本课程向学生介绍俄罗斯惊人的民族多样性. We will study the histories of the Sami, the Khanty, the Evenks, the Nenets, the Yakuts, the Chukchi, and others, 从16世纪伊凡雷帝的征服到今天普京的政策. The students will explore the impacts of colonialism and capitalism on the lives of the indigenous peoples; the issues of environment and sustainability; the struggle for preservation of the peoples' languages and traditions; the creative expression of culture through the traditional music, costumes, ceremonial dances, and literature. 本课程包含以下通识教育指定. Equity and Power-Global 2. Societies and Human Behavior.

自1492年以来，宗教一直是现代殖民主义的核心. Everywhere European conquerors went, they justified colonial rule in the name of Christianity, sponsored missionary projects of conversion, 并规范了殖民地的传统和习俗. Indeed, 一些学者认为，现代的宗教概念(及其同源词), 世界宗教只是从这些殖民征服中产生的. 本课程探讨殖民主义与宗教之间的构成关系. 两个广泛的问题将为我们的调查提供信息:殖民时期的遭遇如何塑造了现代宗教知识? How did colonial technologies of rule (law, education, the census, surveillance, welfare) effect transformations in the religious beliefs, traditions, and practices of both the colonizer and the colonized? 我们的阅读材料将包括来自美洲各个现代帝国的材料, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. 我们将探讨宗教是如何构成现代帝国的，以及宗教是如何与包括种族在内的其他社会权力场所联系起来的, gender, and nation. 课程的主题可能包括宗教皈依和宗教自由, religious institutions and reforms, textuality and interpretation, ritual and material cultures, and legal reforms and regulation.

介绍如何考古和管理古代遗址和文物从希腊和罗马文明是在外地进行. 考古学家在恢复这些过去的文明中扮演着重要的角色, 而博物馆则有助于将收集到的信息传播给更广泛的公众. 在挖掘过程中发现的数千件物品会发生什么? 博物馆如何整理这些文物并向公众展示? 在保护和保存这些过去的文化中，我们都扮演着什么角色? 这些问题以及更多的问题将通过对考古项目的深入研究来讨论, museum collections, 以及围绕古代文明研究的伦理争论.

能源被认为是当前气候危机的根源, 作为建设后碳世界的重要垫脚石, 作为我们社会政治想象的一个重要方面(与自由的想法联系在一起), prosperity, and the good life). 本课程从全球视角探讨能源生产和消费的文化政治. 它描绘了关于集体生活和能源作为一种资源之间关系的主要理论和实证问题. It considers the impact of energy regimes on human and non-human ecologies; the relation between energy, modern state power, and contemporary capitalism; the subjective, cultural, and affective dimensions of energy forms; and the place of energy in debates about climate change and planetary futures. Drawing on readings from anthropology, critical geography, political science, and international relations, we explore specific energy forms, from carbon-based (fire, coal, oil, natural gas) to renewables (wind, sunlight, biomass, water). Through ethnographies of energy from Latin America, Africa, South Asia, the Pacific, and the Global North, 我们考虑这些能源如何以不同的方式塑造社会, subjectivities, and the environment.

本课程向学生介绍俄罗斯惊人的民族多样性. We will study the histories of the Sami, the Khanty, the Evenks, the Nenets, the Yakuts, the Chukchi, and others, 从16世纪伊凡雷帝的征服到今天普京的政策. The students will explore the impacts of colonialism and capitalism on the lives of the indigenous peoples; the issues of environment and sustainability; the struggle for preservation of the peoples' languages and traditions; the creative expression of culture through the traditional music, costumes, ceremonial dances, and literature.