Spring 2013 Schedule

 Well, it's that time of year again.  Except that this is my final course-enroll process, and, well, this really is my last time enrolling for undergraduate classes at Cornell University.
Here's a list of the courses for which I've enrolled:
http://www.schedulizer.com/p9ym
Intro Hebrew II: A continuation of last semester.  Especially if I end up tutoring English in Israel, I need all the help that I can get!  I really need to brush up on the Hebrew that I learned last semester.
Honors Thesis Class: Mandatory, if I want to write that thesis.  And, really, I do.  I'm writing about France in the era of World War II; but you remember that, don't you?
The Jewish Question in Nineteenth - Twentieth Century Europe: Taught by the eminent Professor Holly Case, probably the #1 History professor among those whose classes I haven't already taken.  Prof. Case is the East European specialist, and can read all of those wild Slavic and Finno-Ugric languages (the languages are wild, not the Slavs and Hungarians).  Moreover, I'm hoping that this class will give me more background on the events that I'm describing in Chapter III of my thesis, which concerns the marginalized populations in Vichy France, especially the Jewish population (I'll be incorporating my summer research on the wartime Jewish community in Indre-et-Loire in this section).
Medieval Philosophy: To quote the course roster, "Topics include the problem of universals, the theory of knowledge and truth, the nature of free choice and practical reasoning, and philosophical theology. Readings (in translation) include Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, Abelard, Aquinas, Scotus, and Ockham."  I can't wait: other than Augustine, and a tiny bit o Aquinas, I haven't read the original of any of the above philosophers in their original primary sources.  I'm going to continue my current practice of turning all of my classes outside of the History department into historical investigations, and add this to the growing constellation of intellectual history in my head.  I wonder if they'll let me do anything with Maimonides...
Kosher and Hallal: Starring the awesome Prof. Joe Regenstein!  Unfortunately, this class meets at exactly the same time as my Thesis class.  So, I'll be taking it as an independent study, and following on with the class online.  Not optimal, but still acceptable.  Only possible because Prof. Regenstein is great!  Note that this does not appear on my Schedulizer schedule.
I'm excited!  This semester is going to be awesome!
~JD