Japan and Korea

We will continue discussion of China on Monday. Please read Murphey, chapter 9 (22 pages), for Wednesday and be prepared to answer the review questions on page 176f.

And check out this amazing site from the Asian Art Museum--you'll be glad you did.

Southeast Asian Civilization

For this coming week, please read Murphey, chapter 7, on Southeast Asian civilization (15 pages) by Monday and Murphey, chapter 8, for more on Chinese civilization (20 pages) by Wednesday. Blog posts are due by midnight on Wednesday.

If you didn't get to see the video on the engineering history of the Chinese empire, or didn't get enough of it, you can find it here on YouTube.

Chinese & Indian Civilizations

For this coming week, please read Murphey, chapter 5, on Chinese civilization (22 pages) by Monday and Murphey, chapter 6, for more on Indian civilization (14 pages) by Wednesday.

Blog posts are due by midnight on Wednesday.

As noted in class today, there are some nice opportunities for extra credit. The Mid-Autumn Festival will be celebrated in San Francisco this Sunday. The Asian Art Museum in SF has loads of interesting exhibits, including a new one on contemporary painting from Mithila, an ancient cultural region of India (see image below). The museum is free on the first Sunday of every month.

If you have suggestions and recommendations for things to do, please leave a note in the comments.

Traditional Societies (pre-1900)

The readings for this coming week are Murphey, Chapter 3 (20 pages), due on Monday before class, and Murphey, Chapter 4 (15 pages), due before class on Wednesday.

Blog posts are due by midnight on Wednesday.

“The Living Chinese”
Exhibited under the auspices of P.T. Barnum, proprietor of American and Chinese museums New York and Barnum’s Museum Philadelphia.
From L to R: Miss Pwam-Ye-Koo, aged 17 years a young lady with feet 2-1/2 inches long.  Miss Lum-Akum, aged 23 years her maid servant. Miss Amoon, aged 7 years, Master Mun-Chung, aged 5 years, son and daughter of the professor. Mr. Aleet-Mong, aged 18 years an interpreter.  Mr. Soo-Chune, aged 32 years, professor of Music. 
Library of Congress, control number 2002708598