courses by theme
Archaeological Method / Theory Courses
Approaches to Settlement and Land Survey, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Archaeogenetics and the Human Past, Hannah Moots, Neubauer Fellow
Archaeological Data Sets, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Archaeological Experiments in Filmmaking, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Archaeological Methods and Interpretations, David Schloen, NELC
Archaeological Writing, Sarah Newman & Alice Yao, Anthropology
Archaeology for Ancient Historians, Jonathan Hall, Classics
Archaeology Lab Practicum, Shannon Dawdy, François Richard, Anthropology
Archaeology Research Design, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Bioarchaeology and the Human Skeleton, Nené Lozada, Anthropology
Ceramic Analysis for Archaeologists, Michael Dietler, Anthropology & James Osborne, NELC
Digital Imaging and Modeling in Archaeology, Douglas Inglis, NELC
Ethnoarchaeology and Material Culture, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Fieldwork in the Archives, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Households, Kinship, and Demography in the Ancient Levant, David Schloen, NELC
Introduction to Archaeology, David Schloen, NELC
Introduction to Digital Humanities, David Schloen, NELC
Introduction to Zooarchaeology, Gil Stein, NELC
Maritime Archaeology and Shipwrecks, Douglas Inglis, NELC
New Approaches to Old Stones: Chipped & Ground Stone Analysis, Yorke Rowan, Oriental Institute
Social Theory and Ancient Studies, David Schloen, NELC
Theory and Method in Archaeology, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Architecture / Built Environment
Andean Art and Architecture, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Architecture and the Built Environment in Archeology, James Osborne, NELC
BIG: Monumental Buildings and Sculptures in the Past & Present, James Osborne, NELC
Colonial Landscapes, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Monuments and Monumentality in the Past and Present, James Osborne, NELC
Problems in Islamic Archaeology: The Islamic City, Donald Whitcomb, NELC
Refashioning the Forbidden City: Emperor Qianlong and Qing Court Art and Interior Decoration, Wu Hung, Art History
Social Theory of the City, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
Art / Aesthetics
Ancient Stones in Modern Hands, Seth Estrin, Art History
Andean Art and Architecture, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Art and Archaeology of Death and Mourning in Ancient Greece, Seth Estrin, Art History
Art and Religion in Late Antiquity, Jas' Elsner, Art History
Art of The East: China, Wei-Cheng Lin, Art History
Athenian Vase-Painting: Wine, Myth and Politics, Richard Neer, Art History
From Ground to Gallery: Visual Culture of the Ancient Near East, Kiersten Neumann, Oriental Institute
Greek Art and Archaeology, Seth Estrin, Art History
Image and Text in Mexican Codices, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Mexican Murals, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Minoan Art, Modern Myths, and Problems of Prehistory, Seth Estrin, Art History
Objects of Andean Art, Andrew Hamilton, Art Institute
Style, Alice Yao, Anthropology
The Body and Embodiment in Ancient Greek Art, Seth Estrin, Art History
Theories of Art in the Twentieth Century: Historiography, Religion, and Crisis, Jas Elsner, Art History
Veiling the Image: Sacred & Profane – Antiquity to Modernity, Jas Elsner, Art History
What Is Style (and why are they saying such terrible things about it)? Richard Neer, Art History
Wonder, Grace and Beauty: Ancient Sculpture in the Present, Richard Neer, Art History
Colonialism / Imperialism
Ancient Empires I: The Hittite Empire, James Osborne, NELC
Ancient Empires IV: Persia, Mehrnoush Soroush, NELC
Ancient Empires V: The Umayyads, Cecilia Palombo, NELC
Ancient Empires VI: Assyrian Empire, Augusta McMahon, NELC
Archaeology of Colonialism, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Colonial Landscapes, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Imperialism Before the Age of Empires, Hervé Reculeau, NELC
Peripheries of the Greek World, Catherine Kearns, Classics
The Age of Empires in the Ancient Near East, Hervé Reculeau, NELC
The Hittite Empire, James Osborne, NELC
The Inka and Aztec States, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
The Mediterranean in Antiquity: Imperial Connections, Catherine Kearns, Classics & James Osborne, NELC
Economic Archaeology, Anthropology, History
Economic Anthropology and Archaeology, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Economic Organization of Ancient Complex Societies, Gil Stein, NELC
Haves and Have-Nots: Class, Status, and Wealth in the Ancient World, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Material Worlds across Premodern East Asia, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Social Life of Things (And Beyond): Objects, People, Value, François Richard, Anthropology
