150180 VU Human Rights in Asia (2024S)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von Mo 12.02.2024 10:00 bis Mi 28.02.2024 10:00
- Abmeldung bis So 31.03.2024 23:59
Details
max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
Dienstag
05.03.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Dienstag
19.03.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Dienstag
09.04.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Dienstag
16.04.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Dienstag
23.04.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
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Dienstag
30.04.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Dienstag
07.05.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Dienstag
14.05.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Dienstag
21.05.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Dienstag
28.05.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Dienstag
04.06.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Dienstag
11.06.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Dienstag
18.06.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Dienstag
25.06.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum Ostasienwissenschaften 1 UniCampus Hof 5 2I-O1-05
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
To receive a positive grade (4 or better), students must successfully complete the following three assignments:
regularly attend the class and participate actively (20%);
give one presentation in class (15-20 minutes) and submit a handout (on the day of presentation) (40%); and
hand in a written essay (3,000-5,000 words; deadline: 20 August 2024) (40%).
regularly attend the class and participate actively (20%);
give one presentation in class (15-20 minutes) and submit a handout (on the day of presentation) (40%); and
hand in a written essay (3,000-5,000 words; deadline: 20 August 2024) (40%).
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
During the first session, the lecturer will explain all minimum requirements and assessment criteria.
The final grade will not be affected if the student is absent up to three class sessions. Four absences will result in the final grade being reduced by one full grade; fives absences will be reduced by two full grades. Students with more than five absences will fail the course.
Positive grades (grade 4 or better) for all formal requirements are a minimum requirement for passing this course. Repetition of individual assessment criteria is not possible.
By successfully completing this course, students will have a solid understanding of various human rights issues in Asian countries and the challenges involved in implementing and protecting human rights in the region.
Note on plagiarism and Large Language Models (LLMs):
Plagiarism is the presentation of someone else’s work as your own and will be penalized in accordance with university rules and practices. If you are unsure what constitutes plagiarism or how to cite properly, please seek guidance from your instructor.
LLMs, such as "ChatGPT" are a potentially useful technology. Students are welcome to use any technology that helps the learning process, including LLMs, as long as they do so responsibly and ethically. Students should, however, be aware of the limitations of these tools. It is ethical to ask LLMs to help refine existing student-generated work. It is not ethical to ask LLMs to generate original works and to pretend that it was done by the student. Students should know that work produced by LLMs is often of sub-par quality and often include made-up facts. Students will be held responsible for the quality of the work they turn in, regardless of the tools being used.
The final grade will not be affected if the student is absent up to three class sessions. Four absences will result in the final grade being reduced by one full grade; fives absences will be reduced by two full grades. Students with more than five absences will fail the course.
Positive grades (grade 4 or better) for all formal requirements are a minimum requirement for passing this course. Repetition of individual assessment criteria is not possible.
By successfully completing this course, students will have a solid understanding of various human rights issues in Asian countries and the challenges involved in implementing and protecting human rights in the region.
Note on plagiarism and Large Language Models (LLMs):
Plagiarism is the presentation of someone else’s work as your own and will be penalized in accordance with university rules and practices. If you are unsure what constitutes plagiarism or how to cite properly, please seek guidance from your instructor.
LLMs, such as "ChatGPT" are a potentially useful technology. Students are welcome to use any technology that helps the learning process, including LLMs, as long as they do so responsibly and ethically. Students should, however, be aware of the limitations of these tools. It is ethical to ask LLMs to help refine existing student-generated work. It is not ethical to ask LLMs to generate original works and to pretend that it was done by the student. Students should know that work produced by LLMs is often of sub-par quality and often include made-up facts. Students will be held responsible for the quality of the work they turn in, regardless of the tools being used.
Prüfungsstoff
Literatur
A reading list will be made available to the students and will contain some of these materials below:
Anckar, Carsten, 2004. Determinants of the Death Penalty: A comparative study of the world (Routledge).
