Second Year Humanities Calendar 2003-2004

Table of Contents for Reader

 

MICHELANGELO

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

9/2

Introductory lecture:
Prof. Bruce

“Renaissance and Reformation”

9/3

organizational seminar

9/4

lec.1: Prof. Shannon,

Michelangelo and the Italian Renaissance”

Seminar Slides from VSRC Slide Kiosk

On-Campus Access Only.   Slide List

9/5

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

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

and slides (optional)

9/9

lec.2: Prof. Hoffman

“Michelangelo’s Sculpture”

 

Seminar Slides from VSRC Slide Kiosk

On-Campus Access Only

 

9/10

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

and slides

9/12

lec.3: Prof. Banach

“Michelangelo and the Value of Art”

 

Seminar Slides from VSRC Slide Kiosk

On-Campus Access Only
Slide List

9/13

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

letter #33, p. 120; poems,

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

and slides

9/16

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

9/17

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

   MARTIN LUTHER

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

 

 

9/18

lec.1: Prof. Pajakowski,

“Humanism, Luther, and the Origins of the

Protestant Reformation”

9/19

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

9/23

lec.2: Prof. Holder,

“Luther’s Theology”

9/24

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

9/25

lec.3: Prof. Cox,

A Mighty Fortress: Reformation Hymnody”

9/26

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

two hymns

9/30

lec.4: Prof. McMahon,

“Catholic Responses to Luther”

 

 

 

10/1

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

 

 

 

 

 

QUEEN ELIZABETH I

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

 

 

10/2

lec.1: Prof. Perrone

“Elizabeth, A Renaissance Prince”

 

10/3

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

Elizabeth the Student; A Pope’s Admiration

10/7

lec.2: Fr. Augustine

“The Elizabethan Religious Settlement”

10/8

sem.2: Reader, The Elizabethan Injunctions, 1559

10/9

lec.3: Prof. Bouchard

“Elizabeth, A Woman of Letters”

10/10

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

10/14

No Lecture

College Day

 

 

 

10/15

Review Seminar

10/16

lec.4: Prof. Malieckal

“The Real Elizabethan World Picture”

10/17

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

 

 

 

GALILEO

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

10/21

No Lecture

10/22

Exam

10/23

lec.1: Prof. Anderson,

“Galileo and the New Experimental Evidence”

10/24

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

21-58 (The Starry Messenger)

Glossary of Terms

10/28

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

10/29

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

10/30

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

10/31

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

11/4

lec.4: Prof. Banach, “Galileo and the Origins of the Modern World”

11/5

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

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

The Assayer)

Demonstration Instructions

 

 

 

 

THOMAS JEFFERSON

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

 

 

11/6

lec.1: Fr. William

“The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson”

11/7

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

11/11

lec.2: Prof. Josephson

“Hobbes and the Political Context”

Ken Burns’ Thomas Jefferson (selections): Nov.11, 7 pm, Perini Lecture Hall

11/12

sem.2: Reader

Selections from John Locke: from“Second Treatise on Government”  Of Civil Government” , and 1, 2

Ken Burns’ Thomas Jefferson (selections): Nov. 12,

8 pm, Perini Lecture Hall

11/13

lec.3: Prof. Mahoney

“Jefferson the Philosopher”

11/14

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

11/18

lec.3: Prof. Salerno

Jefferson’s Vision of America and Americans”

 

 

11/19

sem.4: Selected Writings,

pp. 15-28, 36-46, 50-55 

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

 

11/20

lec.5: Prof. Hoffman

“Jefferson the Architect”

 11/21

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

11/25

No lecture

11/26

No seminar

Thanksgiving Recess

Begins at 12:30

11/27

Thanksgiving

11/28

 

12/2

lec.1: Prof. Pajakowski

“Beethoven and the Age of Revolution”

12/3

sem.1: Reader

from Downs: “The Giant Astride the Centuries,”

and recorded music

12/4

lec.2: Prof. K. Spoerl

“Beethoven and the Romantic Movement

12/5

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

list of musical terms,

and recorded music

12/9

lec.3: Prof. Cox

“Beethoven, Facing the Music”

12/10

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

12/11

lec.4: The Ying Quartet

lecture-demonstration The Ying Quartet

in concert, Dana Center

Theatre, 7pm

12/12

sem.4: discussion of evening performance, and recorded music

 

 

Second Semester

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CHARLES DARWIN

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

1/20

lec.1: Prof. Stahl

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

In The Abby Church

Film:“Inherit the Wind”
7:00 PM Perini lecture Hall

9:15: Discussion on Creation and Evolution

1/21

sem.1: Reader,

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

1/22

lec.2: Prof. McGhee

“Creation and Evolution: the Victorian Debate

1/23

sem.2: Reader, Introduction to and selections from The Origin of Species, and  William Paley: “Responses to The Origin of Species,”

and Genesis 1 & 2

1/27

lec.3: Prof. J. Spoerl

“Social Darwinism”

 

1/28

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

1/29

lec.4: D.D. Dagit, Ph.D.

