Class
No. |
Course ID |
Title |
Credits |
Type |
Instructor(s) |
Days:Times |
Location |
Permission
Required |
Dist |
Qtr |
| 3318 |
INTS-131-01 |
Modern Iran |
1.00 |
LEC |
Bauer, Janet |
TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
TC - 142 |
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GLB
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Enrollment limited to 19 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with MIDDLEAST, WMGS |
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This course provides an introduction to 20th-century Iranian society, culture, and politics, examining secular and religious debates over gender roles, modernity, Islamism, democracy, and the West. |
| 2988 |
INTS-207-01 |
Global South |
1.00 |
LEC |
Gunasena, Natassja |
TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM |
MC - 102 |
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GLB
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Enrollment limited to 29 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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In 1985, the South Commission reported that two-thirds of the world's people lived in distress. To rectify this, the Commission proposed a laundry list of reforms. At the same time, political and social movements in what had been the Third World grew apace. These movements and this report inaugurate the creation of the "Global South", which is both a place and a project. This course will investigate the contours of the Global South, the conferences held to alleviate its many problems (Beijing/Women, Johannesburg/Environment, Durban/Race), and the people who live in the "South". |
| 3328 |
INTS-207-02 |
Global South |
1.00 |
LEC |
Gunasena, Natassja |
TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM |
LIB - 181 |
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GLB
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Enrollment limited to 29 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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In 1985, the South Commission reported that two-thirds of the world's people lived in distress. To rectify this, the Commission proposed a laundry list of reforms. At the same time, political and social movements in what had been the Third World grew apace. These movements and this report inaugurate the creation of the "Global South", which is both a place and a project. This course will investigate the contours of the Global South, the conferences held to alleviate its many problems (Beijing/Women, Johannesburg/Environment, Durban/Race), and the people who live in the "South". |
| 2919 |
INTS-211-01 |
Global Intimacies |
1.00 |
LEC |
Zhang, Shunyuan |
MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
SH - S201 |
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GLB
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Enrollment limited to 29 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with GLBLSTDS |
Cross-listing: WMGS-211-01 |
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What is globalization? A process of homogenization and Americanization? Where does globalization happen? In the economic realm that we usually associate with the public? In contrast to these conceptualizations, this course explores diverse and contingent processes of globalization in the domestic and private spheres. Specifically, we will look at how global mobilities trouble and complicate intimate relations such as marriage, love, sex, reproduction, family making, and self-identity across culture. |
| 3144 |
INTS-216-01 |
Undrstanding Lat Am & Caribbn |
1.00 |
LEC |
Euraque, Dario |
TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM |
SH - T308 |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 25 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with LATINAMER |
Cross-listing: HIST-236-01 |
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This interdisciplinary course explores major historical themes and contemporary cultural and political topics related to Latin American and Caribbean societies and cultures. The goal is to give students a panoramic view of Latin America and the Caribbean and to introduce them to various issues that are explored more deeply in upper-division courses. We will address questions of demography and geography, basic historical periods and processes, particular anthropological and cultural debates, fundamental political and gender issues, sociological approaches to daily life, aesthetic and literary movements, and the regions' positions within the historical and contemporary world economy. Open to all students, this course is required of INTS majors with a Caribbean and Latin American Studies concentration. |
| 3022 |
INTS-219-01 |
Islam in Carib & Latin America |
1.00 |
SEM |
Cancelled
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GLB5
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Enrollment limited to 19 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with ANTH, LATINAMER |
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Islam in the Caribbean and Latin America. This course provides an introduction to studying Islam, Muslim social and political life, gender/minority rights, and diaspora Islam through the lens of Muslim-minority societies in the Caribbean and Latin America, a microcosm of Islam in the world. |
| 3076 |
INTS-236-01 |
Japanese Crime Lit & Film |
1.00 |
LEC |
Shen, Yipeng |
TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
SH - T308 |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 30 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with FILM |
Cross-listing: JAPN-236-01 |
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This course examines major works of Japanese crime literature and film from the works of Edogawa Rampo, known as the father of crime fiction in Japan, to those of contemporary writers to explore social and moral issues reflected in them. While Japanese writers and filmmakers of this genre readily acknowledge Western influences, the literary and cinematic explorations of crime in Japan have also developed ona trajectory of their own, producing works that are easily distinguishable from those of other cultures. The course will also consider the mixing of the crime genre with others, such as ghost and science fiction genres. Works studied in this course include those of Edogawa Rampo, Akira Kurosawa, Miyuki Miyabe, Seicho Matsumoto, and Kobo Abe, as well as yakuza movies. Readings and discussion in English. |
| 2923 |
