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Course Level: Undergraduate
Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic.
Course Level: Undergraduate
Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Modern Jewish Civilization
Surveys Jewish responses to the challenges of modernity. Examines the creation of new Jewish communities in America and Israel, shifts in Jewish political status, and innovations in Jewish religious and intellectual history such as Zionism and Hasidism. Meets with HIST-245 001.
Course Level: Undergraduate
Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Divided Cities in Twenty-first Century
Divided cities embody complex consequences of nationalism, war, migration and economic disparities in the last century. Focusing on salient cases like Jerusalem, Beirut, Berlin, and Dubai, this course studies historical, cultural, and geographic accounts of the impact of divisions on residents' daily lives and their sense of local identity. Meets with HIST-296 003.
Course Level: Undergraduate
Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Judaism
This survey covers biblical, rabbinic, and modern Judaism.