Speaker: Adam Sabra, Professor of History and King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Chair in Islamic Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses on the social and cultural history of ...

Lecture and discussion centered on the second edition of the Cromwell biography by Ian Gentles. Dr. Gentles has taught at York University's Glendon College and is Distinguished Professor of History at ...

This course examines the thought of three of the most influential political writers of the Renaissance: Machiavelli, Francesco Guicciardini, and Benvenuto Cellini. Their ideas shaped the formation of ...

The course explores the critical analysis of the creative products of the human intellect in mystical experiences including the symbolic stories of Avicenna, al-Gazali, Ibn Tufail, Suhrawardi & Mulla ...

Early oceanic explorations, European invasion of North America, the evolution of race slavery, and the responses of the native American peoples.

Examines Renaissance epic poetry in relationship to themes of exile, empire, and collective identity. Studies the generic traditions of epic and romance, practices and modes of classical imitation, ...

Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) left a voluminous legacy of writings. Despite his influence on the early modern period, his correspondence, manuscripts, and publications in natural philosophy remain ...

Shakespeare lived at a time when England was undergoing the revolution in ritual theory and practice we know as the English Reformation. With it came an unprecedented transformation in the language of ...

A young mother dies in agony. Was it a natural death, murder―or witchcraft? On the night of the festive holiday of Shrove Tuesday in 1672 Anna Fessler died after eating one of her neighbor's buttery ...

The range of topics implicated by 'meaning of life' as essentials of Islamic philosophy and theology includes the features of the good life; true happiness; the quest for eternity and not to be ...