Spring 2010 Human Rights and Related Courses
Students must consult their respective programs to determine which courses (these or others) meet individual program requirements. This list is for informal advisory purposes only and was not prepared in conjunction with any specific program or course of study. Links to CU and affiliate human rights programs are available from Academic Programs page.
All courses are subject to change. Confirm times and other information with the course directory or Law School curriculum directory, as appropriate.
Human Rights Courses
The following courses address human rights explicitly.
Undergraduate Schools
Concentration students: please note the disclaimer above and visit the Columbia or Barnard Concentration page for program-approved courses.
| Dept |
Course# |
Course Title |
Instructor(s) |
Credits |
Day / Time |
| HRTB |
BC1025 |
Human Rights in Theory and Practice |
J. Paul Martin |
3 |
TR 9:10-10:25 |
| HRTB |
W3996 |
Human Rights Senior Seminar |
J. Paul Martin |
4 |
W 4:10-6:00 |
| HIST |
W3926 |
Historical Origins of Human Rights |
Samuel Moyn |
3 |
MW 9:10-10:25 |
| HIST |
BC1815 |
Decolonization |
Anupama Rao |
3 |
MW 2:40-3:55 |
| POLS |
W3912 |
Seminar in Political Theory: Human Rights and Global Justice |
Maria G. Kowalski |
4 |
W 11:00-12:50 |
| POLS |
W3952 |
Seminar in Comparative Politics: Political Violence |
Macartan Humphreys |
4 |
R 9:10-10:50 |
| POLS |
V3604 |
Civil War and International Intervention in Africa |
Severine Autesserre |
3 |
TR 1:10-2:25 |
| POLS |
BC3410 |
Colloquium: Human Rights in a Diverse World |
Ayten Gundogdu |
4 |
T 11:00-12:50 |
| POLS |
W3619 |
Nationalism and Contemporary World Poltics |
Jack L. Snyder |
3 |
MW 10:35-11:50 |
| POLS |
W3690 |
International Law |
Tonya L. Putnam |
3 |
MW 10:35-11:50 |
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
| Dept |
Course# |
Course Title |
Instructor(s) |
Credits |
Day / Time |
| ARCH |
A4780 |
Architecture, Human Rights, and Spatial Politics |
Scott |
3 |
M 11:00-1:00 |
| HRTS |
G8020 |
Human Rights Grad Research Colloquium |
J. Paul Martin, Andrew Nathan |
3 |
W 6:10-8:00 |
| HRTS |
G4800 |
Human Rights and International Law |
Maya Sabatello |
3 |
W 4:10-6:00 |
| HRTS |
G4820 |
Human Rights and Internaitonal Organizations |
George Andreopoulos |
3 |
T 6:10-8:00 |
| POLS |
G8843 |
International Law and International Relations |
Tonya L. Putnam |
3 |
W 2:10-4:00 |
| RELI |
G4800 |
Religion and Human Rights |
Joseph N. Chuman |
3 |
R 6:10-8:00 |
School of International and Public Affairs
| Dept |
Course# |
Course Title |
Instructor(s) |
Credits |
Day / Time |
| INAF |
U4759 |
Human Rights Practicum I |
Elazar Barkan |
1 |
T 6:10-8:00 |
| INAF |
U8178 |
Rethinking Human Rights |
Elazar Barkan |
3 |
W 6:10-8:00 |
| INAF |
U6751 |
International Human Rights Law |
Betsy Apple |
3 |
W 4:10-6:00 |
| INAF |
U6041 |
Coroprate Social Responsibility: A Human Rights Approach |
Joanne R. Bauer |
3 |
T 11:00-12:50 |
| INAF |
