Summer Institute 1995

1995

July 31 - August 25

TOPICS

• Scholarly and Popular Images about India and China
• Comparative Physical Geography of India and China
• Comparative Cultural Geography of India and China
• Emergence of Early Traditions in India: Hinduism
• Emergence of Traditions in China
• Cosmic and Ritual Order in Ancient India and China
• "Food, Culture, and Society in China"
• Evolution of Traditions: Jainism and Buddhism in India
• Evolution of Traditions in China
• Contemporary Context, Contrasting Paths Buddha, Confucius, and Lao Tzu
• Chinese World View as Embodied in Artistic Performance
• Contact with the Outside World: Coming of Buddhism from India to China
• Classical India and Cosmopolitan China
• Islam in India and China
• "Doing World History": India and China Before 1500

READINGS

Reference Books:

• The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India
• The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China

Primary Sources:

• The Analects
• The Buddhist Scriptures
• The Ramayana
• The Tao Te Ching

Secondary Sources:

Buddhism in China. By K.S. CH'EN. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1964.

Confucianism in an Historical Perspective. By Tu Wei-Ming. Singapore: National University, 1989.

The Heritage of China. Edited by Paul S. Ropp. Berkeley: University Press, 1990. Following Selections :

"Early Civilization in China: Reflections on How it Became Chinese." By David N. Keightley.
"Western Perceptions of China From The Late Sixteenth Century to the Present." By Jonathan Spence.

"I-Ching--Book of Changes" By S.D. Sung. From The Text of YI King. Taiwan: Cultural Books Company, 1988.

"Native Chinese Religion and Daoism." By David S. Noss. From History of World Religion. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1994.

The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Volume 1. General Editor Maynard Mack. New York: Norton, 1995. Following Selections:

"India's Heroic Age." Edited by Indira Peterson (Selections from Bhavagad Gita).
"India's Classical Age." Edited by Indira Peterson.
"China's Middle Period." Edited by Stephen Owen.
"Poetry and Thought in Early China." Edited by Stephen Owen.

Makers of World History. Volume 1. Edited by Kelley J. Sowards. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Following Selections:

"Buddha," "Confucius," "Muhammad."

Readings in World Civilizations. Volume 1. Second Edition. Edited by Kevin Reilly. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Following Selections:

"Buddhism," "Taoism."

Documents in World History. Volume 1. Edited by Peter N. Stearns. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.
Following Selections:

"Islam Comes to India: Two Views."
"Pan Chao, Lessons for Women."
"Poetry and Society in Tang China."

"Lao Tzu." From Harper Collins World Reader: Antiquity to the Early Modern World. Edited by Mary Ann Caws and Christopher Prendergast. New York: Harper Collins, 1994, pp. 612-615.

"River Merchant's Wife, (Li Po)." From Ezra Pound:Translations. By Ezra Pound. New York: New Directions, 1963.

"Sufi Movement." From The Persian Sufis. By Cyprian Rice. London: Allen & Unwin, 1964, pp. 19-38.

Selections from Women Poets of The World. Edited By Joanna Bankier and Deirdre Lashgari. New York: Macmillan, 1983, pp. 9-23,49-52.

"Written in Behalf of My Wife, (Li Po)." From Responding to Literature: World Literature. Edited by Mary Hynes-Berry and Basia C. Miller. New York: McDougal, Littell, 1992, p. 295.
Chinese Civilization and Society: A Source Book. Edited by Patricia Ebrey. New York: Free Press, 1981.
Following Selections:

"The Attractions of the Capital"
"On Farming"

"Evolution of `Classical' Pattern." From History of India. By Romila Thapar. New York: Penguin Books, 1990.

Folk Tales From India. Introduced and Edited by A. K. Ramanujan. New York: Pantheon Books, 1993.

Orientalism. By Edward Said. New York: Vintage Books, 1994, pp. 31-110, 354-359.

"Orientalist Construction of India." By Ronald Inden. Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 20, 1986, pp. 401-446.

Sources of Indian Tradition. Volume 1. Edited by Ainslie T. Embree. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. Following Selections:

"Background of Jainism and Buddhism."
"Cosmic and Ritual Order in the Vedic Literature."
"Dharma: The First End of Man."
"The Foundations of Islam in India."
"The Hindu Way of Life."

Religions of India in Practice. Edited By Donald S. Lopez, Jr. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1995. Following Selections:

"Ascetic Withdrawal or Social Engagement?" By Patrick Olivelle.
"Conversation of Sufi Saints." By Carl Ernst.
"Jain Questions and Answers." By John E. Cort.
"Jain Stories Inspiring Renunciation." Phyllis Granoff.
"Kabir." By Vinay Dharwadkar.
"Poems of Tukaram." By Vinay Dharwadkar.

"Major Factors Shaping China's Physical Geographical Environment." By Zhao Songqiao. From Physical Geography of China. Science Press, John Wiley & Sons Inc. 1986.

FIELD TRIPS

• To the Hsi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights
• To the Asia Pacific Museum, Pasadena

FACULTY

Cal Poly Pomona Team:

• Tara Sethia (Institute Director)
• Joseph Beaton
• Zijiang Ding
• Deirdre Lashgari
• Shahnaz Lotfipour
• James Manley
• David Smith
• Lin Wu

Guest Speakers, Consultants & Artists:

• Jane Boston, SPICE
• Diane Brooks, California Department of Education
• N. Muralikrishnan, Independent Artist
• Linda Pomerantz-Zhang, CSU Dominguez Hills
• Uma Suresh, Independent Artist

Teacher-Facilitators:

• Marylin Lubarsky, Upland High School
• Marjorie Sabnis, I-Poly High School

External Program Evaluator: Lynda Shaffer, Tufts Univesity