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COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF IDEAS
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )

      >  164      Anderson she.her,Cynthia            20/  25  CR/NC         B     
                        "CHID 101: INTRO TO CHID"                                   
                        **MUST BE A DECLARED CHID MAJOR OR                          
                        MINOR TO ENROLL. CONTACT CHID                               
                        ADVISOR FOR ADD CODE.                                       

         405      Barr,N                     Closed   30/  30                %J    
                        "VIOLENCE AND CONTEMPORARY                                  
                        THOUGHT:                                                    
                        ANTISEMITISM, RACISM, AND                                   
                        HISTORICAL MEMORY AFTER AUSCHWITZ"                          
                        HISTORICAL EXPLORATION OF                                   
                        INTELLECTUAL, LITERARY, AND                                 
                        ARTISTI                                                     
                        RESPONSES TO THE PROBLEM OF MODERN                          
                        MASS VIOLENCE THROUGH COMPARATIVE                           
                        STUDY OF THE LEGACIES OF THE                                
                        HOLOCAUST AND EUROPEAN                                      
                        COLONIALISM.                                                
                        **OFFERED JOINTLY WITH JEW ST 206                           
                        A                                                           
                        HSTCMP 290.                                                 

        AA  QZ     TTh    930-1020   MGH  287      RAY,REBECCA                Open      8/  10                J     
                        INTRO TO DISABILITY STUDIES QUIZ                            

         287      RAY,REBECCA                Closed   10/  10                J     
                        INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY STUDIES                          
                        QUIZ                                                        

         287      DeCarsky,Ryan              Closed   11/  10                J     
                        INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY STUDIES                          
                        QUIZ                                                        

         284      DeCarsky,Ryan              Open      9/  10                J     

         248      RAY,REBECCA                Closed   10/  10                J     

         110B     Knapp,Caleb                Open     14/  15                WJ    
                        "UNDERWORLD POETICS"                                        
                        TAUGHT BY: CALEB KNAPP                                      
                        (VLPA & W CREDIT)                                           
                        VISIONARY POETS CAN STAND IN                                
                        STRANGE RELATION TO THE WORLD.                              
                        SOME COME FROM OR SPEAK FROM                                
                        ANOTHER WORLD. OTHERS INHABIT                               
                        WORLDS THAT ARE ILLUMINATED,                                
                        HAUNTED, OR TRANSPARENT. SOME                               
                        RECOUNT TRAVEL BETWEEN LAYERS OF                            
                        REALITY, OR REPORT ENHANCED                                 
                        ENCOUNTERS WITH ANIMALS, PLANTS,                            
                        AND OTHER BEINGS. THIS CLASS                                
                        EXPLORES WAYS SOME WRITERS CROSS                            
                        INTO AND WRITE OUT OF OTHER                                 
                        DIMENSIONS - INCLUDING PUNK                                 
                        CLUBS, GAY UNDERWORLDS, SUBWAY                              
                        TUNNELS, FLEABAG HOTELS, OUTER                              
                        SPACE, UNDERSEA CIVILIZATIONS,                              
                        ANGELIC AND DEMONIC REALMS.                                 

         125      Rivera,Isaac               Open     21/  40                B     
                        "WRITING THE WORLD: THE DIGITAL &                           
                        OTHERWISE"                                                  
                        THIS COURSE BEGINS WITH THE PREMISE                         
                        THAT THE "DIGITAL" IS SITUATED IN                           
                        ONGOING SETTLER-COLONIALISM AND                             
                        RACIAL CAPITALISM. THIS COURSE ASKS                         
                        HOW THE "DIGITAL" SHAPES WHAT WE                            
                        KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD, INCLUDING ITS                         
                        HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS AND                          
                        IMPACTS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE. IN                           
                        EXPLORING THIS QUESTION, THIS                               
                        COURSE FOREGROUNDS BLACK &                                  
                        INDIGENOUS MODES OF WRITING THE                             
                        WORLD THROUGH DIGITAL MEDIUMS. FROM                         
                        LEARNING THE CRAFT OF COUNTER-                              
                        MAPPING AS AN 'EARTH WRITING'                               
                        PRACTICE THAT CHARTS HISTORIES AND                          
                        LIBERATORY GEOGRAPHIES, TO                                  
                        EXPLORING THE #LANDBACK AND                                 
                        #BLACKLIVESMATTER DIGITAL-MATERIAL                          
                        MOVEMENTS, THIS COURSE PROVIDES AN                          
                        INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATION FOR                                 
                        UNDERSTANDING THE DIGITALLY                                 
                        MEDIATED WORLD.                                             