INTS-258-01 |
The Islamic City |
1.00 |
LEC |
Antrim, Zayde |
TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM |
MC - 307 |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 29 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with GLBLSTD, MIDDLEAST, URST |
Cross-listing: AHIS-257-01, HIST-258-01 |
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This course explores the great variety of cities founded, claimed, and inhabited by Muslims from the beginnings of Islam to the present day. While there is no such thing as a prototypical "Islamic city," this course grapples with questions of change and continuity in the organization of urban life among Muslims globally. Through a combination of lectures and discussions, we will situate cities in their historical contexts, examine their built environments, and consider the ways in which exchange, mobility, empire, revolution, and globalization have shaped urban space. |
| 3120 |
INTS-302-01 |
Global Cities |
1.00 |
SEM |
McFadden, Keavy |
TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM |
MC - 311 |
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GLB
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Enrollment limited to 18 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Cross-listing: URST-302-01 |
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This seminar examines the contemporary map of interactions between cities in the world. There is now a considerable array of research analyzing what are variously termed global or world cities in the hierarchy of the world economy, and a counter-critique has emerged which seeks to analyze all cities as ordinary, moving beyond old binaries of 'developed' and 'developing' worlds of cities. We will interrogate this debate in both its theoretical and its empirical dimensions, with case studies from Africa and assessment of cultural, political, economic and environmental globalization. |
| 2989 |
INTS-306-01 |
War and the Asian Diaspora |
1.00 |
SEM |
Cancelled
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SOC
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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How has war shaped and reshaped the Asian diasporic experience in the mid to late 20th century? This course examines texts by Sri Lankan, Korean, Vietnamese and other anglophone Asian voices to examine how militarized conflict intersects with gender and sexuality to shape the politics and experiences of Asians in diaspora. We will read novels, poetry, academic articles and essays on the experiences of Asian subjects who have witnessed/survived/ been impacted by war in their homelands in order to understand the systemic and as well as everyday effects of militarization, ethnic violence and imperialism. |
| 3245 |
INTS-315-01 |
Urban South Asia |
1.00 |
SEM |
Goldstein, Shoshana |
W: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
SH - T302 |
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GLB5
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Enrollment limited to 5 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Cross-listing: PBPL-815-01, URST-815-01 |
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This seminar introduces students to South Asia and the Indian ocean as vast urbanizing world regions, encompassing more than a third of the global population. Students will study contemporary urban challenges through histories of colonialism and economic expansion. They will learn about important concepts in the development of urban planning as a form of colonial experimentation, and the role of cities such as Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, and Lahore in 20th century nation-building. Themes will include how South Asia challenges the conceptual divide between urban and rural, the role of small cities, diaspora labor and capital in shaping urban development beyond the Indian subcontinent, gender, ethnic conflict, and climate change. |
| 2925 |
INTS-320-01 |
Global 1001 Nights |
1.00 |
SEM |
Antrim, Zayde |
TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
LIB - B02 |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with GLBLSTD, MIDDLEAST |
Cross-listing: WMGS-320-01, HIST-320-01 |
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This seminar explores the history and global dissemination of the fantasy story collection known as the 1001 Nights. The recent success of movie adaptations of Aladdin is just one of the many waves of popularity that these stories have enjoyed over the centuries. We will begin with medieval story-telling and the circulation of the Nights in Arabic. We will then discuss its transformation into an international best-seller in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the context of British and French colonialism. Finally we will map its more recent reinventions in literature, film, and art across the globe. Key topics will include magic, gender, sexuality, race, empire, and orientalism. Students will undertake a final research project. |
| 3064 |
INTS-349-01 |
Global Migration/Refugee Lab |
1.00 |
SEM |
Bauer, Janet |
F: 3:00PM-4:10PM |
MC - 205 |
Y |
GLB5
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Enrollment limited to 18 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with CLIC, PBPL |
Cross-listing: HRST-349-01 |
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Provides an experiential-based introduction to the practical challenges of
refugee and immigrant resettlement and integration and to the development
of effective policies and implementation strategies to address them. Students
will be placed with a community-based organization working with
immigrants and refugees 10-12 hours a week and attend (weekly or
biweekly) seminar class meetings to integrate their onsite learning
experience and responsibilities with discussions of assigned readings and
relevant concepts in participatory action research and diaspora studies. Seminar meetings will be organized around enrolled students' existing class schedules. |
| 3154 |
INTS-379-01 |
Fem & Queer Theory/Postcol |
1.00 |
SEM |
Zhang, Shunyuan |
MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM |
SH - N128 |
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GLB5
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with GLBLSTDS |
Cross-listing: WMGS-379-01 |
