97学年度第1学期“当代事务的全球观点”课程主题
第1周 9/15
Introduction / Did you know?
第2周 9/22
The World Goes to Town – After this year the majority of people
will live in cities. Human history will ever more emphatically become urban
history《The Economist》 20080922 02 The World goes to town.pdf
第3周 09/29
The Island in the Wind – A Danish community’s victory over carbon
emissions《The New Yorker》 20080929 03 The Island in the Wind.pdf
第4周 10/06
The Road from Rome – Politics, Commercialism, doping, and nonstop
TV coverage《Newsweek》/China’s Dash for Freedom – China’s rise is a cause
for celebration 《The Economist》/ Fun, Games, and Money《The Economist》
20081006 04 Beijing Olympics.pdf
第5周 10/13
Activity I
第6周 10/20
Take a leaf out of his book – Japanese bosses can learn from the
country’s favorite businessman even if he does not exist 《The Economist》/A
question of character – What Kosaku Shima, Japan’s most popular salaryman,
says about Japanese Business 《The Economist》 20081020 06 A question of
character.pdf
第7周 10/27
Despite Denials, Gays Insist They Exist, if Quietly, in Iran 《The
New York Times》/ Aging and Gay, and Facing Prejudice in Twilight 《The New
York Times》 20081027 07 Gay&Lesbian issues.pdf
第8周 11/03
The Buddha's Daughter – A young Tibetan-Chinese woman has an
unprecedented role to play.《The New Yorker》 20081103 08 The Buddhas
Daughter.pdf
第9周 11/10
Winning or Losing – Al-Qaeda has made terrorism truly global, to
deadly effect. But it may yet prove to be its own worst enemy 20081110 09
Winning or losing.pdf
第10周 11/17
What Money Can Buy? – Millions of Africans die needlessly of
disease each year. Can Bill Gates change that?《The New Yorker》 20081117 10
What Money Can Buy.pdf
第11周 11/24
The Designer – Miuccia Prada has a doctorate in political
science. She calls herself a feminist. 20081124 11 The Designer.pdf
第12周 12/01
Activity II
第13周 12/08
The Neuroscience of Dance – Recent brain imaging studies reveal
some of the complex neuralchoreography behind our ability to dance《Scientific
American》/Stop that Car – New technological tricks and devices are being
developed to enable police officers to track and halt suspect vehicles /Tapping
the oceans – Desalination turns salty water into fresh water /Telemedicine
comes home – Telemedicine permits remote consultations by video link and even
remote surgery《The Economist》 20081208 13 Technology.pdf
第14周 12/15
Big Freeze – Part1:how it began, Part2: Banking, Part3: The
economy, Part4: A US recovery《The Financial Times》 20081215 14 Big Freeze.pdf
第15周 12/22
Report of the Task Force on General Education – Report of The
Task Force on General Education, February 2007, by Harvard College 20081222 15
Harvard College Curricular Review.pdf
第16周 12/29
Proposal defense
第17周 1/05
Farewell party
授课教师：詹长权教授
随堂助教：利政洋、刘威辰、黄兆年