| source Georgetown (X) |
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department Russian and East European Studies (X) |
Credits: 3
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This course will focus on the political institutions, actors, and dynamics within the five states of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). We will analyze pre-Soviet and Soviet-era influences, as well as the current challenges to state-formation, stability and economic growth in these five case studies. To this end, the course will examine various political models used to evaluate such regimes. In the latter part of the course, we will focus on comparative assessments and the role of external actors in the development of the current systems. Some knowledge of comparative politics and/or Central Asia will be beneficial, but not essential.
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Credits: 03
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This course will offer undergraduate and graduate students an introduction to historical and contemporary politics and society of the five post-Soviet Central Asian republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The first half of the course will introduce students to the history of Central Asia, concentrating on the legacy of Russian/Soviet domination in the region; the second half will explore contemporary political and social issues in the newly independent states. Required texts for the course include Everyday Life in Central Asia: past and present (Jeff Sahadeo and Russell Zanca, eds., Indiana, 2007) and Islam after Communism: religion and politics in Central Asia (Adeeb Khalid, UCal, 2007) as well as course packets of additional materials.
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Credits: 3
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Turkey is on the front burner in todayâs news. EU Accession, the Iraqi War, Gas and Oil Transmission Center for Central Asia, the debate over the Armenian Tragedy and most of all the testing ground for the âClash of Civilizations.â Turkey also is a nation with its own historic cinema. Today, Turkeyâs 73 million citizens are wired into the rest of the world through cell phones, the net and the press. The question remains, âWhat do Turks really think of the world surrounding themâ as well as âWho are we?â This course will examine a series of Turkish films with an eye on these questions as well as how the constructed history of the film highlights social, economic and political issues as well as family, sex and above all, humor. Readings and discussions will complement the films which will span the past five decades in Turkish cinema.
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Credits: 03
Score: 11.712872 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 3
Score: 11.712872 Details | Listing | Web page
Score: 11.712872 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 03
Score: 11.712872 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 3
Score: 11.712872 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 03
Score: 11.712872 Details | Listing | Web page
Score: 11.712872 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 3
Score: 11.712872 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 03
Score: 11.712872 Details | Listing | Web page
Score: 11.712872 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 3
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REES-500 is a seminar course designed to enhance CERES studentsâ ability to write and conduct research at the graduate level and introduce a variety of disciplinary lenses used to study the region. We will begin with a discussion of the development of âarea studiesâ, turn to the disciplinary approaches that economics, history, literary/cultural studies, anthropology and political science use and then focus on individual research projects. Students should end the course with a better understanding of the study of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the former Soviet Union (FSU) and Eurasia and enhanced skills for rigorous thinking and writing according to the traditions of the disciplines listed above.
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Credits: 3
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Score: 11.712872 Details | Listing | Web page
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Credits: 3
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This course examines the origins, forms, and effects of political violence, with a special focus on the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The course will provide students with detailed substantive knowledge of the most significant outbreaks of political violence in Eurasia during the 20th century: âethnic cleansingâ in interwar Poland and Ukraine, religion and violence in separatist Chechnya, recent civil wars in Tajikistan and Afghanistan, nationalist violence in southeastern Europe and the Baltics, and mass killings during the Stalinist period among others. At the same time, the course engages the comparative literature on political violence â its core theoretical debates, emerging issues (the relationship between the state and violence, violence in civil war, and transnational dimensions of violence), and prominent forms of political violence (riots and pogroms, interethnic conflict, and genocide). Requirements for the course will include weekly response papers and a research paper.
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