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Antisemitism: a Long History 10/3/2019 JWSH 349: Antisemitism: A Long History Course Change Request New Course Proposal In Workflow Date Submitted: 09/16/19 10:54 am 1. CLAS Viewing: JWSH 349 : Antisemitism: A Long History Undergraduate Also listed as: HIST 349 Program and Course Last edit: 10/01/19 11:24 am Coordinator Changes proposed by: rperel 2. CUSA Academic Career Undergraduate, Lawrence Subcommittee 3. CUSA Committee Subject Code Course Number JWSH 349 4. CAC Academic Unit Department Jewish Studies 5. CLAS Final Approval School/College College of Lib Arts & Sciences 6. Registrar Locations Lawrence 7. PeopleSoft Do you intend to offer any portion of this course online? No Approval Path 1. 09/26/19 12:16 Title Antisemitism: A Long History pm Transcript Title Antisemitism: A Long History Rachel Schwien (rschwien): Effective Term Spring 2020 Approved for Catalog This course surveys the genesis, evolution and persistence of antipathy towards Jews and Judaism from late CLAS Description antiquity through the twentieth century, exploring its connections to religious and secular ideologies and its changing Undergraduate nature over time, place, and culture. Using primary source documents, religious and secular art and literature, the mass media and Program and popular expression, the course examines how antisemitism was articulated and implemented, how Jews and Judaism were perceived Course and represented, and how Jews and Judaism responded to antisemitism. Coordinator 2. 10/01/19 1:03 pm Prerequisites None Rachel Schwien Cross Listed Code Title (rschwien): Courses: Approved for HIST 349 Antisemitism: A Long History CUSA Subcommittee Credits 3 Course Type Lecture (Regularly scheduled academic course) (LEC) Grading Basis A-D(+/-)FI (G11) Is this course part of the No University Honors Program? Are you proposing this No course for KU Core? Typically Offered As necessary Please explain We plan to offer this course every two years, but might offer it more frequently depending on enrollments. Repeatable for No credit? Principal Course Designator Course H - Humanities Designator W - World Culture Are you proposing that the course count towards the CLAS BA degree specific requirements? No Will this course be required for a degree, major, minor, certificate, or concentration? No https://next.catalog.ku.edu/courseleaf/approve/ 1/2 10/3/2019 JWSH 349: Antisemitism: A Long History Rationale for We have identified the history of antisemitism as an area of interest among our students, and students in other departments who would Course Proposal like to learn more about this important phenomenon throughout the ages, not just focusing on the Holocaust. We are working with History to permanently cross-list the course as JWSH 349/HIST 349. The course is also considered for crosslisting by PCS. Supporting JWSH 349 Antisemitism Syllabus.pdf Documents KU Core Documents Course Reviewer Rachel Schwien (rschwien) (09/26/19 12:16 pm): R. Schwaller (HIST) approves of cross listing Comments Key: 13097 https://next.catalog.ku.edu/courseleaf/approve/ 2/2 ANTISEMITISM A LONG HISTORY JWSH 300 ~ TOPICS IN JEWISH STUDIES SPRING 2020 ~ F.G.STERNBERG PARIS, APRIL 16, 1898: Le Roi Rothschild (“King Rothschild”). Cover illustration for Le Rire, a satiric magazine, by noted caricaturist Charles Leandre (1862-1934). GENERAL INFORMATION THIS SYLLABUS IS CRITICAL TO SUCCESS IN THE COURSE. READ IT CAREFULLY. CONSULT IT FREQUENTLY. TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. I. DESCRIPTION • This course surveys the genesis, evolution and persistence of antipathy towards Jews and Judaism from late antiquity through the twentieth century, exploring its connections to religious and secular ideologies and its changing nature over time, place, and culture. • Using primary source documents, religious and secular art and literature, the mass media and popular expression, It examines how this antipathy was articulated and implemented, how Jews and Judaism were perceived and represented, and how Jews and Judaism responded to it in a variety of socio-cultural and socio-political contexts: the late Roman Empire, medieval and early modern Christendom, the Muslim caliphates and the Ottoman Empire, modern west, central, and eastern Europe, Nazi Germany and the United States. • The following concerns will inform each topic area. Exploring the emergence, articulation, and facilitation of specific non-Jewish perceptions of and policies towards Jews and Judaism. Comparing, contrasting, and contextualizing non-Jewish perceptions of and policies towards Jews and Judaism. Comprehending Jewish experiences in and responses to non-Jewish perceptions and policies. Distinguishing between “top-down” and “bottom-up” manifestations of antipathy. II. MATERIALS - REQUIRED (A) PURCHASE Phyllis