Current and Upcoming Courses

Autumn 2025 CMRS Course Listings:

A Drawing of witches and demons on brooms

MedRen 2666 - Magic & Witchcraft

Instructor: Johnston, Sarah Iles, MWF 10:20 – 11:15 AM, Room: TBD, Class Number: 27031

Investigate the history of magic and witchcraft from late antiquity through the 18th century, when the Enlightenment supposedly disenchanted the world. Explore how people thought about magic and what it could (and couldn’t) do, how people regarded "magic casters," and how magic relates to religion and science. 

GE (New) Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies course GE (Legacy) Culture and Ideas and Diversity: Global Studies course

 

A modern and historic l photo of Kyoto, Japan

MedRen 3211 - Medieval Kyoto

Instructor: Fukumori, Naomi, TR 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM, 131 Mendenhall, Class Number: 35895 

Kyoto was the capital of Japan from the eighth to the nineteenth centuries. Today it continues to be the site of many temples, shrines, gardens, and other cultural monuments that attest to Kyoto’s enduring cultural practices and values.

This course specifically focuses on the city’s medieval period, from its founding in 794 to the late 16th century. This was a period in which Kyoto’s cultural identity emerged, and, in view of Kyoto as the site of national authority during this duration, the broader Japanese cultural identity. Studying this timespan in the life of Kyoto lets us follow transformations in the lived environments of the city as it moves from imperial to shōgun military rule. By examining literary and other works of art, we’ll also address similar cultural transformations involving aristocrats, warriors, Buddhist institutions, and merchants. Students will have the opportunity to reflect on practices of urban historical preservation through the contemporary efforts of Kyoto’s citizens to preserve the heritage of the city.

(New) Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

(Legacy) Cultures and Ideas; Diversity: Global Studies

 painting of king arthur's court including knights and a horse

MEDREN 4504 - Arthurian Legends

Instructors: Knapp, Ethan, Edwin Hugh, TR 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM, 206 Denney Hall, Class Number: 28167 

In this course, we will encounter the wild and crazy heroes of the complex Arthurian tradition that flourished during the Middle Ages, such as Merlin, Lancelot, Gawain, Guinevere, the Lady of the Lake, and Morgan le Fay. Though our focus is the Middle Ages, we will also consider the ongoing modernization of Arthurian characters, stories, and themes in literature, games, and film and the use of Arthurian materials in conversations about race, gender, sexuality, and more.

 

 

An AI generated Image of a knight made out of books

MEDREN - 5611 - History of the Book (Combined Section Course) 

Instructor: Brewer, David A, TR 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM, Main Library 150B, Class number: 35726 

This course will investigate books and their uses (not all of which involved reading) from the invention of moveable type in the 1450s to the advent of steam-powered printing and paper manufacture in the 1810s (roughly 1450 to 1820). We’ll range widely in terms of genre, language, and price point and pay close attention to books both as material objects and as bearers of text. The course will be entirely embedded in the collections of OSU’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Library (RBML), which means that you’ll have the chance to examine and work with hundreds of books over the course of the semester, ranging from ephemera to now monumental (and very expensive) first editions of canonical literature, science, and scripture. At the close of the semester, the class will collectively curate a public exhibition of material from the RBML, giving you the opportunity to engage in a more public-facing form of the humanities than most classes provide.

 

 

 

A group of medieval people discussing outside

MEDREN  7899 - Med/Ren Colloquia 

Instructor: Highley, Christopher Frank, F 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Room: TBD, Course Number: 18525 

 

Autumn 2025 CMRS-Affiliated Courses

Course: ARCH 5110  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD  Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture:  8618 

 Time:  WF 9:35 AM -10:55 AM 

 Room:  University Hall 014 

 Instructor: Gannon, Todd N 

 

Course: ARCH 5110  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture:  36653 

 Time: TBD 

 Room: TBD 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ARCH 5110  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture:  36654 

Time: TBD 

 Room: TBD 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ARCH 5110  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture:  36655 

 Time: TBD 

 Room: TBD 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ARCH 5110  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture:  36656 

 Time: TBD 

 Room: TBD 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ARCH 5110  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD  Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture:  8653 

 Time:  WF 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

 Room: University Hall 014 

 Instructor: Gannon, Todd N 

 

Course: ARCH 5110E  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture: 8619 

 Time:  WF 9:35 AM -10:55 AM 

 Room:  University Hall 014 

Instructor: Gannon, Todd N 

Course: CHINESE 2231  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Trad Chin Cult 

 Time:  WF 11:10 AM -12:30 PM 

 Lecture:  26972 

 Room: Derby 080 

 Instructor: Xie, Zhiguo 

 

Course: CHINESE 2231 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Trad Chin Cult 

Lecture:  26972 

 Time:  WF 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

 Room: Derby 080 

Instructor: Klie, Hunter Douglas 

 

Course: CHINESE 5111  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL  Program:  GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Chn 1 

 Lecture:  25288 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

 Room:  Journalism 221 

 Instructor: Goh, Meow Hui 

 

Course: CHINESE 5111  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classicl Chn 1 

 Lecture:  25289 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

 Room:  Journalism 221 

 Instructor: Goh, Meow Hui 

 

Course: CHINESE 6451  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Hist Lit 1 

 Lecture:  36052 

 Time:  WF 3:55 PM- 5:15 PM 

 Room: Hagerty 045 

 Instructor: Goh, Meow Hui 

Course: CLAS 2201 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Class Civil Greece 

 Lecture:  16300 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

 Room:  Page 020 

 Instructor: Hawkins, Thomas Richard 

 

Course: CLAS 2201H  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Class Civil Greece 

 Lecture:  26670 

 Time:  MWF 09:10 AM - 10:05 AM 

 Room:  University Hall 056 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: CLAS 2202  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Class Civil Rome 

 Lecture:  22640 

 Time:  WF 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

 Room:   Page 020 

 Instructor: Hawkins, Julia Nelson 

 

Course: CLAS 2202H  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Class Civil Rome 

 Lecture:  28227 

 Time:  MWF 10:20 AM. - 11:15 AM 

 Room:  University Hall 056 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: CLAS 2220  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mytholgy 

