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
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
Ban Wang
Yiqun Zhou
Ian Morris
Walter Scheidel
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
Department of Drama
Janice Ross
Alice Rayner
English: A Life of Contemplation or Action? Debates in Western Literature and Philosophy
Department of English
Jennifer Summit
Blakey Vermeule
French and Italian: Epic Journeys, Modern Quests
Department of French and Italian
Robert Harrison
Jean-Marie Apostolides
History: The Making of the Modern World: Europe and Latin America
David Como
Zephyr Frank
History: Mass Violence from Crusades to Genocides
Department of History
Philippe Buc
Amir Weiner
History: World History of Science
Department of History
Robert Proctor
Philosophy: Humanistic Perspectives on Science
Michael Friedman
Helen Longino
Religious Studies: Performing Religion
Department of Religious Studies
Shahzad Bashir
Linda Hess
Charlotte Fonrobert
Carl Bielefeldt