History Courses For Dr. Christopher C. Lovett
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Updated as of 2 October 05

Today in History:

On October 2, 1780, Major John André, a British spy associated with Benedict Arnold, was executed on this day in history. 

Quote of the Day:

"In my view we are much worse off now than when we went into Iraq. This is not a partisan position. I voted for these guys."

A senior figure at a military-sponsored think tank as told to James Fallows in "Bush's Lost Year" in The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 2004)

Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

Take the Ann Coulter Quiz

Where are you politically? Take the Neocon Quiz and find out.

"History is Far too Important to be left to History Professors"

Teaching isn't such a novel idea

Announcements

Age of Despotism

Age of Total War

Current  History

Dictators and Dems

DDE in War & Peace

Splendid Little Wars

Terrorism Online

World War II Online

Bibliography: History of Disease

Bioterrorism

Contemporary Terrorist Organizations

How to Write an Essay

Map of Islamic Terrorist Cells in the U.S.A.

PowerPoint Notes

Reaction Papers

TASK Information Updates

Terrorism Cybrary

Terrorism Filmography

Terrorism Glossary

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Class Schedule

The table below covers the topics, readings, and film schedule for the course during the semester. Graduate students should use the hyperlink to see the graduate schedule in order to discover the weekly readings for the upcoming discussions.

Date Readings Film
August 23 Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 1 Interview of Laurence Rees
August 30 Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 2

Shoah, Part I

Sept. 6 Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 3; Spiegelman, Chaps 1-3

Genocide

Sept. 13 Dwork and Van Pelt Chap. 4; Spiegelman, Chaps 4-6

Nigh and Fog / Memory of the Camps

Sept. 20 Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 5; Levi, Chaps 1-4

America and the Holocaust

Sept. 27 Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 6; Levi, Chaps 5-10

Auschwitz: Surprise Beginnings

Oct. 4 Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 7; Levi, Chaps 11-16

Auschwitz: Orders and Initiatives

Oct. 11 Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 8; Browning, Chaps 1-4

Conspiracy or Wannsee

Oct. 18 Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 9; Browning Chaps 5-9

First Mid Term Due

Prisoner of Paradise

Oct. 25 Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 10; Browning Chaps 10-13

Schindler's List

Nov. 1 Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 11; Browning, Chaps 14-16

Nazi Designers of Death

Nov. 8 Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 12; Wiesenthal, Book 1

Auschwitz: Corruption

Nov. 15 Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 13; Evans, Chaps 1- 2

Auschwitz: Murder and Intrigue

Nov. 22 No Class Thanksgiving Break  
Nov. 29 Dwork and Van Pelt, Chap. 4; Evans, Chaps 3-5

Book Review Due Nov. 29

Berga

Dec 6 Evans, Chaps 6-7; Browning Chaps 17-18; Levi, Chap. 17; Wiesenthal Book 2

Final and Film Review Due Dec. 16

The Holocaust on Trial/Trial of Adolf Eichmann