 Lecture:  16301 

 Time:  Online 

 Room:  Online 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: CLAS 2220  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mytholgy 

 Lecture:  35099 

 Time:  TBD 

 Room:  TBD 

 Instructor: TBD  

 

Course: CLAS 2220H  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mytholgy 

 Lecture:  16304 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

 Room:  Enarson Classroom 326 

 Instructor: Coulson, Frank Thomas 

 

Course: CLAS 2220H  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC  

Course Description: Classical Mytholgy 

 Lecture:  28228 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

 Room:  Enarson Classroom 258 

 Instructor: Hawkins, Thomas Richard 

 

Course: CLAS 2220H  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mytholgy 

 Lecture:  28629 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 02:05 PM 

 Room:  University Hall 043 

 Instructor: TBD  

 

Course: CLAS 2301 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRAD  Type:  Type: LEC 

Course Description: Classical Arch 

Lecture: 36014 

Time:  Online 

 Room:  Online 

 Instructor: Fullerton, Mark 

 

Course: CLAS 3223  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRAD  Type:  Type: LEC 

Course Description: Late Roman Empire 

 Lecture:  36437 

 Time:  F 10:20 PM – 11:20 AM 

 Room:  University Hall 448 

 Instructor: Ross, Alan James  

 

Course: CLAS 3223 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRAD  Type:  Type: LEC 

Course Description: Late Roman Empire 

 Lecture:  35101 

 Time:  F 9:10 – 10:05 AM  

 Room:  University Hall 448 

 Instructor: Ross, Alan James 

 

Course: CLAS 7893  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD  Type:  Type: SEM 

Course Description: Grk/Rom Rel & Myth 

 Lecture:  35105 

 Time:  W 02:15 PM - 05:00 PM 

 Room:  University Hall 448 

 Instructor: Johnston, Sarah Iles 

Course: COMPSTD 2350  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Folklore  

 Lecture:  23397 

 Time:  WF 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

 Room:  University Hall 060 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: COMPSTD 2350  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Folklore 

 Lecture: 28906 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

 Instructor: TBD  

 

Course: COMPSTD 2350H  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Folklore 

 Lecture:  26731 

 Time:  TR 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

 Room: Enarson 206 

 Instructor: Kaplan, Merrill 

Course: CRPLAN 6000  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD  Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Planning History 

 Lecture:  8029 

 Time:  TR 8:00 AM - 9:20 AM 

 Room:  Knowlton 175 

 Instructor: Conroy, Maria M 

Course: DANCE 2401  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Concert Dance 

 Lecture:  16706 

 Time:  MW3:55 PM - 5:15 PM 

 Room:  Hagerty 050 

 Instructor: TBD 

Course: ENGLISH 2201 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Brit Lit: Med-1800 

Lecture: 17573 

Time: WF 11:10 AM – 12:30 PM 

Room: Hayes Hall 024 

Instructor: Lockett, Leslie Claire 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2201 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Brit Lit: Med-1800 

Lecture: 17575 

Time: TBD 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2201 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Brit Lit: Med-1800 

Lecture: 25507 

Time: TBD 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2220 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Shakespeare 

Lecture: 17577 

 Time:  WF 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Denney 250 

Instructor: Farmer, Alan Bryan 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2220H Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Intro Shakespeare 

Lecture: 17578 

 Time:  TR 03:55 PM - 05:15 PM 

Room: Denney 245 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2270  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro to Folklore 

Lecture: 25687 

 Time:  WF 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: 060 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2270  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro to Folklore 

Lecture: 28908 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2270H Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Intro to Folklore 

Lecture: 28214  

 Time:  TR 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: Enarson 206 

Instructor: Kaplan, Merrill 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2280 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The English Bible 

Lecture: 26594 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: Smith Lab 1042 

Instructor: Hamlin, Hannibal 

 

Course: ENGLISH 4520.01 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Shakespeare 

Lecture: 28219 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM 3:40 PM 

Room: Denney 245 

Instructor: Highley, Christopher Frank 

 

Course: ENGLISH 5710.01 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Intro Old English 

Lecture: 22549 

 Time:  WF 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: Denney 268 

Instructor: Lockett, Leslie Claire 

 

Course: ENGLISH 5710.01 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Intro Old English 

Lecture: 17604 

 Time:  WF 9:35 AM- 10:55 AM 

Room: Denney 268 

Instructor: Lockett, Leslie Claire 

 

Course: ENGLISH 5710.02 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Intro Old English 

Lecture: 17605 

 Time:  WF 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: Denney 268 

Instructor: Lockett, Leslie Claire 

 

Course: ENGLISH 5722.01 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Grad Ren Poetry 

Lecture: 36737 

Time: TR 12:45 – 2:05 PM 

Room: Denney 447 

Instructor: Neville, Sarah 

 

Course: ENGLISH 5722.02 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Grad Ren Poetry 

Lecture: 36740 

Time: TR 12:45 – 2:05 PM 

Room: Denney 447 

Instructor: Neville, Sarah 

 

Course: ENGLISH 7827.02 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Engl Renaissnc Lit 

Lecture: 36627 

Time: R 12:15 PM - 3:00 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: TBD 

Course: GREEK 6891  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Greek Survey1 

Lecture: 35109 

 Time:  TR 11:45 AM - 1:35 PM 

Room:  University Hall 448 

Instructor: Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin 

Course: HEBREW 2700 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Hebrew Bible 

Lecture: 35633 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: Page 010 

Instructor: Moore, James Dryden 

 

Course: HEBREW 3704 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Women in Bib Lit 

Lecture: 27040 

 Time:  TR 7:05 PM - 8:25 PM 

Room: Hagerty 050 

Instructor: TBD 

Course: HISTART 2001 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1 

Lecture: 25346  

Time:  Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Adams, Kristen Irvine 

 

Course: HISTART 2001 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1 

Lecture: 27024  

Time:  Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: HISTART 2001H Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1 H 

Lecture: 35328 

Time:  MW 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: Cunz 180 

Instructor: Schellinger, Sarah 

 

