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Summer 2004 Courses and Faculty
Summer Courses
MI 307M Christians, Jews and Muslims
in the Middle Ages
Owen Phelan
3 credits; 1:15-3:40 TH
6/22-8-6
This course examines scripture, law, exegesis, polemics, and
philosophy from the three major Abrahamic religions of the medieval
west. We will explore the similarities and the differences among
the three religions, and consider how they influenced each other
and how they distanced and refuted each other. The goal is to
investigate the range of ideas concerning the nature of faith
and religious law existing in the Middle Ages and to think about
how context--political, social, cultural, and intellectual--informs
those ideas. During the semester students will compare important
texts from the three major religions, analyze their content, and
evaluate the relationships between them. All of our reading will
be primary sources, available for purchase at the bookstore, online,
or on library reserve.
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MI 470/570 Medieval Latin
Frank A. C. Mantello
3 credits; 10:20-12:05 MWF
6/22-8/6
This course is an introduction to the Latin language and literature
of the late antique and medieval periods (ca.A.D. 200-1500). Designed to move students toward independent work
with Medieval Latin texts, the course will emphasize the close
reading and careful translation of a variety of representative
Medieval Latin texts and documents, with attention to vocabulary
and word formation, orthography and pronunciation, morphology
and syntax, and prose styles and metrics. The course will also
provide an introduction to some of the areas of Medieval Latin
scholarship, including lexica, bibliographies, great collections
and repertories of sources, and reference works for the study
of Latin works composed in the Middle Ages.
Prerequisite: Both elementary and intermediate
Classical Latin or the equivalent, taken recently for college
credit. Students are strongly encouraged to register concurrently
for Intensive Latin Review (MI 471/571).
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MI 471/571 Intensive Latin Review
Frank A. C. Mantello
1 credit; TH 10:20-12:05 & 2:40-4:25
6/22-7/1
This course is an intensive, two-week review of the principal
constructions of Classical Latin syntax, designed for those who
have completed both elementary and intermediate Classical Latin
or the equivalent and wish to study Medieval Latin.
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MI 487A/587A Research in Biocultural
Anthropology
Susan G. Sheridan and Robert Haak
6 credits 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. MTWHF
6/6-7/16
The Jerusalem field school will engage students in an experiential
learning environment which immerses them in anthropological method
and theory. Using the large Byzantine St. Stephen’s skeletal
collection as the cornerstone, historical and archeological information
will be synthesized in a biocultural reconstruction of ancient
monastic life. Students will conduct original research, share
in a field trip program visiting numerous Byzantine sites and
area research institutions, and will participate in a lecture
program delivered by top scholars in the fields of biological
anthropology, classics, and Near Eastern studies. Students will
develop a suite of methodological skills in the natural and social
sciences, explore regional topography for an appreciation of the
environmental constraints effecting human adaptability, delve
into the pertinent literature using several world-class libraries,
develop skills for collaborative research, and discover the importance
of a holistic approach to a fuller understanding of life in the
past.
Enrollment limit 10. Permission of instructor
required; contact Susan Guise Sheridan (Susan.G.Sheridan.5@nd.edu),
574-631-7670.
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MI 506 Introduction to Modern
Standard Arabic
Abdul Saadi
3 credits 9:10-12:30 MTWHF
6/22-8/6
An introduction to modern standard Arabic. This course is the
equivalent of a full academic year (two semesters) of elementary
Arabic, the student will be able to read vocalized literary Arabic
texts, have a working knowledge of Arabic grammar and an active
basic vocabulary of more than 450 words and/or productive roots
(from which many lexical items can be formed).
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MI 517 Paleography
Frank A. C. Mantello
3 credits; MWF 2:40-4:25
6/22-8/6
This course is an introduction to the study of medieval writing materials and
practices and of Latin scripts from antiquity to the early Renaissance.
