The Body in Early Modern Europe

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course will explore how the emergence of the modern self intersected with changing conceptions of the body. We will explore such topics as the rise of Renaissance anatomy; early modern perceptions of gender, race, and sexual difference; new explanations of madness and melancholy; monstrous and demonic bodies; representations of the diseased body; and the emergence of the modern ideal of the disciplined body. CROSSLISTED: HSTC 2350.03 FORMATS: Lecture | Seminar