This semester I am teaching two courses at Beijing Normal University, and this is also my first time teaching a formal course (if the courses manage to get off the ground). I have already set up a “Courses” section on my blog, and all relevant information, materials, and handouts will be updated there.
The first course is the general education elective “A General History of Science,” meeting on Wednesdays, periods 9–10 (18:00–19:40), in Shengsi, room upstairs now moved to Jiaoba 306.
The second course is the departmental major course “Introduction to Academic Research,” meeting on Thursdays, periods 5–6 (13:30–15:10), in Jiaoba 312. I hear that the enrollment for this course is far too small, so it is very likely to face the prospect of not opening at all (in fact, the History of Science course is also in danger). It seems that Normal University cannot run small classes of a dozen or so people; the minimum is twenty students, and I am told that this course previously had only four people enrolled, so it is very likely to die before it is even born.
In addition, on Tuesdays, periods 3–4, I will go and sit in on Teacher Tian’s course, “Introduction to Modern Science.” Every Saturday afternoon I will still be at Peking University organizing the Wumen seminar. The reading group led by Mr. Feng, an undergraduate at Peking University, should also continue. This semester the reading group will read Heidegger’s Being and Time, and the seminar will read Heidegger’s later works.
Translated from the Chinese original with AI assistance. The original text is authoritative.
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