{"id":6623,"date":"2019-06-20T10:22:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T17:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/core.humanities.uci.edu\/?page_id=6623"},"modified":"2019-06-20T10:24:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T17:24:27","slug":"2018-2019-spring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/core.humanities.uci.edu\/index.php\/history-and-archives\/2018-2019-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"2018-2019 Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Poster<\/a><\/div>\n
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The final quarter of Empire and Its Ruins<\/em> centers on diaspora and the effect on empire on individual and community experience. We will explore how race and gender shaped early American encounters with indigenous peoples as well as the trans-Atlantic slave trade and economy; reflect on American imperialism in Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Philippines by drawing on archives from Southeast Asian-American communities in California; and analyze literary and filmic works created by Iranian women to respond to experiences of oppression and exile.<\/p>\n

This quarter presents students with the opportunity to direct their own research. Drawing on the many writing and research skills you learned over the course of the year, you will produce an oral history project and a scholarly research paper that will center on your own interests in the study of empire and its ruins.<\/p>\n

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<\/i>
\nEssay
\nPrompts<\/a><\/i>
\nResearch
\nHelp<\/a><\/i>
\nPeer
\nTutoring<\/a><\/i>
\nWriting
\nCenter<\/a><\/i>
\nUCI
\nSupport<\/a><\/p>\n

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LECTURING FACULTY<\/h4>\n

Prof. Sharon Block<\/a> (Dept. of History)<\/p>\n

Prof. Linda Trinh Vo<\/a> (Dept. of Asian American Studies)<\/p>\n

Prof. Nasrin Rahimieh<\/a> (Dept. of Comparative Literature)<\/p>\n

REQUIRED MATERIALS<\/h4>\n

Important: The course requires the specific editions and translations listed below.<\/p>\n

Parsipur, Shahrnush. Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran<\/em>. Translated by Faridoun Farrokh. The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2012. ISBN: 1558617531.<\/p>\n

Humanities Core Writer\u2019s Handbook: Empire and Its Ruins, 2018-19<\/em>. Edited by Tamara Beauchamp and Larisa Castillo. XanEdu, 2018. ISBN: 9781593994983.<\/p>\n

REQUIRED EVENT ATTENDANCE<\/h4>\n

A performance of Qui Nguyen’s play Poor Yella Rednecks<\/em> under the direction of May Adrales at South Coast Repertory Theater (see flyer<\/a> for information and schedule<\/a> for dates\/times)<\/p>\n

SPRING 2019 LECTURE CALENDAR<\/h4>\n
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Lectures are held:
\nM\/W 9:00-9:50am in BS3 1200<\/a>
\nM\/W 11:00-11:50am in BS3 1200<\/a>
\nTu\/Th 9:30-10:20am in ALP 1300<\/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, study questions (SQ), 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
Date<\/b><\/td>\nLecturer<\/strong><\/td>\nReadings<\/strong><\/td>\nAssignments\/SQ<\/strong><\/td>\nEvents<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/1, 4\/2<\/td>\n\n

Block:<\/p>\n

Introducing Colonialism, Race, and Sex<\/a><\/td>\n

\n

Excerpt from Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me<\/em> (2015)\u00a0[ddownload id=”3167″]<\/p>\n

Excerpt from Fields and Fields, \u201cHow Race Is Conjured,\u201d Jacobin<\/em>, June 29, 2015. PDF<\/a><\/td>\n

Week 1 SQ<\/a><\/td>\nPerformances of the play Poor Yella Rednecks<\/em> at South Coast Repertory run March 30-April 27<\/a>\u00a0(See flyer<\/a> for promo code for $10 tickets)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/3, 4\/4<\/td>\n\n

Block:<\/p>\n

Trans-Atlantic Slavery<\/a><\/td>\n

Equiano,\u00a0Narrative of the Life, <\/em>excerpts. [ddownload id=”2526″]<\/td>\nStart Oral History Assignment<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/8, 4\/9<\/td>\n\n

Block:<\/p>\n

Gender Frontiers<\/a><\/td>\n

\n

Excerpts from Hawkins, A History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa<\/em> and from\u00a0Boscana’s Historical Account of the San Juan Capistrano Indians…<\/em> [ddownload id=”2532″]<\/p>\n

“Jennifer Morgan.\u00a0How Historians Research<\/a>,”\u00a0Ben Franklin’s World<\/em> podcast, ep. 70. (Transcript available<\/a>)<\/td>\n

Week 2 SQ<\/a><\/td>\nPeer Tutoring and the HumCore Reading Group<\/a> start this week<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/10, 4\/11<\/td>\n\n

Block:<\/p>\n

Race-Based Labor<\/a><\/td>\n

Race-Based Labor: Three excerpts from historical documents. [ddownload id=”2537″]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/15, 4\/16<\/td>\n\n

Block:<\/p>\n

Sexual Violence, Race, and Colonialism<\/a><\/td>\n

\n

Sexual Violence, Race, Colonialism: Three historical documents. [ddownload id=”2549″]<\/p>\n

See sample transcribing instructions<\/a><\/td>\n

Week 3 SQ<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/17, 4\/18<\/td>\n\n

Block:<\/p>\n

Inscribing Race and Colonialism through Marriage<\/a><\/td>\n

Inscribing Race: Marriage and Reproduction: Three excerpts from historical documents. [ddownload id=”2543″]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/22, 4\/23<\/td>\n\n

