2002.02.11:  

Administrivia; seminar overview; discussion

2002.02.14:  

Guest speaker: Dr. Moncef Marzouki (political prisoner & exile from Tunisia)

2002.02.25:  

Law & Politics; discuss case of Fatih Tas (Turkey)

2002.03.02:  

Guest speakers: Cemile Cakir & Orhan Zorluoglu (political prisoners from Turkey)

2002.03.04:  

Psychology; Mass Media; discuss case of Mumia Abu Jamal (USA)

Assignment due: Find (and bring to class) two news articles in the mass media that cover an event or issue from different points of view. Present the differences to the class.

2002.03.11:  

Discuss case of Lori Berenson (Peru); + guest speaker: Dr. Holly Sweet (ESG)

2002.03.18:  

Assignment due: Given the critiques of the media presented by Schecter and Paulsen, write your own two-page analysis of mass media coverage as it applies to a political prisoner of your own choosing. Be prepared to present your analysis in class. Also: selection for final project due.

2002.04.01:  

Discuss "Abducted": The La Cantuta Massacre in Peru

2002.04.08:  

Discuss "The Experience of Japanese-Americans during WWII"; + guest speakers: Dr. & Mrs. Walter Kato

2002.04.22:  

Synthesis exercises

Assignment due: Submit one article that you would like the class to read in preparation for your final presentation

2002.04.29:  

Discuss historical cases (Socrates; Gandhi; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Aung San Suu Kyi)

2002.05.02:  

Guest speaker: Malika Oufkir (princess & political prisoner from Morocco)

2002.05.06:  

Final presentations

2002.05.13:  

Final presentations (more); wrap-up