#joan ferguson in every episode

[celtfather]

Folk on Foot #685

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Dancing With Hobbits, Cherish The Ladies, Jesse Ferguson, Ruth Keggin & Rachel Hair, The Friel Sisters, Joseph Carmichael, Dublin Gulch, The Henry Girls, Adria Jackson, Sheridan Rúitín, Skyrie, Socks in the Frying Pan, Old Man Flanagan's Ghost, Kathryn Tickell

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6:00 - Dancing With Hobbits "Folk on Foot" from Dancing With Hobbits Inspired by the Folk on Foot podcast

3:03 - WELCOME

7:02 - Cherish The Ladies "The Portumna Workhouse _ The Hurling Boys Of Portumna" from Heart of the Home

11:53 - Jesse Ferguson "Tramps and Hawkers" from Ten

17:10 - Ruth Keggin & Rachel Hair "Tri Nation Harp Jigs" from LOSSAN

20:57 - The Friel Sisters "Kelvin’s Purling Stream" from Before the Sun

24:44 - FEEDBACK

28:54 - Joseph Carmichael "For Beany" from Desiderium

33:34 - Dublin Gulch "The River and the Road" from Tap 'Er Light

38:53 - The Henry Girls "Honeybee/ Hard Border" from A Time To Grow

44:33 - Adria Jackson "She Moved Through The Fair from Troubadour

47:30 - THANKS

49:58 - Sheridan Rúitín "Wagoner's Lad" from Rebels in the Night

54:03 - Skyrie "The Lambs" from Hunger Road

57:34 - Socks in the Frying Pan "Shoot the Arrow" from Waiting for Inspiration

1:01:46 - Old Man Flanagan's Ghost "Nelson's Blood" from Simple Little Boat

1:04:05 - CLOSING

1:05:05 - Kathryn Tickell "Joan's Jig / Cut the File" from Return to Kielderside

1:08:18 - CREDITS

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[docrotten]

PIN (1988) – Episode 253 – Decades Of Horror 1980s

“Where did you learn to do that?” Learn to do what? Oh…that. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr along with guest host Ralph Miller – as they visit another strange twist on the ventriloquist/dummy subgenre called PIN (1988).

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 253 – PIN (1988)

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Isolated by his strange parents, Leon finds solace in an imaginary friend, which happens to be an anatomy doll from his father-the-doctor’s office. Unfortunately, the doll begins to take over Leon’s life, and his sister’s life as well.

  Directed by: Sandor Stern

Writing Credits: Sandor Stern (screenplay); Andrew Neiderman (based on the April 1981 novel by)

Selected Cast:

David Hewlett as Leon

Cynthia Preston as Ursula (as Cyndy Preston)

Terry O’Quinn as Dr. Linden

Bronwen Mantel as Mrs. Linden

John Pyper-Ferguson as Stan Fraker (as John Ferguson)

Helene Udy as Marcia Bateman

Patricia Collins as Aunt Dorothy

Steven Bednarski as Leon – Age 13

Katie Shingler as Ursula – Age 11

Jacob Tierney as Leon – Age 7

Michelle Anderson as Ursula – Age 5

Joan Austen as Nurse Spalding

Jamie Stern as Eddie Morris (as James Stern)

David Gow as Officer Wilson

Terrence Labrosse as Dr. Bell

Aline Vandrine as Mrs. Shaver

Joanna Noyes as Mrs. Henry

Andrew Carter as Andy

Leif Anderson as Dave

Joel Johnson as Jack

Shawn Johnson as Tim

Robin MacEachern as Richie

Jonathan Banks as PIN (voice)

Beware the anatomy doll! Ralph Miller III joins Jeff, Bill, and Chad for a look back at PIN (1988) from director Sandor Stern. The cast includes David Hewlett (Scanners II: The New Order, Cube), Cynthia Preston (The Brain, Prom Night III: The Last Kiss), and Terry O’Quinn (Silver Bullet, The Stepfather, Lost). While it struggled to find an audience upon its initial release, critics praised PIN as well-made, bizarre, and disturbing. Fangoria would later feature it in its “101 Best Horror Films You’ve Never Seen.” Now, it’s time for the Grue-Crew to revisit the film and share their thoughts.

