Graduate Courses

The courses listed below are provided by Student Information Services (SIS). This listing provides a snapshot of immediately available courses within this department and may not be complete. Course registration information can be found at sis.jhu.edu/classes.

Please consult the online course catalog for cross-listed courses and full course information.

Column one has the course number and section. Other columns show the course title, days offered, instructor's name, room number, if the course is cross-referenced with another program, and a option to view additional course information in a pop-up window.

The Idea of Africa
AS.070.604 (01)

This seminar interrogates the numerous ways that Africa, as a concept, has been generative in history, as well as in political and social thought. Although in the long arc of history, the period of European colonialism on the continent was brief, it fundamentally reshaped how we think about Africa as a space and place. Africa has long existed as a crucial “other” in European culture. But how do we think of Africa outside of this limiting history? The idea of Africa has also existed as an important rubric for African scholars to counter such colonial inheritances and for diasporas to re-engage the black Atlantic. The emergence of Pan-Africanism as well as liberation movements across the continent have pushed back against a reading of Africa simply as a site of exploitation, but as home (“Africa for Africans”), space (Afrofuturism), and as a site of radical politics. In this course, we explore the different histories, futures, and potentialities of Africa as an idea, re-sorting its geographies and stories.

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Graduate
  • Days/Times: F 1:30PM - 4:00PM
  • Instructor: Mohamed, Sabine
  • Room: Mergenthaler 439
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 6/7
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Methods
AS.070.617 (01)

The seminar will offer a forum for students to reflect on preliminary field research and think further about problems of ethnographic method. We will proceed in the manner of a workshop for ongoing projects. Open to anthropology graduate students only.

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Graduate
  • Days/Times: T 2:00PM - 4:00PM
  • Instructor: Han, Clara
  • Room: Mergenthaler 439
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 8/10
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Contemporary Anthropology
AS.070.634 (01)

Graduate students are encouraged to register for the departmental research colloquium in anthropology. The colloquium meets most (but not all) Tuesday afternoons during the semester.

  • Credits: 2.00
  • Level: Graduate
  • Days/Times: T 4:00PM - 6:00PM
  • Instructor: Khan, Naveeda
  • Room: Mergenthaler 426
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Readings in Anthropology
AS.070.674 (01)

In this course we will engage classical texts from the anthropological archives and explore debates and contemporary salience.

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Graduate
  • Days/Times: Th 10:30AM - 12:30PM
  • Instructor: Mohamed, Sabine
  • Room: Mergenthaler 439
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 10/10
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Anthropology of Religion
AS.070.656 (01)

Pairing classics in the anthropology of religion (e.g. Durkheim, Weber, Turner, Asad) with contemporary writings (ethnography, literature), this course will explore the jagged edge of religious self-making, experience and expression and its intersections with the state, capital and nature.

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Graduate
  • Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 3:30PM
  • Instructor: Khan, Naveeda
  • Room: Mergenthaler 439
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 12/15
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Dissertation Research
AS.070.801 (01)

  • Credits: 5.00 - 10.00
  • Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
  • Days/Times:
  • Instructor: Angelini, Alessandro
  • Room:  
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Dissertation Research
AS.070.801 (02)

  • Credits: 5.00 - 10.00
  • Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
  • Days/Times:
  • Instructor: Das, Veena
  • Room:  
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Proposal Writing
AS.070.659 (01)

The seminar will offer a forum for students to discuss research projects, prepare grant proposals and think further about issues of ethnographic methodology and writing. Open to Anthropology graduate students only.

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Graduate
  • Days/Times: T 10:30AM - 12:30PM
  • Instructor: MacLochlainn, Scott
  • Room: Mergenthaler 439
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 3/10
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Politics of Language
AS.070.631 (01)

How does language become a site of contestation? From the attention to speech on social media, discrimination and exclusion based on how people sound, the realism of ChatGPT, to debates regarding what constitutes proper and improper language in school textbooks, we seem to increasingly talk about how we talk. How do we study language in these spaces, and amidst contestation and social change? Moving between a number of different contexts, this course explores how language becomes a focal point of agreement and disagreement. Topics include the history of code-switching, language identities around the world, AI and chatbots, indigenous revitalization projects, and how language is thoroughly embedded in our understandings of gender, race, and the concept of the social “other.” Throughout the course, we will read some classic linguistic anthropology texts as well as a contemporary literature, that together provide a foundation for how to think about the role of language in our lives.

