Archive for the 'Nationalism' Category
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Have a good break.
The Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Program, inaugurated in 2003, is a competitive summer scholarship program in American history for outstanding college sophomores and juniors. The program, based in New York City, has been designed to both reward undergraduates who have demonstrated superb research and writing skills in the field of American history and to provide [...]
Folks–
I’ve had two consistent comments for the presentations so far:
1. You need to have an introduction for your presentation, laying out what the vision of what your country’s nationalism/patriotism looks like, and how you’re going to show it. A number of people have just started with specific details which, while interesting, do not give the [...]
Folks–
Here it is (my classes are bolded):
Fall 2007 Final Exam Schedule
Class Held:Exam Meets:
MWF 8:00-8:50 am Fri 12/14 8:00-10:00 am
MWF 9:00-9:50 am Mon 12/10 8:00-10:00 am
MWF 10:00-10:50 am Fri 12/14 10:10-12:10 pm
MWF 11:00-11:50 am Mon 12/10 10:10-12:10 pm
MWF 12:00-12:50 pm Fri 12/14 1:00-3:00 pm
MW 1:00-2:20pm Mon 12/10 1:00-3:00 pm
F 1:00-3:30 pm Tues 12/11 3:10-5:10 pm
MW 2:30-3:50 [...]
Owing to my illness on Monday, all presentations are shifted back one day. Monday’s scheduled presentations will go on Wednesday.
Should be done on the presentation readings for next, which will all be up by tomorrow morning.
My apologies for the absence of the midterm. There was a communication issue at my end. In any case, be ready to take the exam on Wednesday (10/10) in class.
Use the “humanities” style mentioned in the introduction to the guide.
From a Time.com article: (per our discussion on Monday)
“The provocations of [the Iranian President's] New York visit are an integral part of his domestic political strategy, which depends on his ability to hold America’s national attention with an unapologetically nationalist message about Iran’s nuclear rights, lecturing them about God and their aim to run the [...]
History of Patriotism Folks:
In a moment of sheer coincidence, I note the following article entitled “World Languages Dying Off Rapidly.”
Introductory paragraph:
“Of the estimated 7,000 languages spoken in the world today, linguists say, nearly half are in danger of extinction and are likely to disappear in this century. In fact, they are now falling out of [...]
The Jamestown Project- Small Tent April 16, 2009 dsilbey
- Votes Have Consequences, or Regionalization (continued) April 14, 2009 dsilbey
- What A Regional Party Looks Like April 7, 2009 dsilbey
- What Defeat Looks Like March 31, 2009 dsilbey
- The Wrong Question March 30, 2009 dsilbey
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