At the time of this writing, PIN is available to stream from YouTube.

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[and-i-stare-at-your-hands]

JOAN FERGUSON IN EVERY EPISODE

Wentworth // 4.10 // Smitten //

[smoria]

okay... i haven’t been around for a bit, but i’ve got one thing to say... possibly two, but the second one you have heard already.

LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT

okay... i’m done

what the ever loving fuck do y’all keep doing to vera? this is the end and y’all deadass could not take her out of I LOVE BEING MANIPULATED ALLEY. sadly, she cannot see it or she doesn’t want to. she’s as idiotic as she’s ever been and more paranoid. i get her home environment did not help her and probably made it a tad bit more difficult for her to recognize it [case and point when it came to ferguson when she was governor and vera was her deputy], but you figure she would learn signs that it was happening at this point. no cap, you could kill every fucking character on this show and i would not give a damn. she has regressed so badly from the shit i have seen and mind you, i have not watched an entire episode yet because i have been busy. i would have enjoyed her more if they repaired the damage they created, but looks like i’m seeing a great value joan, but more easily malleable than ever before.

also.. jake can still go away and never come back.

[meanderingthoughts]

A life sentence with Wentworth

[Hi and welcome to another blog, this time I write my thoughts on the brilliant Wentworth prison (may include spoilers for anyone who hasn't watched it yet!)]

Finally the new season of Wentworth prison has rolled out onto UK TV after what feels like forever. It’s been 6 years since we were first introduced to Bea Smith and Franky Doyle yet here we are in its 7th season with neither of these characters in sight.

Two prison dramas were released in 2013, one a teeny tiny little show you may have heard of called Orange is the new black and the other the Australian reboot Wentworth prison (originally Prisoner: Cell Block H). Most people I know have never watched Wentworth and well I’ve only ever seen up to season 2 of Orange is the new Black. I never did think it was fair to compare the two. Wentworth is a bleak portrayal of prison with murders, drug bust and corrupt cops around every turn and some great acting most notably with the introduction of the psychopathic Joan Ferguson in season 2.

We've shipped the most unlikely of couples and have seen happy endings for others, we've watched inmates brutally kill others and have watched the twist and turns of the Freaks inner workings. I missed Bea in the last season(particularly Ballie. We most never forget the seahorse cloud *cries*) and am sure I will miss Fridget this season (and is Maxine ever coming back?) But with a strong start to the new season in typical Wentworth style (murders, drugs, hostages…) and some pretty great characters with Rita and Marie returning,  I look forward to seeing how the writers choose to shock me this time around. Just one thing…”What are you doing Allie!?” (And I’m only on episode 1)

If you haven't watched Wentworth but love prison dramas then what are you waiting for? Go and watch it from the start now! (Also forget any spoilers I may or may not have posted....)

  Vicky//Meandering Thoughts

[linestv]

Mattys - 2020

I try to do my own version of the Emmys every year, and these are the results for 2020. The eligibility requirement for shows is, as always, having to finish half of a season before May 31st. Winners are bolded.

Outstanding Drama Series

David Makes Man

For All Mankind

The Good Fight

The Morning Show

Pose

Queen Sugar

Succession

Wentworth

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Brian Cox, “Succession”

Ben Kingsley, “Perpetual Grace, LTD”

Akili McDowell, “David Makes Man”

Cilian Murphy, “Peaky Blinders”

Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”

Billy Porter, “Pose”

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show”

Alana Arenas, “David Makes Man”

Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve”

Dawn-Lyen Gardner, “Queen Sugar”

Nicole Kidman, “Big Little Lies’”

Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Chris Cooper, “Homecoming”

Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”

Kieran Culkin, “Succession”

Michael Emerson, “Evil”

Michael Dorman, “For All Mankind”

Terry O’Quinn, “Perpetual Grace, LTD”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Helena Bonham Carter, “The Crown”

Laura Dern, “Big Little Lies”

Paloma Faith, “Pennyworth”

Dominique Jackson, “Pose”

