Instructor: Prof. Hagop Sarkissian
Email: hagop.sarkissian@baruch.cuny.edu
Classroom: VC 5-298
Class Times: MW 12:50p - 2:05p
Office: VC 5-298
Office hours: Weds 9:30-11:00am or other times by appointment.
Format: This is a seminar. Participation is expected, and a significant portion of your grade will be based on participation. We will be working through the material together in a joint effort to explore the main concepts at play. In other words, this is not a normal lecture-based course that I have taught repeatedly in the past. It is an opportunity for me to do research with you. Please see below for further information.
Some course information that you are less likely to use throughout the semester are included here. Scroll down for stuff you’re more likely to use throughout, including a section on Assessments and Grading and the Reading List.
ASSESSMENTS AND GRADING
I need to assess how you’re doing in the course. I will do so through the following methods. Click on toggle at the left to expand.
READINGS
This is a zero textbook course (ZTC). All readings and other content will be hosted on this website.
The schedule below should be self-explanatory, but if it isn’t:
- The first column provides the course meeting date.
- The second column provides the general topic. Click the topic to get to the readings page for that session. You’ll find the readings there.
Date | Topic (Click to view readings) | Readings |
|---|---|---|
January 31, 2022 | Syllabus review; brainstorming in class (no readings) | |
February 2, 2022 | The Great Learning; Ivanhoe “Introduction” | |
February 7, 2022 | Selected passages from the Analects; Puett and Gross-Loh (2016) | |
February 9, 2022 | Selected passages from the Analects; Sarkissian (2010) | |
February 14, 2022 | Selected passages from the Analects; Chan (2000) | |
February 16, 2022 | Tan (2003) | |
February 21, 2022 | ! NO MEETING ! | |
February 23, 2022 | Dare (2020) | |
February 28, 2022 | Qi (2011) | |
March 2, 2022 | CLASS EXERCISES | |
March 7, 2022 | Zhuangzi Chapter 1 | |
March 9, 2022 | Zhuangzi Chapter 2 | |
March 14, 2022 | Zhuangzi Chapter 3-4 | |
March 16, 2022 | Zhuangzi Chapter 5-7 | |
March 21, 2022 | Csikszentmihalyi “Flow” | |
March 23, 2022 | Siddhartha 1-4 | |
March 28, 2022 | Siddhartha 5-8 | |
March 30, 2022 | Siddhartha 9-12 | |
April 4, 2022 | Strohminger, N., Knobe, J., & Newman, G. (2017) | |
April 6, 2022 | Leuenberger, M. (2021). | |
April 11, 2022 | Stichter, M. (2021). | |
April 13, 2022 | CLASS EXERCISES | |
April 18, 2022 → April 20, 2022 | SPRING BREAK | |
April 25, 2022 | Kraut (2018) | |
April 27, 2022 | Tiberius and Smartwood (2011) | |
May 2, 2022 | Santos et al (2017); Grossmann et al (2019) | |
May 4, 2022 | Sarkissian (forthcoming) | |
May 9, 2022 | NO READINGS; PRESENTATIONS | |
May 11, 2022 | NO READINGS; PRESENTATIONS | |
May 16, 2022 | NO READINGS; PRESENTATIONS |