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Spring 2018 course descriptions
ANTH350-70 Anthropology of War and Peace in Darfur This course is a Doyle Seminar, part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Program, a new campus-wide curricular initiative, and gives faculty the opportunity to enhance the student research component of upper-level seminars that address questions of national, social, cultural, religious, moral, and other forms of difference. The Doyle seminars are intended to deepen student learning about diversity and difference through enhanced research opportunities, interaction with thought leaders, and dialogue with the Georgetown community and beyond. Description Generations of travelers, historians, ethnographers, colonial administrators, humanitarian workers, celebrities, and NGO personnel have produced an enormous amount of knowledge about the Darfur. This course draws upon illustrative examples from the earliest forms of travel writing to the most recent forms of digital activism. Although recent events around the world have managed to divert attention from Darfur, its significance in international politics continued since the arrest warrant was issued for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1593, concerning genocide and war crimes in Darfur. The United Nations Security Council referred the case to Luis Moreno-Ocampo, former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, after the investigation of Sudan's own special prosecutor had not led to war prosecutions, suggesting the failure of institutions of justice within the country. Events of this magnitude are to be expected given the pervasive political violence that engulfed the country following its independence from British rule in January 1956. Ever since, the Sudan was converted into a theater of atrocity that shattered lives and rendered ordinary citizens perpetual refugees and internally displaced people in a vast territory, the largest in the African continent. Within this context, this course will examine multiple topics pertaining to the debates on genocide and ethnic cleansing, sexual violence, and conflict mediation. It examines local, national, international, and transnational responses to the crisis. Themes to be addressed include: the production of knowledge on Darfur, ethnology, representations, genealogies, diasporic politics including the construction of new black diasporic subjects in the United States, humanitarianism and celebrity activism.
ARAB012-70 Intens 1st Lv Mod Stnd Arabic II ARAB-012 is an intensive video-based course focused on providing students with extensive linguistic exposure to authentic materials of Modern Standard Arabic, in both written and formal spoken forms, with the objective of introducing script and phonology and helping students enhance their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in the target language, while also acquiring new grammatical forms, enriching their vocabulary as well as improving their discourse-related skills in a wide range of communicative contexts, particularly those specific to the realm of Arabic culture. By the end of this course, the student be able to communicate in a wide range of daily situations such as personal introductions, describing one’s study, discussing plans, and provide descriptions of family and friends. Also, students will learn essential features of Arabic grammatical structures such as possession, adjectival phrases, definiteness, and verb conjugation in the past and future tenses along with the verb forms. In addition, regular class sessions will focus on introducing the student to cultural topics and common idiomatic expressions. During this spring semester, we will complete the second part of al-Kitaab One as the second half of the two semester sequence in Intensive First Level Modern Standard Arabic.
ARAB021-70 Intro MSA Heritage II
ARAB112-70 Intens 2nd Lv Mod Stnd Arab II
ARAB121-70 Intermediate MSA Heritage II
ARAB121-71 Intermediate MSA Heritage II
ARAB216-70 Intens 3rd LVL Mod Stnd Arab II This is an intensive, largely reading-based course
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focusing on developing proficiency in reading and discussion of texts in international relations, history, Islam, and current affairs. In addition to extensive reading, it includes composition exercises, review of Arabic grammar, listening skills, and conversation practice. (This course is for MSA students only.)
ARAB219-70 Formal Spoken Arabic
ARAB221-70 Third level MSA Heritage II
ARAB221-71 Third level MSA Heritage II
ARAB312-70 Arab Society The course aims to acquaint students with the main aspects of Arabic society. Student will obtain a general but broad knowledge of the Arabic social phenomena and be able to link them to the political and economic reality. Students will also gain a general appreciation of the diversity of social practices that fall under the term “Occident Civilization.” The course will also improve the students’ language skills and help them to be able to analyze different sociological patterns
ARAB340-70 Arabic Drama This course is a study of representative plays from the Arab world. Although it focuses on the modern era, the course will include a discussion on the existence of the dramatic genre in classical Arabic literature. Students will then learn about the rise of the dramatic genre in modern Arabic literature and the notable developments it has witnessed in respect of form, style, theme, and aesthetic concepts. We will read and analyze works penned by some of the major Arab playwrights, with a particular focus on Tawfiq al-Hakim and Saadallah Wannous. Further, we will examine how these writers responded to their social and political realities via drama, how they drew on and engaged with various religious and cultural sources such as the Quran, Arabian Nights, Greek mythology, and Arabic folklore, and how their works reflected the impact of major European dramatic figures and movements, including Bertolt Brecht and Theater of the Absurd. In addition to dramatic works, reading assignments will also include relevant historical and theoretical articles.
ARAB365-70 Social Issues in Arab Gulf Literature This course focuses on a vibrant literature from the Arabic Gulf. Writers from most Gulf countries, including Qatar, highlight the plight of the new generation looking for change. They express their alienation and struggles to find their identity in a paradoxical society mingling westernization and consumerism with rigid tradition. It is of particular interest that the majority of Gulf writers are women, for whom writing becomes salvation, escape, rebellion, and witnessing against inequalities and repression, thus bringing gender issues to the forefront.
ARAB398-70 Migration and exile in Modern Arab Lit Modern Arabic literature has long sought to come to terms with issues of home, migration, displacement, exile, and diaspora. From the colonial era to the age of decolonization; following the loss of Palestine and the trauma of the Lebanese civil war; and in the wake of the more recent tragedies of Iraqis and Syrians fleeing their countries—Arab writers have examined, questioned, mourned, metaphorized, and mythologized notions of belonging, loss, alienation, and estrangement. In addition, other forms of displacement and dislocation, whether caused by intra-regional migration, minority issues in the Arab world, or the advent of modernity, have also inspired key works in Arabic literature. This course examines the ways in which these themes have been represented in modern Arabic literature. The course will focus on the novel as the most significant literary medium to approach such themes. A tentative list of authors may include Ghassan Kanafani, Ibrahim Abdel Meguid, Abdel Rahman Munif, and Tayib Salih.
