Western Culture Topics

Textbooks currently used in Western Culture 101 and 102:

Hunt et al., The Making of the West
Kagan et al., The Western Heritage 


Themes:

Hebrew Culture
The Greek World
The Roman World
Rise of Christianity
Middle Ages
Rise of Islam
The Renaissance

Texts:

Genesis
Homer, The Iliad, selections
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex or Antigone
Plato, Apology
One gospel, selections
Augustine, Confessions, selections
Dante, Inferno, selections
Machiavelli, The Prince*

Works of Art:

The Parthenon
Chartres Cathedral

Western Culture Professors

Robert Blackman

Squires Professor of History

Maples 001
(434) 223-6957
rblackman@hsc.edu

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Richard Burke

Elliott Assistant Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs

Morton Hall, 321
(434) 223-6246
rburke@hsc.edu

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Carrie Cifers

Assistant Professor of Religion

Maples, 022
(434) 223-6249
ccifers@hsc.edu

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Evan Davis

Elliott Professor of English

Morton 115
(434) 223-6245
edavis@hsc.edu

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Caroline Emmons

Elliott Professor of History

Atkinson 305 | Maples 005
(434) 223-7296
cemmons@hsc.edu

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Paul Hay

Assistant Professor of Classics

Morton Hall, 201
(434) 223-6982
phay@hsc.edu

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Kylie A. Hulbert

Lecturer in History and Core Cultures

Morton Hall, 018
(434) 223-7058
khulbert@hsc.edu

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Nicholas Morgan

Assistant Professor of Fine Arts

Brinkley Hall, 100
(434) 223-7264
nmorgan@hsc.edu

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Nicholas Nace

Elliott Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Director of the Rhetoric Program

Pannill 100 A
(434) 223-6255
nnace@hsc.edu

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J.B. Potter '11

Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Languages

Blake A, 104
(434) 223-7269
jpotter@hsc.edu

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Janice Siegel

Associate Professor of Classics

Brinkley Hall, 005
(434) 223-7204
jsiegel@hsc.edu

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Michael Utzinger

Ewing Professor of Religion

Maples 023
(434) 223-6313
jutzinger@hsc.edu

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Jeffrey Vogel

Professor of Religion

Maples 024
(434) 223-6299
jvogel@hsc.edu

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Patrick A. Wilson

Professor of Philosophy

Morton, 023
(434) 223-6310

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Katherine Worley

Lecturer in Western Culture

Morton 027
(434) 223-6376
kworley@hsc.edu

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