GREENSBURG, PA- Dr. John Spurlock, professor of history and political science at Seton Hill College, has created and is overseeing an elective course at the College during the spring semester titled "Terrorism and Global Justice" that will explore the sources of contemporary terrorism and search for answers to the challenge of terrorism. Students will be able to define terrorism, distinguish it from other forms of political violence, use a variety of global systems theories to discuss and analyze contemporary terrorism, explain the social and economic roots of terrorist violence and discuss and analyze approaches to global justice that address the causes of terrorism.

Dr. Spurlock recently said of the course: "The events of September 11, like no other events in recent memory, have concentrated the attention of Americans on the world beyond our borders and outside the well-known boundaries of western culture. Although a college course cannot solve the problem of world conflicts and terrorism, it can explore the sources of these conflicts, place them in context and consider possible solutions."

Each week, a different faculty member or field expert will guest teach about a particular subject. Topics scheduled are listed below:

January 16th

John Spurlock, Ph.D., professor of history and political science at Seton Hill College How the World Works (?) Models of Global Culture and the Sources of Terrorism

January 23rd

Robin Rohrer, Ph.D. and Michael Cary, D.A., associate professor of history at Seton Hill College Contemporary Middle East and American Foreign Policy

January 30th

Abdul Mawjoud Dardery, Ph.D., visiting Egyptian scholar Radical Islam

February 6th

Dorothy Jacko, S.C., Ph.D., associate professor of religious studies/ theology at Seton Hill College The Just War and the Search for Global Justice

February 13th

Michele Chossat, Ph.D. (facilitator), assistant professor of French at Seton Hill College Extended session—plan to stay late as we watch and then discuss The Battle of Algiers

February 20th

Michael Arnzen, Ph.D., assistant professor of English at Seton Hill College Contemporary Pakistani Literature and Nuclear Deterrence

March 6th

Michael Atherton, Ph.D., assistant professor of philosophy at Seton Hill College Conflict Resolution

For more information on any of the above presentations or the class in general, please contact Dr. John Spurlock at 724-830-1021 or spurlock@setonhill.edu.