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Date Details Due
Wed Nov 1, 2017 Calendar Event Cultures of Europe Spring 2018 Greetings 8am
Tue Dec 26, 2017 Assignment CE Welcome to Cultures of Europe due by 8am
Mon Jan 1, 2018 Calendar Event New Year's Day 12am
Wed Jan 3, 2018 Assignment CE Explore Canvas due by 8am
Mon Jan 8, 2018 Assignment CE List of Readings for the Entire Semester due by 1am
Assignment CE Wk 1 Readings due by 1am
Thu Jan 11, 2018 Assignment CE Day 1 Welcome / Getting Started / Orientation due by 12pm
Assignment CE First Day Handout due by 12pm
Fri Jan 12, 2018 Assignment CE Complete or Update Your Canvas Notification Preferences (Wk 1) due by 11:59pm
Assignment CE Complete or Update Your Canvas Profile (Wk 1) due by 11:59pm
Sat Jan 13, 2018 Discussion Topic CE Due: Introduce Yourself to the Class (Wk 1) due by 11:59pm
Mon Jan 15, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 2 Readings due by 1am
Tue Jan 16, 2018 Assignment CE Day 2 Discussion of Kypseli due by 12:05pm
Assignment CE Day 2 Video: A Visit to the Village of Kypseli, Santorini, Greece due by 12:25pm
Thu Jan 18, 2018 Assignment MPIRG Presentation due by 12pm
Assignment CE About Kypseli and "The Comparative Approach" due by 12:01pm
Assignment CE Day 3 Major Characteristics of Anthropology due by 12:15pm
Sat Jan 20, 2018 Assignment CE Due: Kypseli Paper I (Wk 2) due by 11:59pm
Mon Jan 22, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 3 Readings due by 1am
Tue Jan 23, 2018 Assignment CE Day 4 Agenda: Orientation (cont.) due by 12pm
Assignment CE Day 4 Have a Look at and Start Thinking about Your Semester Project due by 12pm
Thu Jan 25, 2018 Assignment CE Day 5 Agenda: Europe as an Ethnographic "Culture Area", and Other Units of Analysis due by 12pm
Assignment CE Day 5 Agenda: Terms and Units of Analysis due by 12pm
Assignment CE Day 5 Agenda: Units of Analysis of analysis: Metaphor due by 12pm
Fri Jan 26, 2018 Assignment Take the Two (Very Short) Selective Attention Tests in Preparation for Watching Remaining Videos due by 11:59pm
Mon Jan 29, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 4 Readings due by 1am
Tue Jan 30, 2018 Assignment CE Day 6 Three Major Perennial Debates (.pptx) due by 12pm
Thu Feb 1, 2018 Assignment CE Day 7 Agenda: "Master Texts" and "Classics" I due by 12pm
Fri Feb 2, 2018 Assignment CE Greetings from Punxsutawney! due by 7am
Discussion Topic CE Discussion: To Burka or Not to Burka (Wk 4) due by 11:59pm
Mon Feb 5, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 5 Readings due by 1am
Tue Feb 6, 2018 Assignment CE Day 8 Agenda: "Master Texts" and "Classics" II due by 12pm
Assignment CE Day 8: Take the 2 Selective Attention Tests due by 12pm
Assignment CE Day 8 Agenda: "Anthropology in Europe, or Anthropology of Europe?" (time permitting) due by 12:30pm
Thu Feb 8, 2018 Assignment CE Day 9 Agenda: A Walk Through Vasilika due by 12pm
Sat Feb 10, 2018 Assignment CE Due: Project Part 1: Informal Project Proposal [Wk 5] due by 11:55pm
Discussion Topic CE Take the Turkey Test! (Wk 5) due by 11:59pm
Mon Feb 12, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 6 Readings due by 1am
Tue Feb 13, 2018 Assignment CE Day 10 Agenda: Video: Life Chances: Four Families in a Changing Cypriot Village due by 12pm
Thu Feb 15, 2018 Assignment CE Anthropology Day 2018 due by 9am
Assignment CE Day 11 Agenda: Video: Imperial History of the Middle East: 5000 Years of History in 90 seconds due by 12pm
Assignment CE Day 11 Agenda: Video: Süleyman the Magnificent due by 12:10pm
Sat Feb 17, 2018 Discussion Topic CE Due: Midterm Exam Question due by 11:55pm
Mon Feb 19, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 7 Readings due by 1am
Tue Feb 20, 2018 Assignment CE Day 12 Agenda: A Walk Through Vasilika (re-scheduled from Day 9) due by 12pm
Thu Feb 22, 2018 Assignment CE Day 13 Agenda: Video Clip: "Love Italian-American-Style" due by 12pm
Assignment CE Day 13 Agenda: Video: A Little Romantic Love – "Strange Relations" due by 12:10pm
Sat Feb 24, 2018 Assignment CE Due: Project Part 2: Formal Promissory Abstract and Working Bibliography (By the end of Wk 7) due by 11:55pm
Mon Feb 26, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 8 Readings due by 1am
Assignment CE Live Chat for Midterm Exam, Monday, 26 February 2018, 7:00-8:00 p.m. due by 7pm
