2025-2026 Academic Year

Fall 2025

HIST 101 The Age of Faith
Cross-listed with RELG 209-01. This survey course will study the development of European civilization during the period c.400 to 1500 with special attention to the rise of the papacy and religious conflict. It will consider the impact of such events as the decline of the Roman Empire, the Germanic invasions, the development of Christianity and the Church, the emergence of feudalism, the expansion of Islam and the Crusades, and the creation of romantic literature.

RELG 101 Religion: What it is
The course introduces students to methods in the study of religion and to major world religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The approach in the course is comparative and interdisciplinary.

RELG 209 The Age of Faith
Cross-listed with HIST 101-01.

RELG 312 Stories Christian Tradition
(e.g., Contemporary Roman Catholic Thought; Medieval Mysticism; Christianity in Crisis; Augustine of Hippo; Eastern Orthodoxy) Prerequisite dependent upon topic.

HIST 500 Independent Study

RELG 550 Independent Research

Spring 2026

JDST 107 Jews/Christians/Pagans in Time
Cross-listed with RELG 107-01.

RELG 107 Jews/Christians/Pagans in Time
Cross-listed with JDST 107-01.

RELG 111 From Abraham to Al-Qaeda
Cross-listed with HIST 219-01 and MEST 200-01. Permission of Instructor Required. Part of the Sicily Mosaic.

MEST 200 From Abraham to Al-Qaeda
Cross-listed with HIST 219-01 and RELG 111-01. Permission of Instructor Required. Part of the Sicily Mosaic. This course will survey relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims, from their origins up to the present day, with heavy attention to the premodern period, and to those areas under the political control of Muslims. We will, however, also consider the relations between these three in the modern period, and how the beliefs of these three groups have coincided and collided to generate specific tensions between them.

HIST 219 From Abraham to Al-Qaeda
Cross-listed with MEST 200-01 and RELG 111-01. Permission of Instructor Required. Part of the Sicily Mosaic. This course will survey relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims, from their origins up to the present day, with heavy attention to the premodern period, and to those areas under the political control of Muslims. We will, however, also consider the relations between these three in the modern period, and how the beliefs of these three groups have coincided and collided to generate specific tensions between them.

MEMS 490 The Senior Experience
Senior Projects and Research in Medieval & Early Modern Studies. Seniors in the major will work independently with a director and a second faculty reader (representing another discipline in the major) to produce a lengthy paper or special project which focuses on an issue relevant to the cluster of courses taken previously. Under the direction of the program coordinator, students will meet collectively 2 or 3 times during the semester with the directors (and, if possible, other MEMS faculty) to share bibliographies, research data, early drafts, and the like. This group will also meet at the end of the semester to discuss and evaluate final papers and projects.Prerequisite. 200; four-course "cluster."

HIST 500 Independent Study

RELG 550 Independent Research
Permission of Instructor Required. Part of the Sicily Mosaic.