Class Roster - Fall 2025 - Subject - Society for the Humanities

SHUM 1100

Art Histories: An Introduction

This team-taught course introduces students to the History of Art as a global and interdisciplinary field. Led by a selection of professors from the department, in collaboration with staff and faculty ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 1100
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: Ornament
Class Number & Section Details

4002 SHUM 1100 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 2:55pm - 4:10pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Robinson, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Section Topic

Topic: Ornament
Class Number & Section Details

4077 SHUM 1100 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
- F 10:10am - 11:00am
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Robinson, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Section Topic

Topic: Ornament
Class Number & Section Details

4078 SHUM 1100 DIS 202
Meeting Pattern
- F 11:15am - 12:05pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Robinson, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Section Topic

Topic: Ornament
Class Number & Section Details

4079 SHUM 1100 DIS 203
Meeting Pattern
- M 9:05am - 9:55am
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Robinson, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Section Topic

Topic: Ornament
Class Number & Section Details

4080 SHUM 1100 DIS 204
Meeting Pattern
- M 10:10am - 11:00am
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Robinson, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 1615

Introduction to Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a village the size of Ithaca that grew into a world empire. In this course students will be introduced to some of its literature, art, and famous personalities in the classical period ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 1615
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

8625 SHUM 1615 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 11:15am - 12:05pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Fontaine, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 1900

Global Engagements: Living and Working in a Diverse World

How might we engage with communities, whether here in Ithaca or across the globe, in our diverse histories, experiences, and perspectives? What structural forces shape inequalities and how do communities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 1900
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

9011 SHUM 1900 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:55pm - 4:10pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Villenas, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2101

South Asian Diaspora

This interdisciplinary course (with an emphasis in anthropology) will introduce students to the multiple routes/roots, lived experiences, and imagined worlds of South Asians who have traveled to various ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 2100, ANTHR 2410
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

8816 SHUM 2101 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:55pm - 4:10pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Munasinghe, V
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2241

Game of Thrones: Multi-Media Fantasies

In this course we will use the Game of Thrones series as a way of familiarizing ourselves with different tools of cultural analysis and approaches in literary theory (such as narratology, psychoanalysis, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2241
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18239 SHUM 2241 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Bachner, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2245

Health and Disease in the Ancient World

The history of humankind is also a history of health and disease; the rise of agricultural societies, ancient cities, and colonial empires had wide-ranging effects on diet and nutrition, the spread of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2245, ARKEO 2245, BSOC 2245
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

19068 SHUM 2245 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 9:05am - 9:55am
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Velasco, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2269

Korean Popular Culture

This course introduces Korean popular culture in global context. Beginning with cultural forms of the late Choson period, the course will also examine popular culture during the Japanese colonial period, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AAS 2269, ASIAN 2269, PMA 2465
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18566 SHUM 2269 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 3:35pm - 4:25pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Yi, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

18881 SHUM 2269 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
- F 2:30pm - 3:20pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Yi, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

18882 SHUM 2269 DIS 202
Meeting Pattern
- F 3:35pm - 4:25pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Yi, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2435

Global Maoism: History and Present

Maoism and Chinese Communism are not history after Mao's death in 1976. In China, Maoism holds the key to the enduring success of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), one of the most remarkable organizations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: CAPS 2435, HIST 2435
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

18499 SHUM 2435 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:55pm - 4:10pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 9, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Sun, P
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

18500 SHUM 2435 IND 601
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 9, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 2437

Economy, Power, and Inequality

How do humans organize production, distribution, exchange, and consumption? What social, political, environmental, and religious values underlie different forms of economic organization? And how do they ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2437
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

9035 SHUM 2437 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:00am
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Welker, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

9036 SHUM 2437 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
- F 9:05am - 9:55am
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Welker, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

9037 SHUM 2437 DIS 202
Meeting Pattern
- F 10:10am - 11:00am
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Welker, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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SHUM 2750

Introduction to Humanities

These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: 9/11 and Its Afterlives
Class Number & Section Details

8850 SHUM 2750 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 8:40am - 9:55am
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Ghosh, D
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Enrollment preference will be given to: accepted Humanities Scholars Program (HSP) students. For course description, see HSP website: https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses.

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 2750, CLASS 2750
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Section Topic

Topic: Aesthetics of Scale
Class Number & Section Details

19268 SHUM 2750 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Platt, V
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Enrollment preference will be given to: accepted Humanities Scholars Program (HSP) students. For course description, see HSP website: https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses.

