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COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF IDEAS
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )

      >  C101     Anderson,Cynthia                    15/  20  CR/NC               
                        **CHID MAJORS AND MINORS ONLY                               
                        CONTACT CHID[AT]UW.EDU FOR ADD                              
                        CODE.                                                       

         A110     Barr,Nicolaas P.           Open     19/  30                J     
                        THE MYTH OF JUDEO-CHRISTIAN                                 
                        CIVILIZATION (SSC)                                          
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                        EXAMINES THE USE AND ABUSE OF THIS                          
                        IDEA SINCE 9/11 AND THE LONGER                              
                        HISTORIES OF RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL                           
                        EXCLUSION IT OBSCURES. CROSS-LISTED                         
                        WITH HSTCMP 111 AND JEW ST 289 B.                           
                        THIS CLASS IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR                              
                        REGISTRATION BY AUDITORS OR ACCESS                          
                        STUDENTS                                                    

         135      Thurtle,Phillip S          Closed   41/  40                      
                        BIOFUTURES                                                  
                        EXPLORES KEY LEGAL, ETHICAL,                                
                        CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIA                         
                        L ASPECTS OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING                           
                        WORLD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND                                  
                        BIOINFORMATICS. SPECIFICALLY ASKS                           
                        HOW NEW DISCOVERIES IN BIOLOGY                              
                        ENCOURAGE US TO RETHINK ISSUES OF                           
                        OWNERSHIP, COMMUNICATION,GEOGRAPHY,                         
                        IDENTITY, AND ARTISTIC PRACTICE.                            

      >  101      Woiak,J                             22/  24                BJ    
                        HYBRID. LECTURES WILL BE SYNCHRONOU                         
                        AND ASYNCHRONOUS AND WILL BE RECORD                         
                        QUIZ SECTIONS WILL BE SYNCHRONOUS.                          
                        CONTACT JWOIAK@UW.EDU FOR ADD CODE                          

         258      Vallah,Or                  Closed    6/   6                BJ    
                        T      930-1020   *    *        

         258      Vallah,Or                  Open      5/   6                BJ    
                        T      1030-1120  *    *        

         234      RAY,REBECCA                Closed    6/   6                BJ    
                        T      1130-1220  *    *        

         234      RAY,REBECCA                Open      5/   6                BJ    
                        T      1230-120   *    *        

         115      Romadhon,Dimas Iqbal       Open     31/  40                      
                        HOME 101 - NATURE, CULTURE, AND                             
                        BELONGING                                                   
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                        WHAT'S BEHIND OUR CLAIM TO EARTH AS                         
                        OUR HOME? THIS COURSE CONCERNS                              
                        EVERYDAY RELATIONS BETWEEN HUMANS,                          
                        ANIMALS, NATURE, AND LANDSCAPE THAT                         
                        SHAPE THE CURRENT AGE OF THE                                
                        ANTHROPOCENE. THIS COURSE IS                                
                        STRUCTURED INTO TWO PARTS: LECTURES                         
                        AND WORKSHOPS. STUDENTS WILL BE                             
                        INTRODUCED TO PHOTOVOICE METHOD AND                         
                        REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN A                                
                        PHOTOVOICE EXHIBITION PROJECT.                              

         109      Childs,M                   Open     13/  20                      
                        "THE ART OF WRITING"                                        
                        (W, SSC CREDIT)                                             
                                                                                    
                        IN THIS COURSE STUDENTS WILL                                
                        PRACTICE THE ART OF WRITING,                                
                        EXPLORING DIFFERENT GENRES,                                 
                        AUDIENCES AND RHETORICAL                                    
                        APPROACHES. WE WILL READ WRITERS                            
                        SUCH AS NAOMI KLEIN AND REBECCA                             
                        SOLNIT ON POLITICAL AND                                     
                        ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY AND                                  
                        ACTIVISM; DONNA HARAWAY, AS IN                              
                        STAYING WITH THE TROUBLE:  MAKING                           
                        KIN IN THE CHTHULUCENE, ENJOYING                            
                        CREATIVE THOUGHT AT THE EDGE OF                             
                        ACADEMIC WRITING; AND TRADITIONAL                           
                        ACADEMIC PROSE, IN SCHOLARLY                                
                        ARTICLES FROM THINKERS SUCH AS                              
                        DELELUZE, GUATTARI, AND OTHERS.                             
                        READING AND WRITING "IN THE                                 
                        GENRE" OF VARIOUS AUTHORS,                                  
                        STUDENTS WILL PRACTICE THE CRAFT                            
                        OF THINKING AND WRITING                                     
                        CREATIVELY, AND CLEARLY.                                    

