EALC636 - Chinese Art/Penn Museum

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Chinese Art/Penn Museum
Term
2021C
Subject area
EALC
Section number only
401
Section ID
EALC636401
Course number integer
636
Registration notes
Course is available to Freshmen and Upperclassmen.
Meeting times
TR 03:30 PM-05:00 PM
Meeting location
WILL 201
Level
graduate
Instructors
Adam D Smith
Course number only
636
Cross listings
EALC236401
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No

EALC625 - Ne Asian Archaeology

Status
X
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Ne Asian Archaeology
Term
2021C
Subject area
EALC
Section number only
401
Section ID
EALC625401
Course number integer
625
Meeting times
CANCELED
Level
graduate
Instructors
Nancy R S Steinhardt
Description
This seminar explores the major civilizations of Northeast Asia (Beijing, Northern Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Korea, and Eastern Mongolia; and in the early period, Japan) from the early CE centuries through the seventeenth. The sources of evidence are archaeological sites, palaces, monasteries, tombs, and excavated objects.
Course number only
625
Cross listings
EALC225401
Use local description
No

EALC624 - China's Last Emp/Qing

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
China's Last Emp/Qing
Term
2021C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
EALC
Section number only
401
Section ID
EALC624401
Course number integer
624
Registration notes
Registration also required for Recitation (see below)
Meeting times
MW 10:15 AM-11:15 AM
Meeting location
WILL 29
Level
graduate
Instructors
Christopher Pratt Atwood
Description
In 1800, Beijing ruled the world's biggest, wealthiest, and most powerful empire. The Emperor, ruler of China's Qing dynasty, was a sage monarch, a Confucian scholar, even a Bodhisattva on the throne. But his not too distant ancestors had been hunters, ginseng smugglers, and soldiers of fortune in the forests of Manchuria speaking Manchu-a language closer to Mongolian and Turkish than to Chinese. This course will explore how the military organization of these dissident chiefs in the forest came to command all the resources of Chinese statecraft, scholarship, and economy and how by yoking these Chinese management skills to the Manchu "frontier style" built arguably the most successful empire in Asian history.
Course number only
624
Cross listings
EALC224401
Use local description
No

EALC623 - Lang/Script/Soc in China

Status
O
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Lang/Script/Soc in China
Term
2021C
Subject area
EALC
Section number only
401
Section ID
EALC623401
Course number integer
623
Meeting times
TR 08:30 AM-10:00 AM
Meeting location
WILL 723
Level
graduate
Instructors
Victor H Mair
Description
The Chinese writing system is the only major surviving script in the world that is partially picto-ideographic, Egyptian hieroglyphic and Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform having passed out of use about two millennia ago. Partly because it is so unique, a tremendous number of myths have grown up around the Chinese script. In an attempt to understand how they really function, this seminar will examine the nature of the sinographs and their relationship to spoken Sinitic languages, as well as their implications for society and culture. We will also discuss the artistic and technological aspects of the Chinese characters and the ongoing efforts to reform and simplify them. The use of sinographs in other East Asian countries than China will be taken into account. There are no prerequisites for this class.
Course number only
623
Cross listings
EALC223401
Use local description
No

EALC621 - 1st Yr Classical Chin I

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
1st Yr Classical Chin I
Term
2021C
Subject area
EALC
Section number only
401
Section ID
EALC621401
Course number integer
621
Registration notes
Course is available to Freshmen and Upperclassmen.
Undergraduates Need Permission
Meeting times
TR 01:45 PM-03:15 PM
Meeting location
WILL 843
Level
graduate
Instructors
Victor H Mair
Description
Introduction to the classical written language, beginning with Shadick, First Course in Literary Chinese. Students with a background in Japanese, Korean, Cantonese, Taiwanese, and other East Asian languages are welcome; it is not necessary to know Mandarin. The course begins from scratch, and swiftly but rigorously develops the ability to read a wide variety of classical and semi-classical styles. Original texts from the 6th century BC to the 20th century AD are studied. This course is taught in English and there are no prerequisites.
Course number only
621
Cross listings
CHIN491401, EALC221401
Use local description
No

