EXPLORATIONS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE: Summer Institute on U.S. Society

THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Summer Institute on U.S. Society
May 19th - June 29th, 1999
SCHEDULE

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
May 19
Arrival of participants Thursday
May 20
Orientation
10:00 - 1:00
(GF, Room 217)
Group Lunch
2:00
Computer Orientation Session
(Everybody)
Room 217
2:30
Short tour of University and its neighborhood (with stop to get -NSSR ID Photos) Friday
May 21
Orientation
10:00 - 11:30
-Social Security office
11:30-1:00
- Bank to cash checks
1:00 lunch
3:00
Introductory Lecture:
Toqueville’s "America" Today
Prof. Irena Gross
(GF, Room 217) Saturday
May 22
11:00
Video Projection:
Empire of Reason
(66 West 12th St., Room 407)
3:00 - 6:00
Circle Line
Tour of Manhattan

May 23
Free Day

May 24
The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture
9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
American Politics Today
Prof. David Plotke
1:30-3:30
Computer Training
(Level 1 )
6:30 Welcoming Reception (Room 242) May 25
The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture
9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
American Constitutionalism and Constitutional Politics
Prof. Andrew Arato
1:30-3:30
Computer Training
(Level 2)

May 26
The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture
9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
Contemporary American Federalism
Prof.
David Plotke
4:30-5:45
Computer Training
(Level 1 )

May 27
The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture
9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
Race, Class, & Ethnicity in America
Prof. Terry Williams
2:00 On-Site Study: Latinos in the US : A Conversation with Dean,
Dr. Judith Friedlander

May 28
Field Trip to
New England
Institutions and Practices of American Democracy
10:00 am
Departure by bus
12:50 arrival in Hartford, CT
1:00 On-Site Study:
Parents’ Leadership Training Institute
visit at the CT. Commission on Children
3:30 - Tour of State Capitol
4:30 depart from Hartford
6:30
arrival in Boston
7:30
Dinner together at the Noname Restaurant
May 29
Field Trip to
New England
Institutions and Practices of American Democracy
9:30
Seminar Session:
Civic Innovation in America
Carmen Sirianni, Brandeis University
2:30 Early American History and Culture:
Tour of Boston’s Freedom Trail
and Black Heritage Trail by bus and foot. Tour will include visit to Beacon Hill, Back Bay and North End:
Free for dinner

May 30
Field Trip to
New England
Institutions and Practices of American Democracy
Boston:
11:00
Tour of Harvard University
2:00
visit to
JFK Museum & Library or Museum of Fine Arts
(optional)
5:30 departure
9:30 return to NYC
May 31
Memorial Day

Free Day
7:00
Memorial Day BBQ
(at Loeb Hall)
June 1
The Principles of American Society and Democratic Culture
9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
American Democratic Culture
Prof. Jeffrey Goldfarb
1:30-3:30
Video Projection:
Malcolm X
by Spike Lee
4:00
Meeting with Institute ‘s Director, Elzbieta Matynia and staff
June 2
America’s Civil Society and Civic Life

9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
Civil Society: The Concept, the Debates and the Reality
Prof. Andrew Arato
1:30 - 3:30
Computer Training
(Level 1, 2 and 3 )
7:00
Jazz Show
June 3
America’s Civil Society and Civic Life

9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
Pursuit of Excellence: Education in America
Prof. Jeffrey Goldfarb
1:30 - 3:30
Computer Training
(Level 1 and 2)
5:00 - 6:45
Computer training
(Level 3)

June 4
America’s Civil Society and Civic Life

9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
The Place of Religion in American Civic Life
Prof. Jose Casanova
1:30 - 3:30
Computer Training: (Level 1 and 3)
4:00
Video Screening:
I Remember Harlem
June 5
11:00
The Metropolitan Museum
(Tour of the American Wing)

June 6
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 - 12:30
Music Brunch at
Copland’s Country Kitchen
1:00 - 2:30
Tour of Harlem
3:00
visit to Langston Hughes House in Harlem June 7
America’s Civil Society and Civic Life
9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
Women ‘s Movements: Gender Studies and Civil Society in the USA
Prof. Rayna Rapp
4:30 - 6:30 On-Site Study: Meeting with Dr. Ann Snitow,
Network of East -West Women.
June 8
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)
June 9
The Media Society
9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
Mass Media and Mass Society in America
Michael Kaufman
(New York Times)
2:00-4:00
Video Projection:
Mississippi Burning
by Alan Parker