Rhea Seehorn, “Better Call Saul”

Tessa Thompson, “Westworld”

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

John Billingsley, “Homecoming”

Colm Feore, “For All Mankind”

Tom Hardy, “Peaky Blinders”

Jason Mantzoukas, “Legion”

Josh O’Connor, “The Crown”

Andrew Scott, “Black Mirror”

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Annaleigh Ashford, “Evil”

Alexis Bledel, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Joan Cusack, “Homecoming”

Cherry Jones, “Succession”

Jane Lapotaire, “The Crown”

Jennifer Morrison, “This Is Us”

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series

The Crown, S03E03 - "Aberfan"

David Makes Man, S01E04 - "Gloria"

For All Mankind, S01E03 - "Nixon's Women"

The Morning Show, S01E10 - “The Interview”

Pose, S02E04 - "Never Knew Love Like This Before"

Succession, S02E03 - "Hunting"

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

Euphoria, S01E04 - "Shook One: Pt II"

The Handmaid's Tale, S03E06 - "Household"

Legion, S03E01 - "Chapter 20"

Perpetual Grace, LTD, S01E04 - "Felipe G. Usted. Almost First Mexican on the Moon. Part 2"

Undone, S01E02 - "The Hospital"

Westworld, S03E02 - "The Winter Line"

Outstanding Comedy Series

Brockmire

The Great

Harley Quinn

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

One Day at a Time

What We Do in the Shadows

Why Women Kill

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Will Arnett, “BoJack Horseman”

Hank Azaria, “Brockmire”

Matt Berry, “What We Do in the Shadows”

Ted Danson, “The Good Place”

Kayvan Novak, “What We Do in the Shadows”

Chris O'Dowd, “Get Shorty”

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”

Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

Natasia Demetriou, “What We Do in the Shadows”

Elle Fanning, “The Great”

Lucy Liu, “Why Women Kill”

Merritt Wever, “Run”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Douglas Hodge, “The Great”

Nicholas Hoult, “The Great”

James Marsden, “Dead to Me”

Maaka Pohatu, “Wellington Paranormal”

Mark Proksch, “What We Do in the Shadows”

Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

Betty Gilpin, “G.L.O.W.”

Jessica Lange, “The Politician”

Rita Moreno, “One Day at a Time”

Amanda Peet, “Brockmire”

Sophie Thompson, “Feel Good”

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Freddie Fox, “The Great”

Paul Giamatti, “Lodge 49”

Mark Hamill, “What We Do in the Shadows”

Jake Johnson, “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet”

Scoot McNairy, “Love Life”

Michael Shannon, “At Home with Amy Sedaris”

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Elizabeth Bowen, “Upload”

Ann Dowd, “At Home with Amy Sedaris”

Lisa Kudrow, “The Good Place”

Caitlin McGee, “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet”

Bette Midler, “The Politician”

Cristin Milioti, “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet”

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series

BoJack Horseman, S06E15 - "The View From Halfway Down"

Dead to Me, S02E09 - "It's Not You, It's Me"

The Great, S01E09 - "Love Hurts"

Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet, S01E10 - “Quarantine”

What We Do in the Shadows, S02E04 - "The Curse"

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, S01E08 - "Zoey's Extraordinary Glitch"

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

G.L.O.W., S03E05 - "Freaky Tuesday"

The Great, S01E10 - "The Beaver’s Nose"

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, S03E01 - "Strike Up the Band"

What We Do in the Shadows, S02E02 - "Ghosts"

Why Women Kill, S01E10 - "Kill Me as If It Were the Last Time"

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, S01E08 - "Zoey's Extraordinary Glitch"

Outstanding Limited Series

Castle Rock

Dispatches from Elsewhere

Hollywood

Mrs. America

Unbelievable

Watchmen

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Cate Blanchett, “Mrs. America”

Lizzy Caplan, “Castle Rock”

Shira Haas, “Unorthodox”

Regina King, “Watchmen”

Judith Light, “Transparent: Musicale Finale”

Merritt Wever, “Unbelievable”

Reese Witherspoon, “Little Fires Everywhere”

