| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Introduction: Why is Everyone Talking About Globalization? | |
| 2 | The Cultural Homogenization Debates: Hip Hop in Japan Guest Lecturer: Prof. Ian Condry | |
| 3 | The Economic and Political Debates | |
| Part 1: Histories of the Global | ||
| 4-5 | Global Histories Before Capitalism | |
| 6 | European Colonialism | |
| 7 | European Economic Expansion | |
| 8 | The Rise of Consumer Society, the Welfare State and the Third World | |
| 9 | Film: Modern Times | Paper due |
| Part 2: Investigating Contemporary Globalization | ||
| A. Transformations - Economic | ||
| 10 | Deindustrialization and the Growth of Service Industries | |
| 11-12 | Film: Roger and Me. The Rise of High Tech | Topic for final paper due (Ses #12) |
| 13 | New Industrialization in the "Third World" | |
| 14 | Theorizing the Economic Transformation | |
| B. Transformations - Political and Geographic | ||
| 15 | The New Post-Cold War Geography | |
| 16-17 | Migrations | Paper due |
| C. Transformations - Culture, Media and Technology | ||
| 18 | Media in Motion | |
| 19 | Reworking Networks: From Activism to the Mafia | |
| 20 | Biotech and the New Science | |
| 21-23 | Student Presentations | Paper due |
| 24 | Judging Globalization in a post-Iraq War Era | |
| 25 | Conclusion | Revised final paper due |