COURSE SCHEDULE
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MON 9\3. IN CLASS COURSE PRESENTATION
Readings:
Clough Marinaro, I. and B. Thomassen, 2014:” Into the City: The Changing Faces of Rome,” in Clough Marinaro, I. and B. Thomassen, eds. Global Rome (Indianapolis: Indiana University Press)
Thomassen, B., and P. Vereni, 2014: “Diversely Global Rome.” In Clough Marinaro, I. and B. Thomassen, eds. Global Rome (Indianapolis: Indiana University Press)
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MON 9\10. IN-CLASS. 1870-1940 THE MODERN INVENTION OF ANCIENT ROME
Readings:
David Watkin, “Archaeologists under the kings of United Italy” pp. 196-200 and “From Mussolini To Hitler to Holes on the Ground,” pp. 201-222, In The Roman Forum (London: Profile Books, 2011). Available as ebook from JCU library
Trabalzi, F.: “Primavalle: Urban Reservation in Rome"
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MON 9\17. LEARNING FROM THE FORUM: THE MODERN LANDSCAPE OF ANCIENT ROME
Appointment: 9:15 in Piazza del Campidoglio under the equestrian statue of Emperor Marco Aurelio
Handouts for this walk will be distributed at the beginning of class.
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MON 9\24. FORUM BOARIUM AND THE EX-JEWISH GHETTO OR THE PARADOXES OF PROTECTING CULTURAL HERITAGE
Appointment: 9:15 at Tiber Island by the statue of Saint Bartholomew.
Handouts for this walk will be distributed at the beginning of class
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MON 10\1. ON-SITE. PARK OF THE AQUEDUCTS: THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF A MODERN-ANCIENT MONUMENT
Appointment: 9:15 at Metro A station Giulio Agricola. Expected return time to campus around 12:15.
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MON 10\8. IN CLASS RECAP.
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MON 10\15. IN CLASS MIDTERM. TURN IN MIDTERM PAPER
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MON 10\22. THE AVENTINE HILL
Appointment: 9:15 on campus by the entry.
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MON 10/29 OPEN
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MON 11/5 IN-CLASS. THE SOCIAL MARGIN AS A SITE OF RESISTANCE TO THE POWER
Readings:
bell hooks: “Choosing the Margin as a site of Radical Openness,” in Yearning: Race, Gender and Cultural Politics”, Boston: South End Press,1990
bell hooks: “Marginality as Site of Resistance”
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MON 11/12. ON-SITE. TESTACCIO NEIGHBORHOOD: THE STRUGGLE TO DEFINE AN IDENTITY
Meeting Point: Bus 23 stop Marmorata-Galvani near PIRAMIDE at 9:15.
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11\19 ON-SITE. RELIGION AND MULTICULTURALISM IN ROME YESTERDAY AND TODAY: BASILICA SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE AND THE ESQUILINO NEIGHBORHOOD
Appointment 9:15 at Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore in front of the Basilica