Teaching

  • Yes. All my courses are writing- and speaking-intensive. You will need to interact with me and your classmates in lectures and seminars.
  • No. I do not upgrade a 200-level topical history course to a 300-level research seminar/colloquium because they are marked with different course levels for a reason. I design and teach them differently. I have only made two exceptions within the module system in the pandemic of 2020-1, but I do not intend to make more exceptions.
  • For students who wish to work with me on an Independent Studies project (295 or 395), please fill out this form and email me to make an appointment.
  • What about waitlists? Here is how I handle them. No exceptions.
    • Group 1: History and East Asian Studies majors. Gender Studies majors will also join group 1 for my cross-listed course: Women in History: Women and Gender in China.
    • Group 2: Seniors, some of who need to meet distribution requirements.
    • Group 3: Everyone else on a first-come, first-serve basis.

100-level Introductory Lectures

  1. HIST 137 Modern East Asia, 1600-2000
  2. HIST 130 History of China through 1600

First-Year Seminar

  1. Nomads!

200-level Topical Seminars

  1. HIST 296/GNDST-206 Women in History: Women and Gender in China
  2. HIST 239 MC Cities in Modern East Asia
  3. HIST 239 MC Borderlands and Ethnicity in Modern China
  4. HIST 224 The Busy Silk Roads: Cultural Exchange in Pre-modern Eurasia
  5. HIST 239 GF: Global Food and Local Tastes in East Asia
  6. HIST 239: Animals in Human History

300-level Capstone Research Colloquia and Seminars

  1. HIST 332 Environmental History of China
  2. HIST 326 Comparative History of Early Modern Empires
  3. HIST 301/GNDST-333 Women and the Family in Imperial China