Early Christianity

Introduction to the history of early Christianity, from Jesus to Muhammad. Investigates the origins and spread of the Jesus movement within the ancient Jewish and Roman worlds, the emergence of the Church, and the diversity of early Christian thought, spirituality, literature, and art. Examines such topics as the historical Jesus and Paul, relations among Jews, Romans, and Christians, debates over orthodoxy and heresy, the conversion of the Roman empire, the rise of bishops and monasticism, the Church Fathers, and the cult of the saints.

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Offered Fall 2024

Catalog Subject Faculty Level HASS Category
21H.130

The Ancient World: Greece

Lecture: MW 12-1, 3-133
Recitation 1: F 1-2, 66-154
Recitation 2: F 2-3, 66-154
Eric Driscoll
Introductory HASS-H CI-H
21H.133

The Medieval World

TR 9:30-11; 4-257
Eric J. Goldberg Introductory HASS-H
21H.143 21G.056

The “Making” of Modern Europe: 1789 – Present

MW 11-12:30, 56-191
Elena Kempf
Introductory HASS-H
21H.245 21G.086 17.57

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 1917 to the Present

Lecture: TR 1-2; 4-253
Recitation 1: F 1-2; Room 1-132
Recitation 2: F 1-2; Room 5-232
Elizabeth A. Wood Intermediate HASS-S CI-H
21H.343 CC.120

Making Books in the Renaissance and Today

TR 3-4:30; 14N-112
Erica Zimmer Seminar HASS-A
21H.S01

Special Subject: The Dutch in the World, 1600-1950: From Small Republic to Empire (and Back!)

R 1-4, E51-385
Marjoleine Kars
Anne E. C. McCants
Graduate

Not Offered This Term

Catalog Subject Faculty Level HASS Category
21H.007 21L.014

Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Studies

Introductory HASS-H CI-H
21H.132

The Ancient World: Rome

L01: MW 12-2; 4-231
R01: R; 56-191
R02: F 1-2; 56-180
William Broadhead Introductory HASS-H CI-H
21H.134 14.70

Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective

Anne E. C. McCants Introductory HASS-S CI-H
21H.141

Renaissance to Revolution: Europe, 1300-1800

offered infrequently; consult department
Staff Introductory HASS-H CI-H
21H.144 21G.087

Introduction to Russian Studies

Elizabeth A. Wood
Maria Khotimsky
Introductory HASS-H
21H.145 21G.049 4.674

French Photography

Catherine Clark Introductory HASS-A CI-H
21H.230

Barbarians, Saints, and Emperors

Eric J. Goldberg Intermediate HASS-H
21H.237

The City of Athens in the Age of Pericles

William Broadhead Intermediate HASS-H
21H.238

The Vikings

Eric J. Goldberg Intermediate HASS-H
21H.239

The City of Rome in the Age of the Caesars

William Broadhead Intermediate HASS-H
21H.240

The World of Charlemagne

Eric J. Goldberg Intermediate HASS-H CI-H
21H.241 21G.054

France and Haiti: Enlightenment, Slavery, and Revolution

Malick W. Ghachem Intermediate HASS-H
21H.242 21G.322

Frenchness in and Era of Globalization

Not offered regularly; consult department
Catherine Clark Intermediate HASS-H
21H.244 21G.085

Imperial and Revolutionary Russia: Culture and Politics, 1700-1917

Elizabeth A. Wood Intermediate HASS-H
21H.247

Looking East/Looking West

Catherine Clark
Hiromu Nagahara
Intermediate HASS-H
21H.330

Ancient Empires: Persians and Greeks in Antiquity

Not Offered Regularly; Consult Department
Staff Seminar HASS-H
21H.331

Julius Caesar in the Fall of the Roman Republic

William Broadhead Seminar HASS-H
21H.336

The Making of a Roman Emperor

William Broadhead Seminar HASS-H
21H.381 WGS.222

Women and War

Lerna Ekmekcioglu Seminar HASS-S
21H.S03

Special Subject: History

Intermediate HASS-H