         248      Athreya,Jayadev S          Open      4/   5                J     
                        "RADICANT MATHEMATICS"                                      
                        TAUGHT BY: JAYADEV ATHREYA                                  
                        *OFFERED JOINTLY WITH MATH 380                              
                        IN THIS WRITING-INTENSIVE COURSE,                           
                        STUDENTS WILL STUDY THE DIFFERENT                           
                        CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, ARTISTIC, AND                         
                        SCIENTIFIC RESONANCES OF                                    
                        MATHEMATICS, GUIDED BY THEIR                                
                        PASSIONS AND INTERESTS. USING CASE                          
                        STUDIES AND EXAMPLES, THE COURSE                            
                        WILL EXPLORE THE WIDELY VARIED                              
                        ROOTS OF MATHEMATICS AND HOW MATH                           
                        HAS BEEN ENRICHED BY CONTRIBUTIONS                          
                        FROM A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE AND                             
                        CIVILIZATIONS ACROSS HISTORY.                               

         105      Woiak,Joanne               Closed   13/  13                J     
                        "SCIENCE FICTION AND THE BODY"                              
                        TIME CHANGE: TUTH 11:30-1:20                                

         120      Rahman,Anis                Closed    5/   5                J     

      >  C101     Garcia,M                            11/  20                B     
                        F      1230-220   PDL  C101     
                        "THE POLITICS OF LIFE"                                      
                        (W CREDIT)                                                  
                        DRAWING ON SCHOLARLY, LITERARY,                             
                        AND VISUAL TEXTS, THIS SEMINAR                              
                        INVITES STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THE                             
                        POLITICS OF LIFE AND DEATH (HUMAN                           
                        AND OTHER-THAN-HUMAN) IN THE                                
                        CONTEXT OF MIGRATION, SLAUGHTER,                            
                        EXTRACTION, INDIGENEITY, AND                                
                        ACTIVISM. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE                              
                        CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY THAT                               
                        ROCKS LISTEN AND "EARTH-BEINGS"                             
                        (SUCH AS RIVERS AND GLACIERS)                               
                        SPEAK? IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WE WILL                           
                        CONSIDER ENTANGLEMENTS OF RACE,                             
                        GENDER, SPECIES, AND                                        
                        (DIS)ABILITY. IT IS MY HOPE THAT                            
                        OUR RIGOROUS EXAMINATION OF THESE                           
                        AND OTHER ISSUES WILL SERVE AS                              
                        WINDOWS THROUGH WHICH WE CAN VIEW                           
                        THE WORKINGS OF ALTERITY,                                   
                        MARGINALIZATION, AND                                        
                        VULNERABILITY, AS WELL AS SURVEY                            
                        PATHWAYS TO ALTERNATIVE AND                                 
                        BETTER FUTURES                                              

      > TOPIC DISABILITY ST 

         160                                 Closed    0/   0  CR/NC         BJ    
                        "DISABILITY HISTORIES"                                      
                        (NO PRE REQ, W CREDIT)                                      
                        HOW DISABILITY, NORMALCY, CITIZENSH                         
                        HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED HISTORICALLY;                         
                        DISABILITY ACTIVISM; DISABILITY AS                          
                        CATEGORY OF ANALYSIS RELATED TO OTH                         
                        FORMS OF DIFFERENCE.                                        

      >  166      McCloskey,Megan E                    6/   6                J     
                        CONTACT CHID ADVISOR AT CHID@UW.EDU                         
                        FOR ADD CODES FOR CHID 434.                                 