Course: HISTART 2002 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 17784 

Time: MW 10:20 AM - 11:15 AM 

Room: Jennings 355 

Instructor: Shelton, Andrew C 

 

Course: HISTART 2002 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 17784 

Time: MW 10:20 AM - 11:15 AM 

Room: Jennings 355 

Instructor: Shelton, Andrew C 

 

Course: HISTART 2002 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 17785 

Time: F 10:20 AM - 11:15 AM 

Room: Caldwell 133 

Instructor:  TBD 

 

Course: HISTART 2002 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 17785 

Time: F 10:20 AM 11:15 AM 

Room: Caldwell 133 

Instructor: Shelton, Andrew C 

 

Course: HISTART 2002  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 17786 

Time: F11:30 AM - 12:25 PM 

Room: Caldwell 133 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: HISTART 2002 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 17786 

Time: F 11:30 AM  12:25 PM 

Room: Caldwell 133 

Instructor: Shelton, Andrew C 

 

Course: HISTART 2002 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 21331 

 Time:  Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor:  Patterson, Jody 

 

Course: HISTART 2002H Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 H 

Lecture: 35331 

 Time:  WF 11:10 AM 12:30 PM 

Room:  Lazenby 001 

Instructor: Defossez, Julie Lauren 

 

Course: HISTART 2003 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: East Asian Art 

Lecture: 17787 

Time: MW 11:30 AM - 12:25 PM 

Room: Scott Lab E125 

Instructor:  Mathison, Christina Wei-Szu Burke 

 

Course: HISTART 2003 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: East Asian Art 

Lecture: 25945 

Time: F 10:20 AM - 11:15 AM 

Room: Jennings 136 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: HISTART 2003  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: East Asian Art 

Lecture: 25945 

Time: F 10:20 AM - 11:15 AM 

Room: Jennings 136  

Instructor:  Mathison, Christina Wei-Szu Burke 

 

 

Course: HISTART 2003   Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: East Asian Art 

Lecture: 25946 

Time: F 11:30 AM 12:25 PM 

Room: Jennings 160 

Instructor:  TBD 

 

Course: HISTART 2003  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: East Asian Art 

Lecture: 25946 

Time:  F 11:30 AM - 12:25 PM 

Room: Jennings 160 

Instructor: Mathison, Christina Wei-Szu Burke 

 

Course: HISTART 2301 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Arch 

Lecture: 36014 

Time:  Online 

Room: Online 

  Instructor: Fullerton, Mark David 

 

Course: HISTART 3010  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Gndr Stds Euro Art 

Lecture: 29298 

Time:  Online 

Room: Online 

  Instructor: Whittington, Karl Peter 

 

Course: HISTART 3521 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Renaissance Art 

Lecture: 25772 

Time: MW 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM 

Room: Journalism 239 

Instructor: Adams, Kristen Irvine 

 

Course: HISTART 4541 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description:17 C. Art Itly/Spn 

Lecture: 35897 

Time: MW 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: Hayes Hall 024 

Instructor: Adams, Kristen Irvine 

 

Course: HISTART 4810  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The Arts of China 

Lecture: 28932 

Time:  TR 2:20 PM 3:40 PM 

Room: Journalism 304 

Instructor: Mathison, Christina, Wei-Szu Burke 

 

Course: HISTART 4820 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The Arts of Japan 

Lecture: 35344 

 Time:  TR 5:30 PM - 6:50 PM 

Room: Denney 206 

Instructor: Slater, Hannah Lynn 

Course: HISTORY 2001 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: MultipleAmericas1 

Lecture: 27268 

 Time:  TBD 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Grimsley, Christopher Mark 

 

Course: HISTORY 2221 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: IntroNewTestmt 

Lecture: 26375 

Time:  MWF 10:20 AM -11:15 AM 

Room: Ramseyer 100 

Instructor: Harrill, James Albert 

 

Course: HISTORY 2221E Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: IntroNewTestmt 

Lecture: 27777 

Time: TBD 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: HISTORY 2701  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of Tech 

Lecture: 26328 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM 2:05 PM 

Room: Journalism 304 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: HISTORY 2702 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Food World History 

Lecture: 25766 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: Evans Lab 2004 

Instructor: Otter, Christopher James 

 

Course: HISTORY 2703 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Health & Disease 

Lecture: 26621 

 Time: MWF 9:10 AM - 10:05 AM 

Room: Evans Lab 2004 

Instructor: Jones, Marian Moser 

 

Course: HISTORY 3218 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: ApostPaul&Chrstnty 

Lecture: 35441 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Time: TBD 

Room: Enarson Classroom 330 

Instructor: Harrill, James Albert 

 

Course: HISTORY 3232 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: CrimeMdvlEurope 

Lecture: 35442 

 Time:  WF 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: Cunz 150 

Instructor: Butler, Sara M 

 

Course: HISTORY 3245 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Reformation 

Lecture: 35443 

Time: T 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM 

Room: Stillman 235 

Instructor: Brakke, David Bernhard 

 

Course: HISTORY 3247 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Magic & Witchcraft 

Lecture: 27343 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Baker Systems 120 

Instructor: Goldish, Matthew D 

 

Course: HISTORY 3711 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Sci&SocEarlyEuro 

Lecture: 27017 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM -3:40 PM 

Room: Enarson 254 

Instructor: Goldish, Matthew D 

 

Course: HISTORY 4217 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Sem Late Antiqty 

Lecture: 35486 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: Dulles 024 

Instructor: Sessa, Kristina Marie 

 

Course: HISTORY 5229 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Sp Top AncChrstnty 

Lecture: 36682 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: Enarson 330 

Instructor: Harrill, James Albert 

 

Course: HISTORY 7230 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Medieval History 

Lecture: 35730 

Time: M 2:15 PM - 5:00 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Butler, Sara M 

Course: ITALIAN 3051 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Ital Romances 

Lecture: 28858 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Hagerty 050 

Instructor: Combs-Schilling, Jonathan David 

 

Course: ITALIAN 3220 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Italian Culture 

Lecture: 35181 

Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: Hagerty 251 

Instructor: Combs-Schilling, Jonathan David 

Course: JAPANSE 2231 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Elements Of Cultur 

