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CL025 Two Thousand Years of Sino-foreign Cultural Exchanges |
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Number of Credits |
2 |
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Teaching Hours |
32 |
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Offering School |
School of Humanities |
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Course Teacher |
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Course Level |
Undergraduate Level |
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Language of Instruction |
English |
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First Day of Class |
Monday, February 17th, 2025 |
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Last Day of Class |
Monday, June 2nd, 2025 |
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Course Component |
Lecture |
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Mode of Teaching |
Synchronous |
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Meeting Time |
Week 1-16: Mondays, 16:00-17:40 PM |
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Time Zone |
Beijing Time（UTC+8） |
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Course-specific Restrictions (e.g. Prerequisites / Major / Year of Study) |
No restrictions. |
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Course Description |
This course investigates cultural exchanges between China and the world during the past two thousand years. It will cover various topics, including the Silk Road trades, Maritime Silkroad, the receptions of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam by China, the spread of Chinese inventions to the Old World, Admiral Zheng He’s voyages from China to Africa during the 15th century, and etc.
This Course aims to improve cross-cultural understandings. It will demonstrate that even though pre-modern China was geographically isolated from the rest of Eurasia by mountains, deserts, and oceans, Chinese civilization managed to engage in important cultural exchanges with other major civilizations via land and ocean routes, and that had significant impacts both to the development of China and the world. |
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Syllabus |
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Course Introduction Video |
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This course is available on APRU-VSE platform. |
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