Premodern Courses
The Center for Premodern Studies offers undergraduate and graduate degree program minors in Medieval Studies and a graduate degree minor in Early Modern Studies. Follow the links to learn more. Check with the minors' DGS to learn if the courses below can be applied.
- Click here to learn more about the Medieval Studies undergraduate degree minor.
- Click here to learn more about the Medieval Studies graduate degree minor.
- Click here to learn more about the Early Modern Studies graduate minor.
Spring 2022 Graduate Courses
- ANTH 8510: Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings: Archaeology of Northern Europe (Peter Wells)
- ARTH 5252: Early Christian Arts (Jennifer Awes Freeman)
- ARTH 5335: Baroque Rome: Art and Politics in the Papal Capital (Steven Ostrow)
- CNRC/RELS 5071: Greek and Hellenistic Religions (Stephen Ahearne-Kroll)
- EMS 8250 / ARTH 8320: The Early Modern Archive (Katharine Gerbner and Sinem Casale)
- EMS 5500 / ENGL 5121: Readings in Early Modern Literature and Culture: Colonial America in the Atlantic World (Rachel Trocchio)
- GER 5701: Middle High German (Anatoly Liberman)
- HIST 5462: From Subjects to Citizens: The History of East Asia from 1500 to the Present (Ann Waltner)
- HSCI 5611: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Rise of Modern Science (Victor D. Boantza)
- HSCI 8125: Foundations for Research in the Scientific Revolution (Victor D. Boantza)
- LAT 5100: Cosmos and Culture: World, Origins, & Early Humans (Spencer Cole)
- SCAN 5502: The Icelandic Saga (Anatoly Liberman)
Spring 2022 Undergraduate Courses
ARTS & HUMANITIES
- ARTH 3309: Renaissance Art in Europe (Michael Gaudio)
- CNRC 1042: Greek and Roman Mythology (Charles McNamara)
- CNRC 3072: The Birth of Christianity (Joshua Reno)
- CNRC/RELS 3074: Exploring the Quran: An Intellectual Odyssey with Islam's Holy Scripture (Adam Flowers)
- CNRC 3042: Myths, Legends, and Literature of the Ancient Near East (Eva von Dassow)
- JWST/RELS/CNRC 3205: Women, Gender, and the Hebrew Bible (Tina Sherman)
CIVIC LIFE AND ETHICS
- FREN 3632/3732 / HIST 3732: Revolution and Rights: The French Revolution and its Legacy (Juliette Cherbuliez)
- HIST/CNRC 3061: "Bread and Circuses": Spectacles and Mass Culture in Antiquity (Andrew Gallia)
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES / HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
- CNRC/HIST/RELS/MEST 3617: Pagans, Christians, Barbarians: The World of Late Antiquity (Benjamin Hansen)
- EAS/HIST 3462: From Subjects to Citizens: The History of East Asia from 1500 to the Present (Ann Waltner)
- HIST 3052: Ancient Civilization: Greece (Andrew Gallia)
- HIST/MEST 3101: Introduction to Medieval History (Stephan Knott and Eli Wallace)
- HIST/JWST 3511 / RELS 3079: Muslims and Jews: Conflict and Co-existence in the Middle East and North Africa since 1700 (Noam Sienna)
- HIST 3547 / RELS 3722: The Ottoman Empire (Fikri Cicek)
- HIST/MEST 3611: Medieval Cities of Europe: 500-1500 (Kathryn Reyerson)
- HIST/MEST 3613: History of the Crusades (Michael Lower)
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
- ARTH 3335: Baroque Rome: Art and Politics in the Papal Capital (Steven Ostrow)
- CNRC 1003: The World of Rome (Spencer Cole)
- CNRC/RELS/HIST 1082/3092: Jesus in History, Art & Culture (Stephen Ahearne-Kroll)
- CNRC/RELS 3071: Greek and Hellenistic Religions (Stephen Ahearne-Kroll)
- CNRC 3103: Ancient Greece: Alexander and the East (Patricia Ahearne-Kroll)
- CNRC/HIST 3061: "Bread and Circuses: Spectacles and Mass Culture in Antiquity (Andrew Gallia)
- ENGL 3003W: Historical Survey of British Literatures I (various instructors)
- HIST 3054: Ancient Egypt and its Neighbors (Eva von Dassow)
- HIST/MEST 3616: The Hundred Years War: France and England in the Middle Ages (Kathryn Reyerson)
LITERATURE CORE
- CNRC 3081W: Classical Epic in Translation (Nita Krevans)
- ENGL 1181W: Introduction to Shakespeare (various instructors)
- ENGL 3007: Shakespeare (various instructors)
ADDITIONAL PREMODERN COURSES
- ANTH/CNRC/JWST/RELS/MEST 3206: Sex, Murder, and Bodily Discharges: Purity and Pollution in the Ancient World (Patricia Ahearne-Kroll)
- ANTH/MEST 4043: Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings: Archaeology of Northern Europe (Peter Wells)
- CNRC 3103: Ancient Greece: Alexander and the East (Patricia Ahearne-Kroll)
- CNRC 3105: Ancient Rome: Age of Augustus (Spencer Cole)
- CNRC 3950: Sex Work(ers) in Ancient Greece and Rome (Joshua Reno)
- CNRC 3950: Ancient Greek Ethics from Plato to Stoicism (Charles McNamara)
- ENGL/MEST 3072: Witchcraft, Possession, Magic: Concepts in the Atlantic Supernatural, 1500-1800 (Rachel Trocchio)
- ENGL 4613: Old English II (Andrew Scheil)
- GER 3702: Middle High German (Anatoly Liberman)
- HSCI 361: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Rise of Modern Science (Victor D. Boantza)
- HIST/MEST 3271: The Viking World: Story, History, and Archaeology (Elizabeth Quillen)