Spring 2024 Middle East GR6410 section 001

Settlers and Natives

Call Number 17175
Day & Time
Location
R 12:10pm-2:00pm
C01 80 Claremont Ave
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Mahmood Mamdani
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This course is designed to introduce the student to key debates in the study of societies marked by the centrality of settler-native relations: We shall focus on four key debates: (a) how to conceptualize extreme violence, as criminal or political; (b) the relationship of perpetrators to beneficiaries; (c) the significance of human rights institutions, from the Nuremberg Court to the International Criminal Court to the question of decolonization: and (d) the making of a political community of survivors after catastrophe. The class will be organized around several case studies: (a) Ireland; (b) the Americas; (c) Haiti; (d) Australia; (e) the Nuremberg Court; (f) South Africa; and (g) Israel / Palestine.

 

Web Site Vergil
Department Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Enrollment 11 students (15 max) as of 5:05PM Sunday, December 8, 2024
Subject Middle East
Number GR6410
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20241MDES6410G001