CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION

Due to concerns over COVID-19, faculty and staff in the Department of Global Studies are working remotely. 

As we monitor novel coronavirus (COVID-19), we are committed to supporting students, faculty, and staff and ensuring that all students can fulfill their academic requirements as planned. Read More

The Department of Global Studies offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies, as well as minors in International Studies and Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Studies.  Read More

 

 

 

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Spain: From Empire to the Age of Globalization - CANCELED

Spain: From Empire to the Age of Globalization
   January 7, 2020

In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, paving the way for the creation of Spain's transatlantic empire, and the beginnings of the modern global economic, political, and cultural system.

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"A Holocaust Journey": Summer 2020 Study Abroad - CANCELED

"A Holocaust Journey": Summer 2020 Study Abroad
   January 6, 2020

In summer 2020 we are organizing "Poland & Germany: A Holocaust Journey," our seventh annual Poland and Berlin Study Abroad program and class, directed by Professor Judy LaPietra. The program will last from June 16-26 and will...

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Peru: Accountability and Global Justice - CANCELED

Peru: Accountability and Global Justice
   January 5, 2020

In Summer 2020, we are organizing "Peru: Accountability and Global Justice." Dr. Gabriela Tarazona-Sevillano directs this study abroad opportunity. This on-site course is designed for students interested in human rights issues and the accountability of those who violated these rights protected by international law and domestic law. It addresses the question of accountability of former Heads of...

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HGHR Center Hosts International Conference on Genocide Denial

   May 1, 2019

Over the weekend of April 13-14, our Center for Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Studies hosted its first in a series of international conferences, “Denial: The Final Stage of Genocide.” The conference, held at UNC Charlotte’s Center City, brought together more than 100 scholars, activists, educators, and students to discuss origins, significance...

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Interview with UNCC prof. Emek Ergun and her co-editor on major new book

   March 5, 2019

Feminist Transation Studies: Local and Transnational Perspectives (Routledge, 2017) explores feminist approaches to translation across diverse geographical and historical locations as resistant transnational practices that challenge multiple forms of domination. In the piece, they introduce feminist translation studies, discuss the role that translation plays in the transnational and...

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