U8172 |
Theory, History, and Practice of Human Rights |
Mahmood Mamdani |
3 |
T 2:10-4:00 |
| INAF |
U6802 |
International Law |
Yasmine Ergas |
3 |
MT 2:10-4:00 |
| INAF |
U4420 |
Oil, Rights, and Development |
Elazar Barkan |
1 |
FEB 19-20; 8AM-8PM |
| INAF |
U8183 |
Tools for Advocacy |
Laura Silber, Michael Vachon |
3 |
M 2:10-4:00 |
| REGN |
U6149 |
Energy, Coroprate Responsibility, and Human Rights |
J. Radon |
3 |
TR 4:10-5:25 |
| REGN |
U8177 |
Human Rights in Post-Communist Eurasia |
C. Nepomnyashchy, T. Domi |
3 |
W 6:10-8:00 |
| SDEV |
U6230 |
Climate Change, Development and Human Rights |
J. Mutter |
1.5 |
M 6:10-8:00 |
Mailman School of Public Health
| Dept |
Course# |
Course Title |
Instructor(s) |
Credits |
Day / Time |
| POPF |
P6621 |
Population and Family Health Technical Issues Modules: Human Rights |
|
|
|
School of Law
| Dept |
Course# |
Course Title |
Instructor(s) |
Credits |
Day / Time |
| Law |
L6276 |
Human Rights |
Yuval Shany |
3 |
MW 1:20-2:40 |
| Law |
L8191 |
Protection of Social and Economic Rights |
Sandile Ngcobo, Sarah Cleveland |
2 |
TBA |
| Law |
L8816 |
Transnational and Business Human Rights |
A. Ewing |
2 |
W 6:20-8:10 |
| Law |
L6214 |
Civil Rights |
J. Greenberg |
3 |
MW 1:20-2:40 |
| Law |
L9233 |
Human Rights Clinic |
C. Bettinger-Lopez |
4 |
M 4:20-6:10 |
| Law |
L6330 |
Federal Indian Law |
D. Enderson |
2 |
M 4:20-6:10 |
| Law |
L8193 |
School Desegregation: U.S. and East European Roma (Gypsies) Compared |
J. Greenberg, T. Shaw |
2 |
TBA |
| Law |
L9060 |
Immigration Law and Policy |
T. Ruthizer |
2 |
T 4:20-6:10 |
| Law |
L9205 |
Child Advocacy Clinic: Adolescent Representation Project |
J. Spinak |
1-7 |
|
| Law |
L8997 |
Civil Liberties and Response to Terrorism |
S. Shapiro |
2 |
T 4:20-6:10 |
| Law |
L9183 |
Nuremberg Trials and War Crimes Law |
J. Bush |
2 |
W 6:20-8:10 |
Related Courses
The following courses do not emphasize human rights per se but address human rights-related topics, including rights
understood through frameworks and language other than that of human rights (e.g. constitutional rights or civil rights).
Undergraduate Schools
Concentration students: please note the disclaimer at the top of this page and visit the
Columbia or Barnard
Concentration page for program-approved courses.
| Dept |
Course# |
Course Title |
Instructor(s) |
Credits |
Day / Time |
| ANTH |
V3465 |
Women and Gender Politics in the Muslim World |
Lila Abu-Lughod |
3 |
TR 2:40-3:55 |
| ANTH |
V3855 |
Secular Modernity and Religious Authority |
Angie Heo |
4 |
T 2:10-4:00 |
| East Asian |
V3370 |
Social Change in East Asia |
Sun-Chul Kim |
3 |
TR 1:10-2:25 |
| East Asian |
V4510 |
Contention and Democracy in South Korea |
Sun-Chul Kim |
3 |
T 4:10-6:00 |
| East Asian |
W4510 |
China's Cultural Revolution- History and Memory |
Guobin Yang |
4 |
W 4:10-6:00 |
| ENGL |
BC3149 |
Cultures of Colonialism |
Bashir Abu-Manneh |
3 |
TR 10:35-11:50 |
| HIST |
BC3494 |
Era of Independence in the Americas |
