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Tai-Chi Qi-Gong — CSL2132.01
Tai-Chi (Taiji) is a Chinese martial art and meditation system. The symbol of Tai-Chi is the famous Chinese Yin and Yang symbol also called Taiji.
Qi-Gong is a form of gentle exercise intended to increase one’s vital energy (qi), hence the name. Qi-Gong and Tai-Chi are both commonly practiced by Chinese people.
In this course, students will get some practical
Tai-Chi 37 Forms — CSL2132.01
Tai-Chi (Taiji) is a Chinese martial art and meditation system. The symbol of Tai-Chi is the famous Chinese Yin and Yang symbol also called Taiji.
In this course, students will get some practical experience with Tai Chi martial art and learn a little bit about Daoist philosophy in the process. Students also will get some practical experience with Qi Gong (Ba Duan Jin). Qi-Gong
Tai-Chi 37 forms — CSL2132.01
Tai-Chi (Taiji) is a Chinese martial art and meditation system. The symbol of Tai-Chi is the famous Chinese Yin and Yang symbol also called Taiji.
In this course, students will get some practical experience with Tai-Chi martial art and learn a little bit about Daoist philosophy in the process. Students also will get some practical experience with Qi Gong (Ba Duan Jin). Qi-Gong
Tai-Chi 37 Forms — CSL2132.01
Tai-Chi (Taiji) is a Chinese martial art and meditation system. The symbol of Tai-Chi is the famous Chinese Yin and Yang symbol also called Taiji.
In this course, students will get some practical experience with Tai-Chi martial art and
Taiwan and China in Global Affairs — CHI4605.01
Whether it's global economic disruptions from COVID-19 and Beijing's "zero cases" policy, the US-China trade war and heightened tensions over Taiwan as it becomes a high-tech chip manufacturing powerhouse, China's failing "One Belt One Road" program or Putin courting Xi's favor in his war against Ukraine, China and Taiwan are making a lot of global affairs headlines recently.
Teaching Languages and Cultures — CSL2000.01
The study of foreign languages and cultures is a crucial asset. For some, it is a life-saving necessity. For others it represents a powerful tool in a toolkit for antiracism, social justice, and intercultural understanding. In this course, students will gain a basic understanding of language and culture teaching to young children and
Teaching Languages and Cultures K-6 — EDU2151.01
Early exploration of foreign languages and cultures is a powerful tool towards antiracism, social justice, and intercultural understanding. In this course, students will gain a basic understanding of language and culture teaching to young children. Discussions with local teachers and language acquisition experts will provide a professional perspective on the course content.
Teaching Languages and Cultures K-6 — CSL2000.01
Early exploration of foreign languages and cultures is a powerful tool towards antiracism, social justice, and intercultural understanding. In this course, students will gain a basic understanding of language and culture teaching to young children. Working with local teachers, program administrators, and language acquisition experts, students will have an opportunity to (co-
Teaching Languages and Cultures K-6 — CSL2000.01
Early exploration of foreign languages and cultures is a powerful tool towards social justice and intercultural understanding. This will be particularly important for a class age (6-11) that will have been significantly deprived of the practice of fundamental socialization skills because of Covid. This course is intended to help students gain a basic understanding of language
The 24 Filial Piety Stories and Zhuangzi's Tales — CHI4407.01
This course introduces students to two foundational texts in Chinese thought: The Twenty-four Stories of Filial Piety, which highlight the Confucian ideal of devotion to one’s parents, and the Tales of Zhuangzi, which reflect Daoist values of spontaneity, naturalness, and freedom. By reading these works in translation and in modern Mandarin at the student’s language level,
The art of Letting Go: Daoism and Buddhism in Daily Life — CHI4405.01
Daoism and Buddhism hold a significant place in the daily lives of most Taiwanese people. These philosophical traditions influence spirituality, meditation practices, and ethical values. Many Taiwanese incorporate elements of these philosophies into their daily lives to reduce stress and improve mental wellbeing, and so can you. Students will be introduced to central concepts
The Art of Literary Translation — LIT4319.01
It may well be that the closest, most interpretative, and creative reading of a text involves translating it from one language to another. Questions of place, culture, epoch, voice, gender, and rhythm take on new urgency, helping us to deepen our writerly skills and sensibilities. As Joseph Brodsky put it: “You must memorize poems, do translation, study foreign languages. And
The Art of Literary Translation: Your Histories, Texts, and Authorial Selves — LIT4319.01
