GBL 187 Preparatory Seminar for Divided Lands: Politics, Borders, and Identities in Bosnia and Cyprus

This course will help prepare students academically, interculturally, and logistically for the corresponding winter-term global experience course. This seminar is offered on campus during the semester previous to the 4sh global engagement experience. Completion of the pre-departure seminar is required for participation in GBL 287: Divided Lands: Politics, Borders, and Identities in Bosnia and Cyprus. 

Credits

1

Prerequisite

Acceptance into GBL 287.

Course Types

Civilization; Society

Offered

• Fall

1. Describe and explain the similarities and differences between the historical legacies and conflicts (and their causes) in Bosnia and Cyprus
2. Analyze how the role of external and international actors and their conflicting interests (e.g. United Nations, European Union, United States, Britain, Turkey, etc.) influenced the conflicts and post-conflict peacebuilding efforts in Bosnia and Cyprus
3. Examine and evaluate their own perspective on global and personal responsibility and “intervention” in the face of genocide and human rights abuses in other countries
4. Describe and compare the effects of history and war/conflict in Bosnia and Cyprus on contemporary borders and cultural, religious, and political identities