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Upcoming Assignments

Published April 21, 2009 Early China (Spring 2009) , administrative , homework , not homework 0 Comments

The third set of short essay questions, Due May 7th, is here.

The final exam questions are here.

Also, by popular demand, the final exam will be collected at lunch at Yummy Buffet, May 14th at 12:30.

Tuesday (4/7) Plan

Published April 3, 2009 Early China (Spring 2009) , administrative , homework 0 Comments

By popular demand, we will again be having class next Tuesday at Hunan Village on Broadway, at the usual time. We will discuss some of the poetry — which we’ve been letting slide a bit in class — as well as neo-Confucianism (see also Alan Baumler’s comment on Zhu Xi), and I will answer any questions you have about the essay assignments due next Thursday (4/9).

Second round essay questions posted

Published March 8, 2009 Early China (Spring 2009) , homework 0 Comments

So you can start thinking about them a month in advance: here

First round of essay topics posted

Published February 5, 2009 Early China (Spring 2009) , homework 0 Comments

I have posted the first set of essay topics due in three weeks (2/26). Look at them over the weekend; we’ll make time to answer questions about them next week.

Snow Day: that’s why I put in catch-up days!

Published January 27, 2009 Early China (Spring 2009) , administrative , homework Closed

Well, better safe than sorry!

I thought about trying to compress two days into one, but I think it makes more sense to take advantage of the catch-up day I put into the schedule. We’ll have to make some room during our regular classes to talk about the essay assignments, and make sure we stay on schedule!

I have updated the reading and assignment schedule accordingly. Hope you’re all warm and safe, and see you Thursday!

Early China (Hist 501-02, Spring 2009) Book List

Published December 9, 2008 Early China (Spring 2009) , administrative , homework 0 Comments

The Early China course covers from the age of antiquity up to 1700. Obviously, I’ll have to supplement the text a bit with lecture on the Ming-Qing transition. Feel free to purchase these texts in advance from anywhere. Just make sure you get the right edition on the last one.

  • Valerie Hansen, The Open Empire: A History of China to 1600, paper, 0-393-97374-3, 2000, W.W. Norton&Co
  • Burton Watson, The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, paper, 0-231-05683-4, 1984, Columbia UP
  • Ray Huang, 1587, A Year of No Significance : The Ming Dynasty in Decline , paper, 0300028849 , 1982, Yale UP
  • Jacques Gernet, Daily Life in China, on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276. , paper, 0804707200 , 1962, Stanford UP
  • Ivanhoe and Van Norden, Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy , 2nd edition, 2006, Hackett.

527 Final Exam (Fall 2008)

Published November 25, 2008 homework 0 Comments

The Final Exam is now available.

Midterm Exam

Published October 3, 2008 homework 0 Comments

The midterm questions — two essays due on the 17th of this month — are now up

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