fall syllabus
difference and desire

glossary

contemplative study — a style of sustained academic inquiry and deep learning that practices the three pillars of quiet and thoughtful reflection: relaxation of body, centering of mind, and clarification of speech and ideas

skills practicum — in-class and on-line instruction and practice with college learning skills, including contemplative study habits, peer-review article research, english rhetoric and grammar, etc.

writing practice — in-class, informal writing done the old school way – with paper and pen – to help summarize, organize, and retain ideas and insights from the day’s discussions


Week 1, Sept 24-28 – establishing a foundation

monday sept 24

12:00 – introductions and planning

1:30 – understanding contemplative study

thursday sept 27

12:00 – critical practices for history and film

1:00 – feature film: splendor in the grass (1961)

3:30 – film discussion

friday sept 28

12:00 – program business meeting

12:45 – book seminar: Making Sex by Tom Laqueur


Week 2, Oct 1-5 – the americas before and after Columbus

monday Oct 1

12:00 – history class

1:30 – team meetings

3:00 – skills practicum

thursday Oct 4

12:00 – book seminar: circles and lines by John Demos; writing practice

2:30 – film/guest lecture

friday Oct 5

12:00 – getting started in photo


Week 3, Oct 8-12 – American revolution and early republic

monday Oct 8

12:00 – history class

1:30 – panel presentations: American Sexualities 56-72

  • team 6 – Reis ch3 “Indian Women, French Women, and the Regulation of Sex”
  • team 3 – Peiss ch2 “Sexual Encounters in the New World”

3:00 – skills practicum

thursday Oct 11

12:00 – book seminar: Stolen Childhood by Wilma King; writing practice

2:00 – photo lab

friday Oct 12

12:00 – history class, writing practice

2:00 – film – a patch of blue (1965)


Week 4, Oct Oct 15-19 Market revolution and separate spheres

monday Oct 15

12:00 – history class

1:30 – panel presentations: American Sexualities 11-24

  • team 2 – Reis ch1 “Bodies in Doubt; Intersex in Early America”
  • team 4 – Peiss ch3 “Regulating Sexuality in the Anglo-American Colonies”

3:00 – skills practicum

thursday Oct 18

12:00 book seminar: Wicked River by lee sandlin; writing practice

2:00 photo lab

friday Oct 19

12:00 – photo critique

2:00 – film



Week 5, Oct Oct 22-26 eastern cities and western frontier

monday Oct 22

12:00 – history class

1:30 – panel presentations: American Sexualities 82-94

  • team 7 – Reis ch4 “Rape and Sexual Power in Early America”
  • team 6 – Peiss ch4 “Gender Conflict and Sex Reform in the 19th Century”

3:00 – midterm team conferences

thursday Oct 25

12:00 – book seminar: One Thousand Deserts by brian delay; writing practice

2:00 – photo lab/midterm conferences

friday Oct 26

12:00 – photo critique and midterm photo review

2:00 – self evaluation/academic statement practicum


Week 6, Oct 29-Nov 2 Antebellum slave life and abolitionist movements

monday Oct 29

12:00 – history class

1:30 – panel presentations: American Sexualities 147-160

  • team 3 – Reis ch7 “White Women, Black Men, and Adultery in the Antebellum South”
  • team 7 – Peiss ch7 “Sexuality, Race, and Violence in Slavery and Freedom”

3:00 – skills practicum

thursday Nov 1

12:00 – book seminar: rereading sex, pt 1 by h l horowitz; writing practice

2:00 – photo lab

friday Nov 2

12:00 – history class, writing practicum

2:00 – film


Week 7, Nov 5-9 civil war north, south, east, west

monday Nov 5

12:00 – history class

1:30 – panel presentations: American Sexualities 101-114

  • team 1 – Reis ch5 “The Overflowing of Friendship”
  • team 5 – Peiss ch6 “Love and Intimacy in 19th Century America”

3:00 – skills practicum

thursday Nov 8

12:00 book seminar: rereading sex, pt 2 by h l horowitz; writing practice

2:00 – photo lab

friday Nov 9

12:00 – history class

2:00 – film


Week 8, Nov 12-16 Reconstruction north, south, east, west

monday nov 12

no classes – veteran’s day

thursday Nov 15

12:00 book seminar: emancipation’s diaspora by leslie schwalm; writing practice

2:00 – photo lab

friday Nov 16

2:00 – lecture

3:30 – panel presentations: American Sexualities 122-134

  • team 4 – Reis ch6 “Sex Among the Rabble”
  • team 2 – Peiss ch7 “Free Love, Free Speech, and Sex Censorship”

7pm – 9pm – contemplative studies retreat

saturday Nov 17

9am – 4pm – retreat

Sunday Nov 18

9am – 12:00pm – retreat


Thanksgiving Week, Nov 19-23

no classes


Week 9, Nov 26-30 Industrial revolution and the end of the frontier

monday nov 26

no classes

thursday Nov 29

12:00 – panel presentations American Sexualities 34-46

  • team 5 – Reis ch2 “Transgressive Male Sex in Early America”
  • team 1 – Brick* “Nomads, Bunkies, Cross Dressers, and Family Men: Cowboy Identity and the Gendering of Ranch Work”; “White Men, Red Masks: Appropriations of ‘Indian’ Manhoood in Imagined Wests”

2:00 – photo lab

friday nov 30

12:00 – history class

1:30 – book seminar: west from appomattox by heather cox richardson; writing practice

3:30 – photo critique, portfolio workshop



week 10, Dec 3-7 writing self evals and planning winter

monday dec 3

12:00 – history class

1:30 – self evaluation/academic statement workshop

3:00 – fall quarter integrative discussion seminar

Thursday dec 6

12:00 – winter planning

1:30 – potluck, photo critique

materials due

  • photo portfolio
  • writing/skills portfolio
  • draft self eval
  • draft academic statement

Friday dec 7

no classes

Evals week, Dec 10-14

monday dec 10

12:00-4pm – eval conferences

Tuesday dec 11

12:00-4pm – eval conferences

wednesday dec 12

12:00-4pm – eval conferences

 

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