Medieval and Early Modern Studies 1 MEDIEVAL AND EARLY John M. Stroup Associate Professors MODERN STUDIES Daniel Domingues Da Silva Sarah Ellenzweig Contact Information Claire Fanger Medieval and Early Modern Studies Esther Fernández https://medieval.rice.edu/ Shih-Shan Susan Huang 326 Humanities Building Maya Soifer Irish 713-348-4947 Peter V. Loewen Brian Ogren Maya Soifer Irish Aysha Pollnitz Program Director [email protected] Assistant Professors Niki Clements Farshid Emami The Medieval and Early Modern Studies program offers a major and Eric Huntington a minor, which enable students to study medieval and early modern Jaymin Kim cultures in the period between 300 and 1800 A.D. Emily Houlik-Ritchey Both the major and minor are interdisciplinary and foster a global perspective, combining a broad background in various aspects of Lecturer medieval and early modern culture with more specialized study in a Ted Somerville selected field. These fields of emphasis or specialized study include For Rice University degree-granting programs: medieval and early modern art history, history, literature (Arabic, Chinese, To view the list of official course offerings, please see Rice’s English, French, Spanish, or Latin), music, philosophy, or religion. Course Catalog (https://courses.rice.edu/admweb/!SWKSCAT.cat? p_action=cata) Bachelor's Program To view the most recent semester’s course schedule, please see Rice's • Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree with a Major in Medieval and Early Course Schedule (https://courses.rice.edu/admweb/!SWKSCAT.cat) Modern Studies (https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments- programs/humanities/medieval-early-modern-studies/medieval-early- Medieval and Early Modern Studies modern-studies-ba/) (MDEM) Minor MDEM 101 - ELEMENTARY LATIN I Short Title: ELEMENTARY LATIN I • Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (https://ga.rice.edu/ Department: Medieval/Early Modern Studies programs-study/departments-programs/humanities/medieval- Grade Mode: Standard Letter early-modern-studies/medieval-early-modern-studies-minor/ Course Type: Lecture #outcomestext) Credit Hours: 3 Medieval and Early Modern Studies does not currently offer an academic Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate program at the graduate level. Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Director and Advisor Description: Study of the fundamentals of Latin grammar with emphasis on acquisition of reading skills. Effective May 15, 2019, this course does Maya Soifer Irish not carry D1 credit. Cross-list: LATI 101. Professors MDEM 102 - ELEMENTARY LATIN II Short Title: ELEMENTARY LATIN II Lisa A. Balabanlilar Department: Medieval/Early Modern Studies Gregory Barnett Grade Mode: Standard Letter Joseph A. Campana, Jr. Course Type: Lecture David Cook Credit Hours: 3 Jeffrey B. Fleisher Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Michael R. Maas Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Joseph Manca Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Scott McGill Prerequisite(s): LATI 101 or MDST 101 Alida C. Metcalf Description: Continuation of LATI 101 and MDST 101. Graduate students Donald Ray Morrison require permission of instructor. Effective May 15, 2019, this course does Deborah Nelson-Campbell not carry D1 credit. Cross-list: LATI 102. Nanxiu Qian Paula A. Sanders Edward A. Snow 2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21 2 Medieval and Early Modern Studies MDEM 103 - INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH MYSTICISM MDEM 116 - MYSTICISM THROUGHOUT THE AGES Short Title: INTRO TO JEWISH MYSTICISM Short Title: MYSTICISM THROUGHOUT THE AGES Department: Medieval/Early Modern Studies Department: Medieval/Early Modern Studies Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Lecture Distribution Group: Distribution Group I Distribution Group: Distribution Group I Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Description: Surveys the historical development and central themes Description: This course examines the historical development of of Jewish mysticism. From the bible to ancient mysticism to medieval mysticism in Western thought, placing the Christian experiential Kabbalah to modern expressions, we will critically reflection the ideas traditions in comparison with Jewish developments. Through mystical such as divine presence in the world, the cultivation of insight and texts, we will explore key concepts, such as visions of God and spiritual magical powers, contemplative and restorative practices, and charismatic journeys, as developed during late antiquity, the middle-ages, and into the authority. Cross-list: RELI 104. early modern period. Cross-list: RELI 116. MDEM 105 - INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN THOUGHT MDEM 120 - MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATIONS Short Title: MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN THOUGHT Short Title: MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATIONS Department: Medieval/Early Modern Studies Department: Medieval/Early Modern Studies Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Course Type: Lecture Distribution Group: Distribution Group I Distribution Group: Distribution Group I Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Description: Survey of major medieval Christian thinkers. Primary focus Description: Focusing on the period between 300-1500 CE, the course will on high and late middle ages (12th-15th century), with some attention to survey political institutions, society, and culture in medieval European, spiritual and apocalyptic writings and dissenting thought in this period. Byzantine, and Islamic civilizations. Topics include Christianization of Cross-list: RELI 105. Europe, the rise of Islam, the Crusades, scholastic theology, persecution MDEM 111 - INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF WESTERN ART I: of heretics, bubonic plague, and the rise of centralized monarchies. ANTIQUITY TO GOTHIC Cross-list: HIST 120. Short Title: INTRO TO HIST OF WESTERN ART I MDEM 205 - MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN WORLD Department: Medieval/Early Modern Studies Short Title: MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN WORLD Grade Mode: Standard Letter Department: Medieval/Early Modern Studies Course Type: Lecture Grade Mode: Standard Letter Distribution Group: Distribution Group I Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Distribution Group: Distribution Group I Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Credit Hours: 3 Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Description: A survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture from Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Antiquity through the 15th century. Cross-list: CLAS 102, HART 101. Description: Course examines the political, institutional, military, and Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for MDEM 111 if student has credit cultural development of the societies that successively dominated for HART 220. the "Middle Sea" from AD 500-1500 in Europe and the Islamic World. It highlights the Mediterranean legacy of commercial, cultural, and religious exchange and coexistence, as well as its history of confrontation and warfare. Cross-list: HIST 205. 2021-2022 General Announcements PDF Generated 09/23/21 Medieval and Early Modern Studies 3 MDEM 210 - MEDIEVAL VIOLENCE MDEM 238 - SPECIAL TOPICS Short Title: MEDIEVAL VIOLENCE Short Title: SPECIAL TOPICS Department: Medieval/Early Modern Studies Department: Medieval/Early Modern Studies Grade Mode: Standard Letter Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Seminar Course Type: Internship/Practicum, Laboratory, Lecture, Lecture/ Distribution Group: Distribution Group I Laboratory, Seminar, Independent Study Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 1-4 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-Level Description: Discussion course looks at private and large-scale warfare Description: Topics and credit hours may vary each semester. Contact during the European Middle Ages. It considers how violence was department for current semester’s topic(s). Repeatable for Credit. legitimized and carried out, and examines attitudes towards violence and MDEM 271 - MEDIEVAL POPULAR CHRISTIANITY its effects on society. Topics include theoretical approaches to violence, Short Title: MEDIEVAL POPULAR CHRISTIANITY crusading, chivalry, Truce of God, rituals of violence, military technologies, Department: Medieval/Early Modern Studies and cinematic portrayals of medieval warfare. Cross-list: HIST 211. Grade Mode: Standard Letter MDEM 211 - INTERMEDIATE LATIN I: PROSE Course Type: Lecture Short Title: INTERMEDIATE LATIN I: PROSE