| AG517 | Conflicts and Security | This course aims to deepen the students’ knowledge and understanding of conflicts and security in the post-Cold War era, with special attention given to Southeast, Northeast and South Asia. After an introduction to basic theories of security and of war/conflict, the course proceeds to discuss ethnic conflict, religious rebellion, the “clash of civilizations,” communist insurgencies and the threat of weapons of mass destruction. A section of the course will be devoted to studying the war in the Middle East as well as terrorism and counter-terrorism. The course also covers natural resources and conflict; the political economy of armed conflict; genocide, humanitarian intervention and the “responsibility to protect”; and women and children in war. Particular cases of conflict in Southeast, Northeast and South Asia – e.g., Indonesia, Thailand, Xinjiang (China), Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India and the East/South China Sea – and elsewhere – e.g., Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Iran, Yemen, Congo, Sudan, Mali and Colombia – will be studied. The course analyzes these conflicts from various perspectives and theoretical approaches. Some comparative analysis will be made between particular conflicts in Asia and those in other global regions. The course will be taught in English and in seminar- rather than lecture-style. To help students get a more graphic picture of conflicts being discussed, short documentaries and newscasts (online and offline) will be shown during the seminars. | Quimpo |
| AG519 | Globalization and Institutional Change | This course examines ethnographies of global capitalism. Ethnography is an understanding of social phenomena from the perspectives of the participants in it. In the course students read ethnographic studies of capitalism as experienced by workers, entrepreneurs, government officials, etc... The purpose of the course is to both understand capitalism as a global phenomena and also how to organize and pursue qualitative inquiries into economic life | Wank |
| AG521 | Globalization and Society | This course will be a study of globalization as it is mediated through the intimate sphere of personal, intimate and family relationships. The emphasis will be on sexual and family life, especially cross-border issues. | Farrer |
| AG523 | Globalization and Migration | This course will examine the impact of immigration on the states, societies, and individuals. The first part of the course will address the questions such as why people move and how nations change because of immigration and emigration. It will particularly focus on the implications of highly-skilled migration and global competition for talent. The second part will examine multiculturalism policies and social cohesion. How have multiculturalism affected the states, societies, and people? What are the challenges for the integration of immigrants and ethnic minorities under multiculturalism and beyond? By reviewing various policy examples and case studies, this course aims to help students understand the realities of immigration and ethnic relations, and analyze the intended and unintended consequences of public policies. | Oishi |
| AG525 | Global Culture | Humanity is facing its most daunting challenge in global climate change, threatening life on Earth as we know it. This seminar is designed as a forum for engaging with the monumental challenges posed by this planetary emergency. We will explore this and related environmental issues in interdisciplinary, international, and intergenerational fashion. Based on the idea that our predicament requires us to transform, both conceptually and in practice, our relationship with nature, the course will cover key concepts in environmental studies and issues such as resource wars, sustainable development, green ethics, rights of nonhumans, industrial pollution, and large-scale disasters. We will briefly touch upon some of the many fields of inquiry that make up environmental studies: ecological anthropology, environmental history, political ecology, science and technology studies, development studies, and ecocriticism. This course requires background knowledge of classic social, political, economic, and evolutionary theory. Students are asked to participate in class discussion and write a research paper. | Watanabe |
| AG527 | Globalization and Nation-States | This is a seminar course focused on reading and discussion on some of the major theoretical works on nationalism. The course is designed to familiarize students with some of the most widely recognized theoretical contributions to the study of nationalism, and to give them the necessary background for formulating their own research projects. Nationalism is such a multifaceted phenomenon so basic to the constitution of the modern world that a comprehensive study of the phenomenon is impossible in a single course. This course does not cover all of the major contributions to the study of nationalism. The topics covered include questions of definition, origins of nationalism, nationalist movements, nationalism and the international system, and the future of nationalism. | Anno |
| AG529 | Comparative Politics | This course introduces students to a range of “classic” works in comparative politics. A variety of themes that have been central to comparative political research shall be covered. In doing so, students will become familiar with key theoretical approaches of political science inquiry. | Nakano |
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| AG533 | Global History | This class will introduce approaches to global issues through the study of global history. The spread of globalization is one of the most important processes of our time. The central questions to be considered: What has globalization looked like in the past? Do past legacies of globalization or regionalism help or hinder a ‘new’ round of globalization? How is global history different from national or regional history? How have global historians written about the formation of the modern world system? How can the approaches of global history be incorporated in our own research? Among the issues we will consider are the development of global trade; global cities; flow of commodities, people (immigration) and money; the diffusion of technology; diffusion of ideas; creation of globalized cultural systems. | Hess |
| AG535 | Diplomatic History | History is an essential tool to understand the world. However, it is much more than a tool, since its study gives the temporal deepness that every leader of citizen should include in ones reflection on the world. We will try, in this course, not to limit our study on diplomatic matters, but include every topic that will help us to understand the international relations during the 20th century, the century where occurred of the biggest cataclysms of human history. The two world wars, Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, Fascism, Cold War, Decolonization will be the main events that will punctuate this course. | Michelin |