Undergraduate Courses with CES Faculty
CES faculty offer courses in a variety of departments and subject areas. Some faculty members are CES residents, while many have offices in their departments.
  • New courses for 2009/10: Click here to see new offerings with CES faculty

  • Full course list: Explore the full list of courses offered this year by CES faculty

  • Senior thesis workshops for juniors: Check back for information about this new workshop series to prepare students for writing a senior thesis.
 
New Courses for 2009/10
  • Comparative Literature 278: Failure and Change.
         Christie McDonald
  • Economics 1370: Media, Democracy and Economics.
         Philippe Aghion and Benedicte Berner
  • Societies of the World 19: Western Ascendancy: The Mainsprings of Global Power from 1600 to the Present.
         Niall Ferguson
  • German 246: The Ethics of Atheism: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud.
         Peter Burgard
  • Government 90kg: American Political Development.
         Theda Skocpol
  • Government 90zd: Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit.
         Michael E. Rosen
  • Government 1132: Comparative Political Economy, Developed Countries.
         Torben Iversen
  • Government 2095: Institutional Innovations for Liberal Democracies: Seminar.
         Claus Offe
  • Government 2172: Nationalism and Democracy in Europe (and beyond): Seminar.
         Hans-Jürgen Puhle
  • Modern Greek 146: The Greek Novel.
         Panagiotis Roilos
  • Modern Greek 202: Modern Greek Oral Literature: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives.
         Panagiotis Roilos
  • History 79e: Commodities in International History.
         Alison Frank
  • History 1259: European Sexual Modernities.
         Judith Surkis
  • History 1281: The End of Communism.
         Terry D. Martin and Alison Frank
  • History 2261: Environmental History of Europe and the World: Proseminar.
         Alison Frank
  • History 2262: France as Empire: Proseminar.
         Mary D. Lewis
  • History 2970: Gender History: Proseminar.
         Judith Surkis and Nancy Cott
  • Social Studies 98lb: Conceptions of Democracy in French Political Thought.
         Stanley Hoffmann
  • Sociology 98L: Race and Anti-Racism.
         Michele Lamont

 
Full course list
Anthropology

Anthropology 1992: Anthropology and the Uses of History. Michael Herzfeld
Anthropology 2650a: History and Theory of Social Anthropology: Proseminar. Michael Herzfeld
Anthropology 2840: Ethnography and Personhood. Michael Herzfeld

Comparative Literature

Comparative Literature 278: Failure and Change. Christie McDonald
Comparative Literature 288: Antiquity and Beyond: Modern Critical Theory and the Classics. Panagiotis Roilos

Freshmen Seminars

Freshman Seminar 47u: Declarations of Independence: The Political Philosophy of the American Revolution. David R. Armitage

Economics

Economics 1011b: Macroeconomic Theory. David Laibson and Philippe Aghion
Economics 1018: Cultural Economics. Alberto Alesina
Economics 1370: Media, Democracy and Economics. Philippe Aghion and Benedicte Berner
Economics 2060: Contract Theory. Philippe Aghion
Economics 2390d: The Economic Growth and Development Workshop. Sendhil Mullainathan, Philippe Aghion, Asim I. Khwaja (Kennedy School), Michael R. Kremer (spring term), and Rohini Pande
Economics 2410g: Political Economics. Alberto Alesina
Economics 2420: Monetary and Fiscal Policy Seminar. Robert J. Barro, Philippe Aghion, Alberto F. Alesina, Emmanuel Farhi, Benjamin M. Friedman, David I. Laibson, and N. Gregory Mankiw
Economics 3410dhf: Research in Macroeconomics. Alberto Alesina

General Education

Ethical Reasoning 12: Political Justice and Political Trials. Charles Maier
Societies of the World 11: Germany in the World, 1600-2000. David Blackbourn
Societies of the World 19: Western Ascendancy: The Mainsprings of Global Power from 1600 to the Present. Niall Ferguson
Societies of the World 32: The Political Development of Western Europe. Peter A. Hall
Societies of the World 18: Europe Since the Second World War. Mary D. Lewis

Germanic Languages and Literature

German 61: Advanced Grammar and Reading. Peter Burgard
German 246: The Ethics of Atheism: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud. Peter Burgard

