Literature Humanities
Chair for Literature Humanities
Prof. Joseph A. Howley
Associate Professor of Classics
Paul Brooke Program Chair for Literature Humanities
601 Hamilton
212-854-7856
jah2220@columbia.edu
HUMA CC1001-HUMA CC1002 Masterpieces of Western Literature and Philosophy II , popularly known as “Literature Humanities’’ or “Lit Hum,” is a year-long course that offers Columbia College students the opportunity to engage in intensive study and discussion of some of the most significant texts of Western culture. The course is not a survey, but a series of careful readings of literary works that reward both first encounters and long study. Whether classwork focuses on the importance of the text to literary history or on its significance to our contemporary culture, the goal is to consider particular conceptions of what it means to be human as well as the place of such conceptions in the development of critical thought.
The principal objectives of Literature Humanities are to teach students to analyze literary texts and to construct well-reasoned arguments. An interdepartmental staff of professorial and preceptorial faculty meets with groups of approximately twenty-two students for four hours a week in order to discuss texts by Homer, Enheduanna, Sappho, Aeschylus, Suzan-Lori Parks, Plato, Virgil, Apuleius, Augustine, Ibn ‘Arabi, Marie de France, Dante, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Austen, Machado de Assis, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Woolf, Césaire, Morrison, Rankine, and Kim, as well as Hebrew Scriptures and New Testament writings.
Registration Procedure
All information concerning registration in HUMA CC1001-HUMA CC1002 Masterpieces of Western Literature and Philosophy II is included in the registration materials sent to students. All first-year students are preregistered in Literature Humanities.
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 Masterpieces of Western Literature and Philosophy I. 4 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 2022: HUMA CC1001
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Course Number | Section/Call Number | Times/Location | Instructor | Points | Enrollment |
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HUMA 1001 | 001/11099 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am 109 Hartley Hall |
4 | 2/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 002/11101 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am 301 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 3/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 003/11103 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am 306 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 2/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 004/11104 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am 309 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 005/11106 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
4 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 006/11107 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 109 Hartley Hall |
4 | 3/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 007/11108 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 008/11110 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall |
4 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 009/11111 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 010/11112 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 011/11113 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 306 Uris Hall |
4 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 012/11114 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 013/11115 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 014/11119 | M 2:10pm - 4:00pm 109 Hartley Hall |
4 | 0/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 015/11120 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm Schiff Earl Hall |
4 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 016/11116 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 0/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 017/11117 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 316 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 018/11118 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 306 Uris Hall |
4 | 2/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 019/11124 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 020/11126 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 1/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 021/11127 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 022/11128 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 0/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 023/11130 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 024/11132 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 025/11134 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 026/11135 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 1/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 027/11136 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 028/11138 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 109 Hartley Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 029/11141 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 306 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 030/11139 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 309 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 031/11140 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 301 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 032/11143 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 109 Hartley Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 033/11144 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 034/11146 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 1/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 035/11147 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
4 | 1/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 036/11152 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall |
4 | 0/2 | |
HUMA 1001 | 037/11148 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 0/1 | |
HUMA 1001 | 038/11149 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 039/11150 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 040/11156 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 041/11158 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 042/11161 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 043/11159 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 109 Hartley Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 044/11163 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 045/11164 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 046/11165 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 047/11166 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 048/11167 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 049/11168 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 050/11169 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 051/11170 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 052/11171 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 053/11173 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 054/11174 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 055/11175 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 056/11176 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 057/11177 | T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 058/11178 | T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 059/11179 | T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 060/11180 | T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 067/16087 | |
4 | 2/20 | |
HUMA 1001 | 069/16088 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 613 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 0/20 | |
HUMA 1001 | 070/16089 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall |
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HUMA 1001 | 071/16090 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall |
4 | 0/20 |
HUMA CC1002 Masterpieces of Western Literature and Philosophy II. 4 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 2022: HUMA CC1002
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Course Number | Section/Call Number | Times/Location | Instructor | Points | Enrollment |
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HUMA 1002 | 001/12787 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am 313 Hamilton Hall |
Caio Ferreira | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 002/12788 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am 301 Hamilton Hall |
Benjamin VanWagoner | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 003/12789 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am 309 Hamilton Hall |
Elizabeth Heintges | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 004/12790 | M W 8:10am - 10:00am 306 Hamilton Hall |
Nancy Workman | 4 | 20/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 005/12791 | M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