“Evolution After Darwin

 

1/30

sem.4: Reader, Intro. to and Himmelfarb’s “The Argument of the Origin,”

readings by Feldbaum, Stolberg, and Kurzweil, and hand-out

 

 

ANDREW CARNEGIE

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

2/3

lec.1: Prof. A. Kenison,

“Andrew Carnegie in Historical Context”

 

FILM: Carnegie: The American Experience”

7:00PM Dana Center

Discussion to follow

 

2/4

sem.1: Reader, Carnegie, “How I Served My Apprenticeship,” and

selections from Carnegie’s Autobiography

2/5

lec.2: Fr. William,

“Andrew Carnegie and American Labor”

2/6

sem.2: Reader, “An Employer’s View of the Labor Question,” “A Workingman’s Prayer for the Masses,” “The Incident of the 6th of July,” “The Situation at Homestead,” “Homestead and Its Perilous Trades…”

2/10

lec.3: Prof. Kuehne,

“Andrew Carnegie, Politics, and Government”

 

 

 

2/11

sem.3: Reader, “Popular Illusions About Trusts,” “Looking Backward,” “Revolution: The Evolution of Socialism”

2/12

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

2/13

sem.4: Reader, excerpts from Carnegie’s Autobiography; “Homestead as Seen by One of Its Workmen

 

 

 

SIGMUND FREUD

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

2/17

lec.1: Prof. Pajakowski

“Interpreting Dreams: Freud and the Origins of Psychoanalysis”

 

FILM: Freud: The Analysis of a Mind and clips from Hamlet 7:00PM Perini Lecture Hall

8:45 Discussion led by Professor Norton

2/18

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

2/19

lec.2: Prof. J. Spoerl

“Sigmund Freud’s Philosophy of Mind”

2/20

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

2/24

lec.3: Prof. La Chance,

“Freud and the Problem of Passionate Belief”

2/25

sem.3: The Future of an Illusion, pp. 18-71

2/26

lec.4: Prof. Norton

“Freud and Literature”

2/27

sem.4: Kafka’s

The Metamorphosis

recess

recess

recess

recess

 

 

PABLO PICASSO

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

3/9

No lecture

3/10

Exam

3/11

lec.1: Prof. Pajakowski

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

3/12

sem.1: Reader

Kern: “The Cubist War,”

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

VSRC Slide Kiosk Picasso Seminar Slides

On Campus use only. Here is the slide list.

 

3/16

lec.2: Prof. Rossbach,

“Picasso, Cubism and the Paris Milieu”

 

FILM: New Ways of Seeing: Picasso, Braque, and the Cubist Revolution
7:00PM Dana Center
8:00 PM Discussion led by Prof Mahoney. Dana Conference Room.

3/17

sem.2: Reader

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

VSRC Slide Kiosk Picasso Seminar Slides

On Campus use only. Here is the slide list.

 

3/18

lec.3: Prof. Cleveland

“Picasso and Stravinsky”

3/19

sem.3: Reader

Stravinsky: “The Composition of Music,”

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

VSRC Slide Kiosk Picasso Seminar Slides

On Campus use only. Here is the slide list.

Listening Notes

3/23

lec. 4: Prof. Hoffman

Guernica and Beyond”

3/24

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

VSRC Slide Kiosk Picasso Seminar Slides

On Campus use only. Here is the slide list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DUKE ELLINGTON

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

 

 

 

3/25

lec.1: Prof. Salerno

“Duke Ellington and America in the 20th Century

 

3/26

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

3/30

lec.2: Prof. Cleveland

“Listening to Jazz

 

Screening of selections from Ken Burns’ Jazz

Series, 7 pm, Perini Lecture Hall (Goulet)

3/31

sem.2: recorded music

4/1

lec.3: Prof. Reagan

“Before there was Rap, there was Jazz Poetry”

4/2

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

4/6

No lecture

4/7

No seminar

Easter Recess begins at 5:30

4/8

Holy Thursday

4/9

Good Friday

4/13

lec. 4: Prof. Gleason

“On Ellington’s Music in Performance”

Evening Concert,

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

4/14

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

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

 

 

 

 

ALBERT CAMUS

 

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

 

 

4/15

lec. 1: Prof. Mahoney,

“Camus and the Logic of Absurdity”

4/16

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

4/20

lec.2: Prof. Dubrulle

“Camus: The Political Context” 

FILM:  The Plague
7:00PM Perini Lecture Hall

4/21

sem.2: The Plague

4/22

lec. 3: Prof. Reagan, “Camus and Language”

4/23

sem.3: The Plague

4/27

lec.4: Prof. McMahon,

“Belief in God and the Problem of Evil”

4/28

sem.4: Reader,

from The Rebel

4/29

Prof. Bruce:

Concluding Lecture

4/30

Concluding Seminar