Lecture Notes for HIS 215, Fall Semester 2007

USEFUL INFORMATION FOR THE PAPER:

Basic Evaluative Criteria for History Essays (here)

Thesis Guidelines (here)

Historical Evidence (here)

STUDY AIDS:

Romanization chart (Here)

Dynastic Chart for China (Here)

Here are a couple of links to more information about the Mid-Autumn Festival HERE and HERE

USEFUL MAPS: (Columbia University site here)

LECTURE OVERHEADS:

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #1 (HERE) PowerPoint slideshow (HERE)

(Shang & Zhou artifacts in Met collection- here; Freer and Sackler collections- here)

Film Questions for The Mandate of Heaven Here

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #2 (HERE) PowerPoint slideshow (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #3 (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #4-1 (HERE) PowerPoint slideshow (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #4-2 (HERE) PowerPoint slideshow (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #5 (HERE) PowerPoint slideshow (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #6 (HERE) PowerPoint slideshow (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #6-2 (HERE) PowerPoint slideshow (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #7-1 (HERE) PowerPoint slideshow (HERE)

Film Questions for sections of The Dali Lama: The Four Noble Truths (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #8-1 (HERE) PowerPoint slideshow (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #8-2 (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #9-1 (HERE) PowerPoint slideshow (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #10 (HERE)

Film Questions for Classical Japan and the Tale of Genji Here

Film Questions for Medieval Japan and Buddhism in Literature Here

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #11-1 (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #11-2 (HERE)

Film Questions for Shinto: Nature, Gods, And Men In Japan Here

Film Questions for Tokugawa Japan 1600-1868 Here

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #12-1, 12-2 (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #13-1 (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #13-2 (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #14-1 (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #15-1 (HERE)

NOTES TO LECTURE FOR WEEK #15-2 (HERE)