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Medieval Studies Courses
Because the course offerings for medieval studies vary a great deal on a year-to-year basis, there is no one course list or program for either the undergraduate or graduate program. These pages are meant to illuminate what has been taught at UCSB over the past few years, what courses are being taught this year, and what courses are required for the various programs.
Medieval Studies Courses Winter 2008
English
http://www.english.ucsb.edu/courses-list.asp
Richard Helgerson
Winter 2008 ENGL 231: “Studies in Renaissance Literature”
Michael O'Connell
Winter 2008 ENGL 116B: “The Bible as Literature”
Carol Braun Pasternack
Winter 2008 ENGL 119X: “Medieval Literature in Translation”
(with Cynthia Brown)
Winter 2008 ENGL 147SS: “From Scroll to Screen”
French and Italian
http://www.french-ital.ucsb.edu/schedules/07-08.pdf
Cynthia Brown
Winter 2008 FREN 136E: “Women in the Middle Ages”
Winter 2008 FREN 137X: “Medieval Literature in Translation”
(with Carol Pasternack)
History Art and Architecture
http://www.arthistory.ucsb.edu/courseindex/winter2008.php
C. Edson Armi
Winter 2008 ARTHI 253E: “Seminar in Romanesque Architecture and Sculpture”
Fikret K. Yegül
Winter 2008 ARTHI 103B: “Roman Art from the Republic to the Empire, 509BC-AD 337”
Robert Williams
Winter 2008 ARTHI 109A: “Italian Renaissance”
Winter 2008 ARTHI 109G: “Leonardo da Vinci: Art, Science and Technology in Early Modern Italy ”
D. Simonowitz
Winter ARTHI 275X: “Advanced Readings in Arabic Texts”
History
http://www.history.ucsb.edu/courses/index.php?q_orderBy=sort_num+ASC&q_search=&q_quarter=3
Debra Blumenthal
Winter 2008 HIST 117DR: “Directed Readings in Medieval History”
Winter 2008 HIST 215A: “Seminar in Medieval History”
Nicole Archambeau
Winter 2008 HIST 117C: “Women, the Family and Sexuality in the Middle Ages”
R. Stephen Humphreys
Winter 2008 HIST 119: “The Crusades and the Near East , 1095-1291"
Winter 2008 HIST 245B: “Seminar in Islamic History”
Spanish and Portuguese
http://www.spanport.ucsb.edu/courses/index.html
Antonio Cortijo Ocaña
Winter 2008 SPAN 122A: “Medieval Spanish Literature”
Harvey L. Sharrer
Winter 2008 PORT 295B: “Seminar in Portuguese and Brazilian Literature Approaches and Methods for Research”
Winter 2008 SPAN 123A: “Hispanic Balladry”
Jorge Checa
Winter SPAN 131: “Spanish Golden Age Poetry”
Winter SPAN 140B: “Cervantes: Don Quixote”Medieval Studies Courses Fall 2007
English
http://www.english.ucsb.edu/courses-list.asp
L. L. O. Aranye Fradenburg
Fall 2007 ENGL 101: "English Lit from the Medieval Period to 1650"
Fall 2007 ENGL 152A: "Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales"
Richard Helgerson
Fall 2007 ENGL 101: "English Lit from the Medieval Period to 1650"
Carol Braun Pasternack
Fall 2007 ENGL 197: Upper-Division Seminar : The Material Lyric"
French and Italian
http://www.french-ital.ucsb.edu/schedules/07-08.pdf
Cynthia Brown
Fall 2007 FREN 50AA: “Tales of Love”
Jody Enders
Fall 2007 Fren 233A: “Advanced Critical Writing” (in English)
History of Art and Architecture
http://www.arthistory.ucsb.edu/courseindex/fall2007.php
C. Edson Armi
Fall 2007 ARTHI 6A: “Art Survey: Ancient and Medieval”
Fall 2007 ARTHI 105G: “Late Romanesque and Gothic Architecture”
D. Simonowitz
Fall 2007 ARTHI 6K: “Islamic Art and Architecture”
Fikret K. Yegül
Fall 2007 ARTHI 252B: “Seminar: Topics in Roman Architecture and Urbanism”
Robert Williams
Fall 2007 ARTHI186F: “Seminar in Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Southern Renaissance”
History
http://www.history.ucsb.edu/schedule/f07.htm
Debra Blumenthal
Fall 2007 HIST 118B: "Muslims, Christians and Jews in Medieval Spain"
Edward D. English
Fall 2007 HIST 201E: Advanced Historical Literature: “Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy”
R. Stephen Humphreys
Fall HIST 119: “The Crusades and the Near East , 1095-1291"
Fall HIST 245: “Seminar in Islamic History”
Carol Lansing
Fall HIST 121A: "Renaissance Italy , 1300-1550"
Fall HIST 201E: Advanced Historical Literature: The Middle Ages”
Spanish and Portuguese
http://www.spanport.ucsb.edu/courses/index.html
Jorge Checa
Fall SPAN 140A: “Cervantes: Don Quixote”
Fall SPAN 240A: “Studies on Cervantes”
Fall SPAN 295A: “Research Seminar in Spanish Literature”
Antonio Cortijo Ocaña
Fall SPAN 110A: “Medieval Spanish Literature”
Harvey L. Sharrer
Fall SPAN 212: “Approaches and Methods for Research”
F all PORT 295A : “ Research Seminar in Portuguese and Brazilian Lit ”
Courses for 2006-2007
Art and Architecture
Robert J. Williams
Fall 2006: ARTHI 105L, “Art and Society in Late-Medieval Tuscany ”
C. Edson Armi
Fall 2006: ARTHI 105E, “The Origins of Romanesque Architecture”
Winter 2007: ARTHI 105C, "Medieval Architecture"
Winter 2007: ARTHI 105G, Late Romanesque/Gothic Arhcitecture"
French & Italian
Jon Snyder
Summer 2006 (First Session): Italian 114X, “Dante's Divine Comedy.
