
Classical Studies 122: Identity and the Self in the Medieval Greek Tradition (Alexander Riehle and Dimiter Angelov). T 1245-1445. Jointly offered as History 12V
Celtic 111: Shapeshifting and Identity in Celtic Traditions (Catherine McKenna). TTh 1030-1145
Comparative Literature 252: The Literatures of Medieval Iberia (Luis Girón Negrón). M 0900-1145
English 102E: Introduction to Old English (Daniel Donoghue). TTh 1030-1145
English 231: Divine Comedies (Nicholas Watson). Tu 0900-1145
Folklore and Mythology 111: Folklore of Food (Joseph Nagy). MW 1200-1315
Freshman Seminar 63J: Islam vs. Image? Visual Representations in Islamic Art (David Roxburgh). Tu 1245-1445
Freshman Seminar 64L: The Juggler of Notre Dame (Jan Ziolkowski). W 1500-1700
GSD 4350: Michelangelo Architect: Precedents, Innovation, Influence (Christine Smith). MW 1200-1315.
HLS 2473: Roman Law (Charles Donahue). MW 1030-1200
History 12F: Slavery in the Global Middle Ages (Daniel Lord Smail). W 1500-1745
History 12V: Identity and the Self in the Medieval Greek Tradition (Dimiter Angelov and Alexander Riehle). T 1245-1445. Jointly offered as Classical Studies 122
History 2055: Early Medieval History, Archaeology, and Archaeoscience (Michael McCormick). W 1500-1745
History 1056: The New Science of the Human Past: Case Studies at the Cutting Edge (Michael McCormick). MW 1200-1315
HAA 45M: Medieval Media (Jeffrey Hamburger). TTh 1330-1445
HAA 141K: Rome, Constantinople and Ravenna in the Light of Imperial Rule (Ioli Kalavrezou). W 0900-1145
History of Science 100: Knowing the World: An Introduction to the History of Science (Hannah Marcus). MW 1030-1145
History of Science 2110: Science Before Science: Sources and Methods for the Study of the Premodern History of Science (Hannah Marcus). Th 1500-1745
Irish 200: Introduction to Old Irish (Joseph Nagy). MW 1500-1700
Islamic Civilization 145A: Introduction to Islamic Philosophy and Theology (Khaled El-Rouayheb). Th 1200-1445
Italian 138: The Cosmos of the Divine Comedy (Ambrogio Camozzi Pistoja). W 1500-1745
Linguistics 250: Introduction to Old Church Slavonic (Michael Flier). TTh 1330-1445
Persian 141: Introduction to Pre-Islamic Literatures in Iranian Languages (Barakatullo Ashurov). F 1500-1745
Persian 152: Literary and Visual Narrative in the Persian Epic Tradition (Justine Landau). W 1200-1445.
Philosophy 117: Medieval Philosophy (Jeffrey McDonough). TuTh 0900-1015
Philosophy 217: Medieval Philosophy (Jeffrey McDonough). TuTh 1330-1445
Portuguese 123A: Portuguese Literary Studies I (Josiah Blackmore). M 1245-1445
Slavic 138: Apocalypse Then! Forging the Culture of Medieval Rus' (Michael Flier). TTh 1330-1445
Spanish 70B: Golden Age Literature (Luis Girón Negrón). MW 1500-1615
Welsh 226R: Readings in Middle Welsh Prose (Catherine McKenna). T 1200-1445
Spring 2022
Note: Courses in italics are intended primarily for graduate students
Medieval Studies 119: Constitutional and Legal History of Medieval Continental Europe (Charles Donahue). MW 1630-1800
Medieval Studies 202: Latin Paleography and Medieval Manuscript Culture (Sean Gilsdorf). MW 1330-1445
Medieval Studies 280: Literary Theory and Criticism in the Middle Ages (Jan Ziolkowski). Th 1500-1730
Arabic 130B: Upper-Level Classical Arabic II (Muhammed Habib). MWF 0900-1000
Arabic 243BR: Introduction to the Rational Sciences (Khaled El-Rouayheb). F 1200-1445
Arabic 249R: Arabic Philosophical Texts (Khaled El-Rouayheb). Th 1200-1445
Celtic 101: The Irish Heroic Saga (Joseph Nagy). MW 1200-1315
Comparative Literature 114: Mysticism and Literature (Luis Girón Negrón). W 0900-1145
English 201: Images, Idolatry, and Iconoclasm: Late Medieval to Early Modern (James Simpson). M 1500-1700
French 112: Lyric Poetry in Medieval and Renaissance France (Virginie Greene). TTh 1030-1145
Freshman Seminar 641: Looking for Clues: Ancient and Medieval Art @ Harvard (Eurydice Georganteli). M 1200-1445
GenEd 1081: The Celts: People or Construct? (Catherine McKenna). TTh 1030-1145
GenEd 1088: The Crusades and the Making of East and West (Dimiter Angelov). MW 1330-1445
GenEd 1160: Harvard Gets Medieval (Daniel Smail). MW 1200-1315
Greek 187: Greek Palaeography (Alexander Riehle). TTh 1030-1145
HDS 2018: Voices of Dissent: Heresy and Gender in the Middle Ages (Delphina Nieto-Isabel). Tu 1500-1700
History 2056: Reading in Late Antique and Medieval History (Michael McCormick). M 1500-1745
History 2080. English Legal History (Charles Donahue), Tu 1430-1630
HAA 12Y: Genghis Khan and His Successors: Art in the Wake of the Mongol Conquests (David Roxburgh). MW 1330-1445
HAA 42P: Architecture through the Ages: Notre-Dame de Paris (Jeffrey Hamburger). TTh 1330-1445
HAA 143M: The Art of the Court of Constantinople (Ioli Kalavrezou). W 1200-1445
HAA 147P: Popular Beliefs and the Formation of Pilgrimage in the Mediterranean World (Ioli Kalavrezou). Th 1200-1445
HAA 224M: Drawing in the Islamic Lands (David Roxburgh). Th 0900-1145
HAA 250M: Mysticism and the Limits of Representation, from the Middle Ages to the Baroque (Jeffrey Hamburger and Felipe Pereda). W 1200-1445
Irish 201R: Intermediate Old Irish (Joseph Nagy). MW 1500-1700
Medieval Latin 10: Introduction to Medieval Latin Literature (Jan Ziolkowski). MWF 0900-1015
Medieval Latin 105: A Germanic Hero and His Afterlife: Walter's Poem (Jan Ziolkowski). TTh 1330-1445
Near Eastern Civilizations 107: The History of the Book: Studying the Material Text through Harvard's Treasures (David Stern). W 1500-1745
Religion 1448: Mystical Theology (Amy Hollywood). W 1500-1700
Romance Studies 242: Transatlantic Poetics (Josiah Blackmore). W 1245-1445
Welsh 227: Welsh Bardic Poetry (Catherine McKenna). Tu 1200-1445