Week 1 (Aug 27)
Week 2 (Sep 3)
Week 3 (Sep 10) – Guest speaker: Prof. Jennifer Murtazashvili (10:00).
Week 4 (Sep 17) – Guest speaker: Prof. Vera Achvarina, Readings for Prof. Achvarina’s lecture:
“No Place to Hide”
“Why Do Children Fight?”
Week 5 (Sep 24)
Week 6 (Oct 1)
Week 7 (Oct 8)
Week 8 (Oct 15), Class discussion: Sandel (Intro, Ch 1-3), Schiavo-Campo (Ch 3, 16), Zakaria (Intro, Ch 1-4)
Week 9: Mid-term (Oct 22) 9:00-11:00
Week 10 (Oct 29)
Week 11 (Nov 5)
Week 12 (Nov 12), Class discussion: Huntington (week 10), Gordimer (week 3), and Orwell (week 4)
Week 13 (Nov 19), Class discussion: Zakaria book, Mayfield (week 4), and Naipaul (In a free state story – the third story in the book)
** Presentations (each team has 3-5 minutes)
Week 14 – No class. Thanksgiving.
Week 15 (Dec 3), Lecture and Review
Week 16: Final exam (Dec 10) 9:00-12:00
** Exam guidelines – Final version!
** Reading list for the final exam