From the First World War to the present, the planet has faced multiple challenges - political, economic, social, environmental, cultural, health-related, and many more. From the First World War and the "Spanish flu" until today, people have faced global processes and transformations, the rise of totalitarian movements, wars, cold wars and other conflicts, decolonization, economic crisis, genocides, racism, natural and man-made environmental disasters, pandemics and other challenges. They have responded with calls for human rights, global understanding, economic and ecological justice, the empowerment of women, and other movements. This course surveys the past century of conflict and resistance and introduces the field of global studies through close reading and critical inquiry into how the world got to where it is today, and how people have confronted global challenges.
- Teacher: David Webster