Syllabus: Fall, 1999

NOTE: Sältzer, ed. German Essays on History = GEH

Week 1: August 26
THURS Introduction to the course

PART I: Memorials and Historical Memory
Week 2: August 31 & September 2

TUES Foote, Shadowed Ground, Chaps. 1 & 2
*WORKSHEET 1 DUE

THURS Foote, Shadowed Ground, Chaps. 3 & 4
*WORKSHEET 2 DUE

Week 3: September 7, 9

TUES Foote, Shadowed Ground, Chaps. 5 & 6

THURS Foote, Shadowed Ground, Chaps. 7, 8, & 9
*WORKSHEET 3 DUE

Week 4: September 14, 16

TUES Anderson, magined Communities, Chaps. 1, 5-6, 8-10 (= pp. 1-8, 67-111, 141-185)
*WORKSHEET 4 DUE

THURS Foreword and Introduction, GEH, ix-xx

PART II: Writing History -- Varieties of Memory
Week 5: September 21, 23

TUES What is History?, 1: Writing History
Kant, "Idea for a Universal History with Cosmopolitan Intent," GEH, 3-15
Humboldt, "On the Task of the Historian," GEH, 36-52

THURS €€No class: start on your precis; look at websites (see paper description)

Week 6: September 28, 30

TUES What is History?, 2: Living History
Herder, "Philosophy of History," GEH, 16-23
Schiller, "What is Universal History," GEH, 24-35
*Precis due: your choice of GEH essays

THURS What is History?, 3: Philosophical History
Fichte, "Idea of Universal History," GEH, 53-62
Hegel, "World History," GEH, 63-72
Schelling, "The Ages of the World," GEH, 73-81

Week 7: October 5, 7

TUES The Science of History
Ranke, "On the Epochs of Modern History," and "Preface," GEH, 82-90
Gervinus, "Introduction to the History of the 19th Century," GEH, 91-102
Droysen, "Outline of the Principles of History," GEH, 103-122
*Precis due: your choice of GEH essays

THURS Spirits of History Marx and Engels, "German Ideology," GEH, 123-141
Mommsen, "Speeches" and "Answers," GEH, 142-145
Burckhardt, "On Fortune and Misfortune in History," GEH, 146-161

Week 8: October 12, 14

TUES National History
Dilthey, "Patterns and Meaning in History," GEH, 162-169
Trietschke, "Task of the Historian," GEH, 170-173
Meinicke, "Historicism," GEH, 195-203
*Precis due: your choice of GEH essays

THURS The Ideology of History
Nietzsche, "Use and Abuse of History," GEH, 174-194

Week 9: October 19, 21

TUES Faith and History -- or the Loss of Faith
Jaspers, "Meaning of History," GEH, 204-248
Spengler, "Problem of World History," GEH, 249-267

THURS Discussion: boundaries between memorials and history-writing?
*Precis due: your choice of GEH essays

PART III: Reconstructions
Week 10: October 26, 28

TUES Said, Orientalism, "Introduction," 1-30
-"2. Orientalist Structures and Restructures," 111-197

THURS de Certeau, Heterologies, "History: Science and Fiction," 199-221

Week 11: November 2, 4

TUES Kirkpatrick Sale, Conquest of Paradise, "1495-1500,"152-183
-"1607-1625, I & II," 267-324

THURS Haraway, Primate Visions,"Teddy Bear Patriarchy," 26-58
Schliemann, Troy and Its Remains, "Preface" and "Intro.," iii-xxiv, 11-55

PART IV: Imag(in)ed History
Week 12: November 9, 11

TUES Schama, Landscape and Memory
Chapter 1: In the Realm of the Lithuanian Bison, 37-74
Chapter 2: Der Holzweg: The Track Through the Woods, 75-134

THURS Schama, Landscape and Memory
Chapter 3: The Liberties of the Greenwood, 125-184
Chapter 4: The Verdant Cross, 185-244
*Essay Due: see directions

Week 13: November 16, 18

TUES Schama, Landscape and Memory
Chapter 8: Vertical Empires, Cerebral Chasms, 447-516

THURS Schama, Landscape and Memory
Chapter 9: Arcadia Redesigned, 517-578

Week 14: November 23, 25

TUES Schama, Landscape and Memory
"Bernini and the Four Rivers," 289-306
"Sir Walter Raleigh Loses His Drift," 307-328
"Power Lines," 333-352

THURS THANKSGIVING: no class

Week 15: November 30, December 2

TUES Schama, Landscape and Memory
"Bodies of Water," 362-374
"The Woman on Mount Rushmore," 385-399
"Elevations," 411-423
"Calvaries of Convenience," 436-446

THURS Closing Discussion