Read Larry Wolff's introduction to his book Inventing Eastern Europe. The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment and Slavenka Drakulić's, “The Balkans — from noun to verb (and back)” (for the PDFs of both texts go to: Canvas-Modules-Reading Materials-Week II), and write a memo consisting of two parts:
- Descriptive: main points made by the authors (think of it as a note to your future self)
- Critical: how these texts influenced your sense of where you stand on the issues raised, if they have challenged your existing knowledge and understanding, how they have impacted your understanding.