AFRI-R 102, "Elementary Kinyardwanda"

Class #: 31597

Meeting Time: Mon/Wed, 8:00am-9:15am

Location: LIND 019

Instructor: Simon Pierre Munyaneza

Continuation of AFRI-R 101. Introduction to Kinyarwanda and Rwandan culture, focusing on developing competency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Basic grammatical structures and vocabulary. Emphasis on the spoken language. Must take AFRI-R 101 first.

CEUS-R 290, "Central Asia, Mongolia & Tibet"

Class #: 29959

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 1:00pm-2:15pm

Location: WH 005

Instructor: Stacey Van Vleet

Fulfills: GenEd S&H, World Culture, CASE S&H, Global Civ & Culture

Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet have a unique legacy in the world today: nomads, Silk Road, Islam, Buddhism, Russo-Chinese rivalry, Communism, and resistance. This course will provide a broad overview of trends and issues in this crossroads of cultures and civilizations through a combination of lectures, discussions, and guest presentations.

CEUS-R 292, "Intro to Turkic & Iranian Civilization"

Class #: 8658

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 2:30pm-3:45pm

Location: GA 1134

Instructor: Zeynep Elbasan-Bozdogan

Fulfills: GenEd World Culture, S&H, CASE S&H, Global Civ & Culture

From the golden age of the Ottoman Empire to the trading networks of the famed "Silk Road" to the poet-mystics of Persia to the post-Soviet reconstruction of Central Eurasian states, this course offers a broad cultural and political history of Iranian and Turkic Central Asia. Today a highly influential region on the global stage, we will explore the highly complex intellectual and artistic trends and "cross-cultural" exchanges that formed the backbone of many disparate Iranian-Turkic cultures. Ultimately, students will be able to identify the major geographical, cultural, religious, and historical themes that have influenced and informed the development of Iran, Turkey, and the Central Eurasian states, understand how contemporary Central Eurasia informs and is informed by contemporary geopolitics, and be ready to delve deeper into the study of this region.

CEUS-R 393, "The Mongol Century"

Class #: 29972

Meeting Time: Mon/Wed, 1:00pm-2:15pm

Location: BH 241

Instructor: Michael Brose

Fulfills: CASE S&H

Joint-listing: CEUS-R 593

This course examines the history of the empire that the Mongol nomad Chinggis Khan and his descendants built that spanned most of the Eurasian continent for about a century. Beginning with the small group of Mongol tribesmen who started that imperial project, we will progress across time and space, following the quick series of successes that the Mongols enjoyed on their march from China to the gates of Budapest that resulted in one of the largest empires in world history. That story will be followed by tracing the history of and reasons for the equally rapid breakup of the united Mongol Empire, first into smaller and separate imperial states all still under Mongol control, to the eventual end of Mongol rule. The course ends by considering the legacy of the Mongols across Eurasia well after the close of the Mongol Century.

CEUS-R 399, "International Politics from Stalin to Putin"

Class #: 31802

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 4:00pm-5:15pm

Location: SW 217

Instructor: Laszlo Borhi

Joint-listing: CEUS-R 599

Course is a sequel to the one on International Politics from Napoleon to Hitler, however, that course is not a prerequisite to this one. This class is designed to show that there are patterns in the history of international politics, and discerning those patterns helps us understand contemporary international relations. The prism of this course will be Soviet/Russian rivalry and the focus will be on Europe, although crises in other parts of the world, including the Cuban missile crisis will also be examined. We shall be interested in the relationship between power and security, domestic and foreign policy, as well as the role of personality and ideology in international politics.