Herbert E. Sloan |
3 |
TR 2:40-3:55 |
| HIST |
BC4411 |
Seminar: Race in the Making of the U.S. |
Elizabeth Esch |
4 |
W 2:10-4:00 |
| HIST |
BC4870 |
Seminar: Gender and Migration: A Global Perspective |
Jose Moya |
4 |
T 2:10-4:00 |
| HIST |
W4659 |
Crime in Latin America |
Pablo Piccato |
4 |
M 11:00-12:50 |
| CSER |
W1012 |
History of Racialization in the United States |
Gari Okihiro |
3 |
TR 2:40-3:55 |
| CSER |
W3080 |
Indigenous Peoples and the Environment |
Chie Sakakibara |
3 |
TR 9:10-10:25 |
| CSER |
W3940 |
Comparative Study of Constitutional Challenges |
Elizabeth Ouyang |
4 |
W 4:10-6:00 |
| Latino Studies |
W3924 |
Latino/a and Latin American Social Movements |
|
4 |
W 11:00-12:50 |
| POLS |
W3952 |
Seminar in Comparative Politics: Political Violence |
Macartan Humphreys |
4 |
R 9:10-10:50 |
| PSYC |
V3850 |
Psychoanalysis, Colonialism, and Race |
Karen Seeley |
4 |
T 9:00-10:50 |
| RELI |
W4735 |
Ideology and the Masses |
Andrea S. Jones |
4 |
T 2:10-4:00 |
| SOCI |
BC3909 |
Ethnic Conflict and Unrest |
Jaqueline Olvera |
4 |
W 4:10-6:00 |
| SOCI |
W3218 |
Crime, Law, and Society |
Carla L. Shedd |
3 |
TR 4:10-5:25 |
| SOCI |
W3917 |
Construction of Collective Identities |
Debra Minkoff |
4 |
W 2:10-4:00 |
| SOCI |
BC3907 |
Communities and Social Change |
Jaqueline Olvera |
4 |
T 11:00-12:50 |
| SOCI |
V3208 |
Unity and Division in Contemporary U.S. |
Jonathan Rieder |
3 |
TR 10:35-11:50 |
| SOCI |
W3900 |
Societal Adaptation to Terrorism |
Seymour Spilerman |
4 |
W 2:10-4:00 |
| URBS |
V3460 |
Race, Gender, and Urban Violence |
Delia Mellis |
3 |
TR 1:10-2:25 |
| WMST |
BC3150 |
Gender and the Civil Rights Movement |
Lisa Collins |
4 |
T 2:10-4:00 |
| WMST |
BC3518 |
Studies is U.S. Imperialism |
Neferti Tadiar |
4 |
T 11:00-12:50 |
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
| Dept |
Course# |
Course Title |
Instructor(s) |
Credits |
Day / Time |
| CLEN |
G6550 |
Trauma, Terror, and Performance |
Hirsch |
3 |
TBA |
| ANTH |
G4143 |
Cultures of Accusation |
Morris |
3 |
T 2:10-4:00 |
| ANTH |
G6406 |
The Modern State and the Colonial Subject |
Mahmood Mamdani |
3 |
W 2:10-4:00 |
| ANTH |
G6400 |
The Problem of Emancipation |
David Scott |
3 |
T 11:00-12:50 |
| ANTH |
G4118 |
Settler Colonialism in North America |
Audra Simpson |
3 |
W 11:00-12:50 |
| ANTH |
G8011 |
Gender, Feminism, and Cultural Diversity |
Lia Machado |
3 |
R 11:00-12:50 |
| ANTH |
G4285 |
Islam, Women, and the State |
Soraya Altorki |
3 |
T 4:10-6:00 |
| ARCH |
A4642 |
Space and the Politics of Memory |
Mable O. Wilson |
3 |
M 11:00-1:00 |
| HIST |
G8767 |
Gender and Sexuality in African History |
Abosede A. George |
4 |
R 2:10-4:00 |
| HIST |
G8547 |
Colloquium: History of Women and Gender |
Rosalind Rosenberg |
4 |
R 4:10-6:00 |
| POLS |
G8432 |
Comparative Secularism and Democracy |
Alfred Stephan |
3 |
W 4:10-6:00 |
| POLS |
G8428 |
Democracy, Autocracy, and Regime Change |
K. Kasara |
3 |
M 4:10-6:00 |
| POLS |
G8281 |
Political Participation |
