IHUM Courses (2009-2010)

Fall Quarter Interdisciplinary Courses (8)

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.

The Art of Living

Joshua Landy, Department of French and Italian

Kenneth Taylor, Department of Philosophy

Lanier Anderson, Department of Philosophy

Beyond Survival

Harry J. Elam, Jr., Department of Drama

Michele Elam, Department of English

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: Slavery and the Civil War in American Memory

Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Department of English
Bryan Wolf, Department of Art and Art History

Truth and Morality: One, Many or None?

Chris Bobonich, Department of Philosophy

Nadeem Hussain, Department of Philosophy

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Winter / Spring Discipline-Based Sequences (10)

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.

Departments of Anthropology and Archaeology

World Archaeology and Global Heritage

John Rick, Departments of Anthropology and Archaeology
Barbara Voss, Departments of Anthropology and Archaeology

Department of Asian Languages

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

Ban Wang, Department of Asian Languages

Yiqun Zhou, Department of Asian Languages

Department of Classics

Inventing Classics: Greek and Roman Literature in its Mediterranean Context

Marsh McCall, Department of Classics
Christian Kaesser, Department of Classics

Department of Drama

Art and Ideas

Janice Ross, Department of Drama

Alice Rayner, Department of Drama


Department of English

A Life of Contemplation or Action? Debates in Western Literature and Philosophy

Jennifer Summit, Department of English
Blakey Vermeule, Department of English

Department of French and Italian

Epic Journeys, Modern Quests

Robert Harrison, Department of French and Italian

Marisa Galvez, Department of French and Italian

Dan Edelstein, Department of French and Italian


Department of History

Human History: A Global Approach

Ian Morris, Departments of Classics and History

Department of History

The Making of the Modern World: Europe and Latin America

David Como, Department of History
Zephyr Frank, Department of History

Department of Philosophy

Philosophical Perspectives on Science

Michael Friedman, Department of Philosophy

Helen Longino, Department of Philosophy


Department of Religious Studies

Performing Religion

Linda Hess, Department of Religious Studies
Charlotte Fonrobert, Department of Religious Studies
Barbara Pitkin, Department of Religious Studies

Carl Bielefeldt, Department of Religious Studies

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