Approach to World Refugee Issues — Osaka Jogakuin Web Syllabus

科目名	Approach to World Refugee Issues
担当教員	Ringhofer, Manfred
授業の目的、または到達目標	Empathy towards refugees and how to create solutions of refugee issues with lasting perspectives.
授業の概要	First student learn how a person becomes a refugee， what life is like in various refugee situations， the activities of UNHCR， INGO’s， and other donors， as well as Japan’s role abroad and refugee policy. We will then switch to special refugee situations， like Afghanistan， Bhutan， Burma， and environmental refugee issues. Students are required to discuss the possibility of prevention and especially the issues of education and repratriation of refugees.


授業の形態	Lecture， discussion， presentation， role play， refugee guest’s reports
時間割		概要	宿題(予習・復習等)
	1	General introduction of Refugees and International Law
	2	Activities of UNHCR and other UN organizations
	3	Japan’s international role in refugee issues
	4	Afghani refugee problems， history of Afghanistan and the Taliban
	5	Afghani refugee after the Taliban
	6	Palestinian refugees， history of Palestine and Israel
	7	Recent history of Palestinian refugees， Israel’s wall， etc.
	8	Bhutanese refugees， history
	9	Bhutanese refugees， education and repratriation
	10	Burma， history and issues of political and minority refugees
	11	Environmental refugees
	12	Various refugee issues in Asia and Africa
	13	Overall review， solution， finding， etc
準備学習	To read the text and prepare for exercises， discussions and presentations.
教科書	Handouts will be distributed in the class
参考文献
成績評価方法・基準	Homework (reports) 30％ Classroom participation， discussions， etc 20％ Presentation(10 minutes) 25％ Essay( A4， double spaced， 10 pages /4000 words) 25％

時間割

担当教員	開講学期	開講曜日	開講時限	履修クラス	単位数
Ｒｉｎｇｈｏｆｅｒ	秋学期	月曜日	５時限	A	4
Ｒｉｎｇｈｏｆｅｒ	秋学期	月曜日	６時限	A	4
Ｒｉｎｇｈｏｆｅｒ	秋学期	月曜日	７時限	A	4
Ｒｉｎｇｈｏｆｅｒ	秋学期	月曜日	８時限	A	4