Rick

How to Hold me accountable
It should be pretty clear and specific what I should have done for each meeting, although I may end up switching things around (especially near the end, where it seems I have less to do). To hold me accountable, ask me about the work I'm supposed to have finished; give me a hard time if I haven't done it.

Goals/Projects for the Summer

 * 1) Get some volunteer experience with one of Louisville's refugee programs
 * 2) Get Ph.D applications in order
 * 3) Study for the GRE
 * 4) Take the Language exam
 * 5) Revise Clukey essay
 * 6) Read

List of Texts to Read/Reread (Tentative)

 * 1) Paul Gilroy--The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness
 * 2) Dostoevsky--Crime and Punishment
 * 3) Melville--"Benito Cereno
 * 4) Maria DeGuzman--Spain's Long Shadow: The Black Legend, Off-Whiteness, and Anglo-American Empire
 * 5) Maggie Montesinos Sale--The Slumbering Volcano: American Slave Ship Revolts and the Production of Rebellious Masculinity
 * 6) Walter D. Mignolo--The Idea of Latin America; Local Histories/Global Designs: Coloniality, Subaltern Knowledges, and Border Thinking
 * 7) Butler: Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
 * 8) Lacan: Ecrits

Syllabus
Week 1 (May 12-May 18)

For Monday

 ·         Draft CCCCs proposal

 ·         Reread/take notes on Benito Cereno

 ·         Do one hour of GRE prep

 For Friday

 ·         Do two French translations

 ·         Reread Benito Cereno paper

 ·         Reread One on One

 ·         Put in four hours of GRE prep

 ·         Draft large list of PhD programs to apply to

 ·         Submit CCCCs proposal

Week 2 (May 19-May 25)

For Monday

 ·         Read/take notes on The Slumbering Volcano

 ·         Do two French translations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9level1lfo2"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">''For Friday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9level1lfo2"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9level1lfo2"> ·         Meet with Schneider about PhD applications

<p class="MsoNormal">Week 3 (May 26-June 1)

<p class="MsoNormal">For Monday

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4level1lfo3"> ·         Read/take notes on Spain’s Long Shadow

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4level1lfo3"> ·         Do two French translations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4level1lfo3"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">''For Friday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4level1lfo3"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4level1lfo3"> ·         Narrow list of PhD programs to eight; make a list of required documents

<p class="MsoNormal">Week 4 (June 2-June 8)

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst">'''

'For Monday''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l13level1lfo4"> ·         Read/take notes on The Black Atlantic

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l13level1lfo4"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l13level1lfo4">        For Friday

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l13level1lfo4"> ·         Do two French translations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l13level1lfo4"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoNormal">Week 5 (June 9-June 15)

<p class="MsoNormal">For Monday

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8level1lfo5"> ·         Email professors for letters of recommendation

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8level1lfo5"> ·         Reread/take notes on The Idea of Latin America; Local Histories/Global Designs

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8level1lfo5"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">''For Friday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8level1lfo5"> ·         Do two French translations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8level1lfo5"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8level1lfo5"> ·         First Workshop for CVs

<p class="MsoNormal">Week 6 (June 16-June 22)

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst">''For Monday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7level1lfo6"> ·         Benito paper revision #1

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7level1lfo6"> ·         Read/take notes on Silencing the Past

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7level1lfo6"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">For Friday

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7level1lfo6"> ·         Do two French translations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7level1lfo6"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7level1lfo6"> ·         Read The Everyday Writer

<p class="MsoNormal">Week 7 (June 23-June 29)

<p class="MsoNormal">For Monday

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2level1lfo7"> ·         Do two French translations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2level1lfo7"> ·         Put in six hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">''For Friday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2level1lfo7"> ·         Take practice GRE

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2level1lfo7"> ·         Discussion of The Everyday Writer

<p class="MsoNormal">Week 8 (June 30-July 6)

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst">''For Monday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3level1lfo8"> ·         Benito paper revision #2; make list of journals to submit to

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3level1lfo8"> ·         Read/take notes on Gender Trouble

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3level1lfo8"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3level1lfo8"> ·         Write personal/teaching statements for apps

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">For Friday

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3level1lfo8"> ·         Do two French translations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3level1lfo8"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3level1lfo8"> ·         Workshop on Personal/Teaching Statements

<p class="MsoNormal">Week 9 (July 7-July 13)

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst">''For Monday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1level1lfo9"> ·         Find/read/take notes on more sources for Benito paper

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1level1lfo9"> ·         Do two French translations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1level1lfo9"> ·         Put in six hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">''For Friday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1level1lfo9"> ·         Take practice GRE

<p class="MsoNormal">Week 10 (July 14-July 20)

<p class="MsoNormal">For Monday

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0level1lfo10"> ·         Benito paper revision #3

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0level1lfo10"> ·         Read Ecrits

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0level1lfo10"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">''For Friday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0level1lfo10"> ·         Do two French translations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0level1lfo10"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoNormal">Week 11 (July 21-July 27)

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst">''For Monday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l12level1lfo11"> ·         Figure out/revise writing sample for apps

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l12level1lfo11"> ·         Do two French translations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l12level1lfo11"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">''For Friday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l12level1lfo11"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l12level1lfo11"> ·         Take practice GRE

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l12level1lfo11"> ·         Workshop Personal/Teaching Statements

<p class="MsoNormal">Week 12 (July 28-August 3)

<p class="MsoNormal">For Monday

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5level1lfo12"> ·         Benito paper revision #4

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5level1lfo12"> ·         Read Zen at War

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5level1lfo12"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5level1lfo12">       For Friday

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5level1lfo12"> ·         Do two French translations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5level1lfo12"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoNormal">Week 13 (August 4-August 10)

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">''For Monday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10level1lfo13"> ·         Read Henry James Daisy Miller and “The Art of Fiction”

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10level1lfo13"> ·         Do two French translations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10level1lfo13"> ·         Put in six hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">''For Friday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10level1lfo13"> ·         Take practice GRE

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10level1lfo13"> ·         Final Workshop

<p class="MsoNormal">Week 14 (August 11-August 17)

<p class="MsoNormal">For Monday

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6level1lfo14"> ·         Do two French translations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6level1lfo14"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">''For Friday ''

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6level1lfo14"> ·         Put in three hours of GRE prep <p class="MsoNormal">

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