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Cosmopolitan Tang: Aristocratic Culture in China
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby- 0.0
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15 Weeks
Explore the reunification of China under the Tang with a focus on aristocratic culture — from poetry to calligraphy to literature. By the Tang period, China was divided into northern and southern dynasties with different rulers and political systems. You’ll discover how these clans formed a kind of state aristocracy that dominated Tang government and society....
$99
Literati China: Examinations, Neo-Confucianism, and Later Imperial China
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby- 0.0
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15 Weeks
Explore China’s imperial period, with a focus on the Song dynasty and the role of the exam system in government. Fundamental changes in government, the economy, and broader society took place between the 8th and 11th centuries in China. The state aristocracy gave way to new literati elite: educated men who sought to enter government through competitive examinations....
$99
China Humanities: The Individual in Chinese Culture
by Peter K. Bol , Michael Puett , Eugene Wang , Xiaofei Tian- 0.0
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8 Weeks
Explore Chinese history and culture from the perspective of the individual through philosophical texts, literary works, and art. In China’s history, there has been a longstanding belief that being cultured and being moral are necessary for a person to participate in public life. But this course looks at the individual and the striving for culture and morality....
$99
Introduction to Digital Humanities
by Peter K. Bol- 0.0
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7 Weeks
Develop skills in digital research and visualization techniques across subjects and fields within the humanities. As primary sources of information are more frequently digitized and available online than ever before, how can we use those sources to ask new questions? How did Chinese families organize themselves and their landscapes in China’s past?...
$149
China and Communism
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby- 0.0
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15 Weeks
Explore the Maoist period of China, from the Communist Party to the death of Mao and the reopening of China. How did the Communists conquer China? What role does culture play? What are the successes and failures of the Chinese Communist Party after seizing power in 1949? What constitutes liberation? How the rise of the Chinese Communist Party came about....
$99
China’s Political and Intellectual Foundations: From Sage Kings to Confucius
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby- 0.0
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15 Weeks
Learn about China’s origins, its integral early thinkers, and competing states and schools of thought. This course, the first in a comprehensive series on China, introduces you to the history, geography, and culture of the country. Time, space, and identity — enduring issues in Chinese history — are explored. China’s history from political, geographic, and cultural perspectives....
$99
Contemporary China: The People's Republic, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby- 0.0
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15 Weeks
Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present. Using case studies from the Harvard Business School, this course will cover the contemporary Chinese scene by focusing on five main themes in China’s development: agriculture, entrepreneurship, education, environment, and literature. ” The political and economic world of Post-Mao China....
$99
China’s First Empires and the Rise of Buddhism
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby- 0.0
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15 Weeks
Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period. This course, the second in a collection on Chinese history and culture, addresses how the Qin dynasty conquered China and established a new system of government and how the Han dynasty built a stable, centralized empire that lasted for hundreds of years....
$99
Modern China’s Foundations: The Manchus and the Qing
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby , Mark C. Elliott- 0.0
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Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties. This course, part of a comprehensive series on China, looks at the Qing state in the early 1600s and the challenges that the Manchus faced as minority rulers. We'll look at the last period of ascendancy for China before the modern era....
$99
Creating Modern China: The Republican Period to the Present
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby- 0.0
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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. What does it mean to be modern? What constitutes modern politics, modern institutions, a modern military, and modern infrastructure? You’ll learn about China’s war against Japan, about long-term patterns in U....
$99