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Feminist and queer theory has influenced contemporary understandings of gender and sexuality globally. This course explores this body of theory specifically in relation to the processes and problematics of colonialism, postcolonialism, nationalism, and transnationalism. Readings will reflect a variety of critical perspectives and consider the intersection of gender and sexuality with race and class. |
| 2332 |
INTS-385-01 |
Global Economic Issues |
1.00 |
SEM |
Jogani, Chitra |
TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM |
MC - 313 |
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SOC
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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The course will discuss the various issues of global importance, such as climate change, poverty, health, the impact of trade, and foreign aid. We will focus on the current scenario, public policies, and the debate surrounding the above issues. The course will also explore the role of market and state and compare different social systems, such as capitalism and socialism. On completion of the course, a student is expected to have an increased understanding of topics that have engaged policymakers from around the world and be equipped to participate in the policy debate |
| 1232 |
INTS-399-01 |
Independent Study |
1.00 - 2.00 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
SOC
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and the approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment. |
| 2928 |
INTS-401-01 |
Senior Sem Internationl Stdies |
1.00 |
SEM |
Zhang, Shunyuan |
R: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
MC - 305 |
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WEB
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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This course is open only to seniors majoring in International Studies; other students may enroll only with permission of instructor. |
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This writing intensive course functions as the capstone experience for all INTS majors. The instructor will guide INTS seniors through the process of completing a substantial research paper that engages critically with dominant disciplinary approaches to and public discourses about the “global” or “international” sphere. The instruction of this course will rotate among INTS faculty, each of whom will organize the course around a particular theme. |
| 1305 |
INTS-466-01 |
Teaching Assistant |
0.50 - 1.00 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin.
(0.5 - 1 course credit) |
| 1766 |
INTS-497-01 |
Senior Thesis |
1.00 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
SOC
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and the approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment in this single semester thesis. This course will be graded as Pass/Fail. |
| 2892 |
ANTH-205-01 |
Religions of Africa |
1.00 |
SEM |
Landry, Timothy |
TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
115V - 106 |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with AFRICANST, INTS |
Cross-listing: RELG-205-01 |
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This course is an exploration of the ways in which Africans make sense of their worlds through religion. By reading a wide range of ethnographic and historical texts, students will consider the challenges that post-colonial politics present to understanding religion in Africa and in the diaspora Students will examine a variety of African religious traditions ranging from indigenous practices to the ways in which Christianity and Islam have developed uniquely African beliefs. In so doing, students will frame African religions as global phenomena while considering the historical and contemporary salience of the many canonical themes found in African religion such as spirit possession, divination, healing, magic, witchcraft, sorcery, and animal sacrifice. |
| 2905 |
ANTH-228-01 |
Anth from Margins/South Asia |
1.00 |
LEC |
Hussain, Shafqat |
TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
MC - 205 |
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SOC
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Enrollment limited to 19 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with ASIANSTDS, INTS |
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This course will examine how the northwestern and northern mountainous regions of South Asia have been constructed in the Western popular imagination, both in literary texts and in academic debates. Starting with the era of the Great Game in the late 19th century and ending with the current "war on terror," the course will explore the transformation and continuation of past social and political conditions, and their representations within the region. This will help illuminate some of the enduring themes in anthropological debates, such as culture contact; empires, territories, and resources; and human agency. |
| 3137 |
CHIN-415-01 |
Advanced Chinese IV |
1.00 |
LEC |
Shen, Yipeng |
MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
SH - T408 |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 19 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with ASIANSTDS, INTS |
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Prerequisite: C- or better in Chinese 413 or equivalent. |
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Students will improve skills in written and spoken Mandarin for formal occasions and conversations. Focuses will be given to students' ability to use the language formally and idiomatically. |
| 3053 |
HIST-242-01 |
History of China, Qing to Pres |
1.00 |
LEC |
Alejandrino, Clark |
MWF: 11:00AM-11:50AM |
MC - AUD |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 35 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with ASIANSTDS, INTS |
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This second half of the China survey covers the period between the establishment of the multi-ethnic Qing empire to the present. As we go through the last four hundred years of Chinese history, we will consider several questions: How did the experience of the Qing, the last imperial dynasty, influence the trajectory of modern China? How did China grapple with modernity? Why is modern Chinese history marked with upheaval and revolution? How do the global and the local intertwine in the making of modern China? In the process, we will look at the kinds of historiographical debates that have animated scholarship, primarily in English, about early modern and modern China. |
| 2826 |
LACS-212-01 |
Border Lives |
1.00 |
SEM |
Evelein, Johannes |
MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM |
HL - 121 |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 18 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with INTS |
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We live in a bordered world. While some national borders may seem invisible, allowing for easy crossing, others are heavily guarded-stern markers of state sovereignty and protectionism. In this course we will examine the broad political and cultural implications of borders, from the 20th century into the present. Our main focus will be on the lived experience of-and on-the border, with special attention given to transnational travel, migration (increasingly climate related), exile, and the unique cultures that emerge in borderlands. Aside from reading essential texts within the field of Border Studies, we will explore several novels, short stories and films from different parts of the world-from the Berlin Wall to the US-Mexico Border |
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View syllabus
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| 3110 |
LACS-218-01 |
The Task of the Translator |
1.00 |
SEM |
Kippur, Sara |
TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM |
MC - 205 |
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HUM
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Enrollment limited to 19 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with ENGL, INTS |
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Completion of a 202 language course, or equivalent |
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Translation is one of the most critical skills for navigating our globalized world. Whether we are reading news stories from across the globe, watching Netflix shows from other languages and cultures, or studying abroad, we confront situations in which translation matters. In this course, students will develop practical skills in the art of translation, while also studying some of the crucial theories and questions that inform the field of Translation Studies. From infamous translation controversies to contemporary debates around translation and identity, our readings and discussions will analyze the political, ethical, and cultural stakes of translating. Given the practical component of the course, in which students workshop their own translations-in-progress, an intermediate-level knowledge of any language besides English is required (completion of 202 level or equivalent). |
| 3029 |
PHIL-223-01 |
African Philosophy |
1.00 |
LEC |
De Schryver, Carmen |
TR: 6:30PM-7:45PM |
MC - 305 |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 29 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with AFRICANST, INTS |
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In this course, we explore key meta-philosophical debates in African philosophy. Some of the topics we will explore include: the nature of philosophy; the connection between philosophy and place; the difference between oral and written traditions; the influence of language on the scope of philosophical thought; the relationship between philosophy, myth, and religion; the philosophical aspiration to universality; and the possibility of collective, as opposed to individual, philosophical practice. Our discussion of these questions will take place through a close reading of a range of figures, including Henry Odera Oruka, John Mbiti, Paulin Hountondji, Fabien Eboussi-Boulaga, Ngûgî wa Thiong'o, and Kwasi Wiredu. |
| 2858 |
POLS-380-01 |
War & Peace in the Middle East |
1.00 |
SEM |
Flibbert, Andrew |
W: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
AAC - 231 |
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GLB5
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Enrollment limited to 18 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with INTS |
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NOTE: This course is a Sophomore/Junior Seminar |
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This course addresses the causes and consequences of nationalist, regional, and international conflict in the Middle East. We use theoretical perspectives from political science to shed light on the dynamics of conflict, the successes and failures of attempts to resolve it, and the roles played by the United States and other major international actors. The course is organized on a modified chronological basis, starting with the early phases of the Arab-Israeli conflict and ending with current developments in Iraq. |
| 2891 |
RELG-205-01 |
Religions of Africa |
1.00 |
SEM |
Landry, Timothy |
TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
115V - 106 |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with AFRICANST, INTS |
Cross-listing: ANTH-205-01 |
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This course is an exploration of the ways in which Africans make sense of their worlds through religion. By reading a wide range of ethnographic and historical texts, students will consider the challenges that post-colonial politics present to understanding religion in Africa and in the diaspora Students will examine a variety of African religious traditions ranging from indigenous practices to the ways in which Christianity and Islam have developed uniquely African beliefs. In so doing, students will frame African religions as global phenomena while considering the historical and contemporary salience of the many canonical themes found in African religion such as spirit possession, divination, healing, magic, witchcraft, sorcery, and animal sacrifice. |
| 2773 |
WMGS-324-01 |
Transgender Migrations |
1.00 |
SEM |
Provitola, Blase |
T: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
LIB - 174 |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with HRST, INTS |
Cross-listing: LACS-324-01 |
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This interdisciplinary course explores the concept of migration through narratives of crossing geographical and gender borders. By putting films, memoirs, novels, and graphic novels in conversation with history and sociology, we will consider the ways in which bodies are regulated by political, legal, and economic forces as they come to occupy and invent new spaces for themselves Topics include the metaphor of "border crossing" in narratives of gender transition, interactions between global gender identities and local cultures, neoliberalism and the so-called "migrant crisis," transgender asylum seekers and sexual rights discourse, and representations of sex work. |