EALC-E 110, "Popular Culture in East Asia"

Class #: 32105

Meeting Time: Mon/Wed, 9:30am-10:45am

Location: ED 1120

Instructor: CedarBough Saeji

Fulfills: GenEd A&H, World Culture, and CASE A&H, Global Civ & Culture

People often dismiss pop culture as fundamentally trivial, ephemeral, or inconsequential. Yet in a world that is drawn together by the media, the pop culture that we consume has become a common language—our world has mediatized, and as this was happening the media has responded by consolidating their power. Once the press functioned as a check on the power of the political sphere and distributed information but as it shifted to become entertainment-oriented our world shifted, leaving many in the older generation confused by what seems like a broken social contract. Contemporary college students—you—, are not so easily confused. You know the media is less representation than a presentational format. You have seen the shift from the research-driven news reporting to sensationalism, media manipulation, and attention-seeking. And that is what we will explore, in the context of East Asia. Major units of the class will address celebrity in East Asia, the hybridization of Western pop culture with Korean, Japanese, and Chinese cultural developments, and how politics is intertwined with pop culture in East Asia. We will pick apart pop culture case studies to see what they can teach us about each of these East Asian cultures, and also about their interaction with each other. The class will be fast-paced, include in and out of class media consumption, require in-depth media analysis, and one day per week will be devoted to activities and discussion in smaller sections.

EALC-E 111, "War and Violence in East Asia"

Class #: 30120

Meeting Time: Mon/Wed, 2:30pm-3:45pm

Location: SE 105

Instructor: Morten Oxenboell

Fulfills: GenEd World Culture, CASE S&H

This course explores the history of physical violence in pre-modern China, Japan, and Korea, with a special emphasis on state-sanctioned conflict. In East Asia as everywhere, violence – or the threat thereof – has determined the fates of nations, driven advancements in technology and administration, and spurred doctrinal developments in philosophy and religion. Drawing on sources ranging from ancient myths to modern cinema, the course examines the particularities of that influence in East Asian history, exploring the forms that war and violence took in the lives and minds of the residents of East Asia before the 19th century.

EALC-E 305, "Korean Language and Culture"

Class #: 29776

Meeting Time: Mon/Wed, 1:00pm-2:15pm

Location: WH 104

Instructor: Hyo Lee

Fulfills: CASE S&H, Global Civ & Culture

Language is an important window through which one can understand the culture and society of the people who use it, because people's socio-cultural behaviors and attitudes, as well as thoughts and world views, are reflected upon their use of the language. We will deal with such topics as greetings, language of emotion and morality, kinship terminology, color terms, sexism and language, language and gender, names and titles, noun classification, luck & taboo words, proverbs and old sayings, sound symbolism, communication styles, politeness, Korean writing system (particularly its cultural background and cultural implication), metaphors, loan words, etc. We will look through the cultural and conceptual as well as the philosophical makeup of Korean people, and the structure of Korean society, as reflected by the Korean language.

EALC-E 330, "Urban Crime Film in East Asia"

Class #: 10190

Meeting Time: Mon/Wed, 2:30pm-3:45pm

Location: ED 0101

Instructor: William Carroll

Fulfills: CASE A&H, Global Civ & Culture

This course looks at how the urban crime genre depicts urban space and the social transformations that have taken place with urbanization in the modern era in Japan and East Asia. We will trace the history of the genre in Japan from the interwar to the postwar era, and the ways it came to influence art house and popular film movements in other East Asian cinemas. We will follow aesthetic shifts in the formal presentation of urban space in these films, such as the prominence of location shooting in some films and the use of abstracted studio sets in others.

EALC-E 393, "China's Political Economy"

Class #: 32113

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 2:30pm-3:45pm

Location: GISB 1128

Instructor: Wendy Leutert

Fulfills: CASE S&H

This course investigates the international political economy of the People’s Republic of China. Once an exporter of the communist revolution and socialist assistance during the Mao era, China is now a leading global power in trade, investment, and aid. In this process of transformation, China is blurring boundaries between the state and business, challenging conventional conceptions of development, and transforming international economic institutions. Topics covered include China’s overseas aid, trade, investment, economic statecraft, state-owned enterprises, participation in international institutions like the World Bank and the World Trade Organization, and campaigns like the Belt and Road Initiative and Made in China 2025. We will discuss the economics, politics, and ideas shaping China’s policy decisions, and critically consider their implications from the perspectives of domestic and international actors.

