East Asian Languages & Lits 132 - Going Abroad: China-Smith Encounters

Students learn about Chinese identity, culture, and society as they emerge through transnational encounters, including the lives of Chinese students at Smith and Smith alums in China, as well as institutional, national, and international history. Students explore literary, historical, and archival research materials, and practice interpreting texts with attention to source, genre, context, and audience. Students learn basic archival research skills, and prepare a digital exhibition highlighting selected items from the Smith archive and contextualizing them for a public audience. Instruction and readings are in English; Chinese language ability welcome but not required. Enrollment limited to 20.