The imaginative representation of good and evil in Western and Eastern classics, folktales, children's stories, and 20th-century literature. Cross-cultural comparison of ethical approaches to moral problems such as the suffering of the innocent, the existence of evil, the development of a moral consciousness and social responsibility, and the role of faith in a broken world. Contemporary issues of nuclear war, holocaust, AIDS, abortion, marginal persons, anawim, unwanted children. (Gen.Ed. AL, DG)

Everyone who has paid even a little bit of attention to American politics over the past few years has come to the same conclusion: The whole country has gone mad! Or, more accurately, half of it has. It's become increasingly easy to think that members of the "other side" are simply irrational when it comes to political matters ? that they've gone off the rails, have been duped by fake news and propaganda, and are afflicted by group-think.

Explores a variety of issues related to a Residential Academic Program (RAP) topic from both current and historical contexts. Students participate in small group projects and class discussions. Provides a supportive environment for personal reflection and critical thinking on the topics germane to the course content. Students will identify ways to incorporate personal interests with academic interests.

Explores a variety of issues related to a Residential Academic Program (RAP) topic from both current and historical contexts. Students participate in small group projects and class discussions. Provides a supportive environment for personal reflection and critical thinking on the topics germane to the course content. Students will identify ways to incorporate personal interests with academic interests.

Our history as a nation is profoundly influenced by our adherence to disturbing racial narratives. These stories, that tell us who should be in power, and who should not, who should enjoy safety and comfort and who should not, and who should be allowed to exist in certain spaces and who should not, are so baked into our daily culture that we scarcely think about them. When people with privilege are forced to think about them, they often become profoundly disturbed and upset.

Our history as a nation is profoundly influenced by our adherence to disturbing racial narratives. These stories, that tell us who should be in power, and who should not, who should enjoy safety and comfort and who should not, and who should be allowed to exist in certain spaces and who should not, are so baked into our daily culture that we scarcely think about them. When people with privilege are forced to think about them, they often become profoundly disturbed and upset.

Our history as a nation is profoundly influenced by our adherence to disturbing racial narratives. These stories, that tell us who should be in power, and who should not, who should enjoy safety and comfort and who should not, and who should be allowed to exist in certain spaces and who should not, are so baked into our daily culture that we scarcely think about them. When people with privilege are forced to think about them, they often become profoundly disturbed and upset.

This course aims to explore the renewed centrality of gender and the language of "rights" in both Brazil and the U.S. In recent times, we have seen the mainstreaming of "gender", as gender and women's demands for inclusion on human rights has emerged as important political categories across local and national boundaries, by right-wing organizations and movements, as well in feminist responses in both contexts.

This course aims to explore the renewed centrality of gender and the language of "rights" in both Brazil and the U.S. In recent times, we have seen the mainstreaming of "gender", as gender and women's demands for inclusion on human rights has emerged as important political categories across local and national boundaries, by right-wing organizations and movements, as well in feminist responses in both contexts.