Course Schedule
List of meetings, with reminders.
| Session | Date | Lecture | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| S01 | 2025-09-15 | Introduction | |
| S02 | 2025-09-17 | Origin Story | |
| S03 | 2025-09-19 | Mandate of Heaven | Session at Hood Art Museum |
| S04 | 2025-09-22 | Confucian Teachings | |
| S05 | 2025-09-24 | Hundred Schools | |
| S06 | 2025-09-26 | Wealth and Power | |
| S07 | 2025-09-29 | Great Unity | |
| S08 | 2025-10-01 | Qin Rule | |
| S09 | 2025-10-03 | Salt and Iron | Movie 1 review due Sun, Oct 5 at noon |
| S10 | 2025-10-06 | Family Virtues | |
| S11 | 2025-10-08 | Steppe and Sown | |
| S12 | 2025-10-10 | Era of Divisions | |
| S13 | 2025-10-13 | Buddhism in China | Session at Hood Art Museum |
| X01 | 2025-10-14 | Mid-term review | Optional |
| S14 | 2025-10-15 | Cosmopolitan Empire | Mid-term available noon Fri Oct 17–noon Sun Oct 26 |
| S15 | 2025-10-17 | Rise and Fall of Tang Aristocracy | Movie 2 review due Sun, Oct 19 at noon |
| S16 | 2025-10-20 | Silk Roads | |
| S17 | 2025-10-22 | Original Way | |
| S18 | 2025-10-24 | Exams and Elites | |
| S19 | 2025-10-27 | Song Splendor | |
| S20 | 2025-10-29 | Inner Asian Rule | Session at Hood Art Museum |
| S21 | 2025-10-31 | Great States | |
| S22 | 2025-11-03 | From Rebel to Restoration | |
| S23 | 2025-11-05 | Folklore Heroes | Movie 3 review due Sun, Nov 9 at noon |
| S24 | 2025-11-07 | Family and Native Place | Session at Hood Art Museum |
| S25 | 2025-11-10 | Maritime Ming | No class on Nov 12 |
| X02 | 2025-11-13 | Final review | Optional |
| S26 | 2025-11-14 | Crisis and Change | Final exam available noon Fri Nov 14–noon Tue Nov 25 |
| S27 | 2025-11-17 | Conclusion: Presence of the Past |