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OSPFLOR 73: Fascism & World War II in Italy

The purpose of this course is to explore the various dimensions of World War II in Italy. It will cover major military and diplomatic events, as well as the dramatic shifts in Italian fortunes at war, including: Mussolini's occupation policies in the Balkans, efforts to surrender to the Allies in 1943, the subsequent German occupation of northern Italy, the bitter fighting between the Wehrmacht and the Allies, and the growing power of and use of violence by the communist partisans.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI

OSPFLOR 74: The Politics of Race in Italy

This course approaches the politics of race in Italy from an anthropological and historical perspective. It focuses on the historical formation of the range of attitudes, ideas and sentiments of race, including racism, found in Italy today. By taking an explicitly comparative approach to racial formation and racism, it requires students to critically reevaluate their understandings of race, identity, racial politics and racism. This includes rethinking not only what are conventionally viewed as "minority" racial identities but also white racial identity. The learning objectives of the course are: a) to understand the political and social history that has led to the formation of current attitudes, ideas and political stances on race in Italy; b) to understand the regional variation in these attitudes, ideas and political stances; and c) to extend this new understanding to the political and social history of race in the U.S.
Last offered: Winter 2022 | UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI

OSPFLOR 78: EU Politics and Crisis

Institutional design of EU, forthcoming changes, and comparison of the old and new designs. Interactions between the EU, member states, organized interests, and public opinion. Major policies of the EU that affect economics such as competition or cohesion policies, market deregulation, and single currency. Consequences of the expansion eastwards. The role of institutions as a set of constraints and opportunities for the economic actors; relationships between political developments and economic change in the context of regional integration; lessons for other parts of the world.
Last offered: Autumn 2022 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI

OSPFLOR 81: Communism(s)

History of communism since 1917 as a factor in the making of the global world. Focus of the course will be on the intersections of communism with the colonial and post-colonial world, by analysing strategies, influences, and connections between the Soviet Union, Europe, and the Third World.
Last offered: Spring 2023 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI

OSPFLOR 88: Made in Italy: Heritage, Creativity, Sustainability

This class will provide students with knowledge on the complex and evolving nature of sustainability as implemented in two industries: fashion and tourism. In both industries the last decade has witnessed a growing awareness of the need for business models and approaches to production and consumption that are ethically, economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable. Their motivation to "go green" stems from ethical, social, and legal questions and also represents an opportunity to increase competitiveness and profitability. The course will discuss contemporary perspectives on sustainability with a specific (but not exclusive) focus on Italian cases.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI

OSPFLOR 89: The Dark Side of the Renaissance: Contagion, Emotions, Beliefs in times of Epidemics

Last offered: Winter 2022 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI

OSPFLOR 92: No Planet B: Class, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice

How do old and new environmentalist movements relate to social justice struggles and other collective actors? Why do they emerge in some countries and not in others? How do environmentalist groups shape political decisions at the local, national, and transnational level? What differences and commonalities exist in environmentalist movements and their forms of contention across Italy and Europe? To address these questions, this course will look at environmental contentious politics in Europe and Italy, drawing on debates developed in political economy, social movement studies, environmental sociology, political ecology, and labour environmentalism.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors: Bagnardi, F. (PI)

OSPFLOR 94: "Brothers of Italy": The Gendered and Racial Making of the Italian Nation

This course introduces an interdisciplinary understanding of the concepts of gender and race and their intersectionality as a theoretical tool to trace a gendered and racial genealogy of the Italian nation. The course aims to work through a variety of disciplinary approaches from history, to sociology, to political philosophy. Through these approaches we will learn to critically employ the concepts of gender, race, and nation by understanding their relationality, reciprocity, and their specific application in the field of Italian contemporary history.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors: Moise, M. (PI)

OSPFLOR 106V: Policing, Punishment and Democracy: Beccaria and the Modern Politics of Crime

This course will ask how police, prosecutors, and prisons should operate in an open, democratic society, and what opportunities and challenges democracy creates for making those institutions fair, effective, and humane. Our entry point will be Cesare Beccaria's 1764 treatise, Of Crimes and Punishments, which linked criminal justice reform with the struggle against despotism. Beccaria was a key figure in the Italian Enlightenment, and his treatise laid the foundation for virtually all subsequent efforts at criminal justice reform, in the United States as well as in Europe. Beccaria's ideas heavily influenced the American Revolutionaries, found expression in the Bill of Rights, and continue to shape discussions of policing and punishment today. We will read Beccaria's treatise, as well as secondary materials placing him in historical context and tracing his influence on the reform of criminal justice institutions in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We will also examine a series of contemporary debates about policing, prosecution, and punishment, including calls for prison abolition and for defunding the police, and we will ask what light Beccaria's ideas can throw on those debates. We will consider, too, the criminal-justice dimensions of the recent rise of populism and nativism, both in the United States and in Europe, and the increasing overlap between debates about crime and debates about immigration. Studying Beccaria will provide a window into the Italian Enlightenment, and tracing his influence will help us place modern debates about mass incarceration, police violence, and prosecutorial discretion in historical perspective. We may take field trips to the sites of former prisons in Florence and to Milan, where Beccaria lived and worked.
Last offered: Winter 2023 | UG Reqs: WAY-ER, WAY-SI

OSPHONGK 24: Urban China

Socioeconomic, political, and cultural facets of urbanization with a regional focus on China. Critical observation and analysis of the process of urbanization and its lived experiences in the Chinese context. Comparative lessons from other regions for comparative understanding of the complex processes of urbanization across the globe. Critical investigation of urban issues ranging from land politics, urban planning, urban governance, to citizen rights, urban space, and urban culture. Overview of China's quest for modernity and its urban transformation since the late imperial era, followed by an interdisciplinary approach to examine China's unprecedented urban development in the post-reform era. Hands-on field trip in Hong Kong to take full advantage of Hong Kong as a global city.
Last offered: Autumn 2020 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
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