Religions are on the move. Globalization has meant that larger numbers of people are finding new places to live, and in the process, setting up churches, mosques, temples, or other ways to worship in new cities and town. Muslims move to Europe and North America; new Protestant and Catholic churches appear throughout Africa and South America; Chinese communities blossom everywhere. As they do, so they raise new questions: How do global migrations lead to adaptations of religious traditions? How do states manage new degrees of religious diversity, and in some cases, new levels of religious demands? How do transnational religious structures fit with national politics? We explore these issues by looking outward from our base in Paris. France has the highest percentage of Muslims of any country in Western Europe or North America. It has fast-growing arrays of evangelical churches and Buddhist temples; and it is a nation of both Catholic heritage and secularist politics. How do all these ideas and people mix? We will visit some of Paris' religious institutions and learn from both religious figures and French scholars. We also study religion and politics in a comparative way, focusing on the issues mentioned above, and looking at case studies from Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Application deadline for acceptance into class is February 15, 2012.

Anthropologists have various tools to aid them in investigating the evolution of human behavior and human social systems, one of the most primary and basic of which is the study of nonhuman primates. The goal of this course is to provide an overview of nonhuman primate behavior and social systems, including aspects of primate biology, evolutionary theory, and socioecological theory. May not be counted toward the requirements for the major or minor in Psychology.

America as "a nation of immigrants" most commonly celebrates pathways of Western European heritage. However, modern American culture also reflects a long, diverse, and extensive process of immigration from East Asia. This multidisciplinary course provides a unique opportunity to traverse key pathways that shaped Asian and Native Hawaiian identities by considering the social trends, historical material, and sites that were fundamental in this shaping process. The experiences of Asian immigrants bear special relationship to Native Hawaiians in that America's colonization of Hawaii propelled Hawaiians into yet another minority status. Our readings will include narratives that relate Asian American and Native Hawaiian experiences and demonstrate how the intersection of race and ethnicity continue to influence both. We will begin with a look at St. Louis's Asian communities and will go on to visit San Francisco's Angel Island, the U.S. entry point for most Asian immigrants; Manzanar, a camp in California that interred over 10,000 Japanese, most of them American; and then visit commemorative sites in Honolulu, including the Arizona Memorial, America's historical and educational rendering of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and events leading to World War II; and heritage sites on the Big island that offer glimpses of pre-contact Hawaii. Course dates are May 29 to June 20, 2013; all travel-related expenses (i.e., transportation, housing & meals) are included in course registration fees. This course involves AN INTENSIVE TRAVEL & READING LOAD; STUDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TO DEVOTE THE BULK OF THE THREE WEEKS to the unique form of immersive learning that characterizes the On Location program. For course registration, please contact the American Culture Studies office at 314-935-5216 or amcs@artsci.wustl.edu.