This is not a seminar where you can put off doing the reading until Sunday night before the Monday afternoon seminar. Your are expected to start doing the reading well in advance of seminar sessions in order to maximize your participation in the online discussions. It is a requirement of the seminar to post at least one commentary and one reply before midnight on Friday each week . For additional help using email for posting, see the ATS email guide . Other Work and Student Evaluations.
Book reports .
In these reports, you will evaluate for your classmates the interest of the book in the context of the seminar, informing them what kinds of questions or problems are raised by the authors. Each student will report on a different book. Book reports will be posted to the seminar listserve and archived on the seminar Web site. Additional book reports may be undertaken for extra credit. You may also suggest other books that may be of interest for the seminar bibliography.