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Cameron Britton, “Manhunt: Deadly Games”

Russell Crowe, “The Loudest Voice”

Jeremy Irons, “Watchmen”

Matthew Macfadyen, “Quiz”

Paul Mescal, “Normal People”

Nick Offerman, “Devs”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Toni Collette, “Unbelievable”

Sally Field, “Dispatches from Elsewhere”

Patti LuPone, “Hollywood”

Margo Martindale, “Blow the Man Down”

Sarah Paulson, “Mrs. America”

Jean Smart, “Watchmen”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Jay R. Ferguson, “Briarpatch”

Louis Gossett Jr., “Watchmen”

Richard E. Grant, “Dispatches from Elsewhere”

Joe Mantello, “Hollywood”

Tim Robbins, “Castle Rock”

John Slattery, “Mrs. America”

Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series or Movie

Castle Rock, S02E05 - "The Laughing Place"

Dispatches From Elsewhere, S01E03 - "Janice"

Mrs. America, S01E08 - "Houston"

Unbelievable, S01E01 - "Episode 1"

Watchmen, S01E03 - "She Was Killed by Space Junk"

Watchmen, S01E08 - "A God Walks Into Abar"

Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series or Movie

Briarpatch, S01E01 - "First Time in Saint Disgrace"

Devs, S01E07 - "Episode 7"

Transparent: Musicale Finale

Normal People, S01E08 - "Episode 8"

Mrs. America, S01E08 - “Houston”

Watchmen, S01E06 - "This Extraordinary Being"

The shows with the most nominations in drama, comedy and limited are pictured throughout the list.

[governingmouse]

☾   cute character questions   ☽

THE  BASICS.

NAME : Vera Bennett. AGE :  43. ZODIAC SIGN :  Cancer. ONE GOOD TRAIT :  Loyal. ONE BAD TRAIT :  Overly curious/a total snoop.

HABITS.

ONE BAD HABIT :  She bites her lip quite often. It’s a bit chapped as a result. ONE GOOD HABIT :  Her dedication to the job. Though a workaholic, Vera genuinely wants what’s best for the women in prison. ONE HABIT THEY CAN’T BREAK:  Her snooping. Curiosity drives her to act. She’s snooped on numerous occasions { i.e. finding her colleague/Fletch’s private diary, finding incriminating evidence against Joan Ferguson, etc }. ONE THEY’VE BROKEN:  Her nervousness & stage fright when it comes to speaking in front of crowds. Thanks to an affirmation band, she’s able to keep her nerves in check. Seldom does her stutter come out as Governor. WHAT THEY’RE AFRAID OF:  Dying alone. Or even worse, turning into her abusive mother.

FAMILY.

THEIR PARENTS NAMES :  Rita Bennett & Arnold Bennett { whom was absent during Vera’s life }. THEIR SIBLINGS NAMES :  None. She’s an only child. FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY :  Her happiest memories have always been away from home, as a child. There’d been a teacher she was fond of - who took a notice to her quiet nature. Said teacher gave her a book upon her completion of the grade. FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD TOY :   Affectionately dubbed ‘ Patches, ‘ the toy is no longer in possession. The only remainder of her father happened to be a worn stuffed animal: a red and blue dog held together by crude stitches and extra patches. It disintegrated over time until Rita found the thing & forcibly threw it into the trash. EMBARRASSING STORY : Season 5, episode 6 { Happy Birthday, Vera } reveals that Mum organized a ‘ birthday party ‘ for Vera. She claimed to invite a whole slew of friends, only to end the party right before her birthday. Cruelly, Rita told Vera that no one cared about her. It’s painful, more than embarrassing. FAVOURITE FAMILY MEMBER:   Laurie Harris-Turner, Rita Bennett’s older sister. A STORY ABOUT THAT FAMILY MEMBER:  On weekends, Rita would often take Vera to visit her older sister, Laurie. Compared to Rita, Laurie was a kinder woman with a level head. Married and unable to conceive, she doted on little Vera from ages three to seven. More than anything, Vera looked forward to these weekends. She enjoyed sitting on the back patio with her sandwich and iced tea, kicking her legs in an oversized seat. Together, they tended to the garden.

