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This course introduces students to the contemporary law of social security in the United Kingdom against the background of relevant policy debates, and considers the relationships between social security law, human rights law, and devolution.

The Jewish eastern European encounter was among the most significant in the history of the European diasporic encounter. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the political, legal, religious, cultural, and social ramifications of this encounter. It offers in-depth analysis of the emergence of Jewish autonomy and of the variegated cultural life of Jewish communities. It reflects on religious diversification including heretic and dissenting challenges to communal hierarchies and on the scope and limits of social, cultural and legal integration, as well as on the dramatic consequences of the partitions of Poland. It offers insights into the trajectories of formerly Polish-Jewish communities in Russia, the Habsburg Empire, and Prussia, as well as the impact of mass emigration. The emergence of very large Jewish communities and the impact of emigration from Eastern Europe in the late 19th century includes a reflection on the echoes of Eastern European Jewish culture in the Americas and in Palestine/Israel. Jewish political mobilization in the 20th c., the impact of antisemitism and anti-Jewish violence, and the catastrophe of the German occupation and the Holocaust are discussed as well as the attempts to rebuild Jewish life after the war and under communism. 

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This course covers the functioning and development of the European Union from a legal perspective. We examine the forces that drive European integration and explore the relationship of law to integration. The course surveys EU institutions, doctrines, laws and politics with a particular emphasis on the design of rules and contemporary events and focuses on the dynamics behind a legally driven process of regional integration.  

Thematically, we consider, confront, and discuss the institutional set up of the EU (constitutional design, legal and political integration, separation of powers and the rule of law), the main doctrines of EU law, fundamental freedoms in EU, citizenship and political rights, competition law, questions of democratic legitimacy, EU enlargement and foreign policy, capital markets integration and monetary affairs. 

This course examines scales of organization from molecules to cells and organisms. It begins the journey of life with the synthesis of biomolecules, follows on through the expression and regulation of genes, to the complex communication between molecules, and then to cells and how cells are integrated to form a complex organism. It covers how single cells divide and differentiate to create simple and complex multicellular organisms which experience disease and death. Concepts of cellular energy, communication, and enzymes, all of which combine to drive life processes, will be explored.

During the lectures, the main theoretical concepts of Television Studies are discussed and historically contextualized, while simultaneously exploring their contemporary relevance. In the seminars, the emphasis is on conducting close readings of key theoretical texts and analyzing (post)television phenomena based on these readings. Students receive feedback on assignments aimed at enhancing theoretical and analytical knowledge, as well as refining their reading and academic writing skills. Students are expected to study the assigned literature and to make their assignments. Contributions to group work are expected through providing peer feedback on writing assignments by fellow students and actively participate in plenary discussions.

This course offered from the SNU Graduate School of International Studies covers an introduction to key issues in Korean society, with a focus on contemporary South Korea. Students engage with “big ideas” about modernity, the state, the nation, and democracy.  

Topics include Diversity and modernity; Discipline, violence, and modernity; The state, dictatorship, and industrialization; The Minjung movement; Memory and political movements; Democracy after dictatorship; Democracy and overseas initiatives; Identity and transnationalism.  

In addition to in-class quizzes and exams, students meet separately with the instructor in small groups twice during the term. These meetings are compulsory and count toward participation grades. 

This introductory level course provides a critical review of the evolution of notions of the human to the present day from a philosophical, anthropological, historical, social, and technological perspective.

The course investigates current problems from a posthumanist dimension articulated with at least two of the following perspectives: social, cultural, technological, or ethical, to highlight possible individual and collective impacts, in a way that promotes metacognitive reflection and action on the student's responsibility as an agent of change. Class discussions will focus on personal learning experiences and the usefulness of the post humanist perspective in one's daily reality.

This course is a comprehensive tour through the writing life and theatrical legacy of William Shakespeare. Taking its cue from the First Folio (1623), the book that preserved many of Shakespeare’s plays for posterity, the course spends one week on each of the main genres in which the author wrote and introduces students to key questions raised by plays such as The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Richard III, Hamlet, and Othello, among others. It overviews the major plays of Shakespeare’s career and the critical questions that shape how we read them today, while giving students the chance to engage with the material conditions of Shakespeare’s world. The course includes trips to the playwright’s birthplace and grave in Stratford-upon-Avon, classroom sessions in the Bodleian Library in which students can view Shakespeare’s original early printed books, and the opportunity to see a performance of a Shakespeare play.

How do you go from idea to business? This entrepreneurship course offers students a unique opportunity to build knowledge, skills, and experience in starting up a new business. Students gain a behind-the-scenes perspective into the entrepreneurial world through lectures, project work, and guest lectures. The course inspires students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset when setting up and driving new projects or when building a businesses.