         322      Underwood,Douglas M        Closed    5/   5                J     

         026      Bourgette,Alika            Open      8/  25                      
                        "INDIGENOUS STORYTELLING AND WORLD-                         
                        MAKING IN THE GLOBAL PACIFIC"                               
                        TAUGHT BY: ALIKA BOURGETTE                                  
                        THIS COURSE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE                              
                        VIBRANT INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN                            
                        STORY AND PLACE TOLD ACROSS THE                             
                        OCEANIC WORLD. BLENDING ORAL                                
                        HISTORIES WITH WRITTEN DISCOURSE OF                         
                        THE PEOPLES INDIGENOUS TO OUR "SEA                          
                        OF ISLANDS" WE KNOW TODAY AS THE                            
                        PACIFIC, THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE                           
                        ANOTHER LENS INTO TRANSNATIONAL                             
                        APPROACHES POPULAR IN WORLD                                 
                        HISTORIES. MORE THAN ANTIQUATED                             
                        STORIES CONFINED TO THE ARCHIVAL                            
                        RECORD, INDIGENOUS STORYTELLING                             
                        PROVIDES LIVING COMMUNITIES TODAY                           
                        WITH AVENUES TO COMMUNICATE                                 
                        DIRECTLY WITH ANCESTORS TO CO-                              
                        CREATE FUTURES BEYOND EMPIRES AND                           
                        EXPLOITATION OF LIFE BEYOND HUMANS.                         

         331      Childs,Mary E              Open     14/  20                J     
                        "BEYOND THE ANTHROPOCENE:                                   
                        PERMACULTURE AND POETRY"                                    
                        MOST OF US AGREE THAT THE CLIMATE                           
                        CRISIS IS UPON US.   THIS CLASS                             
                        WILL EXPLORE CONSTRUCTIVE                                   
                        RESPONSES TO THE CRISIS THROUGH                             
                        ENGAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE AND                               
                        POETRY.  READING WORKS OF CARLO                             
                        PETRINI, WENDELL BERRY, JANE                                
                        BENNET, DONNA HARAWAY AND OTHERS,                           
                        WE WILL EXPLORE THE INTERSECTIONS                           
                        BETWEEN PERMACULTURE, SLOW FOOD,                            
                        AND POETRY, BETWEEN WORKING THE                             
                        LAND AND WORKING OUR OWN                                    
                        LANGUAGE, TO IMAGINE                                        
                        POSSIBILITIES OF CREATING MODES                             
                        OF BEING IN THE WORLD THAT MAY                              
                        HELP US NAVIGATE THE CRISIS.  THE                           
                        CLASS WILL INCLUDE FIELD TRIPS TO                           
                        LOCAL URBAN AND RURAL FARMS, IN                             
                        SEATTLE AND THE OLYMPIC                                     
                        PENINSULA.                                                  

         307      Simpson,Caroline C         Open     16/  20                WBJ   
                        "THE NEW RACIAL POETICS"                                    
                        (VLPA)                                                      
                        THIS COURSE IS JUST WHAT THE TITLE                          
                        CLAIMS: A FORAY INTO THE AMAZING                            
                        LYRICAL WORK OF MOSTLY NEW,                                 
                        YOUNGER                                                     
                        POETS OF COLOR WHO ARE OFTEN                                
                        BREACHING NEW SUBJECTS IN THEIR                             
                        ART. WE WILL TRY TO APPROACH THESE                          
                        POEMS MORE ORGANICALLY, KEEPING A                           
                        RUNNING ACCOUNT OF THE WAY THESE                            
                        POEMS IMPACT US AS READERS                                  
                        OCCUPYING VARIOUS SOCIAL CONTEXTS.                          
                        THE SCOPE OF THEIR INTERESTS IS                             
                        VAST, THEIR TECHNIQUES NEVER                                
                        PREDICTABLE; THEY PAY STRICT                                
                        ATTENTION TO POETIC TRADITIONS AS                           
                        OFTEN AS THEY ATTEMPT BOLD,                                 
                        EXPERIMENTAL DEVIATIONS FROM THOSE                          
                        TRADITIONS. PREPARE, IN OTHER                               
                        WORDS, TO BE BROUGHT UPRIGHT AND                            
                        TO                                                          
                        TALK ABOUT THAT FEELING.                                    

