Explore Spring 2026 courses offered by the Humanities Council’s undergraduate programs – European Cultural Studies, Humanistic Studies, Journalism, and Medieval Studies – before course registration begins on December 2.
Grounded in interdisciplinary study, these courses invite students to engage with emerging fields and learn from faculty, scholars, and practitioners from across the humanities, social sciences, and creative arts.
European Cultural Studies
Courses in the Program in European Cultural Studies (ECS) are open to students from all majors, with no pre-requisites. These courses fulfill requirements toward the new minor in European Studies, jointly offered by ECS and the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society.
ECS 338 / POL 473 Fascism: Politics and Culture
Jan-Werner Müller; T, 1:20 pm – 2:40 pm
ECS 391 / JDS 391 / COM 346 Holocaust Testimony
Thomas A. Trezise; W, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm
NEW! ECS 397 / COM 319 / SPA 397 / HUM 396 Don Juan in Literature: Male Seduction Through the Ages
Rubén Gallo; M, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm
ECS 405 / ARC 410 Architectural Colonialities: Building European Power across the Globe
Spyros Papapetros; F,9:00 am – 11:50 am
For more information and cross-listed courses, visit the course offerings website.
Humanistic Studies
The Program in Humanistic Studies offers courses that are broad based, interdisciplinary, and often team-taught. They have no prerequisites and fulfill requirements toward the humanistic studies minor.
HUM 218 – HUM 219 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Western Culture II: Literature and the Arts
Flora Champy, Jeff Dolven, Dimitrios Halikias, Beatrice Kitzinger, Joel Lande, Jamie Reuland; T W Th, 9:35 am – 10:25 am
HUM 234 / EAS 234 / COM 234 East Asian Humanities II: Traditions and Transformations
Federico Marcon, Xiaoyu Xia; T Th, 2:55 pm – 4:15 pm
HUM 248 / NES 248 / HIS 248 Near Eastern Humanities II: Medieval to Modern Thought and Culture
Lara Harb, Tehseen Thaver; T Th, 10:40 am – 12:00 pm
NEW! HUM 302 / CHV 324 / ECS 303 The Long Arc of Fascism
Shiri Pasternak; W, 1:20 pm – 4:10 pm
HUM 331 Power and the Professoriate
Soo-Young Kim; W, 4:30 pm – 7:20 pm
HUM 346 / ENG 256 / CDH 346 Introduction to Digital Humanities
Christine Roughan; T Th, 10:40 am – 12:00 pm
NEW! HUM 411 / SPA 411 / EAS 404 Global Objects of the Early Modern Iberian Pacific
You-Jin Kim, Christina Lee; T,1:30 pm – 4:20 pm
NEW! HUM 418 / ECS 418 / COM 418 The Faust Tradition
Michael Gordin, Michael Wachtel; M, 7:30 pm – 10:20 pm
NEW! HUM 424 / ART 424 / PHI 423 The Modern Breakthrough in Scandinavia
Bridget Alsdorf, Hans Halvorson; W,1:20 pm – 4:10 pm
NEW! HUM 445 / TRA 445 / COM 403 Heraclitus, Char, Heidegger: Reading Poetry and Philosophy
Sandra Bermann, Daniel Heller-Roazen; M, 1:20 pm – 4:10 pm
For more information and cross-listed courses, visit the course offerings website.
Journalism
Taught by distinguished writers, reporters, and podcasters, courses offered by the Program in Journalism take an integrative approach across disciplines and divisions, understanding journalism as an exemplar of the liberal arts. Open to students of all concentrations, these courses have no prerequisites and fulfill requirements toward the minor in journalism.
NEW! JRN 260 / AAS 263 The Media in America: America in Black and White: Approaches to Telling the Story
Kevin Sack; M, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm
JRN 280 / CWR 280 The Literature of Fact: Narrative Nonfiction
Eliza Griswold; W,1:30 pm – 4:20 pm
NEW! JRN 314 / ENV 316 / URB 313 / AMS 309 The Art and Practice of Documentary: Environmental Justice Filmmaking in Trenton
Purcell Carson; T,1:30 pm – 4:20 pm
JRN 441 / CWR 441 The McGraw Seminar in Writing: Writing People
Vinson Cunningham; Th,1:30 pm – 4:20 pm
NEW! JRN 445 Investigative Journalism: National Security Reporting in the Era of ‘Fake News’
Erin Banco; W, 1:30 pm – 4:20 pm
NEW! JRN 448 / CWR 448 The Media and Social Issues: Diving into the Wreck: Immersive and Investigative Reporting Methods
David Kushner; T,1:30 pm – 4:20 pm
For more information and cross-listed courses, visit the course offerings website.
Medieval Studies
The Program in Medieval Studies allows students to pursue concentrated interdisciplinary study of the Middle Ages. This Spring 2026 course is open to students from all majors and fulfills the introductory course requirement for the medieval studies minor.
MED 227 / HUM 227 / HIS 227 / HLS 227 The Worlds of the Middle Ages
Helmut Reimitz, Jack Tannous; M W,1:20 pm – 2:10 pm
For more information and cross-listed courses, visit the course offerings website.
Graduate students can explore core and cross-listed courses in the Council’s Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities, as well as cross-listed courses in the Program in the Ancient World and more. Visit the Registrar’s website for information.
