Fall 1999. HISTORY 312: GANDHI'S INDIA:
REVISED SCHEDULE (9. 24. 99)September 27Responses to Colonialism: Resistance and Appropriation
Reading
Bose and Jalal, Chapter Eight and Nine.
September 29Revolt and Changes in Colonial Perceptions
Reading
Bose and Jalal, Chapter Nine.
Francis Hutchins, "Concepts of Indian
Character." (Course Packet, henceforth CP)
October 1Indian Perceptions of the Raj
Reading
Tandon, Chapters One through Five.
Karen Leonard, "Caste." (CP)
October 4Life Under the Raj
Reading
Tandon, Chapters Six through Twelve.
Please read Tandon, chapters Thirteen through Fifteen on your own over the next few weeks! We will not discuss these directly in class.
Assignment
PAPER ONE ASSIGNED.
Discussion
#1 Questions Assigned.
October 6DISCUSSION #1: The Raj and Life in Nineteenth Century India
October 8 High Noon of the Raj
Reading
Bose and Jalal, Chapter Ten.
October 11 Cultural Nationalism in India
Reading
Bose and Jalal, Chapter Eleven.
October 13Questions of Gender in early Indian Nationalism
Reading
Tanika Sarkar, "Hindu Wife and Hindu Nation."
(CP)
October 15Gender and Indian Nationalism
Screening of first part of film, "Home and the World" by Satyajit Ray.
Assignment
Viewing
the rest of the film in your own time is part of your assignment for this
class.
October
18 MID TERM REVIEW
October 20MID TERM EXAM
Assignment
Questions for Discussion #2 : Gender,
Class, and Early Indian Nationalism.
October 22 Mid
Semester Break: No Class
October 25 Discussion
# 2: Gender and the Politics of Early
Indian Nationalism.
October 27 The Gandhian Era : An Introduction
Screening of a documentary film on Gandhi.
I will arrange for a special screening
of Richard Attenborough's feature film, "Gandhi" through the Media Center,
Cline Library. I urge all students to attend the screening or to see the
film independently during this week.
October 29 Colonialism Under Pressure
Reading
Bose and Jalal, Chapter Twelve.
Assignment
PAPER ONE DUE: IN CLASS
Please begin Reading Premchand's Godan
on your own by this time for a class discussion on 11. 10.99.
November 1 Nationalist Politics Ascendant
Reading
Bose and Jalal, Chapter Thirteen.
November 3-5Gandhi's India
Reading
M.K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj. (entire text)
Assignment
PAPER
TWO ASSIGNED
November 8Gandhi and the Peasantry
Reading
Gyan Pandey, "Peasant Revolt and Indian
Nationalism." (CP)
November 10-12 A Peasant Perspective?
Reading
Premchand, Godan.
Assignment
Questions for Discussion #3: Gandhi
and India in the 1920s.
November 15 Discussion #3: Gandhi and India in the 1920s
November 17 The Congress and the Raj
Reading
Bose and Jalal, Chapter Fourteen.
November 19 The Congress AS the Raj?
Reading
Bose and Jalal, Chapter Fifteen.
November 22Towards Freedom and Partition
Reading
Bose and Jalal, Chapter Sixteen.
Tandon, Chapters Sixteen, Seventeen.
PAPER TWO DUE
November24 The High Politics of Partition
Reading
Asim Roy, "The High Politics of India's Partition." (CP)
Possible Screening of Sugata Bose's
film on partition.
November 26 Thanksgiving
Break: No Class
November 29 The Human Tragedy of the Partition
Reading
Short stories on the partition in the course packet.
Tandon, Epilogue.
December 1Partition Reconsidered
Reading
Bose and Jalal, Chapter Seventeen.
Assignment
Questions for Discussion #4: Why Partition?
Who Benefits?
December
3Discussion #4: Why Partition?
Who Benefits?
December 6 New Beginnings or An Epilogue? South Asia Since 1947
Reading
Bose and Jalal, Chapters Eighteen to Twenty.
(Skim)
December 8 End
of Term Review
December 10 Reserve Day: In case of unforseen delays in class schedule.
No
Class if we remain on schedule!
THE FINAL EXAM FOR THIS COURSE WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15,
7:30 TO 9:30 A.M..