WHAT  THEY  PREFER.

COFFEE OR TEA ?  Tea. Coffee for a double or a particularly arduous shift. SHOWERING IN THE DAY OR NIGHT ?  Baths are reserved for the night, showers for the early morning before her shift. TAKING BATHS OR TAKING SHOWERS ?  Bath. A good soak relaxes her. TV OR MOVIES ?  Movies. She enjoys rom coms & anything of an overly romantic nature. WRITING OR READING ?  Reading. After going through her night time rituals, she may curl up with a book before dozing off. PLATONIC OR ROMANTIC LOVE ?  Vera is desperate for love in any way, shape, or form due to how she’s been deprived of it her entire life. So, both. ICED TEA OR LEMONADE ?  Neither. She’d prefer a hot cuppa. ICE CREAM OR SMOOTHIES ?  Ice cream.  CUPCAKES OR CAKE ?  Cupcakes. BEACH OR MOUNTAINS ?  Beach. There’s a clarity there along with a serenity that clears the mind.

FAVOURITES.

SONG :  ‘ People are People ‘ - Depeche Mode BAND : INXS. OUTFIT :  Outside of the uniform, Vera prefers comfort over design. She favors gaudy prints that are either floral, contain birds or butterflies. She takes to wearing scarves and skirts. At home, it’s a ratty, old t-shirt and faded yoga pants. PLACE :  The Royal Botanical Gardens in Melbourne, Australia. A native of Victoria, she’s always been at ease walking the trails. MEMORY : Vera tries desperately to look back upon fonder times - one of which was with her former mentor & Governor, Joan Ferguson. During the infamous debriefing in season two, the women shared a few drinks together. There, Vera trusted openly. She adored Joan. She adored what they had. PERSON :  Every favorite has more or less ended up a knife in the back. In line of recent canon, it would either be Bridget Westfall or Will Jackson; she considers the two of them to not only be confidantes, but friends. MOVIE :  Lucky Break (1994). SHOW :  All Saints.

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[teamfranky]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck - review of Season 5 Episode 2, The Bitch is Back.

Franky vs the Freak. 

I’d like to start out by saying how hot Franky looked in this episode, especially when she was punching the punching-bag and in the end in the mirror. The bitch is well and truly back! Also, Bridget’s haircut is hot af. 

When the Freak was seeing herself in the mirror.... wow she really has a vendetta against Vera now. She was acting so fucking crazy... I guess more than one bitch is back. 

So, onto my big issues:

FRANKY NOOOOO :’( honestly SO upset she’s back inside, and the gun business. And so fucking mad if Ferguson is behind this -  which seems very likely. Still- seems like cracks are showing with Jake.... if he goes down he’ll take Ferguson with him. So, there’s hope Franky might get out. Personally I think she should dob in Shane to save herself. 

Bridget -- what the heck?? Did you just... BREAK UP with Franky? I don’t get this. You clearly don’t understand what’s going on. And you’re supposed to be the Psychologist? You’re supposed to know how crazy Ferguson is and what she’s capable of?? Unimpressed. Still hoping her rape storyline comes into it, and her and Franky might patch things up but... unimpressed. 

The Kite was cool. Seeing Franky do the strip search was also heart-breaking 

:(

Nice to see that Will is on Franky’s side though. 

And..... If Franky and Bridget are over (</3) this leaves room for...... FRALLIE????? It sounds wrong, and I’m digging them as just friends so far, but be honest, a sex scene between those two would be...... good ;)

Boomer’s crying a lot lately.... preggo???

And.... Liz & Doreen, Sonia’s probably gonna kill both of you. And Doreen I’d move to Perth while you can, because if the Freak becomes Top Dog (God forbid) she IS going to make you her prison-bitch/wife/sex slave or something :/ 

I enjoyed Franky’s parts of this episode very much, especially her transformation in the end. With every season she changes, here we have Franky 5.0 and I have to say I like it. 

