These assignments are due in class on the dates indicated (i.e. the readings listed for a particular day will be discussed on that day). There will be NO LATE assignments accepted for daily grades or make-ups of in-class quizzes or assignments. Both this schedule and individual assignments are subject to change. For all online texts, you should bring in a printed copy of the text on the day it is being discussed in class.

• CP = Course Packet
• SW = Sarah Hans' Steampunk World
• YP = Young's Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction   
  

Week 1 (9/1 - 9/5)

• Tuesday: Course Introduction; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "The danger of a single story" (TED Talk)

• Thursday: "How to Email Your Professor" (CP 3-5); Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's "What is Steampunk?" (CP 6-8); Jeff VanderMeer's "The Future of Steampunk: Will Clockwork Gears, Mechanical Corsets, and Dirigibles be Enough?" (CP 9-27)

 Week 2 (9/8 - 9/12)

• Tuesday: Joseph Bruchac’s Killer of Enemies (1-95); Liz Sonneborn's "Lozen" (29-29); "Introduction: Montage" (YP 1-8)

• Thursday: Daniel José Older's "12 Fundamentals of Writing “The Other” (And The Self)" (CP 30-38); Mike Perschon's "Steam Wars" (CP 39-78); Blog Workshop (in-class) (bring laptops)

 Week 3 (9/15 - 9/19)

• Tuesday: Joseph Bruchac’s Killer of Enemies (96-174); Diana M. Pho's "Introduction: Going Global, or Re-Engineering Steampunk Fiction" (SW 18-24); Professor Calamity's "My Machine, My Comrade" (CP 79-80)

• Thursday: Introduction to Google Maps (bring laptops)

 Week 4  (9/22 - 9/26)

• Tuesday: Joseph Bruchac’s Killer of Enemies (175-270); Jay Lake's "Shedding Skin Or How the World Came to Be" (SW 25-33)

• Thursday: Google Maps Lab (meet in computer lab)

Week 5 (9/29 - 10/3)

• Tuesday: Joseph Bruchac’s Killer of Enemies (271-358); "Subaltern knowledge" (YP 9-25) 

• Thursday: Jess Nevins' "Introduction: The 19th-Century Roots of Steampunk" (CP 81-85); Nisi Shawl's "Promised" (SW 51-74); Balogun Ojetade's "The Hand of Sa-Seti" (SW 178-195)

Week 6 (10/6 - 10/10)

• Tuesday: Map Pins Due; City of Lost Children (watch in class); Rick Klaw's "The Steam-Driven Time Machine: A Pop Culture Survey" (CP 86-90)

• Thursday: City of Lost Children (watch in class); Geoff King and Tanya Krzywinska's "Defining Science Fiction: Narrative Themes" (CP 91-115)

Week 7 (10/13 - 10/17)

• Tuesday: Jaymee Goh's "Hidden Strength" (SW 33-50); Lucien Soulban's "Forty Pieces" (111-136)

• Thursday: Map Essay Due; In-class practice AP exam

Week 8 (10/20 - 10/24)

• Tuesday: Lillian Cohen-Moore's "Hatavat Chalom" (SW 137-156); Emily B. Cataneo's "The Firebird" (SW 75-100); "Postcolonial feminism" (YP 93-120)

• Thursday: Blogs Due; Introduction to Omeka (bring laptops); Watch this video introduction before class: http://omeka.org/files/movies/touromeka.mov

Week 9 (10/27 - 10/31)

• Tuesday: Amal El-Mohtar’s “To Follow the Waves” (CP 116-126); Shweta Narayan’s “The Padishah Begum's Reflections” (CP 127-144); Amy Kit-sze Chan's "When Cyberfeminism Meets Chinese Philosophy: Computer, Weaving, and Women" (CP 145-154)

• Thursday: Omeka Lab (bring laptops)

Week 10 (11/3 - 11/7)

• Tuesday: Benjanun Sriduangkaew's "The Governess and We" (SW 217-236); S.J. Chambers' "The Sehrazatin Diyoramasi Tour" (SW 281-293)

• Thursday: Exhibit Items Due; In-class practice AP exam

Week 11 (11/10 - 11/14)

• Tuesday: Steamboy (watch in class): "History and power, from below and above" (YP 26-44); Jake von Slatt's "At the Intersection of Technology and Romance" (CP 155-157)

• Thursday: Exhibit Essay Due; Steamboy (watch in class)

Week 12 (11/17 - 11/21)

• Tuesday: Jay Kristoff's Stormdancer (1-105); Edward W. Said's "Introduction to Orientalism" (CP 158-169)

• Thursday: Revisions of Map Essay Due; Jay Kristoff's Stormdancer (106-173); Tai Chi 0 (watch in class)

 Week 13 (11/24 - 11/28)

• Tuesday: Final Project Proposal Due (by midnight); Jay Kristoff's Stormdancer (174-255); Tai Chi 0 (watch in class)

• Thursday: No Class - Thanksgiving Break

Week 14 (12/1 - 12/5)

• Tuesday: Jay Kristoff's Stormdancer (255-337); "The Future of Steampunk: A Roundtable Interview" (CP 170-173)

• Thursday: Conferences  
  

Week 15 (12/8 - 12/12)

• Tuesday: Conferences

• Thursday: Revision Exhibit Essay Due; Final discussion and gallery day  
  

Week 16  

• Monday, December 15: All Blog Posts and Extra Credit Responses Due; Study Day -- Office Hours from 10:30am-2:00pm

 Friday, December 19, @ 1pm

Final Project Essays Due to D2L Dropbox