UW Worldwide Research Proposal Seminar April 15

GEN ST 391J

PREPARING FOR LIFE AND RESEARCH AS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT IN SICHUAN

Spring Quarter 2016
Fridays, 2:30-3:50
MGH 085

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April 8: Introductions
April 15: Sichuan History and Culture
April 22: Previous Student Projects
April 29: Present Your Ideas
May 6: Professional Proposals
May 13: Life in Chengdu
May 20: Undergraduate Research Symposium
May 27: Chinese Education
June 10: Proposal Presentations

April 15: About Sichuan
Today I will introduce you to Sichuan. Topics I will cover may include:

Physical geography

Human cultural diversity

Political and cultural history

Literary and artistic history

Language

The City of Chengdu

Food

In preparation for today's lecture, please read the following materials:

Translations by Lucas Klein, Charles Q. Wu, and one by Shu (who?) with extensive explanations of Li Bai's famous poem The Difficulty of the Road to Shu

Some maps

Christopher McNally's summary of Recent economic development in Sichuan. It's a bit out of date, but still very useful, because it also includes good historical and geographic background.

The excellent summary of the May, 2008 earthquake on Wikipedia.

GEN ST 391J

PREPARING FOR LIFE AND RESEARCH AS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT IN SICHUAN

Spring Quarter 2016 Fridays, 2:30-3:50 MGH 085

April 15: About Sichuan

Spring Quarter 2016
Fridays, 2:30-3:50
MGH 085