POLS 439-01: Sovereign and Subaltern Seminar

Syllabus

Week 01 (9/2/09): Introduction

Syllabus Review
Film: Satyajit Ray, The Chess Players, 1977, 115 minutes [In-class].

Week 02 (9/9/09): The Scandal of Empire I

Dirks, The Scandal of Empire, pp. 1-165.

Week 03 (9/16/09): The Scandal of Empire II

Dirks, The Scandal of Empire, pp. 167-336.

Week 04 (9/23/09): Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge

Cohn, Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge, pp. 3-162.

Week 05 (9/30/09): Selected Subaltern Studies I

Guha and Spivak, Selected Subaltern Studies, pp. 89-178.
MID-TERM ESSAY EXAM – Handed out in class

Week 06 (10/7/09): Selected Subaltern Studies II

Guha and Spivak, Selected Subaltern Studies, pp. 233-350.
MID-TERM ESSAY EXAM – Due on Thursday at 4:30 pm in Stern 110.

Week 07 (10/14/09): Orientalism I

Said, Orientalism, pp. 1-148.
Student Presentation – Pair 1

Week 08 (10/21/09): Orientalism II

Said, Orientalism, pp. 149-328.
Rough Draft 1 (10+ pages) – Bring 2 copies

Week 09 (10/28/09): Another Reason I

Prakash, Another Reason, pp. 3-120.
Student Presentation – Pair 2
Peer Evaluation 1 (2 pages) – Bring 2 copies

Week 10 (11/4/09): Another Reason II

Prakash, Another Reason, pp. 123-237.
Student Presentation – Pair 3

Week 11 (11/11/09): The Politics of the Governed I

Chatterjee, The Politics of the Governed, pp. 3-78.
Rough Draft 2 (20+ pages) – Bring 2 copies

Week 12 (11/18/09): The Politics of the Governed II

Chatterjee, The Politics of the Governed, pp. 81-152.
Student Presentation – Pair 4
Peer Evaluation 2 (4 pages) – Bring 2 copies

Week 13 (11/25/09): THANKSGIVING BREAK [No Class]

Week 14 (12/2/09): Provincializing Europe I

Chakrabarty, Provincializing Europe, pp. 3-116.
Student Presentation – Pair 5

Week 15 (12/9/09): Provincializing Europe II

Chakrabarty, Provincializing Europe, pp. 117-255.
Student Presentation – Pair 6

Week 16 (12/18/09 @ 5:00 pm):

FINAL PAPER DUE