THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Summer Institute on U.S. Society

May 24^th - July 5^th 1997

SCHEDULE

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday May 24 Arrival
May 25 Orientation 10:00 - 2:00 Welcome brunch Meeting (North East Side Dinning room at I- house) 2:30 - 5:00 Introduction to New York City Upper West Side/ Central Park	May 26 Memorial Day 4:00 Walk through Greenwich Village 6:30 Circle Line Tour of Manhattan	May 27 9:00 - 10:00 Short tour of University The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: American Politics Today Prof. David Plotke 1:00 Bank to cash checks 3:00 ID Photos 6:30 Welcoming Reception	May 28 The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: American Constitutionalism and Constitutional Politics Prof. Andrew Arato 1:00 - 2:30 Social Security office 3:00-5:00 Computer training (Level 1)	May 29 The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: Contemporary American Federalism Prof. David Plotke   3:00-5:00 Computer training (Level 1)	May 30 The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: Race, Class, & Ethnicity in America Prof. Victoria Hattam   3:30-5:00 Computer training (Level 2)	May 31         Free Day

Sunday June 1 Field Trip to Philadelphia - The Crucible of American Heritage 10:20 am departure by Amtrak In Philadelphia: Visit to Independence Park: -Independence Hall -Liberty Bell -Congress Hall -Franklin Court -Declaration (Graff) house -(a short film on the drafting of the Declaration) 7:46 return to NYC

Monday June 2 The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: American Democratic Culture Prof. Jeffrey Goldfarb 2:00 Meeting with Institute ‘s Director, Elzbieta Matynia and staff 3:30 Video Projection: An Empire of Reason

Tuesday June 3 Individual Study -Meeting with Advisors David Plotke Jeffrey Goldfarb Jose Casanova Vera Zolberg Victoria Hattam Jonathan Schell -Library 2:00-4:00 Video Projection: Malcolm X by Spike Lee

Wednesday June 4 The Media Society 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: Mass Media and Mass Society in America Prof. Jim Miller 2:00 - 4:00 Computer training (Level 3)   2:00-4:00 Video Projection: Mississippi Burning by Alan Parker

Thursday June 5 The Media Society 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: Media & Politics Jonathan Schell 2:00 - 4:00 Roundtable on Africa 4:00 - 6:00 *Inclusion and Exclusion: International Migrants and Refugees in Europe and North America

Friday June 6 The Media Society 11:00 - 12:00 On-Site Study: Inside the New York Times - Guided Tour 12:00 - 1:00 Seminar Session: New York Times:  "All News That’s Fit to Print" talk by Steve Engelberg, Foreign Desk, New York Times Both events at NYT, 229 West W. 43rd Street 4:00 Meeting with Institute’s Director Elzbieta Matynia and staff

Saturday June 7 8:45 am Ellis Island Lunch in Chinatown

* Conference organized by the International Center for Migration, Citizenship, and Ethnicity and will be open to interested Institute participants.
 

Sunday June 8 2:15 United Nations Tour

Monday June 9 The Media Society 9:30-11:30 Seminar Session: Public Television Network and Cable Broadcasting in America Prof. Monroe Price 12:45 On-Site Study: Tour of NBC Studios 2:00-4:00 On-Site Study: Inside NBC New York Studios (Monroe Price) meeting with -David Corvo, Deputy President of NBC News

Tuesday June 10 The Media Society 10:00-12:00 Seminar Session: Race in American Film and Literature Prof. Jeffrey Goldfarb (Films viewed on June 3 and June 8) 4:00 On-Site Study: Deep Dish TV

Wednesday June 11 Individual Study -Meeting with Advisors David Plotke Jeffrey Goldfarb Jose Casanova Vera Zolberg Victoria Hattam Jonathan Schell -Library 1:00 - 3:00  Roundtable on the Near East 4:00 Late Night with Connan O’Brian NBC Stuidios

Thursday June 12 America’s Civil Society and Civic Life 10:00-12:00 Seminar Session: Civil Society: The Concept, the Debates and the Reality Prof. Andrew Arato 1:00-3:00 Computer training (Level 3) 4:30 Extra Curricular activity Outing to Greenpoint

Friday June 13 America’s Civil Society and Civic Life 10:00-12:00 Seminar Session: Pursuit of Excellence: Education in America Prof. Jeffrey Goldfarb 3:00 Meeting with Institute’s Director, Elzbieta Matynia and staff 3:30 - 5:00  Roundtable on East Central Europe and Eurasia

Saturday June 14 11:00 The Metropolitan Museum

Sunday June 15 America’s Civil Society and Civic Life On-Site Study: (Harlem) The Experience of the African American Community 9:00 Abyssinian Baptist Church Service 10:30 - 1:00 Tour of Harlem 1:00 - 2:30 Lunch 2:30 - 5:30 Schomburg Center in Harlem Documentary Film: I remember Harlem meeting with film-maker Bill Miles