P.S. I know all you Freakytits shippers were going crazy when Vera brought the box of uniform in for Joan.... “it’s the right size”

[openlyandfreely]

History 202: Historical Methods

Professor Sherene Seikaly           Winter 2016 sseikaly@history.ucsb.edu           Monday 3-5:50 Office Hours: Tuesday 12-2                     HSSB 4041 Office: HSSB 4223        

What is the discipline of history? Why does it matter? What is the difference between historical fact and artifact? How does narrative influence the making, writing, and teaching of history? What are the conceptual and political stakes of historical work? What is the task of historians? How does history help us think about difference? How can we understand classed, colonized, racialized, and gendered subjects as historically constituted? How do historians take part in, reflect, or interrupt regimes of knowledge and power?

We will be addressing these questions in the coming ten weeks. Our goal is to learn about the essential readings in various historiographic schools. We will approach these texts with critical humility: reading in order to chart each of these scholars’ contributions, what they allow us to see, and how they open possibilities for new questions. Throughout, we will engage each of your research questions and projects to think about what is at stake, empirically, methodologically, and theoretically, in what we do as students and teachers of history.

Guidelines

Please be respectful of one another’s opinions. Be rigorous: do the readings thoroughly and carefully and bring all readings to class.

Be on time.

Turn off and put away all cellular phones, tablets, and laptops.

Late policy: every six hours late on any assignment results in a deduction of half a grade.

Your Work Presence: Your physical and intellectual presence is key to the success of this course. (20%)

Weekly Writing: Each week you will respond to the assigned readings in a summary (minimum 1,000 words and maximum 1,500 words). Give a general idea of each week’s readings and their stakes. Then focusing on one text, explain first, what is the argument of the text; second, what are the conceptual and methodological contributions it makes; third what sources does it draw on; and fourth, what are its epistemological stakes: what does it add to or challenge. Due by email to the entire class by midnight before our meeting. (20%)

Discussion Facilitation: You are responsible for facilitating one week’s discussion. This will be your chance to showcase your pedagogical approaches. Prepare material to lead an hour of the course. This material should include: one, an analysis of that week’s texts and concepts; two, a contextualization of these texts in larger historiographic debates; and three, audio-visual material and/or primary sources that speak to the readings. Your primary task is to inspire discussion, debate, and engagement. Please do not summarize the readings. Instead, find creative ways to get us thinking critically, generously, and thoroughly about the texts. (20%)

Review Essay: Choose one of the subfields or schools we are engaging.  Add two additional sources that are not on our syllabus (one book and one article). In a 5,000-word essay contextualize these texts in their historiographic traditions, address their arguments, and engage their methodological, empirical, and epistemological contributions. Use this exercise to think about your own research and its potential contributions. Due March 15. (40%)

Texts All materials will be available on Gaucho Space.

January 4: Introduction to course

January 11: The Historical Discipline Georg Iggers, Historiography in the Twentieth Century: From Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge (Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1997).  

Leopold von Ranke, “On the Character of Historical Science” in Leopold von Ranke The Theory and Practice of History, edited with an introduction by Georg Iggers, (New York: Routledge, 2011; 1973), 8-17.

Walter Benjamin, “Theses on the Philosophy of History,” in Illuminations trans. by Hannah Arendt (New York: Schocken Books, 1968), 253-264.

Recommended: Hayden White, “Historical Emplotment and the Problem of Truth,” in Saul Friedlander, ed., Probing the Limits of Representation: Nazism and the “Final Solution” (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992), 37-53.

January 18: Martin Luther King Day (Rescheduled to __________) The Historian’s Craft Marc Bloch, The Historian’s Craft (New York: Vintage Books, 1953).  

Amy Richlin, “Introduction,” “Chapter One: Approaches to the Sources on Adultery in Rome,” and “Chapter Five: Reading Ovid’s Rapes,” in Arguments with Silence: Writing the History of Roman Women (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2014).

Renato Rosaldo, “Introduction: Grief and a Headhunter’s Rage,” in Culture and Truth: The Remaking of Social Analysis (Boston: Beacon Press, 1993).