EURO-W 301, "Midwest Model EU"

Class #: 13113

Meeting Time: Mon/Wed, 11:15am-12:30pm

Location: GISB 1112

Instructor: Justyna Zajac

Fulfills: CASE S&H

Joint-listing: POLS-Y 350

What is the European Union (EU)? Why was it established? What are the principal EU institutions? What policies does the EU pursue? How does it make decisions? What challenges does it face? What is the EU’s role in global politics? The purpose of this course is to help students untangle these puzzles. To do so, the course has been divided into three parts. The first part focuses on history and theory of European integration from its beginning in 1950s through today. The second section examines the main institutions of the EU and the role of the most influential EU member states in fostering and hampering European integration. The third part explores the key policies of the EU such as a single market, economic and monetary union, environmental policy, EU’s external relations and foreign policy, among others, as well as challenges facing the EU such as Brexit, the refugee crisis, and relations with the US, Russia, and China. The overriding goal of the course is to help students advance their knowledge of European integration and enhance their analytical skills by examining the practical aspects of the EU governance.

EURO-W 406, "Statesmen of Destiny"

Class #: 13296

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 1:00pm-2:15pm

Location: WH 112

Instructor: Laszlo Borhi

Fulfills: CASE A&H

Joint-listing: EURO-W 605, CEUS-R 349, CEUS-R 549, REEI-R 300 and REEI-R 500

Do invisible "structures" make history or people? Can powerful individuals change or alter the flow of history? Course will survey the political biographies of some of the most influential East and Central European statemen of the last hundred years. How did they shape the course of their country, and, if relevant, the world? What is their legacy? Were they products of their times of did they shape the epoch in which they lived? Topics include: Antonescu, Central Europe, communism, Eastern Europe, Hitler, Horthy, Kadar, national socialism, Orban, Stalin, Szalasi, Tiso, twentieth century.

INST-I 100, "Introduction to India"

Class #: 11100

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 11:15am-12:30pm

Location: BQ C105

Instructor: Tenzin Tsepak

Basic cultural literacy in India Studies through critical reading/lectures from India Studies faculty/film/discussion to discover what makes India the world power it is today, and why we need to know more about it, from its bloody birth in Partition to her ancient history and back to contemporary India.

INTL-I 300, "2020 Presidential Candidates and Foreign Policy"

Class #: 30095

Meeting Time: Tues, 4:00pm-6:30pm

Location: GISB 1112

Instructor: Feisal Istrabadi

Fulfills: CASE S&H

This course will survey the foreign policy platforms of the Democratic and Republican 2020 presidential candidates. Students will gain an understanding of competing visions of the U.S.'s current and future role in world affairs.

INTL-I 300, "Global Giving and Philanthropy"

Class #: 32569

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 4:00pm-5:15pm

Location: GISB 0003

Instructor: Callum Stewart

Global Giving and Philanthropy introduces you to the study of U.S. global philanthropy. Students will gain an understanding of the roles played by various philanthropic actors and the impact of those actors on global challenges – from a billionaire philanthropist to a wealthiest charitable foundation to a Fortune 500 company. This course will examine the philanthropic impact on global foreign aid, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, impact investing, and future global challenges surrounding global giving and philanthropy. The class is intended to give students an understanding of the core philanthropic principles, questions, motives, and practices for international giving. You will engage in an ongoing discussion about how contemporary trends of global philanthropy, and how the changing role of the wealthiest and most powerful, are influencing international relations. You will apply your own ideas about philanthropy while learning to apply an academic perspective to philanthropy. Coursework will include a presentation, individual research, and opportunities for students to interact with guest speakers in the field of global philanthropy. The class will combine lectures, class debates, online posts, and assignments to help you understand and analyze different approaches to global philanthropy. Finally, students will deliver a presentation to a Fortune 500 company in the State of Indiana on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

INTL-I 302, "Arctic Encounters: Animals, People and Ships"

