Courses about the Silk Road
A number of courses related to the Silk Road are taught at UC Berkeley. A selection of courses most regularly taught are provided below. Please check on the Berkeley Academic Guide for a full list of courses taught this academic year.
- Sacred Arts in China – Jun Hu – HistArt 131A
- Imperial China and the World – Nicolas Tackett – Hist 116G
- Introduction to Chinese History – Wen-hsing Yeh – Hist 6B
- Muslim-Jewish Encounters – Ethan Katz – Hist 175D
- Islam in South Asia – Abhishek Kaicker – Hist C114
- Archaeology of East Asia – Junko Habu Anthro 230
- Buddhism and its Culture in Japan – Mark Blum – BuddStud C115
- Introduction to Buddhism – Robert Sharf – BuddStud C50
- History of Heaven – Brian Baumann – EALC 119
- Introduction to Central Asia – Sanjyot Mehendale – MELC 26/GEO 55
- Art and Archaeology of Middle Eastern Christianity – Simon Brelaud – MELC 125
- Introduction to Russian/East European/Eurasian Cultures – Darya Kavitskaya – Slavic 50
- Introduction to Ancient Greece – Maria Telo – AGRS 10A
- Introduction to the Archaeology of the Greek World – Kim Shelton – AGRS 17A
- The Roman Economy – Theodore Pena – AGRS 130D
- From the Silk Road to the Belt and Road: Introduction to the History of Central and Inner Asia - Stacey van Vleet - Hist 100F
In addition, a number of pertinent languages are taught at UC Berkeley including Persian, Turkish, Russian, Greek, Latin, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Egyptian (hieratic), Chinese, Tibetan, Mongolian, Korean, Japanese, among others (please check the class schedule).