Universität Wien

150062 UE Lecture Series (2025S)

2.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 15 - Ostasienwissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German, English, Chinese

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The first course will take place on Thursday, March 13th at 16:45 in the seminar room Sinology 1 UniCampus Hof 2.
If you miss the first course date without excuse, you will be automatically deregistered from the course.
If you are unable to attend the first date but would like to keep your place in the course, please send an apology in writing by e-mail to the course instructor.

In order to receive a positive grade, you may not be absent from the course units (2 SWS per unit) more than once. Exceptions to class attendance must be obtained by means of a medical certificate; in special cases, agreement must be reached with the course management.

Lecture dates usually:
Wednesday 18:30- approx. 20:00
Thursday 16:45- ca.18:15 or 18:30- ca. 20:00
Som lectures are already fixed, further exact dates and times as well as titles/topics of the lectures will be announced as soon as possible - i.e. when the lectures are fixed.

Attendance of the course units at the beginning on March 13th, 2025 and at the end of the semester on June 26, 2025 is mandatory.

Lectures up to now:

Thursday:
2025 March, 20th 4:45 pm - 6:30 pm LIU LIZHI: From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China
2025 March, 27th 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm Prof. SHEN LIN: New Looks of an Old Stage
05. Juni 2025, 18:15-19.45 Uhr, Studierraum Japanologie  

Wednesday:
09. April 2025   18:30 - 20:00 Uhr FREDA  FIALA:  Kuratierte Identitäten - Performing Arts Diplomatie in Taiwan
07. Mai 2025    16:45 - 18:15 Uhr Prof. LIANG Xia:  Research on the Usage of ChatGPT: Differences in perceptions between teachers and 
                                                      students, and their implications for Chinese language teaching
14. Mai 2025   18:00 - 19:30 Uhr CHUI BIHUI:  Die Entwicklung der Medien im Zuge der Demokratisierung Taiwans

  • Thursday 06.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Thursday 13.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Thursday 20.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Thursday 27.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Wednesday 09.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Wednesday 07.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Wednesday 14.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Thursday 15.05. 17:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum Sinologie 1 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-10
  • Thursday 05.06. 18:15 - 19:45 Ort in u:find Details

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

UE ‘Lecture Series’ is open to all students of the Bachelor's degree programme in Sinology as an Alternative Extension (AE)
as well as to all master's degree students as an Individual Specialization (M8).

The course serves as an accompanying course to the guest lectures taking place at the Institute / Department of Sinology during the semester. Students will probably be offered a total of around seven lectures, which usually take place on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm -8:00pm and Thursdays at 4:45 pm -6:15 pm and 6:30 pm -8:00 pm (with exceptions).
Attendance at six of these guest lectures is compulsory.

Some lectures are already fixed, further exact dates and times as well as titles/topics of the lectures will be announced as soon as possible - i.e. when the lectures are finalized.
Attendance at the course units at the beginning and end of the semester is compulsory.
Students will be assessed on their active participation (especially in the discussions / Q&A sessions that follow the respective lectures) as well as on the submission of a preparatory report on the lecturer, the topic of the lecture and questions for the subsequent discussion. A further requirement are five short essays/reviews, which the students are to write retrospectively on questions and topics from the six lectures they attended. The exact modalities will be discussed and explained in the course of the first course unit.

Objectives:
- Learning to receive and analyze scientific lectures / topics
- Get to know different research areas and approaches in the Department of Sinology
- Structured writing and critical preparation of what has been learnt in written form (essays/reviews)
- Analytical approach to topics, questions, methodology, theories and results of the selected lectures

Assessment and permitted materials

- Compulsory, active participation in the first and last course unit
- Participation in at least six lectures, preparation for the topic and the lecturer, active participation in the subsequent discussions / Q&A sessions and
- Submission of a preparatory report on the lecturer, the topic of the lecture and questions for the subsequent discussion. This
preparation protocol must be handed in for each lecture on the day before the respective lecture.
(40% of the grade: Short preparatory report and active participation during the lectures, questions during discussion )
- Five short essays/reviews on the lectures or on further questions in connection with the lectures - will be discussed in the first course unit.
(60% of the grade)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Preparation protocols and active participation in lectures (40% of the grade)
Six short essays / reviews on the presentations ( 60 % of the grade)

Grading scale:
100 - 90 points: Very good
89 - 80 points: Good
79 - 70 points: Satisfactory
69 - 60 points: Sufficient
Less than 60 points: Not sufficient

Only one absence from a lesson/lecture will be tolerated.

Examination topics

Reading list

Supportive literature for this course will be made available on Moodle.

Association in the course directory

AE

Last modified: We 02.04.2025 20:26