Final project
- Overview
- Step 1: Propose a topic (was due Oct. 16)
- Step 2: Annotated bibliography (due Oct. 30)
- Step 3: Outline and a paragraph (due Nov. 13) (scroll down to step 3 – it doesn’t have a separate page)
Weekly Schedule:
- Week 1: Orientation, and setting up (August 24-August 30)
- Week 2: The Great Wall of China (August 31 – Sept. 6)
- Week 3: Shang period bronzes and bones (Sept. 7 -Sept. 13)
- Week 4: Tombs in early China (Sept. 14-Sept. 20)
- Week 5: the (sometimes exotic) material world of Tang China (Sept. 21 – Sept. 27)
- Week 6: textiles and silks (Sept. 28 – Oct. 4)
- Week 7: Money money money (Oct. 5 – Oct. 11)
- Week 8: Buildings: vernacular architecture and/or the Forbidden City/Palace Museum (Oct. 12 – Oct. 18)
- Week 9: the world of the scholar (books, inkstones, calligraphy) (Oct. 19 – Oct. 25)
- Week 10: ceramics and porcelain (Oct. 26- Nov. 1)
- Week 11: artisans: the people who make the “stuff” (Nov. 2 – Nov. 8)
- Week 12: Chinese collectors (Nov. 9 – Nov. 15)
- Week 13: Western collectors and museums (Nov. 16 – Nov. 22)
- Thanksgiving break week: Nov. 23- Nov. 29)
- Week 14: The last pieces: reviews of drafts etc (Nov. 30 – Dec. 6)
Finals week (Dec. 7-Dec. 11): Finishing up final assignments
