Loyola University Chicago

Medieval Studies

AY 2024-25 Courses

Instructor: Dr. Cornelius

TuTh, 2:30-3:45pm LSC

Study of the origin and development of English:  its sounds, word-forms, and syntax.

Outcomes:  Students will demonstrate knowledge of the history of English and some understanding of linguistic theory.

Instructor: TBD

MWF, 10:25-11:15am WTC

 

Instructor: TBD

MWF, 12:35-1:25pm WTC

 

Instructor: Dr. Mazza

MWF, 2:45-3:45pm LSC

 

Instructor: Dr. Dickinson

TuTh, 11:30am-12:45pm LSC

 

Prerequisites: THEO 100, THEO 107, or equivalent; please check requirements for declared majors/minors for exceptions.

The course is a survey course in the history of Christian thought. Not a course in Church history, this is a course whose primary goal is to investigate the major interactions between Christian thought and practice and the cultures that it has been a part of in its two thousand year history.

Outcomes: Students will learn to analyze and interpret religious texts, beliefs and practices using standard scholarly methods and tools.

 

Instructor: Dr. Dossey

TuTh, 8:30-9:45am LSC

 

Instructor: Dr. Kaya

TuTh, 11:30am-12:45pm LSC

Instructor: Dr. Stabler

MW, 2:45-4:00pm LSC

Research Seminar: Medieval Paris

 

Instructor: TBD

M, 4:15-6:45pm LSC

Topic: Women's Experiences and Leadership in Catholic History

Instructor: Dr. Gross-Diaz

MWF, 11:30am-12:20pm LSC

 

Understanding the medieval supernatural leads to an appreciation of the richness of medieval society and intellectual culture. How were "natural" and "supernatural" defined across time and space, popular and elite cultures?  How were ideas about the "supernatural" shaped by daily life, theology?

Instructor: Dr. Gross-Diaz

Instructor: Dr. Cornelius

TuTh, 4:15-5:30 PM LSC

Middle English Narrative Poetry

Until recently, fictional narratives in English and other European languages regularly took the form of poetry. In this course we read several of the great narrative poems written in Middle English, the form of the English language in use between about eight hundred and about five hundred years ago. Looking back at an even earlier age, one poet from this period wrote, “wordes tho / That hadden pris, now wonder nyce and straunge / Us thinketh hem, and yet thei spake hem so” (words that were then current now appear to us surprisingly senseless and foreign, and yet they spoke them so). We moderns may well agree, until we learn to read the language. We do that in this course. We then read selections from the works of Geoffrey Chaucer (often described as the greatest English poet prior to Shakespeare), William Langland’s Piers Plowman (a restless surreal vision quest), and the anonymous Arthurian romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (easily the cleverest entry in its genre). Evaluation is by short assignments and mid-term and final exams and essays.

 

 

 

Instructor: Dr. Shook

MWF, 1:40-2:30 WTC

Requirement: HIST 101, HIST 102, HIST 103, or HIST 104 for students admitted to Loyola University for Fall 2012 or later. No requirement for students with a declared major or minor in History.

The course will introduce the historical development of Islamic civilization and the formation of Muslim social and political institutions from the 7th century to the present.

Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the historical development and diversity of Islamic beliefs, practices, and institutions in varied regional contexts and historical periods.

 

 

Instructor: Dr. Boychenko

TuTh, 2:30-3:45 LSC

 

Special topics or new approaches of current interest to the instructor. This course may be used to fulfill the history major distribution requirement in 300-Level Pre-1700 European History or may count as a 300-Level history elective. Students may repeat the course for credit when the topic changes.


Outcomes: Students will gain familiarity with the topic; the ability to make connections between secondary and primary sources; and the capacity to think critically about the ways that historians have approached major issues.

Instructor: Dr. Gross-Diaz

TBD

This course provides three hours credit for students engaged in history related internships in the public and private sectors.

Outcomes: Students will be able to obtain an internship position, to learn on-the-job from an experienced practitioner in a wide variety of public and private sector settings, to draw links between their present situation and historical research, and to develop critical thinking and communication skills.