Lecture: 17815 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: Ramseyer 009 

Instructor: Moore, Keita Carey 

 

Course: JAPANSE 2451 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Lit in translation 

Lecture: 35864 

 Time:  TR 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: Denney 253 

Instructor: Fukumori, Naomi 

Course: JEWSHST 2700 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Hebrew Bible 

Lecture: 25459 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: Page 010 

Instructor: Moore, James Dryden 

 

Course: JEWSHST 3704 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Women in Bib Lit 

Lecture: 27041 

 Time:  TR 7:05 – 8:25 PM  

Room: Hagerty 050 

Instructor: Moore, James Dryden 

Course: KOREAN 2231  Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Elem Korean Cultur 

Lecture: 25720 

 Time:  TR 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM 

Room: Mendenhall 191 

Instructor: Kim, Hayana 

 

Course: KOREAN 5453 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Literary&Clas Txt 

Lecture: 35937 

Time: M 2:15 PM - 5:00 PM 

Room: Denney 207 

Instructor: Kim, Pil Ho 

 

Course: KOREAN 5453 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Literary&Clas Txt 

Lecture: 35938 

Time: M 2:15 PM - 5:00 PM 

Room: Denney 207 

Instructor: Kim, Pil Ho 

Course: LING 5901 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Historical 

Lecture: 35322 

Time: MW 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Oxley 103 

Instructor: Dawson, Hope Christine 

 

Course: LING 5901 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Historical 

Lecture: 35323 

Time: MW 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Oxley 103 

Instructor: Dawson, Hope Christine 

Course: NELC  3111 Study Hours: 3  

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRAD Type: LEC 

Course Description: Ancient Empires 

Lecture: 36417 

Time:  MWF 11:30 AM – 12:25 PM 

Room: TBD 

 Instructor: Schellinger, Sarah

Course: PHILOS 2120 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Asian Philosophies 

Lecture: 24368 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Hagerty 180 

Instructor: Brown,Steven G 

 

Course: PHILOS 2120 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Asian Philosophies 

Lecture: 26224 

Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: Denney 250 

Instructor: Jones, Erich Matthew 

 

Course: PHILOS 3230 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Hist 17th-Cen Phil 

Lecture: 35251 

 Time:  TR 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: University Hall 56 

Instructor: Downing, Lisa J 

Course: PORTGSE 5510 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Lit Port MA to Neo 

Lecture: 35768 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Enarson 340 

Instructor: Costigan, Lucia Helena 

 

Course: PORTGSE 5510 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Lit Port MA to Neo 

Lecture: 35769 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM 12:30 PM 

Room: Enarson 340 

Instructor: Costigan, Lucia Helena 

Course: RUSSIAN 5701 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  GRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of Russ 1  

Lecture: 35297 

 Time:  WF 02:20 - 03:40 PM 

Room: Hagerty 050 

Instructor: Collins, Daniel Enright 

Course: SPANISH 2332 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro An/Amaz Cult 

Lecture: 35810 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM.- 3:40 PM 

Room: Hopkins 246 

Instructor: Wibbelsman, Michelle Cecilia 

 

Course: SPANISH 4555 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Colonial Lit Sp Am 

Lecture: 35799 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: Hagerty 159 

Instructor: Costigan, Lucia Helena 

 

Course: SPANISH 4555E Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description:  Colonial Lit Sp Am 

Lecture: 35800 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: Hagerty 159 

Instructor: Costigan, Lucia Helena 

Course: THEATRE 3731 Study Hours:

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Hist Perf 1 

Lecture: 21251 

 Time:  TR 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM 

Room: TFM 215 

Instructor: TBD 

Course: ENGLISH 2201 Study Hours:

Campus: LMA Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Brit Lit: Med-1800 

Lecture: 36127 

Time: MW 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Hines, Zachary R 

 

Course: HISTORY 2001 Study Hours:

Campus: LMA Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: MultipleAmericas1 

Lecture: 14864 

Time: MW 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Himebaugh, Brian A 

 

Course: HISTORY 2651 Study Hours:

Campus: LMA Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Pre-Mod World Hist 

Lecture: 28771 

Time: Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Helfferich,Tryntje 

 

Course: HISTORY 3245 Study Hours:

Campus: LMA Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Reformation 

Lecture: 36146 

Time: Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Helfferich, Tryntje 

Course: ENGLISH 2202 Study Hours:

Campus: MNS Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Brit Lit: 1800 – Prst 

Lecture: 36325 

Time: MW 03:25- 04:45 PM 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Kantor, Jamison B 

 

Course: HISTART 2001 Study Hours:

Campus: MNS Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1 

Lecture: 14898 

Time: Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Adams, Kristen Irvine 

 

Course: HISTORY 2202 Study Hours:

Campus: MNS Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Medieval History 

Lecture: 26657 

Time: MW 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Tanner, Heather Jean 

 

Course: HISTORY 3229 Study Hours:

Campus: MNS Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Early Christianity 

Lecture: 28458 

Time: MW 1:50 PM - 3:10 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Tanner, Heather Jean 

 

Course: HISTORY 3231 Study Hours:

Campus: MNS Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: MdvlMonsters 

Lecture: 35312 

Time: MW 11:10 AM -12:30 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Tanner, Heather Jean 

Course: CLAS 2220 Study Hours:

Campus: MRN Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Classical Mytholgy 

Lecture: 14942 

 Time:  TR 1:50 PM - 3:10 PM 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Rask, Katherine Ann 

 

Course: HISTORY 2651 Study Hours:

Campus: MRN Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Pre-Mod World Hist 

Lecture: 25958 

Time: Online 

Room: Online  

Instructor: Respess, Amanda S 

Course: ENGLISH 2201 Study Hours:

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Brit Lit: Med-1800 

Lecture: 36368 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM 10:55 AM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Weiser, Elizabeth 

 

Course: HISTART 2001 Study Hours:

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1 

Lecture: 25382 

 Time:  TR 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Calhoun, Robert 

 

Course: HISTART 2001 Study Hours:

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1 

Lecture: 26049 

 Time:  TR 5:30 PM - 6:50 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Calhoun, Robert 

 

Course: HISTORY 2001 Study Hours:

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: MultipleAmericas1 

Lecture: 15062 

Time: MW 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Mangus, Michael Stuart 

 

Course: HISTORY 2001 Study Hours:

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: MultipleAmericas1 

Lecture: 15063 

Time: Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Mangus, Michael Stuart 

 

Course: HISTORY 2702 Study Hours:

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Food World History 

Lecture: 27191 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Weeks, James H. 

