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Selected Topics in Sociology - 48600 - SOC 2130 - 551 |
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As immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees move “within” and across Italian urban borders, they impact the familiar, inciting an array of responses in different contexts and forms. This course assumes that to talk about contemporary Italian society, it is necessary to understand Italy’s colonial past and the past emigrations of Italians elsewhere. This historical and cultural foundation is crucial when discussing contemporary politics of migration control, with regards to Northern Africa and the international relations between Italy and Libya at the opposite shores of the Mediterranean.
The course explores how changes in laws regulating citizenship have influences immigration as well as definitions of Italian nationality and European belonging. Employing cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary approaches to the subject of how identity is formed, challenged, and defended in an ever more globalized world, learners investigate the pressing issues of immigration, race and ethnicity that have sparked such controversy and passion both in contemporary Italy, Europe, and the U.S.
Additional course fee: $423.00 Visit the Bookstore site to view course materials Associated Term: 2023 Fall Registration Dates: Aug 29, 2023 to Sep 08, 2023 Registration Levels: Graduate, NonDegree Continuing Undergrad, Undergraduate Rome Campus Base Lecture Schedule Type Classroom In-Person Instructional Method Credit Hours: 3.000 Seats Available: 1 View Catalog Entry and Course Description |
Japan Inside-Out: Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies Academic Seminar - 53717 - SOC 2130 - 801 |
CL: ASST 2000 (801). Topical Section Description: From its archaic tradition in which it integrated Chinese culture into its language and religion and into the late 19th century when it opened its doors to the West, Japan has long struggled to maintain its traditions and indigenous culture as it has assimilated foreign elements, alternate modes of thought and different forms of organizational structure into its institutions. These qualities make Japan a fascinating comparative reference point for understanding Western culture, as it challenges fundamental notions of human nature, and shows ways in which seemingly incongruent cultures can come together in novel ways. This allows for reflection on globalization, identity politics, cultural difference and how a historically insular culture can negotiate its international standing when it is often at odds with international norms. This seminar examines selected topics in contemporary Japanese studies. Conceived as a cross-disciplinary Asian Studies course including sociological and cultural anthropological perspectives, the course combines seminar discussions, lectures from TUJ’s research-active area specialists, guest lecturers from across the world, and guided field trips to key locations in Tokyo and beyond. It builds not only on in-house academic expertise but Tokyo’s premier international English-language public lecture series, the Institute for Contemporary Asian Studies at TUJ. Course topics and readings focus on nationalism, culture, and identity politics; race and ethnicity; popular culture and its global dialectic; manga, anime, and gaming; civil society and political dissent; and Japan’s international relations. The course is bookended by methodological and theoretical classes giving students from any academic field a variety of intellectual tools they can use to interpret what they’re seeing and reading during their stay in Japan. These are drawn in particular from sociology, anthropology, political science, cultural and visual studies, and history. (Note: Field trip activities for this course will be supported by the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (free of charge to students enrolled in this class).
Visit the Bookstore site to view course materials Associated Term: 2023 Fall Registration Dates: Apr 02, 2023 to Sep 07, 2023 Registration Levels: Graduate, NonDegree Continuing Undergrad, Undergraduate Japan Campus Base Lecture Schedule Type Classroom In-Person Instructional Method Credit Hours: 3.000 Seats Available: 19 View Catalog Entry and Course Description |
Selected Topics in Sociology - 53824 - SOC 2130 - 802 |
Visit the Bookstore site to view course materials Associated Term: 2023 Fall Registration Dates: Apr 02, 2023 to Sep 07, 2023 Registration Levels: Graduate, NonDegree Continuing Undergrad, Undergraduate Japan Campus Base Lecture Schedule Type Classroom In-Person Instructional Method Credit Hours: 3.000 Seats Available: 31 View Catalog Entry and Course Description |
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