[Discussion] İpek Yolu konusunda siberalemde ders

[Gonul Pultar]

Genellikle yorum yapmadan yolluyorum ancak bu kez merakimi belirtmeme
izin verin: Bugün İpek Yolu'na olan ilgi neden?
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Distrib. by: Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central Eurasian
Studies

ON-LINE COURSE- Silkroad Foundation Special Online Course, The Silk Road

Silkroad Foundation Special Online Course - The Silk Road
Sunday, March 23, 2003 - Saturday, June 14, 2003
Tuition: $150

This on-line non-credit course introduces the history of cultural
and economic exchange across Eurasia for nearly 2000 years,
beginning around 200 BCE. The silk roads were many, going
east-west and north-south, and silk was only one of many items
of exchange. Important components of the history of the Silk Road
are the dissemination of religious beliefs and artistic interaction.
Among the topics to be covered are: geography of Eurasia, culture
of the inner Asian nomads and their interaction with sedentary centers,
major urban centers such as Dunhuang and Samarkand, products and
mechanisms of trade, the spread of Buddhism, Islam and Christianity
and evidence of their artistic legacies. The course will explore
the reasons for the rise of the Silk Road trade as well as its decline.
Some emphasis will be placed on the evidence in eye-witness travel
accounts.

The course is for those in the beginning stages of learning about
the Silk Road, not for individuals who may already have considerable
expertise. Enrollment in the course constitutes a commitment to spend
an estimated 5-6 hours a week over twelve weeks in doing various
assignments. Although the course is not for credit, participation can
be meaningful only if those enrolled put significant effort into the
endeavor. Successful online students make time to logon and work on
course materials several times each week, even if it is only for brief
periods to check email and respond to postings. Assignments will involve

reading both in purchased books and in web-based materials, keeping a
journal, participation in on-line discussion, and probably one or
two short essays. Participants will need to be comfortable with use
of the internet and e-mail (including sending attachments) and have
regular access to a (preferably) fast internet connection. Important
portions of the online materials include image files; so a 56K modem
connection would be minimally adequate. The language of communication
for the course is English. Enrollment is limited to 25.

Instructor: Professor Daniel C. Waugh, University of Washington
(Seattle).
Professor Waugh has taught a course on the Silk Road for several years,
been involved in a variety of public education projects on the Silk
Road,
and travelled extensively along parts of the region it encompasses.

Silk Road Online Course Registration Form

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Please print out this form and mail it with $150 check to:

Silkroad Foundation
P.O. Box 2275
Saratoga, CA 95070
USA

For more information please visit:
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