Second Year Humanities Calendar 2004-2005

Table of Contents for Reader

 

MICHELANGELO

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8/31

lecture: Prof. Bruce

“Renaissance and Reformation”

9/1

organizational seminar

9/2

lec.1: Prof. Shannon,

Michelangelo and the Italian Renaissance”
Seminar Slides from VSRC Slide Kiosk

On-Campus Access Only.   Slide List

9/3

sem.1: Michelangelo: Life, Letters and Poetry,

pp. ix-xxiv, 3-23, 30-32, 39-73;

and slides (optional)

9/7

lec.2: Prof. Hoffman

“Michelangelo’s Sculpture”

Seminar Slides from VSRC Slide Kiosk

On-Campus Access Only.   Slide List

 

9/8

sem.2: Reader: contracts for the Pieta and David, and Michelangelo, pp. 3-23, 37-60;

and slides

9/9

lec.3:  Prof. Bouchard

“Michelangelo: The Beauty Shaped Within His Mind”

Seminar Slides from VSRC Slide Kiosk

On-Campus Access Only.   Slide List

9/10

sem.3: Michelangelo: Life, Letters and Poetry,

letter #33, p. 120; poems,

p. 142, 144-146, 150-160;

and slides

9/14

lec.4: Prof. Ellen Longsworth, “The Sistine Ceiling and the Last Judgment”

Seminar Slides from VSRC Slide Kiosk

On-Campus Access Only.   Slide List

9/15

sem.4: Michelangelo: Life, Letters and Poetry,

pp. 24-30, 32-39, letter #17, pp. 99-102, poem,

p. 139; Michelangelo, pp.24-36, 63-67;

and slides

 

 

FILM:
Monday, September 6

Michelangelo: Self-Portrait, Dana Center Theatre, 7:00 pm

 

 

 

   MARTIN LUTHER

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

FILM:

Monday, September 20

Luther, Dana Center Theatre, 7:00 pm

 

9/16

lec.1: Prof. Pajakowski,

“Humanism, Luther, and the Origins of the

Protestant Reformation”

9/17

sem.1: Reader, excerpt from Luther’s treatise: “To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation”

9/21

lec.2: Prof. Holder,

“Luther’s Theology”

9/22

sem.2: Reader,  Luther’s treatise: “The Freedom of a Christian”

9/23

lec.3: Prof. Cox,

“Reformation Hymnody: The Power of Religious Song”

9/24

sem.3: Reader, Preface to the Wittenberg Hymnal; Preface to Georg Rhau’s Symphoniae iucundae;

two hymns

9/28

lec.4: Prof. McMahon,

“Catholic Responses to Luther”

 

 

 

9/29

sem.4: Reader, Erasmus’ Letter to Jodocus Jonas; Adrian VI’s Instruction to Chieregati

 

 

 

 

 

QUEEN ELIZABETH I

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

FILM:

Monday, October 4

Elizabeth, Dana Center Theatre, 7:00 pm

 

9/30

lec.1: Prof. Perrone

“Elizabeth, A Renaissance Prince”

 

10/1

sem.1: Reader, Speeches of Queen Elizabeth: Elizabeth’s Golden Speech

Elizabeth the Student; A Pope’s Admiration

10/5

lec.2: Fr. Augustine

“The Elizabethan Religious Settlement”

10/6

sem.2: Reader, The Elizabethan Injunctions, 1559

10/7

lec.3: Prof. Bouchard

“Elizabeth, A Woman of Letters”

10/8

sem.2: Reader, Elizabeth, selected speeches, letter, poems, prayers: Armada Speech, When I was Fair and Young, On Monsieur’s Departure.

Selections by Sir Walter Raleigh: Poem 1, 2, 3, 4 Edmund Spenser and Sir Philip Sydney

10/12

Fall Recess

 

 

 

 

10/13

Review Seminar

10/14

lec.4: Prof. Malieckal,

“Elizabeth and Islam”

 

10/15

sem.4: Reader, Edict Expelling the Moors; two letters; excerpt from Merchant of Venice

 

 

 

GALILEO

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

10/19

media-opportunity

lecture

10/20

exam

10/21

lec.1: Prof. Anderson,

“Galileo and the New Experimental Evidence”

10/22

sem.1: Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, pp.

21-58 (The Starry Messenger)

Glossary of Terms

10/26

lec.2: Prof. Guerra, “Galileo and the New Cosmology”

10/27

sem.2: Reader, excerpts from Galileo’s “Dialogue on the Great World Systems”

Outline of the Reading

10/28

 lec.3: Prof. Perrone, “Galileo, Science and the Church”

10/29

sem.3: Reader, Letters from Mario Guiducci and Benedetto Castelli; and “The Trial of Galileo”

and Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, pp.

