Modern Middle East. The class will take a close look at Middle Eastern significance, while focusing on its political and cultural history from the 1500s to the present. The course will also address the decolonization in the Middle East and parts of North Africa. History buffs will get to choose from another new class, this one stressing the struggles of women. Modern European Women's History will cover women's activities in both the French and Russian revolutions as well as Nazi Germany.
Topics range from the European women's rights movement to changing sexual attitudes and practices.
In the English department, Mary McKay, English chairwoman, offers a new course for the fall on the works of Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The department of classical studies also is introducing a few new classes in the fall semester, many of interest to lovers of Greek. Taking the course Classical Greek is a great way to amaze family and friends with your knowledge, said T. Davina McClain, acting classical studies chairwoman. The Greek Culture course will be offered for the second time in the fall. It focuses on both the ancient and modern Greek world and a study of the Byzantine empire.