Sunday, December 05, 2004
- SCHEDULE FOR WEEK DECEMBER 6 - 10. JANSSENS PAPER DEADLINE!
Monday 6
. US-EU RELATIONS. Deadline for paper presentation. Prof. Janssens will receive them at his office (room 641) until 17:00.
. MAJOR ISSUES IN AMERICAN HISTORY. No session. The course has ended.
Tuesday 7
. 11:00-13:00. THE US AS A CULTURAL PRESENCE IN EUROPE. Homework includes: (a) a 1 to 1 and 1/2 page essay on the documentary A Dreamscape: Gambling in America, by Bernie IJdis (see this review); (b) comments on Mel van Elteren: "John Mellencamps's Populist Rock: Folkish Small-Town Narratives and Collective Nostalgia in the Midwest"; (c) comments on Pierre Guerlain: "Americanization and globalization: the powers behind the words."
Thursday 9
. War games at the Royal Netherlands Naval College in Den Helder! (More details during the week.)
Friday 10
. 13:00-15:00. THE US AS A CULTURAL PRESENCE IN EUROPE. Orson Welles documentary.
Monday 6
. US-EU RELATIONS. Deadline for paper presentation. Prof. Janssens will receive them at his office (room 641) until 17:00.
. MAJOR ISSUES IN AMERICAN HISTORY. No session. The course has ended.
Tuesday 7
. 11:00-13:00. THE US AS A CULTURAL PRESENCE IN EUROPE. Homework includes: (a) a 1 to 1 and 1/2 page essay on the documentary A Dreamscape: Gambling in America, by Bernie IJdis (see this review); (b) comments on Mel van Elteren: "John Mellencamps's Populist Rock: Folkish Small-Town Narratives and Collective Nostalgia in the Midwest"; (c) comments on Pierre Guerlain: "Americanization and globalization: the powers behind the words."
Thursday 9
. War games at the Royal Netherlands Naval College in Den Helder! (More details during the week.)
Friday 10
. 13:00-15:00. THE US AS A CULTURAL PRESENCE IN EUROPE. Orson Welles documentary.
Friday, December 03, 2004
- MA Thesis Proposals. Profs. Janssens and van de Bilt guided today's discussions of MA Thesis proposals. We heard presentations by Carlein (the US and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict), Gejo (Berlin's role in Europe), William (Americanization and the war on terror) and Yi Quin (America's strategy in South East Asia.)