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Graduate
  • Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
  • Instructor: MacLochlainn, Scott
  • Room: Mergenthaler 426
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 4/7
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Dissertation Research
AS.070.801 (04)

  • Credits: 5.00 - 10.00
  • Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
  • Days/Times:
  • Instructor: Haeri, Niloofar
  • Room:  
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Dissertation Research
AS.070.801 (03)

  • Credits: 5.00 - 10.00
  • Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
  • Days/Times:
  • Instructor: Poole, Debbie
  • Room:  
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Dissertation Research
AS.070.801 (05)

  • Credits: 5.00 - 10.00
  • Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
  • Days/Times:
  • Instructor: Khan, Naveeda
  • Room:  
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Dissertation Research
AS.070.801 (06)

  • Credits: 5.00 - 10.00
  • Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
  • Days/Times:
  • Instructor: Pandian, anand
  • Room:  
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Dissertation Research
AS.070.801 (07)

  • Credits: 5.00 - 10.00
  • Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
  • Days/Times:
  • Instructor: Han, Clara
  • Room:  
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Dissertation Research
AS.070.801 (08)

  • Credits: 5.00 - 10.00
  • Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
  • Days/Times:
  • Instructor: Cervone, Emma
  • Room:  
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Dissertation Research
AS.070.801 (09)

  • Credits: 5.00 - 10.00
  • Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
  • Days/Times:
  • Instructor: Obarrio, Juan M
  • Room:  
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Directed Reading and Research
AS.070.867 (03)

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
  • Days/Times:
  • Instructor: Degani, Michael
  • Room:  
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Directed Reading & Research
AS.070.867 (01)

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
  • Days/Times:
  • Instructor: Han, Clara
  • Room:  
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Directed Reading and Research
AS.070.867 (02)

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
  • Days/Times:
  • Instructor: Khan, Naveeda
  • Room:  
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 4/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Directed Reading and Research
AS.070.871 (01)

  • Credits: 3.00
  • Level: Graduate Independent Academic Work
  • Days/Times:
  • Instructor: Das, Veena
  • Room:  
  • Status: Open
  • Seats Available: 5/5
  • PosTag(s): n/a

Course # (Section) Title Day/Times Instructor Room PosTag(s) Info
AS.070.604 (01)The Idea of AfricaF 1:30PM - 4:00PMMohamed, SabineMergenthaler 439
AS.070.617 (01)MethodsT 2:00PM - 4:00PMHan, ClaraMergenthaler 439
AS.070.634 (01)Contemporary AnthropologyT 4:00PM - 6:00PMKhan, NaveedaMergenthaler 426
AS.070.674 (01)Readings in AnthropologyTh 10:30AM - 12:30PMMohamed, SabineMergenthaler 439
AS.070.656 (01)Anthropology of ReligionM 1:30PM - 3:30PMKhan, NaveedaMergenthaler 439
AS.070.801 (01)Dissertation ResearchAngelini, Alessandro 
AS.070.801 (02)Dissertation ResearchDas, Veena 
AS.070.659 (01)Proposal WritingT 10:30AM - 12:30PMMacLochlainn, ScottMergenthaler 439
AS.070.631 (01)Politics of LanguageTh 1:30PM - 4:00PMMacLochlainn, ScottMergenthaler 426
AS.070.801 (04)Dissertation ResearchHaeri, Niloofar 
AS.070.801 (03)Dissertation ResearchPoole, Debbie 
AS.070.801 (05)Dissertation ResearchKhan, Naveeda 
AS.070.801 (06)Dissertation ResearchPandian, anand 
AS.070.801 (07)Dissertation ResearchHan, Clara 
AS.070.801 (08)Dissertation ResearchCervone, Emma 
AS.070.801 (09)Dissertation ResearchObarrio, Juan M 
AS.070.867 (03)Directed Reading and ResearchDegani, Michael 
AS.070.867 (01)Directed Reading & ResearchHan, Clara 
AS.070.867 (02)Directed Reading and ResearchKhan, Naveeda 
AS.070.871 (01)Directed Reading and ResearchDas, Veena