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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.100.450 (03)
History Research Lab: Discovering Hard Histories at Hopkins
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Jones, Martha Suzanne
Smokler Center 213
INST-NWHIST, MSCH-HUM, HIST-US, HIST-EUROPE
History Research Lab: Discovering Hard Histories at Hopkins AS.100.450 (03)
It is time at Johns Hopkins University to rewrite our own history, one that takes a frank look at how race and racism have shaped the university and its community. This research seminar will build upon the recent revelations about founder Johns Hopkins, his family and their relationships to slave holding. Taught as part of the Hard Histories at Hopkins Project, this seminar will center on new student research into the private and public records of early America, aiming to provide new insights into the nature and extent of Mr. Hopkins involvement in slavery and the lives of those Black Americans whom he held enslaved. Students will read deeply into the history of slavery, will learn new research techniques, and will publish the results of their work as part of the Hard Histories at Hopkins Project. Students will also participate in public seminars where, alongside experts, they will bring this history to broader audiences, including the university community and residents of Baltimore.
The history of medicine and public health from the Enlightenment to the present, with emphasis on ideas, science, practices, practitioners, and institutions, and the relationship of these to the broad social context.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Comfort, Nathaniel
Room: Hackerman B 17
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 7/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.130.119 (01)
Medicine in Ancient Egypt
MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Jasnow, Richard
Gilman 132
MSCH-HUM
Medicine in Ancient Egypt AS.130.119 (01)
A survey of medicine and medical practice in Egypt and, to a lesser extent, the ancient Near East in general. The abundant sources range from magical spells to surprisingly "scientific" treatises and handbooks. Readings are selected from translations of primary sources in the writings of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Israel. Topics will include the sources of our knowledge; the nature of medical practitioners, medical treatment, and surgery; beliefs about disease and the etiology of illness; concepts of contagion and ritual purity.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Jasnow, Richard
Room: Gilman 132
Status: Open
Seats Available: 11/60
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.140.302 (01)
Rise of Modern Science
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Jiang, Lijing; McManus, Alison L
Krieger 170
MSCH-HUM
Rise of Modern Science AS.140.302 (01)
This course surveys major scientific developments from the mid-18th century to the present, with a focus on the physical and the life sciences. Topics include the chemical "revolution", evolution by natural selection, DNA, military science, and contemporary biotechnology. Throughout, the course highlights the institutional context of scientific work. It also situates scientific developments within their broader techno-social context, paying special attention to the political, economic, and/or technological factors that enabled these developments in the first place, and to the social, political, and environmental impacts that accompanied the rise of modern science.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Jiang, Lijing; McManus, Alison L
Room: Krieger 170
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.040.216 (01)
Exploring the Ancient Astronomical Imagination
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
ni Mheallaigh, Karen
Latrobe 107
MSCH-HUM
Exploring the Ancient Astronomical Imagination AS.040.216 (01)
This course takes us on an exploratory journey through the ancient astronomical imaginary. We will focus on ancient Greek and Roman ideas about the structure of the cosmos, the substance and nature of the stars, the Earth’s place and role in the universe, ancient attempts to map the stars, and ancient beliefs about the significance of cosmic phenomena for events in the human world. The course will culminate in the extraordinary ancient tradition of lunar fictions, which are our earliest imaginative accounts of life on other worlds. Come join us for a voyage to the stars!
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: ni Mheallaigh, Karen
Room: Latrobe 107
Status: Open
Seats Available: 4/41
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.010.407 (01)
Ancient Americas Metallurgy
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Deleonardis, Lisa
Hodson 203
HART-ANC, ARCH-ARCH
Ancient Americas Metallurgy AS.010.407 (01)
This course addresses the technology, iconography and social significance of metals and draws on case studies from the Americas. Collections study in museums.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Deleonardis, Lisa
Room: Hodson 203
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/25
PosTag(s): HART-ANC, ARCH-ARCH
AS.140.106 (02)
History of Modern Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Comfort, Nathaniel
Hackerman B 17
MSCH-HUM
History of Modern Medicine AS.140.106 (02)
The history of medicine and public health from the Enlightenment to the present, with emphasis on ideas, science, practices, practitioners, and institutions, and the relationship of these to the broad social context.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Instructor: Comfort, Nathaniel
Room: Hackerman B 17
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 6/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.140.106 (03)
History of Modern Medicine
MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Comfort, Nathaniel
Hackerman B 17
MSCH-HUM
History of Modern Medicine AS.140.106 (03)
The history of medicine and public health from the Enlightenment to the present, with emphasis on ideas, science, practices, practitioners, and institutions, and the relationship of these to the broad social context.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 10:00AM - 10:50AM, F 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Instructor: Comfort, Nathaniel
Room: Hackerman B 17
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 13/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.140.149 (01)
Histories of Public Health in Asia
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Li, Lan
Maryland 104
MSCH-HUM, INST-GLOBAL
Histories of Public Health in Asia AS.140.149 (01)
This class explores histories of diseases, epidemics, and therapeutics in Asia. We will examine the rise of public health and the nation-state and the social and political factors that guided the outcomes of public health campaigns. Who was helped? Who was harmed? Why? How? To answer these questions, we will compare both top-down and bottom-up movements to understand questions of access and ethics in different communities—ethnic, racial, and religious—and the handling of different diseases that were acute, infectious, and chronic.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Li, Lan
Room: Maryland 104
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM, INST-GLOBAL
AS.140.302 (02)
Rise of Modern Science
MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Jiang, Lijing; McManus, Alison L
Krieger 170
MSCH-HUM
Rise of Modern Science AS.140.302 (02)
