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  • 79 272: Iberian Encounters: Muslims, Christians and Jews in Spain

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    In Medieval Spain, Islam, Judaism and Christianity coexisted in a situation distinguished by cooperation and exchange, as well as by friction, rivalry and violence. In this course, we shall explore the complexity of this historical encounter and its role in shaping questions of contemporary Spanish, Jewish and Muslim identity and national memory. We shall discuss topics such as: Inter-ethnic collaboration and violence; Jewish-Christian disputations; the exclusion and expulsion of religious and ethnic minorities; the historical memory of Spain's multi-ethnic past, including the heritagization of the Muslim and Jewish past, and North African immigration in contemporary Spain. Historical documents, literary texts, film, musical traditions, as well as contemporary political and cultural debates, will be discussed to enhance familiarity with the topic. This course is open to all students.
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  • 79 275: Introduction to Global Studies

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    "Globalization" is a familiar term that is often used to invoke the idea that places around the world are rapidly becoming more interconnected. This is so, but it is also true that this is far being from a simple or harmonious process. Rather, "globalization" involves a wide range of uneven and disputed cultural, political, economic, and social developments that often influence one another but vary markedly in their significance, impact, and intensity. Economic crisis, impoverishment, rising inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic disease, and militant ethnic, religious, and nationalist movements are just as much a part of the contemporary global landscape as are technological innovation, instantaneous communication, shifts in the global division of labor, the creation of new wealth and knowledge, the promotion and defense of human rights, and the rise of cosmopolitan values and perspectives. This course introduces you to important ways of thinking about globalization and will acquaint you with the kinds of research, evidence, and information upon which these kinds of thinking rely. It serves as a foundation for further study of the contemporary world in advanced Global Studies courses.
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  • 79 276: The Global & Local: Theory, Practice & History in Anthropology of Globalization

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    Theories about culture, society, and history often play a critical role in guiding anthropological investigations of the contemporary world. Even so, there are great differences of opinion concerning what is meant by "culture" and "society" and ?history? and how the "real world" phenomena that these concepts represent are actually interrelated. This course examines some of the most important theoretical traditions in anthropology and considers how they can help or, in some cases, hinder us from better understanding contemporary forms of globalization. The course will help you to recognize theoretical assumptions and perspectives when you encounter them in your studies, and will also give you some practice in applying and using these perspectives to better understand the world around us.
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  • 79 277: Globalizing States: Culture, Power, and Politics

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    What are the key characteristics of modern states and how did they get to be the way they are? What are the relations between states and nations, and between states and the societies they govern? How are contemporary states being transformed by globalizing processes? Are states becoming more powerful or weaker? Are basic forms of state power over such things as law, the use of military force, and the regulation of markets being altered, and if so, how, and with what consequences? These are some of the critical questions that will be addressed in this course through a series of theoretical readings and case studies that will consider the forces shaping both immensely powerful, highly-developed advanced states and weaker, and in some instances, ?failed? states around the world.
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  • 79 279: Comparative Study of Nationalism Case Studies: USA, Arabia, South Africa

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course provides insight into one of the most important historical issues of the past century. It will enable students to develop a deeper understanding of the origins of many a contemporary state and problem in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere. Participants will work on personal research papers pertaining to their respective nations.
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  • 79 280: Experiencing Globalization

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    The global marketing strategies of firms such as McDonald's and Coca-Cola? the use of offshore production plants and sweatshops by firms such as Nike and The Gap?the struggles over fair trade coffee? the rapid growth in international migration?new forms of ?exotic? tourism ?the dramatic increase in material inequality around the globe. These are some of the most prominent symptoms of major changes that have been taking place in the working of the world since the late 1960s. Such changes are often referred to under the general heading of ?globalization.? How should we think about these changes? What is the relationship between their economic, political, and cultural dimensions? And, above all, how do people around the world experience them? We will explore these issues by focusing on the ways they are being addressed by socio-cultural anthropologists, historians of the present, documentary film-makers and others. We will consider the varied approaches these analysts employ. And we will explore how the challenges posed by globalization are encouraging them to re-conceptualize their objects of study and revise their modes of research. This course is meant to make it easier for you to recognize and engage the significant shifts that are taking place in the world around you, the relationships and processes that connect your daily lives to the lives of others elsewhere in the world, and the urgent contemporary debates about the current and future organization of these connections.
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  • 79 281: Introduction to Religion

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    The objective of this course is to introduce students to the variety of intellectual disciplines by which religions can be studied and some of the topical concerns of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Topics to be covered in the course include: What is religion? Religious studies vis-?-vis historical, anthropological, sociological, and psychological approaches to religion; the sacred/holy; myth, symbol; society and the sacred; deity; cosmogony, religious anthropology, theodicy; ethics, eschatology and secular humanism in the modern age.
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  • 79 282: Europe and the World

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course provides a broad introduction to the anthropological study of transnational processes in post World War II Europe with an emphasis on the transformation of European culture and society since 1990. It also addresses some of the most critical methodological and theoretical problems involved in the study of contemporary highly developed societies. Among the topics that will be considered are the common themes of European cultures and the shifting meanings that have been assigned to the concept of Europe, the impact of globalizing processes on European social life, the resurgence of ethnic and nationalist conflicts, immigration to and within Europe, the relation between Eastern and Western Europe, and the development of the European Union.
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  • 79 293: Inward Odyssey

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    Inward Odyssey will explore world history by examining it through the outward-looking eyes of travel writers, on the assumption that travelogues, though supposedly written about the ?other,? in fact provide crucial insights about the mindset of the culture that produced them, and often serve as a vehicle for cultural self-exploration or even self-criticism. In terms of content, this course is intended to overlap with World History, Islam and the European World, and US-Arab Encounters. However, this course is intended to be a skills course, designed not to teach students about specific historical periods, but rather to give students the tools they need to conduct their own critical explorations into the historical past.
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  • 79 295: Race Relations in the Atlantic World

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course is an analysis of the dynamics of race relations in the Atlantic world through the intersections of race, gender and social class. We will explore the socio-historical and present interactions of ?the races? and the construction of racial identity in a variety of circumstances and cultures. We will also use film, music, literature, and concrete examples from world events to examine the asymmetrical power relations that have developed between populations living in close proximity. An important aspect of the course will be the deconstruction of whiteness, blackness, otherness, and the norm in the context of group interaction and the distribution of power. The focus of this class will be on specific examples from North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
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