The Underworld: Archaeology of Crime & Informal Economies, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Trade and Exchange in the Ancient Near East, David Schloen, NELC
Environmental Archaeology
Ancient Mediterranean Environments and Landscapes, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Climate, Culture and Society in the Ancient Near East, Hervé Reculeau, NELC
Coping with Changing Climates in Early Antiquity, Hervé Reculeau, NELC
Did Climate Doom the Ancients?, Hervé Reculeau, NELC
Energy in World Civilizations, Catherine Kearns, Classics
People's Garbage: Intro to Archaeology & Histories of Waste, Alice Yao, Anthropology
The Greek Countryside, Catherine Kearns, Classics
The Human Environment: Ecological Anthropologies and Anthropological Ecologies, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
Un-Natural Histories: Inventing Nature and Knowledge, Sarah Newman, Anthropology
Gender / Race / The Body
Animal Magnetism: Histories of Human-Animal Relationships, Sarah Newman, Anthropology
Archaeogenetics and the Human Past, Hannah Moots, Neubauer Fellow
Archaeology of Race and Ethnicity, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Bioarchaeology and the Human Skeleton, Nene Lozada, Anthropology
Bioethics and Ancient DNA, Hannah Moots, Neubauer Fellow
Death, the Body, and the Ends of Life, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Material Culture and Consumption: Embodied Material Culture -- Food, Drink, and Drugs in History, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Reading Race, Russ Tuttle, Anthropology
Somatic Material Culture, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
The Body and Embodiment in Ancient Greek Art, Seth Estrin, Art History
Hertitage / Politics of the Past
Ancient Stones in Modern Hands, Seth Estrin, Art History
Anthropology of Museums, Morris Fred, Anthropology
Archaeology and The Politics of the Past, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Archaeology of the Contemporary, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Authenticity, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Celebrity and Science in Paleoanthropology, Russ Tuttle, Anthropology
Celts: Ancient, Modern, Postmodern, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Heritage, Memory, and the Affective Turn: Performing and Consuming the Past, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Making the Maya World, Sarah Newman, Anthropology
Minoan Art, Modern Myths, and Problems of Prehistory, Seth Estrin, Art History
The Bible and Archaeology, David Schloen, NELC
The Present Past in Greece Since 1769, Jonathan Hall, Classics
Theories of Art in the Twentieth Century: Historiography, Religion, and Crisis, Jas' Elsner, Art History
This is Sparta (or is it?), Jonathan Hall, History
Time and Temporality: The Future Edition, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Wonder, Grace and Beauty: Ancient Sculpture in the Present, Richard Neer, Art History
Landscape / Spatial Analysis
Ancient Landscapes of the Middle East, Mehrnoush Soroush, NELC
Anthropology of Space/Place/Landscape, François Richard, Anthropology
Archaeology of Regional Interaction: Theories and Case Studies, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Approaches to Settlement and Land Survey, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Colonial Landscapes, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Landscapes: More than Humans Living on a Damaged Planet, François Richard, Anthropology
Mediterranean Societies Beyond the Polis, Catherine Kearns & Clifford Ando, Classics
Strabo's World: Early Geographic Traditions, Catherine Kearns, Classics
The Greek Countryside, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Material Culture / Materiality
Ancient Stones in Modern Hands, Seth Estrin, Art History
Archaeology of Anyang: Bronzes, Inscriptions & World Heritage, Yung-Ti Li
Archaeology of Craft Production: Theories and Case Studies, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Archaeology of the Contemporary, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Ceramic Analysis, Michael Dietler, Anthropology & James Osborne, NELC
Craft Production in Early China, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Creativity and Craftwork Alice Yao, Anthropology
Drinking Alcohol: Social Problem or Normal Cultural Practice? Michael Dietler, Anthropology & William Green, Biology
Ethnoarchaeology and Material Culture, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
From Ground to Gallery: Visual Culture of the Ancient Near East, Kiersten Neumann, Oriental Institute
Image and Text in Mexican Codices, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Image, Medium and Context of Chinese Pictorial Art, Wu Hung, Art History
