GLOBALST 702: Urgent Global Issues is a graduate seminar course welcome to all that explores a range of global issues urgent for our future and collective well-being.

The course offers an interdisciplinary approach, with Social Sciences and Humanities experts providing lectures and facilitating discussion based on weekly readings. The course emphasizes active participation, in-person discussion, and fostering a comprehensive understanding of interconnected global issues.

Each class will start with a one-hour lecture by the instructor(s) on the seminar topic followed by in-depth discussion of the required weekly readings. In-person participation and discussion is required.

Sessional Topics:

• Introduction Urgent Global Issues in Uncertain World
• Prof. Derek Woods Worlds of Green Capital
• Prof. Neil McLaughlin Global Conspiracy Theories: The case of George Soros
• Prof. Marshal Beier Childhood and the Governance of Global Conflict
• Prof. Basit Iqbal Refugee Politics
• Prof. Y. Rachel Zhou Global Health Crises: Inequality, Geopolitics, and Solidarity
• Prof. Tony Porter Digitization and Democracy
• Profs. Alina Sajed & Inder Marwah Anticolonialism in Global Politics

Spaces are limited. To apply please send an email to the course coordinator Dr. Rachel Zhou (zhoura@mcmaster.ca) with your name, your program, and a couple sentences on why you are interested in the course.