This course examines the nature of Muslim-Christian relations in the different contexts and eras of world history. Particular case studies ranging from medieval debates and the Crusades to modern experiences in Bosnia and in globalization will be discussed. The course concentrates on historical and societal dimensions rather than theology.
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The course will survey the development of the Sub-Saharan African economies since independence. The focus will be on economic development, but aims to place the subject in its broader political, social and cultural context. The approach will be historical: starting with a brief review of the colonial inheritance, then covering the largely optimistic period to the early 1970s, moving on to the problems and stagnation of the 1980s, followed by the slow recovery of the 1990s which has accelerated in the first half of this decade. The survey will conclude by looking at where Africa is today and the prospects going forward. The course will explore key issues and themes that marked each period and try to piece together an overall story concerning where African economies have been and where they are going.
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France has played a pivotal and paradoxical role in the modern history of European Jews. The French Revolution emancipated French Jews; the Napoleonic wars began the process of Jewish emancipation throughout Europe. By the end of the 19th century, French Jews played a disproportionate role in French economics, politics, culture and the State. Yet France was also a locus classicus in the rise of anti-Semitism, which emerged as a powerful political force during the Dreyfus Affair. Vichyâs persecution of Jews during World War II was the culmination of home grown French anti-Semitism, not Nazi pressure. Recent years have witnessed the rise of a new anti-Semitism in France. French foreign policy has also has demonstrated ambivalence towards the Jewish Question and Israel. French diplomacy played a distinctly anti-Jewish role during the Damascus Affair of 1840. After World War II, France was successively a strong ally and an acerbic critic of Israel. This course will explore two major themes: the relationship of Jews to French society and French foreign policy towards the Jewish Question and Israel in order to disentangle the complex love-hate relationship between France and the Jews.
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The primary objective of this seminar is to investigate the tools available to todayâs foreign-policy practitioner. Students will evaluate the strengths and limitations of individual policy instruments in the areas of traditional diplomacy, economic measures, military force, and public diplomacy by looking at them in the context of recent cases. Role-playing scenarios will challenge students to design U.S. policy responses to foreign affairs crises, thereby testing the application of their policy âtoolboxâ in a complex, dynamic, inter-agency environment.
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This interdisciplinary reading and research colloquium is intended to serve as the capstone course for senior candidates for the Certificate in European Studies. Particular topics of inquiry will vary according to the interests of both students and instructors; course requirements will typically include a substantial research project(s).
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This course will examine the process through which the Muslim World encountered Modernity and the range of its responses to its challenges to the traditional of fabric of Muslim societies. It will examine the implications for Muslims of the fact that encounter with modernity was often the result of military conquest. It will trace various discourses in the Muslims world regarding relative roles of tradition and modernity , which continue today and efforts of some Muslim intellectuals to develop a culturally relevant definition of modernity for Muslims. It will also draw some comparison between Muslim responses to modernity and those of other non-European and even some late modernizing European countries.
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This course looks at the social and cultural aspects of Muslim women living in Western Europe and in the United States. It offers a comprehensive and comparative overview of how Muslim women are seen in different countries in the West, how they see themselves, the differences between Muslim groups, marriage and marriage patterns, issues of divorce, family, raising children and education, and the headscarf debate in Europe. Students will compare the differences in the (non)integration of Muslim communities living in the West, drawing lessons about the patterns of inclusion and exclusion of Muslim communities in Western European and American societies. Other topics to be discussed in the class will include generational differences, religious conversions, the effect of tragic events of 9/11 and 7/7 in London on the larger society and on Muslim communities, and the role of religious organizations.
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This course is designed to complement courses that explore the history and theory of economic development by focusing critically on the role of foreign aid as an instrument of economic development. The course will examine the purposes of foreign aid, the history and evolving organization of US foreign aid, and the public, private and multilateral institutions that make up the constellation of foreign aid actors. The course will give considerable attention to the current debates about foreign aid effectiveness as well as the changing landscape of development donors, including private foundations, corporations and committed individuals.
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This course explores the world-historical encounter between Hebrew Scriptures in all their early variants (including Greek translations and Samaritan versions) and their Jewish and Christian readers. The sages of the early Christianity not only wrote new scriptures, but re-read and reinterpreted old ones -- and in so doing created a unique Biblical culture. Topics to be explored include: the compositional history of the Hebrew Bible, the relevance of early Greek translations for both Judaism and Christianity, the canonization of Hebrew Scripture in both early Judaism and Christianity, the Dead Sea Scrolls and early Rabbinic exegesis, the making of the Christian Bible, allegorical, typological and "plain meaning," interpretation, the Patristic conception of the Jews and their Scriptures, and the endeavor of the Fathers to identify the organic connections between Old and New Testaments.
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This course proposes to examine in depth some of the major debates and issues faced by the citizens of the Turkish Republic at the present time. In doing so this course will briefly examine the origins of the modern Turkish State with a focus on how the founding realities and myths have aided or hindered contemporary Turkish society. This course will give particular emphasis to the interplay of domestic and international agendas in the larger framework of the current Turkish debates on such topics as accession negotiations to join the European Union, the PKK, civil society and the rights of women and ethnic minorities.
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Contemporary Turkey is a nation of 72 million people located at the crossroads of the modern world. Largely Muslim but offically secular, Turkey and Turkish culture has a rich and dynamic history. It also has one of the most creative cinemas. Turkish films, during the past decade have consistantly taken top prizes in Europeean, Asian and american film festivals. This course examines both Turkey and Turkish cinema. I examines both the art and what we can come to understand of Turkey and its culture through the constructed lens of film.
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This course will examine the questions of regional strategic concerns and foreign policy responses toward a multi-ethnic state, riven by internal ethnic, political, and economic tensions, while pivotal in China, India, and ASEAN relations. International and internal conceptions of legitimacy and problems of human rights, often highly polarized, will be considered within the context of contemporary Burmese history and its relations within the China, South Asia, and Southeast Asia regions. United States policies will be analyzed. Too often ignored, Burma/Myanmar is an important case study illustrative of the effects of colonial policy, ethnic diversity, periods of incipient pluralism, political repression, economic autarchy, and militarism. Although unique, its dilemmas represent case studies more broadly applicable. Guest speakers of varying views will be invited.
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