Literature Humanities
Chair for Literature Humanities
Prof. Joseph A. Howley
Associate Professor of Classics
Paul Brooke Program Chair for Literature Humanities
jah2220@columbia.edu
HUMA CC1001 and HUMA CC1002 “Literature Humanities’’ or “Lit Hum,” as it is popularly known, is a year-long course that offers Columbia College students the opportunity to engage in intensive study and discussion of significant works. A part of the Core Curriculum since 1937, Literature Humanities is not a survey with a fixed syllabus, but an ever-evolving series of careful selected readings that reward both first encounters and long study. Whether classwork focuses attention on the formal elements of the text, its importance to literary history, or on its significance to contemporary culture and issues, the goal is to consider a range of perspectives across time and cultures that can enhance our understanding of the world and foster a deeper sense of empathy, while also developing crucial skills in close reading, critical thinking, writing, and academic discussion through the analysis of literary works.
Instructors from a range of departments and disciplines meet with groups of approximately twenty-two students for four hours a week in order to discuss texts by Enheduanna, Homer, Sappho, Aeschylus, Suzan-Lori Parks, Plato, Vergil, Apuleius, Augustine, Ibn ‘Arabi, Marie de France, Dante, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Austen, Machado de Assis, Dostoevsky, Woolf, Morrison, and Rankine, as well as Hebrew Scriptures, Gospels, the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish, and the anonymous Life of Aesop.
Registration Procedure
All information concerning registration in HUMA CC1001-HUMA CC1002 is included in the registration materials sent to students. All first-year students are preregistered in Literature Humanities. Students can change their section during their registration period prior to the start of the semester and the change of program period during the first two weeks of the semester.
All Core Curriculum courses, including Literature Humanities, must be taken for a letter grade. Students may not drop or withdraw from Literature Humanities after the Core drop deadline, which is also the end of the Change-of-Program period. For more information, see Registration—Dropping Core Courses.
Courses of Instruction
HUMA CC1001 EURPN LIT-PHILOS MASTERPIECS I. 4.00 points.
Taught by members of the Departments of Classics; English and Comparative Literature; French; German; Italian; Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies; Philosophy; Religion; Slavic Languages; and Latin American and Iberian Cultures; as well as members of the Society of Fellows. Major works by over twenty authors, ranging in time, theme, and genre, from Homer to Virginia Woolf. Students are expected to write at least two papers, to complete two examinations each semester, and to participate actively in class discussions
Fall 2024: HUMA CC1001
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Course Number | Section/Call Number | Times/Location | Instructor | Points | Enrollment |
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HUMA 1001 | 001/11642 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 002/11643 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am Room TBA |
4.00 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 003/11644 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 004/11645 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 005/11646 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 006/11647 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 007/11648 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 008/11649 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 009/11650 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 010/11651 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 011/11652 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 012/11653 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 013/11654 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 014/11655 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 015/11656 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 016/11657 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 017/11658 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 018/11659 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 019/11660 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 020/11661 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 021/11662 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 022/11663 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 023/11664 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 024/11665 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 025/11666 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 026/11667 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 027/11668 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 028/11669 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 029/11670 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 030/11671 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 031/11672 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 032/11673 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 033/11674 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 034/11675 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 035/11676 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 036/11677 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 037/11678 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 038/11679 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 039/11680 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 040/11681 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 041/11682 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 042/11683 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 043/11684 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 044/11685 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 045/11686 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 046/11687 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 047/11688 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 048/11689 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 049/11690 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 050/11691 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 051/11692 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 052/11693 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 053/11694 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 054/11695 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm Room TBA |
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HUMA 1001 | 055/11696 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 056/11697 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 057/11698 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 058/11699 | T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 1/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 059/11700 | T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 060/11701 | T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm Room TBA |
4.00 | 0/2 |
HUMA CC1002 EURPN LIT-PHILOS MASTRPIECS II. 4.00 points.
