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• HIST 100 Confucius and His Critics 6 credits

  An introduction to the study of historical biography. Instead of what we heard or think about Confucius, we will examine what his contemporaries, both his supporters and critics, thought he was. Students will scrutinize various sources gleaned from archaeology, heroic narratives, and court debates, as well as the Analects to write their own biography of Confucius based on a particular historical context that created a persistent constitutional agenda in early China. Students will justify why they would call such a finding, in hindsight, “Confucian” in its formative days. Themes can be drawn from aspects of ritual, bureaucracy, speech and writing

  Held for new first year students

  • Offered: Fall 2023
  • Liberal Arts Requirements: Argument and Inquiry Seminar International Studies Writing Requirement
  • Tags: Asian Studies East Asia HIST Asia Asian Studies Humanities History Pre-Modern MARS Core Course

  • HIST  100.06 Fall 2023

  • Faculty:Seungjoo Yoon 🏫 👤
  • Size:15
  • M, WLeighton 303 1:50pm-3:00pm
  • FLeighton 303 2:20pm-3:20pm

• RELG 122 Introduction to Islam 6 credits

  This course is a general introduction to Islam as a prophetic religious tradition. It explores the different ways Muslims have interpreted and put into practice the prophetic message of Muhammad through analyses of varying theological, legal, political, mystical, and literary writings as well as through Muslims’ lived histories. These analyses aim for students to develop a framework for explaining the sources and vocabularies through which historically specific human experiences and understandings of the world have been signified as Islamic. The course will focus primarily on the early and modern periods of Islamic history.

  • Offered: Fall 2023
  • Liberal Arts Requirements: Humanistic Inquiry International Studies Writing Requirement
  • Tags: MARS Core Course MARS Supporting Asian Studies Humanities Asian Studies South Asia Asian Studies Central Asia RELG Islamic Traditions Africana Studies Pertinent Middle East Studies Foundation SAST Supprtng Humanities RELG Pertinent Course Religion Breadth

  • RELG  122.00 Fall 2023

  • Faculty:Kambiz GhaneaBassiri 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • M, WLeighton 402 9:50am-11:00am
  • FLeighton 402 9:40am-10:40am

• RELG 289 Global Religions in Minnesota 6 credits

  Somali Muslims in Rice County? Hindus in Maple Grove? Hmong shamans in St. Paul hospitals? Sun Dances in Pipestone? In light of globalization, the religious landscape of Minnesota, like America more broadly, has become more visibly diverse. Lake Wobegon stereotypes aside, Minnesota has always been characterized by some diversity but the realities of immigration, dispossession, dislocation, economics, and technology have made religious diversity more pressing in its implications for every arena of civic and cultural life. This course bridges theoretical knowledge with engaged field research focused on how Midwestern contexts shape global religious communities and how these communities challenge and transform Minnesota.

  • Offered: Fall 2023
  • Liberal Arts Requirements: Humanistic Inquiry Intercultural Domestic Studies Writing Requirement
  • Tags: Asian Studies Humanities Asian Studies South Asia American Music Group 3 RELG Traditions in Americas Acad Cvc Engmnt/Appl Pub Pol Social Policy & Welfar Ccst Encounters SAST Supprtng Humanities American Studies Survey 1 Amst America in the World Dig Art&Hum XDisc Collaboratn RELG Pertinent Course

  • RELG  289.00 Fall 2023

  • Faculty:Michael McNally 🏫 👤
  • Size:25
  • T, THLeighton 303 1:15pm-3:00pm