Fall 2014 Schedule
# | day | date | topic ⇒ deliverable (if any)
Introductory, overview, & definitional sessions
01 | Tue | 19 Aug | intro ⇒ introduce yourselves on the class blog
02 | Thu | 21 Aug | looking at the topic
how do we understand the other?
03 | Tue | 26 Aug | thinking about our cultural guides
04 | Thu | 28 Aug | how do we describe the world?
05 | Tue | 02 Sep | considering the "Middle East"
06 | Thu | 04 Sep | considering a part of the "Middle East" guest speaker - Mohammad Jarrahi
07 | Tue | 09 Sep | discussing the reality
08 | Thu | 11 Sep | considering opportunities guest speaker - Barbara Moran
09 | Tue | 16 Sep | considering places we think we know
how do we think about things?
10 | Thu | 18 Sep | the syllogism & the tao - social origins of the mind
11 | Tue | 23 Sep | social life & sense of self
12 | Thu | 25 Sep | envisioning the world
13 | Tue | 30 Sep | logic vs. dialectics
14 | Thu | 02 Oct | food & culture guest speaker - Jim Ferguson
15 | Tue | 07 Oct | differences
considering situations and conditions
16 | Thu | 09 Oct | one of our own
17 | Tue | 14 Oct | international scholarly communication
recharging the batteries
--- | Thu | 16 Oct | Fall Break ⇒ be safe
guest presentations
18 | Tue | 21 Oct | Cliff Missen
19 | Thu | 23 Oct | discussing the reality Kathleen Hanselmann, Aiso Library, DLIFLC
is culture dependent on our tongues?
20 | Tue | 28 Oct | triumph of fertility
21 | Thu | 30 Oct | Spanish in the new world
22 | Tue | 04 Nov | different models guest speaker - Arcot Rajasekar
23 | Thu | 06 Nov | in the train of empire
24 | Tue | 11 Nov | the career of English
25 | Thu | 13 Nov | languages
how do we relate to place & space?
26 | Tue | 18 Nov | attachment to mythical place
27 | Thu | 20 Nov | attachment to mythical time
wrapping up
28 | Tue | 25 Nov | organizations guest speakers - Evelyn Daniel and Rebecca Vargha
--- | Thu | 27 Nov | Thanksgiving ⇒ be thankful
29 | Tue | 02 Dec | wrap up & evaluation
--- | Thu | 11 Dec | final exam time ⇒ 1200-1500