Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2801H1F L0101
Undergraduate Course Code: POL498H1F L0101
Intensive Course
Israel in the Global Context
Themes
This course will examine in depth four dimensions of Israeli society and politics in a comparative and international context. The first will involve the complex economics of Israel, including its move towards high-tech industries, growing economic inequality (and the social protests that erupted in 2011), and historical changes in the economy. Second, the course will delve into the social composition of Israeli society, analyzing questions of division and unity, particularly within the Jewish majority. Third, the state of Palestinian Israelis, relations between Jewish and Arab citizens in Israel, and relations between Palestinians in the occupied territories and Israel will be examined. Special attention will be paid to the costs to both sides of occupation. And the course will inquire as to why occupation has persisted so long. Finally, Israel will be analyzed within the regional and global contexts. The course will look, particularly, at Israel within the context of the current disintegration of neighboring states and the country’s relationship to the United States.
November 14, 2023
Congratulations to Madalyn Hay, a recipient of a 2023-2024 Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship. Madalyn, one of our doctoral students, holds a BAH in Contemporary Studies and Classics from the...
August 24, 2023
Congratulations to alumna Meaghan Williams, a recipient of the 2022-23 Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, the highest academic honour available to graduate students in Canada. Awarded annually by the Office of the...
June 14, 2021
Great news from the Canadian Political Science Association, which held its annual awards ceremony (online) over the weekend of June 12 & 13: Professor Stefan Rencken’s book "Private Governance and Public...
April 22, 2021
Congratulations to two political science alumni now teaching at U of T who have both won Superior Teaching Awards! Igor Shoikhedbrod and Khalid Ahmed will be celebrated on May 5th at...
August 6, 2020
Q&A with 2020 Vanier Scholar Yojana Miraya Oscco Congratulations to PhD student Yojana Miraya Oscco who has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Launched in 2008, the program enables...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to our graduate student Kevin Edmonds who has won New College's June Larkin Award for Pedagogical Development. A PhD candidate specializing in Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and...