Taught by members of the Departments of Classics; English and Comparative Literature; French; German; Italian; Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies; Philosophy; Religion; Slavic Languages; and Spanish; as well as members of the Society of Fellows. Major works by over twenty authors, ranging in time, theme, and genre, from Homer to Virginia Woolf. Students are expected to write at least two papers, to complete two examinations each semester, and to participate actively in class discussions
Spring 2024: HUMA CC1002
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Course Number | Section/Call Number | Times/Location | Instructor | Points | Enrollment |
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HUMA 1002 | 001/10521 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am 309 Hamilton Hall |
Tylar Colleluori | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 002/10522 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am 306 Hamilton Hall |
Ben Hooyman | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 003/10523 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am 318 Hamilton Hall |
Emma Hitchcock | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 004/10524 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 306 Uris Hall |
Lorenzo Mecozzi | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 005/10525 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Alex Pekov | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 006/10526 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall |
Nicole Gervasio | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 007/10527 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
Benjamin VanWagoner | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 008/10528 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 109 Hartley Hall |
Naomi Michalowicz | 4.00 | 20/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 009/10529 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 407 Hamilton Hall |
Alec Joyner | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 010/10530 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
Sheila Byers | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 011/10531 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 413 Hamilton Hall |
Gabrielle Ferrari | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 012/10532 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 609 Hamilton Hall |
Tylar Colleluori | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 013/10533 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
James Adams | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 014/10534 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall |
Nicole Gervasio | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 015/10535 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
Benjamin VanWagoner | 4.00 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 016/10536 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 109 Hartley Hall |
Naomi Michalowicz | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 017/10537 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 412 Pupin Laboratories |
Seth Kimmel | 4.00 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 018/10538 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall |
Liza Knapp | 4.00 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 019/10539 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Riga Shakya | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 020/10540 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 509 Hamilton Hall |
Lorenzo Mecozzi | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 021/10541 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 140 Uris Hall |
Matthew Hart | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 022/10542 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Riga Shakya | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 023/10543 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall |
Anna Borgarello | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 024/10544 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 616 Hamilton Hall |
Alex Pekov | 4.00 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 025/10545 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall |
Katherine Raichlen | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 026/10546 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 607 Hamilton Hall |
Tamara Hache | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 027/10547 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 109 Hartley Hall |
John Izzo | 4.00 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 028/10548 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
Katrina Dzyak | 4.00 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 029/10549 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 507 Philosophy Hall |
Mia Florin-Sefton | 4.00 | 23/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 030/10550 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 309 Hamilton Hall |
Louis Moffa | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 031/10551 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 707 Hamilton Hall |
Ben Hooyman | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 032/10552 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 111 Carman Hall |
Nancy Workman | 4.00 | 19/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 033/10553 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Karen Van Dyck | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 034/10554 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 253 Engineering Terrace |
Robert O'Meally | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 035/10555 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 613 Hamilton Hall |
Nicholas Dames | 4.00 | 15/15 |
HUMA 1002 | 036/10556 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 307 Pupin Laboratories |
Eliza Zingesser | 4.00 | 19/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 037/10557 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 6ab Kraft Center |
Austin Graham | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 038/10558 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
Dhananjay Jagannathan | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 039/10559 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 303 Hamilton Hall |
Clemence Boulouque | 4.00 | 17/15 |
HUMA 1002 | 040/10560 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 109 Hartley Hall |
Eleanor Johnson | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 042/10562 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm C01 80 Claremont |
Eli Mandel | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 043/10563 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
Evan Parks | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 044/10589 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall |
Caio Ferreira | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 045/10564 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
Emily Madison | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 046/10565 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
Yana Skorobogatov | 4.00 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 047/10566 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Katherine Raichlen | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 048/10567 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 569 Alfred Lerner Hall |
Rebecca Kastleman | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 049/10568 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 109 Hartley Hall |
Begona Alberdi | 4.00 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 050/10569 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
Edward Mendelson | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 051/10570 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Molly Murray | 4.00 | 15/15 |
HUMA 1002 | 052/10571 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 607 Hamilton Hall |
Jude Webre | 4.00 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 053/10572 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
Hamid Dabashi | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 054/10573 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall |
Marc Van De Mieroop | 4.00 | 16/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 055/10574 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 109 Hartley Hall |
Begona Alberdi | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 056/10575 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 407 Hamilton Hall |
Lilith Todd | 4.00 | 19/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 057/10576 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 318 Hamilton Hall |
Joseph Romano | 4.00 | 19/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 058/10577 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Ariella Lang | 4.00 | 20/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 059/10578 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
Meg Armstrong | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 060/10579 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 302 Fayerweather |
Jeffrey Wayno | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 061/10580 | T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Offer Dynes | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 062/10581 | T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
Bianca Calabresi | 4.00 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 063/10582 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 313 Hamilton Hall |
Jacqueline Garcia Suarez | 4.00 | 16/22 |
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