This course surveys major scientific developments from the mid-18th century to the present, with a focus on the physical and the life sciences. Topics include the chemical "revolution", evolution by natural selection, DNA, military science, and contemporary biotechnology. Throughout, the course highlights the institutional context of scientific work. It also situates scientific developments within their broader techno-social context, paying special attention to the political, economic, and/or technological factors that enabled these developments in the first place, and to the social, political, and environmental impacts that accompanied the rise of modern science.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM, F 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Instructor: Jiang, Lijing; McManus, Alison L
Room: Krieger 170
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/20
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.140.312 (01)
The Politics of Science in America
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Ginsberg, Benjamin; Kargon, Robert H
Bloomberg 168
INST-AP
The Politics of Science in America AS.140.312 (01)
This course examines the relations of the scientific and technical enterprise and government in the United States in the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics will include the funding of research and development, public health, national defense, etc. Case studies will include the 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic, the Depression-era Science Advisory Board, the founding of the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, the institution of the President’s Science Advisor, the failure of the Superconducting Supercollider, the Hubble Space Telescope, the covid pandemic, etc.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Ginsberg, Benjamin; Kargon, Robert H
Room: Bloomberg 168
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/15
PosTag(s): INST-AP
AS.140.333 (01)
The Idea of the Artificial Human in History
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Kargon, Robert H
Gilman 300
MSCH-HUM
The Idea of the Artificial Human in History AS.140.333 (01)
This course will explore the ancient idea of the artificial human (“human-made human”) from the Renaissance to the 21st century, focusing on its relationship to the prevalent scientific/philosophical/religious views of the time. Readings will include fictional classics such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, H.G. Wells’s Island of Dr. Moreau, and Karel Capek’s R.U.R., as well as essays by scientists and philosophers. Readings, films, discussions, lectures.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Kargon, Robert H
Room: Gilman 300
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/15
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.140.334 (01)
Science, National Security, and Race: the US-East Asia Scientific Connections
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Hu, Yize
Shriver Hall 001
INST-IR, INST-CP, MSCH-HUM
Science, National Security, and Race: the US-East Asia Scientific Connections AS.140.334 (01)
America’s scientific connections with China, its East Asian allies, and the rest of the world are heavily shaped by geopolitics nowadays. This course traces the historical root of these connections and invites you to explore the movement of knowledge and people, the omnipresence of the state and concerns about national security, and the career of Asian American students and scientists. It aims to equip you with a set of analytical tools to understand the complicated dynamics of the transnational scientific community between America and East Asian countries. As nationalism regains momentum globally, it is time to look back on history and think about how we should approach the increasingly tumultuous world!
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Hu, Yize
Room: Shriver Hall 001
Status: Open
Seats Available: 9/18
PosTag(s): INST-IR, INST-CP, MSCH-HUM
AS.140.356 (01)
Man vs. Machine: Resistance to New Technology since the Industrial Revolution
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Mercelis, Joris Hans Angele
Gilman 300
MSCH-HUM
Man vs. Machine: Resistance to New Technology since the Industrial Revolution AS.140.356 (01)
This course analyzes various episodes of “luddism” in the history of science and technology, from the destruction of textile machinery in the early 1800s up to recent controversies about robots and vaccines. What explains why different groups of actors did (or did not) resist the introduction of new technologies, ranging from the bicycle and the automobile to the nuclear energy plant? What types of fears did these technologies arouse? What can history teach us about the current recurring concern that technological innovation might destroy more jobs than it generates? These are some of the themes we will be examining in this seminar on the basis of research presentations and classroom discussions of assigned articles and book chapters.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Mercelis, Joris Hans Angele
Room: Gilman 300
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.140.340 (01)
The Engineer in the World
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Hearty, Ryan James
Gilman 277
MSCH-HUM
The Engineer in the World AS.140.340 (01)
This course explores key themes in the global history of engineering. Engineering can refer to a profession, a kind of practical knowledge, or even a disciplined way of seeing the world. We will seek historical answers to three questions: Who is an engineer? What do engineers do? What do engineers know? Readings and discussions are structured around case studies from across the globe and from the fourth century BCE to the present. Although engineering students will find it particularly useful for understanding the historical context of their chosen field, all students interested in the historical relationship between society, the built environment, and expertise are encouraged to enroll.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Hearty, Ryan James
Room: Gilman 277
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/14
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.140.349 (01)
History of Astrology
MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Geaman, Filip
Smokler Center Library
MSCH-HUM
History of Astrology AS.140.349 (01)
This course covers the history of horoscopic astrology from ancient times to the Scientific Revolution. We will read key astrological sources from the ancient Greek and Islamicate worlds, learning about prevailing theories of celestial influence and methods for making horoscopes. We will consider the key scientific and religious divisions that led to a millennium-long (and more!) debate over astrology’s credibility. Using readings from modern historians, students will become familiar with a period during which divination by the stars was largely accepted. We will discuss the role astrological culture played in pre-modern Europeans’ conception of the physical world and society.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Geaman, Filip
Room: Smokler Center Library
Status: Open
Seats Available: 6/19
PosTag(s): MSCH-HUM
AS.140.387 (01)
Islam and Medicine: Histories, Debates and Controversies
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Ragab, Ahmed
Shaffer 2
INST-GLOBAL, MSCH-HUM
Islam and Medicine: Histories, Debates and Controversies AS.140.387 (01)
This course will analyze how “Islam” and “medicine” interacted and intersected from the medieval and into the modern and contemporary world. We will look at the rise of Islamic medicine in the medieval and early modern period, the modernization of medicine in the Islamic world, and we will also investigate questions and challenges facing Muslim physicians and patients in the US, Europe and inside and outside the Muslim-majority world.
We will address questions related to modernization of medical education in the Islamic world, colonization and decolonization, questions related to gender and sexuality, issues related to Islamic bioethics from organ transplantation and clinical death to abortion, artificial fertilization among other similar questions.
