Archaeology

This course provides an introduction to archaeological theory. It helps students develop the skills and knowledge required to assess the coherence, value, and relevance of a variety of theoretical frameworks currently employed in archaeology. In order to achieve this, a number of issues are raised and explored that together give a good overview of the major trends of archaeological thought, and illustrate how archaeology has developed from its antiquarian past to a modern social science. 

This course introduces students to the full range of the material and visual culture of the ancient world in Rome from the Republican period to late Antiquity. The course includes a study of the built environment, from the major urban and imperial monuments to the forts and farms of the frontiers, the images housed in public buildings, houses and tombs, as well as portable objects, and the material residues of daily life and ritual. Students in this option undertake the spring term of the yearlong course Art & Archaeology of Greece & Rome.

Generally, Southeast Asian culture can be seen as a grand confluence of culture from local pre-history, India, China, Islam and Europe. These factors are complicated by geological separation between the continent and the archipelago. This course examines historical cultural change with particular focus on each art; architecture, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, performing arts (including dance and music), and archaeological remains.

This course provides an understanding of Southeast Asian cultures and peoples, by explaining the general historical change from the 19th century to the 1990s by focusing on cultural change. This course is not meant to be a memorization of detailed names and times, but a creation of soft thinking for cultural change in this complicated wide area. The course looks the following important historical waves: Early Colonization (the period of mercantilism: before 18th century); Imperialism (19th century); birth of Nationalism (first half of the 20th century); Decolonization (the 1940s and 50s); Cold War (the 1960s); and New Change Period (the 1970s and 80s). This course focuses on material cultural elements or pictorial data in each period.

This course examines theoretical knowledge, concepts, and tools of cultural relic drawings; manual drawing of common relics and monuments in the field and indoors; common drafting software; and basic drawing skills.