"Majesty and Mythology in African Art," led byProfessor of Fine Arts Suzanne P. Blier, willexamine royal arts from the continent.
And "First Nights: 5 Performance Premieres"will examine the debut presentations of fivefamous pieces of music, including Handel's"Messiah" and Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9."
The class will be taught by Professor of MusicThomas F. Kelly, a newly tenured Harvardprofessor.
Literature and Arts C examines cultural historyand the place of art in societies.
"Rebirth and Karma in Indian Literature andRitual," led by Wales Professor of SanskritMichael Witzel, will explore the places of the twoHindi rites in India's society and books.
The other new class taught by a new professorwill be "Cultural China in ContemporaryPerspectives" with Professor of Chinese LiteratureLeo O. Lee.
Finally, Social Analysis 50, "UrbanRevolutions: Archaeology and Investigation ofEarly States" will examine city digs from days ofold.
The course will be led by Phillips Professor ofArchaeology and Ethnology C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky.
New Blood
Aside from the two new core classes, newcomersto Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences willassume the leadership of three previously-taughtclasses in the 1994-95 school year, all at thegraduate level.
Lee will teach Chinese Literature 224, "Topicsin Modern Chinese Literature," this spring.
Kelly will lead Music 221r, "Chant: A Seminar,"in the spring.
And Hooper Professor of Geology Paul F. Hoffmanwill teach Earth and Planetary Sciences 280,"Topics in Sedimentary and Historical Geology andPaleontology: Seminar.
But there will undoubtedly be more to come fromthe new professors.
Lee will teach an undergraduate course on20th-century Chinese literature in the 1995-96academic year. And Kelly will teach twograduate-level music classes that year--a seminaron medieval polyphony and a course on medievalnotation.
West, newly wooed from Princeton University,will be on leave for the entire academic year.Kelly, Lee and Bowditch Professor of CentralAmerican and Mexican Archaeology and EtymologyWilliam L. Fash will be on leave this fall.
Other new senior faculty are Eckstein Professorof Applied Economics John Y. Campbell and GordonProfessor of Materials Engineering Anthony G.Evans