      >  102      Dwyer,A                             10/  24                      
                        "CHID THESIS"                                               
                        (CHID MAJORS ONLY). EMAIL                                   
                        CHID@UW.EDU FOR ADD CODE.                                   
                        **COURSE MEETING DAY & TIME MAY                             
                        CHANGE**                                                    

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         A114     Diment,Galya               Open      1/   2                BJ    
                        "RUSSIAN BIG BOOKS: DOSTOEVSKY'S                            
                        DEMONS"                                                     
                        OFFERED JOINTLY WITH RUSS 340 A                             

         102      Thurtle,Phillip S          Open     11/  12  CR/NC               
                        DREAMIX: RE-IMAGINING UNREALITY THR                         
                        MULTIMEDIA REMIX                                            

         167      Thurtle,Phillip S          Open     10/  12  CR/NC               
                        TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND RECONCILIATION                          
                        USING FICTION, FILM, AND ART ALONGS                         
                        ACADEMIC WORKS, STUDENTS WILL LEARN                         
                        THE CHALLENGES OF RECKONING WITH PO                         
                        VIOLENCE, RACIAL VIOLENCE, AND GENO                         
                        SOUTH AFRICA, CANADA, COUNTRIES IN                          
                        AMERICA, AND THE UNITED STATES.                             

         202      Thurtle,Phillip S          Closed   17/  12  CR/NC               
                        MENTAL HEALTH, BUT MAKE IT COOL 4TH                         
                        ADDITION: AN EXPLORATION OF MENTAL                          
                        AND SPECIFICALLY HOW TO IMPROVE OUR                         
                        PERSONAL MENTAL HEALTH. WE WILL LOO                         
                        MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, AND MANY O                         
                        TOOLS THAT CAN HELP US WORK TOWARD                          
                        VERSION AND PEAK PERFORMANCE.                               

         C101     Nico,Tahtzee               Open      1/  12  CR/NC               
                        QUEER ACTIVISM                                              

      > B  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10                      
                        PEER FACILITATORS FOR CHID 222                              

      >  139      Smith,Maya A                         0/   5                J     
                        OFFERED JOINTLY WITH FRENCH 448                             
                        "CULTURES OF FRANCO-AMERICA"                                
                        (VLPA/I&S, DIV CREDIT)                                      
                        CONSIDERS A BROAD RANGE OF                                  
                        LITERARY AND CULTURAL TEXTS                                 
                        EMERGING FROM THE LONG HISTORY OF                           
                        THE FRENCH IN NORTH AMERICA AND                             
                        AMERICANS IN FRANCE. TRACES                                 
                        PROCESSES OF RACIALIZATION; PAYING                          
                        PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO                                     
                        INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN RACE AND                              
                        CLASS, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY.                               
                        TEXTS IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH.                                

         139      Marin,Ileana               Open      1/   5                J     
                        "ROMANIA TRANSFORMED"                                       
                        EXPLORES EASTERN AND WESTERN                                
                        ARTISTIC TRENDS AND IDEOLOGIES IN                           
                        ROMANIAN CULTURE, LITERATURE AND                            
                        FILM DURING THE LAST 100 YEARS.                             
                        INVESTIGATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO                               
                        SURREALISM, DADAISM, THEATRE OF                             
                        THE ABSURD, AND PRACTICES OF                                
                        RESISTANCE AGAINST COMMUNISM, AS                            
                        WELL AS WOMEN'S ROLES IN FORGING A                          
                        POST-SOVIET IDENTITY. INTRODUCES                            
                        STUDENTS TO NEW ROMANIAN CINEMA                             
                        AND OFFERS THEM THE UNIQUE                                  
                        POSSIBILITY TO ATTEND THE 6TH                               
                        EDITION OF THE ROMANIAN FILM                                
                        FESTIVAL IN SEATTLE AT SIFF CINEMA                          
                        UPTOWN (NOVEMBER 15-17) AND MEET                            
                        WITH ROMANIAN FILM DIRECTORS AND                            
                        ACTORS. TAUGHT IN ENGLISH.                                  

 IS   > B  1-5     to be arranged                                                       1/  15E CR/NC               
                        FACULTY CODE REQUIRED