173-179 (to “a different sense”) & 211 (top) - 216

11/2

lec.4: Prof. Staley

“Galileo and the Origins of the Modern World”

11/3

sem.4: Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, pp.

237-238, 256-258, 273-279 (selections from

The Assayer)

 

 

FILM:

Monday, October 25

Galileo, Dana Center Theatre, 7:00 pm

 

 

THOMAS JEFFERSON

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

FILM:

Wed., November 3

Thomas Jefferson, Dana Center Theatre, 7:00 pm

 

11/4

lec.1: Fr. William

“The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson”

11/5

sem.1: Selected Writings, pp. 1-15, 62-66
Declaration of Independence; A Summary View of the Rights of British America.; First Inaugural Address. Letter to Lee; Letter to Weightman; Act For Religious Freedom

11/9

lec.2: Prof. Mahoney

“Jefferson the Philosopher”

11/10

sem.3: Selected Writings,

pp. 68-79, 88-92, 46-50

 Letter to John Adams

Letters to James Madison 1, 2
Letter to Kercheval

Notes on the State of Virginia; Query XVII

11/11

lec.3: Prof. Salerno

“Jefferson’s Vision of America and Americans”

11/12

sem.4: Selected Writings,

pp. 15-28, 36-46, 50-55 

Notes on the State of Virginia; Queries VI, XIV, XVIII

 

11/16

lec.4:  Prof. Hoffman

“Jefferson the Architect”

11/17

sem.5: Reader, Jefferson: selection from Notes on the State of  Virginia Query XV, and selected
letters 1, 2
Slides of architecture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

FILM:

Monday, November 29

Immortal Beloved,

Dana Center Theatre,

7:00 pm

 

11/18

 lec.1: Prof. Pajakowski

“Beethoven and the Age

 of Revolution”

11/19

sem.1: Reader

from Downs: “The Giant Astride the Centuries,”

and recorded music

 

 

11/23

media-opportunity

lecture

11/24

no seminar

Thanksgiving Recess

begins at 12:30

11/25

Thanksgiving

11/26

Thanksgiving recess

11/30

lec.2: Prof. K. Spoerl

“Beethoven and the Romantic Movement”

12/1

sem.2: Reader, From Hoffman: “Beethoven’s Instrumental Music,”

list of musical terms,

and recorded music

12/2

lec.3: Prof. Cox

“Beethoven, Facing the Music”

12/3

sem. 3: Reader, from Copland, “What to Listen for in Music,” and recorded music

 

 

Second Semester

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CHARLES DARWIN

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

1/18

lec.1: Prof. Pitocchelli

“Charles Darwin and the Concept of Evolution by Natural Selection”

1/19

sem.1: Reader,

Unit Introduction and Introduction to and selection from The Voyage of the Beagle. and

The Origin of Species, chapter 3 (pp. 330-339)

1/20

lec.2: Prof. McGhee

“Creation and Evolution: the Victorian Debate”

1/21

sem.2: Reader, The Origin of Species (pp. 340-344); selection from Darwin’s Autobiog-

raphy; William Paley: “Responses to The Origin of Species,”

Genesis 1 & 2

1/25

lec.3: Prof. J. Spoerl

“Social Darwinism”

Presentation: Mr. & Mrs. Darwin, Dana Center Theatre, 7 pm

 

1/26

sem.3: Reader, readings from Spencer, Sumner, Selous, and Gunther

1/27

lec.4: Prof. T. Lee

“Evolution After Darwin”

 

1/28

sem.4: Handouts:

Stephen Jay Gould,

Introduction to Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea.

Thomas F. Lee, "Cloning"

 

FILM: Monday, January 24, Evolution I: Darwin’s Dangerous Ideas, Dana Center Theatre, 7:00 pm

FILM: Monday, January 31, Andrew Carnegie, Dana Center Theatre, 7:00 pm

 

ANDREW CARNEGIE

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

2/1

lec.1: Prof. A. Kenison,

“Andrew Carnegie in Historical Context”

 

 

 

2/2

sem.1: Reader, pp. 406-429

2/3

lec.2: Fr. William,

“Andrew Carnegie and American Labor”

2/4

sem.2: Reader, pp. 430-464

2/8

lec.3: Prof. Kuehne,

“Andrew Carnegie, Politics, and Government”

 

