The workshop provides a forum for advanced PhD students (usually in the 3rd or 4th year) to draft and refine the dissertation prospectus in preparation for the defense, as well as to discuss grant proposals. Emphasis on clear formulation of a research project, sources and historiography, the mechanics of research, and strategies of grant-writing. The class meets weekly and is usually offered in both fall and spring semesters.
Consistent attendance and participation are mandatory.
What is media and mediation? How do aesthetics, techniques and technologies of media shape perception, experience, and politics in our societies? And how have various forms of media and mediation been conceptualized and practiced in the Chinese-language environment? This graduate seminar examines critical issues in historical and contemporary Chinese media cultures, and guides students in a broad survey of primary texts, theoretical readings, and research methods that place Chinese media cultures in historical, comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. We discuss a variety of media forms, including paintings and graphic arts, photography and cinema, soundscapes and the built environment, and television and digital media. The class covers a time span from mid-19 th century to the present, and makes use of the rich holdings at the Starr East Asian Library for historical research and media archaeology.
Open to MA and PhD students. Advanced undergraduates need to have instructor's approval.
Language prerequisites: intermediate or advanced Chinese; rare exceptions upon instructor’s approval.
Supervised Reserach for Classical Studies Graduate Students.
All graduate students are required to attend the department colloquium as long as they are in residence. No degree credit is granted.
After completion of the required 60 credits during the first two years in the program, MFA Film students must register for Research Arts to maintain the required continuous full-time enrollment while working on their thesis. Students will be added to a waitlist, to be approved for registration by the program and Student Affairs.
Theoretical or experimental study or research in graduate areas in mechanical engineering and engineering science.
After completion of the required 60 credits during the first two years in the program, MFA Theatre students must register for Research Arts to maintain the required continuous full-time enrollment while working on their thesis. Students will be added to a waitlist, to be approved for registration by the program and Student Affairs.
After completion of the required 60 credits during the first two years in the program, MFA Film students must register for Research Arts to maintain the required continuous full-time enrollment while working on their thesis. Students will be added to a waitlist, to be approved for registration by the program and Student Affairs.
Prerequisite: completion of all M.Phil. requirements, and approval of a research proposal by the supervising faculty adviser.