CULP045-70- Theorizing CULP This course creates an intensive introduction to a range of theories—in both the humanities and social sciences, although it tilts more towards the humanities—that
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ground the diverse fields of the Culture and Politics major. You will learn to strategically deploy both theoretical and methodological frameworks and key concepts (don’t worry if they seem opaque to you now… ), as well as situate yourself within the core debates saturating the field. Because CULP 045 has been designated as the sole Writing Intensive course in the major, special attention will be directed toward your prose, in a number of different theoretical genres, so as to assure your preparation for further work in the major. Requirements: Faithful and attentive presence; deeply engaged preparation and participation; persistent care for the clarity, grace, and constant improvement of your prose.
CULP 241 Islamic Architecture This course is an architectural survey of the historical development of what has become known as “Islamic Architecture,” from the formation of Islam until the modern period. Monuments studied will include religious and secular styles covering a wide geographical area from India to Spain. Students will be exposed to the cultural and political motivations and circumstances that led to the construction of key monuments throughout history.
CULP265-70 Francophone Comics: Tintin The Adventures of Tintin, one of the most popular European comic book series of the twentieth century, was originally written in French, but we will read and discuss English-language translations of six albums of the series as well as a scholarly book on the subject. Students will study the assigned readings outside of class and then make individual in-class presentations on each of the six albums. Each student presentation will be followed by a discussion involving all students in the class.
CULP 324 Journey of Arabic This class follows the historical development of the Arabic language from its earliest stages through the modern era, while examining the socio-political and cultural motives that shaped the language. A range of topics will be discussed, such as how and why Classical Arabic emerged, pre-Islamic dialects, the role of the Quran, the spread of Islam, contact with other languages, and diglossia, during which we will study the reasons and cultural necessities that influenced the Arabic language at crucial times in its development. Selected readings from leading scholars in the field will be examined.
CULP331-70 The Arabian Nights and Western Literature This course introduces students to the notion of ‘popular’ literature through the text of the Arabian Nights. It analyzes Arab-Muslim civilization and culture at that point in time focusing on its difference from Islam today. It compares the most seminal stories of the Arabian Nights to some prominent Western literary texts, highlighting in the process the Nights’ influence on the themes and narrative techniques that Western authors borrowed and recycled from the Nights.
CULP350-70 CULP Honors Seminar This course is a focused research seminar for students to pursue theoretical and methodological approaches in topics to be vetted by the CULP Dean and the CULP Field Director. The first semester (CULP349) will cover theory and research methods with the Course Instructor. The second semester (CULP350) will be devoted to writing a thesis under the mentorship of a CULP Faculty member.
ECON-002-70 and ECON002-71 Principles of Macroeconomics This course provides an introduction to macroeconomics. The first part of the course explores how GDP, inflation, unemployment, and other macroeconomic aggregates are measured in practice. The second part develops analytical models of macroeconomic performance and growth in the long run. The third part focuses on short-run (business-cycle) fluctuations and fiscal and monetary policies
ECON102-70 Intermediate Macro econ Theory This is an intermediate-level course in macroeconomics. This course is part of the International Economics major at SFS-Q. Thus, it serves the overall goal of the major which is to give students the
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tools necessary to think through economic questions. This is often done using simple economic models that highlight the relevant forces/tradeoffs at play. Econ 102 will use similar tools as the other courses but the focus of attention will be on macroeconomic issues. Topics covered include: measurement of output and prices, long-term economic growth, short-term business cycle fluctuations, and fiscal/monetary policy. This course is also an important opportunity to become familiar with data sources and do real-world data applications. Get ready to crunch some numbers. This course will help develop skills that are important for students who plan to go into policymaking, the business world, and academia.
ECON122-70 Intro to Econometrics This course develops the theory and applications of regression analysis, which is the primary tool for empirical work in economics. Emphasis is placed on techniques for estimating economic relationships and testing economic hypotheses.
ECON211-70 Development Economics: This course examines issues in development economics. We begin by reviewing development objectives and theories of economic growth and by taking stock of poverty, inequality, and vulnerability in the world today. Then we study models of markets for goods and services, labor markets, financial markets, and international markets, taking care to document how the situations of developing economies require modifications of the perfectly competitive market model we studied in microeconomic principles. Finally, we will study economists’ approach to development policy analysis and we will study in detail two specific areas that require much attention in development: education and infrastructure.
ECON244-70 and ECON244-71 International Finance International Finance studies the behavior of global markets and the dynamics that characterize them. The course introduces students to the foreign exchange market. We discuss the determination of exchange rates and talk about the relation between exchange rates, interest rates, prices and output. By introducing simple models we can analyze the impact that different policies and events have on exchange rates and the economy. We then apply the intuition acquired and the tools developed to examine a range of interesting and important topics, such as the European Monetary Union, financial crises, the economies of the Gulf.
ECON256-70 Poverty, Growth & Inequality : This class will explore inequality within and across countries, what poverty means for a country’s citizens, and what strategies countries might be able to follow to stimulate economic growth. Our focus will be on the theoretical, quantitative, and empirical aspects of these questions, with a significant portion of the course devoted to working with data to better understand these topics and how they are interrelated. We will discuss and apply methods for measuring poverty and inequality and cover methodological issues related to measuring the effectiveness of economic policy reforms. We will also touch on historical approaches to development and explore why some countries have experienced growth while others have remained stagnant.