June 10
The Media Society
9:00 - 11:00
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

June 11
The Media Society
9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
Race in American Film and Literature
Prof. Jeffrey Goldfarb
(Films viewed on June 1 and June 9)
2:00
On-Site Study: visit to Deep Dish TV and Paper Tiger
June 12
8:45 am
On-Site Study:
Alienation and Assimilation, the Immigrant Experience.
Guided Tour of
Ellis Island by Mr. Ed O’Donnell
1:00 - 3:00
Ethnic Diversity of New York City
Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Bridge
(optional)

June 13
Free Day
Monday
June 14
The Media Society

9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
Media & Politics
Jonathan Schell
1:30-2:30
On-Site Study:
Inside NBC New York Studios
meeting with
-David Corvo, Deputy President of NBC News
2:45
On-Site Study:
Tour of NBC Studios
Tuesday
June 15
Individual Study

9:00 - 11:00
Computer Training
Level 2:
-Meeting with Advisors
-Reading Time
-Packing of books
5:30 - 7:30
Computer Training: Level 1
Wednesday
June 16
The City - The Public - The Arts
9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
A City of Nations: Immigration and the "Remaking" of New York
Prof. Philip Kasinitz
1:00 - 3:00
On-Site Study:
Walking Tour: Immigrant New York

Thursday
June 17
The City - The Public - The Arts
9:00 - 11:00
Seminar Session:
Arts in New York City: A World without Limits
Prof. Vera Zolberg
3:00
Meeting with Institute’s Director Elzbieta Matynia and staff
7:00
Broadway show: Chicago
Friday
June 18
The City - The Public - The Arts
9:00
On-Site Study:
American Public and the Human Rights Movement in America
Meeting with
Jonathan Fanton, Chair, Human Rights Watch
-Meeting with Advisors
-Reading Time
-Packing of books

Saturday
June 19

6:00
Potluck Dinner at home of Institute’s Director Elzbieta Matynia

Sunday
June 20

Free Day
Monday
June 21
New Mexico
The Society & Culture of American Borderlands
10:00
departure from Loeb Hall to Laguardia
12:00
Depart for New Mexico
4:20 PM
Arrival in Albuquerque
6:30 PM
Arrival in Santa Fee
Hotel check in
Free for Dinner
Tuesday
June 22
New Mexico
The Society & Culture of American Borderlands
10:00 - 12:00
Seminar Session:
Society & Culture of American Borderlands:
Spanish New Mexico
Prof. Kaz Dziamka
1:00
Drive out to
Abiquiu
2:00 and 3:30 tours of Georgia O’Keeffe ‘s home in Abiquiu
drive out to
Ghost Ranch
(Georgia O’Keeffe’s summer home)
Free for Dinner
Wednesday
June 23
New Mexico
The Society & Culture of American Borderlands
10:00
On-Site Study
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
2:00
On-Site Study
Historic and Contemporary Tour of Santa Fe
Free time to explore Canyon Road and Santa Fe
Dinner together at: Geronimo
Thursday
June 24
New Mexico
The Society & Culture of American Borderlands
Day in Taos
10:00 - 12:00
Seminar Session:
Society and Cultures of American Borderlands:
American Indians
Prof. Kaz Dziamka
Lunch
1:00 Leave for Taos.
2:30 Visit to Taos Pueblo Indian Reservation ( San Juan Feast Dance festival)
drive home via
Rio Grande Bridge
(US 64)
Free for Dinner
Friday
June 25
New Mexico
The Society & Culture of American Borderlands
10:00
On-Site Study
Museum of the Institute of American Indian Arts
2:20 PM
Depart for Washington DC
from Albuquerque
9:33 PM
Arrival in DC
Saturday
June 26
Field Trip
Washington DC
10:00 Guided Bus Tour of Mall in Washington DC including the Congress,
Lincoln Memorial , Jefferson Memorial, Vietnam Memorial
National Gallery
(Optional)

Sunday
June 27
Field Trip
Washington DC
Free Day
7:30 PM
Cocktails with Sondra Myers,
Editor of Democracy is a Discussion workbook
(Graduation Ceremony)
Monday
June 28
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
Tuesday
June 29
General Departure from DC
Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday