English 209: Judaism, Islam, and History

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Day	Date	Topic	Homework
M	31-Jan	2 Parts--film on Judaism from 70 - 1492 CE Web site for film Heritage: Civilization and the Jews (we saw part 3: The Shaping of Traditions: 30-732 CE and part 4: The Crucible of Europe 732-1492, then part 8: Out of the Ashes: 1919-1947 Teaching site for Heritage film (contains lesson plans)
W	2-Feb	Film: Film: Islam: Empire of Faith
M	7-Feb	Film on Holocaust: 8: Out of the Ashes: 1919-1947
W	9-Feb	Discussion
M	14-Feb	Hecht, "More Light, More light" Celan, "Death Fugue" Kafka, "In the Penal Colony" Propaganda film made for Hitler: Triumph of the Will (HD on Youtube)
W	16-Feb	Reading: Eli Wiesel's "Night," "Why I Write" Context: A God Who Remembers, by Eli Wiesel (NPR's This I Believe Series) Steven Colbert on Egyption democracy (2:20) Presentations Hannah West: Abraham & tenets of Judaism Lauren Fleming: Martin Luther & the Jews Kayla Tallent: Islam & the Five Pillars of Faith	What to study for the quiz Monday
M	21-Feb	Reading: Yoleck, Devil's Arithmetic (study guide for quiz here) Presentation
W	23-Feb	context Film: A Jew Among the Germans (Frontline) Film: Modern Times or the film version of Devil's Arithmetic Presentation: Tish Carver: History of Passover	Quiz Guide for Weisman, Echo in my Blood
M	28-Feb	Spring Break
W	2-Mar	Spring Break
M	7-Mar	Reading: Selections from Weisman, An Echo in my Blood (quiz guide) Chaplin, continued: The Great Dictator "best scenes" Globe scene Final scene Context: Weisman's Vanishing Homelands Series Carribean Dreams Yacyretá Life on the Edge of the Ozone Hole Blood Libel? Conservative "appropriation" of Judaism Sarah Palin's "Jewish Problem" and her "new Jewish problem" Is Barak Obama Muslim? Is Barak Obama Jewish? Presentations: Tish Carver, History of Passover Alison Rosoff: Anti-semitic art: Renaissance Katelyn Cartrette: Voltaire and Englightenment Anti-semitism	Quiz guide for All But My Life
W	9-Mar	Reading: Weisman, continued Presentations: Rebecca Kohler: Jewish-American immigration and assimilation (history) Ben Wheeler: Theodor Herzl and Zionism Chastity Llewellyn: Eugenics, Social Darwinism and Anti-Semitism
M	14-Mar	Reading: Klein, All But My Life (quiz guide) Presentation Ashley Lynch: Medieval Art and Anti-Semitism Context: Oprah and Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz (part 1) Spinnerei at Leipzig Note: extra credit for attending talk in Ramsey Center tonight: Holocaust survivor Susan Cernyak-Spatz will share stories from her 2005 published memoir, “Protective Custody: Prisoner 34042,” at 7 p.m. Monday. Be respectful, please--no texting, no leaving early.
W	16-Mar	Begin Film: The Pianist Presentations Ashley McNamara: The Weimar Republic The Midrash and the Talmud Sufi and Kabbalah: Mystical traditions in Judaism and / or Islam Sufism Jewish mysticism's origin in the Talmud Medieval Mysticsm Kabbalah (Wikipedia) and Kabbalah FAQ
M	21-Mar	Film Context: Movie version of the books in Becca's presentation (note bigotted commentary by viewers) Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a people Presentations Becca Bleich: Jewishness & Hollywood (An Empire of their Own: How the Jews shaped Hollywood/ Entertaining America: Jews, Movies, and Broadcasting (both available through ABC))
W	23-Mar	Reading: MAUS and Persepolis Presentations Justin Holmes: Art Spiegelman's Maus, a Graphic Novel Austin Kennedy: Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, a Graphic Novel	Study guide for articles by Everdell
M	28-Mar	Reading: William Everdell, The Idea of the Concentration Camp; World's Fair 1904 (handout) and Study guide for articles by Everdell Context: Islam and America (Al Jazeera English) Decoding the Koran (History Channel) Inside Islam (made in 2002, right after 9/11) The Center for Constitutional Rights Report: Guantanamo and its Aftermath Japanese Internment Camps Presentations Sally Butler: The White Rose Tim Sizemore: Sunni, Shia, and other branches of Islam Outline Diagram Bibliography Morgan Chappell: The Qu'ran	Study guide for The Reader
W	30-Mar	Film: God on Trial Context: Free speech or hate speech? (ABC News) Presentations Zack Joseph: Islamophobia since 2001	Paper topic (due April 18) Schlink's essay on this topic (provided by Kamilah B) Study guide for The Reader
M	4-Apr	Literary Festival (must attend three festival events in place of class)
W	6-Apr	Literary Festival
R	7-Apr	Alan Weisman will speak to interested students from 2:05 -3:20 in CO 102. Extra credit for attending.	Study guide for The Reader
M	11-Apr	Reading: Schlink, The Reader (quiz guide) Discussion questions plus film
W	13-Apr	Reading: Malcolm X: An Islamic Perspective Context Youtube video Presentations Rory Branning: Political Islam: Islamism and Al Quaeda Kamilah Bush: Prophets of Dissent: Black Arts Movement (Marvin X, Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, June Jordan,
M	18-Apr	No class	Study guide for The Shawl
W	20-Apr	Break
M	25-Apr	Reading: Ozick, The Shawl (study guide) Discussion of paper grades Example student paper
W	27-Apr	Prepare for final Exam (take home--due by Thursday, May 6, 5 PM as a Word Attachment) Reading: from Vreeland's Girl in Hyacinth Blue Context: Francesca's Duke of Urbino portrait Webmuseum: Vermeer Van Gogh's skies Rembrandt's faces Presentations Corinne Minor: Mainstream Muslim Writers: Naomi Shihab Nye, Nahid Rachlin, Khaled Hosseini, and others

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