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This year\u2019s cycle of Humanities Core is organized around the theme Empire and Its Ruins<\/em>, which will emphasize how humans have made sense of the rise and fall of societies and the effects of dominant structures on people who are marginalized. Empire will take us to a variety of settings, including ancient Rome, the clash between Spanish and Inca civilizations, and U.S. imperialism in Asia.<\/p>\n

This quarter, we will address the formation and maintenance of the Roman Empire, the concept of \u201cruins\u201d in painting and film, and the American ideology of Manifest Destiny. We will reflect (among other things) on how empire structures the way we think about \u201ccivilization,\u201d otherness, community, legitimacy, property, progress, resistance, and oppression. And we will analyze these ideas in written texts, images, and film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nResearch Help<\/a><\/i>
\nPeer Tutoring<\/a><\/i>
\nWriting Center<\/a><\/i>
\nUCI Support<\/a><\/p>\n

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Humanities Core promotes diversity, tolerance, and inclusion, regardless of personal identification or political status. We base these values on democratic ideals of political and structural equality. We reject forms of violence and oppression that undermine such equality, including perspectives that appropriate the term “humanity” as a way of excluding others. Our work aims to understand the many facets of humanity as a way of discerning what is best in all of us: what is most creative, most compassionate, and most just. As humanists committed to this vision of equity and human dignity, we unequivocally support each person’s humanity and reject ideologies grounded in bigotry.<\/div>\n

REQUIRED MATERIALS<\/h4>\n

Books will be available at the bookstore<\/a>. Important: The course requires the specific editions listed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coetzee, J. M. Waiting for the Barbarians<\/i>. Penguin, 1982. ISBN: 9780140061109<\/p>\n

Greenberg, Amy S. Manifest Destiny and American Territorial Expansion<\/i>. Bedford\/St. Martin’s, 2011. ISBN: 9780312600488<\/p>\n

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. The Basic Political Writings<\/i>. Translated and edited by Donald Cress. Hackett, 2011.\u00a0ISBN: 9781603846738<\/p>\n

Virgil. Aeneid<\/i>. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics deluxe ed., 2006\/2008.\u00a0ISBN: 9780143105138<\/p>\n

Castillo, Larisa, ed. Humanities Core Writer’s Handbook<\/em>. Xanedu, 2017. ISBN: 9781506698427. [Available, as “Human 1a Coursepack,” only at the university bookstore<\/a>]<\/p>\n

FALL 2017 LECTURE CALENDAR<\/h4>\n
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Lectures are held:
\nM\/W (not on Fridays<\/em>) 9:00-9:50am in BS3 1200<\/a>
\nM\/W (not on Fridays<\/em>) 11:00-11:50am in\u00a0BS3 1200<\/a>
\nTu\/Th 9:30-10:20am (not till 10:50am<\/em>) in\u00a0HIB 100<\/a><\/p>\n

Students in Humanities Core enroll in a lecture and in a corresponding writing seminar. This calendar (subject to change<\/em>) provides information about the lecturing faculty, readings, writing assignments, and special events.The reading assignment for each lecture should be completed before<\/em> the lecture. The password for downloadable pdfs will be provided to enrolled students. If and when lecture slides are available for a particular lecture, a link to download them will be provided.<\/p>\n

For information about your writing seminar, please sign in to MyEEE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/b><\/td>\nLecturer<\/strong><\/td>\nReadings<\/strong><\/td>\nAssignments<\/strong><\/td>\nEvents<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Week 0<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNo lectures. TuTh seminars do meet on Thursday, 9\/28, and MWF seminars do meet on Friday, 9\/29.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/2, 10\/3<\/td>\n\n

Lazo<\/p>\n

<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n

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Said, “Politics of Knowledge.”\u00a0[ddownload id=”1331″]<\/p>\n

Coetzee,\u00a0Waiting for the Barbarians<\/em> ch. 1 (pp. 1-24).<\/p>\n

Writer’s Handbook,<\/i>\u00a0“Empire and the Humanities.”<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/4, 10\/5<\/td>\n\n

Lazo<\/p>\n

<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n

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Said, Orientalism<\/em> excerpt (pp. 1-15, 19-23). [ddownload id=”1518″]<\/p>\n

Coetzee, Waiting for the\u00a0<\/em>Barbarians<\/em> ch. 2-3 (pp. 25-76).<\/td>\n

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Start Blog Assignment<\/a><\/p>\n

Online chapter: “Blogging and Web Design”<\/a><\/td>\n

Watch blog tutorial<\/a>. For additional help: Drop-in help hours in HH 217 on Wed., Oct. 4, 12-1:20pm,\u00a0Thurs., Oct. 5, 3:30-4:30pm,\u00a0Fri., Oct. 6, 2-3pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/9, 10\/10<\/td>\n\n

Lazo<\/p>\n

<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n

Coetzee,\u00a0Waiting for the Barbarians<\/em> ch. 4-6 (pp. 76-156).<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/11, 10\/12<\/td>\nZissos
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		Tacitus, Annals<\/em><\/a> XI and Agricola<\/em><\/a> Ch. 29-32. [ddownload id=”1534″]<\/td>\nStart Essay 1 Assignment<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/16, 10\/17<\/td>\nZissos
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/18, 10\/19<\/td>\nZissos
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		Virgil, Aeneid<\/em>, Books 1, 2, 4.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nFriday Forum
\nOct. 20, 11:00am, BioSci3 1200.
\nResearch at the UCI Libraries. View reading.<\/a> Watch screencast<\/a>. (Campus internet access or VPN<\/a> required.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/23, 10\/24<\/td>\nZissos
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		Virgil, Aeneid<\/em>, Books 6-7.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/25, 10\/26<\/td>\nZissos
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		Virgil,\u00a0Aeneid<\/em>, Books 10, 12.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/30, 10\/31<\/td>\nZissos
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/1, 11\/2<\/td>\nSteintrager
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		\n

