East Asian history courses at Muhlenberg
Portal for courses on Chinese, Korean and Japanese history
Ssssst! The opera has started! Go and watch on the Met Opera website Rossini’s Cenerentola while you can (until Monday 6.30PM EST). It’s fabulous. I find it so easy to lose myself in the funny operas these days. Nothing quite Continue Reading …
無 (nothing?) I have nothing much to write about today. Nothing often has negative connotations in English, but it needn’t be. Like its close cousin “empty”, nothing isn’t necessarily a bad thing: “nothing on the calendar” means space to fill Continue Reading …
Milestone? Metaphor? Merino? Moorit?* Forty days, eh? Not sure what I make of that. Sometimes I find staring at my knitting very soothing. I lay it out to measure, and then find myself wondering about the time it took to Continue Reading …
Good morning, historians of East Asia! Do you procrastinate? You’re not alone! While I am tempted by perfecting the art of productive procrastination (putting off one thing by doing another that also needs to be done), I think it is Continue Reading …
Trust I hope my students trust me, when I say that I will somehow get them through the course. I think they do. Today and tomorrow’s sessions are entirely optional: if they have time and space in their heads, they Continue Reading …
Good morning, historians of East Asia! Hang in there, we’re almost through with this semester! Remember to reach out if you need support! I followed my own good advice earlier this week, and I feel a ton better for knowing Continue Reading …
Keeping vampires at bay I had another pretty scattered day, probably the fallout from the previous couple of days. Our writing bootcamp didn’t kick me into the right gear, and I ended up doing a 20 minute meditation in the Continue Reading …
Good morning, historians of East Asia! Today I want to offer you a simple writing tip that will make your writing accessible in one (maybe two) easy step(s): add dates for dynasties, time periods, people you mention. Why? Even a Continue Reading …
Banana-bread miracles Let’s just say the past twenty-four hours were a bit of a whirlwind. No, I did not suddenly find out how to make Q-time (Q for Quarantine) move faster; but it was about this time last night I Continue Reading …
Good morning historians of East Asia! I haven’t got much special to share with you, other than reminding you that college’s services to support your academic work remain available remotely. Writing Center: online appointments available, from brainstorming to proofreading and Continue Reading …