ECON442-70 Quantitative Trade Models : This course will cover theoretical and quantitative aspects of international trade. The goal of the semester will be to learn how to solve modern trade models computationally and calibrate them using data in order to perform counterfactual exercises. We will start by briefly reviewing Ricardian and Heckscher-Ohlin theories of trade before moving on to more modern models featuring monopolistic competition and firm-level heterogeneity. We will review the trade gravity literature, familiarize ourselves with data sources for international trade flows, and discuss international trade agreements and optimal trade policy.
ENGL446-70 Poetics of Catastrophe In this course, we will be concerned with Remains. We will confront the aftermaths of political catastrophes and what they leave behind: pieces of bodies, buildings, voices, selves, peoples, beliefs. Often shattered beyond recall, dismembered beyond recognition, traumatized beyond speech, these remains at once demand a proper accounting and question the possibility that any account could be adequate to their suffering. In careful readings of
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experimental literature, art, and film, accompanied by relevant works of theory, we will begin with the Catastrophe as traditionally defined—an aberrant event with a beginning and end, genocide, Partition—from there, we will pivot through the Middle Passage and contemporary African America art to a study of the Catastrophe in lonueg durée, as a structuring principle of modernity: New World slavery and its endless reconfigurations, colonialism and new-colonialism, and the determinations of climate change.
FREN002 -70 Introductory French II This course is the continuation of Introductory French I. Both courses use the same materials, namely French in Action. The video program, which presents a story of French men and women and their activities, is used in conjunction with a textbook as well as with a workbook that contains exercises linked to an audio program. The course takes an interactive approach to learning the French language.
FREN022-70 Intermediate French II This course is the continuation of Intermediate French I (FREN 021). This course is based on the Intermediate French method “À Votre Tour” (John Wiley & Sons) which consists of a textbook, workbook and audio-visual material. This course reinforces structures that have been learned previously and builds on them to enable students to communicate on day-to-day and current issues. All four language skills, i.e. listening, speaking, reading and writing are practiced. Students are introduced to various aspects of France and of the French-speaking world.
FREN102-70 Advanced French II This course is the continuation of Advanced French I. It prepares students for post-advanced French courses, which require an increased ability to communicate orally in French. Students will work on improving their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in French by means of a review of grammar, the study of vocabulary and idioms, the reading and discussion of a novel, and by making individual oral presentations about popular French-language songs.
GOVT040-70 Comparative Political Systems This course introduces students to modern political systems by looking comparatively and in-depth at a large variety of countries and institutional arrangements thereby exposing students to current research on the effects of different types of institutional settings on the political process and on policy outcomes. At the same time, the course also introduces the basic premises and core concepts of leading schools of thought and interpretation in the study of comparative politics.
GOVT 040-71 Comparative Political SystemsThis course introduces students to comparative politics and political systems. It will examine the history of different political systems in various parts of the world since antiquity, and provide a basic understanding of the main theoretical approaches to the nature of states and political societies. It will then go on to examine and compare political and political-economic systems in the modern era and the contemporary world. This is a foundations course, meant to equip students with the specialized vocabulary, knowledge, and analytical tools they will need as they move on to more advanced and specialized subjects in this field.
GOVT060-70 International Relations This course begins with an introduction to the most established key conceptual and theoretical schools in the study of IR – Realism and Neo-Realism, Neo-Liberalism and Liberal Institutionalism and Social Constructivism. Subsequent sections looks to apply other theories and approaches - including polarity, soft power, normative power, and small state theories - to important historical issues, events and processes in modern and contemporary world politics with a special focus on the international politics and history of the Middle East since World War II.
GOVT317-70 Social Movements & Interest Groups This course will focus on interest groups and social movements in politics, concentrating primarily but not exclusively on the U.S. We will explore how interest
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groups and movements are born, how they are governed and financed, how interest groups recruit and influence members, and how groups influence their members. We will also study what they do to influence public policy – including working in campaigns and lobbying.
GOVT379-70 Interstellar Politics Authors writing in the Science Fiction/Speculative Fiction (SF) genre have long explored political themes— such as the rise and decline of empires, the impact of technological change on individual liberty, the nature of revolutionary struggles, the workings of totalitarianism, and the impact of socio-political collapse on humankind. This seminar approaches SF as social-scientific and social-theoretic text. Subjects include the politics of contact, alterity, identity, games, and warfare. Readings include SF novels, as well as scholarly texts on politics and social science. Students are also expected to watch and discuss a limited number of films and videos. This is not a literature course. We do not explore (much) the emergence of SF, its conventions, or its history; we do not read literary criticism of SF or cognate genres. Instead, we approach SF as many of its authors intend: as an opportunity for cognitive estrangement and a landscape of the imaginary that allows us to contemplate important political concerns.
HIST008-70 Intro Late History:World II The various sections of HIST 008 have different focuses, for which see below; moreover, each instructor may develop or stress particular themes within her/his focus. Students are urged to consult syllabi available on line or from their professor.The World II sections consider human history since about 1500 AD, focusing on the dynamics of global interaction. The class seeks to familiarize students with, and help them contextualize, historical processes and phenomena such as colonialism and imperialism, industrialization, modern population growth, nationalism and the rise of the nation-state, great power politics, and the emergence of modern science. Its goal is to explain how the world got to be the way it is, with a particular focus on how social and ethno-cultural identities have been shaped—and have in turn shaped--political, economic, and physical environments.
HIST104-70 Indian Ocean World The purpose of this course is to explore the role of the Indian Ocean and the Gulf as integrated and integrating elements in the 19th and 20th centuries. The course will focus first on the Indian Ocean and the societies on the ocean’s periphery and examine the political, economic and cultural connections among these societies. Second, the course will narrow its focus on the Persian (or Arabian) Gulf and finally on the emergence of Qatar as a case study in the political and social history of the larger region.
