History HSTAS 211A, Spring 2003
History of Chinese Civilization

Section A Homepage

Instructor: Elif Akcetin
Office: Smith 8
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9:00-10:00 or by appointment
Email: eakcetin@u.washington.edu
Telephone: 543-4797

Meeting Times and Location

Tuesday 10:30-11:20, Mechanical Engineering Building 250
Friday 10:30-11:20, Mechanical Engineering Building 237

Announcements

The final exam will be on Monday, June 9 from 8:30-10:20 and will take place in the lecture room.

Good luck in the final and thank you for making such a good section!

To prepare for the final exam, refer to the Final exam page (see link on the left).

Guide to understanding primary sources:
-Source: novel? personal account? article from a local gazeteer? What is the significance of these sources to the historian? How can we approach these sources critically (in other words, how to distinguish what is real and what is not?)
-Author: background, worldview of the author?
-Time period: when was the text written? what were the historical circumstances at the time?
-Close-reading: close analysis of themes, particular passages; detailed questions on why the author asks certain questions and how he answers them, why he emphasizes certain themes more than others.
-Looking at the bigger picture: What do these sources tell us about what is going on during the time period under study?

To review primary sources, please refer to Class Notes.