COML013 - Intro Modrn S.Asia Lit: New Literatures of Resistance and Representations

Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Intro Modrn S.Asia Lit: New Literatures of Resistance and Representations
Term
2020A
Subject area
COML
Section number only
401
Section ID
COML013401
Course number integer
13
Meeting times
MW 02:00 PM-03:30 PM
Meeting location
JAFF B17
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Gregory Goulding
Description
This course will provide a wide-ranging introduction to the literatures of South Asia from roughly 1500 to the present, as well as an exploration of their histories and impact on South Asian society today. How are literary movements and individual works - along with the attitudes towards religion, society, and culture associated with them - still influential in literature, film, and popular culture? How have writers across time and language engaged with questions of caste, gender, and identity? We will read from the rich archive of South Asian writing in translation - from languages that include Braj, Urdu, Bangla, and Tamil - to consider how these literatures depict their own society while continuing to resonate across time and space. Topics of dicussion will include the Bhakti poetries of personal devotion, the literature of Dalits - formerly referred to as the Untouchables - and the ways in which literature addresses contemporary political and social problems. Students will leave this course with a sense of the contours of the literatures of South Asia as well as ways of exploring the role of these literatures in the larger world. No prior knowledge of South Asia is required; this course fulfills the cross-cultural analysis requirement.
Course number only
013
Cross listings
SAST007401
Fulfills
Arts & Letters Sector
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No

COML010 - Central & Eastern Europe: Cultures, Histories, Societies

Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Central & Eastern Europe: Cultures, Histories, Societies
Term
2020A
Syllabus URL
https://pennintouchdaemon.apps.upenn.edu/pennInTouchProdDaemon/jsp/fast.do?webS…
Subject area
COML
Section number only
401
Section ID
COML010401
Course number integer
10
Registration notes
All Readings and Lectures in English
Meeting times
TR 01:30 PM-03:00 PM
Meeting location
WILL 205
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Kristen R Ghodsee
Description
The reappearance of the concept of Central and Eastern Europe is one of the most fascinating results of the collapse of the Soviet empire. The course will provide an introduction into the study of this region its cultures, histories, and societies from the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire to the enlargement of the European Union. Students are encouraged to delve deeper into particular countries, disciplines, and sub-regions, such as Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans, through an individual research paper and class presentations. Prerequisite: This course is one of two required core courses for the Russian and East European Studies (REES) major.
Course number only
010
Cross listings
REES010401
Use local description
No

COML009 - Intro Digital Humanities

Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Intro Digital Humanities
Term
2020A
Subject area
COML
Section number only
401
Section ID
COML009401
Course number integer
9
Meeting times
MW 02:00 PM-03:30 PM
Meeting location
VANP 623
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Whitney A Trettien
Description
This course provides an introduction to foundational skills common in digital humanities (DH). It covers a range of new technologies and methods and will empower scholars in literary studies and across humanities disciplines to take advantage of established and emerging digital research tools. Students will learn basic coding techniques that will enable them to work with a range data including literary texts and utilize techniques such as text mining, network analysis, and other computational approaches.
Course number only
009
Cross listings
HIST009401, ENGL009401
Use local description
No

COML006 - Hindu Mythology

Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Hindu Mythology
Term
2020A
Subject area
COML
Section number only
401
Section ID
COML006401
Course number integer
6
Meeting times
TR 12:00 PM-01:00 PM
Meeting location
BENN 419
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Deven Patel
Description
Premodern India produced some of the world's greatest myths and stories: tales of gods, goddesses, heroes, princesses, kings and lovers that continue to capture the imaginations of millions of readers and hearers. In this course, we will look closely at some of these stories especially as found in Purana-s, great compendia composed in Sanskrit, including the chief stories of the central gods of Hinduism: Visnu, Siva, and the Goddess. We will also consider the relationship between these texts and the earlier myths of the Vedas and the Indian Epics, the diversity of the narrative and mythic materials within and across different texts, and the re-imagining of these stories in the modern world.
Course number only
006
Cross listings
SAST006401, RELS066401
Fulfills
Arts & Letters Sector
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No

Adelheid Voskuhl

Heidi Voskuhl's teaches the history of technology from the early modern to the modern period. Her broader interests include the philosophy of technology, the history of philosophy, theories of textuality and culture, Science and Technology Studies, and modern intellectual and cultural history. _Androids in the Enlightenment: Mechanics, Artisans, and Cultures of the Self_ (University of Chicago Press, 2013). Winner of the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History of the American Philosophical Society, 2014.

Daud Ali

Dr Daud Ali is an historian of pre-Mughal South Asia. He taught history for many years at SOAS, University of London, before relocating to Penn in 2009. His area of training and expertise is early medieval South Asia, but his research interests have expanded over the years.

Akhil P. Veetil

My dissertation project examines how Hindi-speaking intellectuals reconstructed a Hindi linguistic identity in early postcolonial India. The period between 1948 and 1970 represented the height of language politics nationally and resulted in challenges to Hindi’s ambition as a pan-Indian language. My dissertation explores how Hindi-speaking politicians and literary critics adapted to these challenges by seeking new concepts to redefine Hindi as a language and identity.

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