WFU VIRTUAL STUDY ABROAD FAIR
EAL 290 Special Topics: The Silk Road (3hrs)
This interdisciplinary course takes students on an 11-day tour of the Silk Road in China. In preparation for the trip, students and faculty tour leaders meet to examine the legacies of the Silk Road in the second half of Spring 2022. Course readings and discussion range from history, religion, art, literature, and music and dance of the ancient trade route to contemporary society and geopolitics. Guided tours of museums and historic sites and lectures by local curators and scholars in Beijing, Xi’an and Dunhuang provide depth and breadth to the course readings and discussion. Counts toward the Major in Chinese, Major in Japanese, Minor in East Asian Studies and Global Trade and Commerce.
This interdisciplinary course takes students on an 11-day tour of the Silk Road in China. In preparation for the trip, students and faculty tour leaders meet to examine the legacies of the Silk Road in the second half of Spring 2022. Course readings and discussion range from history, religion, art, literature, and music and dance of the ancient trade route to contemporary society and geopolitics. Guided tours of museums and historic sites and lectures by local curators and scholars in Beijing, Xi’an and Dunhuang provide depth and breadth to the course readings and discussion. Counts toward the Major in Chinese, Major in Japanese, Minor in East Asian Studies and Global Trade and Commerce.