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Sample I400 Thesis Titles

The I400 thesis draws on and integrates a student's studies in the International Studies major. Below are select titles of real I400 theses, organized by thematic concentration.

Culture and the Arts:

  • Argentine Theatre Under Dictatorship: Griselda Gambaro's Decir Si

  • Religion in French and Italian Politics: Attacking Fundamental Rights?

  • African Sterotypes and the Effects of Social Messages in Blood Diamonds and Hotel Rwanda

  • The Ethics of Eating: An Exploration of the Resilience of Spanish Food Culture

  • Underground Culture: A Look at the Parisian Metro and it's Cultural Importance

  • A History of Scottish Storytelling

 

Global Health and Evironment:

  • The Fragility of Life: A Study of Biodiversity and Land Use in Costa Rica

  • From Deforestation to Conservation: Patterns of Fire Usage with in Small Farming Communities in the Brazilian Amazon

  • Educational Tactics on AIDS: Kenya and Senegal

  • Hunger, Food Aid, and GMO's

 

Global Integration and Development:

  • From Productivism to Post-Productivism in the Eye of the Consumer: A Comparative look at U.S., German and European Organic Policy

  • The International Olympic Committee and the Decisions They Make

  • Similar Regime Types with Divergent Economic Outcomes: A Comparative Case Study of Burma and South Korea (early 1960's to late 1980's)

  • Creating Strength Through Unity: The Building of German Economics and Modern Germany

  • The Economic and Political Rationale of Cooperatives: The Viability of Rice Fund Surin

  • Shea: Butter For the Better: Relating Global Trade to Development in Burkina Faso and Ghana

 

Human Rights and Social Movements:

  • The Gypsies Under Hungarian Communism

  • Nazi Collaboration and Resistance: Challenging the Lines

  • Social Movement Theory and the French Student Strikes of 2009

  • Race and Exploitation: Anti-Haitianism and Afrophobia in the Dominican Republic

  • Hip-hop as a Socio-Political Movement: "Fighting the Power" in Senegalese Society

  • The Mothers of Plazo de Mayo: The Evolution of Memory

  • Trafficking of Women Across East European Countries: A Correlation Between Poverty, Lack of Security and "No Action" Plans After 1989

 

International Communication:

  • The Italian Struggle for Cultural Preservation

  • The Cell Phone: Functionality and Interconnectivity in a Global Context

  • A Study of French and American Cultures Through Use of Television Commercials

  • Communicating Effectively between English-speakers and Spanish-speakers

 

Nations, States and Boundaries:

  • Shifting Priorities: The Development and Demise of the Arab National Identity

  • Post Nationalism: The French Challenge
  • The Change in Spain: Looking at Immigration in the 21st Century
  • The European Union: Evolution Beyond the Nation-State Through Transfers of Sovereignty
  • Political Legitimacy in China
  • How German can the Turks Be? An analysis of the ongoing relationship between the Germans and the Turks
   

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