This course introduces students to Russia's astounding ethnic diversity. 我们将学习萨米人的历史, 的Khanty, 的Evenks, 的涅涅茨人, 在雅库茨克人, 楚克其族人, 和其他人, from Ivan the Terrible's conquests in the 16th century to Vladimir Putin's policies today. The students will explore the impacts of colonialism and capitalism on the lives of the indigenous peoples; the issues of environment and sustainability; the struggle for preservation of the peoples' languages and 传统; the creative expression of culture through the traditional music, 服装, 正式的舞会, 和文学. This course carries the following General Education designations: 1. 公平与权力-全球2. 社会与人类行为.

Since 1492, religion has been central to the project of modern colonialism. 欧洲征服者所到之处, 他们以基督教的名义为殖民统治辩护, 赞助传教项目的转变, and regulated the 传统 and practices of the colonized. 事实上, some scholars have argued that modern conceptions of religion (and its cognate, world religions) only emerged out of these colonial conquests. This course explores the constitutive relationship between colonialism and religion. Two broad questions will inform our inquiry: How did the colonial encounter shape modern knowledge of religion? 殖民统治技术(法律)是如何实现的, 教育, 人口普查, 监测, 福利)影响宗教信仰的转变, 传统, 殖民者和被殖民者的做法? Our readings will include materials from various modern empires in the Americas, 亚洲, 非洲, 以及中东地区. We will explore how religion was constitutive of modern empires and how religion relates to other sites of 社会 power including race, 性别, 和国家. Themes for the course may include religious conversion and freedom of religion, 宗教制度和改革, 文本和解释, 仪式和物质文化, 以及法律改革和监管.

An introduction to how the archaeology and management of ancient sites and artifacts from Greek and Roman civilizations is carried out in the field. Archaeologists play an important role in recovering these past civilizations, while museums help to spread the information gathered to the wider public. What happens to the thousands of objects uncovered during excavation? How do museums curate these artifacts and presented them to the public? What role do we all have in protecting and preserving these past cultures? These questions and more will be discussed through an in-depth look at archaeological projects, 博物馆的收藏, and the ethical debates surrounding the study of the ancient civilizations.

Energy is framed as the source of our current climate crisis, as a crucial steppingstone for building a post-carbon world, and as an essential aspect of our sociopolitical imaginaries (tied to ideas of freedom, 繁荣, 和美好的生活). This course explores the 文化 politics of energy production and consumption from a global perspective. It maps the major theoretical and empirical concerns regarding the relationship between collective life and energy as a resource. It considers the impact of energy regimes on human and non-human ecologies; the relation between energy, 现代国家权力, and contemporary capitalism; the subjective, 文化, and affective dimensions of energy forms; and the place of energy in debates about climate change and planetary futures. 从人类学读物, 重要的地理位置, 政治科学, 以及国际关系, 我们探索特定的能量形式, 从碳基(火), 煤炭, 石油, 天然气)转向可再生能源(风能), 阳光, 生物质, 水). 通过拉丁美洲的能源人种志, 非洲, 南亚, 太平洋, 和全球北方, we consider how these energy sources shapes in distinct ways societies, 的主体, 还有环境.

This course introduces students to Russia's astounding ethnic diversity. 我们将学习萨米人的历史, 的Khanty, 的Evenks, 的涅涅茨人, 在雅库茨克人, 楚克其族人, 和其他人, from Ivan the Terrible's conquests in the 16th century to Vladimir Putin's policies today. The students will explore the impacts of colonialism and capitalism on the lives of the indigenous peoples; the issues of environment and sustainability; the struggle for preservation of the peoples' languages and 传统; the creative expression of culture through the traditional music, 服装, 正式的舞会, 和文学.