 

Course: HISTORY 3247 Study Hours:

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Magic & Witchcraft 

Lecture: 36376 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM 3:40 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Dillenburg, Elizabeth A 

Summer 2025 CMRS-Affiliated Courses

Course: CLAS  2220    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Classical Mythology
Class #: 10581
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: TBA

Course: ENGLISH  4450    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Literature and Culture of London
Lecture: 21797
Time: TBA
Room: STUDY ABROAD
Instructors: Christopher Highley, Zachary Hines
(4-WEEK SESSION 1)

Course: ENGLISH  5722.01    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: GRAD    Type:  SEM
    Course Description: Graduate Studies in Renaissance Poetry 
Lecture: 17839
Time: TBA
Room: TBA
Instructor: TBA

Course: HISTORY  2001    Study Hours: 3
Campus: MARION    Program: UGRD    Type:  REC
    Course Description: Multiple Americas: US History from Colonialism to Reconstruction
Lecture: 10579
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: Greyson Teague
(8-WEEK SESSION 2)

Course: HISTORY  2201    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Ancient Greece and Rome
Lecture: 17870
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room:  ONLINE
Instructor: Peter Vanderpuy
(8-WEEK SESSION 1)

Course: HISTORY  2701    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: History of Technology
Lecture: 17871
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room:  ONLINE
Instructor: Dylan Cahn
(6-WEEK SESSION 1)

Course: HISTORY  2702    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Food in World History
Lecture: 17328
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: Dylan Cahn
(8-WEEK SESSION 1)

Lecture: 22023
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room:  ONLINE
Instructor: Ellen Arnold
(4-WEEK SESSION 3)

Course: HISTORY  2703    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: History of Public Health, Medicine and Disease
Lecture: 22007
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: James Esposito
(6-WEEK SESSION 2)

Course: HISTORY  3247    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (1450-1750)
Lecture: 22028
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: Jordan Schoonover
(8-WEEK SESSION 2)

Course: HISTART  2001    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Western Art I: Ancient and Medieval Worlds
Lecture: 13442
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: TBA
(8-WEEK SESSION 1)

Course: HISTART  2002    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Western Art II: The Renaissance to the Present
Lecture: 17311
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: TBA
(8-WEEK SESSION 2)

Lecture: 17895 (MANSFIELD CAMPUS)
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: TBA
(8-WEEK SESSION 1)

Course: HISTART  3010    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Gender and Sexuality in European Art
Lecture: 18309
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: TBA
(8-WEEK SESSION 2)

Past CMRS-Affiliated Courses

Spring 2025 Affiliated Course Listing

This downloadable, screen-reader accessible list shows all the courses in SP25 that will apply to the CMRS major or minor. Please contact the CMRS advisor with any questions.

A brown and white medieval map of the eastern hempisphere

 

MedRen 2618 - Travel and Exploration: Narratives of Travel and Intercultural Contact in the Age of Discovery

Instructor: Jonathan Burgoyne, WF: 11:10AM-12:30PM, 050 Hagerty Hall, Class Number: 36005

In Travel and Exploration: Narratives of Travel and Intercultural Contact in the Age of Discovery we will not only explore victorious accounts of discovery and conquest, but also tales of failed expeditions, shipwrecks and captivity. To do so, we will study narratives produced by the Portuguese and their main competitors in European imperial expansion, particularly the Spanish, English and French. 

GE Foundations (New): Historical and Cultural Studies

GE (Legacy): Culture and Ideas and Diversity – Global Studies

Required Textbooks: TBD

 

London in blurry black and white

MedRen 3217 - Shakespeare's London

Instructor: Chris Highley, TuTh: 2:20PM-3:40PM, 082 University Hall, Class Number: 35830

This course will explore roughly one-and-a-half centuries of the history, politics and culture of London, beginning with the religious upheavals of the Protestant Reformation, moving on to a Civil War that saw the Kifng lose his head and culminating with the devastating plague and Great Fire of London in 1666. In our tour of this vibrant metropolis, we will encounter an extraordinary range of figures: alongside the great and the good like Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare, we will also meet prostitutes, vagabonds and gulls (!). You’ll become familiar with the layout and buildings of London, its churches and cathedrals, its palaces and thoroughfares and of course its iconic river Thames. We will linger especially around the theatres, bear gardens, alehouses and brothels that made up London’s burgeoning entertainment industry. 

GE Theme (New): Lived Environments

GE (Legacy): Culture and Ideas and Diversity – Global Studies

Required Books:

Jonson, Ben, George Chapman and John Marston. Eastward Ho! Edited by C.G. Petter. London: Bloomsbury, 2014. ISBN-13: 9781408144145R365 (365-day e-book rental)

 

a valkerie next to a woman who looks like a goddess

MedRen 5695 - The Dire Sisterhood: Women of Norse Myth and Legend

Instructor: Merrill Kaplan, TuTh: 9:35AM-10:55PM 455 Hagerty Hall, Class Number: UG: 35163 G: 25164

Goddesses. Prophetesses. Wronged lovers. Patrons of war. Meet the ladies of Norse mythology and heroic legend in the medieval Icelandic poetry and prose that tells their tales. Students will read lays from the 13th-century Poetic Edda to learn about the distaff side of the Old Norse mytho-legendary tradition, focusing on the poems that let queens, valkyries, ogresses, and other women speak for themselves. Students will also engage with peer-reviewed scholarship and develop their own research paper topics. All readings are in English.

