History 399: Clio by the Book and at the Movies:
Representing the Past in Written and Filmed Histories

Robert Schwartz and the Department of History

Discussion Forum

Syllabus Fall 2001 Syllabus Fall 2000 Danton (1982):   •questions   •Wadja & critics Danton: Final Scenes La Marseillaise by Jean Renoir (1938)  •Still images  • Film clips A Tale of Two Cities (1935)  •Film clips Triumph of the Will:    •questions   •Nazi Posters to 1933   •Nazi Posters 1933-45   •Nazi Posters   •Nazi Architecture   •Nazi Scupture: Thorak   •Film Clips Lifeboat: questions   •Film clips Lone Star  •Film clips Xala  •Film clips   •Images Glory: questions Godfather II: questions •Oral Presentations •Reading tips •Abstracts •Claims & Evidence •Video Capture •Student Papers First Essay (2001) Final Essay (2001) Final Essay (2000)

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In this colloquium, senior history majors/minors and members of the Department will work together to compare and reflect upon the variety of approaches to studying the past that Clio, the muse of History, continues to inspire. In the Fall 2000, the colloquium will explore the differences and similarities between the representations of the past in written accounts and in film. Case studies will include paired readings and films on a number of topics: the French Revolution, the World Wars, American popular culture, civil rights, the women's movement.

Robert Schwartz (rschwart@mtholyoke.edu) and the Department of History