Bianca Calabresi | 4 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 006/12796 | M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
Molly Murray | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 007/12798 | M W 10:10am - 12:00pm C01 80 Claremont |
Austin Graham | 4 | 23/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 008/12800 | M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall |
Nassime Chida | 4 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 009/12806 | M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall |
Shulamit Shinnar | 4 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 010/12807 | M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Benjamin VanWagoner | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 011/12810 | M W 10:10am - 12:00pm 333 Uris Hall |
Dalia Inbal | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 012/12813 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall |
Anayvelyse Allen-Mossman | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 013/12814 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Alan Ross | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 014/12815 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
Bianca Calabresi | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 015/12816 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall |
Nassime Chida | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 016/12817 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 316 Hamilton Hall |
Larry Jackson | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 017/12818 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 609 Hamilton Hall |
Warren Kluber | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 018/12820 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 609 Hamilton Hall |
James Adams | 4 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 019/12822 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 407 Hamilton Hall |
Offer Dynes | 4 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 020/12823 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 109 Hartley Hall |
Matthew Hart | 4 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 021/12824 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 411 Hamilton Hall |
Dustin Stewart | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 022/12825 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
Shulamit Shinnar | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 023/12826 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 509 Hamilton Hall |
Nolan Gear | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 024/12828 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Dalia Inbal | 4 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 025/12829 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 201 80 Claremont |
Jeffrey Wayno | 4 | 23/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 026/12833 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
Maude Meisel | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 027/12835 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Warren Kluber | 4 | 23/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 028/12837 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 413 Hamilton Hall |
Beatrice Mazzi | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 029/12836 | M W 6:10pm - 8:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall |
Charles J Pletcher | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 030/12842 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 301 Hamilton Hall |
Ben Hooyman | 4 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 031/12845 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 306 Hamilton Hall |
Wolfgang Mann | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 032/12847 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 309 Hamilton Hall |
Isabella Livorni | 4 | 23/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 033/12849 | T Th 8:10am - 10:00am 302 Hamilton Hall |
Andrew Wyatt | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 034/12855 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Nicholas Dames | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 035/12856 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
Joanna Stalnaker | 4 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 036/12859 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
Nicole Gervasio | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 037/12860 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
Aileen Forbes | 4 | 18/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 038/12863 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall |
Joseph Albernaz | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 039/12864 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 109 Hartley Hall |
Lorenzo Mecozzi | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 040/12866 | T Th 10:10am - 12:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall |
David Lurie | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 041/12870 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Will Glovinsky | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 042/12873 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 6ab Kraft Center |
Rebecca Kastleman | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 043/12874 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
Julie Crawford | 4 | 19/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 044/12875 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
Jennifer Rhodes | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 045/12876 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
Emily Madison | 4 | 19/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 046/12877 | T Th 12:10pm - 2:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall |
Bernadette Myers | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 047/12879 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 222 Pupin Laboratories |
Katherine Raichlen | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 048/12882 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall |
Rachel Zhang | 4 | 17/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 049/12883 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
Jennifer Rhodes | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 050/12884 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 301 Hamilton Hall |
Will Glovinsky | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 051/12886 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
Evan Parks | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 052/12887 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 302 Hamilton Hall |
Nicole Gervasio | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 053/12888 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall |
Luca Naponiello | 4 | 19/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 054/12889 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 313 Hamilton Hall |
Clemence Boulouque | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 055/12890 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
Jude Webre | 4 | 14/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 056/12891 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall |
Sonja Wermager | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 057/12892 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
Rachel Zhang | 4 | 17/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 060/12893 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 206 Broadway Residence Hall |
Catherine Bloomer | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 063/12894 | T Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm 315 Hamilton Hall |
Thomas Preston | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 064/12901 | T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 309 Hamilton Hall |
William Camponovo | 4 | 17/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 065/12902 | T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 306 Hamilton Hall |
Jude Webre | 4 | 19/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 066/12904 | T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 402 Hamilton Hall |
Ariella Lang | 4 | 12/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 068/12905 | T Th 6:10pm - 8:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
Sophie Riemenschneider | 4 | 23/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 072/12907 | M W 12:10pm - 2:00pm 222 Pupin Laboratories |
Taarini Mookherjee | 4 | 21/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 073/12908 | M W 4:10pm - 6:00pm 318 Hamilton Hall |
Taarini Mookherjee | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 074/12909 | M W 2:10pm - 4:00pm 111 Carman Hall |
Steven Baker | 4 | 22/22 |
HUMA 1002 | 076/15282 | T Th 2:10pm - 4:00pm 616 Hamilton Hall |
Edward Mendelson | 4 | 22/22 |
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