 

Required Books:

Larrington, Carolyn, trans. The Poetic Edda. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN-13: 9780199675340 (paperback), 9780191662935 (e-book purchase), 9780191662935R180 (180-day e-book rental), 9780191662935R365 (365-day e-book rental)

Friðriksdóttir, Jóhanna Katrín. Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World. London: Bloomsbury, 2021. ISBN-13: 9781350230309 (paperback), 9781350137103 (e-book purchase), 9781350137103R180 (180-day e-book rental), 9781350137103R365 (365-day e-book rental)


MedRen 2666 - Magic & Witchcraft

Early modern woodcut of witches and devil coming toward a woman

This course will investigate the history of magic and witchcraft from late antiquity up through the eighteenth century, when the Enlightenment supposedly disenchanted the world. We’ll be particularly attentive to three questions: how people thought about magic and what it could (and couldn’t) do, how people who could supposedly cast magic were regarded and treated by those who could not, and how magic relates to the other major ways of understanding the world: religion and science. Most of us probably don’t believe (or at least completely believe) in magic, yet millions of people in the past who were every bit as smart as us did. We’ll try to understand why and how that belief might have made enough sense in their world that some of them turned to magic to improve their lives or harm their enemies and others felt so compelled to oppose magic that they were willing to hunt down and execute those they regarded as witches. Course requirements will include regular short informal writing exercises, some of which will require you to consider the beliefs and practices we’re studying as if they were your own.

Class: 29502
Time: WF 11:10AM-12:30PM
Room: 360 Journalism Building
Instructor: Nick Spitulski (Humanities Institute)

GE (New) Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies course
GE (Legacy) Culture and Ideas and Diversity: Global Studies course

 

MedRen 4504 - Arthurian Legends

Manuscript of Arthurian Legend

Welcome to Arthurian Legends!  In this asynchronous online course, we will explore together the wondrously rich and complex Arthurian tradition that flourished during the Middle Ages, from the first references to Arthur in early medieval chronicles and elusive Celtic poems through Malory’s epic Morte Darthur.  We will encounter the wild and crazy heroes of Welsh romance and the earliest incarnations of characters who remain a part of our popular culture, such as Merlin, Lancelot, Gawain, Guinevere, the Lady of the Lake, and Morgan le Fay. We will look at how medieval authors used Arthurian stories, characters, and tropes to explore a host of issues that remain relevant today, including the qualities of leadership, the desiderata of healthy relationships, the nature of heroism, and our responsibilities to each other, to ourselves, and to the environment.  Though our focus is the Middle Ages, we will also consider the ongoing modernization of Arthurian characters, stories, and themes in literature, games, and film, and we will explore the use of Arthurian materials in contemporary conversations about race, gender, sexuality, and a host of other issues. 

Class: 35002
Time: Asynchronous
Room: Online
Instructor: Karen Winstead (English)

MedRen 5610 - Manuscript Studies

Illuminated Bible manuscript

 

This course introduces students to the pre-print culture of the European Middle Ages and trains them in the fundamental skills required to read and understand handwritten books, fragments, and  documents from ca. 500-1500 CE. Students will work with manuscripts held in the OSU library’s Special Collections and will benefit from numerous guest lectures. Knowledge of Latin and other medieval languages is NOT a prerequisite for enrollment.

Class: 34998 (Undergraduate) & 34999 (Graduate)
Time: TR 12:45-2:05PM
Room: 150A Thompson Library
Instructor: Leslie Lockett (English) & Eric Johnson (Thompson Special Collections)

Required Texts:

Clemens, Raymond and Timothy Graham. Introduction to Manuscript Studies. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0801487088.

MedRen 7899 - Medieval and Renaissance Colloquia

Description: MEDREN 7899 will consist of 1 credit hour per semester for attending CMRS lectures, faculty colloquia and subsequent discussions. This will amount to: 4 1-hour+ lectures by visiting professors and at least 1 internal lecture and subsequent discussion (total 3 hours per event); at least one lunch with visiting faculty member (2 hours); active involvement with the Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association and its activities; and meetings with the Center director (one hour once per term). With permission of the Director other professional activities (such as attendance at appropriate conferences, on- or off-campus) may be substituted. Please be sure to consult with the Director to confirm plans for the semester before enrolling in the course.

Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.

Class: 25699
Time: generally F 4:00-6:00 (in line with scheduled lectures and faculty/student colloquia)
Room: Varies - please consult the CMRS Events page for additional info
Instructor: Christopher Highley (English)

MedRen 7899 - Medieval and Renaissance Colloquia

Description: MEDREN 7899 will consist of 1 credit hour per semester for attending CMRS lectures, faculty colloquia and subsequent discussions. This will amount to: 4 1-hour+ lectures by visiting professors and at least 1 internal lecture and subsequent discussion (total 3 hours per event); at least one lunch with visiting faculty member (2 hours); active involvement with the Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association and its activities; and meetings with the Center director (one hour once per term). With permission of the Director other professional activities (such as attendance at appropriate conferences, on- or off-campus) may be substituted.

Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.

Class: 25699
Time: generally F 4:00-6:00 (in line with scheduled lectures and faculty/student colloquia)
Room: Varies - please consult the CMRS Events page for additional info
Instructor: Christopher Highley (English)

 

MedRen 2666 - Magic & Witchcraft

Early modern woodcut of witches and devil coming toward a woman

Description: This course will investigate the history of magic and witchcraft from late antiquity up through the eighteenth century, when the Enlightenment supposedly disenchanted the world. We’ll be particularly attentive to three questions: how people thought about magic and what it could (and couldn’t) do, how people who could supposedly cast magic were regarded and treated by those who could not, and how magic relates to the other major ways of understanding the world: religion and science. Most of us probably don’t believe (or at least completely believe) in magic, yet millions of people in the past who were every bit as smart as us did. We’ll try to understand why and how that belief might have made enough sense in their world that some of them turned to magic to improve their lives or harm their enemies and others felt so compelled to oppose magic that they were willing to hunt down and execute those they regarded as witches. Course requirements will include regular short informal writing exercises, some of which will require you to consider the beliefs and practices we’re studying as if they were your own.