SHUM 3175

Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition: Inquisitors, Heretics, and Truth in the Early Modern World

This course uses the history of the Spanish Inquisition, and the richness of its archival records, to explore the variety of ways in which the pursuit of heresy was intertwined with transforming how knowledge ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 3175, JWST 3175, NES 3175
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

18357 SHUM 3175 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 10:10am - 11:25am
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Juni, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

18358 SHUM 3175 IND 601
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 3324

Modern and Contemporary Korean Literature

This course examines major writers, works, and developments in modern and contemporary Korean literature from the early twentieth century to the present. Beginning with the cultural transition at the end ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3324
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

18416 SHUM 3324 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 11:40am - 12:55pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Yi, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3465

Anthropology of the Body

This class considers the relationship between the body, knowledge and experience. We investigate the production and reproduction of the body across different times and spaces. Students examine specific ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3465, BSOC 3460, STS 3460
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))

Class Number & Section Details

18924 SHUM 3465 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 11:40am - 12:55pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Langwick, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3475

Philosophy of Punishment

This course addresses central debates in the philosophy of legal punishment. We will analyze the leading theories of punishment, including the familiar retributivist and deterrent alternatives, as well ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 3475
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19538 SHUM 3475 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Yost, B
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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SHUM 3520

(Dis)ability Studies: A Brief History

This course will offer an overview of theoretical and historical responses to bodily and cognitive difference. What was the status of people with (dis)abilities in the past, when they were called monsters, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 3520, FREN 3520
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18906 SHUM 3520 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:55pm - 4:10pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Long, K
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3555

Comics as a Medium

What are comics? While it's easy to identify a cartoon, graphic novel, or comic book, it's hard to understand the wide world of comics. As a medium, comics are part of a global tradition of visual storytelling ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 3555, PMA 3555, VISST 3555
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))

Class Number & Section Details

9143 SHUM 3555 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 10:10am - 11:25am
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Schoppelrei, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Primarily for: seniors and juniors.

SHUM 3635

Queer Classics

This course engages classical antiquity and its reception through the prism of queer studies. Cruising Homer, Sappho, Euripides, Plato, Ovid and more, we will explore how queer theoretical frameworks help ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3635, FGSS 3636, LGBT 3635
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

7486 SHUM 3635 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 1:25pm - 2:40pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Lambert, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Please contact Ryan Belle (rtb95) to be added to the wait list.

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SHUM 3636

Introduction to Critical Theory

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3541, ENGL 3920, GERST 3620, GOVT 3636
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18278 SHUM 3636 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 11:40am - 12:55pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Fleming, P
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3742

Africans and African Americans in Literature

When an African and an African American meet, solidarity is presumed, but often friction is the result. In this course, we will consider how Africans and African Americans see each other through literature. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3732, ASRC 3742, ENGL 3742
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

8706 SHUM 3742 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 1:25pm - 2:40pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Ngugi, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4127

The Body Politic in Asia

Visions of bodily corruption preoccupy ruler and ruled alike and prompt campaigns for moral, medical, and legal reform in periods of both stability and revolution. This seminar explores the links between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 4415, ASIAN 6615, BSOC 4127, CAPS 4127, FGSS 4127, FGSS 6127, HIST 4127, HIST 6127, STS 4127, STS 6127
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

19128 SHUM 4127 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 2:00pm - 4:30pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Roebuck, K
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Class Number & Section Details

19129 SHUM 4127 IND 601
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Roebuck, K
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 4212

Black Women's Autobiography in the 21st Century WritingHerStory

Black women first began to shape the genre of autobiography during antebellum era slavery. They were prolific in developing the genre of autobiography throughout the twentieth century, to the point of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4212, ASRC 4212, ENGL 4912, FGSS 4212
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

8827 SHUM 4212 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:25pm - 2:40pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Richardson, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4561

Evaluation and Society

Evaluation is a pervasive feature of contemporary life. Professors, doctors, countries, hotels, pollution, books, intelligence: there is hardly anything that is not subject to some form of review, rating, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: INFO 4561, SOC 4560, STS 4561
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19053 SHUM 4561 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 8:30am - 11:00am
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Ziewitz, M
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4666

Specters of Latin America

In this course, we will take an inter-and multidisciplinary approach that examines works of fiction, film, performance, and photography to explore how specters intervene in and mold the social, political, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 4666, LATA 6666, SHUM 6666, SPAN 4666, SPAN 6666
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18821 SHUM 4666 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 1:25pm - 2:40pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Troconis Gonzalez, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4705

How to Make Queer Kin: Sustaining Bonds in LGBTQ Culture

How do queer people make family? What cultural and artistic practices sustain queer bonds? To answer these questions, this course examines queer and trans kinship narratives across a range of genres, including ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18310 SHUM 4705 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 2:00pm - 4:30pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4706

The Poetics of Embodiment: Figurines in the Early Middle Ages

How can a small sculpture produce monumental effects? Recent shifts in metal-detecting and excavation practices have transformed our understanding of the scope of figural art after the Roman empire's collapse; ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4706, ARKEO 6706, ARTH 4706, ARTH 6706, MEDVL 4706, MEDVL 6706, RELST 4706, RELST 6706, SHUM 6706
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19549 SHUM 4706 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 11:15am - 1:45pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4707

Scale, Size, and the Politics of Expression in Asia

When Beijing hosted the summer Olympics in 2008, its opening ceremony left viewers, journalists, and visitors impressed and sometimes alarmed by its enormity, encompassing a massive cast of dancers, musicians, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4707, ASIAN 6707, SHUM 6707
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19608 SHUM 4707 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 11:15am - 1:45pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4708

