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RESEARCH GUIDES

Great Questions Seminar - HUMA 1301 - Making Connections Assignment: Classical/Global

This guide is designed to help students enrolled in the Great Questions Seminar (HUMA 1301) to complete their required research assignment.

Literature/Theater/Philosopy/Music Topics

1. The Dao De Jing

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu; William Scott Wilson (Translator)
Call Number: BL1900.L26 E5 2012
ISBN: 9781590309919
Publication Date: 2012-06-12
Multiple copies available from ACC Libraries.

2. The Xunxi

Confucianism by Paul R. Goldin
Call Number: BL1853 .G65 2011
ISBN: 9780520269699
Publication Date: 2011-03-11
Book available from ACC Libraries.

3. Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita by Laurie L. Patton (Introduction by, Notes by, Translator)
Call Number: BL1138.62 .E5 2008B
ISBN: 9780140447903
Publication Date: 2008-10-28
Multiple copies and translations available from ACC Libraries.

The Bhagavad-Gita, Translated by Sir Edwin Arnold
Online full-text provided by Project Gutenberg.

4. The Yoga Sutras

Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Iyengar, B.K.S.
Call Number: B132.Y6 I946 2005
ISBN: 9788172235420
Publication Date: 1993
Book available from ACC Libraries

5. The poetry of Nammalvar

Nammalvar Works from ramanuja.org
Books on the work of Nammalvar are on order for ACC Libraries. In the mean time, here is a link to some of his works online. I don't know as much about this website as I would like for one that I'm recommending, but there isn't a whole lot out there that includes the text of his poetry.

Sculpture/Architecture/Art Topics

1. Dhamek Stupa, India

Dhamek Stupa. Sarnath
ArtStor image provided by Northwestern University
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By Ken Wieland [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

2. Olmec Heads, Mexico

Colossal head #1 from San Lorenzo
ArtStor Image provided by Unversidad Veracruzana
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By No machine-readable author provided. Luidger assumed (based on copyright claims). [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

3. Bronze Bells, Zhong Dynasty

Bronze bells: det.: bell 3rd C. BC
Artstor image provided by University of California, San Diego
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

4. Nok Terracottas, Africa

Nok sculpture Louvre
Louvre Museum [Public domain or Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons

5. Star Ushak Rug, Ottoman Empire

'Star Ushak' Carpet
Metropolitan Museum of Art [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

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