COURSE CALENDAR
FALL 2009
Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791
Mark C. Carnes and Gary Kates
Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 plunges students into the intellectual, political, and ideological currents that surged through revolutionary Paris in the summer of 1791. Students are leaders of major factions within the National Assembly (and in the streets outside) as it struggles to create a constitution amidst internal chaos and threats of foreign invasion. Will the king retain power? Will the priests of the Catholic Church obey the “general will” of the National Assembly or the dictates of the pope in Rome? Do traditional institutions and values constitute restraints on freedom and individual dignity or are they its essential bulwarks? Are slaves, women, and Jews entitled to the “rights of man”? Is violence a legitimate means of changing society or of purging it of dangerous enemies? In wrestling with these issues, students consult Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Social Contract and Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France, among other texts.
Week 1
Tue 25 Aug: Introduction of Course and Professors
Thu 27 Aug: Introduction of Students
Week 2
Tue 1 Sep: Controversy Lectures (Bailly, Davies, & Garrote)
Thu 4 Sep: form student debate teams and meet
Week 3
Tue 8 Sep: Student Debates
Thu 10 Sep: Student Debates
Week 4
Tue 15 Sep: Davies lecture
INTRODUCTION: Character Research Paper (Davies)
Thu 17 Sep: Garrote lecture
Week 5
Tue 22 Sep: Role Assignments and Factions Meetings
Thu 24 Sep: Art before the French Revolution (Bailly)
INTRODUCTION: Box Portrait Project (Bailly)
Week 6
Tue 29 Sep: Dr. Brian Peterson lecture
Thu 1 Oct: Davies lecture
QUIZ: The Social Contract
Week 7
Tue 6 Oct: Garrote lecture
INTRODUCTION: Newspaper Project (Garrote)
Thu 8 Oct: Dr. Darden Asbury Pyron lecture
Week 8
Tue 13 Oct: Art and the French Revolution (Bailly)
Thu 15 Oct: Faction Meetings
Thu 15 Oct: Honors College Convocation at 14:00. Attendance mandatory.
Week 9
Tue 20 Oct: La Nuit de Varennes (film)
Thu 22 Oct: La Nuit de Varennes (film)
QUIZ: Lectures
Week 10
Tue 27 Oct: French Revolution Jeopardy
DUE: Character Research Paper (Davies)
Thu 29 Oct: National Assembly Elections
Week 11
Tue 3 Nov: Box Portrait Review
QUIZ: French Revolution Gamebook 1
DUE: Box Portrait Project (Bailly)
Thu 5 Nov: Reacting to the Past: Faction Meetings | First National Assembly (Civil Constitution Clergy)
Week 12
Tue 10 Nov: Reacting to the Past | Second National Assembly (Civil Constitution Clergy)
Thu 12 Nov: Reacting to the Past | Second National Assembly (Civil Constitution Clergy)
Week 13
Tue 17 Nov: Reacting to the Past | Third National Assembly
Thu 19 Nov: Reacting to the Past | Third National Assembly
QUIZ: French Revolution Gamebook 2
Week 14
Tue 24 Nov: Reacting to the Past | Fourth National Assembly
Thu 26 Nov: No Class: Thanksgiving
Week 15
Tue 1 Dec: Reacting to the Past | Fifth National Assembly
DUE: Newspaper Project (Garrote)
Thu 3 Dec: Reacting to the Past | Fifth National Assembly
QUIZ: The Gods Will Have Blood
Wed 16 Dec: Deadline (by 23:59) for faculty to submit grades.
SPRING 2010
Week 1
Tue 5 Jan: Danton (film)
Thu 7 Jan: Danton (film)
Week 2
Tue 12 Jan: French Revolution Jeopardy Sequel
INTRODUCTION: Film Project
Thu 14 Jan: Reacting to the Past | Sixth National Assembly
Week 3
Tue 19 Jan: Reacting to the Past | Seventh National Assembly
Thu 21 Jan: Reacting to the Past | Seventh National Assembly
Week 4
Tue 26 Jan: Reacting to the Past | Eighth National Assembly
QUIZ:
Thu 28 Jan: Reacting to the Past | Eighth National Assembly
Week 5
Tue 2 Feb: Reacting to the Past | Ninth National Assembly
Thu 4 Feb: Reacting to the Past | Ninth National Assembly
Week 6
Tue 9 Feb: Reacting to the Past | Tenth National Assembly
Thu 11 Feb: Reacting to the Past | Tenth National Assembly
Week 7
Tue 16 Feb: Reacting to the Past | Eleventh National Assembly
Thu 18 Febt: Reacting to the Past | Eleventh National Assembly
Week 8
Tue 23 Feb: Reacting to the Past | Twelfth National Assembly
Thu 25 Feb: Reacting to the Past | Twelfth National Assembly
Week 9
Tue 2 Mar: Reacting to the Past | Thirteenth National Assembly
Thu 4 Mar: Reacting to the Past | Thirteenth National Assembly
Week 10
Tue 9 Mar: Reacting to the Past | Fourteenth National Assembly
Thu 11 Mar: Reacting to the Past | Fourteenth National Assembl
Week 11
Tue 16 Mar: No Class: Spring Break
Thu 18 Mar: No Class: Spring Break
Week 12
Tue 23 Mar: Film Project Festival
Thu 25 Mar: Film Project Festival
Week 13
Tue 30 Mar: Reacting to the Past | Fifthteenth National Assembly
Thu 1 Apr: Reacting to the Past | Fifthteenth National Assembly
Week 14
Tue 6 Apr: Reacting to the Past | Sixteenth National Assembly
Thu 8 Apr: Reacting to the Past | Sixteenth National Assembly
Week 15
Tue 13 Apr: Theatre Play
Thu 15 Apr: French food potluck
Week 16
Tue 20 Apr (from 12 - 2 PM) : Exam Week
Wed 28 Apr: Deadline (by 23:59) for faculty to submit grades.