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    GLOBAL SOCIETY
    MONTSERRAT
    FALL 2011

    Global Society Description

    References to living in a "global society" are part of our daily discourse. What, however, does this phrase mean? Students and faculty will explore together the moral implications of living in an increasingly global world as well as the many political, economic, social and cultural ramifications of this universal process of globalization. Holy Cross's mission also notes that the college seeks to foster a dialogue that "requires us to remain open to that sense of the whole which calls us to transcend ourselves and challenges us to seek that which might constitute our common humanity." As we study wars, empires, cultures, citizenship, technology, and disasters in the various seminars, we too will come together during specific moments (the common events) to enter into challenging discussions about the nature of humanity and the scope of human rights.

    Common Events and Readings

    Tuesday September 6, 7:30 pm: Greg Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart (Hogan Ballroom)
    Thursday October 20, 5:00-8:00 pm: Movie, Dinner, and Conversation, Shake Hands with the Devil (Seelos Theatre)

    Common Books

    Tattoos on the Heart by Greg Boyle. Free Press, 2010.
    They Say/ I Say by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein. W.W. Norton, 2009.

    Global Society Film Series

    Thursday September 15, 7:00 pm: Black Venus (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2010)
    Thursday October 20, 5:00 pm: Shake Hands with the Devil (Raymont, 2004)
    Thursday November 17, 7:00 pm: When the Levees Broke, Act 1 (dir. Spike Lee, 2006)
    Thursday December 1, 7:00 pm: Blade Runner (dir. Ridley Scott, 1982)

    Global Society Cluster Faculty and Seminar Titles

    Mary Conley - Reacting to the Colonial Past/ Enduring Legacies of Empire
    Tom Doughton - Madmen, Monsters, Werewolves/ 20th Century Genocides
    Diane Fox - Viet Nam: The Country/ Muslim Worlds: Peoples and Histories
    Tom Gottschang, Disaster Economics
    Baozhang He (Claudia Ross) - Basics of Traditional Chinese Culture/ Screening Chinese Culture
    Ellis Jones- You - The Global Citizen/ The Ethical Consumer
    Maria Rodrigues - Global Crises, Heroic Responses/ Global Crises, Institutional Responses
    Constance Royden- Computers and Society/ Ethics and Computing

    Montserrat policies regarding common events:

    A number of cluster and/or seminar events are listed on your syllabus and therefore known to you from the beginning of each semester. These events may take place outside of normal class time and may appear to interfere with other student commitments, most notably athletics. These Montserrat common events are an important academic component of the course, and the policy, developed in conjunction with the Athletics Department, is that they take priority over sports practice or lifting time (but not games), just as a class meeting would. This is the rule that your coaches will apply. When in doubt, please speak with your seminar professor, one of the Global Society faculty, your coach, or Rose Shea, Associate Athletic Director.

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    Constance Royden--croyden@mathcs.holycross.edu
    Montserrat 112G--Computers and Society
    Date Created: August 22, 2011
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