Art History Summer Courses

ARHI-1102-V21- Intro to Art History: Asia
Summer Session 2: June 30, 2026 - August 04, 2026
V - Virtual (online courses only): TWR, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course offers a survey of Asian art spanning from ancient to contemporary periods. It encompasses the exploration of arts and monuments representing major religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam, as well as the important visual traditions such as Mughal miniature paintings, Chinese landscape paintings, and Japanese woodblock prints. Additionally, it covers contemporary popular culture, such as Bollywood films and Japanese animation. Utilizing critical art historical scholarship, the course seeks to examine art through various perspectives, including gender, sexuality, transcultural dialogues, and diasporic experiences, while also confronting difficult histories, including colonialism, racism, and war. Students will be assessed based on their proficiency in three key areas: 1. Delivering visual analyses effectively. 2. Demonstrating familiarity with significant Asian art objects, artists, art movements, and historical chronology. 3. Engaging in close examination of scholarly literature; encompassing understanding of historical contexts, theoretical concepts, and scholarly arguments; and expressing synthesized insights in an organized manner.

CRN: 15056

Instructor: Ikeda, Asato
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: AHGL, FACC, FRFA, GLBL, INST, ISAS

ARHI-1104-V31- Intro to Art History: Africa
Summer Session 3: May 26, 2026 - Aug 4, 2026
V - Virtual (online courses only): , TBA - TBA

This course covers textiles, cinema, photography, architecture, sculpture, and paintings from Africa as well as the African diaspora in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe.

CRN: 17054

Instructor: Thomas, Alexandra
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: AFAM, AHGL, FACC

MUSC-1100-V11- Introduction to Music History
Summer Session 1: May 26, 2026 - June 25, 2026
V - Virtual (online courses only): TWR, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course presents a survey of music history, with a focus on developing the skills of thinking and writing critically about music. Students will learn to listen in a focused way and relate what they hear to issues of musical “meaning” and general culture. Students will learn some technical vocabulary that will help them describe or advocate for any music they encounter, and they will apply this vocabulary to examples throughout the semester, for instance a Beethoven Symphony or a Duke Ellington jazz arrangement. Sections may have different focuses in terms of geography or chronology.

CRN: 14881

Instructor: Yaraman, Sevin
3 credits

Fordham course attributes: ACUP, ASAM, ASHS, FACC, FRFA