Instructor: Dr. Cornelius

TuTh, 2:30-3:45pm LSC

Study of the origin and development of English:  its sounds, word-forms, and syntax.

Outcomes:  Students will demonstrate knowledge of the history of English and some understanding of linguistic theory.

Instructor: TBD

MWF, 10:25-11:15am WTC

 

Instructor: TBD

MWF, 12:35-1:25pm WTC

 

Instructor: Dr. Mazza

MWF, 2:45-3:45pm LSC

 

Instructor: Dr. Dickinson

TuTh, 11:30am-12:45pm LSC

 

Prerequisites: THEO 100, THEO 107, or equivalent; please check requirements for declared majors/minors for exceptions.

The course is a survey course in the history of Christian thought. Not a course in Church history, this is a course whose primary goal is to investigate the major interactions between Christian thought and practice and the cultures that it has been a part of in its two thousand year history.

Outcomes: Students will learn to analyze and interpret religious texts, beliefs and practices using standard scholarly methods and tools.

 

Instructor: Dr. Dossey

TuTh, 8:30-9:45am LSC

 

Instructor: Dr. Kaya

TuTh, 11:30am-12:45pm LSC

Instructor: Dr. Stabler

MW, 2:45-4:00pm LSC

Research Seminar: Medieval Paris

 

Instructor: TBD

M, 4:15-6:45pm LSC

Topic: Women's Experiences and Leadership in Catholic History

Instructor: Dr. Gross-Diaz

MWF, 11:30am-12:20pm LSC

 

Understanding the medieval supernatural leads to an appreciation of the richness of medieval society and intellectual culture. How were "natural" and "supernatural" defined across time and space, popular and elite cultures?  How were ideas about the "supernatural" shaped by daily life, theology?

Instructor: Dr. Gross-Diaz

Instructor: Dr. Cornelius

TuTh, 4:15-5:30 PM LSC

Middle English Narrative Poetry

Until recently, fictional narratives in English and other European languages regularly took the form of poetry. In this course we read several of the great narrative poems written in Middle English, the form of the English language in use between about eight hundred and about five hundred years ago. Looking back at an even earlier age, one poet from this period wrote, “wordes tho / That hadden pris, now wonder nyce and straunge / Us thinketh hem, and yet thei spake hem so” (words that were then current now appear to us surprisingly senseless and foreign, and yet they spoke them so). We moderns may well agree, until we learn to read the language. We do that in this course. We then read selections from the works of Geoffrey Chaucer (often described as the greatest English poet prior to Shakespeare), William Langland’s Piers Plowman (a restless surreal vision quest), and the anonymous Arthurian romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (easily the cleverest entry in its genre). Evaluation is by short assignments and mid-term and final exams and essays.

 

 

 

Instructor: Dr. Shook

MWF, 1:40-2:30 WTC

Requirement: HIST 101, HIST 102, HIST 103, or HIST 104 for students admitted to Loyola University for Fall 2012 or later. No requirement for students with a declared major or minor in History.

The course will introduce the historical development of Islamic civilization and the formation of Muslim social and political institutions from the 7th century to the present.

Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the historical development and diversity of Islamic beliefs, practices, and institutions in varied regional contexts and historical periods.

 

 

Instructor: Dr. Boychenko

TuTh, 2:30-3:45 LSC

 

Special topics or new approaches of current interest to the instructor. This course may be used to fulfill the history major distribution requirement in 300-Level Pre-1700 European History or may count as a 300-Level history elective. Students may repeat the course for credit when the topic changes.


Outcomes: Students will gain familiarity with the topic; the ability to make connections between secondary and primary sources; and the capacity to think critically about the ways that historians have approached major issues.

Instructor: Dr. Gross-Diaz

TBD

This course provides three hours credit for students engaged in history related internships in the public and private sectors.

Outcomes: Students will be able to obtain an internship position, to learn on-the-job from an experienced practitioner in a wide variety of public and private sector settings, to draw links between their present situation and historical research, and to develop critical thinking and communication skills.