- EGYPT: The Muslim Brotherhood rebuts a proposed UN declaration condemning violence against women (Daily Beast)
- RWANDA: Bosco Ntaganda, Congo War Crimes Suspect, surrenders at US Embassy (Huffington Post)
- SOUTH AFRICA: Health minister says over a quarter of school girls are infected with HIV (Al Jazeera)
- UNITED KINGDOM: In hopes of someday reading the Koran, Prince Charles is learning Arabic (Daily Beast)
- AUSTRALIA: Study says "windfarm sickness" is a psychological effect based on propaganda from the anti-wind lobby (Guardian)
- GERMANY: An NGO uses porn to save the rainforests (Daily Beast) [NSFW]
Monday, March 18, 2013
World News 03.18.13
Sunday, March 17, 2013
WEEK 09: CANADA
“Canada is not the party. It's the apartment above the party.”
—Craig Ferguson
WEEK 09: CANADA
Read: MEXICAN—“The Reconquista” – Epilogue
Tu 03.19
Reading discussion; Presentations
Th 03.21
Reading discussion; Presentations
Due: REFLECTION 05
UPCOMING:
WEEK 10: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Tu 03.26
No class—Spring break
Th 03. 28
No class—Spring break
WEEK 11: GERMANY
Read: FRENCH—“Prologue: Abélard and Héloïse, Patron
Saints of French Lovers” – “2: Gallant Love – La Princesse de Clèves,” “4:
Seduction and Sentiment – Prévost, Crébillon fils, Rousseau, and Laclos” – “5:
Love Letters – Julie de Lespinasse,” “8: Love Among the Romantics - George Sand
and Alfred de Musset,” “10: Love in the Gay Nineties - Cyrano de Bergerac”
Tu 04.02
Reading discussion; Lecture—“Paris on Film”
Th 04.04
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
Due: REFLECTION 06
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