         246      Garcia,MariaElena          Open     10/  40                      
                        "ART, MEMORY, AND VIOLENCE IN                               
                        LATIN AMERICA"                                              
                        (A&H, SSC)                                                  
                                                                                    
                        THIS CLASS INVITES STUDENTS TO                              
                        THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT ART,                                 
                        VIOLENCE, MEMORY AND SOCIAL                                 
                        ACTIVISM IN LATIN AMERICA, WITH A                           
                        FOCUS ON CULTURAL POLITICS IN PERU.                         
                                                                                    
                        STUDENTS WILL EXAMINE NOTIONS OF                            
                        OTHERNESS AND THE POWER TO LABEL AS                         
                                                                                    
                        CENTRAL TO THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF                         
                                                                                    
                        VIOLENCE.                                                   

         335      Seiler,Jessie              Open      6/  20                      
                        POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY, AND PUBLIC                            
                        HEALTH                                                      
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                        SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL CHALLENGE                         
                        OF OUR CURRENT ERA ARE RELATED TO                           
                        PUBLIC HEALTH. WHETHER WE ARE                               
                        CONSIDERING POLICE AND STATE                                
                        VIOLENCE, COVID-19, RACISM, OR                              
                        OPPRESSION MORE BROADLY, THEY ALL                           
                        CAUSE POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES. THESE                           
                        ISSUES ARE POLITICAL, BUT A THOROUG                         
                        UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO ADDRESS THE                         
                        MUST ALSO BE ROOTED IN PHILOSOPHY,                          
                        AS MANY OF OUR EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND                          
                        ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS ARE NOT                                  
                        SUFFICIENT. THE COURSE WILL EXPLORE                         
                        EACH OF THESE ANGLES ON SELECTED                            
                        CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES,                          
                        INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION OF ANTI-                         
                        BLACK RACISM AND WEIGHT STIGMA, OUR                         
                        RESPONSE TO COVID-19, AND VIOLENCE                          
                        MOTIVATED BY TRANSPHOBIA AND                                
                        HOMOPHOBIA.                                                 

         210      Ferauge,Elizabeth          Closed   20/  20                      
                        RELIGIONS AND THE MODERN HORROR FIL                         
                        (A&H, SSC)                                                  
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                        FROM THE EXORCIST (1973) AND THE                            
                        WICKER MAN (1973) TO MIDSOMMAR                              
                        (2019) AND THE VVITCH (2016),                               
                        RELIGIOUS THEMES HAVE BEEN A MAJOR                          
                        ELEMENT IN HORROR FILMS IN THE                              
                        HISTORY OF WESTERN CINEMA. WE WILL                          
                        EXPLORE SCHOLARSHIP ON THE                                  
                        INTERSECTION OF HORROR THEORY AND                           
                        RELIGIOUS STUDIES, EXPLORING THEMES                         
                        SUCH AS EXORCISM, APOCALYPSES, AND                          
                        CULTS, AND PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION                         
                        TO THE REPRESENTATION OF RELIGIOUS                          
                        OTHERNESS AND INTERSECTIONS OF                              
                        GENDER, SEXUALITY, RACE, AND CLASS,                         
                        SHOWING THAT AN INTERDISCIPLINARY                           
                        CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WAYS                                 
                        RELIGIONS AND CULTURES ARE PORTRAYE                         
                        IN HORROR FILMS OFFERS A WINDOW INT                         
                        THE ENDURING RELEVANCE OF RELIGION                          
                        IN THE MODERN WORLD.                                        

      >  120      Diment,Galya                         0/   5                J     
                        READING MAJOR TEXTS (A&H)                                   
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                        INTENSIVE EXAMINATION OF ONE OR A                           
                        FEW MAJOR WORKS OF LITERATURE THAT                          
                        HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME.                                
                        CLASSROOM WORK TO DEVELOP SKILLS OF                         
                        CAREFUL AND CRITICAL READING.                               
                        READINGS CONSIST OF MAJOR WORKS BY                          
                        SIGNIFICANT PRE-CONTEMPORARY AUTHOR                         
                        AND OF SELECTED SUPPLEMENTARY                               
                        MATERIALS. OFFERED: AWSP.                                   