Class #: 30098

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 4:00pm-5:15pm

Location: FA 010

Instructor: Stephanie Kane

Turning the globe to look at the planet from the High North, with the North Pole and the frozen Arctic Sea in the center, we see that eight nation-states have carved out sovereign claims [Canada, Denmark (Greenland) Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and U.S.A.]. Their claims overlay maritime territories that since time immemorial have been the homelands of indigenous peoples and their animal counterparts, homelands imagined by those from southern latitudes as a vast, isolated, frozen and forbidding place. But in our times, animal-human encounters are taking place in the context of a warming climate. For the first time since humans have walked the earth, the extent of summer sea ice melt is opening up new shipping routes across parts of the coldest and biologically richest habitats at the top of the world, potentially linking far-flung cultures, courts, markets, media and port infrastructures. In this way, climate change, a scientific fact-of-life on earth, is triggering the global imaginations and investments of industrial shipping, mining and tourist interests as well as of social scientists, humanities scholars, artists, story-tellers, hunters and gatherers, fishers, scientists, conservationists, film-makers and experts in maritime law and policy. Interdisciplinary study of Arctic geopolitics, culture, law and ecology will broaden and deepen our understanding of the planet’s rapidly transforming animal/human relationships and guide our evaluation of possible pathways toward diverse, spiritually-attuned and socially just versions of Arctic sustainability.

INTL-I 303, "Oil and Power"

Class #: 30099

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 11:15am-12:30pm

Location: GISB 0003

Instructor: Michael De Groot

Fulfills: CASE S&H

The competition for oil provides a window into the dynamics of power in the international system. Oil fuels modern militaries and economies, and oil markets have important consequences for global finance. In this course, we will discuss the development of the oil industry and its relationship to wealth and power from the early twentieth century to the present day. Utilizing a global perspective, we will examine how changes in the political economy of oil impact the economies, politics, diplomacy, and societies of producer and consumer countries.

INTL-I 427, "Economic Globalization in the Modern World"

Class #: 11150/11151

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 4:00pm-5:15pm

Location: GISB 0005

Instructor: Michael De Groot

The benefits of economic globalization have fallen increasingly under scrutiny. While the flow of capital, the spread of technology, and integration of national markets have accelerated global economic development, globalization has also aggravated inequality, depleted non-renewable natural resources, and contributed to climate change. In this course, we will examine the political, economic, diplomatic, and cultural effects of economic globalization during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. We will explore how policymakers grapple with the challenges of the economic order in a shrinking world as well as how accelerating interdependence is felt at the local level.

LTAM-L 200, "Haitian Culture and Society"

Class #: 32875

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 4:00pm-5:15pm

Location: WH 203

Instructor: David Tezil

Fulfills: CASE S&H

An introduction to different aspects of Latin American and/or Caribbean cultures and societies. Focuses on one country or region, which will vary. All readings in English.

NELC-N 122, "U.S. Foreign Policy & Muslim World"

Class #: 12209

Meeting Time: Mon/Wed, 4:00pm-5:15pm

Location: GISB 1122

Instructor: Abdulkader Sinno

Fulfills: GenEd S&H, CASE S&H

An introduction to some salient debates that shape American foreign policy toward the middle east and the Muslim world today.

NELC-N 204, "Making of the Modern Middle East"

Class #: 12208

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs 5:45pm-7:00pm

Location: WH 109

Instructor: Joshua Georgy

Fulfills: GenEd World Culture, S&H, CASE S&H

This course brings into focus a range of historical formations and transformations that have contributed to the “making” of the “modern middle east,” it includes a preliminary survey of the regions history between the sixth and eighteenth centuries, followed by a more or less chronological study of the “modern” period of reform, transformation, dislocation and unrest. The changing economic political and social realities in the region will be analyzed within wider (trans-regional and global) contexts. A significant number of primary source documents will be engaged throughout the semester to foster a “hands-on” approach to historical inquiry and interpretation.

NELC-N 304, "What is Middle Eastern"

Class #: 8815

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs 2:30pm-3:45pm

Location: BH 343

Instructor: Aziza Khazzoom

Fulfills: CASE S&H

The course examines work that makes claims about Middle Eastern dynamics, by describing histories, gender regimes, secular/religious tensions, etc, that are perceived as both common across Middle Eastern societies and substantially different from those in other societies. It uses Israel, as a possible case of the larger concept “Middle Eastern society”, to provide a fresh perspective on what does and doesn’t hold the Middle East together.

NELC-N 348, "Byzantium"

Class #: 29889

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs 11:15pm-12:30pm

Location: LH 112

Instructor: Daniel Caner

Fulfills: CASE S&H, Global Civ & Culture

Explores the history, society, economy, and culture of the byzantine romad empire (“byzantium”) ca. 330-1453 ce. Focuses on its imperial and christian ideology, urban and frontier life, military ventures and diplomatic strategies for survival while situated between western christendom and islamic caliphates in the medieval near east.

