16428

PS 145

 Human Rights in Global Politic

Omar Encarnacion

M W     11:50 am-1:10 pm

OLIN 203

SSCI

Cross-listed: Global & International Studies (core course); Human Rights  (core course)  This course aims to familiarize students with the main actors, debates, and explanations behind the rise of human rights in global politics.  The course is divided into three core sections. The first explores the philosophical foundations of the notion of human rights and its contested universality, and the historical developments that propelled human rights to the forefront of international politics, especially the atrocities of World War II committed by Germany's Nazi regime.  The second part of the course focuses on the evolution of the so-called “international human rights regime,” or the main actors and institutions in the human rights arena responsible for promoting and policing human rights--from the basic legal framework of human rights (the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights), to major multilateral human rights institutions, such as the UN Human Rights Council, the International Criminal Court, and the European Court of Human Rights, to prominent non-state actors such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, and the International Center for Transitional Justice. The third part examines the evolution of human rights, especially the shifts from “first generation” human rights (political freedoms) to “second generation” human rights (social and economic rights, such as housing, employment, and education), to “third generation human rights” and beyond (cultural self-determination, economic sustainability, and sexual freedoms, among others); and the means by which these shifts have come about and have spread around the globe, such as international socialization, globalization, and policy diffusion.  

 

16369

PS / GISP 206

 Gender & the Politics of National Security

Christopher McIntosh

M W     10:10 am-11:30 am

ASP 302

SSCI

Cross-listed: Global & International Studies (core course) This course will introduce students to major theories and issues concerning gender and international security affairs. We will begin by examining the interdisciplinary literature on gender theory and applying its insights to international politics. What does it mean to conduct a “gendered analysis” of global affairs? How do gendered discourses produce our understanding of what is and is not understood as a national security problem? Why has traditional security studies failed to incorporate gender into its analysis? Then, we apply these theoretical frameworks to important security issues such as, the cultural effects of nuclear weapons, the targeting of civilians during armed conflict, sexual violence in war, torture and the war on terrorism, nationalism and the state, human security and development, and post-conflict societies, to name a few. Throughout, the gendered nature of security issues will be explored from multi-disciplinary perspectives drawn from anthropology, sociology, philosophy, politics and rhetoric in order to highlight the complex interconnections among states, societies and individuals. Historical and contemporary case studies will be drawn from a number of countries across the globe. In reexamining key concepts in the study of international politics—namely, sovereignty, the state and insecurity—this course has two goals. First, to expose how gendered discourses of security that focus on the state render invisible a multitude of threats to individual security. Second, to question the role of the state as a security provider by highlighting the insecurities individuals and societies experience as a consequence of state-centered national security policy.

 

16426

PS / GISP 231

 Humanitarian Military Intervention

Michelle Murray

M W     10:10 am-11:30 am

OLIN 204

SSCI

Cross-listed: Global & International Studies (core course); Human Rights (core course) When should states use military force to alleviate human suffering? Does the need to intervene to stop human rights violations outweigh the right of states to maintain control over territory? The international states system is built upon the principles of sovereignty and nonintervention. Yet over the past two decades human rights have emerged as an increasingly accepted justification legitimizing the use of force. This apparent tension between the respect for state sovereignty and the inevitable violations that result from the use of military force for humanitarian purposes is at the center of the debate over human rights in the field of international relations. This course explores the dilemmas and controversies surrounding the use of force for humanitarian purposes. The first part examines the major ethical, political and strategic arguments for and against humanitarian military intervention. The second part focuses on specific instances where states undertook, or failed to undertake, a humanitarian military intervention (for example, Bosnia, Somalia, Rwanda, Kosovo, Sudan, Libya and Syria, among others). Through an examination of particular case studies, we will better understand why the international community has such an inconsistent record of stopping humanitarian crises and what the limitations and possibilities of human rights are in international politics.

 

16434

PS / GISP 273

 Diplomacy in international politics

James Ketterer

M W     1:30 pm-2:50 pm

OLIN 310

SSCI

Cross-listed: Global & International Studies (core course); Human Rights The course explores the history, complexity and changing nature of diplomacy and international development. Students will gain an understanding of the basic goals, constraints and structures of diplomacy: diplomatic corps, embassies, consulates, aid missions, attaches, envoys and the use of non-traditional diplomats. They will then examine the evolution of those components and contexts to include public diplomacy, cyber diplomacy, diplomacy in combat zones and the use of international development as a foreign policy tool. Using selected diplomatic crises as case studies, students will analyze the roles played by different government agencies, militaries, international & regional organizations, the media, public interest groups, private foundations, contractors, commercial interests, educational institutions, and law enforcement officials. Students will explore how nations communicate with each other in the 21st century (formally and informally) and will use in-class simulations and videoconferences with students across the Bard international network to explore the roles played by different actors in addressing immediate crises and longer-term diplomatic issues. This course will enhance students’ understanding of international relations, foreign policy formulation and implementation, and diplomatic history. Class size: 18