Islamic Pottery as Historical Evidence, Don Whitcomb, NELC
Making the Maya World, Sarah Newmann, Anthropology
Material Culture and Consumption: Embodied Material Culture (Food, Drink, and Drugs in History), Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Material Worlds Across Premodern East Asia, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Materiality, François Richard, Anthropology
Materializing China's Cultural Ephemera, Wei-Cheng Lin, Art History
Monuments and Monumentality in the Past and Present, James Osborne, NELC
Objects and Materials, Wei-Cheng Lin
People's Garbage: Intro to Archaeology & Histories of Waste, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Pottery of Ancient Anatolia, James Osborne, NELC
Social Life of Things: Objects, People, Value, François Richard, Anthropology
Somatic Material Culture, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Style, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Text & Material Culture in the Greek & Roman World 1 & 2, Jonathan Hall, History
What Is Style (and why are they saying such terrible things about it)?, Richard Neer, Art History
Media and Archaeology
Archaeological Experiments in Filmmaking, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Ethnographic Film, Julie Chu, Anthropology
Mobility, Migration, and Diaspora
Archaeology of Regional Interaction: Theories & Case Studies, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Celts: Ancient, Modern, Postmodern, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Migration and Diaspora, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Migrations and Population Movements of the Ancient Near East, James Osborne, NELC
Peripheries of the Greek World, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Pilgrimage in Antiquity and the Early Christendom, Jas' Elsner, Art History
The Mediterranean in Antiquity: Imperial Connections, Catherine Kearns, Classics & James Osborne, NELC
Who Were the Greeks? Jonathan Hall, History
Museology and Museum Conservation Methods
Ancient Stones in Modern Hands, Seth Estrin, Art History
Anthropology of Museums, Morris Fred, Anthropology
Art and Science of Museum Conservation, Alison Whyte, Oriental Institute
Heritage, Memory, and the Affective Turn: Performing and Comsuming the Past, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Power / Political History
Archaeologies of Politcal Life, François Richard, Anthropology
Archaeology of Bronze Age China, Yung-ti Li, EALC
Archaeology of Modernity, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
BIG: Monumental Buildings and Sculptures in the Past & Present, James Osborne, NELC
Haves and Have-Nots: Class, Status, and Wealth in the Ancient World, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Refashioning the Forbidden City: Emperor Qianlong and Qing Court Art and Interior Decoration, Wu Hung, Art History
Rise of the State in the Near East, Gil Stein, NELC
Rise of the Early State: Egypt and Mesopotamia, Gil Stein, NELC
The Hittite Empire, James Osborne, NELC
The Mediterranean in Antiquity: Imperial Connections, Catherine Kearns, Classics & James Osborne, NELC
The Neo-Hittite and Aramaean City-States, James Osborne, NELC
Regional Archaeology: Americas
Andean Archaeology, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
Andean Art and Architecture, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Art and Urbanism at Teotihuacan, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Chichen Itza, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Image and Text in Mexican Codices, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Making the Maya World, Sarah Newman, Anthropology
Mexican Murals, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
The Inka and Aztec States, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
Regional Archaeology: Asia
Anyang: History of Research of the Last Shang Dynasty Capital, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Archaeological Approaches to Early China, Alice Yao & Yung-Ti Li, Anthro & EALC
Archaeology Field Research in China, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Archaeology of Anyang: Bronzes, Inscriptions and World Heritage, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Archaeology of Bronze Age China, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Art and Death in Pre-Modern China, Wei-Cheng Lin, Art History
Art of The East: China, Wei-Cheng Lin, Art History
Craft Production in Early China, Yung-Ti Li, EALC
Image, Medium and Context of Chinese Pictorial Art, Wu Hung, Art History
Material Worlds Across Premodern East Asia, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Materializing China's Cultural Ephemera, Wei-Ching Lin, Art History
Refashioning the Forbidden City: Emperor Qianlong and Qing Court Art and Interior Decoration, Wu Hung, Art History
