IAFS 1000

Global Issues and International Affairs: Global Transformations and the State

Fall 2005

Professor Jupille

 

News and Updates

 

Date

Information

 

 

20051208

As I mentioned in class last time, some readings for topic #29 (Inequality) were more helpful than others.  Focus especially on the following chapters: 35 (UNDP), 37 (Wade/Wolf), 38 (Dollar/Kraay) and 41 (Stiglitz).  You will not be held responsible for chapters 36 (Castells), 39 (Steans) or 40 (Woods) on the final exam.

20051208

I have posted a final examination preview.  Good luck and enjoy your break!

20051128

Office hours for the rest of the semester will be as follows:

  • Monday, 11/28: 2-3 p.m. & by app’t
  • Wednesday, 11/30: 2-3 p.m. & by app’t
  • Monday, 12/5: 2-3 p.m. & by app’t
  • Tuesday, 12/6: 1-2 p.m.  by app’t
  • Wednesday, 12/7: 2-3 p.m. & by app’t

20051121

Office hours on Wednesday, November 23rd will be canceled.

20051102

My office hours tomorrow (Thursday, November 3rd) will be canceled.  I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.  I will be back in office hours on Monday.

20051031

My office hours tomorrow (Tuesday, November 1st) will be canceled.

20051027

The Political Science/IA club as well as the International Affairs honor Society holds Thursday night tutoring sessions for students in the introductory courses on Thursday afternoons at 5:30 in Hellems 141. This is open to non majors and non members who need help in these disciplines.

20051027

The University of Colorado in conjunction with Congregation Har HaShem will host a Sudan Awareness Conference on Tuesday, November 1 through Thursday, November 3, 2005 to raise awareness about the atrocities occurring in Darfur, Sudan.  Click the link for more information.

20051024

The International Affairs/Political Science club meets next on Tuesday, October 25th at 5:00 pm in Hellems 199. Dr. Ian Feinhandler, Geography Dept., will be talking about the Politics of Oil.

20051018

I have posted the aggregate results from midterm #1.

20051017

I have moved a number of the longest and most demanding readings for the last part of the class into the ‘Recommended’ section, meaning you will not be held responsible for having done them, though I still encourage you to check them out.

20051017

I have moved the due dates for your first paper drafts back by one week.  They will now be due in your week 11 recitation.

20051017

Further changes to the syllabus.  We will have a guest lecture (details below) on Thursday, October 20th.  I have substituted this for the Security lecture and moved the Environment topic back to Tuesday the 24th.  See the updated syllabus for clarification.

Guest Lecture: Shaul Gabby and Amin Kazak,

“Israel and Palestine: Peace in the Middle East From Two Perspectives”

In 1982, Shaul Gabbay and Amin Kazak literally stood at opposite sides of "Museum Alley," the no-man's land that divided the city of Beirut during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Gabbay was a commander in the Israeli Infantry, and Kazak was a Palestinian refugee studying for his doctorate.

 

Today, they are noted scholars in Middle Eastern studies and share a classroom to discuss the prospects for peace in one of the most troubled regions of the world. Join Gabbay and Kazak in this unique course bringing two deeply personal and keenly professional perspectives on the issues behind the Arab/ Israeli conflict. Are the sources of conflict ancient or recent? To what extent are they religious, economic, cultural, or political? What key events must occur for peace to become a reality? Can the U.S. still play an important role and, if so, what should it be? What are the consequences for all of us if there is no peace?

20051011

A colloquium on internet governance will be held in the Communications School, room 218 on Wednesday, October 12th from 1-2 p.m.  The talk will be given by Peng Hwa Ang, who was a member of the Working Group on Internet Governance, which was tasked with preparing a document for governments at the next meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis.  He is Dean of the School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, where he teaches and researches media and internet law.

20051007

I re-arranged some things in the last section (part IV) of the class.  The upshot is that I have moved some things around and dropped two topics so that we can view and discuss the film “Ghosts of Rwanda” during meetings #27 and 28.

20050928

Linked midterm preview to the homepage.

20050923

Adding reading (was ‘TBD’) for meeting #21, 11/3/2005.  The reading is online; consult the updated syllabus for the link.  All of the other ‘TBD’ readings have been filled in or removed.

20050921

If you would like more information about the study abroad programs announced in class yesterday, please go to http://www.colorado.edu/oie/studyabroad/index.html.

20050914

Today’s office hours are canceled.

20050912

Added online readings for lecture on “culture”, 20 September.  Information and links on the syllabus.

20050912

Research Essay instructions now posted.  Note: deadline for paper proposals has been moved back to the week of September 26th. Note 2: Final essays will be due in lecture on Tuesday, December 6th, rather than in recitations that week.  Syllabus has been updated accordingly.

20050830

Updated links to Teaching Assistants and recitations on the homepage.

20050825

Added Guide to Accessing IAFS 1000 readings (courtesy of Lapo Salucci).

20050824

The Political Science Department and the Keller Center for the Study of First Amendment are co-sponsoring an essay contest on “the Bill of Rights in a time of War”?  The deadline for submitting the entry is noon, September 16.  For more information, see http://polsci.colorado.edu/.

20050824

My office hours today will be from 1:30-2:15.

20050823

Corrected error on syllabus, changing recitation section 105 to W 0900.

20050823

Syllabus posted online will have numerous small changes relative to hard copy handed out in class.  Be sure to check the online version!