Brysk, Alison, 2018. The Future of Human Rights (Medford: Polity Press).
Connors, Michael K. (2004). "Culture and Politics in the Asia-Pacific: Asian Values and Human Rights". In Connors, Michael K., Rémy Davison, and Jörn Dorsch (2004).The New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific (London: Routledge).
Dahlerup, Drude (ed.), 2006. Women, Quotas and Politics (London: Routledge).
Kironska, Kristina, 2022. "Taiwan’s Road to an Asylum Law: Who, When, How, and Why Not Yet?", Human Rights Review 23(1).
Kironska, Kristina, and Richard Turcsanyi (eds.), 2023. Contemporary China: A new superpower? (Abingdon: Routledge).
Lee, Ronan, 2021. Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech (Bloomsbury Publishing).
Southeast Asian Human Rights and Peace Studies Network (eds), 2018. An Introduction to Human Rights in Southeast Asia: Volume 1 (Bangkok: SHAPE-SEA).
Varennes, de Fernand, and Christie M. Gardiner (eds), 2018. Routledge Handbook of Human Rights in Asia (Abingdon: Routledge).
Anckar, Carsten, 2004. Determinants of the Death Penalty: A comparative study of the world (Routledge).
Brysk, Alison, 2018. The Future of Human Rights (Medford: Polity Press).
Connors, Michael K. (2004). "Culture and Politics in the Asia-Pacific: Asian Values and Human Rights". In Connors, Michael K., Rémy Davison, and Jörn Dorsch (2004).The New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific (London: Routledge).
Dahlerup, Drude (ed.), 2006. Women, Quotas and Politics (London: Routledge).
Kironska, Kristina, 2022. "Taiwan’s Road to an Asylum Law: Who, When, How, and Why Not Yet?", Human Rights Review 23(1).
Kironska, Kristina, and Richard Turcsanyi (eds.), 2023. Contemporary China: A new superpower? (Abingdon: Routledge).
Lee, Ronan, 2021. Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech (Bloomsbury Publishing).
Southeast Asian Human Rights and Peace Studies Network (eds), 2018. An Introduction to Human Rights in Southeast Asia: Volume 1 (Bangkok: SHAPE-SEA).
Varennes, de Fernand, and Christie M. Gardiner (eds), 2018. Routledge Handbook of Human Rights in Asia (Abingdon: Routledge).
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
WM4
Letzte Änderung: Di 05.03.2024 16:06
The course will begin with an overview of the fundamentals of human rights, international human rights treaties, organizations, and courts. We will discuss the concept of "Asian Values" a phenomenon of the 1990s and its impact on human rights in the region. We will then delve into various human rights topics in Asian countries, including death penalty, women's rights, female participation in politics, minority rights, LGBTI rights, migration, asylum, and statelessness. We will also explore the state of human rights in authoritarian states (such as China), the war on drugs (in the Golden Triangle and the Philippines), and various human rights situations in Taiwan, Myanmar, North Korea, and many other Asian countries. While the main focus of the course is on East and Southeast Asia, the course will also cover other Asian countries.
The students will have to read the provided reading materials, watch two movies (The Swimmers, and Kim Ji-young: Born 1982) in order to be able to actively participate in the class discussions and debates (there will be two short mock debates, one on Asian values and the other on the death penalty).
Each student will also give short presentation on a course-related topic of her or his choice (15-20 minutes), such as LGBTI rights in Japan and Hong Kong, Feminist leadership, Women in politics in Japan and South Korea, The role of Confucianism in Asian Values, North Korean defections and South Korean asylum, etc.
Planned are also jointly attending a panel discussion on human rights in Myanmar at the Interdisciplinary Myanmar Conference 2024 at the Palacky University Olomouc, Czechia (in person or online) and a presentation from an Iranian guest speaker on gender apartheid in the Middle East in class.
This class will be held on-site. However, in case of new COVID-19 restrictions, we may have to switch to a hybrid or online format.