Class Schedule
September 2017
Wed. 13 Introduction to the Course Wed. 20 Judaism and Christianity I Scheindlin (S): ch. 3 Additional Readings: From Jesus to Christ “First Christians” & “Success” Mon. 25 Raheel Raza Lecture Berney Theatre, Asper Campus, 7:15pm 123 Doncaster St. Wed. 27 Judaism and Christianity II Flannery (F): Intro, chs. 1, 2 Additional Readings: Book of Matthew October 2017 Wed. 4 No Class--Fall Break Wed. 11 Theological Origins of Antisemitism F: chs. 2, 3 Wed. 18 The Middle Ages (1100-1492) F: chs. 4, 5, 6 S: ch. 5 Griech-Polelle (GP): ch. 2 Wed. 25 Early Modern Europe (1500-1750) F: ch. 7 GP: ch. 2 S: chs. 7, 8 November 2017 Wed. 1 European Enlightenment and Jewish Emancipation (1750-1815) F: ch. 8 GP: ch. 2 S: chs. 7, 8 Wed. 8 Nationalism and Racism (1815-) F: ch. 9 GP: ch. 3 Wed. 15 History of Jewish Nationalism (Zionism) F: ch. 9 (on Dreyfus) S: chs. 1, 2, 4, 6, 10 Wed. 22 WWI and the Treaty of Versailles F: ch. 10 GP: ch. 3 Wed. 29 Adolf Hitler & National Socialism GP: chs. 3, 4 ESSAY 1 DUE IN CLASS December 2017 Wed. 6 TEST IN CLASS Back to Course Website |
January 2018
Wed. 10 Nazi Germany, 1933-1939 Additional Readings: Marion Kaplan, “Daily Lives of Jewish Children” F: ch. 13 GP: chs. 4, 5 Wed. 17 World War II Wed. 24 I. Holocaust, 1939-1941 F: ch. 11 GP: ch. 6 S: ch. 9 Wed. 31 II. Holocaust, 1941-1945 Additional Readings: Chris Browning, “One Day in Josefow” F: ch. 11 GP: ch. 7 S. ch. 9 February 2018 Wed. 7 III. Holocaust, 1941-1945 Reread: Browning GP: chs. 7, 8 S: ch. 9 F: ch.11 Wed. 14 No Class--Dr. Chatterley is at a conference Wed. 21 No Class--Winter Term Break Wed. 28 Liberation and Survival UN Partition Plan, Israel, Palestine S: ch. 10 March 2018 Wed. 7 Postwar Period: Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism & Neo-Nazism F: chs. 12, 14 S: ch. 11 ESSAY 2 DUE IN CLASS Wed. 14 Postwar Period: Holocaust Survivors & Second Generation Wed. 21 9-11 and the "New Antisemitism" Additional Readings: Mark Strauss, Antiglobalism's Jewish Problem F: chs. 12, 14, 15 EXAM DISCUSSION Wed. 28 Antisemitism & Anti-Zionism in the Arab and Muslim Worlds Additional Readings: Bernard Lewis, “The New Antisemitism” UM Library Database: Esther Webman, “To the Damascus Blood Libel to the Arab Spring: The Evolution of Arab Antisemitism,” Antisemitism Studies 1.1, (157-206). F: ch. 14 April 2018 Wed. 4 Contemporary Debates |