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2009 Summer Session Course Listings
Note: Northwestern day school students need permission from the dean of their school to enroll in School of Continuing Studies courses. SCS courses are indicated by a -CN after the course number (example: ACCOUNT 204-CN Sec. 28). The majority of Summer Session courses do not need dean approval.
International Studies
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
INTL ST 201-2 Sec. 26
Global History II
CAESAR Class Number: 40518
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 1 - 3:30pm
Georgi Derlugian
This course will be held in University Hall room 102.
This course examines the key processes of our contemporary epoch, or the "short 20th century" (1914 to 1991), taking them, as Stephen Jay Gould prescribed, in the whole system of relations. Starting with the mutual suicide of the great powers in the First World War, the class traces the effects of newer, much bigger and invasive governments and economic corporations. Students try to figure out what caused the two world wars; the nature of fascism, populism, the New Deal, and communism; how the former colonies became independent states, and what came out of their programs of national development and modernization. The course investigates the institutions that ensured the long peace of the Cold War and how their breakdown released the newest globalization. It also speculates what might come out of globalization. This course counts toward the Weinberg College historical studies distribution requirement, Area IV.
INTL ST 390-0 Sec. 26 
Special Topics in International Studies: The Global Mafia Business
CAESAR Class Number: 40322
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 6 - 9pm
Georgi Derlugian
This course will be held in University Hall room 218.
In recent decades sociologists have made substantial progress in understanding the workings and typical environments of organized crime. This course explores this new understanding using the "classical" example of Sicily and postcommunist Russia. Further questions include the effect of narcotraffic in Colombia; who really fought in Bosnia and Kosovo; and whether we can expect to see an Iraqi mafia. In the second part of the course students make presentations about other kinds of criminal undergrounds using their newly gained theoretical knowledge.
INTL ST 390-0 Sec. 28
Islam and Politics in the Middle East
CAESAR Class Number: 40540
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/27 - 8/22
Sa 9am - 12:30pm
Liubov Derlugian
This course will be held in University Hall room 122.
Present is a moving moment on the roads from past to future. For a meaningful discussion of future possibilities for the Middle East (democracy, Islamic caliphate, or something else), we must first study the historical-geographic trends and the forces and events that shaped the present situation. We will then focus in more detail on the key issues in the politics of contemporary Middle East: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the war in Iraq; and the struggles in Turkey and Iran regarding their future direction and relations with the world.
INTL ST 390-Z Sec. 28 
Community Development in an International Context
8 weeks,
Off Campus,
6/17 - 8/19
Days and times are TBA
John Kretzmann
This course will introduce a range of community development approaches currently being applied in the "Global South," and will explore their social, political and economic contexts and impacts. Students will understand the relationships among "strength-based" strategies such as asset based community development, appreciative inquiry, participatory rural appraisal, resiliency organizing and sustainable livelihoods approaches; and will contrast these strategies with more traditional large scale development investments.Students take this course as part of the Global Engagement Summer Institute summer study abroad program. They will apply their understanding of community development strategies to their preparation for the in-country experiences. The course will be taught at the Chicago campus before students begin their field work abroad.
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Indicates a Study Abroad Course.
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