Authors read in GRK 310 vary from year to year, but they are generally chosen from a list including Plato, Homer, Aristophanes, lyric poets, tragedians, historians and orators, depending on the interests and needs of the students. GRK 310 may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic is not the same. Prerequisite: GRK 213 or permission of the instructor. An enriched version of GRK 213

An introduction to Homeric Greek through readings from the Iliad. Attention to dialect, meter, and formula; structure, plot and genre. GRK 213 may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic is not the same. Prerequisite: 212 or permission of the instructor.

A year-long course that will include both the fundamentals of grammar and, in the second semester, selected readings from ancient authors, including the New Testament.

Admission for majors by permission of the department.

Admission for majors by permission of the department.

Topics course. This course will examine the work of Michel Foucault (1926-84), French philosopher, social critic, historian, and activist, and generally acknowledged as one of the most influential of the thinkers whose work is categorized as post-structuralist. Foucault's various inquiries into the production of knowledge and power have formed the paradoxically destabilizing foundation for much of the work on the status of the human subject in post-modernity.

Topics course. This seminar examines the history and political economy of Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria -- the Maghreb -- focusing on the post-independence era. Where relevant, Mauritania and Libya will be treated. The seminar sets Maghrebi politics in the broader context of its regional situation within the Mediterranean (Europe and the Middle East), as well as its relationship to sub-Saharan Africa and North America. Study is devoted to: 1) the independence struggle; 2) the colonial legacy; 3) contemporary political economy; and 4) post-colonial politics and society.

After examining the historical roots of the foreign policy of the People's Republic of China both before and after its establishment in 1949, the seminar will focus on the process and substance of the nation's contemporary international behavior.

Topics course. In 1994, Rwanda was engulfed by violence that caused untold human suffering, left more than half a million people dead, and reverberated throughout the Central African region. Using a comparative perspective, this seminar explores parallels and contrasts between Rwanda and other cases of genocide and mass murder in the 20th century. Topics include the nature, causes, and consequences of genocide in Rwanda, regional dynamics, the failure of the international community to intervene, and efforts to promote justice through the UN. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Topics course. Who Counts? This seminar will examine the ways in which we ask and answer questions about inequality. We will study inequality and related social policy in the United States, with special attention to the methodological choices of the authors we read, and the kinds of answers that these methodological choices make possible or foreclose. We will draw on texts from political science, sociology, and anthropology, and the reading list for the course will be adjusted as we go to ensure that the interests of the participants in the seminar are well represented.