MEDREN356

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Loot: Who owns the past?

Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program A&S - Arts and Sciences

Subject

MEDREN

Catalog Number

356

Title

Loot: Who owns the past?

Course Description

What does looting reveal about the nature of human creativity, ideals, and values? Who owns the past? Or, better, who decides who owns the past? Finally, how does ownership of the past shape the present–and the future? This course is a study of cultural heritage theft from antiquity until today with attention to the materiality, temporality, geography, ethics, aesthetics, economics, and politics of plunder and its display. This is a Transformative Ideas Course.

Grading Basis

Graded

Course Typically Offered

Occasionally

Consent (Permission Number)

No Special Consent Required

Min Units

1

Max Units

1

Lecture

Crosslisted Courses

General Education Curriculum Codes

EI - (EI) Ethical Inquiry, CZ - (CZ) Civilizations