Tue Feb 27, 2018 Quiz CE Day 14 CE MIDTERM EXAM (in Cina 214) -- Timed at 1-1/4 hrs. (the timing will start after you read the introduction, when you "say 'go'") due by 1:30pm
Thu Mar 1, 2018 Assignment CE Day 15 Agenda: Video: The Buried Mirror: The Virgin and the Bull due by 12pm
Sat Mar 3, 2018 Assignment CE Due: Complete Student Survey due by 11:55pm
Mon Mar 12, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 9 Readings due by 1am
Tue Mar 13, 2018 Assignment CE Day 16 Agenda: Video: Man of Aran due by 12pm
Thu Mar 15, 2018 Assignment CE Day 17 Agenda: Video: "How the Myth Was Made" due by 12pm
Mon Mar 19, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 10 Readings due by 1am
Assignment CE A Note on Next Week's Readings (Wk 11) due by 1:05am
Tue Mar 20, 2018 Assignment CE Day 18 Agenda: Ireland I due by 12pm
Thu Mar 22, 2018 Assignment CE Day 19 Agenda: Guest: Morris Levy due by 12pm
Mon Mar 26, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 11 Readings due by 1am
Tue Mar 27, 2018 Assignment CE Day 20 Agenda: Video: Après l'hiver, le printemps (After Winter, Spring) due by 12pm
Thu Mar 29, 2018 Assignment CE Day 21 Agenda: Guest: Milan Kovacovic due by 12pm
Sun Apr 1, 2018 Assignment CE Western Easter due by 8am
Mon Apr 2, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 12 Readings due by 1am
Tue Apr 3, 2018 Assignment CE Day 22 No f2f Class Meeting in Cina 214 due by 12pm
Thu Apr 5, 2018 Assignment CE Day 23 No f2f Class Meeting in Cina 214 due by 12pm
Sun Apr 8, 2018 Assignment CE Eastern Easter due by 8am
Mon Apr 9, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 13 Readings due by 1am
Tue Apr 10, 2018 Assignment CE Day 24 Agenda: Jó napot kívánok Magyarország [Hungary] (time permitting) due by 12pm
Thu Apr 12, 2018 Assignment CE Day 25 Agenda: Presentations I due by 12pm
Sat Apr 14, 2018 Assignment CE Due: Optional Extra Credit Case Study (Available Until the End of Wk 13) due by 11:59pm
Assignment CE Due: Optional Extra Credit Lecture / Video / Event Review (Available Until the End of Wk 13) due by 11:59pm
Mon Apr 16, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 14 Readings due by 1am
Tue Apr 17, 2018 Assignment CE Day 26 Agenda: Presentations II due by 12pm
Thu Apr 19, 2018 Assignment CE Day 27 Agenda: Presentations III due by 12pm
Fri Apr 20, 2018 Discussion Topic CE Discussion: Biking and Backpacking through Europe (Wk 14) due by 11:59pm
Sat Apr 21, 2018 Discussion Topic CE Due: Final Exam Question due by 11:55pm
Assignment CE Due: Project Part 4: Term Paper Dropbox (Wk 14) due by 11:55pm
Mon Apr 23, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 15 Readings due by 1am
Tue Apr 24, 2018 Assignment CE Day 28 Agenda: Presentations IV due by 12pm
Thu Apr 26, 2018 Assignment CE Day 29 Agenda: Wrapping it Up due by 12pm
Assignment CE Day 29 Agenda: Video: A Return Visit to the Village of Kypseli, Santorini, Greece due by 12:30pm
Sat Apr 28, 2018 Assignment CE Due: Kypseli Paper II (Wk 15) due by 11:59pm
Mon Apr 30, 2018 Assignment CE Wk 16 Readings due by 1am
Wed May 2, 2018 Assignment CE Live Chat for Final Exam, Wednesday, 2 May 2018, 7:00-8:00 p.m. due by 7pm
Thu May 3, 2018 Quiz CE FINAL EXAM -- Timed at 2 hrs. (the timing will start after you read the introduction, when you "say 'go'") due by 3pm
Fri May 4, 2018 Discussion Topic CE Due: Discussion: My Favorite Anth of Europe . . . And My Least Favorite (Exam Week) due by 11:59pm
Assignment CE (optional) Import Your Canvas Calendar  
Assignment CE Asking Questions, Reporting Issues . . .  
Assignment CE Canvas Guide: Keeping Track of Assignments Due  
Assignment CE Canvas Guide: Submitting Your Assignments  
Assignment CE Canvas Guide: User Settings and Profile Picture  
Assignment CE Canvas Student Guide  
Assignment CE Canvas What-if Grades (for Students)  
Assignment CE Checkout the Canvas Communications  
Assignment CE Checkout the Canvas iOS, Android . . . Apps  
Assignment CE Checkout Your GradeBook Folder  
Assignment CE Project Part 3: Presentation (dropbox for slide presentation or other materials) s2018  
Assignment CE Search the Canvas Guides  
Assignment CE Spring 2018 Greetings  
Assignment CE UM Google Drive Information  
Assignment CE UMD Library Information and Student Support  
Assignment CE Your Class Research Project = (1) Presentation + (2) Term Paper  
Assignment Semester Adjustment Points