HIST112-70 Africa II Nineteenth century Africa was the site of continued and intensifying engagement with both the East and the West as well as a host of in situ changes and episodes. For example, towards the middle of that century, the Sultan of Muscat and Oman moved his capital from the Middle East to the East African coast to expand and consolidate his control over the region’s commercial activities. France, Britain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy and Spain intensified their activities on the continent which by the end of the century they had formalised at a conference in Berlin (1884 – 1885). It was also the site of internal events of great socio-political and economic repercussions. In Southern Africa, a variety of environmental and socio-political pressures combined to produce a period of upheaval whose repercussions were felt as far north as the Great Lakes region of East Central Africa, the gradual abolition of the slave trade was changing socio-economics and politics along huge swathes of the continent while in West Africa the revival of Islam in the western Sudan was accompanied by jihads. In this course, we shall delve into these events in different parts of the continent. As we do so we shall also have the opportunity to analyse critically related primary sources. Amongst other things, we shall study the authors, query their motivations and the circumstances in which they wrote their works with a view to enhancing our knowledge and understand of the historical events in question.
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HIST123-70 China in Transition 1583 -1989 The first two decades of the twentieth century shattered all assumptions about what it meant to be “Chinese” and to live in the “Central Kingdom.” The collapse of the imperial system brought an end to over two thousand years of successive emperors and dynasties, but little consensus about what the new “Republic of China” would be and do. Was this new “China” an empire or nation? Would it include or exclude Tibet, Mongolia, and the Muslim regions of eastern Turkestan—territories that had become part of the multi-cultural Qing empire (1636-1911). Having abandoned the Confucian education system, what would replace it? What ideology should motivate and discipline the people? Who should serve the state? Who should the state serve? And above all, how would China extricate itself from the hostile international forces that pressed in from all sides? There were no easy answers to these questions. The result was a century of fierce conflicts—a chain of explosions, both metaphorical and real—that tore apart the fabric of society and then rewove it into new patterns. This course will examine the last century of Chinese history by focusing on individual and everyday human experiences as revealed by a variety of primary sources—journals, works of art, poetry, novels and memoirs, music, and government documents. We will discuss major political figures such as Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, but also explore the lives of the educated elite—the intellectuals and officials who carried out their policies. This course will also pay particular attention to the history of women and minority groups such as Tibetans and Muslims. Taught in Doha, Qatar.
HIST 128 South Asia I This course surveys the long history of South Asia from the rise of agri-urban culture (3500BCE) to the establishment of sultanic rule across the region (1500CE). Geography, politics, economics and cultural trends are discussed with the aid of a variety of sources, primary and secondary. Inter-faith (Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and Jain) relations are highlighted, as is the region’s influence on and benefit from longstanding relations with the world around it. Understanding the importance of historiography and historical methods forms a pivotal aspect of the approach to providing the student a broad introduction to the region and its historical study.
HIST161-70 Middle East II This course introduces students to the major themes of the last three centuries of Middle Eastern history and seeks to promote an understanding of the background to the current conflicts in this important but frequently misunderstood region of the world. Because one can hardly hope to understand recent events without understanding their multiple historical roots, the lectures, readings and discussions aim at rendering intelligible the complex political and social changes that the Middle East experienced in the modern era. The course begins with a brief study of the late Ottoman era and its most important institutions. It then traces the forces that weakened those institutions and examines the efforts of Middle Eastern leaders to resist or encourage change. The course then examines the effects of World War I on the modern Middle East. Among the other major issues it addresses are the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the significance of secular ideologies such as Arab nationalism and socialism, the rise of Islamism, the Middle East since the end of the Cold War, and in particular the growing U.S. role in the region especially since late 2001. The geographic scope of the course comprises the central provinces and territories of the former Ottoman and Safavid empires: Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Arabia, and Iran. The syllabus emphasizes three analytical themes: first, the historical evolution of “Middle Eastern” polities from dynastic and religious empires in the early modern era to the emergence of “nation-states” in the twentieth century; second, the impact of industrial capitalism and European imperial expansion on local societies and their modes of production; and third, the ideological and socio-cultural dimensions of these large-scale transformations, specifically the rise of mass ideologies of liberation and development (nationalism, socialism, political Islam), and the emergence of new issues in the areas of gender, identity, and popular culture.
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HIST181-70 US History since 1865 This course explores the history of the United States from the Civil War through the present. This time period has witnessed the rise of the United States as a world power; its government has engaged in peacekeeping missions and has instigated war and international turmoil. While citizens of this country have struggled to define the nation’s role in the world, it has also faced internal tumult: Americans of all backgrounds have demanded their place in the national narrative. This course will cover these themes as well as the divergent ways in which historians have interpreted these major events.
HIST190-70 Film and US History Film has always played an important role in shaping how people understand and interpret the past. This course will specifically analyze Hollywood films as historical texts and will examine what these sources reveal about the time in which they were made and the historical narratives they seek to put forward about the past. The course will focus on several moments in history to understand how the past has been represented by and shaped Hollywood film, including Native American history, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, WWII, the Cold War, McCarthyism, Vietnam, Civil Rights and recent US foreign policy.
HIST307-70 Muslims and Islam in China Muslims have lived in China since the 8th century and have adapted in a wide variety of ways to the challenge of being different from the vast majority of non-Muslims among whom they have resided. By no means a uniquely Sino-Muslim dilemma, their conditions, when studied comparatively, can illuminate the experience of many Muslims who at different times and places have found themselves a minority among other faiths and teachings. This class will study this experience historically, but will incorporate insights from recent scholarship from other fields of study such as anthropology, religious studies, and cultural studies. Our work will focus primarily on those Muslims in China who belong to two cultures—Islamic and Chinese—simultaneously. The PRC refers to this group of people as the Huihui minzu (or Huizu). Many other Muslims 2 (speaking Turkic, Mongolian, Tibetan, Malay, and other languages) live in the PRC, and some students may wish to examine their histories in their research projects. We will spend several sessions discussing the Uyghurs (Ch. Weiwuer minzu) and the problem of Xinjiang.