Goldstein. A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism (Facing History and Ourselves, 2011) [GOLDSTEIN] Albert S. Lindemann and Richard S. Levy, editors. Antisemitism: A History (Oxford, 2010) [L&L] Marvin Perry and Frederick M. Schweitzer, editors. Antisemitic Myths: A Historical and Contemporary Anthology (Palgrave, 2008) [P&S] (B) BLACKBOARD: A variety of primary and secondary source materials from the internet and in PDF format. III. RESPONSIBILITIES - REQUIRED (A) SHOWING UP • ATTENDANCE Full attendance is expected at each class session and attendance will be taken at the start of each class. On the second day class meets, a seating chart will be put together to expedite the process. Students whose names are not on the seating chart will not be considered part of the class, their exams will not be accepted, and they will fail the course. • ABSENCE MISSING CLASSES . Students are required to email the instructor in advance of any expected or unexpected absence or immediately after any expected or unexpected absence. This also applies to coming late or leaving early. Students who miss 2 or more classes will lose 2 percentage points per absence from the final course grade. Students are responsible for obtaining any missed notes and handouts. Students who stop attending classes at any point during the semester without withdrawing officially from the course will receive a course grade of “F,” no matter how many exams they have completed prior to the last date of attendance. ARRIVING LATE: Students who come in after class has started must identify themselves to the instructor or they will be marked absent. LEAVING EARLY: This will count as an absence. (B) PAYING ATTENTION: Students must shut down, put away, and refrain from accessing all cell phones and other irrelevant electronic devices. (C) DOING THE WORK • READINGS: Unless marked “recommended,” readings listed in this syllabus are required and essential to comprehending and passing the course. They should be completed prior to the class for which they are assigned. • PARTICIPATION: Worth 10% of the total grade and expected of all students and expected from all students in the form of attention, questions, contributions to discussions, and particularly attendance. A record of perfect attendance will add 2 percentage points to the final course grade. • GRADED ASSIGNMENTS • CONTENT: Three 10-12 page “response papers,” each worth 30% of the total grade, will evaluate students’ ability to synthesize the information and ideas processed through the readings and in class by requiring them to engage with and critique selected primary and secondary source materials. SUBMISSIONS . All papers must be submitted on the dates indicated in the syllabus and the course calendar. In the absence of prior communication with the instructor: o Assignments submitted after the due date will receive a calibrated reduced starting grade for every day their submission is late: A will go to A-, then to B+ then to B then to B- and so on). o Assignments that have not been submitted by the deadline time/date of the final assignment will receive a grade of “F” (“0”) which will be averaged in with all other grades. This also applies to final assignments not submitted by the deadline time and date. o Students who stop attending classes at any point during the semester without withdrawing officially from the course will also receive a course grade of “F,” irrespective of how many assignments they have completed prior to the last date of attendance. (D) Staying in touch • ANNOUNCEMENTS: Students must read their KU email, as it is the only way the instructor can communicate important information. • PROBLEMS: Students experiencing difficulties should communicate their concerns to the instructor sooner rather than later. • OFFICE HOURS: LAWRENCE CAMPUS - Tuesday and Wednesday 1:00-2:00 PM, 4024 Wescoe • EMAIL: [email protected] (24/7) • TELEPHONE: 785-864-6948 (SKYPE message line) 2 IV. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION (A) CALENDAR (B) CONTINGENCIES 1/22 FIRST CLASS • Inclement weather: If weather turns inclement on a day when class meets and the 2/26 FIRST PAPER DUE university has not cancelled classes, students are expected to check email to see 3/11 CLASS DOES NOT MEET - SPRING BREAK what the instructor has determined regarding the situation. If no email has been 3/25 SECOND PAPER DUE sent by 12 PM on the day class meets, students are expected to assume that class 4/8 CLASS DOES NOT MEET – PASSOVER EVE will meet. 5/6 LAST CLASS • If the instructor is late: This class meets only one evening a week; thus, unless 5/13 THIRD PAPER DUE otherwise notified (by email by 12 PM on the day class meets or by a notice on the classroom door), students are expected to waive the “10 minute rule” and remain in class until the instructor arrives. (C) GRADE
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