EALC552 - Love&Loss:Jpns Lit Trad

Status
C
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Love&Loss:Jpns Lit Trad
Term
2021C
Subject area
EALC
Section number only
401
Section ID
EALC552401
Course number integer
552
Meeting times
TR 03:30 PM-05:00 PM
Meeting location
MCNB 285
Level
graduate
Instructors
Linda H. Chance
Description
How do people make sense of the multiple experiences that the simple words "love" and "loss" imply? How do they express their thoughts and feelings to one another? In this course, we will explore some means Japanese culture has found to grapple with these events and sensations. We will also see how these culturally sanctioned frameworks have shaped the ways Japanese view love and loss. Our materials will sample the literary tradition of Japan from earliest times to the early modern and even modern periods. Close readings of a diverse group of texts, including poetry, narrative, theater, and the related arts of calligraphy, painting, and music will structure our inquiry. The class will take an expedition to nearby Woodlands Cemetery to experience poetry in nature. By the end of the course, you should be able to appreciate texts that differ slightly in their value systems, linguistic expressions, and aesthetic sensibilities from those that you may already know. Among the available project work that you may select, if you have basic Japanese, is learning to read a literary manga. All shared class material is in English translation. Research in an East Asian language required for graduate credit.
Course number only
552
Cross listings
GSWS152401, EALC152401
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No

EALC531 - Intro Class Chinese Thgt

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Intro Class Chinese Thgt
Term
2021C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
EALC
Section number only
401
Section ID
EALC531401
Course number integer
531
Meeting times
TR 12:00 PM-01:30 PM
Meeting location
WILL 29
Level
graduate
Instructors
Paul Rakita Goldin
Description
This course is intended as an introduction to the foundational thinkers of Chinese civilization, who flourished from the fifth to the second centuries B.C. No knowledge of Chinese is presumed, and there are no prerequisites, although EALC 001 (Introduction to Chinese Civilization) is recommended. Graduate students may take this course as EALC 531 and should see the instructor to discuss requirements for graduate credit. (Undergraduates must enroll in the course as EALC 131.)
Course number only
531
Cross listings
EALC131401
Use local description
No

EALC527 - Arts of China

Status
O
Activity
REC
Section number integer
403
Title (text only)
Arts of China
Term
2021C
Subject area
EALC
Section number only
403
Section ID
EALC527403
Course number integer
527
Registration notes
Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
Meeting times
F 12:00 PM-01:00 PM
Meeting location
WILL 305
Level
graduate
Instructors
Mo Zhang
Description
A broad survey of Chinese architecture, sculpture, and painting from the Neolithic age through the nineteenth century. Topics include excavated material from China's Bronze Age, Chinese funerary arts, Buddhist caves and sculpture (including works in the University Museum), the Chinese city, the Chinese garden, and major masterpieces of Chinese painting.
Course number only
527
Cross listings
EALC127403, ARTH214403
Use local description
No

EALC527 - Arts of China

Status
O
Activity
REC
Section number integer
402
Title (text only)
Arts of China
Term
2021C
Subject area
EALC
Section number only
402
Section ID
EALC527402
Course number integer
527
Registration notes
Registration also required for Lecture (see below)
Meeting times
F 10:15 AM-11:15 AM
Meeting location
WILL 305
Level
graduate
Instructors
Mo Zhang
Description
A broad survey of Chinese architecture, sculpture, and painting from the Neolithic age through the nineteenth century. Topics include excavated material from China's Bronze Age, Chinese funerary arts, Buddhist caves and sculpture (including works in the University Museum), the Chinese city, the Chinese garden, and major masterpieces of Chinese painting.
Course number only
527
Cross listings
EALC127402, ARTH214402
Use local description
No

EALC527 - Arts of China

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Arts of China
Term
2021C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
EALC
Section number only
401
Section ID
EALC527401
Course number integer
527
Registration notes
Registration also required for Recitation (see below)
Meeting times
MW 12:00 PM-01:00 PM
Meeting location
WILL 633
Level
graduate
Instructors
Nancy R S Steinhardt
Description
A broad survey of Chinese architecture, sculpture, and painting from the Neolithic age through the nineteenth century. Topics include excavated material from China's Bronze Age, Chinese funerary arts, Buddhist caves and sculpture (including works in the University Museum), the Chinese city, the Chinese garden, and major masterpieces of Chinese painting.
Course number only
527
Cross listings
EALC127401, ARTH214401, ARTH614401
Use local description
No