International Studies

This course offers an introduction to the ways in which migration and diaspora shape cultures across a range of transnational and country contexts. Through reference to multiple sources, such as selected literature, blogs, film, and photography, the course familiarizes students with key issues relating to migration and diaspora, offering both a comparative view across cultural specificities and an understanding of transnational cultural dynamics. Topics covered include migration, places and times; (im)mobilities, borders and policies; religion, rituals and diasporic communities; home and homeland; food, family and memory; digital technologies and transnational connections; inventing memory and identities across generations. A range of sources, including fiction, documentary film, photography, blogs and music are analyzed to explore these topics.

In this course, students learn about the management of international enterprises and which cross-border challenges that need to be taken into account when firms consider internationalizing. The course also covers the impact of different formal economic, political, and legal institutions, as well as more informal institutions, such as culture, religion, and language that must all be considered by an internationalizing enterprise. The course also identifies the implications concerning business ethics and sustainability.

This course offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the politics, economics, and foreign policy that constitute international politics of the Korean Peninsula. It explores how Korea dealt with its first encounters with imperialism and tackled the complex task of modernization, to understand how these prewar historical legacies continue to affect the domestic politics, society and international relations of South Korea today. 

Topics include ethnic nationalism in Korea, imperial Japan, territorial disputes in Asia, the Comfort Women issue, South Korea’s industrialization, the LGBTQ movement in Korea, feminist and anti-feminist movement in Korea, North Korea and its nuclear weapons, to name a few. 

Prerequisites: A course in political science or in Asian Studies 

This course provides opportunities for students to formulate international cooperation and global governance strategies, while considering characteristics of specific globalization challenges. The course aims to understand the relevant actors or agents in international cooperation for development, including their diverse instruments and modalities. The class evaluates causes, consequences and interests of the actors involved in international cooperation and global governance, then they design international cooperation and global governance strategies, seeking a fairer distribution of power.

The course requires prior knowledge in the evolution of the international system as well as International Relations theories. 

This course analyzes the theoretical perspectives of international politics as well as the challenges of the contemporary global agenda, considering the interests of nation-states It. contrasts the causes, development, and consequences of international conflicts, considering the interaction between the actors involved. 

This course examines the intersection of international relations and global health. It introduces students to various issues and topics in global health. Questions include: What are the health threats and opportunities that arise with globalization? Who are the main actors and what are the major institutions influencing processes of global health governance? How do existing institutional arrangements function in responding to global health challenges? To engage comprehensive examination of these key issues, the course includes International Relations concepts, such as power, legitimacy, soft vs hard law, regime, and normative change.

This course explores international conflicts; their causes and consequences, as well as actors' interests, positions, and strategic decisions. It provides opportunities for students to analyze causes of conflicts; perform simulated international negotiations, and solve cases to develop their capacity for negotiation strategy design and international agreement implementation. 

The course requires prior knowledge of the evolution of the international system and international relations theories. 

The course provides an overview of the growth and development of the global economy during the 20th century. To develop an understanding of these processes, the course examines the forces shaping the global economy and the institutions to which it has given rise, from the World Trade Organization to the multinational enterprise. Understanding is aided by the introduction of relevant theoretical perspectives (economic, historical, management, geopolitical). Attention is given to the role of Foreign Direct Investment as a driving force in the integration of developing countries into the globalization process, although the consequences of globalization in relation to the environment, social inequalities and poverty are also examined and other measures of welfare studied. 

This course critically examines the issue of endangered languages, focusing on the impacts of globalization, ethnic identity, and language policies on language survival. It explores historical and contemporary factors, including population movements, war, trade, and colonization, that have shaped linguistic diversity. The course investigates why a small number of global languages dominate while thousands of minor languages face decline, and considers debates around language preservation, revitalization, and the pressures of modernity. Students analyze the political, cultural, and educational forces that influence language use and endangerment, developing insight into the tension between preserving linguistic heritage and adapting to a globalized world.