THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Summer Institute on U.S. Society

May 15th - June 26^th 1998

Schedule

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday May 15 Arrival of all participants	Saturday May 16 Orientation 10:00 - 2:00 (Loeb Hall, lounge) 2:00 Short tour of University 2:30 - 5:00 Walk through Greenwich Village
May 17         12:00 Introductory Lecture: Toqueville’s "America" Today Prof. Irena Gross (Loeb Hall, lounge) 3:00 - 6:00 Circle Line Tour of Manhattan	May 18 9:30 - 10:00 Tour of university 10:00 - 11:30 -Social Security office 12:00 lunch 1:00 - Bank to cash checks 2:00 -NSSR ID Photos 3:00 Computer Orientation Session (Everybody) Room 217 5:30 attend GF Commencement Party	May 19 The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: American Politics Today Prof. David Plotke     2:00 Video Projection: Empire of Reason (66 West 12th St., Room 407)	May 20 The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: American Constitutionalism and Constitutional Politics Prof. Andrew Arato 2:00-4:00 Computer Training (Level 1 )         6:30 Welcoming Reception (Room 242)	May 21 The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: Contemporary American Federalism Prof. David Plotke 2:00-4:00 Computer Training (Level 2) 4:30 - 6:30 On-Site Study: Meeting with Dr. Ann Snitow, Network of East -West Women.	May 22 The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: Race, Class, & Ethnicity in America Prof. Terry Williams 2:00 On-Site Study: Latinos in the US : A Conv. with Dean Judith Friedlander 4:30-5:45 Computer Training (Level 1 ) ACC Room 2	May 23         11:00 The Metropolitan Museum (Tour of the American Wing)

 
 

Sunday May 24                 Free Day

Monday May 25 Memorial Day             free for lunch     2:00 National Museum of the American Indian, The George Gustav Heye Center, Smithsonian Institution                                         7:00 Memorial Day BBQ

Tuesday May 26 The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: American Democratic Culture Prof. Jeffrey Goldfarb         2:00-4:00 Video Projection: Malcolm X by Spike Lee     4:30 Meeting with Institute ‘s Director, Elzbieta Matynia and staff

Wednesday May 27 The Media Society 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: Mass Media and Mass Society in America Mr. Michael Kaufman                                     2:00-4:00 Video Projection: Mississippi Burning by Alan Parker     4:00 Screening of Democracy & Diversity

Thursday May 28 The Media Society 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: New York Times: "All News That’s Fit to Print" talk by Steve Engelberg, Foreign Desk, New York Times 12:00 - 1:00 On-Site Study: Inside the New York Times - Guided Tour

Friday May 29 The Media Society 10:00 - 12:00 Seminar Session: Media & Politics Jonathan Schell                     2:00 - 4:00 Computer Training Level 1, 2 and 3

Saturday May 30 Field Trip to Philadelphia - The Crucible of American Heritage 9:20 am departure by Amtrak 10:42: arrival in Philadelphia at 10:50 - 1:30 Bus tour of Philadelphia including visits to Independence Park: -Independence Hall -Liberty Bell -Congress Hall -Franklin Court -Declaration (Graff) house 1:30 -2:30 lunch at the Philadelphia Bourse 2:40 - 4:00 Balsh Institute - Discover America Exhibit free time 7:46 optional return to NYC

 
 

Sunday May 31             Free Day

Monday June 1 The Media Society 9:30-11:00 Seminar Session: Public Television Network and Cable Broadcasting in America Prof. Monroe Price (at Media Studies Center)     1:30-2:30 On-Site Study: Inside NBC New York Studios (Monroe Price) meeting with -David Corvo, Deputy President of NBC News     2:45 On-Site Study: Tour of NBC Studios

Tuesday June 2 The Media Society 10:00-12:00 Seminar Session: Race in American Film and Literature Prof. Jeffrey Goldfarb (Films viewed on May 26 and May 27)     2:00 On-Site Study: visit to Deep Dish TV and Paper Tiger

Wednesday June 3 Individual Study 9:45 On-Site Study Media and the Stock Exchange         -Meeting with Advisors     -Reading Time         4:00 Ethnic Diversity of New York City Outing to Greenpoint (Optional)

Thursday June 4 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     1:30 - 3:30 Computer Training (Level 1 and 2)                         5:00 - 6:45 Computer training (Level 3)

