The Politics of Fear Archive: Course Description

EPIIC Home 2006 Home International Symposium Dr. Mayer Award Recipients Special Events Course Description Course Members Syllabus Inquiry Simulation Inquiry Roles

Wednesday, February 22

• South Africa: Terror, Fear, and Reconciliation

Thursday, February 23

• What Do We Fear?
• Causes and Consequences of Anti-Americanism

Friday, February 24

• The Role of the Media: Agent of Knowledge or Fear?
• Long-Term Threats: Pandemics, Proliferation, and Climate Change
• Introductions
• Keynote Address: Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi
• Occidentalism and Orientalism
• So Who's at Guantanamo, Anway?
• Fault Lines: The Tension between Security and Civil Liberties

Saturday, February 25

• The Midnight Knock: Living Under State Terror
• Extremism and Ideology in South Asia
• Identity Crisis: Europe, Immigration, and the "Other"
• Transcending Fear: Profitable Security Solutions for Oil, Climate and Proliferation Problems
• Shifting Paradigms: The Changing Nature of Terrorists and States
• The Necessity of Torture? Ethics and Utility

Sunday, February 26

• The Dark Side of Humanity: Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
• Post-Conflict Challenges: Reconciliation and Renewal
• Post-Conflict Challenges: Reconciliation and Resilience