in studiis confoederationis gentium

English translation: in United Nations studies

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Latin term or phrase:in studiis confoederationis gentium
English translation:in United Nations studies
Entered by: David Connor

02:13 Mar 28, 2014
Latin to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / appears as a description of studies
Latin term or phrase: in studiis confoederationis gentium
appears as a field of study for a BA degree from Brown University, Providence RI.
My initial thoughts would be "United Nations studies", but I didn't get any confirmation of that from their website. Also I don't think it would relate to the Confederacy in US history, but...... ?
Thanks for your help.
David Connor
Australia
Local time: 16:28
in United Nations studies
Explanation:
that was my first thought, too. It is just the straightforward translation, I wouldn't change it.

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Pursuing Diploma in United Nations studies from Institute of UN Studies. 5. Pursuing MBA ( Distance Education) from Indian Institute of Human Rights 6. Human ...
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Diploma in United Nations Studies and International Understanding, New Delhi, India - Certificate in Basic Security in the Field, Staff Safety, Health and Welfare, ...


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... Swallowing management training from Flinders University, Australia – 2006; Diploma in United Nations Studies – June 2012; Worked in India, UK, Singapore, ...
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Luis Antonio de Larrauri
Local time: 06:28
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Summary of answers provided
4in United Nations studies
Luis Antonio de Larrauri
3in the study of Foreign/International Relations
Joseph Brazauskas
2in US studies
Sandra Mouton


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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
in US studies


Explanation:
This is just a hypothesis.
My first reaction was the same as yours, "united Nations", but it could well be for the same reasons "United States" with gentium in the meaning of country/state not race/nation.

Sandra Mouton
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:28
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Joseph Brazauskas: The USA is indeed often found translated as 'Civitates Confoederatae Americae' (vel sim.). I've never, however, come acros a degree in this field. And the ecclesiastical terminology is odd.
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in United Nations studies


Explanation:
that was my first thought, too. It is just the straightforward translation, I wouldn't change it.

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Pursuing Diploma in United Nations studies from Institute of UN Studies. 5. Pursuing MBA ( Distance Education) from Indian Institute of Human Rights 6. Human ...
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada - ‎Conflict Resolution Graduate Research Assistant at UMass Boston
Diploma in United Nations Studies and International Understanding, New Delhi, India - Certificate in Basic Security in the Field, Staff Safety, Health and Welfare, ...


Dr. Anirban Dasgupta - Sense International (India)
www.senseintindia.org/.../SENSE INTERNATIO...‎Traducir esta página
... Swallowing management training from Flinders University, Australia – 2006; Diploma in United Nations Studies – June 2012; Worked in India, UK, Singapore, ...

Luis Antonio de Larrauri
Local time: 06:28
Native speaker of: Spanish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Joseph Brazauskas: The verb 'confoederare', meaning 'to form a league or alliance', is also a rare ecclesiastical term but may be used secularly here. If so, then the genitive is objecive.
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
in the study of Foreign/International Relations


Explanation:
'Confoederatio' is a rare ecclesiastical term for 'covenant, agreement', apparently here used in a secular legal sense. 'Gentium' here therefore has its normal force in the Latinity of university diplomas, i.e., as a descriptive genitive, best translated by an adjective in English, such as 'international' or 'foreign' or perhaps 'diplomatic'.

Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 01:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronika McLaren: Brown does offer studies in international relations...
1 hr

neutral  Sandra Mouton: Your hypothesis is interesting but I think that in that case we would have "confoederationum gentium" = "study of the covenantS between nations".
21 hrs

disagree  Luis Antonio de Larrauri: the idea of league, covenant, agreement, detaches too much from your 'relations', which In Latin would be 'rationes', comercium
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