Courses

Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties.

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

Explore Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art.

Explore the Maoist period of China, from the Communist Party to the death of Mao and the reopening of China.

Develop skills in digital research and visualization techniques across subjects and fields within the humanities.

An exploration of the dynamics of contemporary China using the tools of close reading, discussion, and analysis.

Explore the reunification of China under the Tang with a focus on aristocratic culture — from poetry to calligraphy to literature.

Explore the birth of modern China with a focus on the time between the fall of the Qing and the end of World War II.

Learn about China’s origins, its integral early thinkers, and competing states and schools of thought.

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.

Explore China’s imperial period, with a focus on the Song dynasty and the role of the exam system in government.

Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming.

Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period.