All Courses
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HMP 693 001 FA 2016
HMP 693: Mental Health Policy in the United States Meetings: Wednesdays 3-6pm, M3024 SPH II Instructor: Daniel Eisenberg (HMP) The course uses an interactive, seminar format to analyze major policy problems and opportunities related to mental health. The course focuses on two interrelated questions: which programs and policies represent the best investments in mental health for children and youth, and are we making those investments as a society?
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ORGANLIT 785 001 FA 2016
The musical and technological development of the pipe organ and its repertoire in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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HS 853 001 FA 2016
An advanced course on probability reasoning, statistical inference, data science, and predictive analytics.
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JUDAIC 467 001 FA 2016
Hasidism as Mysticism: The Radical Teachings of Nahman of Breslov Judaic 467/REL 471/HJCS 577.001 (don’t know the new number for NES) Elliot K. Ginsburg, Wednesday 2-5 p.m. The focus of this course is on Nahman of Breslov (1772-1810), one of the most celebrated masters of Jewish mysticism and Hasidism, whose radical writings —poised on the precipice of modernity— have attained the status of spiritual classics. The ongoing fascination with Nahman stems both from his singular (mercurial, multi-tiered, questing) personality and from the profound and uncompromising nature of his theological vision. In this class we will explore the existentialist Nahman confronting the absence of God (his Torah of the Void); the Messianic Nahman wrestling with depression and utopian grandeur; and the mystical Nahman, finding vivid manifestations of the divine in the realm of nature (in Forest and birds, the grasses of the field), in song and the outpouring of the heart, and in interpersonal dialogue and spiritual practices that deconstruct the ordinary self. Key themes will include: spiritual longing and the perpetual search for meaning; conflict and growth; exile and redemption; as well as the dialectic between sadness and joy; shatteredness and wholeness; doubt and faith; complexity and simplicity. Students will probe Nahman’s creative rereading of the spiritual life: including his theology of niggun (wordless song) and sacred dance. As Nahman continuously integrated his life-story into his thought, we will investigate the relationship between his agon-filled biography and his teachings (including his astonishing dream texts). And finally we will consider his hermeneutical (interpretive) theory: a theory that celebrates continuous creativity — as Nahman’s quicksilver improvisations on sacred text bring to mind John Coltrane’s deep improvisations on a melody.