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not intended to be a preparation course for later European history courses nor does it presume that students have knowledge of the topic. It is hoped, however, that the students having completed the course will be able to critically read historical primary sources, as well as various scholarly approaches to the issues, analyze them in context, and express this analysis cogently using the historical method. For this reason, reading, discussion and exposition is emphasized in this class. Required textbook: Jerry Bentley and Herbert Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters. Vol. 2. From 1500 to the Present. 4th Edition. 232-00A. THE MAKING OF MODERN AMERICA: DEFINING “THE NATION” 10:00–11:20 a .m . Daily . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs, Goldstein This course explores US history from 1877 to the present by examining a series of debates and conversations regarding the meaning of America. We will explore themes such as race and ethnicity and their relationship to national identity; industrial capitalism and the role of government in economic regulation; the notion of “exporting democracy” and America’s role in world affairs; and immigration, citizenship and the role of national borders. The reading material will consist largely of first-hand accounts—speeches, memoirs, Congressional reports and testimony, newspaper accounts, letters, music, and artwork—which will present a variety of positions on these themes. Readings: All readings for the class will be available on electronic reserve. Class sessions will be a mixture of lecture and discussion, with occasional sessions set aside for more in-depth analysis of primary sources. In preparation for class discussion, students will be asked to keep a homework journal in which they answer a thought question before each session. There will be two examinations: a midterm and a final. 241WR-MAY. WRITING MEMORY: MEMOIR AND HISTORY 1:00–4:30 p .m . Daily . Maymester . Credit, 4 hrs . Crais Personal narrative has become one of the most powerful literary genres of our time. Memoirs are histories of the self, explorations of how we became the people we are. In this course we will explore ways of writing memory. We will begin by looking at a few recent easily accessible texts on memory and the brain. Then we will read selections from various types Course Number Key and Dates 00A: First session May 21 – June 29 00F: Miscellaneous Varies 00B: Entire summer May 21 – August 10 0PA, 0PB, 0PC Permission required 00C: Second Session July 2 – August 10 MAY: Maymester May 15–June 1 of memoirs. Most of all, we will explore, write about, and discuss, our own pasts. There are no prerequisites, just a willingness to discuss some exciting readings and to be eager to begin writing your own personal narrative. 372-00A. MODERN JAPAN 2:30–4:45 p .m . TWTh . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . Ravina This is an introductory survey of modern Japanese history covering 1850–1950. Topics include a brief survey of traditional Japanese society and politics; the fall of the shogunate and the Meiji Restoration; industrialization and economic development; the rise of political parties; militarism and World War II; the American occupation and postwar recovery. Although the emphasis will be on major political events and institutional developments, we will trace social and cultural currents through literature, including dramas and novels. 385WR-00C. VIOLENCE: A HISTORY 2:30–4:45 p .m . MWF 2nd session . Credit, 4 hrs . Crais Few issues are as controversial and as vexing as violence. How we analyze, talk about and write about violence raises acute and pressing challenges. The last two centuries have witnessed violence that is so nearly unimaginable that it has strained our very capacity to describe and understand the world in which we live and so many others die. This course explores the history of violence though close reading of a variety of texts ranging from eyewitness accounts of massacres to world literature. We will explore topics such as war and genocide, rape, everyday violence, and non-state violence such as terrorism. There will be a number of short writing assignments. 487WR-00C. THE SOVIET GULAG: TERROR AND COMMUNISM, 1918–1956 2:30–4:45 p .m . MTTh . 2nd session . Credit, 4 hrs . Payne This class is an investigation of the most infamous symbol of Soviet Communism, its forced- labor camps—the Gulags. Despite their iconic nature to represent all that branded the Soviet Union as an “evil empire,” the Gulag is remarkably poorly understood as a reality, rather than a symbol. The network of penal servitude camps were not static, they did not act as an equivalent of Nazi concentration camps, nor were they as dominated by political prisoners, as they are usually considered in the popular imagination. They may or may not represent the essence of communism—they certainly represent the brutal fate of millions of ordinary Soviet citizens in the grip of Stalinism. Most importantly, the GULag has a history—the Gulag Summer School Bulletin Courses | 26 www.college.emory.edu/summer
evolved, radically shifted and eventually produced some of the largest popular revolts in the history of the USSR. Too often the story of the GULag is told as a dark tale of oppression achieved, but in fact the Gulag was a political and economic fiasco that failed on its own terms and was swiftly abandoned after the death of Stalin. Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS 201WR-00A. 1:00p–2:20 p .m . Daily . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . TBA 201WR-00C. 1:00–2:20 p .m . Daily . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . TBA This course will examine the cultural repercussions of various aspects of population aging in American society, including attitudes towards age and phases of the life course, the quest for immortality, competition for resources, and cross-generational cooperation. GER: HAP 216-00A. VISUAL CULTURE 2:30–4:45 p .m . MWF . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . Hughes History of the use of visual images in Western culture. Study of tools necessary to read images, including still and moving images, performance, and display. 250-MAY. ETHICS OF LEADERSHIP 9:00 a .m .–12:30 p .m . Daily . Credit, 4 hrs . Wakefield/Corrigan This Maymester course will survey intellectual traditions surrounding leadership and engage students themselves in the form of leadership that is public scholarship. The unique three-week format of Maymester will be used to introduce students to influential leaders from Atlanta and beyond who have a special relationship with Emory University and the ILA. Drawing on a broad context to be supplied by thinkers such as Sophocles, Course Number Key and Dates 00A: First session May 21 – June 29 00F: Miscellaneous Varies 00B: Entire summer May 21 – August 10 0PA, 0PB, 0PC Permission required 00C: Second Session July 2 – August 10 MAY: Maymester May 15–June 1 Plato, Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Martha Nussbaum, Derek Bok, and others, students will set a specific agenda for discussion of the ethics of leadership with special guest visitors. Using resources and references provided by the visitors, students’ final projects will consist of a report on a public scholarship project or learning experience to be launched through the context of this course. GER: HAP Italian 101-00A ELEMENTARY ITALIAN I 10:00–11:20 a .m . Daily . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . Muratore This is the first course of the two-semester introductory sequence (Italian 101 and 102) that is taught with the new Italian Virtual Class interactive cultural text. From the first day of class, instruction is in Italian and students are encouraged to participate actively in the acquisition of integrated language skills. Emphasis will be placed on useful conversation, elementary grammar, and Italian culture; written and oral exercises will be assigned daily to reinforce material presented in class. Students will be regularly exposed to direct and live cultural footage and interviews conducted in Italy in order to create a coherent and meaningful fusion of language and culture. When students have successfully completed Italian 101 and 102, they will have the skills necessary to communicate with Italians and Italian speakers both here and in Italy, on at least a practical level. Text: Required IVC textbook plus computer access with Flash Player. Suggested text: the Collins Italian-English Dictionary. 102-00C. ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II 10:00–11:20 a .m . Daily . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . Ristaino/Porcarelli This is the second course of the two-semester introductory sequence (Italian 101 and 102) that is taught with the new Italian Virtual Class interactive cultural text. From the first day of class, instruction is in Italian and students are encouraged to participate actively in the acquisition of integrated language skills. Emphasis will be placed on useful conversation, elementary grammar, and Italian culture; written and oral exercises will be assigned daily to reinforce material presented in class. Students will be regularly exposed to direct and live cultural footage and interviews conducted in Italy in order to create a coherent and meaningful fusion of language and culture. When students have successfully Summer School Bulletin Courses | 27 www.college.emory.edu/summer
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