Regional Archaeology: Europe and the Mediterranean
Ancient Celtic Societies, Michael Dietler, Anthropology
Ancient Mediterranean Environments, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Ancient Mediterranean World-1: Greece, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Archaic Greece, Jonathan Hall, Classics
Art and Archaeology of Death and Mourning in Ancient Greece, Seth Estrin, Art History
Art and Religion from the Roman to the Christian Worlds, Jas' Elsner, Art History
Athenian Vase-Painting: Wine, Myth and Politics, Richard Neer, Art History
Embodiment in Ancient Greece, Seth Estrin & Sarah Nooter, Art History
Greek Art and Archaeology, Richard Neer, Art History
Greek Art and Archaeology, Seth Estrin, Art History
Mediterranean Islands: Odd and Insular Histories, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Mediterranean Societies Beyond the Polis, Catherine Kearns & Clifford Ando, Classics
Minoan Art, Modern Myths, and Problems of Prehistory, Seth Estrin, Art History
Peripheries of the Greek World, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Pilgrimage in Antiquity and the Early Christendom, Jas' Elsner, Art History
Text & Material Culture in the Greek & Roman World 1 & 2, Jonathan Hall, History
The Ancient City: The Greek World, Jonathan Hall, Classics, History
The Body and Embodiment in Ancient Greek Art , Seth Estrin, Art History
The Mediterranean Sea in Antiquity: Imperial Connections. Catherine Kearns, Classics & James Osborne, NELC
Who Were the Greeks? Jonathan Hall, Classics
Regional Archaeology: Near East & North Africa
Ancient Empires V: The Umayyads, Cecilia Palombo, NELC
Ancient Empires VI: Assyrian Empire, Augusta McMahon, NELC
Ancient Landscapes of the Middle East, Mehrnoush Soroush, NELC
Ancient Near Eastern History and Society II, James Osborne, NELC
Archaeology of Coptic/Islamic Egypt, Donald Whitcomb, NELC
Archaeology of the Ancient Near East I: Mesopotamia, Augusta McMahon, NELC
Archaeology of the Ancient Near East II: Anatolia, James Osborne, NELC
Armenian History Through Art and Culture, Hripsime Haroutunian, NELC
Art and Archaeology Near East -3: Levant, David Schloen, NELC
From Ground to Gallery: Visual Culture of the Ancient Near East, Kiersten Neumann, Oriental Institute
Gordion and its Neighbors: Central Anatolia during the Iron Age, James Osborne, NELC
Households, Kinship, and Demography in the Ancient Levant, David Schloen, NELC
Introduction to Islamic Archaeology, Don Whitcomb, NELC
Introduction to the Archaeology of Afghanistan, Gil Stein, NELC
Islamic Pottery as Historical Evidence, Don Whitcomb, NELC
Late Levant: Archaeology of Islamic Syria-Palestine, Don Whitcomb, NELC
Mesopotamian Cities, Augusta McMahon, NELC
Migrations and Population Movements of the Ancient Near East, James Osborne, NELC
Neo-Hittite and Aramaean City-States, James Osborne, NELC
Pottery of Ancient Anatolia, James Osborne, NELC
Problems in Islamic Archaeology: The Islamic City, Donald Whitcomb, NELC
Rise of the State in the Near East, Gil Stein, NELC
The Age of Empires in the Ancient Near East, Hervé Reculeau, NELC
The Bible and Archaeology, David Schloen, NELC
The Hittite Empire, James Osborne, NELC
The Rise of the Early State: Egypt and Mesopotamia, Gil Stein, NELC
Trade and Exchange in the Ancient Near East , David Schloen, NELC
Topics: Mesopotamian History II: Uruk Mesopotamia and Neighbor, Gil Stein, NELC
Ritual / Religion
Archaeology of Coptic/Islamic Egypt, Donald Whitcomb, NELC
Art and Archaeology of Death and Mourning in Ancient Greece, Seth Estrin, Art History
Art and Death in Pre-Modern China, Wei-Cheng Lin, Art History
Art and Religion from the Roman to the Christian Worlds, Jas' Elsner, Art History
Being and Death, Shannon Dawdy, Anthropology
Death and Burial, Catherine Kearns, Classics
Death, the Body, and the Ends of Life, Alice Yao, Anthropology
Drinking Alcohol: Social Problem or Normal Cultural Practice? Michael Dietler, Anthropology & William Green, Biology
Greek Religion in Historical Context, Jonathan Hall, Classics
Pilgrimage in Antiquity and Early Christendom, Jas' Elsner, Art History
Problems in Islamic Archaeology: The Islamic City, Donald Whitcomb, NELC
The Bible and Archaeology, David Schloen, NELC
Urban Studies
The Ancient City: The Greek World, Jonathan Hall, Classics
Art and Urbanism at Teotihuacan, Claudia Brittenham, Art History
Mesopotamian Cities, Augusta McMahon, NELC
The City in History, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
The Preindustrial City, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
Problems in Islamic Archaeology: The Islamic City, Donald Whitcomb, NELC
Refashioning the Forbidden City: Emperor Qianlong and Qing Court Art and Interior Decoration, Wu Hung, Art History
Social Theory of the City, Alan Kolata, Anthropology