Class: 35356
Time: TR 12:45 - 2:05 PM
Room: 1000 Fontana Lab
Instructor: David Brewer (English)

GE (New) Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies course
GE (Legacy) Culture and Ideas and Diversity: Global Studies course

Required Texts:

Kiekhefer, Richard. Magic in the Middle Ages. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. ISBN: 9781108796897

Copenhaver, Brian P. The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment. London: Penguin Classics, 2017. ISBN: 9780141393148

 

MedRen 5611 - History of the Book Studies

History of Book

Description: This course will introduce students to the history of the book in the hand-press period from the 15th to the 18th century. It will consider important theoretical and historical questions related to the effects—religious, scientific, political, cultural, literary, economic, educational, etc.—of the spread of the printed book in early modern England and Europe. Working with materials in OSU’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, students will develop essential skills of descriptive and analytical bibliography (the description of books as physical objects and the analysis of their manufacturing and production). This research will enable students to explore how the material forms of texts both shaped and were shaped by diverse cultural agents, including printers, compositors, proofreaders, pressmen, publishers, booksellers, readers, and collectors, as well as by larger cultural forces, such as censorship, the Stationers’ Company, and international intellectual and trade networks.  This course is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students working in any field.

Required Texts: Philip Gaskell, A New Introduction to Bibliography, 2nd printing (Oak Knoll, 2000); Elizabeth Eisenstein, The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe, new ed. (Cambridge UP, 2005); Andrew Pettegree, The Book in the Renaissance (Yale UP, 2010); and many readings on Carmen, which students will be required to download and print.  There will also be several recommended texts.

Class: 35354 (UG), 35355 (G)
Time: WF 2:20 - 3:40 PM
Room: 086 University Hall
Instructor: Alan Farmer (English)

Required Texts:

Eisenstein, Elizabeth. The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN: 9781107632752.

Gaskell, Philip. A New Introduction to Bibliography. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. ISBN: 9781884718137.

Pettegree, Andrew. The Book in the Renaissance. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780300178210.

Recommended Texts:

Bowers, Fredson. Principles of Bibliographical Description. 2nd ed. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1995. ISBN: 9781884718007. 

Tanselle, G. Thomas. Descriptive Bibliography. Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2020. ISBN: 9781883631192.

 

MedRen 5631 - Survey of Latin Literature: Medieval and Renaissance

Medieval Latin

Description: In this course, students will read widely in all genres of medieval Latin from antiquity to the late Middle Ages. The course aims to increase the student’s reading fluency and to anchor his or her knowledge of Latin grammar and syntax.  

Text:  Keith Sidwell, Reading Medieval Latin

Note: This is a combined section class with LATIN 5018.

Class: MEDREN 35409 (UG section), MEDREN 35410 (Grad section); LATIN 36676 (UG section), LATIN 36677 (Grad section).
Time: TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 045 Hagerty Hall
Instructor: Frank Coulson (Classics)

 

 

MedRen 7899 - Medieval and Renaissance Colloquia

Description: MEDREN 7899 will consist of 1 credit hour per semester for attending CMRS lectures, faculty colloquia and subsequent discussions. This will amount to: 4 1-hour+ lectures by visiting professors and at least 1 internal lecture and subsequent discussion (total 3 hours per event); at least one lunch with visiting faculty member (2 hours); active involvement with the Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association and its activities; and meetings with the Center director (one hour once per term). With permission of the Director other professional activities (such as attendance at appropriate conferences, on- or off-campus) may be substituted.

Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.

Class: 21417
Time: generally F 4:00-6:00 (in line with scheduled lectures and faculty/student colloquia)
Room: Varies - please consult the CMRS Events page for additional info
Instructor: Christopher Highley (English)

 

MedRen 2211 - Medieval Kyoto: Landscapes and Portraits

A manuscript depiction of Kyoto, Japan in the Middle Ages

Description: Kyoto was the capital of Japan from the eighth to the nineteenth centuries. Today it continues to be the site of many temples, shrines, gardens, and other cultural monuments that attest to Kyoto’s enduring cultural practices and values.  UNESCO collectively recognizes seventeen “Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto” as World Heritage Sites.

This course specifically focuses on the city’s medieval period, from its founding in 794 to the late 16th century. This was a period in which Kyoto’s cultural identity emerged, and, in view of Kyoto as the site of national authority during this duration, the broader Japanese cultural identity.  Studying this timespan in the life of Kyoto lets us follow transformations in the lived environments of the city as it moves from imperial to shōgun military rule.  By examining literary and other works of art, we’ll also address similar cultural transformations involving aristocrats, warriors, Buddhist institutions, and merchants.  Students will have the opportunity to reflect on practices of urban historical preservation through the contemporary efforts of Kyoto’s citizens to preserve the heritage of the city.

Class: 34490
Time: TR 2:20-3:40PM
Room: Mendenhall Lab 125
Instructor: Naomi Fukumori (East Asian Languages and Literatures)

Required Texts:

  1. Clancy, Judith. Kyoto City of Zen: Visiting the Heritage Sites of Japan’s Ancient Capital. Tokyo and Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle, 2012.
  2. Dougill, John. Kyoto: A Cultural History. New York: Oxford UP, 2006.
  3. Stavros, Matthew. Kyoto: An Urban History of Japan’s Premodern Capital. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2014.
  4. Selected literary works, including excerpts from The Tale of Genji, The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon, Account of My Hut, and The Tale of the Heike

GE (New) Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies course
GE (Legacy) Culture and Ideas and Diversity: Global Studies course

 

MedRen 2618 - Travel and Exploration: Narratives of Travel and Intercultural Contact in the Age of Discovery (CANCELLED)

map of Christopher Columubs's travels and vandalized statue of Columbus reading "Stop Celebrating Genocide"

Description: What do you know about the man who the city of Columbus is named after? This spring semester, explore the writings of Renaissance explorers like Columbus and learn how to share your findings using ArcGIS StoryMaps. This course examines how travel narratives in the “Age of Discovery” shaped Europeans’ perceptions of their own and other cultures, generated and perpetuated stereotypes, and reflected and/or challenged imperial, colonial, and nationalist discourses.

Assignments include a presentation, an essay, and an ArcGIS StoryMap.

