LECTURE CALENDAR Subject to change

This calendar provides links to lecture notes, study questions (SQ), and other resources. The reading assignment for each lecture should be completed before the lecture. (See INFORMATION above for lecture time details.)

M/W seminars begin on March 28th. Tu/Th seminars begin on March 29th. Failure to attend the first meeting of your seminar will count as an unexcused absence.

Dates Lecture Notes Reading Assignments SQ/Resources
Week 1
Mon. March 28, Tues. March 29

Dr. Thuy Vo Dang (Southeast Asian Archive, UCI Libraries)

Developing Research Projects and Utilizing the Archive

Southeast Asian American Studies Lib Guide; Burke, "Literary Journalism" (Writer's Handbook 105-115)

Continuing BLOGS
Wed. March 30, Thurs. April 1

Prof. Carol Burke

Telling War Stories

O'Brien, "On the Rainy River" and "How to Tell a True War Story" (Reader 283-302); Burke, “The Things They Bring to War”; Benliyan, "Legacy of the J" (sound story)

Starting LITERARY JOURNALISM
Week 2
Mon. April 4, Tues. April 5

Prof. Carol Burke

Military Culture: Transformation of the Citizen into Soldier

Viewing: Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket (UCI.edu login required, captioning available)

SQ for Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket clips

Wed. April 6, Thurs. April 7

Prof. Carol Burke

Coming Home: Transformation of the Soldier Back into the Civilian I

Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen, “Bearskin”; Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, “Bearskin”

Friday Forum with Prof. Jeanne Scheper, 11-11:50am, HIB 135
Recording of this Event
Week 3
Mon. April 11, Tues. April 12

Prof. Carol Burke

Coming Home II
(Or view online)

Viewing: Hal Ashby, Coming Home (1978) (UCI.edu login required, captioning available)

SQ for Coming Home

Wed. April 13, Thurs. April 14

Prof. Carol Burke

Women in the Military I
(Or view online)

Burke, “Jane Fonda, The Woman the Military Loves to Hate” (Reader 277-282)
Week 4
Mon. April 18, Tues. April 19

Prof. Carol Burke

Women in the Military II

Viewing: Kirby Dick, Invisible War (UCI.edu login required, captioning available)

Wed. April 20, Thurs. April 21

Prof. Gail Hart

Witnesses to War I

Freshman flyer

Research and Study Abroad

Ruth Kluger, Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered (13-131)

SQ for Still Alive

Starting the RESEARCH PROJECT


Humanities Core Student Research Symposium, April 22, 10am-12pm, HIB 135

Recording of this event

Week 5
Mon. April 25, Tues. April 26

Prof. Gail Hart

Witnesses to War II

Kluger, Still Alive (133-214); Castillo, "Developing Your Research Topic" (Writer's Handbook)

Recommended viewing: Landscapes of Memory

Jud Süß clip

Memorials Map

Wed. April 27, Thurs. April 28

Prof. Gail Hart

Witnesses to War III

Viewing: Guttentag and Sturman, Nanking (available online, captioning also available)

Lu, City of Life and Death viewable online via UCI Library resources (accessible using the campus network or VPN)

Excerpts from Brook, ed., Documents on the Rape of Nanking; Nanking film synopsis

SQ for Nanking and City of Life and Death

Historical film clips

Week 6
Mon. May 2, Tues. May 3

Prof. Gail Hart

Witnesses to War IV

Viewing: Guttentag and Sturman, Nanking

View card images (UCI login required)

Midterm in first seminar meeting of Week 6

Wed. May 4, Thurs. May 5

Prof. Gail Hart

Zombies and War I

Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (pp. 1-63, 92-116)

SQ for World War Z

Week 7
Mon. May 9, Tues. May 10

Prof. Gail Hart

Zombies and War II

Brooks, World War Z (pp. 137-146, 151-199, 233-255, 299-309, 315-327) Recommended event: Theater of War, May 10, 7:30-9:00pm, HIB 100
Wed. May 11, Thurs. May 12

Prof. James D. Herbert

Victimization: New Objectivity in Germany

Herbert, "How to Analyze and Write About a Work of Art" (Writer's Handbook 123-126 and images); Fogli, "Oral Presentations"

SQ for WWI

Image gallery

Week 8
Mon. May 16, Tues. May 17

Prof. James D. Herbert

Reconstruction: Purism in France

Kenneth E. Silver, “Purism: Straightening Up After the Great War” (Reader 303-317) + images
Wed. May 18, Thurs. May 19

Prof. James D. Herbert

Forgiveness: Spence and Britten in Coventry I

Benjamin Britten, War Requiem (CD and libretto); Coventry Cathedral virtual tour SQ for Coventry artifacts
Week 9
Mon. May 23, Tues. May 24

Prof. James D. Herbert

Forgiveness: Spence and Britten in Coventry II

Benjamin Britten, War Requiem (CD and libretto); Coventry Cathedral virtual tour
Wed. May 25, Thurs. May 26

Prof. James D. Herbert

Reconciliation: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial I

Sturken, “The Wall and the Screen Memory” (Reader 318-351)
Week 10
Mon. May 30, Tues. May 31

No lectures Monday or Tuesday.
Campus will be closed Monday for Memorial Day; Tuesday seminars will meet.

Wed. June 1, Thurs. June 2

Prof. James D. Herbert

Reconciliation: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial II

Final exams will be held in seminar classrooms and scheduled according to seminar times.