HIST308-70 Empires This course is designed to be an upper-division seminar exploring the construction, destruction and evolution not only of empires, but also of the ways in which historians and social scientists have conceived of empires. We begin by outlining traditional and novel definitions of empire and nation to provide students with a foundational vocabulary for the rest of the course (Day and Doyle). To understand how empires functioned, we will then undertake a comparative analysis of two empires – the Ottoman Empire and the Arab Empire (Barkey and Kennedy). Next, we will explore empires and imperialism thematically by examining a variety of topics: religion and empire (Lincoln), cultural adaptation (Collingham), cultural differentiation (Mitchell) and gender (Greeenberg). Finally, we will look at the role of nationalism as both a cause of empire (Pappe) and as a mechanism for its ultimate demise (Schmid).
HIST361-70 Pirates, Soldiers, and Diplomats: Islam and the West, 1500-1914 The course examines violence and diplomacy between the Islamic "gunpowder" empires (Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal) and some of their adversaries (Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs, and Russian empires). It studies competing ideologies (jihad and crusade) and practices, raids (e.g. Tatar and Cossack), piracy (the Barbary corsairs and the Knights of St. John), imperial campaigns, frontier warfare, as well as wars of nationalism and imperialism. Studying the diplomatic relations between Islam and the West, special attention will be given to questions such as Islamic and Western intelligence, permanent embassies in Istanbul, and the conversion from unilateral to reciprocal diplomacy.
HIST368-70 Empires and borderlands in the Balkans and the Middle East This course examines how the extension and defense of frontiers and borderlands shaped the evolution of imperial
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institutions and ideologies and defined inter-imperial relations in Eurasia from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. It studies three frontier regions: the Triplex Confinium between Venice, the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire in Hungary, Croatia and Dalmatia; the Pontic steppe frontier contested by Poland-Lithuania, Muscovy/Russia, and the Crimean Tatars (with their overlords the Ottomans); and the Caucasian frontier shaped by Safavid Persia, Russia, and the Ottomans. The course considers evolving conceptions of frontiers, borders, and sovereignty, along with notions like “bastion of Christendom,” “bulwark of Islam,” and “clash of civilizations.” It examines how the respective imperial centers organized the defense and administration of their frontiers, and demonstrates the limits of imperial authority in border provinces where the imperial governments were forced to share jurisdiction and taxes with local elites and neighboring empires. The second part of the course studies topics such as cross-border and inter-imperial communication, diplomacy, espionage, commerce, cross-border raids and ransom slavery. It also considers how major population movements caused by invasion, colonization, border warfare and defense affected societies along these contested imperial borderlands, transforming their ethnic and religious makeup, with political implications for the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
HIST407-70 History of Fundamentalism Although the term ‘fundamentalism’ was coined by American Christians at the turn of the twentieth century in self-reference to movements promoting literal interpretations of the Bible, it has since been applied to doctrinal and practical trends evident in all major religions. Certain scholars have also argued that forms of ‘secularism’ should be defined as fundamentalist. This upper-level course explores the intellectual basis and social roles of both religious and secular forms. By focusing on representative thinkers and organizations, it highlights the structural and cultural factors argued to explain the ubiquity of fundamentalism in modern world history. Readings are primarily, though not exclusively, drawn from the broad array of perspectives collected by the multidisciplinary ‘Fundamentalism Project,’ whose volumes illumine how the strategies and outcomes of movements across the globe overlap and differ, politically and culturally. Polemics against and strategies to combat fundamentalism are also evaluated. The goal of the course is therefore to provide students a thorough introduction to one of the defining features of late global history, asking whether fundamentalism is best understood as a reaction against or an integral feature of the ‘modern’ condition. The semester will be divided into seven sections, each focused by lectures and readings concerning Secularism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and finally an overview of the scholarly concepts and social forces marking fundamentalism as a global phenomenon. Each section will introduce primary thinkers, representative organizations, and their impact in such spheres as state, education and cultural institutions (e.g., gender norms, inter-faith/sectarian relations, etc.). Student performance will be evaluated by means of a combination of in-class presentations and discussion, as well as a 5000-word research paper based on primary literature chosen in consultation with the instructor.
IECO41-70 IECO Senior Seminar The principal aim of this course is to develop the skills and techniques needed for carrying out a substantive original research project and write a research paper in economics. To achieve this purpose, the course will first introduce the most used research methods in economics through the state- of-the-art literature in several fields of economics, such as health, urban, development, experimental economics, political economy, and discrimination. Students may choose from a wide variety of topics for their research project. Along the way, students will learn how to evaluate scholarly literature, formulate and model a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, write an elegant paper and give a convincing presentation
INAF008-70 Map of the Modern World This one-credit course is designed to provide basic knowledge of the physical and political geography of the world. Weekly lectures cover the fundamental forces that shape the physical geography and the effects of physical geography on
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human behavior in ten regions of the world. The final exam covers information presented in the lectures, the location and capitals of contemporary states, and the identification of major geographical features. The final examination is multiple choice and graded pass-fail. The course is required for graduation from the School of Foreign Service.
