This seminar explores the contentious relationship between work and politics. The focus will be on workplace dynamics and how technological change, gender, methods of labor organization, and management philosophy affect the way in which authority is structured and perpetuated. The experiences of such regions as the United States, Japan, and China will also be used to shed light on the future of labor and work in an age of increasing globalization.

This course examines the dramatic emergence of democratic institutions and civil society in East Asia. The primary aim of the class is to help students understand and analyze the process of democratic unfolding in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. We will also evaluate China's recent, albeit limited experiments with democratic practices. We will begin by contrasting Western perspectives of democracy with both traditional and more contemporary Asian understandings of democracy.

Multiple forms of conflict and violence fueled by economic inequality, political instability, and rising radicalism mark South Asia--a region of contested histories, ideologies, and territories. We will explore the histories and causes of enduring conflicts, such as Kashmir and the wars in Afghanistan, separatist movements in Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka, and potential conflicts over scarce water and energy resources. We will conclude with analysis of the role of external powers, such as China, Iran, and the U.S. in South Asia and assess the prospects for peace in the region.

This course examines migration and transnational processes from a comparative perspective. It focuses on the relationship between globalization and international migration, with special attention to transnational networks and diaspora politics. We will explore major theories, forms, and patterns of migration in global politics; the involvement of diaspora organizations in the politics of host and home states; and the implications of migration and refugee flows for state sovereignty, national identity, and citizenship.

Most western democracies and characterized as liberal states. But what is the philosophy of liberalism? Where does it come from? What are its promises? What are its contradictions and flaws? In this course, we will examine liberalism's origins, its relationship with individual rights discourses, the liberties that it supposedly guarantees, and the principle of toleration, justice, and fairness that secure its foundations.

Explores the ways in which sound is organized into musical structures. Topics include the physical properties of sound; the basic vocabulary of Western music (scales, key signatures, intervals, triads, rhythm, meter); and an introduction to musical form and analysis. Includes extensive practice in music reading, sight singing, ear training, and critical listening.

This course will address the questions: What is performance? What is stage fright? How does stage fright manifest itself? What fields and activities benefit from mastery of stage fright? What tools and methods exist to harness the effects of stage fright? Students will research performance and performers, as well as remedies for stage fright in all fields. Weekly performances will afford the opportunity to practice skills.