         325      Mackenzie,Louisa           Open      4/  10                J     
                        DEMONSTRATES HOW THE EUROPEAN IDEAL                         
                        TODAY EMERGED FROM A CONTEXT OF                             
                        EXTREME CONFLICT. ASKS HOW TRACES O                         
                        THESE CONFLICTS MIGHT STILL HAUNT                           
                        MODERN EUROPE. STUDENTS THINK                               
                        CRITICALLY ABOUT THE IDEALS AND                             
                        PROBLEM SPOTS OF PERCEIVED EUROPEAN                         
                        IDENTITY, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION                          
                        NON-EUROPEAN CULTURES.                                      
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                        THE CLASS WILL MEET IN-PERSON FROM                          
                        1230-200, WITH 40 MINUTES OF                                
                        ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSION PER WEEK                            

         213      Ghosh,Aparna               Open      9/  20                      
                        FAKE NEWS AND THE EVOLUTION OF                              
                        JOURNALISM (A&H, SSC)                                       
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                        ARE YOU A NEWSHOUND? DO YOU LIKE                            
                        CONSUMING DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTEN                         
                        DO YOU FIND YOURSELF QUESTIONING TH                         
                        VERACITY OF WHAT YOU READ, LISTEN O                         
                        WATCH? THIS COURSE WILL HELP YOU                            
                        BECOME NEWS LITERATE.  NEWS HAS GON                         
                        THROUGH VARIOUS ERAS AND                                    
                        PROFESSIONAL METAMORPHOSIS FOR                              
                        CENTURIES, BUT FAKE NEWS IS NOT A                           
                        NEW PHENOMENON. IN THIS COURSE, WE                          
                        WILL STUDY THE EVOLUTION OF FAKE                            
                        NEWS THROUGH THE HISTORY, PRACTICE,                         
                        LITERATURE AND POLITICS OF NEWS.                            

         107      Weatherford,AM             Open      3/   5                J     

      > DISABILITY & SOCIETY

      >  112      DeCarsky,Ryan                       11/  11                BJ    
                        W      1130-120   *    *        
                        MEDIA & POP CULTURE - FULFILLS                              
                        SUBFIELD C DIVERSITY,                                       
                        REPRESENTATION, IDENTITY                                    
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                        HYBRID. CLASS WILL MEET SYNCHRONOUS                         
                        IN CLASSROOM ON MONDAYS AND                                 
                        SYNCHRONOUSLY VIA ZOOM ON WEDNESDAY                         
                        WITH RECORDING FOR ASYNCHRONOUS                             
                        ACCESS. TOPIC: TO BE DETERMINED                             
                        INSTRUCTOR: RYAN DECARSKY FULFILLS                          
                        SUBFIELD C DIVERSITY, REPRESENTATIO                         
                        IDENTITY. CONTACT JWOIAK@UW.EDU TO                          
                        BE PUT ON THE WAITING LIST                                  

      >  104      Rahman,Anis                          5/   5                J     
                        NO FURTHER ENROLLMENT STARTING 3/28                         

         074      Simpson,Caroline           Open      6/  20                      
                        BAD ART                                                     
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                        WHILE BAD ART IS COMMONLY ASSUMED T                         
                        O BE SIMPLY ART LACKING ARTISTIC                            
                        SKILL AND COMPLEXITY, THIS COURSE                           
                        WILL TAKE UP THE IDEA OF BAD ART AS                         
                        REFERRING TO A HOST OF PRACTICES TH                         
                        AT                                                          
                        HIGHLIGHT HOW THE CONCEPT OF VALUE                          
                        IN                                                          
                        ART HAS BEEN COMPLICIT IN NORMALIZI                         
                        NG                                                          
                        RACIAL VIOLENCE AND GENDER                                  
                        INEQUITIES.                                                 

 IS   > B  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10E CR/NC               

         228      Thibault,Ronnie            Open      2/  10                J     
                        DISABILITY, REPRESENTATION &                                
                        INTERSECTIONALITY: CULTURAL STUDIES                         
                        APPROACHES - FULFILLS SUBFIELD C                            
                        DIVERSITY, REPRESENTATION, IDENTITY                         
                        (5-CREDIT COURSE)                                           
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                        CLASS IS HYBRID - WILL MEET 1X/WEEK                         
                        SYNCHRONOUSLY ON ZOOM AND 1X/WEEK                           
                        SYNCHRONOUSLY IN CLASSROOM WITH                             
                        RECORDING FOR ASYNCHRONOUS ACCESS.                          
                        TOPICS IN DISABILITY STUDIES, TITLE                         
                        BE DETERMINED  INSTRUCTOR: RONNIE                           
                        THIBAULT                                                    

