Fall 2023

Jinah Kim 9/5/2023 to 12/5/2023 M, W, 1:30pm - 2:45pm Description: Monsoon Asia refers to the area of the globe where climates are determined or profoundly affected by the monsoon, from the Himalayas, to the islands of Indian Ocean, all the way to the...

Alex Csiszar 9/5/2023 to 12/5/2023 Th 3:00pm - 5:00pm Description: Are new digital and social media revolutionizing how we know the world? Is a networked science a more open, and public, science, and is this a good or a bad thing? How do scientists and...

Ann Blair and Leah Whittington 9/5/2023 to 12/5/2023 M, W, 3:00pm - 4:15pm What makes some texts long-lived while others are ephemeral, today and in the past? We live in a moment of “crisis” around regimes of preservation and loss. As our communication...

David Atherton 9/5/2023 to 12/5/2023 T, 12:45pm - 2:45pm Description: This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the literature of Japan’s medieval centuries (broadly conceived as the 12th through 16th centuries), together with an overview of...

David Atherton 9/5/2023 to 12/5/2023 M, W, 1:30pm - 2:45pm Description: Poetry written by gods, incestuous aristocratic romances, exorcist theater, samurai fantasy novels, fart literature: traditional Japanese literature has something for everyone, and...

Ann Blair, Hannah Marcus 9/5/2023 to 12/5/2023 Th 3:00pm - 5:45pm Description: This seminar examines methods and debates in the study of material objects relevant to intellectual history and history of science. The first part is devoted to books, the...

David Stern 9/5/2023 to 12/5/2023 W 3:00pm - 5:45pm Description: You have been reading books since first grade if not earlier, but how much do you actually know about the physical object you’ve been reading—the book, the material artifact? Drawing on a...