Recommended: Philip A. Kuhn, “Chapter One: Tales of the China Clipper,” “Chapter Two: The Prosperous Age,” and “Chapter Three: Threats Seen and Unseen,” in Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990).

January 25: After Tahrir Conference (Rescheduled to __________) Class and Capital Karl Marx, “Estranged Labor,” in The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1959), 28-35; and Marx and Friedrich Engels, “The German Ideology” in Erich From, Marx’s Concept of Man (New York: Continuum, 2002), 197-216.

E. P. Thompson, “Chapter One: Members Unlimited,” and “Chapter Two: Christian and Apollyon” in The Making of the English Working Class (New York: Vintage Books, 1966).

Roderick A. Ferguson, “Introduction: Queer of Color Critique, Historical Materialism and Canonical Sociology,” Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004).

Recommended: Eric Hobsbawm, “What Do Historians Owe to Karl Marx?” and “Marx and History” in On History (New York: The New Press, 1997), 141-70.

Robin R.G. Kelley, Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class (New York: The Free Press, 1994).

February 1: The Annales School Lucien Febvre, “History and psychology,” in Peter Burke, ed., A New Kind of History from the Writings of Febvre (New York: Harper & Row, 1973), 1-11.

Fernand Braudel, “History and the Social Sciences: The Longue durée,” in On History, trans. Sarah Matthews (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1980), 25-54.

Jacques Le Goff, “Part I: Time and Labor,” “Part II: Labor and Value Systems” and “Part IV: Towards a Historical Anthropology,” Time, Work, and Culture in the Middle Ages (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1980).

February 8: Knowledge, Power, and the Other Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2012), excerpts.

Michel Foucault, Part III: Discipline,” in Discipline and Punish (New York: Vintage Books, 1995, 1977).

Sylvia Wynter, “Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom: Towards the Human, After Man, Its Overrepresentation—An Argument,” The New Centennial Review 3.3. (2003): 257-337.

February 15: Interrupting Power: the Archive, Race, Indigeneity Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History, (Boston: Beacon Press, 1995).

Audra Simpson, “Chapter One: Indigenous Interruptions: Mohawk Nationhood, Citizenship, and the State” and “Chapter Two: A Brief History of Land, Meaning and Membership in Iroquoia and Kahnawà:ke,” in Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014).

Recommended: Susan Buck-Morss, “Hegel and Haiti” Critical Inquiry 26: 4 (Summer 2000): 821-865.

Emma Perez, “Chapter One: Sexing the Colonial Imaginary: (En)gendering Chicano History, Theory, and Consciousness” and “Chapter Two: Feminism-in-Nationalism: Third Space Feminism in Yucatan’s Socialist Revolution,” in The Decolonial Imaginary: Writing Chicanas into History, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999).

February 22: President’s Day (Rescheduled to __________) Gendering History Joan W. Scott, “Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis,” American Historical Review 91, no. 5 (December 1986): 1053-1075.

Afsaneh Najmabadi, “Beyond the Americas: Are Gender and Sexuality Useful Categories of Historical Analysis?” Journal of Women’s History 18, no. 1 (spring 2006): 11-21

Judith Butler, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (New York: Routledge, 1999).

February 29: The Cultural Turn Lynn Hunt, “Introduction: History, Culture, and Text” in The New Cultural History (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989), 1-22.

Robert Darnton, “Workers Revolt: The Great Cat Massacre of the Rue Saint-Séverin,” in The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History (New York: Vintage Books, 1984), 75-104.

Judith Walkowitz, “Chapter One: Urban Spectatorship,” “Chapter Two: Contested Terrain: New Social Actors,” and “Chapter Three: The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon,” in City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late Victorian London (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992).

March 7: The Subaltern School (Rescheduled to __________) Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, “Can the Subaltern Speak?” in Carry Nelson and Lawrence Grossberg (eds), Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture (London: Macmillan, 1988).

Dipesh Chakrabarty, “Introduction” and “Part I: Historicism and the Narration of Modernity” in Provinicalizing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000).

Vivek Chibber, “Chapter One: Postcolonial Theory and Subaltern Studies” and “Chapter Two: Dominance Without Hegemony,” in Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital (London: Verso, 2013).

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