Fall 2006: Italian 148X, "Cities of Italy"
Jody Enders
Winter 2007: French 227C, “Medieval Theatre"
Cynthia Brown
On leave
Spanish/Portuguese
Harvey Sharrer
Fall 2006: Portuguese 105A/205A, “Medieval Portuguese Literature” (emphasis on Galician-Portuguese troubadour lyrics) Spanish 110A/210A, “An introductory course to Medieval Spanish literature”, with texts read in modernized Spanish and lectures in Spanish. Readings will be the epic poem Cantar de Mio Cid; Don Juan Manuel's collection of exemplary tales, the Libro del Conde Lucanor; and the poem Danza de la Muerte.
Winter 2007: Spanish 122A/222A, “Medieval Spanish Literature” (no decision on the texts)
Winter 2007: Spanish 212, “Bibliography & Methods of Research”
Spring 2007: Spanish 122B/222B, “Medieval Spanish Literature” (no decision yet on the texts)
English
L. O. Aranye Fradenburg
Fall 2006: English 197, “Upper-Division Seminar”
Carol Pasternack
Fall 2006: English 110A/205A, “Introduction to Old English”
Fall 2006: English 147VP, “Media and Theory: The Voice and the Page in the Middle Ages ”
Winter 2007: English 110C/205C, "The Old English Exeter Book" (prerequisite 110A or 205A or its equivalent). This will be a reading class on the Exeter Book, the big 10th-century collection of Old English verse (including such famous pieces as the Wanderer, the Seafarer, the Wife's Laments, Riddles), with a bit of a seminar component on manuscript, community, and such like. The Intro course (or its equivalent elsewhere) is a prerequisite for the Exeter Book course. Either (or both) would fulfill the requirement of a vernacular course for the Medieval Studies Emphasis. TR 9:30-10:45, South Hall 1415, with an extra half-hour for graduate students,TBA..
Winter 2007: English 111, "The History of the English Language"
Spring 2007: English 156, "The Literature of Chivalry"
Richard Helgerson
English 101, “Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance English Literature.”
History
Edward D. English
Fall 2006: Classics 103, “Medieval Latin”
Winter 2007: History 201E/Medieval Studies 201, “Palaeography”
Spring 2007: History 201/Medieval Studies 201, “Diplomatics/Codicology”
Debra Blumenthal
Fall 2006: History 500 Lab for TAs
Winter 2007: History 201, “Historiography of Medieval Spain ”
Spring 2007: History 115P, “Proseminar in Medieval History”
2006-2007: Medieval Studies 200, “Introduction to Medieval Studies”
Sharon Farmer
Fall 2006: History 201E, “Advanced Historical Literature”
Spring 2007: History 201E, “Advanced Historical Literature”
Spring 2007: History 117C, “Women and the Family in the Middle Ages”
Carol Lansing
Fall 2006: History 114B, “History of Christianity, 800 to 1300”
Fall 2006: History 215A, “Medieval Research Seminar”
Winter 2007: History 115P, “Medieval Proseminar”
Winter 2007: History 215B, “Medieval Research Seminar”
Elizabeth Digeser
Fall 2006: History 113Q: “Topics in Roman History (Religion & Politics in the Third-Fourth Century CE)”
Fall 2006: History 201E “Advanced Historical Literature, “The Third Century Crisis & Its Resolution”
Spring 2007: History 114A, “A History of Christianity to 800”
Hilary Bernstein
Winter 2007: History 121A, “Renaissance Italy ”
Spring 2007: History 121B, “Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe ”
Hal Drake
Fall 2006: History 4A, “ Western Civ to AD 1050”
Winter 2007: History 6, “Historical Reasoning”
Francis Dutra
Fall 2006: History 155A, Portugal to 1580."
Stefania Tutino
Winter 2007: History 114C, “History of Christianity, 1300 to 1648”
Shauna Huffaker
Winter 2007: History 145A, “The Islamic World, I: The Formation of Islamic Civilization, 600-1000 AD”
Spring 2007: History 145B, “The Islamic World, II: Expansion and Consolidation, 1000-1700”
Steven Humphreys
Spring 2007: History 201ME, "Conversion to Islam, 632-1400." (in the Middle East, Iberia, North Africa, Asia)
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