Providence Clemente Veterans' Initiative
2022 - 2023
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Fall Syllabus
Unit 1: Orientation and Introduction
Unit 1: Orientation and Introduction
Unit 2: Ancient Greece and Peloponnesian War
Unit 2: Ancient Greece and Peloponnesian War
Unit 3: American Civil War
Unit 3: American Civil War
Thursday 11/3: Slavery and the Civil War
Thursday 11/3: Slavery and the Civil War
Monday 11/7: Lincoln, Race and Slavery
Monday 11/7: Lincoln, Race and Slavery
Thursday 11/11: The Civil War and Veteran Identity
Thursday 11/11: The Civil War and Veteran Identity
Monday 11/14: Military Service in the Civil War
Monday 11/14: Military Service in the Civil War
Thursday 11/17: Social aftermath of the Civil War -- Reconstruction
Thursday 11/17: Social aftermath of the Civil War -- Reconstruction
Saturday 11/19: field trip to Boston – Massachusetts Historical Society and Shaw Memorial
Saturday 11/19: field trip to Boston – Massachusetts Historical Society and Shaw Memorial
Monday 11/21: Public Memorials – from the Civil War, and in general
Monday 11/21: Public Memorials – from the Civil War, and in general
Thursday 11/25: Thanksgiving!
Thursday 11/25: Thanksgiving!
Monday 11/28: Memory and Forgetting – Race, and the legacy of the Civil War
Monday 11/28: Memory and Forgetting – Race, and the legacy of the Civil War
Thursday 12/1: Ethics Case Study – the Freedman’s Memorial
Thursday 12/1: Ethics Case Study – the Freedman’s Memorial
Monday 12/5: Writing Respite
Monday 12/5: Writing Respite
Unit 4: Creativity
Unit 4: Creativity
Thursday 12/8: Letter to My Past Self
Thursday 12/8: Letter to My Past Self
Monday 12/12: Letter to My Past Self, continued
Monday 12/12: Letter to My Past Self, continued
Thursday 12/15: Final fall class, and presentation of letters
Thursday 12/15: Final fall class, and presentation of letters
Unit 5: Orientation and Introduction; World War I
Unit 5: Orientation and Introduction; World War I
Monday 1/16: Introduction and Orientation
Monday 1/16: Introduction and Orientation
Thursday 1/19: The Humanities Toolkit
Thursday 1/19: The Humanities Toolkit
Monday 1/23: World War I: What Happened, Why, and What Was It Like?
Monday 1/23: World War I: What Happened, Why, and What Was It Like?
Thursday 1/26: World War I in Literature
Thursday 1/26: World War I in Literature
Monday 1/30: World War I in Art
Monday 1/30: World War I in Art
Unit 6: World War II
Unit 6: World War II
Thursday 2/2: World War II: What Happened? Why? What Was It Like?
Thursday 2/2: World War II: What Happened? Why? What Was It Like?
Monday 2/6: Literature of Homecoming
Monday 2/6: Literature of Homecoming
Monday 2/13: Meaning the Aftermath of War - Existential Responses
Monday 2/13: Meaning the Aftermath of War - Existential Responses
Thursday 2/16: 'The Read War Will Never Get in the Books'
Thursday 2/16: 'The Read War Will Never Get in the Books'
Monday 2/20: Homecoming and Belonging - Philosophical Perspectives
Monday 2/20: Homecoming and Belonging - Philosophical Perspectives
Monday 2/23: All My Sons - Trinity Rep Reading and Discussion
Monday 2/23: All My Sons - Trinity Rep Reading and Discussion
Monday 2/27: Respite for Writing
Monday 2/27: Respite for Writing
Unit 7: Expressive Art
Unit 7: Expressive Art
Thursday 3/2: Name It To Tame It
Thursday 3/2: Name It To Tame It
Monday 3/6: Expressive Art Presentation
Monday 3/6: Expressive Art Presentation
Thursday 3/9: Veteran Artists and the GI Bill - case studies - Leon Golub and H.C. Westermann
Thursday 3/9: Veteran Artists and the GI Bill - case studies - Leon Golub and H.C. Westermann
Unit 8: Vietnam War
Unit 8: Vietnam War
Monday 3/13: Origins of American Involvement in Vietnam
Monday 3/13: Origins of American Involvement in Vietnam
Thursday 3/16: The draft, combat and strategy
Thursday 3/16: The draft, combat and strategy
Monday 3/20: What They Carried
Monday 3/20: What They Carried
Thursday 3/23: Moral Dilemmas in War – My Lai Massacre
Thursday 3/23: Moral Dilemmas in War – My Lai Massacre
Monday 3/27: Bruises on the Soul: Coming Home, and Moral Injury
Monday 3/27: Bruises on the Soul: Coming Home, and Moral Injury
Thursday 3/30: Vietnam - Art and Public Memory
Thursday 3/30: Vietnam - Art and Public Memory
Saturday 4/1: Providence Memorials
Saturday 4/1: Providence Memorials
Monday 4/3: Respite for Writing
Monday 4/3: Respite for Writing
Thursday 4/6: Music and Memory
Thursday 4/6: Music and Memory
Unit 9: Iraq, Afghanistan and Post 9-11
Unit 9: Iraq, Afghanistan and Post 9-11
Monday 4/10: How and Why Did America Get Involved in Afghanistan?
Monday 4/10: How and Why Did America Get Involved in Afghanistan?
Thursday 4/13: How and Why Did America Get Involved in Iraq?
Thursday 4/13: How and Why Did America Get Involved in Iraq?
Monday 4/17: Literature Post 9-11
Monday 4/17: Literature Post 9-11
Thursday 4/20: Learning from The Past - Meatgrinder
Thursday 4/20: Learning from The Past - Meatgrinder
Monday 4/24: Female Soldiers and Veterans
Monday 4/24: Female Soldiers and Veterans
Thursday 4/27: Moral Injury and Veterans of Iraq/Afghanistan
Thursday 4/27: Moral Injury and Veterans of Iraq/Afghanistan
Monday 5/1: Tecmessa in the 21st Century
Monday 5/1: Tecmessa in the 21st Century
Thursday 5/4: Grounded, with Rachael Warren from Trinity
Thursday 5/4: Grounded, with Rachael Warren from Trinity
Saturday 5/6: Norman Rockwell Museum Trip
Saturday 5/6: Norman Rockwell Museum Trip
Monday 5/8: Michelle Henning, Seen and Unseen
Monday 5/8: Michelle Henning, Seen and Unseen
Thursday 5/11: Aesthetic Responses to Existential Challenge
Thursday 5/11: Aesthetic Responses to Existential Challenge
Monday 5/15: Respite for Writing
Monday 5/15: Respite for Writing
Unit 10: Graduation Prep
Unit 10: Graduation Prep
Thursday 5/18: Bringing It All Together - Final Speech Prep
Thursday 5/18: Bringing It All Together - Final Speech Prep
Monday 5/22: Final Line of Departure
Monday 5/22: Final Line of Departure
Thursday 5/25: Graduation - Speech Delivery
Thursday 5/25: Graduation - Speech Delivery