Images of America Schedule

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P E O P L E * C O N T A C T S

2. INTRODUCTION
7.29 AMERICA AND HISTORY
A.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School
Alan Brinkley, History, Columbia University; fellow, Russell Sage Foundation

P.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School
Lawrence Weschler, staff writer, The New Yorker

EVE Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School
FILM Independence Day (Roland Emmerich, 1996) [142 mins.]
READINGS:
Lawrence Weschler, "Chapter 1: High School (1943-1946)," Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees (Berkeley: U of California P, 1982) 3-21
Lawrence Weschler, "The Media's One and Only Freedom Story," Columbia Journalism Review (March/April 1990) 25-31
Lawrence Weschler, "Getting Over," The New Yorker (April 5, 1993) 4-6
Lawrence Weschler, "Enabling Washington," The New Yorker (December 2, 1996) 9-10
LINKS

For images of some Vermeer paintings, click here and/or here.
Vermeer Tutorial
News Report on Vermeer Exhibit in Washington, DC
For general information on the film, type "Independence Day" on the page that appears after clicking here.
Official ID4 Home Page
Alternate Official ID4 Home Page
Index of ID4 Fan Home Pages

7.30 AMERICAN IDEAS AND IMAGES
A.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School
Anne Norton, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

P.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School
Andrew Ross, American Studies, New York University

EVE Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School
FILM: Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins, 1992) [105 mins.]
READINGS:
Langston Hughes, "Let America Be America Again" (1936) and "Freedom's Plow" (1943), The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, ed. Arnold Rampersad (NY: Vintage, 1994) 189-191, 263-268
Anne Norton, "Republic of Signs," Republic of Signs: Liberal Theory and American Popular Culture (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1993) 9-45
LINKS

For general information on the film, type "Bob Roberts" on the page that appears after clicking here.
Official Miramax Bob Roberts Home Page
Tim Robbins Interview
Movie Review


		I N F O R M A T I O N * S C H E D U L E * P E O P L E * C O N T A C T S 2. INTRODUCTION
	7.29	AMERICA AND HISTORY A.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School Alan Brinkley, History, Columbia University; fellow, Russell Sage Foundation P.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School Lawrence Weschler, staff writer, The New Yorker EVE Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School FILM Independence Day (Roland Emmerich, 1996) [142 mins.] READINGS: Lawrence Weschler, "Chapter 1: High School (1943-1946)," Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees (Berkeley: U of California P, 1982) 3-21 Lawrence Weschler, "The Media's One and Only Freedom Story," Columbia Journalism Review (March/April 1990) 25-31 Lawrence Weschler, "Getting Over," The New Yorker (April 5, 1993) 4-6 Lawrence Weschler, "Enabling Washington," The New Yorker (December 2, 1996) 9-10 LINKS For images of some Vermeer paintings, click here and/or here. Vermeer Tutorial News Report on Vermeer Exhibit in Washington, DC For general information on the film, type "Independence Day" on the page that appears after clicking here. Official ID4 Home Page Alternate Official ID4 Home Page Index of ID4 Fan Home Pages
	7.30	AMERICAN IDEAS AND IMAGES A.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School Anne Norton, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania P.M. Room 8, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School Andrew Ross, American Studies, New York University EVE Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School FILM: Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins, 1992) [105 mins.] READINGS: Langston Hughes, "Let America Be America Again" (1936) and "Freedom's Plow" (1943), The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, ed. Arnold Rampersad (NY: Vintage, 1994) 189-191, 263-268 Anne Norton, "Republic of Signs," Republic of Signs: Liberal Theory and American Popular Culture (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1993) 9-45 LINKS For general information on the film, type "Bob Roberts" on the page that appears after clicking here. Official Miramax Bob Roberts Home Page Tim Robbins Interview Movie Review