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RL/HS 344 - Islamic Civilization in Spain Until 1492

This comparative study of Islamic Civilization in the Mediterranean region focuses on the social, cultural, and intellectual history of the region, the links with classical antiquity, and the development of Islamic science and a distinct Islamic...

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RL/HS 372 - Memory and Identity of Sephardic Jews

This course is a historical, literary, sociological and anthropologic approach to the Jews of Iberian/Spanish origin, who were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the Middle Ages.

The course is organized around 5 main central topics:

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RL/PO 375 - Religion and Multiculturalism

Cultural and religious diversity has become a key challenge for societies and policy makers in Europe. In our modern world of globalization and international migration traditionally homogeneous European societies are facing the blurring of...

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SO 310 - Contemporary Urban Society in Japan

We will explore the nature of contemporary urban society and culture in Japan in a course structured from a spatial planning perspective, with each week featuring a category of urban space. The course sources from so-called machizukuri (community...

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SO 310 - Living Tokyo: Everyday Life in Urban Japan

This course explores Tokyo’s urban landscape through both theoretical frameworks and on-the-ground experience. Students engage with the city’s spaces and social dynamics through projects, site visits, and direct observation. From neighborhood design...

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SO 363 - Introduction to Japanese Society and Culture

This course provides a survey of the main issues in contemporary Japanese culture and society. It focuses on values, institutions, social processes and patterns of social change against on the one hand the background of Japanese history, and, on the...

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