Featured Courses

Selected Courses, Summer Term (July 5 – July 23, 2021)

* ARTH 308.3, Art of the High Renaissance & Reformation Era, 1500 to 1550

The High Renaissance, Mannerism, and other trends in European painting and sculpture will be considered in the context of the Reformation; special emphasis will be placed upon Raphael, Michelangelo, and Dürer.
 
Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs: 9:30 AM – 12:20 PM

Instructor: Sandra Herron

Prerequisites: ARTH 120.3, ARTH 121.3, or permission of the instructor

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Selected Courses, Fall Term (Sept-Dec 2021)

* CMRS 401: CMRS Texts and Themes -- Topics in Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Daily Life

This course will mainly focus on the daily lives and material history of non-elite people living in urban centres (e.g. Pompeii, London, York, Paris, Florence, Rome). Participants will examine both written and archaeological records and will work directly with the instructor and their peers to develop a research project on topics such as: the literary representations of daily life, the built environment, commerce and trade, craft (art and industry), crime and punishment, cunning-folk and magic practitioners, environmental conditions and hygiene, guilds, civic governance (including civic defence), medicine, midwifery, the parish and religious life.

Thurs, 1:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Instructor: Sharon Wright

Prerequisites: CMRS 110 and CMRS 111, or permission of the CMRS Director (who is, coincidentally, also the course instructor)

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Selected Courses, Winter Term (Jan-Apr 2022)

HIST 204: Animals in the Greek and Roman World [new course, not yet in CMRS program, but we hope it will be soon]

This course introduces students to the wide variety of ways that animals shaped the lives and thoughts of the ancient Greeks and Romans. We’ll examine a diverse range of primary sources to explore the full spectrum of human-animal encounters. Special attention will be given to the social dimensions of how people interacted with animals in numerous areas of life, including at home, in social settings and at war. We'll also examine how animals were cared for, from animal husbandry to the beginnings of veterinary medicine. We'll analyze the myriad roles that animals played in classical literature to shed light on expectations and ideals for human life. We’ll see that some viewed them as mere tools for human use, while others viewed them as rational, moral beings deserving of just treatment. Ultimately, we'll see that it is only by examining society’s relationship with animals that we can understand the human experience in the Greco-Roman world.

Mondays, 6:00-9:00 PM

Instructor: Kyle McLeister