Class: 34488
Time: TR 11:10AM-12:30PM
Room: Baker Systems 148
Instructor: Lisa Voigt (Spanish and Portuguese)

Required Texts:

  1.  Mancall, Peter C., ed.  Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery: An Anthology. Oxford Univ. Press, 2006.
  2. Endo, Shusaku. Silence. Trans. William Johnston. New York: Picador, 2016.

GE (New) Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies course
GE (Legacy) Culture and Ideas and Diversity: Global Studies course

 

MedRen 2666 - Magic & Witchcraft

Early modern woodcut of witches and devil coming toward a woman

Description: This course will investigate the history of magic and witchcraft from late antiquity up through the eighteenth century, when the Enlightenment supposedly disenchanted the world. We’ll be particularly attentive to three questions: how people thought about magic and what it could (and couldn’t) do, how people who could supposedly cast magic were regarded and treated by those who could not, and how magic relates to the other major ways of understanding the world: religion and science. Most of us probably don’t believe (or at least completely believe) in magic, yet millions of people in the past who were every bit as smart as us did. We’ll try to understand why and how that belief might have made enough sense in their world that some of them turned to magic to improve their lives or harm their enemies and others felt so compelled to oppose magic that they were willing to hunt down and execute those they regarded as witches. Course requirements will include regular short informal writing exercises, some of which will require you to consider the beliefs and practices we’re studying as if they were your own.

Class: 28737
Time: TR 9:35-10:55AM
Room: Hagerty Hall 180
Instructor: David Brewer (English)

GE (New) Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies course
GE (Legacy) Culture and Ideas and Diversity: Global Studies course

Required Texts:

Kiekhefer, Richard. Magic in the Middle Ages. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. ISBN: 9781108796897

Copenhaver, Brian P. The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment. London: Penguin Classics, 2017. ISBN: 9780141393148

Levack, Brian P., ed. The Witchcraft Sourcebook. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2015. ISBN: 9781138774971

 

MedRen 5695 - Foodways of Medieval and Early Modern Europe and the Mediterranean

Medieval manuscript of farmer with horse plowing and two crows

Description: Students will research the foodways of medieval and early modern Europe and the Mediterranean from multiple disciplinary perspectives, especially through literary and historical texts, archaeological evidence, folkloric and anthropological lenses, manuscripts and early printed books, hands-on re-creations of recipes and technologies, and the methods of experimental archaeology. Students will regularly present primary and secondary sources to the seminar. For those who are registered under the MedRen call number, the final research project may take the form of a scholarly paper, an online exhibit, or the documentation and sharing of a re-creation of a recipe or a food-related technology. The seminar experience will be enriched by guest speakers, a session in the Instructional Kitchen in the Ohio Union, and potentially field trips. (Any enrichment events that take place outside the scheduled class time will be optional.)

Readings will be made available on Carmen or through OSU Libraries. As of now, there is no plan to have students registered under the MedRen call number purchase any required textbook.

Class: 25782
Time: T 4:10-6:55PM
Room: Denney Hall 206
Instructor: Leslie Lockett (English)

 

MedRen 7899 - Medieval and Renaissance Colloquia

Description: MEDREN 7899 will consist of 1 credit hour per semester for attending CMRS lectures, faculty colloquia and subsequent discussions. This will amount to: 4 1-hour+ lectures by visiting professors and at least 1 internal lecture and subsequent discussion (total 3 hours per event); at least one lunch with visiting faculty member (2 hours); active involvement with the Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association and its activities; and meetings with the Center director (one hour once per term). With permission of the Director other professional activities (such as attendance at appropriate conferences, on- or off-campus) may be substituted.

Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.

Class: 25779
Time: generally F 4:00-6:00 (in line with scheduled lectures and faculty/student colloquia)
Room: Varies - please consult the CMRS Events page for additional info
Instructor: Christopher Highley (English)

MedRen 2215 - Gothic Paris: 1100 - 1300

Notre Dame Cathedral after fire

Description: An introduction to arts, architecture, poetry, history, music, theology, foods, fashions, and urban geography in Paris 1100-1300, the age of Gothic cathedrals and the rise of the university.

Students will:
1. be introduced to some of the main currents of medieval culture in Western Europe through the study of Paris, 1100-1300, gaining deeper historical and cultural appreciation and dispelling some misconceptions.
2. learn to recognize major characteristics of the “Gothic” style in art and architecture.
3. study the formation of the first major Western university, and use the methods of organization and analysis which developed there (and form the basis of analytical methods today).
4. study a crucial growth period of one of the world’s enduring cities, examining the complex web of economic, commercial, political and social forces which contributed to that growth, with the ultimate goal of gaining the ability to transfer that cultural analysis to other times and places.
5. read authentic primary texts in translation, with the goal of appreciating some of the stylistic features and extracting some knowledge of contemporary daily life and ideology.

Assignments: midterm & final exam, partly student written; short quizzes to process readings; a project researching and experiencing/ recreating something related to medieval Paris. 

Class: 34993
Time: WeFr 11:10AM-12:30PM
Room: 129 Mendenhall Lab
Instructor: Kristen Figg (CMRS)

Required Books

  • Letters of Abelard and Heloise, Betty Radice and M. T. Clanchy. Penguin Books (2013);
  • Honeysuckle and the Hazel Tree : Medieval Stories of Men and Women, Patricia Terry. University of California Press (1995);
  • Paris, 1200, John W. Baldwin. Stanford University Press (2010).

GE culture and ideas and diversity global studies course. **NEW: GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.**

 

MedRen 5610 - Manuscript Studies 

Medieval Manuscript with an illustrated bird

Description: This course introduces students to the pre-print culture of the European Middle Ages and trains them in the fundamental skills required to read and understand handwritten books, documents, and scrolls from ca. 500-1500 AD.  Students will work with manuscripts held in the OSU library’s Special Collections and will benefit from numerous guest lectures.  Knowledge of Latin and other medieval languages is NOT a prerequisite for enrollment.

Class: 34984 (UG); 34985 (G)
Time: TR 12:45-2:05PM
Room: 150A Thompson Library
Instructors: Leslie Lockett (English) and Eric Johnson (University Libraries) 

Required Books

  • Introduction to Manuscript Studies, Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham, Cornell University Press (2007).