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Class Topic
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Assignment
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14 Jan
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1.
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Social memory, cultural memory and personal memory – a theoretical introduction
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16 Jan
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2.
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Constructing popular memory: film, TV, literature, memoirs, memorials & commemoration
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Readings on Masada on MyJCU / class handouts
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21 Jan
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3.
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War memorials and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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Visit the Vittoriano monument in Piazza Venezia & the Tomb of the Unknown soldier there.
Start reading Maus
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23 Jan
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4.
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Remembrance days: public holidays around the world
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28 Jan
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5.
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The First World War remembered in Italy
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Foot Ch. 2; Wilcox, “Public Ceremonies, Private Mourning” (on MyJCU). Find & photograph a WWI memorial here in Rome, bring pictures to class to discuss.
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30 Jan
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6.
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Film: Paths of Glory (1957)
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4 Feb
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7.
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Discussion of Paths of Glory. Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
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6 Feb
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8.
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Italian Fascism Remembered
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Foot Ch. 3. Online article on recent controversy: see MyJCU.
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11 Feb
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9.
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Film: Days of Glory (2005)
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13 Feb
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10.
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Discussion of Days of Glory, intro to the French-Algerian War.
Discussion of MAUS.
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N. Cooper, “‘Days of Glory’? Veterans, reparation and national memory”. Journal of War and Culture Studies, 2007 1(1): 91-106 (on MyJCU)
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18 Feb
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11.
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Film: The Battle of Algiers (1966)
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NY Times reading on Battle of Algiers (on MyJCU)
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20 Feb P
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12.
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Discussion of reading & film; France & Algeria today
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A. Prost “The Algerian War in French collective memory”*
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25 Feb
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13.
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Film: The Longest Day (1962)
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Burgoyne Intro & Ch. 1
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27 Feb
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14.
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Realism & Saving Private Ryan – representation vs experience
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Burgoyne Ch.2
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4 Mar
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15.
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Film: Catch-22 (1970)
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J. Chapman, War and Film, pp. 17-90
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6 Mar P
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16.
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Genre in World War II films; memorials of WWII
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J. Chapman, War and Film, pp. 184-204
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11 Mar
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17.
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Nazi Massacres in Italian memory
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Foot, Ch. 6.
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13 Mar P
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18.
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Holocaust memory & monuments around the world
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D. Ofer. "The Past That Does Not Pass: Israelis and Holocaust Memory."Israel Studies 14.1 (2009): 1-35. (on MyJCU)
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25 Mar
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19.
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Film: Downfall (2006)
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27 Mar P
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20.
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Nazism and the Holocaust in German memory & education
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1 Apr
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21.
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Film: The Nasty Girl (1991)
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Min Soo Kang, Review of The Nasty Girl (on MyJCU)
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3 Apr P
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22.
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Holocaust denial: forgetting or negating the past.
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D. Lipstadt, Denying the Holocaust: the growing assault on truth and memory (1993) – Preface & Ch. 1.
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8 Apr
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23.
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Film: History on trial (2000) [documentary]
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10 Apr P
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24.
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Japan & the Second World War: the Tokyo trials
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J. Macleod, Defeat and Memory: Cultural histories of military defeat (2008) Ch. 9
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15 Apr P
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25.
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Japan & the Second World War: the School Textbook controversy & veterans’ organisations
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J. Macleod, Defeat and Memory: Cultural histories of military defeat (2008) Ch.10
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17 Apr P
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26.
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Terrorism in Italy: Piazza Fontana and the Moro Case
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Foot, Ch. 8
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22 Apr P
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27.
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Contemporary memory: 9/11 and other recent terrorism
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Burgoyne, Ch. 6. Select ONE online memorial site and come to class prepared to show it / discuss it.
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24 Apr
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28.
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Conclusions & Revision Session
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