| University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Dr. Robert Stolz |
History 476 - Fall 2007 |
2829 Dunford Hall - 6F |
Office Hours: M 1-3pm |
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rstolz@utk.edu |
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| W | 8.22 | Introduction (PDFs are PASSWORD PROTECTED—the password is available on the BlackBoard course site) |
| History and Memory: Theoretical Questions | ||
| F | 8.24 | Jacques Le Goff, History and Memory, pp. 15-19, pp. 81-99, and pp. 199-216 |
| M | 8.27 | Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life, pp. 7-24; Borges, “Funes the Memorius” |
| W | 8.29 | Walter Benjamin “Theses on the Philosophy of History” (In Illuminations, pp. 253-64) |
| F | 8.31 | Kerwin Lee Klein, “On the Emergence of Memory in Historical Discourse” |
| M | 9.03 | NO CLASS Labor Day |
| W | 9.05 | Martin Sherwin, “Hiroshima as Politics and History” & Linenthal, “Struggling with History and Memory” (PDFs) |
| F | 9.07 | Pierre Nora, “Between Memory and History ” (PDF) |
| M | 9.10 | Steven Knapp, “Collective Memory and the Actual Past” (PDF) |
| Remembering the War | ||
| W | 9.12 | Gavan McCormack: “The Japanese Movement to 'Correct' History”; Tim Shorrock, “WW2 Memories 'nationalized' in Asia’s Psyche” |
| F | 9.14 | RAINED OUT—see revised schedule below (Paper on History and Memory due at the start of class) |
| M | 9.17 | Fujioka, “Professor Fujioka Speaks Out” and Hein and Selden, "Learning Citizenship from the Past: Textbook Nationalism, Global Context, and Social Change“ and Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform, "The Restoration of a National History" (handout) |
| W | 9.19 | "Japanese Education, Nationalism and Ienaga Saburo’s Lawsuits” and "Ienaga Saburo" from Sources of the Japanese Tradition, vol II: part 2. |
| F | 9.21 | Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, Silence Broken, Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 7. |
| M | 9.24 | Kim-Gibson, Silence Broken, Chapter 5 |
| W | 9.26 | Dudden, “We Came to Tell the Truth" |
| F | 9.28 | Choi, “The Politics of War Memories toward Healing” in Perilous Memories |
| M | 10.01 | Daqing Yang, “The Malleable and the Contested: The Nanjing Massacre in Postwar China and Japan” in Perilous Memories |
| W | 10.03 | Ishihara Masaie, “Memories of War and Okinawa,” and Diana Wong, “Memory Suppression and Memory Production: The Japanese Occupation of Singapore” in Perilous Memories |
| F | 10.05 | NO CLASS |
| M | 10.08 | Film: The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On |
| W | 10.10 | Film: The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On |
| F | 10.12 | NO CLASS |
| M | 10.15 | John Dower, “War Hates and War Crimes” |
| W | 10.17 | John Dower, “The War in Western Eyes” and Images (Project Proposals due at start of class) |
| Commemoration Struggles: Hiroshima and Nagasaki | ||
| F | 10.19 | Mahatma Gandhi, "The Atom Bomb & Ahimsa" (1946) Albert Camus, "Between Hell and Reason" (1945) Dwight Macdonald, "The Decline to Barbarism" (1945) Reinhold Niebuhr, "Our relations to Japan" (1945) in Hiroshima's Shadow (pp. 258-68; 275-77) |
| M | 10.22 | Henry L. Stimson, "The Decision
to Use the Atomic Bomb" (1947) in Hiroshima's Shadow (pp.
197-210) William Lanouette, "Three Attempts to Stop the Bomb" (1992) in Hiroshima's Shadow (pp. 99-118) |
| W | 10.24 | George Roeder, "Making Things Visible: Learning from the Censors" and Barton Bernstein pp. 130-4 in Hiroshima's Shadow |
| F | 10.26 | Film: White Light/Black Rain (2007) Paul Boyer, "Victory for What?—The Voice of the Minority" in Hiroshima's Shadow (pp. 239-52) |
| M | 10.29 | Alperovitz, Introduction and Paul Fussel, "Thank God for the Atom Bomb" in Hiroshima's Shadow |
| W | 10.31 | Film: The Atomic Cafe |
| F | 11.02 | Film: The Atomic Cafe |
| M | 11.05 | Alperovitz to 191 |
| W | 11.07 | Alperovitz "James Byrnes" chapter |
| F | 11.09 | Alperovitz "Potsdam" and "Military Necessity" |
| M | 11.12 | Alperovitz finish Book I (to p. 420) |
| W | 11.14 | Alperovitz Book II to p. 479 (but 497 if possible) |
| F | 11.16 | Alperovitz to pp. 502-70 |
| M | 11.19 | Alperovitz to p. 668 |
| W | 11.21 | History Wars Marilyn Young, "Danerourous History" pp. 199-211. |
| F | 11.23 | NO CLASS |
| M | 11.26 | Colonial Memories, War, and History: 1: Okinawa ; 2: Taiwan |
| W | 11.28 | The Atomic Bomb Decisions: 1: Stimson; 2: (Alder, Chambers--need title); 3: POW Experience and Memory |
| F | 11.30 | 1: Textbooks and Hiroshima; 2: Race, Media, and Memory |
| M | 12.03 | 1: Panel DiscussIon: Literature and the Bomb; 2: Oak Ridge |