FF:KSCB095 China and Europe seminar

KSCB095 China and Europe along the Silk Road(s) (from its origins until 1800) – seminar

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Antonio De Caro, Doctor of Philosophy (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Antonio De Caro, Doctor of Philosophy
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Wed 10:00–11:40 B2.43, except Wed 11. 5. ; and Wed 11. 5. 9:00–11:40 G23

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives (in Czech)

The overarching aim of this course is to reconstruct the historiographical relevance of Sino-European encounters along the Silk Road(s). The seminar will include a preliminary session introducing selected case studies on the encounters between Chinese and European individuals along the Silk Roads and the opposite theoretical viewpoints on the notion of “Silk Roads” itself. Subsequently, the students will present one selected case study related to the course and they will discuss the main sources adopted for their presentation.

Learning outcomes (in Czech)

At the end of the course the students will have a general understanding of the debates related to the notion of “Silk Roads” and they will all engage in discussing one specific aspect of the theoretical and historical framework adopting secondary and primary sources.

Syllabus (in Czech)

1) Introduction to concept of Silk Road(s): connecting Europe and China 2) From Han to Yuan: imagining and crossing the commercial routes 3) The Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty: a new globalized network The subsequent lessons will be presentations by the students concerning a selected topic of the course. The students will be free to choose one of the following research areas: a) Han dynasty and the Roman empire commercial exchanges; b) Tang dynasty cosmopolitism and “foreign” religions; c) Mongol era exchanges between Europe and China; d) Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty exchanges between China and Europe until 1800.

Literature

recommended literature

Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015
Lauren Arnold, Princely Gifts and Papal Treasures: The Franciscan Mission to China and Its Influence on the Art of the West, 1250-1350, Los Angeles, Desiderata Press, 1999
Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity: Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250–750, edited by Nicola Di Cosmo and Michael Maas, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Between Rome and China: History, Religions and Material Culture of the Silk Road, edited by Samuel N. C. Lieu and Gunner B. Mikkelsen, London: Brepols, 2016
Richard Foltz, Religions of the Silk Road: Premodern Patterns of Globalization, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road, edited by Philippe Forêt and Andreas Kaplony, Boston: Brill, 2008

FF:KSCB095 China and Europe seminar - Course Information

KSCB095 China and Europe along the Silk Road(s) (from its origins until 1800) – seminar

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