1 / 8

University of Redlands HIST 101: World History to 1450

University of Redlands HIST 101: World History to 1450. Challenges of this course Finding theme/narrative What is in/out? Balancing constituencies. Goals and hopes for the Institute Chinese philosophical and religious traditions China and Indian Ocean Moving beyond dynasties. Jackpot!.

astin
Download Presentation

University of Redlands HIST 101: World History to 1450

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. University of Redlands HIST 101: World History to 1450

  2. Challenges of this course Finding theme/narrative What is in/out? Balancing constituencies

  3. Goals and hopes for the Institute Chinese philosophical and religious traditions China and Indian Ocean Moving beyond dynasties

  4. Jackpot!

  5. New readings Roger Ames, “The Confucian Worldview: Uncommon Assumptions, Common Misconceptions.” Roger’s translation of the Analects. Peter Hershock, “Buddhist Philosophy as a Buddhist Practice.” The Mission to the West by Zhang Qian (translation at: http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/hantxt1.html#zhang) Peter Hershock, “Early Developments in Chinese Buddhism.” Hui-neng’s autobiography, in Zen Sourcebook: Traditional Documents from China, Korea and Japan.

  6. New readings Jerry Bentley, Old World Encounters, Ch. 5 (“Toward a New World Order”). Tansen Sen, “The Formation of Chinese Maritime Networks to Southern Asia, 1200-1450.” Primary Sources for Zheng He’s Voyages, in Edward L. Dreyer, Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433.

  7. Beyond Dynasty? Intellectual life (ruxue) Integration/fragmentation China’s relationship with “non-China”

  8. The lagniappe: Chinese language and writing

More Related