COURSE SCHEDULE
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
WHEN SCHEDULED
ON CAMPUS (in-class) THE CLASS STARTS AT 8:30 AND ENDS AT 11:15 (or as
otherwise specified).
WHEN ON-SITE,
THE CLASS STARTS AT 9:15 (or as otherwise specified) AND ENDS AT 12:00.
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8\29
FIRST
PART. COURSE PRESENTATION AND INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY OF ROME
SECOND
PART. ROME THE BEAUTIFUL. A WALK IN TRASTEVERE AND THE JANICULUM HILL
Appointment:
8:30 in class.
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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9\5 IN-CLASS. TAKING THE
STEREOTYPE OF ROME AS “ETERNAL CITY APART”: 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).
Trabalzi, F.: “Primavalle: Urban
Reservation in Rome”.
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9\12 ON-SITE. 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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9\19 ON-SITE. FORUM BOARIUM AND
THE EX-JEWISH GHETTO OR THE PARADOXES OF PROTECTING CULTURAL HERITAGE
Appointment: 9:15 at Tiber Island
under the statue of Saint Bartholomew.
Handouts
for this walk will be distributed at the beginning of class.
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9\26 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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10\3 IN CLASS. RECAP
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10\10
IN-CLASS:
9:00-11:00. MIDTERM AND TURN IN
TERM PAPER.
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10\17
ON-SITE.
THE AVENTINE HILL
Appointment: in Class at 9:15
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10\24
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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10\31
IN-CLASS.
CENTRO SOCIALE FORTE PRENESTINO: A CASE OF RESISTANCE TO THE POWER
Reading:
Mudu. P. 2014:”Where
is Culture in Rome? In Marinaro and Thomassen, eds. Global Rome (Indianapolis:
Indiana University Press), pp. 246-264.
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11\7
ON-SITE. Testaccio NEIGHBORHOOD: THE STRUGGLE TO DEFINE AN IDENTITY
Meeting Point:
Bus 23 stop Marmorata-Galvani near PIRAMIDE at 9:15.
Handouts
for this walk is on the class website
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11\14
ON-SITE. RELIGION AND
MULTICULTURALISM IN ROME YESTERDAY AND TODAY: BASILICA SAN CLEMENTE AND THE ESQUILINO
NEIGHBORHOOD
Appointment 9:15 metro stop Colosseo.
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11\21
OPEN
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11\23 ON-SITE.
GREEN ROME: THE EVOLUTION OF ROME’S PARK. THE CASE OF VILLA PAMPHILI
Appointment: 9:15 in class
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11\28 IN-CLASS. FINAL RECAP
INAL TBA