Friday June 5 America’s Civil Society and Civic Life 10:00-12:00 Seminar Session: Pursuit of Excellence: Education in America Prof. Jeffrey Goldfarb     2:00 Video Screening: I Remember Harlem         5:00 Meeting with Institute’s Director, Elzbieta Matynia and staff

Saturday June 6         8:45 am On-Site Study: Alienation and Assimilation, the Immigrant Experience Guided Tour of Ellis Island by Mr. Ed O’Donnell

 
 

Sunday June 7 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 - 1:30 Tour of Harlem 1:30 - 2:30 Lunch 3:00 - 5:30 Schomburg Center in Harlem 6:00 Early Dinner at Prof. Terry William’s home (1975 7th Ave, 116 St., Apt. 4G)

Monday June 8 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 1 and 3)

Tuesday June 9     Individual Study     10:00 - 12:00 Computer Training Level 2:     -Meeting with Advisors -Reading Time On Site Study: 1:30 Tour of Federal Reserve Bank

Wednesday June 10 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                             5:30 - 7:30 Computer Training: Level 1                         9:00 PM Fiction, Poetry and Jazz Improvisation at Meow Mix

Thursday June 11 Field Trip to New England 9:30 meet in front of Loeb Hall 10:00 am Departure by bus 12:50 arrival in Hartford, CT 1:00 On-Site Study: Connecticut’s Promise to our Youth 1:45 General Colin Powell 2:45 Closing Ceremony 3:30 - Tour of State Capitol 4:30 depart from Hartford 5:30 arrival in Amherst, MA Hotel check in Free for dinner

Friday June 12 Field Trip to New England 10:00 On-Site Study The Spectrum of American Higher Education: Exploring the Five College Area. (Dean Aron Burman, Hamphshire College and Maureen Mahoney at Smith College)     12:00 Picnic Lunch at Book Mill Bookstore 3:00 Departure for Boston, MA     5:30 Arrival in Boston 7:30 Dinner together at the Noname Restaurant (Pier )

Saturday June 13 Field Trip to New England     Free Day                 -JFK Museum & Library (optional)

 
 

Sunday June 14 Field Trip to New England Boston:                         11:00 Tour of Harvard University                     3:00 - 5:00 Seminar Session: Civic Innovation in America Carmen Sirianni, Brandeis University 5:30 departure         Return to New York

Monday June 15 Individual Study             -meeting with Advisors     -Reading Time                             5:00 - 8:00 Ethnic Diversity of New York City Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Bridge (optional)

Tuesday June 16 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     2:00 - 4:00 On-Site Study: Walking Tour: Immigrant New York

Wednesday June 17 The City - The Public - The Arts -Meeting with Advisors Individual work, Curriculum design                             4:00-6:00 On-Site Study:: Mr. Lewis Lapham A Critic in the City, Editor in Chief, Harpers magazine     8:00 Broadway theater performance George C. Wolfe and Cavion Glover’s Bring In ‘da Noise, Bring In ‘da Funk

Thursday June 18 The City - The Public - The Arts     10:00-12:00 Seminar Session: Arts in New York City: A World without Limits Prof. Vera Zolberg     On-Site Study: Museum of Modern Art

Friday June 19 The City - The Public - The Arts     10:00-12:00 Seminar Session: Theater in New York and in the U.S. Mr. Wally Shawn                     5:00 Potluck Dinner at home of Institute’s Director Elzbieta Matynia

Saturday June 20                 Free Day

 
 

Sunday June 21 Field Trip Washington DC 7:00 am meet in front of Loeb Hall 8:05 am Departure with Amtrak         11:35 Arrival in Washington DC     1:45 Guided Bus Tour of Mall in Washington DC including the Congress, Lincoln Memorial , Jefferson Memorial, Vietnam Memorial

Monday June 22 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

Tuesday June 23 Field Trip Washington DC 8:30 Tour of the White House 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

Wednesday June 24 The City - The Public - The Arts -Meeting with Advisors -Reading Time 11:00 On-Site Study: Human Rights Community in America Meeting with Jonathan Fanton, Chair, Human Rights Watch                 3:00 Meeting with Institute’s Director Elzbieta Matynia and staff

Thursday June 25 Individual Study     -Meeting with Advisors -Reading Time         Farewell Reception

Friday June 26 Departure Check out of Loeb Hall by 12:00 noon

Saturday June 27