Weekly Schedule:
- Week 1: Orientation, setting up, basics of Chinese history (Jan. 17 – 19)
- Week 2: Shang period bronzes and bones (Jan. 24 – Jan. 26)
- Week 3: The Great Wall of China, and Library session 1 (Jan. 31 – Feb. 2)
- Week 4: Tombs in early China, and Library session 2 (Feb. 7 – Feb. 9)
- Week 5: The (sometimes exotic) material world of Tang China (Feb. 16 – Feb. 18)
- Week 6: Textiles and silks (Feb. 21 – Feb. 23)
- First Reflection (Due Feb. 21)
- Week 7: Money money money (Feb. 28 – March 2)
- Week 8: Buildings: vernacular architecture and the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) (Mar. 7 – Mar. 9)
- Annotated Bibliography: due March 6
- Spring Break: no class
- Week 9: The world of the scholar (books, inkstones, calligraphy) (Mar. 21 – Mar. 23)
- Week 10: Ceramics and porcelain (Mar. 28 – Mar. 30)
- Week 11: artisans: the people who make the “stuff” (Apr. 4 – Apr. 6)
- Second Reflection (Due April 4)
- Week 12: Chinese collectors (Apr. 11 – Apr. 13)
- Week 13: Western collectors and museums (Apr. 18 – Apr. 20)
- Week 14: Buffer zone (Apr. 25 – Apr. 27)
- Week 15: The last pieces: reviews of drafts etc, conclusions and evaluations (May 2 – May 4)
- Third and final reflection (Due May 5)
Finals week: –> submit Full final version of project (Due May 9)
Final project
- Final project: Overview
- Step 1: Pitch a topic (due Feb. 13)
- Step 2: Annotated bibliography (due March 6)
- Step 3: Outline and a paragraph (due March 30)
- Step 4: Full draft of final paper (due April 18)
- Final version done and online (due May 8)
