India's image in the West as a land of poverty and spirituality often obscures its long tradition of radical and vibrant social movements. This course explores recent and ongoing people's movements in India.

This course will consider the impacts of climate change and resulting resource scarcities on international peace and security. It will identify the likely environmental impacts of climate change - rising sea levels, prolonged droughts, desertification, etc. - and consider how they will heighten the risk of internal and international discord and conflict. It will also consider actions that can be taken by governmental and non-governmental organizations to reduce the risk of disorder and conflict arising from climate change and resource scarcity.

The goal of this course is to familiarize students with a robust set of theoretical and methodological tools to research white supremacies. Following Andrea Smith's framework, we will examine three pillars of white supremacy-- the logic of slavery/capitalism, the logic of genocide/colonialism, and the logic of Orientalism/war; and explore what such an approach might mean from a research perspective.

Racial reparations have been and continue to be one of the most explosive contemporary issues. Some argue that this country's history of enslavement renders some form of reparations necessary to the quest for social justice; that understanding reparations is central to honest conversations about race and racism. Others argue that reparations for past injustices such as slavery are unfair. Still others refuse to discuss the topic altogether.

As recently as 250 years ago the world had a roughly equal level of development. Today, the richest country in the world has an average income level around 400 times that of the poorest. What are the reasons behind this divergence? How have the 'poor' countries attempted to reverse the gap and how have these attempts transformed societies within those countries? The course examines these general themes and consists of two components: First, we will survey contemporary debates in development economics, including such topics as development ethics (e.g. what is development?

This course provides students with an introduction to major economic theories of labor markets, employment and unemployment and will examine the extent to which these theories are borne out by both statistical and qualitative studies of labor in the United States, a major capitalist economy.

This two-semester Division II seminar is open to all Division II students who are interested in learning the craft of historians and producing a substantial research paper to include in their Division II portfolio and to prepare for their Division III project in history. We will be utilizing the Sophia Smith collections at Smith College as our archival base.

The American encounter with Arab nationalism spanned the entire twentieth century. Arab nationalism and the American empire developed on the same timetable and influenced each other in subtle but profound ways. The United States at the dawn of its age of empire was far more aware of events in the Middle East than we generally realize today. As American global interests mushroomed, understanding the political developments in the Middle East became a necessity. However, several factors impeded the American understanding of Arab nationalism.

How does psychoanalysis understand the treatment of children and adolescents historically? How have ideas and practices of child psychotherapy within psychoanalysis changed over time? What does an analyst actually do in sessions and with what results? These are the major questions we'll address in this course. Students will engage in intensive reading of primary sources and two major papers, in addition to regularly reviewing concepts through in-class essays and role-plays.

This course explores past and current debates over the role of religion and science in public policy, specifically in the areas reproductive rights, health and justice. We look both at claims that science and religion are inevitably in conflict, as well as arguments for their compatibility.