Saturday, April 11, 2009
How to Stop Pirates
Apparently, you can learn all you need to learn about Pirates from a video game. And boy did I love that game when I was a kid.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Soccer and Nationalism Conference
Soccer and Nationalism
This event can be used for lecture extra credit, but you must go to the movie and corresponding panel. You also must connect the movie to IR concepts.
An Interdisciplinary Conference
Monday, April 20, 2009, 9:30– 5:00
UIC Institute for the Humanities, Lower Level, Stevenson Hall
Schedule of Events:
9:30: Opening Remarks
9:45-10:45: Film Screening: Who is Deutschland?
Who is Deutschland? focuses on the outpouring of national feeling
expressed in Germany during the 2006 World Cup tournament, and the
reactions and discussions it prompted in German society among people of
various backgrounds. Interviews with German politicians, rock stars, media
executives, museum directors and students highlight the tensions
surrounding the expressions of contemporary German patriotism. While
tracking the progress of the German team in the World Cup, the film
focuses on Markus, a leftist Berlin University student who tells his side
of the “German identity story.”
11:00-12:30: Film Screening: Goal Dreams
Founded in 1928, the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) is considered
one of the oldest football associations in the Arab World. Following the
team as they prepare for the 2006 World Cup, Goal Dreams chronicles the
suspension of domestic league games after an Israeli air strike on
Palestine Stadium, while Austrian coach Alfred Riedle makes a heroic
effort to mold players from diverse countries such as the USA, Chile,
Palestine, and Lebanon into a national team like no other.
12:30-1:30: Break for Lunch
1:30-3:00: Panel Discussion with the creators of Who is Deutschland?
Boaz Beeri, Director
Jon Medow, writer/researcher
Abraham Singer, writer/researcher
Mark Webber, York University and the Canadian Center for
German and European Studies
3:00-3:15: Coffee Break
3:15-4:45: Panel Discussion on Soccer and Nationalism:
Jeffrey Saunders, writer and director of Goal Dreams
Laurent DuBois, Professor of French and History, Duke University
4:45: Concluding Remarks
Sponsored by the International Studies Program, the Departments of
Germanic Studies, History and Political Science, and the Institute for the
Humanities
This event can be used for lecture extra credit, but you must go to the movie and corresponding panel. You also must connect the movie to IR concepts.
An Interdisciplinary Conference
Monday, April 20, 2009, 9:30– 5:00
UIC Institute for the Humanities, Lower Level, Stevenson Hall
Schedule of Events:
9:30: Opening Remarks
9:45-10:45: Film Screening: Who is Deutschland?
Who is Deutschland? focuses on the outpouring of national feeling
expressed in Germany during the 2006 World Cup tournament, and the
reactions and discussions it prompted in German society among people of
various backgrounds. Interviews with German politicians, rock stars, media
executives, museum directors and students highlight the tensions
surrounding the expressions of contemporary German patriotism. While
tracking the progress of the German team in the World Cup, the film
focuses on Markus, a leftist Berlin University student who tells his side
of the “German identity story.”
11:00-12:30: Film Screening: Goal Dreams
Founded in 1928, the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) is considered
one of the oldest football associations in the Arab World. Following the
team as they prepare for the 2006 World Cup, Goal Dreams chronicles the
suspension of domestic league games after an Israeli air strike on
Palestine Stadium, while Austrian coach Alfred Riedle makes a heroic
effort to mold players from diverse countries such as the USA, Chile,
Palestine, and Lebanon into a national team like no other.
12:30-1:30: Break for Lunch
1:30-3:00: Panel Discussion with the creators of Who is Deutschland?
Boaz Beeri, Director
Jon Medow, writer/researcher
Abraham Singer, writer/researcher
Mark Webber, York University and the Canadian Center for
German and European Studies
3:00-3:15: Coffee Break
3:15-4:45: Panel Discussion on Soccer and Nationalism:
Jeffrey Saunders, writer and director of Goal Dreams
Laurent DuBois, Professor of French and History, Duke University
4:45: Concluding Remarks
Sponsored by the International Studies Program, the Departments of
Germanic Studies, History and Political Science, and the Institute for the
Humanities
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Extra Credit Repost II
To Clear Up: Guidelines for Extra Credit
You may choose to either write a report on a movie or a book (treat an event or lecture as a book) for extra credit. This report is due when you take the final. The movie review will be worth up to 7 points; a book/event review will be worth up to 15 points. You can do a lecture/book or lecture/movie, but not movie/book combo.
Details:
Movie: The movie must deal with international issues (or international security issues) including anything we have covered in class. No movies on interpersonal relationships or tenuous connections to international events will be accepted (no Borat). The movie can come from any time period. It would be best to get the movie approved before you watch. You must write at least a 4 page paper that will include one half review of the movie and the issues it covers. The second half will consider how it is relevant to the class and what lessons we can take from it. This assignment will be graded like any other essay, 7 points are not guaranteed. I do NOT want a recap of the movie, I want a review in the style of something the New Yorker would do.