Government

Government 90a: Contemporary British Politics: Seminar. James E. Alt
Government 90kg: American Political Development. Theda Skocpol
Government 90zd: Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. Michael E. Rosen
Government 91r: Supervised Reading and Research. Cheryl Welch
Government 97: Tutorial-Sophomore Year. Nancy Rosenblum and Daniel Ziblatt
Government 98gl: Inhuman Wrongs: Crimes Against Humanity in Theory, Politics, and Law. Cheryl Welch
Government 98qa: Government in America. Robert D. Putnam
Government 98vq: Topics in Recent Political Theory. Michael E. Rosen
Government 1132: Comparative Political Economy, Developed Countries. Torben Iversen
Government 2009: Methods of Political Analysis. Peter A. Hall
Government 2088: Ethical Foundations of Political Thought. Michael E. Rosen
Government 2095: Institutional Innovations for Liberal Democracies: Seminar. Claus Offe
Government 2105: Comparative Politics: Field Seminar. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
Government 2172: Nationalism and Democracy in Europe (and beyond): Seminar. Hans-Jürgen Puhle
Government 2310: Social Capital and Public Affairs: Research Seminar. Robert D. Putnam
Government 2340b: Social Policy II. Theda Skocpol and Christopher Jencks

Greek Language and Literature

Modern Greek 100: Advanced Modern Greek: Introduction to Modern Greek Literature. Panagiotis Roilos
Modern Greek 146: The Greek Novel. Panagiotis Roilos
Modern Greek 202: Modern Greek Oral Literature: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives. Panagiotis Roilos

History

History 72c: French History through French Literature. Patrice Higonnet
History 72g: Religion and Popular Culture in the 19th-Centry Europe. David Blackbourn
History 72h: The Histories of France and the United States Compared. Patrice Higonnet
Hisotry 73b: Introduction to Intellectual History. David R. Armitage
History 79e: Commodities in International History. Alison Frank
History 82b: Fin-de-Siecle Vienna. Alison Frank
History 82d: French Colonial Encounters: 1870's to Present. Mary D. Lewis
History 82k: Nation, Empire and Immigration in Modern France. Mary D. Lewis
History 83b: Historical Ontology. Peter Gordon
History 83d: Intellectuals and Auschwitz. Peter Gordon
History 1252: Paris from the French Revolution Through the 19th Century: Conference Course. Patrice Higonnet and Henri Zerner
History 1259: European Sexual Modernities. Judith Surkis
History 1281: The End of Communism. Terry D. Martin and Alison Frank
History 1304: Modern European Intellectual History Subject and Structure, Nietzsche to Postmodernism. Peter Gordon
History 1920: A Global History of Modern Times. Charles Maier
History 1965: International History: States, Markets, and the Global Economy. Niall Ferguson and Charles Maier
History 2261: Environmental History of Europe and the World: Proseminar. Alison Frank
History 2262: France as Empire: Proseminar. Mary D. Lewis
History 2265: Problems and Sources in Modern German History: Seminar. David Blackbourn
History 2300: Methods in Intellectual History: Proseminar. Peter Gordon and Michael Puett
History 2970: Gender History: Proseminar. Judith Surkis and Nancy Cott
History 3900: Writing History: Approaches and Practices. David R. Armitage
Historical Study B-35: The French Revolution: Causes, Processes and Consequences. Patrice Higonnet
Historical Study B-53: World War and Global Transformation in the 20th Century: World War 1. Charles Maier

History & Literature

History & Literature 90e: Imperial Intimacies: Bodies and Cultures, 1800-present. Judith Surkis

Romance Languages & Literature

French 139b: The 18th Century: Ethical Dilemmas. Christie McDonald
French 190: Albert Camus. Stanley Hoffmann
Romance Studies 201: Approaches to Theory. Christie McDonald and members of the Department

Social Studies

Social Studies 98lb: Conceptions of Democracy in French Political Thought. Stanley Hoffmann

Sociology

Sociology 25: Introduction to the Sociology of Organizations. Frank Dobbin
Sociology 98L: Race and Anti-Racism. Michele Lamont
Sociology 205: Sociological Research Design. Frank Dobbin
Sociology 304: Culture and Social Analysis Workshop. Michele Lamont