IHUM Courses (2008-2009)

Fall Quarter Interdisciplinary Courses

Fall quarter IHUM courses are interdisciplinary courses taught by a team of Stanford faculty from different disciplines or fields of study. Fall courses emphasize close analysis of a small number of carefully selected works.

Detailed information on courses and teaching teams is available on each course description page.

Freedom, Equality, Difference
William Koski, School of Law

David Palumbo-Liu, Department of Comparative Literature

Rob Reich, Department of Political Science

Humans and Machines
Scott Bukatman, Department of Art and Art History
Henry Lowood, History of Science and Technology Collections

Journeys
Tobias Wolff, Department of English
Lee Yearley, Department of Religious Studies

Laws and Orders

Russell Berman, Department of Comparative Literature

Helen Stacy, School of Law

Race and Reunion: American Memory and the Civil War
Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Department of English
Bryan Wolf, Department of Art and Art History

Technological Visions of Utopia
Eric Roberts, Department of Computer Science
Rob Robinson, Department of German Studies

Truth and Morality: One, Many or None?

Chris Bobonich, Department of Philosophy

Nadeem Hussain, Department of Philosophy

Winter / Spring Discipline-Based Sequences

Winter / Spring sequences build on and complement the Fall interdisciplinary approach. In a challenging, fast-paced approach concentrated in a specific field, these two-quarter sequences expand on significant themes and ideas about human identity and existence.

Detailed information on courses and teaching teams is available on each course description page.

Asian Languages: Rebellious Daughters and Filial Sons of the Chinese Family: Present and Past

Department of Asian Languages

Ban Wang

Yiqun Zhou

Classics: Ancient Empires

Department of Classics

Ian Morris
Walter Scheidel

Classics: Inventing Classics

Department of Classics
Marsh McCall
Christian Kaesser

Cultural and Social Anthropology: World Archaeology and Global Heritage

Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology and Stanford Archaeology Center
Ian Hodder
Barbara Voss

Drama: Arts and Ideas