JSIS 488 Special Topics in European Studies

JSIS 488 B Public Diplomacy and the Global Influence of Germany and Europe

JSIS 482 B Haida Language

JEW ST 459 History of Modern Jewish-Muslim Relations

Topics include Jews’ and Muslims’ linked encounters with empire, westernization, and nationalism; Jewish culture and identity in Islamic contexts migration and diasporic identities; the impact of Zionism, European Jewish settlement

JSIS 487 Special Topics in Middle Eastern Studies

JSIS B 352 Sustainability and Global Business

Course explores the relationships between business, sustainability and social responsibility, asking three core questions: Why should business care about sustainability and social responsibility? What can businesses do to help address

JSIS B 346 Disability in Global and Comparative Perspective

Examines the meaning, politics, and experience of disability globally and locally in order to understand what is universal and what is particular to the disability experience in a diverse world.

JSIS 278 Global Connections: From Global Challenges to Creative Solutions

Focuses on the identification and understanding of current global challenges from a variety of analytical perspectives. Students from the U.S and from abroad explore creative ways to address these challenges

JEW ST 206 Violence and Contemporary Thought

Modern and contemporary ideas about violence and their emergence as intellectual responses to historical events. Topics may include histories of physical violence, such as slavery, colonialism, or the Holocaust, as

JSIS A 354 Narcoculture: Propaganda and Publicity in the War on Drugs

Representation of so-called narcos in inter-American media and culture since the 1970s. Students critically analyze U.S. films, Colombian soap operas, Mexican ballads, and state propaganda dedicated to portraying traffickers’ exploits.