Book/Lecture Event: The book must deal with contemporary international issues (or security). It should be published after 9/11. The same issues mentioned in the movie option are fair game. It would be best to get the book approved by me before attempting to write a review. Your review must be at least 7 pages. It should be completed like your normal required book report (1/3 review, 1/3 connection to international issues, and 1/3 criticisms or support). This assignment will be graded like any other essay, 15 points are not guaranteed. I do NOT want a recap of the book/event.
You may choose to either write a report on a movie or a book (treat an event or lecture as a book) for extra credit. This report is due when you take the final. The movie review will be worth up to 7 points; a book/event review will be worth up to 15 points. You can do a lecture/book or lecture/movie, but not movie/book combo.
Details:
Movie: The movie must deal with international issues (or international security issues) including anything we have covered in class. No movies on interpersonal relationships or tenuous connections to international events will be accepted (no Borat). The movie can come from any time period. It would be best to get the movie approved before you watch. You must write at least a 4 page paper that will include one half review of the movie and the issues it covers. The second half will consider how it is relevant to the class and what lessons we can take from it. This assignment will be graded like any other essay, 7 points are not guaranteed. I do NOT want a recap of the movie, I want a review in the style of something the New Yorker would do.
Book/Lecture Event: The book must deal with contemporary international issues (or security). It should be published after 9/11. The same issues mentioned in the movie option are fair game. It would be best to get the book approved by me before attempting to write a review. Your review must be at least 7 pages. It should be completed like your normal required book report (1/3 review, 1/3 connection to international issues, and 1/3 criticisms or support). This assignment will be graded like any other essay, 15 points are not guaranteed. I do NOT want a recap of the book/event.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Seminar This Week
1st Tuesday -- April 7, 2009 at 5:30 p.m.
The Iraq History Project: Why Documenting Human Rights Violation in Iraq
is Important for the American Public
Did the overthrow of Saddam Hussein have a positive or negative effect
on human rights in Iraq? Has the intervention of American military force
in Iraq and the introduction of a fledgling democracy resulted in a
reduction in human rights abuses? The answers may be surprising and
thought provoking. Our speaker, Daniel Rothenberg, has been studying
these issues for the past six years and will share his insight.
Daniel Rothenberg is the Managing Director of International Projects at
the International Human Rights Law Institute (IHRLI) at DePaul
University College of Law where he designs and runs rule of law and
human rights projects. For the past three and a half years, he has
managed a number of projects in Iraq involving an all-Iraqi staff of as
many as 60 working throughout the country. These projects have gathered
over 8,800 personal narratives of serious human rights violations
committed during the regime of Saddam Hussein and from 2003 through
mid-2008.
Before coming to DePaul, he was a Senior Fellow at the Orville H.
Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School, an
Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University
of Michigan, a Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan Law
School and a Fellow in the Michigan Society of Fellows. His research and
writing focuses on transitional justice issues, particularly truth
commissions, amnesty laws, tribunals and reparations, as well as labor
migration, moral panics, genocide and social responses to
institutionalized violence.
DePaul Club Room
11th Floor of the DePaul Center
1 E. Jackson Blvd.
April 7, 2009
5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
The Iraq History Project: Why Documenting Human Rights Violation in Iraq
is Important for the American Public
Did the overthrow of Saddam Hussein have a positive or negative effect
on human rights in Iraq? Has the intervention of American military force
in Iraq and the introduction of a fledgling democracy resulted in a
reduction in human rights abuses? The answers may be surprising and
thought provoking. Our speaker, Daniel Rothenberg, has been studying
these issues for the past six years and will share his insight.
Daniel Rothenberg is the Managing Director of International Projects at
the International Human Rights Law Institute (IHRLI) at DePaul
University College of Law where he designs and runs rule of law and
human rights projects. For the past three and a half years, he has
managed a number of projects in Iraq involving an all-Iraqi staff of as
many as 60 working throughout the country. These projects have gathered
over 8,800 personal narratives of serious human rights violations
committed during the regime of Saddam Hussein and from 2003 through
mid-2008.
Before coming to DePaul, he was a Senior Fellow at the Orville H.
Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School, an
Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University
of Michigan, a Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan Law
School and a Fellow in the Michigan Society of Fellows. His research and
writing focuses on transitional justice issues, particularly truth
commissions, amnesty laws, tribunals and reparations, as well as labor
migration, moral panics, genocide and social responses to
institutionalized violence.
DePaul Club Room
11th Floor of the DePaul Center
1 E. Jackson Blvd.
April 7, 2009
5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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