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1.00 Credits
In 1985, the South Commission reported that two-thirds of the world's people lived in distress. To rectify this, the Commission proposed a laundry list of reforms. At the same time, political and social movements in what had been the Third World grew apace. These movements and this report inaugurate the creation of the "Global South," which is both a place and a project. This course will investigate the contours of the Global South, the conferences held to alleviate its many problems (Beijing/Women, Johannesburg/Environment, Durban/Race), and the people who live in the "South." 1.00 units, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the diversity of women's movements: religious and secular, urban and rural, black and white, struggling for sexual and reproductive rights, political and social representation, and equal opportunities from North America to Asia. Using historical contrasts of different feminisms from the 19th century to the present we will interrogate the meaning of "feminism," the possibilities of a transnational "feminism" of similarity with difference, the place of cultural relativism in assessing other cultures and movements, and the challenge of women's movements to state and society. 1.00 units, Lecture
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3.00 Credits
This course takes as its starting point the assertion that the term "Middle East" is more a political reference that points to 19th and 20th century Europe and America than it is a self-defined marker designating a cohesive geographic region. After exploring some of the ways in which the Middle East has been understood as an integral regional "unit," the course will embark upon a series of investigations that challenge this conventional understanding of how the region is defined. The primary trajectory of these investigations will be "outward": in what ways do areas typically conceived of as being on the fringes of the Middle East actually function as centers of exchange, transit and contest between the Middle East and other parts of the world Some particular areas of focus will be connections between Yemen and the Dutch East Indies (contemporary Indonesia) in the 18th century, Oman and Zanzibar (contemporary Tanzania) in the 20th century, Morocco and Senegal since the 19th century, Tunisia and Sicily, Upper Egypt and the Sudan, and the Mediterranean island of Crete. (Also offered under Histo 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
In this seminar for upper-level undergraduates, we look at the city of Dubai through historical, ethnographic, and urbanist-architectural lenses. Dubai's history and social reality has been obscured by recent headlines invoking facile conceptual and cultural stereotypes ("global city," "tribal society," "architectural utopia," Arabian democracy"). The social, historical, and cultural struggles that have shaped the making of Dubai are the focus in this course. We situate Dubai both conceptually (in debates about port cities of the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean, ethnography and sociology, and critical theory) as well as geographically and geopolitically (as a city at the crossroads of the Middle East, the Indian Ocean, various empires, etc.). 1.00 units, Seminar
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1.00 Credits
From the 1920s to the 1980s, the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America forged a "Third World project." This project came undone in the 1980s, as debt, war and corruption overwhelmed the three continents. Along came neo-liberalism and globalization, which emerged as the dominant ideologies of the time. With the rise of Bolivarianism in Latin America, and with the financial crisis, neo-liberalism has lost its shine. This course will trace the "Third World project," neo-liberalism, and the emergent ideology of the Global South. 1.00 units, Seminar
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1.00 Credits
Some observers believe that gender relations are strained when, during times of crisis, the social fabric is challenged. Being forced to flee and seek refuge is one such source of potential social change. Much of the gender and development literature also suggests that in many cases, women are more vulnerable to the hazardous situations caused by human disasters. This course will examine these observations in the case of Afghan women's experiences in Iran. Specifically this course will explore how Afghan families living, for long periods in Iran were affected by the challenges Iranian society was undergoing with respect to women's education, reproductive health, family planning, and other gender-related issues. Using a variety of materials, from video tapes to case histories, students will gain an understanding of the impact of the refugee experience on gender relations and the role of non-government organizations in the resettlement process. 1.00 units, Seminar
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1.00 Credits
How have humans understood their relationship with each other and nature, over time and space This course will investigate the various theories of planetary history, and will develop an understanding of the interdependency of our social ecology. In the main, we shall concentrate on the world after 1300, and trace the principle social processes of our time (such as capitalism, democracy, science, and religion). 1.00 units, Seminar
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3.00 Credits
Over the last two decades women's health has attracted unprecedented resources and attention in many parts of the world. What exactly is "women's health" and by whom has it been defined To what extent are biomedical or social science models useful for understanding the determinants of women's health How do we explain disparities in health among women divided by race, ethnicity, social class, and sexual orientation, both within nation states and across their boundaries How have these disparities changed over time Focusing on the United States, India, and Great Britain, this course will explore such questions from a comparative historical perspective, with additional selected readings from anthropology and public health. Topics will include malnutrition, anorexia, obesity; birth control; reproductive technologies; maternal health; heart disease; HIV-AIDS. (Also offered under Women, Gender, and Sexuality and Asian Studie 1.00 units, Seminar
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1.00 Credits
For many outsiders, the Iranian Revolution marks the global failure of secular development and the rise of religious fundamentalism. This course will examine the roots of the Iranian revolution, its promises, and its consequences through the review of a diverse set of official and unofficial documents, films and reports of interviews, and scholarly works. The course will consider the ways religion and politics worked together to lead and ultimately win over the 1979 insurgency in Iran. It will explore how this explosive combination of forces mobilized some social groups and suppressed others. During the course, current realities and future trends will be discussed. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
The forceful tension between secular and religious values in Iran has risen to unbelievable proportions over the last 25 years. At a time when almost everyone expected religious thought to undergo a slow but steady reform, another surge of fundamentalism is spreading. This course will examine the social dynamism of both trends of thought and practice in the life of Iranians in the last three decades, particularly the dilemmas facing the survival, expression, and practice of secular values. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the issues, the course will look at three different discourses-secularism, fundamentalism, and "religious intellectualism". Students will confront the dual character of religious fundamentalism in mobilizing certain social groups, on the one hand, and in controlling and manipulating them, on the other, and also consider whether identification with religious values in Iran is a complex protest against modernity and/or a means of maintaining political independence. Students also will explore the challenges [secularism faces in resisting the domination of fundamentalism and examine "religious intellectualism" which tries to intertwine religion and secularism in the social context of life and culture. And finally, they will consider how all these discourses use the women's rights issues to argue its points. 1.00 units, Lecture
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