BLOG POSTINGS
The conference blog on Song China will be our forum for raising issues about texts, images, and lectures, and bringing new material--perhaps material on contemporary China that relates to what we're reading in class--to everyone's attention. During the semester, members of conference will blog one time each week on lectures and readings. The blog will serve as an archive of the course and will map shifts in our thinking about imperialism in early China. You will be asked to post to the blog one time each week.
The blog can be accessed at
http://reedhumies.blogspot.com. It is a private blog, for members of our conference only.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
All students are expected to do the weekly readings and participate regularly and rigorously in the conference discussions and to attend lectures. If you miss a conference or lecture, you will be responsible to turn in summaries of texts that were discussed on in conference on the day of your absence (these summaries will not be returned to you) or to do an additional reading assignment and to write a summary of that text. More than three unexcused absences will result in no credit for the course. Acceptable excuses are illness and serious emergencies.
LATE PAPER POLICY
Late papers will be accepted, but will be reduced one grade and will not receive any comments. The final date to submit late papers is April 27.
Note: If you are not in conference the day the papers are returned, your paper will be put in the mailbox outside Lisa's office for pick-up.
PAPER ASSIGNMENTS
First essay: literary salon on Friday at end of third week; papers due on Friday at end of fourth week
Second essay: literary salon on Friday at end of seventh week; papers due on Friday at end of eighth week
Third essay: literary salon on Friday at end of eleventh week; papers due on Friday at end of twelfth week
GROUP PROJECT
This semester it is up to you. One suggestion is that we work as a group to curate a show on Chinese print culture from Yao to Mao. There are many other possible projects. You will need to meet as a group (without me) and make a decision by the end of the second week.
ARTStor
500,000 images, mainly European and North American. For a limited number of Chinese images, go to "Collections" and select the Huntington Archive of Asian Art
Craig Clunas, Art in China
See the textbook on main reserve for additional information about the images within this database.
Richard Vinograd and Robert Thorp, Chinese Art & Culture
See the texbook on main reserve for additional information about the images within this database.
Ellen Johnston Laing, The Winking Owl
Includes revolutionary woodcut prints from the 1930s and arts from the Maoist era (1949-1976). In order to use this database successfully, please consult the figure list from Laing's book (click here).
Web sources on Imperial Chinese Arts and Visual Cultures
Web sources on Contemporary Chinese Arts and Visual Cultures
Remember that materials on the web must be evaluated as critically as any other texts we consider in this course.
Chinese romanization converter There are two primary romanization systems: Pinyin (used in the PRC) and Wade-Giles (until recently used in Taiwan, the ROC). They are very different. For example, the artist Xu Bing's name (pinyin) in Wade Giles reads Hsü Ping. To use this converter, type a word such as QI in Pinyin into the top frame and select Pinyin from drop-down menu for that frame; in the bottom frame, select Wade Giles, and then convert. The romanized word in the lower frame will read CH'I. (And by the way, Chinese names run family name or surname first and personal name second, so Xu Bing would be Mr. Xu. For more on Chinese names, see link below).
Chinese pronunciation guide (Harvard)
Art historians use the MLA, Chicago, or APA citation styles. Whichever you choose, be consistent.
click here for overview of Chicago citation styleCreating Image Lists
see useful explanation of style names, given and family names, tabooed names, names for women and for emperors