         259      Rosenbaum,Steve            Closed   10/  10                J     
                        A CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAW OF                             
                        DISABLED PEOPLE INSTRUCTOR: STEPHEN                         
                        ROSEBAUM FULFILLS SUBFIELD A RIGHTS                         
                        POLICY, INEQUALITY CONTACT.                                 
                        JWOIAK@UW.EDU TO BE PUT ON THE WAIT                         
                        LIST                                                        

         322      Underwood,D                Closed    5/   5                J     

         128      Garcia,MariaElena          Open     10/  25                      
                        THE AFTERLIVES OF WAR: RELATIONS,                           
                        REMAINS, RESILIENCE (SSC, NSC)                              
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                        THIS COURSE INVITES STUDENTS TO                             
                        EXPAND UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE IMPACT                         
                                                                                    
                        OF WAR BEYOND THE SOLE REALM OF THE                         
                                                                                    
                        HUMAN. HOW DO ANIMALS, FORESTS, OR                          
                        RIVERS EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE? WHAT                            
                        MATERIAL AND AFFECTIVE HISTORIES                            
                        ARE CONTAINED IN THE RUBBLE OF                              
                        DESTRUCTION? WHAT IS THE                                    
                        SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RUPTURE OF                              
                        MORE-THAN-HUMAN RELATIONS IN THE                            
                        AFTERMATH OF BRUTALITY?                                     

        G10      Chaterji,Katia             Open      4/  25                      
                        THE ART OF RESISTANCE - SOUTHEAST                           
                        ASIAN RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE                           
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                        IN THIS COURSE, WE EXAMINE THE                              
                        RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES GENERATED BY                         
                                                                                    
                        PERFORMING ARTISTS IN SOUTHEAST                             
                        ASIA IN RESPONSE TO THE INCREASING                          
                        THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. DRAWING                          
                        FROM TRADITIONAL, ISLAMIC, AND                              
                        MODERN PERFORMANCE TRADITIONS, WE                           
                        CONSIDER HOW THE ARTS FUNCTION AS A                         
                                                                                    
                        TOOL FOR ACTIVISM AND CHANGE AS                             
                        WELL AS A MEANS THROUGH WHICH GRIEF                         
                                                                                    
                        MAY BE EXPRESSED AND POSSIBLE                               
                        RECONCILIATION IMAGINED.                                    

         235      Burns,Gust Henry           Open      5/  25                      
                        BLACK MOTION: MATERIAL MOVEMENT                             
                        ACROSS MOVING-PICTURES, PHYSICS OF                          
                        MOTION, AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL                          
                        THOUGHT                                                     
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                        WE BEGIN BY EXAMINING THE 2020                              
                        GEORGE FLOYD UPRISINGS: WHAT WERE                           
                        THEY, HOW DID THEY EVOLVE, AND HOW                          
                        WERE THEY INSTRUMENTALIZED? DRAWING                         
                        ON RADICAL BLACK CRITIQUES OF SOCIA                         
                        AND ONTOLOGICAL THOUGHT, WE THEN                            
                        ENGAGE THE RADICAL AESTHETICS OF                            
                        RECENT BLACK FILM AND VIDEO WORKS,                          
                        EXAMINING THEIR QUALITIES OF                                
                        MOVEMENT IN RELATION TO BOTH FILM                           
                        THEORY AND ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY                         
                        UNDERSTANDINGS OF PHYSICAL MOTION.                          
                        WITH THIS FRESH CONCEPTUAL PALETTE,                         
                        WE ENGAGE CURRENT POLITICAL THEORY,                         
                        ARTICULATING CONCEPTS OF MOVEMENT                           
                        WITH EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY AND BLACK                          
                        STUDIES                                                     

         335      Chan,Christopher Santo Dom Open      4/  25                      
                        CAPITALISM AND THE SENSES: CRISIS I                         
                        THE CULTURE INDUSTRIES (A&H, SSC)                           
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                        THIS COURSE INVESTIGATES THE FUZZY                          
                        LINE BETWEEN CREATORS AND CONSUMERS                         
                        THE ATTENTION ECONOMY; PUT ANOTHER                          
                        WAY, WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE                               
                        EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN SUBJECT AS                          
                        CONTENT CREATOR. ACROSS CREATORS,                           
                        CULTURAL WORKERS, AND MEMBERS OF TH                         
                        SO-CALLED AUDIENCE, LIVING THROUGH                          
                        INTERSECTING CAPITALIST, PUBLIC                             
                        HEALTH, RACIAL JUSTICE, AND CLIMATE                         
                        CRISES INVITE NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT                           
                        MEDIA, AESTHETICS, POWER,                                   
                        REPRESENTATION, AND CAPITAL.                                