INAF246-70 Gender Politics in African Culture The study of gender politics in Africa is a growing field in cultural and political analysis. It raises significant questions with respect to culture, power, and representation. While in most representations of African women in various feminist writings, they are often portrayed as victims of patriarchal dominance and violence, there is important body of work that challenges these epistemologies and common stereotypes by highlighting their agency and sustained struggle for justice. Gender Politics in African Cultures and Societies introduces fundamental theoretical and methodological approaches that situate the study of gender within broader institutional historical, political and cultural arrangements and structures in African societies. We will examine in-depth anthropological discourses and concepts in order to understand gender as both a category of analysis and a subject of powerful social movements in Africa. We will explore wide-ranging subjects pertaining to the study of democracy, development, ethnicity, marginality, and the nature of political power in Africa. Methodologically, we will discuss several African feminist ethnographies that represent important investigations of gender politics and its intersections with broader patterns and processes of cross-cultural constructions of identity, difference, and politics. We will review major transformations and critiques that feminist anthropology has brought to bear in the analysis of culture, citizenship, modernity and tradition, women's rights. These topics will be arranged thematically and discussed in depth.
INAF324-70 Global Environmental Politics This course provides a historical overview of different ways of conceptualising the relationship between politics, environmental change and economic processes. While it embeds these paradigms in a long and deep history, it concentrates on the political economy of resources in the post-World War II world and the complex question of “justice”, with special attention to developments in developing countries and issues of race, class, gender and identity. Ideologies, material processes and institutions are all critically examined to show students how our ways of ‘knowing’ and changing the environment cannot be understood separate from social relations and power dynamics. By covering a wide range of subjects and drawing on a great variety of local and global examples, this course intends to give students a solid grasp of the key academic debates and the difficult trade-offs inherent in making environmental and development policies.
INAF352-70 Religion and Democratization While it is widely assumed among scholars that democratization must be accompanied by secularization in order to succeed, the fact is that religion has historically played a relevant role in the democratization of authoritarian/autocratic regimes and that this effect has at times be positive, rather than negative. The objective of this course is to study the role of religion in the processes of democratization across different religious traditions (Christianity and Islam) and geographic areas (Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East) of the world in order to acquire a better understanding of the mechanisms that account for the positive or negative influence of religiously-motivated political activism on the emergence and sustainability of democratic regimes.
INAF 385-700 Politics and Sports This innovative course is offered on-line to a select group of students on the the GU-Qatar campus and the main campus. We will explore the intersections of politics and sports, using a variety of lenses (cultural, political, demographic, economic) with an emphasis on the Middle East and East Asia. Students must be available for class during spring break to work with colleagues from the main campus. The interactive course will utilize the Winter Olympics in South Korea as a case study to better understand the effect that globalization has had on
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international sports, and in particular organized sports such as the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ten main campus students will travel to Doha, Qatar over spring break to meet with the GU-Q students and to collaborate on a research project. While in Doha there will be field trips to see some of the soccer facilities being constructed for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and we will have discussions with representatives of the Josoor Institute. Students will be given ample time to meet on the research project. This course is asynchronous for the remainder of the semester; it will be your responsibility to keep up with the readings and assignments on a weekly basis. Most weeks you will post a response to a prompt in the discussion board, as well as complete additional exercises. The discussion groups will mix students from both campuses. You will be sent an e-mail each week about what needs to be accomplished that week. Although you are working on your own, you will not be allowed to fall behind. If you are ill for an entire week, you need to let Dr. Stephen know and you will need to have your academic dean be in touch with Dr. Stephen as well.
INAF422-70 African Politics and Development Focused on the 49 states of Sub-Saharan Africa and their trajectory after 1960, this course aims to provide students with a deeper understanding of the interplay between the international structure and African agency in shaping the political and economic fortunes of African countries since independence. By drawing on in-depth case studies and a rich historical literature, students will engage with the political, social and economic forces that gave rise to a range of political projects and the mission to “develop” Africa. This will enable the development of an appreciation of the diversity of African political and economic trajectories and contemporary debates on aid, democratisation, good governance, intervention, and “Africa Rising”.
INAF451-70 Global Migration, Refugees & Citizenship This course will examine the explosion of international migration that has occurred around the world and the challenges (and opportunities) this movement of people has presented for recipient states. Topics include immigrant integration and the challenges of diversity, the crisis of refugees, forced migration and trafficking, human rights and international organizations, and terrorism and security.
INAF460-70 International Relations of the ME This course examines the causes and consequences of international developments in the Middle East since the end of World War II. Contemporary international relations in the Middle East have been shaped by three dominant factors: domestic political dynamics within each Middle Eastern country; the Arab-Israeli and more recently the Palestinian-Israeli conflicts; and superpower politics in the region, involving Great Britain, the former Soviet Union, the United States, and other aspiring global powers. The course examines the causes and effects of the interplay of these three broad factors on the international relations of the Middle East both within the various state and non-state actors located inside the region and between them and the larger international community.
IPOL306-70 IPOL Honors Thesis Tutorial
IPOL315-70 Gulf Security in the Contemporary Era This course will examine the security threats and challenges faced by the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at home and abroad since the British departure from the Gulf region at the start of the 1970s. In particular, it looks at the ways in which the six GCC member states have responded to those threats independently, as members of a regional “security complex”, and in cooperation with outside partners and actors up to and since the Gulf Crisis of 2017.
IPOL315-70 Gulf Security in Contemporary Era This course will examine the security threats and challenges faced by the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at home and abroad since the British departure from the Gulf region at the start of the 1970s. In particular, it looks at the ways in which the six GCC member states have responded to those threats independently, as members of a
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regional “security complex”, and in cooperation with outside partners and actors up to and since the Gulf Crisis of 2017.
IPOL320-70 Quantitative Methods This course enables students to build a foundation in statistical and visual methods of analyzing quantitative information. Topics include, but are not limited to, describing bivariate relationships, point and interval estimation, null hypothesis significance testing, effect size estimation, and multivariate analysis (up to and including multivariate regression).