Monday June 16 America’s Civil Society and Civic Life 10:00-12:00 Seminar Session: The Place of Religion in American Civic Life Prof. Jose Casanova 1:30 - 3:30 Computer training (Level 3)

Tuesday June 17 America’s Civil Society and Civic Life 10:00-12:00  Seminar Session: Women ‘s Movements: Gender Studies and Civil Society in the USA Prof. Rayna Rapp 2:00  On-Site Study: Meeting with Dr. Ann Snitow, Co-Chair of the Network of East -West Women. 4:30 - 8:00 Extra Curricular activity Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Bridge

Wednesday June 18 Individual Study -Meeting with Advisors David Plotke Jeffrey Goldfarb Jose Casanova Vera Zolberg Victoria Hattam Jonathan Schell -Library 4:00 Late Night with Connan O’Brian NBC Stuidios

Thursday June 19 Field Trip to New England 10:00 meet Clairmont Street entrance at I-house 10:30 am Departure by bus   2:00 arrival in Amherst, MA Hotel check in 3:00 On-Site Study: The Spectrum of American Higher Education: Exploring the Five College Area (Prof. Alan Burman)

Friday June 20 Field Trip to New England  Five College Area: Amherst 10:30 Departure for Boston, MA 1:00  Arrival in Boston Tour of Boston 7:30 Dinner together

Saturday June 21 Field Trip to New England Day in Boston Freedom Trail tour -Duck Tour -The Skyway -JFK Museum & Library

Sunday June 22 Field Trip to New England Boston: Free Day                                                       Evening: Concert in the  The House of Blues

Monday June 23 Field Trip to New England Boston: 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: Civic Innovation in America Carmen Sirianni, Brandeis University 11:45 departure 2:30 arrival in  Hartford, CT     3:00 On-Site Study: meeting with Elaine Zimmerman, Executive Director  Connecticut Commission on Children and. Miles Rapoport, Secretary of State, State of Connecticut 4:00 - Tour 5:00 Dem. Grad. Return to New York

Tuesday June 24 The City - The Public - The Arts 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: A City of Nations: Immigration and the "Remaking" of New York Prof. Philip Kasinitz 1:00 - 3:00  Roundtable on Portugal and Latin America Individual work, Curriculum design

Wednesday June 25 The City - The Public - The Arts Individual work, Curriculum design 4:00-6:00 On-Site Study:: Harpers magazine Mr. Lewis Lapham Jazz Evening

Thursday June 26 The City - The Public - The Arts 10:00-12:00 Seminar Session: Arts in New York City: A World without Limits Prof. Vera Zolberg 12:30 - 2:30  Roundtable on Asia 2:30 - 4:30 On-Site Study: meeting with Mitchel Levitas New York Times Book Review

Friday June 27 The City - The Public - The Arts 10:00-12:00 Panel Discussion Theater in New York and in the U.S. Prof. James Lipton and panelists 3:00 Meeting with Institute ‘s Director Elzbieta Matynia and staff 8:00 Broadway theater performance George C. Wolfe and Cavion Glover’s Bring In ‘da Noise, Bring In ‘da Funk Ambassador  219 W. 49th St.

Saturday June 28 Free Day

Sunday June 29  Free Day

Monday June 30  Field Trip Washington DC 7:00 am meet 8:05 am Departure with Amtrack 11:35 Arrival in Washington DC 1:00 Lunch 1:45 Walking Tour of Mall in Washington DC including the White House, Lincoln Memorial , Jefferson Memorial, Vietnam Memorial

Tuesday July 1 Field Trip Washington DC 10:00 Crossroads Project, Georgetown University  10:30 - 12:00 Computer lab 12:30- 1:30 Lunch 2:00 - 4:00 Introduction to CD-Rom  4:00 - 5:00 Discussion 7:30 pm Cocktails with Sondra Myers, Editor of Democracy is a Discussion workbook

Wednesday July 2 Field Trip Washington DC Library of Congress 10:00 - 11:30 Video on Lib. of Congress and viewing of Treasures Exhibit 11:30 - 1:30 American Memory (National Digital Library -- with Prosser Gifford, Director of Scholarly programs 1:30 - 2:30 lunch 3:00 - 5:00  Working Meeting at USIA 5:00 Return hotel 6:15 back to NYC

Thursday July 3 Individual Study -Meeting with Advisors: David Plotke Jeffrey Goldfarb Jose Casanova Vera Zolberg Victoria Hattam Jonathan Schell -Library 11:00  On-Site Study: Human Rights and its Community Meeting with  Aryeh Neier, Open Society Institute 3:00 Meeting with Institute's Director Elzbieta Matynia and staff Farewell Reception

Friday July 4 Concert in Central Park (depending on weather) Fireworks

Saturday July 5 Extra Curricular activity View  Fireworks from FDR Departure