Courses

Courses

The Undergraduate and Graduate courses in the tables below are offered for the current Academic Year. Each course title in the table links to a course description which appears in the UConn Catalog website.

For a complete list of Hebrew and Judaic Studies (HEJS) courses, please visit the HEJS Section of the UConn Catalog website.

Undergraduate Courses

Academic Year 2026-2027

2100. Antisemitism: Past and Present

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Consideration of Jews as a foil for western, particularly western Christian identities. The role that anti-Judaism and antisemitism have played in western culture from the ancient period to the present day. Representations of Jews, shifting and long-lasting fears and suspicions about Jews, and the impact of anti-Judaism and antisemitism on the development of conceptions of race and difference in western societies.

Graduate Courses

Academic Year 2026-2027