Film Next Week: "No Man's Land"

Dear Class:

Because you were such good sports this past week with my swapping things around on you, we are going to watch a film this week before we discuss Peter Maass. The film is called "No Man's Land." It won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2002. It is about the Bosnian War but rather than emphasizing the brutality of the war itself, it analyzes the situation with a distinctly dark, absurdist Central European perspective. We will begin watching this film on Monday and finish it on Wednesday. I need a volunteer to lead discussion about the film and the Maass reading for Friday.

Also, you should attempt to finish the Ian Buruma book by next week (let's say have it done by the 10th, but we may not discuss it until the 12th or 14th of March.

Finally, your map test will be the week before Spring Break. I am loath to have you take it on a Friday. So which of the two days would you prefer -- Monday or Wednesday? We should discuss this in class tomorrow.

I hope you are all having a good weekend!

Prost,

Ian