👨🏽💼 Lecturer: Assist. Prof. Dr. Gökser Gökçay ✉️ Email: [email protected] 🗣️ Hybrid Lecture Hours: Monday, 11:40-13:30, E Block, -1 floor, 106 and via Zoom 👥 Office Hours: Thursday, 14:40-16:30, South Campus, E Block 210. You don’t have to make an appointment during the office hours for face-to-face meetings but those who make appointment will be prioritized. You could also make an appointment via email for an online Zoom meeting during these hours. Please understand that the lecturer won’t be able to meet with you, if you show up outside the office hours without an appointment.
In this course, we will analyze the main contours of history of international relations in the twentieth century and beyond. We will discuss the main conflicts, wars, peace movements, international cooperation, and global transformations in the transnational arena, which had been founded upon the legacy of the long nineteenth century. The course starts with the developments leading to the Great War and ends with the global pandemic of the 2020s. We will not only focus on the diplomatic and military relations between the nation-states, but also focus on themes like democracy, international political economy, decolonization, Cold War, development, globalization, human rights and environmental protection.
<aside> 📌 Below is the ideal schedule for this semester. Changes or modifications may occur, for a variety of reasons. We will discuss and make changes if the need arises.
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The exams will be essay–type and open ended. The students will be responsible for both course materials and class notes. There will be no fill in the blanks, true or false, or multiple choice type of questions. The detailed information about the exams will be given during the lectures the week before the exam. Grade Distribution: Mid-Term Exam 40% + Final Exam 60%.
<aside> 📌 After taking this course, students are expected:
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