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Links Used in Class |
Victorian Terrorism Paper |
| Date |
Topic |
Readings & Assignments |
| Tuesday 22 Aug 17 |
Introduction to the Victorian Era |
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| Thursday 24 Aug 17 |
How to study the history of crime and violence in the Victorian Era? |
Criminal Conversations, Introduction “Moral and Physical Force: The Language of Violence in Irish Nationalism” (Handout) |
| Tuesday 29 Aug 17 |
Class & Crime |
Criminal Conversations, Chapter 1 |
| Thursday 31 Aug 17 |
Children & Crime |
Criminal Conversations, Chapter 2 |
| Tuesday 5 Sept 17 |
Rural Crime | Criminal Conversations, Chapter 3 |
| Thursday 7 Sept 17 |
Responses to violence in Victorian society | Criminal Conversations, Chapter 6 |
| Tuesday 12 Sept 17 |
Ethnicity & Crime | Criminal Conversations, Chapter 7 |
| Thursday
14 Sept 17 |
Sexuality & Violence | Criminal Conversations, Chapter 8 |
| Tuesday 19 Sept 17 |
A Mania for Suspicion |
Criminal Conversations, Chapter 9 |
| Thursday
21 Sept 17 |
Test #1 |
Study! |
| Tuesday 26 Sept 17 |
Domestic Violence | Criminal Conversations, Chapter 11 |
| Thursday 28 Sept 17 |
Infanticide | Criminal Conversations, Chapter 12 |
| Tuesday 3 Oct 17 |
Interview Prep |
“Constructing the Cult of the Criminal: Kate Webster – Victorian Murderess and Media Sensation” (Handout) |
| Thursday 5 Oct 17 |
Skype Session with Dr. Anne-Marie Kilday, Oxford Brookes University | |
| Tuesday 10 Oct 17 |
Sex, Wives, and Prostitutes |
Criminal Conversations, Chapter 13 |
| Thursday 12 Oct 17 |
No class…Fall Break! |
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| Tuesday
17 Oct 17 |
“Crimes of Moral Outrage” |
Criminal Conversations, Chapter 14 |
| Thursday 19 Oct 17 |
Watch The Abominable Bride (2016)
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| Tuesday 24 Oct 17 |
Skype Session with Dr. Ann McClellan, Plymouth State University |
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| Thursday 26 Oct 17 |
Silence of Victims |
Criminal Conversations, Chapter 15 |
| Tuesday 31 Oct 17 |
Jack the Ripper |
“Murder
in Black and White: Victorian Crime Scenes and the Ripper Photographs”
& “Optograms, Autobiography, and the Image of Jack the Ripper” (Handouts) |
| Thursday 2 Nov 17 |
Test #2 | Study! |
| Tuesday 7 Nov 17 |
Victorian terrorism |
The Dynamiters, Introduction “Why Historians Should Exercise Caution When Using the Word ‘Terrorism’” (Handout) |
| Thursday 9 Nov 17 |
End of insurrection? |
The Dynamiters, Chapter 1 |
| Tuesday 14 Nov 17 |
The Skirmishing Fund |
The Dynamiters, Chapter 2 |
| Thursday 16 Nov 17 |
Science and skirmishing |
The Dynamiters, Chapter 3 |
| Tuesday 21 Nov 17 |
Supporting terrorists Special guests: Brad Sturgeon & Steve Distin |
The Dynamiters, Chapter 4 |
| Thursday 23 Nov 17 |
No class…Happy Thanksgiving! |
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| Tuesday 28 Nov 17 |
Bridget and the bomb |
The Dynamiters, Chapter 5 |
| Thursday 30 Nov 17 |
Skirmishing stops |
The Dynamiters, Chapter 6 (pp. 246-7, 264-282, 295-303) |
| Tuesday 5 Dec 17 |
In-class proofreading session… |
Victorian Terrorism Paper Due @ Midnight |
| Thursday 7 Dec 17 |
Reading Day |
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| Tuesday 12 Dec 17 |
Final Exam @ 6:30 p.m. |
Study!!! |