| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Part One: Theories of Violence and the Problem of Rationality | ||
| 1 |
Course Introduction Screenings: Doing Anthropology: Thoughts on Fieldwork From Three Research Sites | |
| 2 | Theoretical Foundations: Crowds, Ritual, or Demonic Males? | |
| 3 |
Understanding the Unthinkable: The Holocaust Student presentation | Reflection paper 1 due |
| Part Two: Human Rights, Rationality, and Relativism Post WWII | ||
| 4 |
Rights Talk in Western Culture: Whose Rights, Whose Rationality? Student presentation | |
| 5 |
Universalism versus Cultural Relativism Student presentation | |
| Part Three: The Practice of Human Rights | ||
| 6 |
The Birth of Amnesty International Student presentation | Short mid-term paper due |
| 7 |
Sex and Gender Violence in Ireland Student presentation | |
| 8 |
Argentina Student presentation | Short mid-term papers returned with comments |
| 9 |
Rwanda Student presentation | |
| 10 |
Palestine Student presentation | Reflection paper 2 due |
| 11 |
South Africa Student presentation | |
| 12 |
Haiti, Part 1 Student presentation | |
| 13 |
Haiti, Part 2 and Course Conclusion Student presentation | Final paper due |