Designed to provide students with the skills necessary to make
use of Latin manuscripts in their research, the course will focus
on practical exercises in identifying, transcribing, dating, and
localizing the various scripts. It will be of interest (1) to
a wide variety of students whose courses are centered in or touch
upon the Middle Ages and who wish to work with unpublished Latin
materials of the medieval period; (2) to professional Latinists
and other humanists who study the classical tradition and the
transmission of texts before the age of printing; and (3) to librarians
and others with an interest in manuscripts, diplomata, incunabula,
and rare books. Prerequisite: Both elementary and intermediate
Classical Latin or the equivalent, taken recently for college
credit, or MI 470/570 or the equivalent.
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MI 522 Medieval Theology
Joseph Wawrykow
3 credits; MTWHF 2:00-4:15
7/12-7/30
A survey of Christian theology in Western Europe from the twelfth
century to the end of the Middle Ages. Although the Middle Ages
witnessed considerable diversity in the doing of theology, in
terms of both setting (e.g., monastery, university, nascent cities)
and style (e.g., monastic, scholastic, vernacular, and lay), medieval
theologians of varying stripes were united by their common concern
for wisdom. This course evaluates the medieval achievement in
theology by reflecting on the pursuit of Christian wisdom in such
leading authors as Anselm, Bernard of Clairvaux, Bonaventure,
Aquinas, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Marguerite Porette. Assignments
include two brief reflection papers based on primary texts and
a final exam.
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MI 527B Intensive Course: Saint
John of the Cross
Lawrence Cunningham & Keith Egan
3 credits; MTWHF 9:45-12:00 and 2:00-4:15
6/28-7/9
This intensive course will explore the writings of John of the
Cross (1542-91), saint and doctor of the church. The course will
develop a hermeneutic with which we can study and comment on the
poetry, sayings, letters, and commentaries composed by this great
Spanish mystic. We will further inquire what John of the Cross’s
mysticism can contribute to a contemporary theology of religious
experience and how it might heal the breach between theology and
spirituality. Special efforts will be made to create collaborative
approaches to the writings of John. The professors will attempt
to model this collaboration through their joint presentations
and interactions. The course will be based on
The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross, edited
by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD. Participants are requested to get the
1991 edition of that book.
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Summer Session Faculty
Lawrence Cunningham
The John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology at Notre Dame, Professor
Cunningham's scholarly interests are in the areas of systematic
theology and culture, Christian spirituality, and the history
of Christian spirituality. He is a nationally recognized religion
writer for the pastoral and popular press, in addition to his
academic pursuits.
Keith Egan
Professor Keith Egan teaches religious studies at St. Mary's College
and is the the Joyce McMahon Hank Aquinas Chair in Catholic Theology.
He focuses on spirituality and historical theology.
Robert Haak
Professor Haak teaches in the areas of Hebrew Bible, archaeology,
and religions of the Middle East at Augustana College, Rock Island,
IL.
Frank A. C. Mantello
Professor Mantello has a doctorate from the University of Toronto's
Centre for Medieval Studies. Since 1979 he has taught Medieval
Latin, Latin Paleography, Codicology and Textual Criticism at
the Catholic University of America, where he is a professor in
the Department of Greek and Latin.
Owen Phelan
Professor Phelan is completing his doctoral dissertation
in Notre Dame's Department of History.
Abdul Massih Saadi
In addition to ongoing research and cataloguing of Syriac
and Arabic early and medieval manuscripts, Professor Saadi teaches
Arabic and Syriac languages and their literatures. He has edited
and translated the encyclopedic work of Moshe Bar Kepha (9th century),
a Syrian bishop and scholar. He has taught various courses on
Eastern (Syriac) Christianity and Islam and is visiting professor
of classics at Notre Dame.
Susan Guise Sheridan
Professor Sheridan is the coordinator of the Byzantine St. Stephen's
Project, a biocultural study of life in a large urban monastery
in Jerusalem. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado
and is associate professor of anthropology at Notre Dame.
Joseph Wawrykow
A graduate of the University of Manitoba (B.A., M.A., M.Phil.)
and Yale University (Ph..D.), Professor Wawrykow specializes in
13th-century scholastic theology, in particular that of Thomas
Aquinas. He is associate professor of theology at Notre Dame.
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