REEI-R 300, "Russian Economy"

Class #: 29601

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 2:30pm-3:45pm

Location: BH 342

Instructor: Michael Alexeev

Joint-listing: R 500, ECON-E 309/509

This is a course about the current structure of the Russian economy, how it came about, and where it seems to be going. Although in terms of overall size, the Russian economy is ranked only from 6th to 11th place in the world, depending on how we measure it, Russia has the world’s second most powerful military force, making it an important player on the world stage. The country also has immense natural resources. It is the world’s third-largest producer of oil and the second-largest producer and the largest exporter of natural gas. Russia is also a highly diverse and fascinating country.

REEI-R 303, "Current Issues in Eastern Europe"

Class #: 30480

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 9:30am-10:45am

Location: WH 007

Instructor: Justin Otten

Fulfills: CASE S&H

Covering the countries in and between the Baltics and Balkans, this interdisciplinary course addresses current issues through and exploration of the geography, environmental affairs, economies, political systems, legal structures, cyber-security concerns, gender dynamics, educational practices, and cultures of this diverse and endlessly fascinating world region.

SEAS-B 102, "Elementary Burmese II"

Class #: 32039

Meeting Time: Mon/Wed/Fri, 4:00pm-5:15pm

Location: ED 3004

Instructor: Khaing Thant

Continuation of SEAS B-101 designed to increase skills in conversational Burmese. Focuses on the four main skills of language: reading, writing, listening and speaking, with emphasis on the last two. Must take SEAS-B 101 first.

AFRI-L 100, "Intro to Akan/Ghanian Culture"

Class #: 11298

Meeting Time: Tues/Thurs, 4:00pm-6:30pm (Second eight-weeks only - 3/9 - 5/8)

Location: GISB 1122

Instructor: David Adu-Amankwah

This course introduces students to the basic traditions and cultural practices of the Akan people, who constitute the largest ethnic group in Ghana. It looks at who the Akan people are, their ways of life, customs, and beliefs. Topics including marriage, child-naming, puberty rites, funeral, song tradition, drumming, and dancing will be discussed. This course is an excellent source of reference and starting point for students who want to know and understand the Akan people and their culture.

AFRI-L 100, "Political Leadership and African Women"

Class #: 6555

Meeting Time: Mon/Wed, 5:45pm-8:15pm (Second eight-weeks only - 3/9 - 5/8)

Location: GISB 1112

Instructor: Amadou Sow 

EURO-W 405, "Dutch Culture: Modern Netherlands"

Class #: 12718

Meeting Time: Mon/Wed, 4:00pm-6:15pm (Second eight-weeks only - 3/9 - 5/8)

Location: GISB 1100

Instructor: Esther Ham

Fulfills: CASE S&H

Joint-listing: GER-E 341 and EURO-W 605

Development of a complex modern society of 15 million people in a physically unique area one-third the size of Indiana. The interaction of geography, social structure, political system, religion, and literature. Readings in English.

EURO-W 405, "Greek History Meets Greek Film"

Class #: 13303

Meeting Time: Mon/Wed, 6:00pm-8:30pm (Second eight-weeks only - 3/9 - 5/8)

Location: WH 007

Instructor: Vassiliki Tsitsopoulou

Fulfills: CASE S&H, Global Civ & Culture

Ever since its first appearance as a communication medium at the end of the 19th century, the cinema became involved in portraying the past, but also claimed the status of historical record. In this course we explore a selection of Greek films, as well as films about Greece produced internationally, that pertain to crucial moments in the Greek national past. We examine how these films negotiate the contested gray zones between historiography and memory. This is an interdisciplinary and comparative course. Students examine Greek-produced against other contemporary films from the US and Europe with related claims to historicity, and to view modern Greek history in its European and transatlantic ramifications. Learning objectives include: using basic film and other media analysis tools; developing comparative perspectives on modern Greek historiography; and studying films as historical and archival objects in themselves. Film-mediated historical periods covered in the course include: the Cretan anti-Ottoman rebellion of 1897, the Balkan Wars of 1912-13, and WWII.