51-2274J J-Session in Shanghai: History, Culture, and Art

Three week J-Session course begins in Chicago during the first week of J-Term, and then departs for China. This course offers a complete cultural immersion and introduces modern Chinese history through visits to Chinese cities and cultural institutions. Intensive seminars with Chinese and international artists, curators of art galleries, museums and cultural institutions address the history and future of Chinese art as well as the business of art in China. Past classes have travelled to Shanghai and Beijing. In Shanghai, that city’s important role as a sea port in the 19th century, a city occupied by Western and Japanese forces in the 20th century, the seat of the first Chinese Communist party, and a contemporary art and business center have been topics of study. Likely activities include visits to the Great Wall, The Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square in Beijing and in Shanghai, the remarkable open air museum for Art Deco buildings and for Moderns skyscrapers, as well as temples, gardens, tea-houses, music and dance venues. This is an intense, rich and unique academic and cultural experience. Students must submit an application and be accepted to the course.

3 Credits
GA HU
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 51-1102 Eastern Humanities or 51-1101 Western Humanities