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.
Joshua Landy, Department of French and Italian
Kenneth Taylor, Department of Philosophy
Lanier Anderson, Department of Philosophy
Harry J. Elam, Jr., Department of Drama
Michele Elam, Department of English
William Koski, School of Law
David Palumbo-Liu, Department of Comparative Literature
Rob Reich, Department of Political Science
Scott Bukatman, Department of Art and Art History
Henry Lowood, History of Science and Technology Collections
Tobias Wolff, Department of English
Lee Yearley, Department of Religious Studies
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
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
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
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
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
Linda Hess, Department of Religious Studies
Charlotte Fonrobert, Department of Religious Studies
Barbara Pitkin, Department of Religious StudiesCarl Bielefeldt, Department of Religious Studies