GLBL 296

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Global St Foundation Seminar

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Credit: 1 hours.

Examination of current controversies and larger ethical issues in today's global society. Topics could include: immigration, global environmental debates, and population issues.

May be repeated in the same or separate terms to a maximum of 3 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: GLBL 100.

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GLBL 296 class schedule data for fall 2015
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
54536	Lecture-Discussion	AW	5:00PM -5:50PM	T	1051 Lincoln Hall	Williams, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Section Title: Transitional Justice/Post-Conf Section Info: This course will examine the role of transitional justice in a post-conflict society. Transitional Justice refers to the measures countries use to address past human rights violations. Topics covered include: truth commissions, local trials, and international tribunals. This class will explore contemporary challenges in human rights law and the impact of globalization on international justice.
58754	Lecture-Discussion	D	2:00PM -2:50PM	TR	333 Armory	Schrag, D	Part of Term: A Date Range: 08/24/15-10/16/15 Section Title: Politics of Belonging Section Info: The Politics of Belonging: Perspectives on Community, Citizenship, Nationalism, and Migration in Europe..... This class will examine the socio-political realities of Europe from the local, regional, national, and trans- national levels. The course poses the questions: what cultural features, identities, historical genealogies, and wide- ranging distinctions have been contained in the concept of Europe; and what is at stake in the current processes of inclusion and exclusion found at various levels of community-formation in Europe? Through ethnographic, sociological, and historical texts we will examine past and current processes of negotiating cultural, economic, and political boundaries within a unifying, expanding, and globalized Europe. This will include examining issues of post-socialism and immigration in relation to notions of European identity, citizenship, and social belonging. We will also look at some of the religious-secular tensions which have been prominent in public discourse since the 1990s. In the final part of the course, Germany will serve as our case study for investigating the dynamics of EU expansion, integration, pluralism, cultural memory, and identity?particularly in regard to the experience of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany.
62473	Lecture-Discussion	ND	2:00PM -3:50PM	T	1028 Lincoln Hall	Kilgore, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/19/15-12/09/15 Section Title: NGO's and Development Section Info: NGOs play an increasingly important role in global development. In an era where state provision of services has been sidelines in many countries, international and local NGOs have often been called on to fill gaps in areas like rural development, adult basic education, public health, and a range of poverty alleviation strategies. The presence of NGOs has been particularly marked in post-disaster situations. For example the entry of such a large number of NGOs into Haiti in the wake of the 2011 earthquake has prompted some observers to label the country, the ?Republic of the NGOs.? In this course we will examine the practice of such NGOS, assess their impact and reflect on the role NGOs might play in the future of development.
54533	Lecture-Discussion	PO	4:00PM -5:50PM	M	1051 Lincoln Hall	Pack, T	Part of Term: A Date Range: 08/24/15-10/16/15 Section Title: Peace Operations Section Info: Peace Operations... This course is designed for undergraduate students interested in peace and global affairs. As the international community moved from a norm of "hard shell" state sovereignty to one in which there is a "responsibility to protect," the number of peace operations and their complexity has increased accordingly. There are currently more than 200,000 peacekeepers in 53 peace operations on five continents deployed by 12 international organizations and various multinational coalitions. Peace operations are a very important phenomenon in global relations bringing together the international community to address issues of peace, stability, economic development, post-conflict reconstruction, humanitarian aid, and governance, among others. The work of peacekeepers in conflicts such as Sudan, Kosovo, and Somalia has global consequences that are explored during this course.
61853	Lecture-Discussion	WHD	2:00PM -3:50PM	T	242 Armory	Kilgore, J	Part of Term: A Date Range: 08/24/15-10/16/15 Section Title: Water, Human Right&Development Section Info: Without water there is no development. But is water a commodity to be bought and sold or a human right? Or can it be both? These are some of the issues we will consider in a course which focuses on our most precious resource. As the saying goes, ?Water Is Life.? While we may have taken water for granted in the past or considered it an issue for the "global South," events like the drought in California and the water cutoffs in Detroit are bringing the issue right here to our doorstep. It is truly a global matter. Even the Mahomet Aquifer, the source of our water here in Urbana-Champaign, is experiencing threats to its continued purity. What measures can we take to ensure the continued flow of the water that we need? How do we do the same in other parts of the world? How can we avoid conflict over water in the future? Join this course as we travel around the world to look at the quest for water.
54535	Lecture-Discussion	WPC	3:00PM -4:50PM	T	136 Davenport Hall	Williams, A	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/19/15-12/09/15 Section Title: Women Pop Culture Middle East Section Info: This course will focus on the representations of women in popular culture mediums created primarily in the Middle East and also other pre-dominantly Muslim societies and diaspora communities. Academic and journalistic texts, images, videos, social media profiles and music will be critiqued for how they present the complexity of women?s roles within families, social networks and civic organizations. Through readings, discussions, and a final project, students will seek to answer: what does it mean to be a woman in the modern Middle East? How are women?s various social, religious, and civic identities negotiated on a daily basis? How are women?s representations in popular culture and self-representations being read and received by local and global audiences?