The phenomenon often referred to as the “evil eye,” is an enduring belief that harm can be exerted through the gaze, causing illness, misfortune, and even sudden death. This seminar
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From glittering gold domes to vibrantly colored illuminated manuscripts, this course examines Islamic art and architecture from the Indian subcontinent to the eastern Mediterranean from the fifteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries.
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What is the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament anyway? What are its main religious ides, how does it relate to the literature in its surrounding cultures? How and why has it
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When Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, thousands of refugees fled across Ukraine’s western border and the world watched in shock and horror. In particular,
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NOTE: you don’t need to know anything about law or about Greek history to learn and profit and have fun in this course. This course is an introduction to ancient
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Brefs récits pour une longue vie, as 1 writer put it: FR 332 is designed to introduce you to short fiction in French as an initiation into its revolutionary histories
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Heloise and Abelard are perhaps the two most famous lovers in medieval history. Abelard was a brilliant scholar, who seduced his aristocratic, gifted pupil. A child and a secret marriage
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Our topic for this capstone seminar will be the Afterlife of the Classics. We will explore the appropriation of classical antiquity by later cultures, and its reinterpretation by different audiences
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