 

16030

BIO 121

 Obesity

Michael Tibbetts

 W F     11:50 am-1:10 pm

RKC 103

SCI

 

16037

BIO 201

 Genetics and Evolution

Brooke Jude

M W     8:30 am-11:30 am

RKC 111 / 112

SCI

 

16040

BIO 244

 Biostatistics

Gabriel Perron

 W F     1:30 pm-4:30 pm

RKC 111

MATC

 

16380

ANTH 101

 Intro to Cultural Anthropology

Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins

 T Th    10:10 am-11:30 am

RKC 101

SSCI

DIFF

 

16339

ANTH 226

 Anthropology of Japan

Yuka Suzuki

 T Th    11:50 am-1:10 pm

OLIN 203

SSCI

 

16331

ANTH 243

 African Diaspora Religions

Diana Brown

M W     1:30 pm-2:50 pm

OLIN 203

SSCI

DIFF

 

16381

ANTH 277

 Nature & Power in Middle East

Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins

 T Th    3:10 pm-4:30 pm

OLIN 201

SSCI

DIFF

 

16390

ECON 100 A

 Principles of Economics

Pavlina Tcherneva

 T Th    10:10 am-11:30 am

ALBEE 106

SSCI

 

16391

ECON 100 B

 Principles of Economics

Pavlina Tcherneva

 T Th    11:50 am-1:10 pm

ALBEE 106

SSCI

 

16385

ECON 202

 Intermediate Macroeconomics

James Felkerson

M W     8:30 am-9:50 am

OLIN 202

SSCI

 

16387

ECON 203

 Game Theory

Aniruddha Mitra

 T Th    10:10 am-11:30 am

HEG 204

SSCI

 

16529

ECON 221

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Sanjaya DeSilva

 T Th    1:30 pm-2:50 pm

ALBEE 106

SSCI

 

16389

ECON 331

 International Migration

Aniruddha Mitra

 T Th    11:50 am-1:10 pm

HEG 106

SSCI

 

16404

HIST 185

 the making of the  Modern Middle East

Omar Cheta

 T Th    11:50 am-1:10 pm

OLINLC 206

HIST

DIFF

 

16350

HIST 222

 A History of the Modern Police

Tabetha Ewing

 T Th    3:10 pm-4:30 pm

OLIN 305

HIST

 

16354

HIST 240

 20th C. Diplomatic History

Sean McMeekin

M W     3:10 pm-4:30 pm

RKC 103

HIST

 

16347

HIST 2113

 US Foreign Policy since 1890

Richard Aldous

 T Th    4:40 pm-6:00 pm

RKC 101

HIST

 

16410

HIST 2237

 Radio Africa:Broadcasting Hist

Drew Thompson

M W     11:50 am-1:10 pm

OLIN 204

HIST

 

16409

HIST 2241

 Contemporary Russia

Sean McMeekin

M W     11:50 am-1:10 pm

HEG 204

HIST

 

16355

HIST 3134

 The Arab Israel Conflict

Joel Perlmann

 T         3:10 pm-5:30 pm

OLIN 303

HIST

DIFF

 

16353

JS 215

 East European Jewry 1772-1939

Cecile Kuznitz

M W     11:50 am-1:10 pm

RKC 200

HIST

DIFF

 

16318

MUS 224

 Socialist Musical Imaginaries

Maria Sonevytsky

M W     10:10 am-11:30 am

BLM N210

SSCI

DIFF

 

16425

PS 104

 International Relations

Michelle Murray

M W     8:30 am-9:50 am

OLIN 204

SSCI

 

16430

PS 109

 Political Economy

Sanjib Baruah

 T Th    1:30 pm-2:50 pm

OLIN 303

SSCI

 

16370

PS 124

 Case Study in International Policy: Burma

Walter Mead

             -

 

SSCI

 

16584

PS 239

 UNITED NATIONS AND MODEL UN

Jonathan Becker

    F       1:30 pm-2:50 pm

OLIN 201

SSCI

1 credit*

 

16411

PS / HIST  283

 Environmental Politics of East Asia

Robert Culp

 T Th    11:50 am-1:10 pm

OLINLC 115

SSCI

 

16432

PS 314

 Political Econ. of Development

Sanjib Baruah

 W        10:10 am-12:30 pm

OLIN 301

SSCI

 

16436

PS 363

 Ethics & International Affairs

Christopher McIntosh

 T         10:10 am-12:30 pm

OLIN 308

SSCI

 

16437

REL 106

 Islam

Tehseen Thaver

M W     11:50 am-1:10 pm

OLIN 202

HUM

DIFF

 

16373

REL 230

 Religion & Culture in Iran

Tehseen Thaver

M W     3:10 pm-4:30 pm

OLIN 204

HUM

 

16439

SOC 205

 Intro to Research Methods

Yuval Elmelech

 T Th    4:40 pm-6:00 pm

HDR 101A

MATC