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The Christian religion is inextricably bound up with contemporary culture in America and around the globe. Yet, even after centuries of scholarly inquiry, numerous questions regarding its historical origins remain contested and unanswered. This course probes several: How did Jesus of Nazareth, the son of an obscure carpenter, come to be worshiped as the eternal son of God? How did his death, at the hands of the Romans, come to be interpreted as a means of...
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The Hangzhou region has long been one of China's most important cultural hubs and has had a wide-ranging impact on Chinese culture and Buddhism throughout East Asia. It came to prominence in the 10th century, when Hangzhou served as the capital of the independent state of Wuyue. It was instrumental in spreading Chan Buddhism to Japan as Zen and Korea as Seon. The Buddhist institutional network developed in the Hangzhou region and was transferred to Japan,...
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Leonard Bernstein embraced a remarkable range of roles in his career, including composer, conductor, pianist, educator, multimedia pioneer, and engaged citizen. This course presents him as one of our towering cultural figures. We will examine the intersections among Bernstein's musical activities, his personal and intellectual life, and their shifting political and social contexts. We will focus on Bernstein's multifaceted contributions to American...
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Arid and semiarid environments, commonly known as "deserts," make up about one-third of the earth's land surface and are home to more than one billion people. We will begin this course by discussing the geographical features of desert regions, answering seemingly simple questions: What is a desert, and why do they occur where they do? While humans are particularly maladapted to life in deserts, many other organisms present in these environments exhibit...