| 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 |