Rousseau, “Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts,” Part 1, in\u00a0Basic Political\u00a0<\/em>Writings,\u00a0<\/em>pp.\u00a03-13.<\/p>\n

Gandy, Soane’s Bank of England images (gallery<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Forum Reading: Kant, “What is Enlightenment?”\u00a0[ddownload id=”1788″]<\/td>\n

Midterm in seminar<\/td>\nFriday Forum
\nNov. 3, 11:00am, BioSci3 1200
\nWhat is Enlightenment?
\n(Video<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/6, 11\/7<\/td>\nSteintrager
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		Rousseau, “Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts,” Part 2, in\u00a0Basic Political Writings,\u00a0<\/em>pp.\u00a014-25.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/8, 11\/9<\/td>\nSteintrager
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		Rousseau, “Discourse on … Inequality,” Part 1, in\u00a0Basic Political Writings,<\/em>\u00a0pp. 28-69 + notes, pp. 93-117.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/13, 11\/14<\/td>\nSteintrager
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		Rousseau, “Discourse on … Inequality,” Part 2, in\u00a0Basic Political Writings,<\/em>\u00a0pp. 69-92 + notes, pp. 117-20.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/15, 11\/16<\/td>\nSteintrager
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		\n

Volney,\u00a0Ruins of Empires<\/a>, <\/em>selections [ddownload id=”4356″]<\/p>\n

Piranesi and Robert images (gallery<\/a>)<\/td>\n

Start Essay 2 Assignment<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/20, 11\/21<\/td>\nSteintrager
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		Cole, Course of Empire <\/em>paintings\u00a0(gallery<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/22, 11\/23<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n

No lecture on Wednesday, 11\/22, but seminars do meet.<\/em><\/p>\n

No lecture or seminars on Thursday, 11\/23: Thanksgiving Holiday.<\/em><\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/27, 11\/28<\/td>\nLazo
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		Greenberg, ed.,\u00a0Manifest Destiny<\/em>, 41-44, 46-49, 52-54, 78-79, 105-107, 116-119, 149-150 [image<\/a>].<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11\/29, 11\/30<\/td>\nLazo
\n<\/i> Slides<\/a><\/td>\n		Greenberg, ed.,\u00a0Manifest Destiny<\/em>,\u00a0pp.\u00a055-57, 120-125, 143-145, 57-59, 63-69, 151-153.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/4, 12\/5<\/td>\nLazo<\/td>\n\n

I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, The Revenant<\/em> (online<\/a> — You must use your @uci.edu email address.)<\/p>\n

Anzald\u00faa, \u201cThe Homeland, Aztl\u00e1n\u201d (Borderlands\/La Frontera: The New Mestiza<\/em> 23-35) [ddownload id=”4389″]<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/6, 12\/7<\/td>\nLazo<\/td>\nZitkala-\u0160a “Impressions of an Indian Childhood,” “Schooldays.”<\/a>\u00a0[ddownload id=”2465″]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Final Exams will be held in seminar classrooms and scheduled according to seminar class times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lecture slides available for download<\/h4>\n

(Please check availability just before the lecture time.)<\/p>\n

10\/2, 10\/3\u00a0[ddownload_list tags=lazo-f2017-lecture1 style=title]<\/p>\n

10\/4, 10\/5\u00a0[ddownload_list tags=lazo-f2017-lecture2 style=title]<\/p>\n

10\/9, 10\/10\u00a0[ddownload_list tags=lazo-f2017-lecture3 style=title]<\/p>\n

10\/11, 10\/12 [ddownload_list tags=zissos-f2017-lecture1 style=title]<\/p>\n

10\/16, 10\/17 [ddownload_list tags=zissos-f2017-lecture2 style=title]<\/p>\n

10\/18, 10\/19 [ddownload_list tags=zissos-f2017-lecture3 style=title]<\/p>\n

10\/23, 10\/24 [ddownload_list tags=zissos-f2017-lecture4 style=title]<\/p>\n

10\/25, 10\/26 [ddownload_list tags=zissos-f2017-lecture5 style=title]<\/p>\n

10\/30, 10\/31 [ddownload_list tags=zissos-f2017-lecture6 style=title]<\/p>\n

11\/1, 11\/2 [ddownload_list tags=steintrager-f2017-lecture1 style=title]<\/p>\n

11\/6, 11\/7 [ddownload_list tags=steintrager-f2017-lecture2 style=title]<\/p>\n

11\/8, 11\/9 [ddownload_list tags=steintrager-f2017-lecture3 style=title]<\/p>\n

11\/13, 11\/14 [ddownload_list tags=steintrager-f2017-lecture4 style=title]<\/p>\n

11\/15, 11\/16 [ddownload_list tags=steintrager-f2017-lecture5 style=title]<\/p>\n

11\/20, 11\/21 [ddownload_list tags=steintrager-f2017-lecture6 style=title]<\/p>\n

11\/27, 11\/28 [ddownload_list tags=lazo-f2017-lecture4 style=title]<\/p>\n

11\/29, 11\/30 [ddownload_list tags=lazo-f2017-lecture5 style=title]<\/p>\n

12\/4, 12\/5\u00a0[ddownload_list tags=lazo-f2017-lecture6 style=title]<\/p>\n

12\/6, 12\/7\u00a0[ddownload_list tags=lazo-f2017-lecture7 style=title]<\/p>\n

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