IS 125 Reading Assignments
Instructions: Below you will find the reading assignments for IS 125 while we are in
Europe. In most cases, these readings will correspond with a particular class session of
the course. In a few cases, the readings correspond to an excursion or set of excursions
we will be doing. Readings are to be completed by the date with which they are listed.
Apart from the Buruma book, Murder in Amsterdam, all the readings are in the IS 125
Course Reader. The readings are arranged in the Course Reader in the order in which
they will be used.
August 28 -- Dublin
Buruma, Ian. Murder in Amsterdam
August 31-- Belfast
Noll, Mark. “In the Name of the Fathers”
Wells, Ronald. “A History of the ‘Troubles’”
September 7 -- London
Nordin, Dennis Sven. “European Diasporas & Swedish Traditions”
Ladik, Steven M. “The Immigration Debate”
Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo M. “A Question of Assimilation”
Purvis, Andrew. “Positive Poles: How Emigrants Boosted the Economy in Britain and
Ireland”
Matlack, Carol. “How Spain Thrives on Immigration”
Bhat, Kiran. “At a Loss: The Exodus from Eastern Europe”
September 13 -- London
TE-SAT 2007: EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2007
Sardar, Ziauddin. “Lies, damned lies, and terrorists.”
September 25 -- Vienna
Kolbert, Elizabeth. “Mr. Green: Environmentalism’s Most Optimistic Guru”
September 26 --Vienna
Bohannon, John. “IAEA and Director Awarded Peace Nobel.”
“The Case Against Iran.”
“The Deal that Wasn’t.”
When the Soft Talk Has to Stop.”
“Loose Talk about Nukes Could Sink U.S. Interests.”
“Expect Worse.”
October 2--Prague
Kolbert, Elizabeth. “The Darkening Sea: What Carbon Emissions are Doing to the
Ocean”
“The Heat is On.”
“The Greening of America.”
Harris, Richard. “U. N. Report: Humans Behind Climate Change.”
Will, George F. “Inconvenient Kyoto Truths.”
Stange, Mary Zeiss. “Is God an Environmentalist?”
Hagerty, Barbara Bradley. “Evangelical Leaders Urge Action on Climate Change.”
Martin, Rachel. “Evangelists and Environmentalists Join Forces.”
“Cleaning Up.”
“Cleaning Up: A special Report on Business and Climate Change.”
“Struggling to Save the Planet.”
“Emissionary Positions.”
October 5 -12-- Poland
Weigel, George. “St. Sanislaw Kostka Churchyard Warsaw, The Metropolitan Curia,
Kraków – How Vocations Change History.”
Weigel, George. “The Basilica of the Holy Trinity, Kraków – On Not Being Alone.”
October 15 – Berlin
Ulman, Jane. “Poland and the Jews: Is It Time to Stop Hating the Country When
Positive Changes are Transforming It?”
Bhatti, Jabeen. “Germany Opens First Official Holocaust memorial.”
Ford, Glyn. “Racism and Xenophobia in Europe: Stemming the Rising Tide.”
Aikman, David. “Anti-Semitism Reinvigorated.”
Petrou, Michael. “Neo-Neo-Nazis.”
Fischel, Jack R. “The New Anti-Semitism.”
Pryce-Jones, David. “Europe’s ‘Terrible Transformation.’”
Ahmed, Nazir. “Islamophobia and Antisemitism.”
October 16 – Berlin
Fonseca, Isabel. “The Least Obedient People in the World.”
Fonseca, Isabel. “The Other Side.”
Nurden, Robert. “Apartheid in the Heart of Europe.”
“Poor and Unloved.”
Carlson, Shala. “Reaching the Roma: Habitat Seeks Partnerships in European
Communities of Extreme Need.”
October 18 – Berlin
Magstadt, Thomas. “Eastern Europe: From Stalinism to Pluralism.”
Magstadt, Thomas. “Eastern Europe Today.”
October 22 – Leiden
Kramer, Jane. “The Dutch Model: Multiculturalism and Muslim Immigrants.”
Pipes, Daniel. “Eurabian Nights.”
October 26 – Bruges
Wells, Sherrill Brown. “Introduction: The Pioneers of European Integration.”
Monnet, Jean. “Europe Must Build ‘a True Western Foundation.’”
Shuman, Robert. “The Schuman Declaration.”
October 27 – Bruges
Magstadt, Thomas. Selected maps, tables, and charts on European Union.
November 7 – Paris (2 classes)
Hargreaves, Alec. “Introduction” and “Overview.”
Kramer, Jane. “Taking the Veil.”
Bonk, Jonathan J. “Europe: Christendom Graveyard or Christian Laboratory?”
Jenkins, Philip. “Godless Europe?”
Sanneh, Lamin. “Can Europe be Saved?”
November 19 – Florence
Fleishman, Jeffrey and Zoran Cirjakovic. “U.N. Court Clears Serbia of Genocide.”
“Where the Past is Another Country.”
“The Costs of Non-Europe.”
“Serbs Remain in Denial.”
“Now Make Turkey’s Case.”
Özel, Soli. “Turkey Faces West.”
Power, Christopher. “The Transformation of Turkey.”
“Genocide Wars.”
Tolson, Jay. “Peering into His Soul May Not be Enough.”
Specter, Michael. “Kremlin, Inc.: Why are Vladimir Putin’s Opponents Dying?”