IPOL350-70 Comparative Ethnics, Pols & Conflicts What exactly is ethnicity and why does it matter? This course explores the implications of ethnicity for a range of political outcomes, from everyday politics (i.e. voting, the distribution of goods, and state-building) to political violence (i.e. hate crimes, xenophobia, civil war and genocide). Students will be exposed to a wide array of comparative cases in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
IPOL368-70 Islamic Movements Although they have been examined as non-state social movement actors, Islamic movements have been part and parcel of the discussion of developing political structures and the international relations of Muslim-majority societies for the better part of the past half-century. This course proposes to examine the phenomenon of Islamic social movements that emerged in the twentieth century. It does so by examining the historical circumstances that gave rise to their emergence, the ideological underpinnings of these movements, and their organizational capacity and ability to mobilize supporters as movements of opposition. Additionally, the course will introduce students to an analytical framework used to study these movements in the form of social movement theory. The extent to which this theoretical approach is effective in the study of Islamic movements in particular will be a central question throughout the course. The course structure is thematic in nature. It begins with a brief study of the intellectual and ideological underpinnings of modern Islamic movements, beginning with the reformist movement of the late nineteenth century. This is followed by a theoretical overview of the study of social movements, with special attention paid to attempts at examining Islamic movements through this theoretical approach. The remainder of the course will be devoted to case studies, beginning with the “classic” Islamic movements of the mid-twentieth century such as the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt and Jamaat-i Islami of Pakistan. A second wave of movements, those of localized nationalist resistance, will be examined through the cases of Palestine and Lebanon. The emergence of transnational movements in the late twentieth century, embodied most prominently by al-Qaeda, is another phenomenon that is worth examining. Additional case studies examine the role of Islamic movements within state structures in Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, and Afghanistan, among others. Finally, consideration is also given to the role of Islamic movements in post-Arab uprising states. By the end of the course, students should be able to provide a nuanced and contextualized analysis of Islamic movements and the role they play in various social settings.
IPOL 392-70 Nationalism in the Modern World This course will provide an introduction to the origins, histories and present natures of a range of different nationalisms and national identities in the contemporary world. It will begin by surveying rival theories concerning the origins of nationalism, and the nature of kinship, ethnic, religious and state identities in ancient and medieval history. It will then proceed to a detailed examination of particular national traditions and identities, and how they have changed over time. There will be a particular focus on nationalism in the most important contemporary states (the USA, China, Russia and India), and on nationalism in the countries of the Muslim world.
IPOL 421-70 Asian Politics: Culture, Power, History. This course offers a historical and cross-regional survey of the entanglements of culture, history, and power in the world’s largest continent, Asia. A historical approach to Asian politics permits us to appreciate the myriad ways in which the past
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shapes the present in different Asian societies, and how these societies are inextricably intertwined. Such an approach rooted in “inter-Asian connections” also enables us to think through the continent’s changing relationships with Europe or the “West,” which has been a significant presence in Asian politics over at least the past five centuries.
MATH035-70 Calculus I Calculus provides tools for studying functional relationships among variables. This course will include differential and integral calculus of functions of one variable, and applications of differential calculus. Emphasis will be placed on areas of interest to IECO students, with applications to economics where possible. Topics include: limits, derivatives, techniques of differentiation, applications of the derivative, the Riemann integral, and the logarithmic and exponential functions
PHIL099-70 Political and Social Thought In this course, you will be introduced to some of the major ideas in political philosophy. Much of the course will center around two topics:
the nature and source of political authority (What gives a government authority over its citizens? What is the best form of government?); and
the question of distributive justice (How should society’s wealth be distributed to its members? What role, if any, should government play in this distribution? What is the relation between justice and the free market?).
The goal of this class is to engage the students in active discussion about these and related issues.
PHIL099-71 Political and Social Thought This course introduces students to writings by a few of the most influential Western political philosophers, and thereby provides a survey the history of Western political philosophy from ancient Greece to the nineteenth century.
PHIL194-70 Philosophy of Gender This course aims to help you clarify some of the conceptual and argumentative frameworks used in discussions of gender issues. At the end of the course, you will have a more nuanced understanding of the autonomous character of the individual, the moral relations a person bears to others, and the choices a person has in society more generally. Some of the questions we will consider are:-Can women be said to constitute an oppressed group?-To what extent can biology explain behavioral difference between men and women?-Do women have a distinct nature?-Are the notions of masculinity and femininity socially constructed?-Do women’s experiences yield a specific moral outlook?-Do the notions of autonomy and justice that emerge from women’s experiences differ from more traditional conceptions?-What moral frameworks do women in third world societies operate under?
PHIL196-70 History of Economic Philosophy This course will show how the field of economics developed out of philosophy. After briefly reviewing the early history of economic thought. It examines how philosophers in the 1700 and 1800s created an increasingly specialized approach that eventually developed into modern economics.
THEO001-70 : Problem Of God This course introduces students to the understanding and experience of God in four religious traditions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and African Traditional Religion. These enduring religious traditions will provide the basis for grappling with the perennial questions concerning the expressions, nature, manifestations, characteristics, wonder, and experience of God and religious experience. The course calls for a critical exploration and reflection on the centrality of religion in many cultures and traditions. This course will explore various issues relating to the idea, concept, and attributes of God in these religious traditions. We shall delve into
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the realm and depth of religious consciousness and spirituality through a comparative religious approach.
