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Friday, 25 January 2013
The Sorority Experiment
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My courses this term!
Origins of U.S. Global Power [History course/American studies course]
(Policies, strategies, and ideas that enabled the United States to become a world power. Manifest Destiny, expansion, and empire; American exceptionalism; nationalism and internationalism; capitalism and consumer culture; technological innovation; the relation between domestic politics and U.S. foreign policy, particularly with regard to race and gender; challenges and resistance to U.S. global power. Focus on the twentieth century, with introduction to critical moments in U.S. and international history during the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.)
French and Francophone Cultural History
Representations of the Orient in French literature from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries.
Eastern Europe since 1914, with Timothy Snyder
Eastern Europe from the collapse of the old imperial order to the enlargement of the European Union. Main themes include world war, nationalism, fascism, and communism. Special attention to the structural weaknesses of interwar nation-states and postwar communist regimes. Nazi and Soviet occupation as an age of extremes. The collapse of communism. Communism after 1989 and the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the 1990s as parallel European trajectories.
Structure and History of English Words
Sources and resources of the English lexicon. The development and internal structure of English words, especially those of classical origin. Application of linguistic principles to the study of etymology, word meaning, and semantic change. Focus on understanding the richness of the English vocabulary and its cultural roots while acquiring tools to analyze words and their elements.
Ethics and International Affairs
Moral reflection taken beyond state boundaries. Traditional questions about state conduct and international relations as well as more recent questions about intergovernmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the design of global institutional arrangements.
(Policies, strategies, and ideas that enabled the United States to become a world power. Manifest Destiny, expansion, and empire; American exceptionalism; nationalism and internationalism; capitalism and consumer culture; technological innovation; the relation between domestic politics and U.S. foreign policy, particularly with regard to race and gender; challenges and resistance to U.S. global power. Focus on the twentieth century, with introduction to critical moments in U.S. and international history during the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.)
French and Francophone Cultural History
Representations of the Orient in French literature from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries.
Eastern Europe since 1914, with Timothy Snyder
Eastern Europe from the collapse of the old imperial order to the enlargement of the European Union. Main themes include world war, nationalism, fascism, and communism. Special attention to the structural weaknesses of interwar nation-states and postwar communist regimes. Nazi and Soviet occupation as an age of extremes. The collapse of communism. Communism after 1989 and the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the 1990s as parallel European trajectories.
Structure and History of English Words
Sources and resources of the English lexicon. The development and internal structure of English words, especially those of classical origin. Application of linguistic principles to the study of etymology, word meaning, and semantic change. Focus on understanding the richness of the English vocabulary and its cultural roots while acquiring tools to analyze words and their elements.
Ethics and International Affairs
Moral reflection taken beyond state boundaries. Traditional questions about state conduct and international relations as well as more recent questions about intergovernmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the design of global institutional arrangements.
Thursday, 24 January 2013
First week back
Chris came to visit for the weekend! We went out for Ethiopian food, got milkshakes at Shake Shack, and went to see Argo. We also went to Jeremy Hutton's birthday party, and watched When Harry Met Sally for the *nth time. :D
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
An Excellent Break!
Brief recap:
-- Darien with Chris, Dec 18-21
-- Home, sleepover with Jenny and Jackie, Christmas with Grandma, Grandpa, Rick, Di and the twins! And Maine for a day. Dec 22-28
-- Florida, Dec 29-Jan 2
-- Sugarloaf, Maine, Skiing, Jan 3-6
-- Home, Jan 6-10
-- Darien, Jan 10-14 : Indian food, Zero Dark Thirty, Scrabble, and lots of cooking!
-- Darien with Chris, Dec 18-21
-- Darien, Jan 10-14 : Indian food, Zero Dark Thirty, Scrabble, and lots of cooking!
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