Global Premodern Studies Minor
Samantha Herrick, Director
145 Eggers Hall
315-443-4387
Faculty
Crystal Bartolovich, Jean-François Bédard, Brian Brege, Dympna Callaghan, Sally Cornelison, Christopher DeCorse, Albrecht Diem, Wayne Franits, Ken Frieden, Samantha Kahn Herrick, Denisa Jashari, Harold Jones, Amy Kallander, George Kallander, Norman Kutcher, Christopher Kyle, Anne Leone, Erin Mackie, Matilde M. Mateo, Ana Mendez-Oilver, Sebastian Modrow, Patricia Moody, Tessa Murphy, Romita Ray, Kara Richardson, William Robert, Marcia Robinson, Martin Shanguhyia, Stephanie Shirilan, Scott Manning Stevens, Lauren Surovi, Junko Takeda, Matthieu van der Meer, James Watts
Student Learning Outcomes
- Identify historical changes during the premodern era.
- Analyze the cultural products of different geographical regions in the premodern era.
- Describe at least two disciplinary approaches to global premodern studies.
- Apply central issues and methods of scholarship from multiple academic fields to their own research of the premodern era.
Requirements
Students who minor in Global Premodern Studies explore the vibrant historical, social, visual, intellectual, political, religious, and literary cultures of the premodern world. Taught by dynamic scholars whose teaching and research interests span medieval and early modern Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas, courses in the minor give students the opportunity engage with perennially relevant issues related to life, death, sexuality, faith, power, conflict, ingenuity, and creativity.
The minor is open to all undergraduates.
Total Credits Required: 18
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| I. Two courses (6 credits) from the group of courses listed below (no restrictions) | 6 | |
| Africa: Ancient Times to 1800 | ||
| Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory | ||
| Introduction to the History of Architecture I | ||
| Introduction to the History of Architecture I | ||
| British Literature, Beginnings to 1789 | ||
| American Literature, Beginnings to 1865 | ||
| Introduction to Shakespeare | ||
| World Literature, Beginnings to 1000 | ||
| World Literature, 1000 to Present | ||
| Arts and Ideas I | ||
| Arts and Ideas II | ||
| American History to 1865 | ||
| Early Modern Europe, 1350-1815 | ||
| Global History to 1750 | ||
| Middle East Since the Rise of Islam | ||
| The Ancient World | ||
| Medieval and Renaissance Europe | ||
| Africa: Ancient Times to 1800 | ||
| English History | ||
| The Bible in History, Culture and Religion | ||
| Judaism | ||
| Ancient Greek Literature: The Rise of Athens | ||
| Roman Literature: Empire and Its Discontents | ||
| Middle East Since the Rise of Islam | ||
| Native American Religion | ||
| Political Theory | ||
| Human Nature | ||
| Political Theory | ||
| Religion and Sports | ||
| The Bible in History, Culture and Religion | ||
| Judaism | ||
| Native American Religion | ||
| Christianity | ||
| II. The remaining 12 credits: | ||
| Must be courses at the 300 level or above from the list below. Of those, one upper division HST course (3 credits). | 12 | |
| III. Global breadth: | ||
| A. Courses are labeled by the region or culture on which they primarily focus: Africa, East Asia, Europe, Indigenous, Latin and South America, Middle East, North America, South Asia, transnational. | ||
| B. Student may not count more than three courses focused on the same region toward the minor. Additionally, no more than four courses in total focused on Europe and North America will count. | ||
| C. This requirement applies to both Introductory and Upper-division courses. | ||
| IV. Language: | ||
| A. Prerequisite: One semester of any language (other than English) is required to declare the minor. An AP score of 4 or higher in any foreign language fulfills this requirement. | ||
| B. An additional semester of foreign language study, in any course numbered 300 or higher, may count toward the Upper-division requirements. | ||
| V. No more than three courses (9 credits): | ||
| No more than three courses (9 credits) upper or lower division may be taken in the same discipline. | ||
| List of Upper-Division Courses in Global Premodern Studies by area of focus. | ||
| Some courses appear in more than one area of focus. | ||
| Africa | ||
| Islamic Law & Society | ||
| Beyond the Veil: Gender Politics in Islam | ||
| Islamic Law & Society | ||
| Islamic Law & Society | ||
| Beyond the Veil: Gender Politics in Islam | ||
| Beyond the Veil: Gender Politics in Islam | ||
| East Asia | ||
| Survey of Asian Art | ||