It may well be that the closest, most interpretative, and creative reading of a text involves translating it from one language to another. Questions of place, culture, epoch, voice, gender, and rhythm take on new urgency, helping us to deepen our writerly skills and sensibilities. In this course, you will translate a myriad of texts, including works you have written, or are
The Basic Calligraphy Strokes for Beginners — CSL2003.01
Mastering the eight basic calligraphy strokes requires great patience and concentration. However, once those and stroke order are mastered one will be able to copy any of the thousands of standard Chinese characters. Calligraphy has also been shown to be an effective form of meditation and art therapy. This class will provide the students with foundational theory and practice
The Daoist Tales — CHI4113.01
If Confucianism is the Yang of Chinese culture, then Daoism is the Yin. Not only has Daoism had a profound influence on traditional Chinese art and thought, but this philosophy remains relevant to modern life in both the East and West. Students will be introduced to the main precepts of philosophical Daoism through modern Chinese interpretations of Taoist Tales. Students will
The Film Trailer Project — FRE4603.01
In this course, French films are used as linguistic and cultural textbooks. While honing their language skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing), students will focus their critical skills on selected cultural topics (food, clothes, history, gestures, etc.). Students will create film trailers that reflect their understanding of the French linguistic and cultural
The Language of Persuasion — SPA2103.01
Students with little or no background in Spanish will learn the language through an immersion in the study of advertising and propaganda from the Spanish-speaking world. An examination of Spanish and Latin American print, radio, film, and television advertisements, as well as political cartoons and propaganda, will allow students to consider critically the truths, half-truths,
The Latin American Short Story — SPA4006.01
Along with intermittent textual analysis and some socio-historical context, the intention is to obsess over the ideology of that most lauded of genres, the Latin American short story, from modernismo to its contemporary forms. Students will develop their oral and written skills, progressing from paragraph-level exposition to imitation to an initial defense of ideas. The course
The Latin American Short Story — SPA4006.01
Along with intermittent textual analysis and some socio-historical context, the intention is to obsess over the ideology of that most lauded of genres, the Latin American short story, from modernismo to its contemporary forms. Students will develop their oral and written skills, progressing from paragraph-level exposition to imitation to an initial defense of ideas. The course
The Power of Image — SPA4305.01
The Mexican photographers, Manuel Álvarez Bravo and Graciela Iturbide, and the Chilean documentary film director, Patricio Guzmán, have a common call: to document the impossible. In this course, we will explore the different ways in which each of these artists use images to capture and re-frame the complexity of their cultural heritage, as well as the beauty and intricacies of
The Power of Image — SPA4305.01
The Mexican photographers, Manuel Álvarez Bravo and Graciela Iturbide, and the Chilean documentary film director, Patricio Guzmán, have a common call: to document the impossible. In this course, we will explore the different ways in which each of these artists use images to capture and re-frame the complexity of their cultural heritage, as well as the beauty and intricacies of
The Same and Not the Same: A Close Reading of Primo Levi's "The Periodic Table" — CSL2134.01) (cancelled 5/8/2024
Primo Levi studied chemistry in Italy in the 1930s, where he witnessed the rise of fascism. As a Jew, he learned to navigate the treacherous path of being the Other from childhood, but that was little preparation for what was to come. Sent to Auschwitz in 1944, he survived and went on to become one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. His memoir, The Periodic Table,
The Textual City — SPA4805.01
This course will chart the development of identity within the postcolonial Latin American city. The latter will be read both literally and as a guiding metaphor, as a reality ordered by ideas. We will use interdisciplinary theoretical models as discursive markers, selected from architecture, politics, philosophy, literature, and photography, in order to problematize urban
The “Chinese Dream” after COVID? — CHI4403.01
With the Covid-19 pandemic, Beijing’s Hong Kong security law, and Xinjiang re-education camps, attitudes towards the Chinese government under the leadership of Xi Jinping have soured globally, challenging Xi’s plans to realize the “Chinese Dream” of “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” In this course, students will use authentic materials, such as print articles,