English

In this course various theoretical and empirical theories on individualization and social policy are discussed in lectures and tutorial meetings, with a dual focus on individualization “from below” (citizens willing – and forced by their social environment – to be independent, autonomous and unique) and individualization “from above” (governments actively stimulating and/or capitalizing on the individuality of their citizens). In addition, students are asked to select a certain policy field (education, health care, etc.) and to analyze 1) how the process of individualization has affected this policy field, 2) how in the past the present government policies have stimulated and/or capitalized on citizens' (supposed) individuality. Students report on the analysis in a paper.

This course applies the techniques and formulae of mathematical analysis (in particular the use of vectors and calculus) to solve problems in classical mechanics, including statics, dynamics, and kinematics as applied to linear and rigid body rotational dynamics. The course also covers first principles and the derivation of standard formulae in classical mechanics.

In an era of massive influx of migrants and refugees, this course examines a series of key topics related to international immigration and refugee law, and the challenges posed from a legal perspective. The course explores the main legal instruments in place concerning asylum, migration, human smuggling and trafficking, such as the 1951 Refugee Convention (Geneva Convention) and 1967 Protocol or the 2000 Palermo Protocols attached to the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Regional sub-systems, such as the EU legal framework are explored by focusing on themes such as the legal migration, detention of asylum seekers and irregular migrants, and deportation and criminalization of migration. In order to provide a holistic approach to the examined topics, selected national legislation and case law are explored as well. The course includes field trips to institutions and NGOs (such as the AIRE Centre, Immigration Law Practitioners' Association, Amnesty International UK, the UNHCR, etc) in order to gain valuable insights into the practical dimension of migration and refugee law.

Students engage with the historiography of 20th-century genocide, political violence, warfare, and civil war, as well as reading and viewing a range of primary sources including victim and perpetrator testimonies, trial records, and documentary film. Was the 20th century uniquely violent? If so, why? This course explores the question of genocide and mass violence in the 20th-century world. In this course, students engage with theories of genocide and political violence, and also examine the validity of these explanations for the causes and consequences of mass violence by examining four case studies in depth. Looking at Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in the period of the First World War, Jews on the Eastern Front during the Second World War, Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s, and Rwanda in 1994, students discuss a range of questions: What is the context for these acts of mass violence? Who were the perpetrators of these acts? Who were the victims? Why did they happen at this time and in this place, and not at another time? What was the tipping point between persecution or repression and mass murder? What was the role of belief or ideology? Did the geopolitical situation in each time and place matter? What were the roles of individuals, groups, and the state?

The emphasis in this course will be on basic rules and principles of the Law of Real Property. The course is concerned with the following main areas: general study of the nature of proprietary interests in land (legal and equitable) including the doctrines of tenure and estates, the concept and physical limits of land, doctrine of accession (fixtures), co-ownership, as well as an introduction to native title; study of the Torrens Title system (that is the statutory scheme of registration of land interests) which involves a study and analysis of the Land Title Act 1994 (Qld); and general study of the nature of certain proprietary interests in land including leases, easements and mortgages.

This is an introductory course to the role of asymmetric information in economic situations at the undergraduate level. Decision makers (for example, buyers and sellers) are typically differentially informed about the quality, quantity or value of the traded goods. This course introduces the well-known stylistic models of informational asymmetries.

This course provides general knowledge of the fossil evidence for human evolution within a dynamic palaeobiological frame. Students learn about the different hominin taxa, through an analysis of the origin, evolution, and consequences of the major physical and behavioural adaptations of humans. Lectures introduce the different hominins by addressing the key evolutionary milestones associated with human origins such as changes in the type of locomotion, diet, precision grip, body size/proportions, life history pattern, brain size and shape, and the development of language and culture.