Fredrick Harris |
3 |
R 2:10-4:00 |
| PSYC |
G4615 |
Psychology of Culture and Diversity |
Valerie J. Purdie-Vaughns |
4 |
TW 10:10-12:00 |
| SOCI |
G6320 |
Immigration, Cities, and States |
Saskia Sassen |
3 |
M 2:10-4:00 |
School of International and Public Affairs
| Dept |
Course# |
Course Title |
Instructor(s) |
Credits |
Day / Time |
| INAF |
U6497 |
Humanitarian Crisis- East Congo/Great Lakes |
Dijkzeul |
1 |
FS 1:00-5:00 |
| INAF |
U6556 |
UN: Challenges and Alternatives |
Lindemayer |
3 |
W 11:00-12:50 |
| INAF |
U6561 |
Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding, and Development |
Engel |
1.5 |
FS 1:00-5:00 |
| INAF |
U8556 |
Prevention Diplomacy/Conflict Resolution: UN |
Patel |
3 |
M 6:10-8:00 |
| INAF |
U8738 |
Peacemaking/Peacekeeping |
Hirsch |
3 |
T 11:00-12:50 |
| INAF |
U4410 |
Political, Social, and Economic Development in Brazil |
Thomas Trebat |
|
W 6:10-8:00 |
| INAF |
U8785 |
Gender, Politics, and Development |
M. Weisgrau |
3 |
M 2:10-4:00 |
| INAF |
U8885 |
Conflict Assessment |
F. Mancini |
3 |
T 6:10-8:00 |
| INAF |
U6163 |
Political Economy of African Development |
John Ohiorhenuan |
3 |
R 6:10-8:00 |
| INAF |
U6205 |
Techno-Politics, Democracy, and Development |
T. Mitchell |
3 |
R 11:00-12:50 |
| INAF |
U6295 |
Democracy and World Religions |
A. Stephan |
3 |
R 9:00-10:50 |
| INAF |
U8457 |
State and Society in the Developing World |
V. Murillo |
3 |
W 2:10-4:00 |
| INAF |
U6139 |
International Organizations |
|
3 |
R 11:00-12:50 |
| INAF |
U6150 |
Racial Classification and Public Policy |
Kenneth Prewitt |
3 |
W 2:10-4:00 |
| INAF |
U6304 |
Inequality, Povery, and American Politics |
Dorian T. Warren |
3 |
M 2:10-4:00 |
| INAF |
U6355 |
Globalization |
Sharyn O'Halloran |
3 |
R 2:10-4:00 |
| INAF |
U6387 |
Terrorism and Counterterrorism |
Stuat Gottlieb |
3 |
T 2:10-4:00 |
| INAF |
U6440 |
Peace Operations in Fragile States |
|
3 |
M 4:10-6:00 |
| INAF |
U6564 |
Applied Peacebuilding: Field Work |
Z. Metz |
3 |
R 6:10-8:00 |
| INAF |
U6630 |
Public Policy in Contemporary China |
Y. Huang |
3 |
M 2:10-4:00 |
| INAF |
U6636 |
State-Society Relationships in Southeast Asia |
M. Buehler |
3 |
R 11:00-12:50 |
| INAF |
U6712 |
Political Islam |
O. Kane |
3 |
M 2:10-4:00 |
| INAF |
U6490 |
International Humanitarian Law |
Fischer |
1 |
FS 9:00-5:00 |
| INAF |
U6495 |
Policy and Practice Humanitarian Assitance |
Gelsdorf |
1.5 |
R 6:10-8:00 |
| INAF |
U8538 |
Prevention of Genocide and Mass Killings: Understanding Political Violence |
Civico |
3 |
T 9:00-10:50 |
Mailman School of Public Health
| Dept |
Course# |
Course Title |
Instructor(s) |
Credits |
Day / Time |
| SOCS |
P8760 |
Medical Anthropology: Advanced Seminar |
Carole Vance |
3 |
M 3:00-4:50 |
School of Law
| Dept |
Course# |
Course Title |
Instructor(s) |
Credits |
Day / Time |
| Law |
L8019 |
Clinic: Diversity and Innovation |
S. Strum |
1 to 4 |
T 4:20-7:10 |
| Law |
L9239 |
Mediation Clinic |
A. Carter |
3 to 4 |
R 3:10-6:00 |
