New course offering for fall! Please pass along to any students who are interested in India and South Asia, or development and social movements more generally.

GEOG 390: Geography of South Asia
MW 1-2:20, Davenport 329
Prof. Trevor Birkenholtz

South Asia is one of the world’s most dynamic regions. This course examines Bangladesh, India, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in a global context, through three interrelated and overarching themes: 1. Political, economic and environmental transformation; 2. Social inequality and social change; 3. Governance, empowerment and social movements. In this class, we will examine the above processes in all of their dynamism by drawing on cutting edge theory from critical development studies, applied to numerous ongoing examples of practices and discourses of development throughout the South Asian region. Course format will include lectures, films, group-based work and seminar discussions.

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