Splash Biography
DANIEL PHAM, ESP Teacher
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Major: History College/Employer: Yale Year of Graduation: 2016 |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Not Available. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)E1846: Son of a Samurai: The Life of a Global Historian in Sprout Spring 16 (Feb. 13 - 27, 2016)
Why do we study history?
Kan'ichi Asakawa has an answer for us.
In this class, we will be looking at the life of Professor Asakawa, the first Japanese-American professor to teach at Yale. He was the son of a samurai, an immigrant-historian, and a diplomat on the world stage. His life challenges our notions of nationhood and the mind of the historian.
Topics include: The Boshin War and the Fall of the Shogun, Japanese American Immigration, and the Second World War
E1847: Introduction to Ballroom Dancing in Sprout Spring 16 (Feb. 13 - 27, 2016)
Get on your feet and dance!
This is a crash course on Ballroom Dancing. Think Fred Astaire or, more recently, Dancing With the Stars. Dances we'll be covering: the romantic and elegant Waltz, and the energetic and flirtatious Cha-Cha.
NO DANCE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
E1848: Introduction to Ballroom Dancing in Sprout Spring 16 (Feb. 13 - 27, 2016)
Get on your feet and dance!
This is a crash course on Ballroom Dancing. Think Fred Astaire or, more recently, Dancing With the Stars. Dances we'll be covering: the romantic and elegant Waltz, and the energetic and flirtatious Cha-Cha.
NO DANCE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
E1849: The American Concentration Camp: Japanese American Internment and Resettlement in Sprout Spring 16 (Feb. 13 - 27, 2016)
February 1942. Executive Order 9066. As the United States military was mobilizing for the Second World War, President Roosevelt authorized one of the most infamous civil rights affronts in American history. Over 100,000 Japanese Americans were forced out of their homes and held against their will in camps in the US interior.
This class will explore the following questions:
How was internment allowed to happen?
What hardships did Japanese American internees experience in these camps?
And what happened to them after the the war came to an end?
And more!
A1779: Introduction to Ballroom Dancing in Splash Fall 15 (Nov. 14, 2015)
Get on your feet and dance!
This is a crash course on Ballroom Dancing. Think Fred Astaire or, more recently, Dancing With the Stars. Dances we'll be covering: the romantic and elegant Waltz, and the energetic and flirtatious Cha-Cha.
NO DANCE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
H1802: Son of a Samurai: The Life of a Global Historian in Splash Fall 15 (Nov. 14, 2015)
Why do we study history?
Kan'ichi Asakawa has an answer for us.
In this class, we will be looking at the life of Professor Asakawa, the first Japanese-American professor to teach at Yale. He was the son of a samurai, an immigrant-historian, and a diplomat on the world stage. His life challenges our notions of nationhood and the mind of the historian.
Topics include: The Boshin War and the Fall of the Shogun, Japanese American Immigration, and the Second World War
E1693: Introduction to Ballroom Dancing in Sprout Fall 15 (Oct. 03 - 17, 2015)
Get on your feet and dance!
This is a crash course on Ballroom Dancing. Think Fred Astaire or, more recently, Dancing With the Stars. Dances we'll be covering: the romantic and elegant Waltz, and the energetic and flirtatious Cha-Cha.
NO DANCE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
A1656: An Introduction to Ballroom Dancing in Splash Summer 15 (Jul. 25 - 26, 2015)
Get up out of your seat and dance! This is a crash course on ballroom dancing (the stuff you see on Dancing With the Stars and Fred Astaire movies). Among the dances we'll be covering are the waltz, an elegant and romantic dance, and the cha-cha, it's fun and flirtatious counterpart.
No prior dance experience required, just be ready to move your feet!
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