Princeton Global Seminar
2011 SEMINARS
Sponsored by PIIRS in conjunction with the Office of International Programs

2011 Global Seminars Open House
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Directors of the 2011 seminars will give presentations and be on hand to answer questions about their courses.
5-7 p.m.
219 Aaron Burr Hall
Pizza will be served.

2011 GS

 

“Memory, Democracy, and Public Culture: Berlin and Its Pasts”
Berlin, Germany
June 16-July 30, 2011
Taught by Jan-Werner Müller, Princeton University
This interdisciplinary course examines the German case in order to address larger questions, including whether there is an ethical obligation to remember the past.

“Performing Irishness: Performance and Theater in Modern and Contemporary Ireland”
Galway, Ireland
June 11-July 25, 2011

Taught by Jill Dolan, Princeton University, and Stacy Wolf, Princeton University
This seminar will explore a variety of contemporary theater and performance forms in Ireland.

“The Global Ghetto”
Rome, Italy and Krakow, Poland
June 9-July 23, 2011

Taught by Mitchell Duneier, Princeton University
According to urbandictionary.com, the word “ghetto” once designated the part of European cities in which Jews were restricted. Since then, it has come to refer to “yelling at your boo in the middle of the street,” “replacing a broken window with a trash bag and duct tape,” and the “tendency to eat every free sample.” This class will explore how we got to this point.

“Performance and Practice in Kyoto”
Kyoto, Japan
June 9-July 22, 2011

Taught by Tom Hare, Princeton University
This course will explore the links between Zen practice and monastic life on the one hand, and several Japanese arts, including  ink painting, noh drama, shakuhachi performance, tea ceremony, and poetry, on the other. It is designed for students interested in traditional East Asia, religion, or the interaction of texts and the arts, or any combination of these.  There are no prerequisites, and no prior knowledge of East Asia is presumed.

“Islam, Empire, and Modernity: Turkey from the Caliphs to the 21st Century”
Istanbul, Turkey
June 11-July 23, 2011

Taught by M. Sükrü Hanioğlu, Princeton University, and Erika H. Gilson, Princeton University.
This course is presented for the fourth year. It is structured around the history, culture, language, and literature of Turkey—the capital of both the Eastern Roman and Ottoman empires and the seat of military might, ceremonial pomp, and state policy for sixteen centuries—which is undergoing a modern cultural renaissance.

SEMINAR ARCHIVE
2010
"Diversity of China: History, Culture, and Globalization”

Fudan University, Shanghai, and Northwest University, Xi’an, China
Taught by Ping Wang, Princeton University, and Chunling Li, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
June 20-July 31, 2010

“The African American Atlantic: Modernity and the Black Experience”
Accra and Cape Coast, Ghana, and Queen Mary University of London, England
Taught by Simon Gikandi, Princeton University.
June 20-July 31, 2010

“Religion and Politics in Indian Art and Architecture”
Goa and Madurai, India
Taught by Mallica Kumbera Landrus, Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design, and Esther da Costa Meyer, Princeton University.
June 4-July 17, 2010 

“Dreaming, Mapping, Living: The City in the Korean Imagination”
Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, South Korea
Taught by Joy S. Kim, Princeton University, and Steven Chung, Princeton University.
June 20-July 31, 2010

“Islam, Empire, and Modernity: Turkey from the Caliphs to the 21st Century”
American University, Cairo, Egypt, and the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
Taught by M. Sükrü Hanioğlu, Princeton University, and Erika H. Gilson, Princeton University.
June 12-July 24, 2010

“Vietnam: The War and Beyond”
Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Taught by David Leheny, Princeton University, and Christina Schwenkel, University of California-Riverside.
June 13-July 24, 2010

2009
“America and Vietnam at War: Origins, Implications, and Consequences”
Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Taught by Desaix Anderson, former diplomat, U.S. foreign service, with David Leheny, Princeton University, and Christophe Robert, consultant and Vietnam scholar
June 6–July 18, 2009

“The Future Is Now: Revolution and Utopia in Early Soviet Culture”
Herzen State Pedagogical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Taught by Serguei Oushakine, Princeton University, and Devin Fore, Princeton University
June 15–July 24, 2009
                    
“Race, Culture, and Identity in Brazilian Modernism”
Universidad Federal da Bahia, São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil; Pontifica Universidade Católica,  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Taught by Esther da Costa Meyer, Princeton University, and Antonio Sergio Guimarães, University of São Paulo
June 27–August 8, 2009

“Sustainable Design: Creating New Solutions for Global Development"
Kokrobitey Institute, Accra, Ghana; and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Taught by Wole Soboyejo, Princeton University, with Makeba Clay, Seminar Director
June 15–July 24, 2009

“Islam, Empire, and Modernity: Turkey from the Caliphs to the 21st Century”
Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
Taught by M. Sukru Hanioglu, Princeton University, and Erika Gilson, Princeton University
June 15–July 24, 2009




 

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