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| Udgave: |
Efterår 2012 Hum |
| Årsværk: |
15 ECTS, tilvalg Realia E 7,5 ECTS |
Semester: |
1 semester |
| Institutter: |
Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier |
| Undervisere: |
Ildikó Bellér-Hann, Bent Nielsen |
| Skema- oplysninger: |
 Vis skema for kurset
Samlet oversigt over tid og sted for alle kurser inden for Lektionsplan for Det Humanistiske Fakultet Efterår 2012 Hum |
| Første undervisningsgang: |
Uge 36 |
| Formål: |
BA 2010-ordning: Realia 1 (fagelementkode HKIB00731E)
BA 2005-ordning: Realia B (fagelementkode HKIB00471E) eller Realia C (fagelementkode HKIB00501E).
Kinastudier BA-tilvalg 2007: Realia D (fagelementkode HKIB10041E), Realia E (fagelementkode HKIB10051E) eller Realia F (fagelementkode HKIB10061E). |
| Indhold: |
From the Han Dynasty onwards complex trade routes, retrospectively named by the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen the Silk Routes, connected the great agrarian empires of East Asia and the Mediterranean Basin. Not only goods but also ideas, technological innovations, religions, scripts, languages and artistic styles travelled and were exchanged along these caravan routes, which attracted not only merchants but also pilgrims, scholars, soldiers, diplomats and adventurers. Travelling along these trade routes was arduous and risky and the profit benefited both the numerous middlemen as well as their patrons, many of whom were nomads. The main high points of the early history of the Silk Roads include the lively contacts of the Han Dynasty with the Roman Empire, followed by the trade relations between the early Islamic dynasties in the West and the Sui and the Tang in China. The third major era was ushered in by the emergence of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century. Following its decline, which roughly coincided with the opening of the alternative maritime routes, the commercial significance of the Silk Roads diminished, although travel and exchange never ceased. Since the early twentieth century this vast region has started attracting more interest, first due to its centrality in the political rivalry of the great imperial powers known as the “Great Game,” and, more recently the concept of the Silk Roads has been revived as a useful metaphor which adequately captures processes of globalization in which not silk but oil and gas pipelines have come to symbolize the complex interactions across political boundaries.
The two teachers approach the subject of intercultural relations from their respective areas of expertise; in the first part of the course the students will be introduced to the geography, peoples and the history of the famous caravan routes, highlighting the role played by the peoples of Central Asian in the spread of material as well as cultural artifacts as well as their political impact. The second half of the course will consider the history of the Silk Roads from the perspective of the intellectual history of China. |
| Litteratur: |
Course literature will be announced in June-July; in the meantime, here are some appetizers:
Hopkirk, Peter. Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia. Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1980. Findes også i dansk oversættelse.
Whitfield, Susan. Life Along the Silk Road. London: John Murray, 1999. |
| Faglige forudsætninger: |
Bestået Introduktion til Kina Historie og Kulturhistorie 2 |
| Eksamensform: |
Se relevant studieordning under kinastudier.ku.dk |
| Kursus hjemmeside: |
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| Kursus hjemmeside: |
Absalon |
| Undervisnings- sprog: |
Kun engelsk
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| Sidst redigeret: |
22/3-2012 |