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COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF IDEAS
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )

      >  C101     Lucero,Jose Antonio                 13/  18  CR/NC               
                        CHID MAJORS & MINORS ONLY                                   
                        CONTACT CHID(AT)UW.EDU FOR ADD CODE                         

      >  238      Handwerk,Gary                       37/  40                J     
                        SAME AS C LIT 210 AND GLITS 315                             

         136      Childs,Mary E              Open     17/  20                      
                        "BLACK SEA ECOLOGIES:  POLITICS,                            
                        CULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN                             
                        POST-SOVIET SPACE"                                          
                        THE BLACK SEA REGION STANDS AT                              
                        THE CROSSROADS OF CULTURES,                                 
                        CONTINENTS, EMPIRES, AND TIME.                              
                        POLITICALLY TURBULENT, RICH IN                              
                        OIL AND PIPELINES, THE AREA FACES                           
                        CHALLENGES OF ALIGNING WITH IDEAS                           
                        THAT CARE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL                               
                        ISSUES, AS THEY PURSUE THE                                  
                        CAPITALIST PHASE THEY ASPIRED TO                            
                        DURING THE SOVIET YEARS.   IN                               
                        THIS COURSE, WE WILL EXPLORE THE                            
                        INTERSECTION OF POLITICS,                                   
                        CULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN                             
                        THIS COLONIZED SPACE:  WHERE DO                             
                        ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FIGURE IN                              
                        STRUGGLING DEMOCRACIES?  WHAT ARE                           
                        ACTIVISTS ABLE TO DO UNDER                                  
                        AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES?  WHAT DO                             
                        INDIGENOUS FOLK TRADITIONS HAVE                             
                        TO TEACH ABOUT THE POLITICS OF                              
                        CARING FOR OUR ENDANGERED PLANET?                           
                        GE REQS: W, I&S                                             

         008      Chaterji,Katia             Open      5/  40                      
                        HISTORIES OF CLIMATE DISASTER -                             
                        INDIAN OCEAN PERSPECTIVES                                   
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                        THIS COURSE SURVEYS THE HISTORY OF                          
                        THE INDIAN OCEAN WORLD WITH FOCUS                           
                        ON THE INTERTWINED RELATIONSHIP                             
                        BETWEEN HUMAN SOCIETIES AND THE                             
                        WATERS THAT CONNECT US. EXAMINING                           
                        THE IMPACT OF COLONIALISM ON THE                            
                        LIVELIHOODS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES                            
                        AND THEIR LANDSCAPES, THIS COURSE                           
                        CONSIDERS HOW ALTERATIONS TO THE                            
                        ENVIRONMENT CONTINUE TO PRODUCE                             
                        DISPARITIES IN POSTCOLONIAL                                 
                        IMAGINATIONS OF THE NATION AND                              
                        REGIONAL IDENTITY.                                          

         108      Fani,Aria                  Closed   15/  15                J     
                        "AFGHANISTAN BEYOND THE HEADLINES"                          
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                        EXPLORES THE CULTURE AND CIVILIZATI                         
                        OF THIS MIDDLE EASTERN SOCIETY THRO                         
                        A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH THAT                          
                        INCLUDES SUCH MANIFESTATIONS AS                             
                        ARCHITECTURE, CARPET-WEAVING, STORY                         
                        TELLING, AND THE COMPOSITION OF                             
                        POETRY.                                                     

         212      Ferauge,Elizabeth          Closed   20/  20                      
                        "RELIGIONS AND HORROR FILMS"                                
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                        FROM THE                                                    
                        EXORCIST (1973) AND THE WICKER MAN                          
                        (1973) TO MIDSOMMAR (2019) AND THE                          
                        VVITCH (2016), RELIGIOUS THEMES HAV                         
                        BEEN A MAJOR ELEMENT OF MODERN                              
                        HORROR FILMS IN THE HISTORY OF                              
                        WESTERN CINEMA, PARTICULARLY IN THE                         
                        FIELD OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND                              
                        COMPARATIVE RELIGION. WE WILL                               
                        EXPLORE MODERN SCHOLARSHIP ON THE                           
                        INTERSECTION OF HORROR/MONSTER                              
                        THEORY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES,                               
                        THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH SEVERAL                             
                        FILMS SPANNING FROM THE 1970S TO TH                         
                        CURRENT FOLK HORROR REVIVAL AND                             
                        ASSOCIATED WRITINGS IN THE FIELDS O                         
                        COMPARATIVE RELIGION,                                       
                        PSYCHOANALYSIS, PHILOSOPHY, ETC. WE                         
                        WILL EXPLORE COSMIC HORROR, FOLK                            
                        HORROR, EXORCISM/POSSESSION, THE                            
                        DIVINE FEMININE, AND CULTS.                                 
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                        FULFILLS (A&H)  REQ                                         

         110      Diment,Galya               Open      4/   5                J     
                        TOPICS IN RUSSIAN LITERARY AND                              
                        CULTURAL HISTORY: RUSSIAN CRIME                             
                        FICTION                                                     
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                        FROM CZARS TO COMRADES AND TO NEW                           
                        RUSSIANS, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHO IS                             
                        GOOD, WHO IS EVIL, WHO IS UP, WHO I                         
                        DOWN, AND OF COURSE, WHO DUNNIT. AL                         
                        READINGS, LECTURES, AND DISCUSSIONS                         
                        ARE IN ENGLISH.                                             

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        CLTRL IMPACT TECH

      >  120      Rahman,Anis                          4/   5                J     

      >  331      Thurtle,Phillip S                   17/  20                      
                        "UNREASON: MADNESS AND THE POLITICS                         
                                                                                    
