Schedule

Week Date Topic
1 2/9/25 Foundations and Framework
1 2/12/25 How to Read and Present Academic Papers
2 2/16/25 Technology and Markets
2 2/19/25 Presentations
3 2/23/25 Ancient Societies and Technology
3 2/26/25 Presentations
4 3/2/25 Agricultural Revolution
4 3/5/25 Presentations
5 3/9/25 The Printing Press
5 3/12/25 Presentations
7 3/23/26 Exam Review
7 3/26/26 Exam
8 4/6/26 Industrial Revolution
8 4/9/26 Presentations
9 4/13/26 How Technologies Emerge, Evolve, and Transform Society
9 4/16/26 Presentations
10 4/20/26 Catchup
11 4/27/26 Technology, Labor & Automation
11 4/30/26 Presentations
13 5/11/26 AI, State Surveillance and Human Rights
13 5/14/26 Presentations
14 5/18/26 Artificial Intelligence and the Political Economy of Technological Change
14 5/21/26 Presentations
15 5/25/26 Artificial Intelligence and International Relations
15 5/28/26 Presentations
16 6/1/26 Exam Review
16 6/4/26 Exam
17 6/8/26 Final Thoughts