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Readings in cultural history and literature to examine transformations in Turkish identity from the Ottoman era to EU accession. Discussion of the "gazi thesis", the "sultanate of women", religious tolerance (millets), conversion, modernity and nationalism. Secondary topics include Sufism, Islam, gender, and historiography. Interdisciplinary focus. Taught in English. Instructor: Goknar
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Examination of competing tendencies in modern society across cultural contexts and historical time periods concluding with close attention to the present: the secularism linked to increased rationalization (and the rise of the modern state), and persistence of beliefs in the supernatural. Readings on beliefs in magic and the occult drawing attention to overlap between magical phenomena and the workings of capitalism in our contemporary world. Several short response papers and a final project (written, performed, filmed). Instructor: Makhulu
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Codes of conduct aimed at the management, expression, and concealment of emotion over the last thousand years of European history, with a focus on the self, manners, dress, romance, and aggression; comparison of developed Western notion of emotions with configurations of emotional expression and emotional practices in selected other parts of the world: within Islam, the Hindu tradition, Japan, certain postcolonial settings. Not open to students who have taken History 154C or Cultural Anthropology 154. Instructor: Reddy
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Inquiry into Islam's transnational past and relations of European empires to that past. Development of perspectives on the current conflict between the US and its Islamist opponents to enable critical engagement with debates on the nature of global Islamist politics and on the US as an imperial power. Close reading of case studies and original source material. Instructor: Ho
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Introduction to Israeli and Palestinian culture, politics, and society and the central historical events of the Israel/Palestinian conflict. From early Zionist settlement in Palestine in the late nineteenth century and concluding with the 'Peace Process' of the 1990s, the second Palestinian uprising (Intifada), and the Israeli military reoccupation of the Palestinian territories. Ethics of both the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian resistance struggles against occupation. Instructor: Stein
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Explores connections between France's imperial history in Africa, Asia and the Americas and contemporary cultural/ political debates about citizenship, integration and belonging in France from 17th century to present. Analyzes ethical dilemmas posed by colonialism. Includes novels (e.g., works by Dumas, Camus, Cesaire, Fanon, Djebar, Chamoiseau), films, music, historical documents, cultural/literary criticism, social/political theory, legal documents and writings on government policy. Weekly lecture in English and two discussion sections: one in English, one in French. French section will do reading and written work in French. Prerequisite: one 100-level French course to enroll in French section. Instructor: DuBois
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Introductory course in Haitian Creole targeted toward future participants in Haitian Recovery from earthquake of Jan 2010. Preparation for verbal interactions in a health care environment; engineering, architecture/urban planning, religion, and law also represented; students' immediate needs will be integrated into the class structure. Textbook, Haitian Creole for Health Care, helps students to acquire basic communicative competence in Kreyòl with emphasis on oral expression, listening comprehension, proficiency in reading and basic written interactions. Provides cultural context and insight for all linguistic material, and pragmatic orientation for experience on the ground in Haiti. Instructor: Jenson or staff
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Exploration of different conceptions of culture and the importance of employing cultural lenses to examine the process of education. Investigation, in particular, of the impact of culture and issues of race, class and gender in American schools. Instructor: Airall
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The basic philosophical architecture of the three great civilizations of America; Maya, Aztec and Inca civilizations. Links the current indigenous revival in the Andes (Bolivia and Ecuador) and in the South of Mexico and Guatemala with the survival of their historical legacies. Instructor: Mignolo
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Instructor: Mignolo
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