Globalization is one of the most contested concepts of the last decade. What does it mean to live in a “global” world? What are the implications of international flows for politics, culture and social structures? The set of courses, offered by prominent sociologists, political scientists and communication scholars, addresses these questions (and others) through two perspectives: globalization processes from a bird’s-eye view and globalization as expressed at the Israeli “receiving end.” The courses will provide students with both theoretical foundations and hands-on experiences of negotiating and finding solutions to globalization-oriented problems.
List of Courses
Culture and Inequality in Global Perspective
Dr. Joshua Guetzkow, Department of Sociology & Anthropology and the Institute of
Criminology
Globalization, Technology and Minorities
Dr. Elyakim Kislev, The Federmann School of Public Policy and Government
Global Protest Communication
Dr. Christian Baden, Department of Communication and Journalism
Globalization and Solidarity: Culture in the Struggle against Apartheid South Africa
Prof. Louise Bethlehem, Department of English and the Program in Cultural Studies
Introduction to International Development
Dr. Reut Barak Weekes, Glocal International Development
Terrorism Docudrama: Political Violence, Cinema and Television in the Global
Age
Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Department of Communication and Journalism
Environment, Society, Community and Development
Prof. David A. Sonnenfeld, Dept. of Environmental Studies, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Fostery
Cybersecurity: technology, policy, and politics
Dr. Dmitry Epstein, Department of Communication and Journalism
The Transition to a Low Carbon Society: Israel as a Lab*
Prof. Itay Fischhendler, Department of Geography, Environment and Geoinformatics
(A special workshop, will take place in April)