| The Arts of China | ||
| Sounds of the Silk Road | ||
| Traditional China | ||
| Sounds of the Silk Road | ||
| Sounds of the Silk Road | ||
| Europe | ||
| The Architecture of Revolutions | ||
| French Architecture, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries | ||
| History of Rhetorical Theory | ||
| Evolution and Revolution through the Centuries | ||
| French Civilization | ||
| French Culture in Age of Louis XIV | ||
| French Libertine Fictions | ||
| French Culture and Revolution | ||
| Moliere | ||
| French Women Writers | ||
| Urban Historical Geography | ||
| Greek Art and Architecture | ||
| Art, Architecture and the Supernatural in 11th-12th Century Europe | ||
| Italian Renaissance Art | ||
| Art in Eighteenth Century Europe | ||
| From Gothic to Goth | ||
| Sixteenth-Century Italian Art and Identity | ||
| French Architecture, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries | ||
| Women in Art | ||
| Baroque Art in Southern Europe | ||
| The Architecture of Revolutions | ||
| Michelangelo | ||
| The Italian Renaissance Home | ||
| Paper Arts in the Low Countries | ||
| 17th Century Dutch Painting | ||
| The Early Middle Ages | ||
| Medieval Civilization | ||
| Food in Pre-Modern Europe | ||
| IR in Antiquity | ||
| Queering the Middle Ages? | ||
| History of Ancient Greece | ||
| History of Ancient Rome | ||
| The Italian Renaissance | ||
| Culture and politics in Early Modern England: Henry VIII to Charles I | ||
| Democracy Ancient and Modern | ||
| The Crusades | ||
| Death in the Middle Ages | ||
| History of Venice | ||
| Early Modern Mediterranean | ||
| Mary Magdalene: History of a Legend | ||
| East Asia and the Socialist Experience | ||
| Utopia and Institution: Early Monasticism | ||
| Love, Italian Style | ||
| Dante's Comedy: Inferno | ||
| Boccaccio's Decameron | ||
| Lies, Deceptions and Miscreants in Italian Literature | ||
| Jewish Textual Tradition | ||
| Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy | ||
| The Rationalists | ||
| British Philosophy | ||
| Topics in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy | ||
| The Politics of Citizenship | ||
| Queering the Middle Ages? | ||
| Jewish Textual Tradition | ||
| Medieval and Golden Age Literature | ||
| Cervantes | ||
| Indigenous | ||
| The Maya: Ancient and Modern | ||
| Latin and South America | ||
| Colonial Latin America | ||
| Slavery and Freedom in the Americas | ||
| Colonial Latin America | ||
| Religion and the Conquest of America | ||
| Religion and the Conquest of America | ||
| Colonial Latin America | ||
| Middle East | ||
| Sounds of the Silk Road | ||
| Early Modern Mediterranean | ||
| The Temple and the Dead Sea Scrolls | ||
| History of Islamic Political Thought | ||
| Classical Islamic Philosophy | ||
| Islamic Law & Society | ||
| History of Islamic Political Thought | ||
| Ancient Near Eastern Religions and Cultures | ||
| The Temple and the Dead Sea Scrolls | ||
| Beyond the Veil: Gender Politics in Islam | ||
| North America | ||
| Archaeology of North America | ||
| Urban Historical Geography | ||
| Early American History | ||
| The Age of the American Revolution | ||
| Women in America: 17th Century to the Civil War | ||
| Foundations of American Political Thought | ||
| Foundations of American Political Thought | ||
| The Creation of the U.S. Constitution | ||
| Women in America: 17th Century to the Civil War | ||
| South Asia | ||
| Art and Architecture of India | ||
| Survey of Asian Art | ||
| Art and Architecture of India | ||
| Sounds of the Silk Road | ||
| Ancient and Medieval India | ||
| Islamic Law & Society | ||
| History of Islamic Political Thought | ||
| Beyond the Veil: Gender Politics in Islam | ||
| Ancient and Medieval India | ||
| Art and Architecture of India | ||
| Transnational | ||
| Introduction to Visual Culture | ||
| Gender In The Past | ||
| Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure | ||
| Beyond the Biological Need to Eat: The Archaeology of Food | ||
| Introduction to Visual Culture | ||
| The Holocene: Climate and Environmental Change | ||
| History and Varieties of English | ||
| History of Fashion Design I: Origins and Revivals | ||
| Introduction to Visual Culture | ||
| Art and Ideology in Medieval Spain | ||
| Introduction to Historical Linguistics | ||
| Enchanting Words: Muslim Poets, Singers and Storytellers | ||
| Enchanting Words: Muslim Poets, Singers and Storytellers | ||
| Enchanting Words: Muslim Poets, Singers and Storytellers | ||
| History of the Spanish Language | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |