# Calendar

Calendar schedule.
LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES
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1 | Introduction |
2 | The Decline of the Mercantilist Empires: From 1492 to the Early 19th Century |
3 | Classic Theories of Imperialism | First map quiz: The World
The Foundation of "British" India, and the Roots of a New Imperialism
4 | From "John Company" to the Mutiny of 1857 |
5 | Shifting Economic Rationales: From "Free Trade" to Opium Wars |
(New) Views of Exotic Lands and Exotic "Others"
6 | Charting New Terrain: Discovering "Darkest Africa" |
7 | Ethnography and "Race Science" |
8 | Imperial and "Civilizing" Missions |
9 | Discussion: Mike Davis, Late Victorian Holocausts (2002) | First paper due
Partitioning the World
10 | From the Great Game to the Scramble for Africa |
11 | The Berlin Conference: Power-Politics and Map Fantasies | Second map quiz: Africa
Violence
12 | Colonial Warfare I: Conquest of Africa, Boer War, Boxer Uprising |
13 | Genocides in the Belgian Congo and German South-West Africa |
Empire in the Metropole
14 | The Imperial Nation on Display |
15 | Imperial Masculinities and Femininities |
Case Studies of Transformation in the Colonies
16 | Hawaii |
17 | Discussion: Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy |
18 | Discussion: George Orwell, Burmese Days | Second paper due
Narratives (and Counter-Narratives) of Development
19 | The First World War |
20 | Colonial Economics and "Modernization" |
Twilight of Empire
21 | Empire in the Second World War |
22 | A New World Order? From the Suez Crisis to Vietnam |
Decolonization in Asia and Africa
23 | Decolonization |
24 | Independent Nationalism of the New Elites | Final paper due (on Fanon)
New Imperialisms?
25 | The Neo-Colonialism of "Globalization"? |
26 | The New American Empire? |
Final Exam Week