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

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

For Friday

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

·      Meet with Schneider about PhD applications

Week 3 (May 26-June 1)

For Monday

·      Read/take notes on Spain’s Long Shadow

·      Do two French translations

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

For Friday

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

·      Narrow list of PhD programs to eight; make a list of required documents

Week 4 (June 2-June 8)

For Monday

·      Read/take notes on The Black Atlantic

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

        For Friday

·      Do two French translations

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

Week 5 (June 9-June 15)

For Monday

·      Email professors for letters of recommendation

·      Reread/take notes on The Idea of Latin America; Local Histories/Global Designs

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

For Friday

·      Do two French translations

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

·      First Workshop for CVs

Week 6 (June 16-June 22)

For Monday

·      Benito paper revision #1

·      Read/take notes on Silencing the Past

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

For Friday

·      Do two French translations

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

·      Read The Everyday Writer

Week 7 (June 23-June 29)

For Monday

·      Do two French translations

·      Put in six hours of GRE prep

For Friday

·      Take practice GRE

·      Discussion of The Everyday Writer

Week 8 (June 30-July 6)

For Monday

·      Benito paper revision #2; make list of journals to submit to

·      Read/take notes on Gender Trouble

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

·      Write personal/teaching statements for apps

For Friday

·      Do two French translations

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

·      Workshop on Personal/Teaching Statements

Week 9 (July 7-July 13)

For Monday

·      Find/read/take notes on more sources for Benito paper

·      Do two French translations

·      Put in six hours of GRE prep

For Friday

·      Take practice GRE

Week 10 (July 14-July 20)

For Monday

·      Benito paper revision #3

·      Read Ecrits

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

For Friday

·      Do two French translations

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

Week 11 (July 21-July 27)

For Monday

·      Figure out/revise writing sample for apps

·      Do two French translations

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

For Friday

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

·      Take practice GRE

·      Workshop Personal/Teaching Statements

Week 12 (July 28-August 3)

For Monday

·      Benito paper revision #4

·      Read Zen at War

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

       For Friday

·      Do two French translations

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

Week 13 (August 4-August 10)

For Monday

·      Read Henry James Daisy Miller and “The Art of Fiction”

·      Do two French translations

·      Put in six hours of GRE prep

For Friday

·      Take practice GRE

·      Final Workshop

Week 14 (August 11-August 17)

For Monday

·      Do two French translations

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep

For Friday

·      Put in three hours of GRE prep