The late twentieth century resurgence of global and transnational developments has been the most politically charged phenomenon of our time. From COVID19, to the drive for the recognition of unceded First Nations land, to #BlackLivesMatter and controversial legal challenges to state-sponsored trials for religious minorities, the issues remain critical and volatile. This course will explore contemporary issues dealing with the dynamic relationship between transnational formations, culture, power, and social inequality as well as contemporary and emerging scholarship on related how we theorize sociocultural processes in the contemporary period. The central goal is to explore the way that scholars have been and are engaging in these topics and to consider new directions in their study.