Schedule
January 15, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
Introduction
January 22, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
Encountering the East
Reading
Writing
Blog Posting
January 29, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
Theories of Nationalism and Hegemony
Reading
Writing
Blog Posting
February 05, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
The Cold War and Global Peoples of Color
Reading
Writing
Nationalism and Hegemony, Problem Assessment
Length: 3-4 pages Find and critical gap in the logic of either Anderson or Gramsci and try to bridge that gap with your own formulation.
February 12, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
The Cold War and Global Peoples of Color, Part II
Reading
Writing
Blog Posting
February 19, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
African American Culture and Commodification
Reading
Writing
Project Proposal
One paragraph on a possible project proposal topic.
Blog Posting
February 26, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
Globalism and Post-Nationalism
Reading
Writing
Preliminary Annotated Bibliography
Select 6-8 of the most relevant sources for your Project Proposal. Provide 150 word annotations for each.
March 04, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
Spring Break
March 11, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
Inquiries about the New Left
Reading
Writing
Nationalism and the New Left
Length: 3-4 pages. Create an inquiry module on one aspect of the New Left and the concept of nationalism. Select 5-7 sources that help answer your inquiry question. Write an introduction to the module that offers an answer to the question using the sources that you have selected.
March 18, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
Transnational Personal Narratives
Reading
Writing
Blog Posting
March 25, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
Transnationalism and Ethnography, Part I
Reading
Writing
Blog Posting
April 01, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
Transnationalism and Ethnography, Part II
Reading
Writing
Draft Significance, and Design and Methodology
First draft of the Significance, and Design and Methodology sections of your Project Proposal.
April 08, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
Vietnam Syndrome and Terrorism
Reading
Writing
Post-Trans-Nationalism, Critical Review
Length: 3-4 Pages
In this critical essay, you will evaluate the theories of nationalism, post-nationalism, and trans-national that we've been discussing for the last few weeks. You may draw upon and comment on any of the reading thus far. What is useful about these theories? What is problematic? For which issues do they account well? For which issues do they account poorly? Is one theory more convincing than another? If so why? How might you revise any or all of these theories so that they would be more useful for your work?
Draft Significance, and Design and Methodology, Revision
Revision of your initial draft, in anticipation of the final.
April 15, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
Militarism, 9/11 and after
Reading
Writing
Blog Posting
April 22, 2008
4:15 pm
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6:35 pm
Neoliberalism
Reading
Writing
Final Project Proposal
Final Projects are Due on the last day of class.