                        OF KNOWLEDGE"                                               
                                                                                    
                        (VLPA, I&S)                                                 
                        WESTERN SOCIETY LOVES AND HATES TO                          
                        REASON. ON ONE HAND IT UPHOLDS                              
                        REASON AS THE ULTIMATE                                      
                        ENLIGHTENMENT VALUE. ON THE OTHER                           
                        HAND, IT PRODUCES CONDITIONS OF                             
                        LIFE AND CULTURAL ARTIFACTS THAT                            
                        ARE ANYTHING BUT REASONABLE.                                
                        WESTERN SOCIETY HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY                         
                                                                                    
                        HARSH WITH THOSE WHO ARE BELIEVED                           
                        TO HAVE UNREASONABLE THOUGHTS OR                            
                        BODIES, MARGINALIZING THEM THROUGH                          
                        INCARCERATION, HOSPITALIZATION,                             
                        POVERTY, OR NEGLECT.                                        

         295      Thurtle,Phillip S          Open     12/  25                      
                        "WORLD BUILDING IN ART, LITERATURE,                         
                                                                                    
                        AND SCIENCE"                                                
                        OUR WORLD IS IN TROUBLE. PROBLEMS                           
                        CAUSED BY SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES BASED                         
                                                                                    
                        ON RACE, GENDER, AND ABILITY STILL                          
                        CONSTRAIN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS,                              
                        WHILE SEEMINGLY NEW PROBLEMS, SUCH                          
                        AS GLOBAL WARMING, PROCEED FASTER                           
                        THAN PREVIOUSLY IMAGINED. MAKING                            
                        THINGS EVEN WORSE, OUR ATTEMPTS TO                          
                        CREATE BETTER FUTURES THROUGH                               
                        INNOVATION OFTEN END UP                                     
                        EXACERBATING THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY                         
                                                                                    
                        WERE MEANT TO ADDRESS.                                      

        CHID STUDY ABROAD

      >  256      Barr,Nicolaas P.                    18/  20                      
                        CHID AMSTERDAM PRE-DEPARTURE                                
                        SEMINAR                                                     
                        (I&S)                                                       
                        ADD CODE REQUIRED.                                          

         032      Romadhon,Dimas Iqbal       Open      8/  25                      
                        "DISEASE, ENVIRONMENT, AND                                  
                        COLONIALISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA"                              
                                                                                    
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                        THIS SEMINAR WILL EXAMINE MEDICINE                          
                        AND ENVIRONMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA                           
                        AS COLONIAL CONTACT ZONES WHERE                             
                        KNOWLEDGE, REPRESENTATION, CULTURE,                         
                                                                                    
                        AND TECHNOLOGY MEET AND COLLIDE.                            
                        EXPLORING ISSUES FROM THE PROMOTION                         
                                                                                    
                        OF COLONIAL MEDICINE AND MODERN                             
                        BIOSECURITY TO THE NEGOTIATION OF                           
                        CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE ON FOREST,                               
                        ANIMALS, AND BIODIVERSITY TO                                
                        CULTURAL CHANGES FROM MASSIVE PALM                          
                        PLANTATION PROJECTS, STUDENTS WILL                          
                        BE INVITED TO LOOK AT THE PAST AND                          
                        CURRENT POLITICS RELATED TO HEALTH,                         
                                                                                    
                        ENVIRONMENT, AND CONSERVATION FROM                          
                        SCHOLARLY AND LITERARY PERSPECTIVES                         
                                                                                    
                        AND TO ENGAGE IN CREATIVE PROJECTS                          
                        TO DISSEMINATE THEIR RESEARCH.                              

         113      Simpson,Caroline           Open     19/  20                W     
                        "RADICAL POETICS"                                           
                        GE REQ: W, VLPA                                             
                        THIS COURSE EXPLORES THE WORK OF                            
                        YOUNGER BIPOC POETS, WITH ATTENTION                         
                        TO HOW THEIR WORK UNDERSTANDS AND                           
                        OFTEN REVISES, EXISTING CONVENTIONS                         
                        IN POETRY. COURSEWORK WILL BE DIVID                         
                        ED                                                          
                        BETWEEN DISCUSSING THEIR WORK AND                           
                        WRITING IN RESPONSE TO IT, BOTH                             
                        CRITICALLY AND CREATIVELY.                                  

         225      Reddy,Chandan C.           Open      5/  15                J     
                        QUEER FUTURES                                               
                        THIS COURSE FOCUSES ON THE MOST                             
                        CUTTING-EDGE DEVELOPMENTS IN 21ST-                          
                        CENTURY QUEER AND TRANSGENDER                               
                        CULTURES, GENDERS, SOCIAL AND                               
                        SEXUAL PRACTICES, ART, AND                                  
                        HISTORICAL RESEARCH.                                        

      >  288      Barr,Nicolaas P.                     9/  25                      
                        "CHID THESIS"                                               
                                                                                    
                        (CHID MAJORS ONLY) CONTACT                                  
                        CHID[AT]UW.EDU FOR ADD CODE.                                

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         160      Alaniz,Jose                Open      0/   5                J     
                        MODERN LIT: RUSSIA'S BIG BOOKS                              

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      >  125      Garcia,MariaElena                    3/   5                J     
                        CRITICAL THEORIES IN AMERICAN                               
                        INDIAN AND INDIGENOUS STUDIES                               
                        OFFERED JOINTLY WITH AIS 575A                               
                        EMAIL MEG71{AT}UW.EDU FOR ADD CODES                         

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