         284      Reddy,Chandan C.           Open     19/  25                      
                        AMERICAN DREAMS: MARKETS, HOUSING,                          
                        FAMILY                                                      
                        (A&H, SSC)                                                  
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                        THE CONCEPT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM I                         
                        AS UBIQUITOUS AS IT IS CONTESTED. I                         
                        HAS REFERRED TO SUCCESS, WEALTH,                            
                        EDUCATION, AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.                         
                        SINCE THE END OF WW-LL IT HAS BEEN                          
                        ASSOCIATED WITH HOME OWNERSHIP,                             
                        BECOMING A CORNERSTONE OF AMERICAN                          
                        CULTURE EVER SINCE. THIS COURSE WIL                         
                        EXAMINE THE POST-WAR IDEA OF THE                            
                        AMERICAN DREAM AS AN ASSEMBLAGE OF                          
                        WHITE HETEROSEXUALITY, PATRIARCHAL                          
                        REPRODUCTION, RACIAL CAPITALISM AND                         
                        SETTLER DISPOSSESSION.                                      

 IS   > SENIOR THESIS

 IS   > SENIOR THESIS

 IS   > FOCUS GROUPS

         256      Thurtle,Phillip S          Closed   12/  12  CR/NC               
                        ECO-TEXTUAL INTIMACIES:                                     
                        EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN                           
                        TEXT, LANGUAGE, AND ORGANIC AND                             
                        MINERAL MATTER. THROUGH WORKS OF                            
                        VISUAL ART, MUSIC, AND FILM, WE WIL                         
                        DISCUSS THE MATERIAL ORIGINS OF MED                         
                        AND THEIR ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS.                          

         210      Schweigert,Val             Open      4/  10  CR/NC               
                        EXPLORING REPRESENTATIONS OF GENDER                         
                        AND SEXUALITY IN MEDIA                                      
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                        IN THIS COURSE, WE BRIEFLY DIVE INT                         
                        THE WAYS THAT GENDER AND SEXUALITY                          
                        HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED SOCIALLY,                             
                        HISTORICALLY, AND CULTURALLY. A LAR                         
                        COMPONENT OF THIS COURSE WILL BE                            
                        FOCUSING ON THE WAYS POP CULTURE                            
                        INFLUENCES OUR GENDER & SEXUALITY                           
                        JOURNEY.                                                    

         305      Thurtle,Phillip S          Open      7/  12  CR/NC               
                        THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ART,                              
                        CULTURE AND NATION                                          
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                        THIS FOCUS GROUP LOOKS INTO THE                             
                        STUDY OF ARTS, PHILOSOPHY AND                               
                        AESTHETICS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON                              
                        PERSIAN ART, HISTORY, HERITAGE AND                          
                        CULTURE, AND ITS INTERRELATIONS. TH                         
                        FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WILL BE AN ARRA                         
                        OF PROMPTS WE WILL ADDRESS AND                              
                        DISCUSS DURING OUR FOCUS GROUP.                             

 IS   > B  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10E CR/NC               

         004      Belic,Bojan                Open      0/   1                J     
                        EXAMINES DIVERSE PHENOMENA RELATED                          
                        THE LANGUAGE KNOWN AS SERBO-CROATIA                         
                        AND TO THE BOSNIAN, CROATIAN,                               
                        MONTENEGRIN, AND SERBIAN LANGUAGES.                         
                        EXPLORES CONCEPTS SUCH AS LANGUAGE                          
                        DEATH, BIRTH, POLITICS,                                     
                        STANDARDIZATION, AND CODIFICATION.                          
                        RELATION BETWEEN DIALECT AND LANGUA                         
                        IS OBSERVED IN AN ECOLOGY EXHIBITIN                         
                        ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY.                             

 IS   > B  1-5     to be arranged                                                       0/  10E CR/NC