Research Seminar in Chinese History

This research seminar is intended for students working in any period of Chinese history. During the semester, students develop a research agenda for an original project while pursuing one of two trajectories: 1) Produce a short research paper that can become the basis for a published scholarly article or 2) Draft a preliminary prospectus for dissertation research. In close consultation with the instructor, students work on different aspects of the research and writing process, including historiographical interventions, source selection, problems of interpretation, narrative, and argumentation.