This course explores anthropological approaches;to human rights -- a key theme of transnational;politics and international law. Anthropologists;have contributed to discussions on human rights;since the UN Declaration and the field has;provided a vibrant platform to analyze;ideologies, politics, and practices surrounding;human rights. We will survey an array of;anthropological studies that approach human;rights from the perspective of cultural;relativism, contextualization, advocacy, and;practice.

This course will examine a variety of English works and genres written in the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries. Our concentration will be principally on the Gawain-poet, Chaucer, Langland, Margery Kempe, and Lydgate. Most of our readings are in Middle English.

Health is about bodies, selves and politics. We will explore a series of health topics from feminist perspectives. How do gender, sexuality, class, disability, and age influence the ways in which one perceives and experiences health and the access one has to health information and health care? Are heteronormativity, cissexism, or one's place of living related to one's health status or one's health risk?

A study of some of Shakespeare's plays emphasizing the poetic and dramatic aspects of his art, with attention to the historical context and close, careful reading of the language. Eight or nine plays.

This course explores the study of ancient;foodways with a focus on how and why humans;across the globe began to domesticate plant and;animal resources approximately 10,000 years ago.;The first half of the course presents the types;of archaeological data and analytical methods;used to study the "agricultural revolution" in a;variety of regions.

An exploration of the ways writers from a range;of time periods and cultures represent--directly;or metaphorically--illness and disease, diagnosis;and treatment, suffering and healing. The course;considers, as do growing numbers of medical;educators and health professionals, the relations;between interpretative skills and clinical;practice, especially in attending to the stories;both patients and texts try to tell. Readings;will be selected from works by Berger, Edson,;Fadiman, Grealy, Kafka, Lahiri, Lessing, Mann,;McEwan, O'Neill, Saramago, Sontag, Sophocles,;Williams, and Woolf.

We shop for our food, for our clothes, for our colleges. We purchase cars, manicures, and vacations. It seems that there is little that cannot be bought or sold. But we also give and receive gifts, exchange favors, 'go dutch' in restaurants, and invite friends for potlucks. This course examines exchange systems cross-culturally, in order to understand their cultural significance and social consequences.

In this introductory course, students will read;widely in contemporary poetry. Through prompts;and project-based inquiry, both within the;workshop and in take-home assignments, students;will have the opportunity to produce and share;writing based on the conceptual frameworks;explored in the class.

Introduces the analysis of cultural diversity, including concepts, methods, and purposes in interpreting social, economic, political, and belief systems found in human societies.

Introduces the analysis of cultural diversity, including concepts, methods, and purposes in interpreting social, economic, political, and belief systems found in human societies.