First-Year Seminar

Prof. Jason Ur M 3:00-5:45pm Course open to First-Year Students Only. Trips will be included at no cost to the student. Students will get to know Greater Boston by getting out of the classroom and getting off campus.

How is our understanding of the past, and of scientific discovery in general, determined or framed by the concerns of the present? How does popular media cover scientific research about the past? How do ingrained social biases affect this media coverage...

Prof. Bill Fash Wed. 9:45AM - 11:45AM The film "Clash of Titans" was a British extravaganza dedicated to exploring the ancient Greeks' concepts of the interactions between humans and their gods. In Ancient Mexico, the tale of Topiltzin Quetzalcóatl...

Prof. Peter Der Manuelian TBA Mysterious pyramids, colossal royal statues, tiny gold jewelry, decorated tomb chapels, temples, settlements, fortresses, and hieroglyphic inscriptions. This was the excavation legacy in Egypt and Sudan of the Harvard...