THEO001-71 Problem of God: This course is a core curriculum requirement and a prerequisite for upper division theology courses. It is designed as an introduction to the major world’s religions, and an examination of some of the understandings and experiences of the Divine or Ultimate Reality in four religious traditions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. It requires no prior knowledge of these traditions (in fact prior "familiarity" can sometimes be an impediment to a deeper and wider understanding of these traditions) and, of course, it does not presuppose faith in, nor adhesion to, their tenets (this is not a course for either Muslims or Christians, or Buddhists, or Hindus, or agnostics, or atheists, but an introductory course for all, irrespective of their faith and philosophical positions.) These enduring religious traditions will provide the basis for examining and pondering perennial questions concerning the manifestations, concepts and experiences of the Divine or Ultimate Reality. The course calls for a critical exploration and reflection on the centrality of religion in human experience. We will give priority to
1. a familiarization with the basic tenets of four major world’s religions in their own terms; i.e Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam;
2. a meditation on a selection of scriptural, authoritative, traditional sources from these four traditions,
3. a reflection on inter-religious interpretations of concepts and practices of one tradition from the point of view of another;
4. an examination of the spiritual means –mostly meditation and prayer, of the human exploration of the Ultimate Reality.
THEO001-72 Problem of God:
THEO114-70 Reform in Contemporary Islamic Thought It has been argued that the Muslim world is in crisis. For many this crisis is centered upon religious authority which has become increasingly pluralized, and increasingly contested. This course will explore arguments for intellectual reform in Islamic Thought in the 20th and 21st centuries by systematically reading the texts of reform writers in North America and Europe. By doing so, this course will explore the various ways in which Islamic authority has been defined and redefined in contemporary Muslim societies. Additionally, this class will explore the complexity of this topic by looking at various external circumstances to the debate such as globalization, mass migration, colonization and the commodification of knowledge. By the end of the course, students should be able to: understand political, social and religious causes for reform movements; meaningfully engage with various reform arguments, and; identify points of convergence and divergence between various groups and actors.
THEO145-70 Islam, culture and bioethics With the advent of modern technology, powered by its unprecedented and far reaching capabilities, religion’s role in explaining natural phenomena has significantly been decreased. The new knowledge enabled by modern science and technology is increasingly being used to answer and settle many questions that used to belong to religion’s sole and exclusive domain. These questions include: the exact beginning and end of human life, redefinition of family structure and relationships, and even the ability to create human life. Thus, some of the main questions that religion- and religious people - are grappling with include: How is religion responding to this challenge? Would modern technology eventually replace religion or render it completely obsolete? What are the ethical implications of this challenge? Would secular morality be sufficient in the modern age? And, ultimately, does modernization necessitate secularization? Can the different components of modernity be distinguished? Would it be possible to separate the technical aspects of modernity from the other philosophical or cultural ones? This course explores these questions within the context of modern Islamic/Muslim discourses related to bioethics and their historical background. In particular, the course focuses on Islamic ethical thought
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and its connection with the Islamic legal tradition. It will also examine the interface between Islamic ethico-legal and cultural norms and the extent to which they are considered inviolable.The course is divided into four main sections: meaning and nature of Islamic ethics (what makes it Islamic?); meaning and nature of Islamic law (how is it different from modern law?); meaning and nature of Islamic bioethics (how does it relate to universal or global bioethics?); and illustrative examples of Islamic bioethical debates. The course complements other courses of religious studies as well as Islamic faith, law, ethics, tradition, cultures, and societies.
THEO171-70 : Liberation Theologies In The United States The purpose of this course is to examine some of the salient theological voices from the underside of history in the United States. In the United States, as well as in other places around the world, religion has been used to justify oppression and discrimination. Yet, while religious narratives justified such inhumane activities such as slavery and destruction of native populations, oppressed communities have boldly used religion to critique and challenge this abuse. This course will focus on Black Theology, Womanist Theology, Hispanic Liberation Theology, Latina Theology, Asian-American Theology, and Feminist Theology in the United States. It will examine the historical development of these theological voices and also provide an in depth analysis of the profound challenges that they raise for understanding the gospel in the United States. The course covers the intersections of piety, prophecy, and public witness. The course is consistent with the enduring ethos of Georgetown University that emphasizes the linkages between faith and justice. It is also interdisciplinary. It valorizes insights from theology, history, cultural studies, sociology, and politics. This course fulfills the elective requirement for both theology and the American Studies Certificate within the curriculum of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar.
THEO275-70 Mysticism East & West This course is designed to introduce students to major aspects of mystical teachings and practices from a comparative perspective. Our most general task will be to reflect on the definition of “mysticism” in contradistinction with kin concepts such as “religion”, “spirituality”, and “esoterism.” This will lead us to explore the various facets and dimensions of mysticism in world religions, its expressions in the ways of knowledge, love and action, and some of its main manifestations in Semitic monotheistic and Indic religions. We will engage a few classical key-texts within the context of an inter-religious “dialogue” among some of the major representatives from the Hindu, Buddhist, Christian and Islamic mystical traditions.
WRIT015-70 -Writing And Culture: Literature And Human Rights Writing and Culture (WRIT015) is a seminar centered on the analytic study of complex cultural texts and practicing writing as a multifaceted, iterative process of inquiry to discover and integrate new ideas. It invites students to engage with texts from multiple contexts, which they will critically examine through interdisciplinary lenses and theoretical frameworks.
How do rights define who we are? What is the role of storytelling and narrative in understanding the complexities of human rights issues? What kind of questions does fiction raise about individual and collective responsibilities toward others? What can close attention to literary stylistics (voice, person and perspective) teach us about the limitations of our common-sense approach to rights and ethics? In this course, we will investigate how literature has responded to the challenges and prospects presented to the modern world by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) that recognized the “inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family.” Through texts from Hungary, Palestine, Chile, and India, we will gain insight into how world literature actively participates in establishing what it means to be a human being entitled to freedom, life and liberty.
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