A survey of American architecture from the first European contact to 1800 including Jefferson, urban form and landscape design.

This tutorial will focus on the translation of Chinese Buddhist texts into English. Texts will be drawn from a variety of time periods, traditions, and genres. Students will gain familiarity with Buddhist Chinese, and the themes and conventions of Buddhist texts.

This course explores classical Tibetan literature and religious systems through a variety of genres in the original Tibetan texts.

Graduate readings course on the history of housing, real estate, and racial inequality in the 20th and 21st century US.

This tutorial surveys the history and historiography of the Ottoman Empire from its obscure origins through the 18th century. Initial readings introduce major historiographical debates and political, military, and institutional history of the Empire, before moving into the historiography of the 16-18th centuries and current trends in multiple sub-fields. Specific works read and discussed will be shaped in part by interests of students enrolled.