Cobalt to Digital Humanities: Kongo at the "Heart of" IoT

The 2 Congos, especially Congo-Kinshasa, are central to any contemporary discussions of digital humanities, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Our course will transcend the twin colonization ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SHUM 6708
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19620 SHUM 4708 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 11:15am - 1:45pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4711

Staffage: Figures for Scale, 1500-1850

“Staffage” is a term in the history of landscape painting. It refers to little figures who populate the scene, invariably dwarfed by their surroundings. The few critics who noticed them assigned them various ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4712, ARKEO 6712, ARTH 4361, ARTH 6361, SHUM 6711, VISST 4711, VISST 6711
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19652 SHUM 4711 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 11:15am - 1:45pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Anderson, B
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4750

Senior Capstone Seminar for Humanities Scholars

This course is designed to support seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program working on their capstone projects. Students in the course will be guided in their project research and writing. The course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

Class Number & Section Details

4135 SHUM 4750 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person

Enrollment limited to: seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program.

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

Class Number & Section Details

4136 SHUM 4750 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
- 12:00am - 12:05pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person

Enrollment limited to: seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program.

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SHUM 4916

Modern Chinese Art

China, a cultural giant of East Asia, made a passive entrance into modernity. With the advent of Western and American colonialism and imperialism, coupled with recent successes in westernization by the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4816, ARTH 6816, ASIAN 4473, ASIAN 6673
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))

Class Number & Section Details

19676 SHUM 4916 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 11:15am - 1:45pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Pan, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

Instructor Consent Required (Add)

SHUM 6666

Specters of Latin America

In this course, we will take an inter-and multidisciplinary approach that examines works of fiction, film, performance, and photography to explore how specters intervene in and mold the social, political, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 4666, LATA 6666, SHUM 4666, SPAN 4666, SPAN 6666
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18824 SHUM 6666 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 1:25pm - 2:40pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Troconis Gonzalez, I
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6705

How to Make Queer Kin: Sustaining Bonds in LGBTQ Culture

How do queer people make family? What cultural and artistic practices sustain queer bonds? To answer these questions, this course examines queer and trans kinship narratives across a range of genres, including ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 6705, VISST 6705
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19267 SHUM 6705 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 2:00pm - 4:30pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6706

The Poetics of Embodiment: Figurines in the Early Middle Ages

How can a small sculpture produce monumental effects? Recent shifts in metal-detecting and excavation practices have transformed our understanding of the scope of figural art after the Roman empire's collapse; ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4706, ARKEO 6706, ARTH 4706, ARTH 6706, MEDVL 4706, MEDVL 6706, RELST 4706, RELST 6706, SHUM 4706
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19554 SHUM 6706 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 11:15am - 1:45pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6707

Scale, Size, and the Politics of Expression in Asia

When Beijing hosted the summer Olympics in 2008, its opening ceremony left viewers, journalists, and visitors impressed and sometimes alarmed by its enormity, encompassing a massive cast of dancers, musicians, ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4707, ASIAN 6707, SHUM 4707
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19605 SHUM 6707 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 11:15am - 1:45pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6708

Cobalt to Digital Humanities: Kongo at the "Heart of" IoT

The 2 Congos, especially Congo-Kinshasa, are central to any contemporary discussions of digital humanities, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Our course will transcend the "twin colonization ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SHUM 4708
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19619 SHUM 6708 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 11:15am - 1:45pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Staff
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6711

Staffage: Figures for Scale, 1500-1850

“Staffage” is a term in the history of landscape painting. It refers to little figures who populate the scene, invariably dwarfed by their surroundings. The few critics who noticed them assigned them various ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4712, ARKEO 6712, ARTH 4361, ARTH 6361, SHUM 4711, VISST 4711, VISST 6711
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

19644 SHUM 6711 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- T 11:15am - 1:45pm
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
- Instructors
  
  Anderson, B
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the Cornell Store.
Additional Information

Instruction Mode: In Person

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SHUM 1100 Art Histories: An Introduction

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SHUM 1615 Introduction to Ancient Rome

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SHUM 1900 Global Engagements: Living and Working in a Diverse World

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SHUM 2101 South Asian Diaspora

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SHUM 2241 Game of Thrones: Multi-Media Fantasies

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SHUM 2245 Health and Disease in the Ancient World

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SHUM 2269 Korean Popular Culture

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SHUM 1100

Art Histories: An Introduction

SHUM 1615

Introduction to Ancient Rome

SHUM 1900

Global Engagements: Living and Working in a Diverse World

SHUM 2101

South Asian Diaspora

SHUM 2241

Game of Thrones: Multi-Media Fantasies

SHUM 2245

Health and Disease in the Ancient World

SHUM 2269

Korean Popular Culture

SHUM 2435

Global Maoism: History and Present

SHUM 2437

Economy, Power, and Inequality

SHUM 2750

Introduction to Humanities

SHUM 3175

Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition: Inquisitors, Heretics, and Truth in the Early Modern World

SHUM 3324

Modern and Contemporary Korean Literature

SHUM 3465

Anthropology of the Body

SHUM 3475

Philosophy of Punishment