 

 

2/9

sem.3: Reader, pp. 465-476 and 505-515

2/10

lec.4: Prof. J. Spoerl, “The Case of Andrew Carnegie: Socialist Prosecution and Capitalist Defense”

2/11

sem.4: Reader, pp. 477-504

 

 

 

SIGMUND FREUD

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

2/15

lec.1: Prof. Pajakowski

“Interpreting Dreams: Freud and the Origins of Psychoanalysis”

2/16

sem.1:  Five Lectures on Psychoanalysis, pp.3-41

2/17

lec.2: Prof. J. Spoerl

“Sigmund Freud’s Philosophy of Mind”

2/18

sem.2: Five Lectures on Psychoanalysis, pp. 42-62.

2/22

lec.3: Prof. W. Holder

“Freud and Religion”

2/23

sem.3: Selection from Future of an Illusion , pp. 19-42.

2/24

lec.4: Prof. Norton

“Freud and Literature”

2/25

sem.4: Kafka’s ,
The Metamorphosis

3/1 no lecture

3/2 exam

3/3 lecture: WWI media

      presentation

3/4 seminar: discussion of

      media presentation

Recess

Recess

Recess

Recess

FILM: Monday, February 21, Young Doctor Freud or Jung On Film, Dana Center Theatre, 7:00 pm

 

 

PABLO PICASSO

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

3/15

lec.1: Prof. Pajakowski

“The Young Picasso and the World of the Early 20th Century”

3/16

sem.1: Reader

Kern: “The Cubist War,”

Picasso, Master of the New Idea, chapters I & II (optional for this seminar), and slides

3/17

lec.2: Prof. Rossbach,

“Picasso, Cubism and the Paris Milieu”

3/18

sem.2: Reader

from Ashton: Picasso on Art: Two Statements by Picasso; Picasso, Master of the New Idea, chapter III & p.141, and slides

3/22

lec.3: Prof. Cleveland

“Picasso and Stravinsky”

3/23

sem.3: Reader

Stravinsky: “The Composition of Music,”

Picasso, Master of the New Idea, chapter IV, recorded music & slides

3/24

Holy Thursday

3/25

Good Friday

3/29

lec. 4: Prof. Hoffman

“Guernica and Beyond”

3/30

sem. 4: Reader, from Oppler: Picasso’s Guernica; Picasso, Mas-ter of the New Idea, chaps. V-VII, and slides

 

FILM:

Monday, March 21

The Mystery of Picasso,

Dana Center Theatre,

7:00 pm

 

 

ALBERT CAMUS

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

FILM:

Monday, April 11,

The Plague, Dana Center Theatre, 7:00 pm

 

 

3/31

lec.1: Prof. Mahoney

“Camus and the Logic of Absurdity”

4/1

sem.1: The Myth of Sisyphus, pp. 3-33, 51-65, 119-123

4/5

lec.2: Prof. Reagan, “Camus and Language”

 

 

4/6

sem.2: The Plague

4/7

no lecture

4/8

sem.3: The Plague

4/12

lecture 3: Prof. Dubrulle

“Camus: The Political Context” 

 

4/13

sem 4: The Plague

4/14

lecture 4: Prof. McMahon

“Belief in God and the

Problem of Evil”

 

4/15

seminar 5: Reader, from The Rebel

 

 

 

DUKE ELLINGTON

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

4/19

lec. 1: Prof. Salerno

“Duke Ellington and America in the 20th Century”

4/20

sem. 1: Reader, selections from Ellington’s Music is My Mistress; and Ralph Ellison, “Homage to Duke Ellington on His Birthday”

4/21

lec.2: Prof. Cleveland

“Listening to Jazz”

4/22

sem.2: recorded music

4/26

 lec. 3: Prof. Reagan

“Before there was Rap, there was Jazz Poetry”

4/27

sem.3: Reader, poems by Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, Carl Sandburg, Amiri Baraka, Jack Kerouac, Michael Harper, Aleda Shirley and Quincy Troupe

4/28

lec.4: Prof. Gleason

“On Ellington’s Music in Performance”

Evening Concert,

“By and About  Duke,” 7pm, Dana Center Theatre

4/29

sem. 4: Reader, selections from Music is My Mistress: What Is Music?

What’s Happening? Music and the Primeval, The Mirrored Self

 

5/3

Prof. Bruce

Concluding Lecture

5/4

Concluding seminar

5/5

Reading Day

FILM: Monday, April 25, On the Road with Duke Ellington, 7:00 pm,

Perini Lecture Hall