| COURSE SYLLABUS |
| WEEK ONE |
| January 14 |
Course Introduction I: Course Logistics and Conditions of Learning |
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| January 16 |
Course Introduction II: Collective Mission |
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| WEEK TWO |
| January 21 |
Lecture 1: Setting Terms of Analysis — “Imperial Literacy” |
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Reading Guide for Week 2 |
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Reading:
Hansen, Suzy. “Unlearning the Myth of American Innocence.” The Guardian, August 8, 2017.
Video:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “The Danger of a Single Story” (TEDGlobal 2009).
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| January 23 |
Lecture 2: Setting Terms of Analysis — Empire Talk |
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Reading Guide for Week 2 |
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Reading:
Immerwahr, Daniel. How to Hide an Empire. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. “Introduction: Looking Beyond the Logo Map” (pp. [3]-19)
Video:
Rockman, Seth. “What Is Historical Reasoning?” Brown University, August 2014. [up to 2:32]
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| WEEK THREE |
| January 28 |
Lecture 3: Greenland Lab Report |
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Reading Guide for Week 3 |
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| January 30 |
Lecture 4: Panama Lab Report |
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Reading Guide for Week 3 |
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| WEEK FOUR |
| February 4 |
Lecture 5: Mexico Lab Report |
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Reading Guide for Week 4 |
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| February 6 |
Lecture 6: Canada Lab Report |
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Reading Guide for Week 4 |
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| WEEK FIVE |
| February 11 |
Lecture 7: British Imperial Inheritance, American Expansionism, and Native American Resistance |
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WRITING ASSIGNMENT #1 DUE |
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Reading Guide for Week 5 |
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| February 13 |
Lecture 8: The Law of Nations, Treaty Worthiness, Zones of Violence, and the Legitimation of Empire |
| › response sheet 8 |
Reading Guide for Week 5 |
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| WEEK SIX |
| February 18 |
Lecture 9: Thomas Jefferson’s “Empire of Liberty,” the Louisiana Purchase, and Indigenous America |
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Reading Guide for Week 6 |
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| February 20 |
Lecture 10: Muslim North Africa and the Barbary Wars |
| › response sheet 10 |
Reading Guide for Week 6 |
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| WEEK SEVEN |
| February 25 |
Lecture 11: Competing with Ascending and Declining Empires |
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Reading Guide for Week 7 |
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| February 27 |
Lecture 12: Latin American Independence, the Monroe Doctrine, and the Panama Congress |
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Reading Guide for Week 7 |
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| WEEK EIGHT |
| March 4 |
Lecture 13: Manifest Destiny as Imperialism in the North American West |
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Reading Guide for Week 8 |
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| March 6 |
Lecture 14: Conquest of a Continent |
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Reading Guide for Week 8 |
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| WEEK NINE |
| March 11 |
Lecture 15: Dreams of a Southern Empire of Slavery |
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Reading Guide for Week 9 |
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| March 13 |
Lecture 16: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Empire.... |
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WRITING ASSIGNMENT #2 DUE |
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| WEEK TEN |
| March 17-21 |
Spring break — no class |
| WEEK ELEVEN |
| March 25 |
Lecture 17: Dreams of an American Empire in the Pacific |
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Reading Guide for Week 11 |
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| March 27 |
Lecture 18: From Imperialism to Empire: American Conquest of the Philippines |
| › response sheet 18 |
Reading Guide for Week 11 |
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| WEEK TWELVE |
| April 1 |
Lecture 19: World’s Fairs and the Popular Culture of Imperialism |
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Reading Guide for Week 12 |
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| April 3 |
Lecture 20: American Empire and New Masculinities |
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Reading Guide for Week 12 |
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| WEEK THIRTEEN |
| April 8 |
Lecture 21: The Socialization of Children into Empire |
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Reading Guide for Week 13 |
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| April 10 |
Lecture 22: Albert Beveridge, U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1899-1911 |
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Reading Guide for Week 13 |
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| WEEK FOURTEEN |
| April 15 |
Lecture 23: Un-Hiding Empire |
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WRITING ASSIGNMENT #3 DUE |
| › response sheet 23 |
Reading Guide for Week 14 |
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| April 17 |
Lecture 24: Lab Report |
| › response sheet 24 |
Reading Guide for Week 14 |
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| WEEK FIFTEEN |
| April 22 |
Lecture 25: American Empire on Film, Pt. I |
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Film Guide for Week 15 |
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Film:
“Babel” (2006; directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
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| April 24 |
Lecture 26: American Empire on Film, Pt. II |
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Film Guide for Week 15 |
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Film:
“Babel” (2006; directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
Reflective Writing and Discussion: What are some main elements of imperial formation depicted in the film?
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| April 25-26 |
Little 500 |
| WEEK SIXTEEN |
| April 29 |
Course Conclusion |
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| May 1 |
Optional class — review session |
| WEEK SEVENTEEN |
| May 5-9 |
FINALS WEEK |
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TAKE-HOME FINAL EXAMINATION due by ** |
| WEEK EIGHTEEN |
| May 12-16 |
GRADING WEEK |