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 |
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| 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 |
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) |
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| 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 |
Viewing: Hal Ashby, Coming Home (1978) (UCI.edu login required, captioning available) |
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| Wed. April 13, Thurs. April 14 | Prof. Carol Burke |
Burke, “Jane Fonda, The Woman the Military Loves to Hate” (Reader 277-282) | |
| Week 4 Mon. April 18, Tues. April 19 |
Prof. Carol Burke |
Viewing: Kirby Dick, Invisible War (UCI.edu login required, captioning available) |
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| Wed. April 20, Thurs. April 21 | Prof. Gail Hart |
Ruth Kluger, Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered (13-131) | Starting the RESEARCH PROJECT Humanities Core Student Research Symposium, April 22, 10am-12pm, HIB 135 |
| Week 5 Mon. April 25, Tues. April 26 |
Prof. Gail Hart |
Kluger, Still Alive (133-214); Castillo, "Developing Your Research Topic" (Writer's Handbook) Recommended viewing: Landscapes of Memory |
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| Wed. April 27, Thurs. April 28 | Prof. Gail Hart |
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 |
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| Week 6 Mon. May 2, Tues. May 3 |
Prof. Gail Hart |
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 |
Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (pp. 1-63, 92-116) |
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| Week 7 Mon. May 9, Tues. May 10 |
Prof. Gail Hart |
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 |
Herbert, "How to Analyze and Write About a Work of Art" (Writer's Handbook 123-126 and images); Fogli, "Oral Presentations" | |
| Week 8 Mon. May 16, Tues. May 17 |
Prof. James D. Herbert |
Kenneth E. Silver, “Purism: Straightening Up After the Great War” (Reader 303-317) + images | |
| Wed. May 18, Thurs. May 19 | Prof. James D. Herbert |
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 |
Benjamin Britten, War Requiem (CD and libretto); Coventry Cathedral virtual tour | |
| Wed. May 25, Thurs. May 26 | Prof. James D. Herbert |
Sturken, “The Wall and the Screen Memory” (Reader 318-351) | |
| Week 10 Mon. May 30, Tues. May 31 |
No lectures Monday or Tuesday. |
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| Wed. June 1, Thurs. June 2 | Prof. James D. Herbert |
