Medieval Studies at UCSB

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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.

Courses for 2007-2008

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 J. 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 ”

Past Courses

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 226C, "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 Braun 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 201E, "Conversion to Islam, 632-1400." (in the Middle East, Iberia, North Africa, South Asia)

Listed below are the names, departments, and course numbers of courses being taught in the 2003-2004 academic year that count as medieval studies.

Undergraduate courses: Comparative Medieval Drama, Drama 160 (Winter 2004); Introduction to Old English, English 110A (Winter 2004); Tales of Western Love, French 50AX (Winter, 2004); Western Civilization (1050-1715), History 4B (Winter 2004); Medieval Japanese Literature, Japanese 110B (Winter 2004); Language and History in the Hispanic World, Spanish 121 (Winter 2004); Beowulf, English 110B (Spring 2004); From Scroll to Screen, English 147ss (previously English 165ss) (Spring 2004); The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe (300-1050), History 115 (Spring 2004); Feminist Perspectives on Christian and Jewish Traditions, History 117 (Spring 2004)
Graduate courses: Introduction to Old English, English 205A (Winter 2004); The Book as Literary Artifact, French 235 (Winter 2004); Manuscript Studies: Part II, History 201E (Winter 2004); Late Antiquity, History 213A (Winter 2004); Language and History in the Hispanic World, Spanish 221 (Winter 2004); Beowulf, English 205B (Spring 2004); Advanced Critical Writing (Interdisciplinary), French 202A (Spring 2004); Late Antiquity, History 213B (Spring 2004); Feminist Perspectives on Christian and Jewish Traditions, History 217D (Spring 2004)

Some departments that offer medieval studies courses include History, French and Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese, Religious Studies, History of Art and Architecture, Music, and Dramatic Art.