COURSE MATERIALS
1. Political Science
138b: Twentieth Century International Politics
Syllabus
(2014). The syllabus remained much
the same for all four of the years covered here.
Term
paper prompt (from an earlier year)
Outlines of Lectures (2014). Although this list is for 2014, the course
had the same structure in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Jan.
8: Origins of the First World War
Jan.
10: July Crisis
Jan.
13: First World War
Jan.
15: Paris Peace Conference (I)
Jan.
17: Paris Peace Conference (II)
Jan.
22: 1919-23
Jan.
24: 1923-32
Jan.
27: 1933-36
Jan.
29: 1936-39
Jan.
31: Taylor
Feb.
3: 1939-41
Feb.
5: 1941
Feb.
12: 1945
Feb.
14: 1946-47
Feb.
17: 1948-49 (I)
Feb.
19: 1948-49 (II)
Feb.
21: 1949-54
Feb.
24: 1954
Feb.
26: 1953-58
Feb.
28: Nuclear sharing
Mar.
3: 1961-62
Mar.
5: 1962-63
Mar.
7: 1963-75
Mar.
10: 1963-91
Tapes of lectures. To get a sense for what each lecture covers,
consult the syllabus and the outlines listed above. The precise dates, of course, vary from year
to year.
2015 (mp3)
Jan.
5; Jan.
7; Jan.
9; Jan.
12; Jan.
14; Jan.
16; Jan.
21; Jan.
23; Jan.
26; Jan.
28; Jan.
30
Feb.
2; Feb.
4; Feb.
6; Feb.
9; Feb.
11; Feb.
13; Feb.
18; Feb.
20; Feb.
23; Feb.
25; Feb.
27
Mar.
2; Mar.
4; Mar.
9; Mar.
11; Mar.
13
2014 (mp3)
Jan.
6; Jan.
8; Jan.
10; Jan.
13; Jan.
15; Jan.
17; Jan.
22; Jan.
24; Jan.
27; Jan.
29; Jan.
31
Feb.
3; Feb.
5; Feb.
7; Feb.
12; Feb.
14; Feb.
19; Feb.
21; Feb.
24; Feb.
26; Feb.
28
Mar.
3; Mar.
5; Mar.
7; Mar.
10; Mar.
12
2013 (WMA, except Jan. 9)
Jan.
7; Jan.
9; Jan.
11; Jan.
14; Jan.
16; Jan.
18; Jan.
23; Jan.
25; Jan.
28; Jan.
30
Feb.
1; Feb.
4; Feb.
6; Feb.
11; Feb.
13; Feb.
15; Feb.
20; Feb.
22; Feb.
25; Feb.
27
Mar.
1; Mar.
4; Mar.
6; Mar.
8; Mar.
11; Mar.
13
2012 (mp3)
Jan.
9; Jan.
13; Jan.
18; Jan.
20; Jan.
23; Jan.
25; Jan.
27; Jan.
30
Feb.
1; Feb.
3; Feb.
6; Feb.
8; Feb.
13; Feb.
15; Feb.
17; Feb.
22; Feb.
24; Feb.
27; Feb.
29
Mar.
2; Mar.
5; Mar.
7; Mar.
9; Mar.
12; Mar.
14
2. Political Science
138a: Nineteenth Century International Politics
Syllabus
(2010)
Tapes of Lectures (2010) (mp3)
Jan.
4; Jan.
6; Jan.
8; Jan.
11; Jan.
13; Jan.
15; Jan.
20; Jan.
22; Jan.
25; Jan.
27; Jan.
29
Feb.
3; Feb.
5; Feb.
8; Feb.
10; Feb.
12; Feb.
17; Feb.
19; Feb.
22; Feb.
24; Feb.
26
Mar.
3; Mar.
5; Mar.
8; Mar.
10
3. Political Science
120b: The World after 9/11
Syllabus
(2009). This was an unusual course based
mainly on video lectures downloaded from the internet. Many of the links were
to copyrighted material and were put in a private directory and so will not
work here. But the two best videos are
available here:
John
Mearsheimer, “The Future of U.S.-Chinese Relations” (Berkeley, Apr. 2002)
Kenneth Waltz, “Alone in the World” (Berkeley, Feb. 2003)
Prompt
for first paper (U.S. policy on Iranian nuclear question); model
submission for that paper
Prompt
for second paper (North Korean nuclear question); model
submission for that paper
Guide
for final paper (example)
4. Political Science 220b
(2nd
quarter of core sequence for first year graduate students)
Syllabus
(2015)
5. Seminar on the July
Crisis (course
taught at the University of Pennsylvania in the late 1990s)