| Title: | Death |
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| Course Section Number: | CLA-111-01 |
| Department: | Classics |
| Description: | REL-290-01=CLA-111-01 1st Half Semester Course In this half semester course, we will go on a little 'Tour of Hell', so to speak, and explore a wide array of underworld conceptions in ancient Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian sources. Why? Ideas about death, the underworld, an afterlife in general, are all historical not timeless, and exploring that history allows us to engage our own ideas about death more actively. In our time, we keep death at a firm distance, isolating it into the clinical space. It is the domain of professionals. For the ancients, death was part of life and there is a substantial ancient literary tradition of 'descending' to visit the underworld; to observe, search, behold, and, sometimes, to escape. The theologies and social histories of hell are dynamic and shifting and we aim to trace that dynamism in order to gain understanding of the history and power of hellish ideas. In addition to classroom discussions, expect to visit a cemetery, a morgue, and an epic trick-or-treat event. (Can be taken along with REL 290-02, "Afterlife," or independently). |
| Credits: | 0.50 |
| Start Date: | August 21, 2024 |
| End Date: | October 9, 2024 |
| Meeting Information: |
08/21/2024-10/09/2024 Lecture Monday, Wednesday, Friday 01:10PM - 02:00PM, Room to be Announced
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| Faculty: | Campbell, Warren |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 30 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 30 |
| Calculated Course Status: | WAITLISTED |
| Section Name/Title | Status | Dept. | Capacity |
Enrolled/ Available/ Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CLA-111-01
(cross-listing)
Death |
WAITLISTED | Classics | 30 | 20 / 0 / 1 |
|
REL-290-01
(primary)
Death |
CLOSED | Religion | 30 | 10 / -- / 0 |