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 30th. Tu/Th seminars begin on March 31st. Failure to attend the first meeting of your seminar will count as an unexcused absence.
| Dates | Lecture Notes | Reading Assignments | SQ/Resources |
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| Week 1 Mon. March 30, Tues. March 31 |
Dr. Thuy Vo Dang (Southeast Asian Archive, UCI Libraries) |
Southeast Asian American Studies Lib Guide Film Screening: Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket |
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| Wed. April 1, Thurs. April 2 | Prof. Carol Burke |
Burke, “The Things They Bring to War”
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Friday Forum: Writing From Interviews with Carol Burke, Robert Aneyci & Amy DePaul HIB 100, 11-11:50am |
| Week 2 Mon. April 6, Tues. April 7 |
Prof. Carol Burke Military Culture: Transformation of the Citizen into Soldier |
Burke, “The Things They Bring to War” |
Film Screening: Ashby, Coming Home. Tuesday, April 7, HIB 100, 6:30pm |
| Wed. April 8, Thurs. April 9 | Prof. Carol Burke Coming Home: Transformation of the Soldier Back into the Civilian I |
Tim O’Brien, “How to Tell a True War Story,” “On the Rainy River” (Reader 283-302); Pha Le, "Oh Captain, My Captain" (sound story) Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen, “Bearskin”; Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, “Bearskin” |
Friday Forum: Prof. Allen Buchanan (Duke), "A Proposal for International Regulation of Lethal Drones" HIB 100, 11-11:50am |
| Week 3 Mon. April 13, Tues. April 14 |
Prof. Carol Burke |
Viewing: Hal Ashby, Coming Home (1978) |
Lecture video footage: part 1, part 2 Film Screening: Kirby Dick, The Invisible War. Tuesday, April 14, HIB 100, 6:30pm |
| Wed. April 15, Thurs. April 16 | Prof. Carol Burke |
Burke, “Jane Fonda, The Woman the Military Loves to Hate” (Reader 277-282) | |
| Week 4 Mon. April 20, Tues. April 21 |
Prof. Carol Burke |
Viewing: Kirby Dick, Invisible War |
Film Screening: Schmidtkunz, Landscapes of Memory: The Life of Ruth Kluger. Tuesday, April 21, HIB 100, 6:30pm |
| Wed. April 22, Thurs. April 23 | Prof. Gail Hart |
Ruth Kluger, Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered (13-131) |
Friday Forum: David J. Morris |
| Week 5 Mon. April 27, Tues. April 28 |
Prof. Gail Hart |
Kluger, Still Alive (133-214) |
Film Screening: Lu, City of Life and Death. Monday, April 27, HSLH 100A, 5:00pm Film Screening: Guttentag and Sturman, Nanking. Tuesday, April 28, HIB 100, 6:30pm |
| Wed. April 29, Thurs. April 30 | Prof. Gail Hart |
Viewing: Guttentag and Sturman, Nanking (available online) 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 and information |
SQ for Nanking and City of Life and Death Film Screening: Schmidtkunz, Landscapes of Memory: The Life of Ruth Kluger. Thursday, April 30, SSLH 100, 7:00pm Friday Forum: Interview with Ruth Kluger |
| Week 6 Mon. May 4, Tues. May 5 |
Prof. Gail Hart |
Viewing: Guttentag and Sturman, Nanking | View card images (UCI login required) Film Screening: Schmidtkunz, Landscapes of Memory: The Life of Ruth Kluger. Monday, May 4, SE2 1304, 5:00pm |
| Wed. May 6, Thurs. May 7 | Prof. Gail Hart |
Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (1-63, 92-116, 137-146, 151-199, 233-255, 299-309, 315-327) |
UROP Symposium |
| Week 7 Mon. May 11, Tues. May 12 |
Prof. Gail Hart |
Brooks, World War Z | |
| Wed. May 13, Thurs. May 14 | Prof. James D. Herbert |
Friday Forum: Writing About War by Core Faculty |
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| Week 8 Mon. May 18, Tues. May 19 |
Prof. James D. Herbert |
Kenneth E. Silver, “Purism: Straightening Up After the Great War” (Reader 303-317) + images | |
| Wed. May 20, Thurs. May 21 | Prof. James D. Herbert |
Benjamin Britten, War Requiem (CD and libretto); Coventry Cathedral virtual tour | |
| Week 9 Mon. May 25, Tues. May 26 |
No lectures Monday or Tuesday. |
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| Wed. May 27, Thurs. May 28 | Prof. James D. Herbert |
Benjamin Britten, War Requiem (CD and libretto); Coventry Cathedral virtual tour | |
| Week 10 Mon. June 1, Tues. June 2 |
Prof. James D. Herbert |
Sturken, “The Wall and the Screen Memory” (Reader 318-351) | |
| Wed. June 3, Thurs. June 4 | Prof. James D. Herbert |
