Kiran Banerjee
Department of Political Science
Dalhousie University
Teaching, Supervision &
Course Offerings
Current Courses
POLI 5602: International Ethics and Global Justice (CL)
Dalhousie University, Department of Political Science
2019 - present
This graduate and advanced undergraduate-level seminar will focus on contemporary debates in international political theory. This course will discuss liberal, republican and discursive democratic perspectives on issues of global justice, particularly in light of global social structures and international inequalities, alongside post-colonial and CRS perspectives at the global level. Major themes include: the historical roots of international relations theory; global distributive justice; republicanism and the ideal of non-domination; the possibility of global discursive democracy; cosmopolitanism; the moral relevance of borders; nationalism, patriotism and special duties; sovereignty, international law and international order.
POLI 4450: International Ethics and Global Justice (CL)
Dalhousie University, Department of Political Science
2019 - present
This graduate and advanced undergraduate-level seminar will focus on contemporary debates in international political theory. This course will discuss liberal, republican and discursive democratic perspectives on issues of global justice, particularly in light of global social structures and international inequalities, alongside post-colonial and CRS perspectives at the global level. Major themes include: the historical roots of international relations theory; global distributive justice; republicanism and the ideal of non-domination; the possibility of global discursive democracy; cosmopolitanism; the moral relevance of borders; nationalism, patriotism and special duties; sovereignty, international law and international order.
POLI 3420: The International Politics of Mobility
Dalhousie University, Department of Political Science
2019 - present
This course is designed to give students an in-depth introduction to the history, laws, institutions, and changing political dynamics of international migration. The course places a special emphasis on forced migration, refugee flows, and irregular migration given the unique challenges these trends present for the international system. The overall goal is to help develop the substantive knowledge and analytical tools necessary for understanding the complexities of international mobility in a world of states.
Available for Graduate Supervision.
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Note:
Potential graduate applicants should please first contact the Department of Political Science with inquiries regarding admissions requirements.
Current students should please contact me directly to discuss their intended research project.
Areas of Interest:
○ Migration
○ Refugees
○ Citizenship
○ Forced Migration
○ Immigration
○ Critical Race Studies
○ Global Justice
○ Normative Political Theory
○ History of Political Thought
○ International Ethics
○ International Relations
○ Political Theory
○ Legal Theory
Past Course Offerings:
Justice and Injustice in Law and Politics
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Political Studies
Course Level: Undergraduate
Date First Taught: June 2018
Modern Political Theory
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Political Studies
Course Level: Undergraduate
Date First Taught: January 2018
The Global Politics of Mobility: Migration in a Time of “Crisis”
University of Toronto, Department of Political Science
Course Level: Undergraduate
Date First Taught: June 2016 (pre Ph.D. defense)
Modern Political Thought
University of Toronto, Department of Political Science
Course Level: Undergraduate
Date First Taught: May 2012 (pre Ph.D. defense)
Perspectives on Global Justice
University of Toronto, Department of Political Science
Course Level: Undergraduate
Date First Taught: May 2012 (pre Ph.D. candidacy)
Potential Future Courses
Concepts of Legality and Legitimacy
(syllabus available on request)
Hannah Arendt's Political Thought
(syllabus available on request)
Liberalism and Settler Colonialism(s)
in Comparative Perspective
(syllabus available on request)