Vo:<\/p>\n

Manifest Destiny in the Philippines<\/td>\n

Ignacio et al., “Manifest Destiny and the White Man’s Burden,” The Forbidden Book: The Philippine-American War in Political Cartoons<\/em>, pp. 23-34.\u00a0[ddownload id=”2553″]<\/td>\nWeek 4 SQ<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/24, 4\/25<\/td>\n\n

Vo:<\/p>\n

Capital, Labor & Empire<\/td>\n

\n

Ignacio et al., “Civilizing the Savages,”\u00a0Forbidden Book,\u00a0<\/em>pp. 65-79.\u00a0[ddownload id=”2556″]<\/p>\n

Blanco, “The Gothic Underside of U.S. Imperialism,”<\/a> Amerasia Journal<\/em> Vol. 31 No. 2, 2005, pp. 109-115. (VPN<\/a>\/UCI-access only, article starts on page 4 of the pdf.) Alternative access<\/a><\/td>\n

<\/td>\n\n

Friday, 4\/26: UROP Symposium<\/a>, HIB 135, 9am-1pm (Session 1: 9:15-10:30am, Session 2: 10:45am-12:15pm)<\/p>\n

Watch the video of the UROP Symposium<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Wk 5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/29, 4\/30<\/td>\n\n

Vo:<\/p>\n

Imperialism, Interventions & Vietnam<\/td>\n

\n

“The Metamorphosis of ‘Vietgone,'” South Coast Rep blog<\/a><\/p>\n

New York Times<\/a><\/em> and Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em> articles on Vietgone<\/em> (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n

LA Times<\/em><\/a> article on\u00a0Poor Yella Rednecks<\/em> (PDF<\/a>)<\/td>\n

Week 5 SQ<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5\/1, 5\/2<\/td>\n\n

Vo:<\/p>\n

(De)Constructing Refugee Narratives<\/td>\n

Online interviews at\u00a0Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History Project at UCI<\/a><\/p>\nMIDTERM in seminar<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5\/6, 5\/7<\/td>\n\n

Vo:<\/p>\n

Warfare, Memory & Cambodia<\/td>\n

Viewing: Pirozzi, Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten\u00a0<\/em>(2014, online<\/a>, @uci.edu login required<\/strong>)<\/td>\nWeek 6 SQ<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5\/8, 5\/9<\/td>\n\n

Vo:<\/p>\n

The AfterLives of Empire<\/td>\n

Um, “The ‘Vietnam War’: What’s in a Name?”<\/a> Amerasia Journal<\/em> Vol. 31 No. 2, 2005, pp. 134-139. (VPN\/UCI-access only; article starts on page 29 of the pdf). Alternative access<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5\/13, 5\/14<\/td>\n\n

Rahimieh:<\/p>\n

Iran’s Imperial Past<\/a><\/td>\n

Kinzer,\u00a0 \u201cInside Iran\u2019s Fury,\u201d Smithsonian Magazine<\/em> Oct. 2008.<\/a><\/td>\nWeek 7 SQ<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5\/15, 5\/16<\/td>\n\n

Rahimieh:<\/p>\n

Engendering a New National Imaginary<\/a><\/td>\n

Parsipur,\u00a0Women without Men\u00a0<\/em>(transl. Farrokh)<\/td>\nRecommended: How to Prepare and Deliver an Oral Presentation<\/a> and list of digital tools<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5\/20, 5\/21<\/td>\n\n

Rahimieh:<\/p>\n

National Turmoil and the Fate of Women<\/a><\/td>\n

\n

Viewing: Shirin Neshat, Women Without Men<\/a><\/em>\u00a0film (VPN via software client only<\/a>\/UCI-access only)<\/p>\n

Reading: Neshat, “Women Without Men, A Conversation with Shirin Neshat,” My Sister Guard Your Veil,\u00a0<\/em>pp. 44-54. [ddownload id=”2594″]<\/td>\n

Week 8 SQ<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5\/22, 5\/23<\/td>\n\n

Rahimieh:<\/p>\n

Film Adaptation of Women without Men<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n

Viewing: Shirin Neshat, Women Without Men<\/a><\/em>\u00a0film (VPN via software client<\/a>\/UCI-access only)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5\/27, 5\/28<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0Memorial Day: No lecture Monday or Tuesday. Tuesday seminars do meet.
\n<\/em><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5\/29, 5\/30<\/td>\n\n

Rahimieh:<\/p>\n

How Can One Be Persian?<\/a><\/td>\n

\n

Viewing: Satrapi, Persepolis<\/em> (online, @uci.edu login required<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Reading: Satrapi, “How Can One Be Persian?”\u00a0My Sister
\nGuard Your Veil,\u00a0<\/em>pp. 20-23.\u00a0[ddownload id=”2596″]<\/td>\n

Week 9 SQ<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wk 10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6\/3, 6\/4<\/td>\n\n

Rahimieh:<\/p>\n

How Can One Be Iranian at Home and in Exile?<\/a><\/td>\n

Viewing: Satrapi, Persepolis<\/em> (online, @uci.edu login required<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6\/5, 6\/6<\/td>\n\n

Lazo:<\/p>\n

The Last Lecture<\/a><\/td>\n

Course Conclusion<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Final exams scheduled according to seminar time.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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