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Courses Taught

by

Professor Daria Berg,

DPhil Oxford

At:

The University of St.Gallen (HSG), SWITZERLAND, 2011-present

The University of Nottingham, UK, 2005-2011

The University of Durham, UK, 1995-2005

The University of Oxford, UK, 1992-1995

Courses Taught: Image

The University of St.Gallen, Switzerland

2011-present

IN THE FOLLOWING UNIVERSITY OF ST.GALLEN PROGRAMMES:

  • BA: Bachelor of Arts;

  • MA: Master of Arts;

  • PhD DOK: Doctorate in Organisation and Culture;

  • PL: Public Lecture Programme;

  • IEMBA: International Executive MBA, Executive School;

  • MA, SGI-HSG: Asia Compact Course. Master of Arts Programme, St.Gallen Institute of Management in Asia, Singapore.

  • PhD, SGI-HSG: Doctoral Programme, St.Gallen Institute of Management in Asia, Singapore.

Autumn 2021

“Asia Compact Course in Intercultural Competence @ SGI-HSG, Singapore” (MA)

“Experiencing Intercultural Competence using Singapore as a case study @ SGI-HSG, Singapore” (PhD)

“Drachenkaiser und konfuzianische Kommunisten: Chinas grösste Machthaber” (Dragon Emperors and Confucian Communists: China’s Greatest Rulers; PL)


Spring 2021
“China under Xi Jinping: What does it Mean for China’s Economy and Society?” (with Guido Cozzi; MA)

“Integrative Portfolio Media” (BA, MA)


Autumn 2020
“Modern China in History and Film” (BA)
“Integrative Portfolio Media” (with Veronica Barassi; BA, MA)
“Chinas Erster Kaiser” (China’s First Emperor; PL)


Spring 2020
“Transformation: A View from Media and Culture” (BA)
“China under Xi Jinping: What does it Mean for China’s Economy and Society?” (with Guido Cozzi; MA)
“Integrative Portfolio Media” (BA, MA)


Autumn 2019
“Pop Culture in China” (BA)
“Asia Compact: Competence in Intercultural Communication at SGI-HSG, Singapore” (MA)
“Singapore Field School in Intercultural Competence at SGI-HSG, Singapore” (PhD)


Spring 2019
“China’s New Super Cities: A Cultural Journey” (BA)
“Women, Gender and Responsibility in China” (MA)
“Wealth Creation in China” (with Tomas Casas; MA)


Autumn 2018
“Modern China in History and Film” (BA)
“‘Superpower China’: Economic Imbalances & Cultural Shifts” (with Guido Cozzi; MA)
“Asia Compact: Competence in Intercultural Communication at SGI-HSG, Singapore” (MA)


Autumn 2017

“China’s Transformation: A View from Media and Culture” (BA)

“China’s Avantgarde: Authors, Artists and Activists” (MA)

“‘Superpower China’: Economic Imbalances & Cultural Shift” (with Guido Cozzi, MA)

“The Organisation of Media, Globalising Markets and Transcultural Communication” (PhD DOK)

Spring 2017
“Pop Culture in China“ (BA)
“Youth Culture in China” (MA)
“China Invents the Future” (with Tomas Casas, MA)
“Cultural Studies: Text and New Media in the Digital Age” (with Ulrich Schmid, PhD DOK)


Autumn 2016

“China’s New Super Cities: A Cultural Journey” (BA)

“Women, Gender and Responsibility in China” (MA)

“‘Superpower China’: Economic Imbalances & Cultural Shifts” (with Guido Cozzi; MA)

“Chinas Neue Popkultur” (China's New Popular Culture, PL)

Spring 2016
“Modern China in History and Film” (BA)
“China’s Generation X and the City: Transcultural Communication in China’s Emerging World Cities” (MA)
“China Invents the Future: The Culture of Entrepreneurship, Technology and Social Networks” (with Tomas Casas; MA)
“The Organisation of Media, Globalising Markets and Transcultural Communication” (PhD DOK) 


Autumn 2015
“China’s Transformation: A View from Media and Culture” (BA)
“China’s Avantgarde: Authors, Artists and Activists” (MA)
“‘Superpower China’: Economic Imbalances & Cultural Shifts” (with Guido Cozzi; MA)
“World Culture and Globalisation: China, New Media, Gender” (Kolloquium PhD DOK)
“China vom Kaiser bis Mao: Geschichte und Film im 20. Jahrhundert, 1900-1976” (China from Empire to Mao: History and Film in the Twentieth Century, 1900-1976; PL)


Spring 2015
“Pop Culture in China” (BA)
“Youth Culture in China” (MA)
“The Chinese Dream: Twenty-First Century Superpower” (MA)


Autumn 2014
“China’s New World Cities: A Cultural Journey” (BA)
“Women, Gender and Responsibility in China” (MA)
“‘Superpower China’: Economic Imbalances & Cultural Shifts “(with Guido Cozzi; MA)
“China Neue Superstädte: Eine kulturelle Reise” (China’s New Super Cities: A Cultural Journey; PL)


Spring 2014
“Film and Culture in China” (BA)
“Cultural Entrepreneurs and Creative Industries in China” (MA)
“Generation X and the Chinese City: Transcultural Communication in China’s Emerging World Cities” (MA) 


Autumn 2013
“China’s Transformation: A View from Media and Culture” (BA)
“China’s Avantgarde: Authors, Artists and Activists” (MA)
“Transforming China: New Media and Culture between Consumerism and Censorship” (PhD DOK)
“BRICs Transcultural Perspective: Business in China” (IEMBA; Executive School)
“Kurtisanen, Künstlerinnen und Cybervamps: Chinesische Frauen in Geschichte und Gegenwart” (Courtesans, Artists and Cybervamps: Chinese Women Past and Present; PL)


Spring 2013
“Pop Culture in China” (BA)
“Youth Culture in China” (MA)


Autumn 2012
“China’s Culture of Consumption” (BA)
“Gender and Responsibility in China” (MA)
“Künstler, Schriftsteller und Intellektuelle in China – Ai Weiwei und die chinesische Avantgarde” (Artists, Writers and Intellectuals in China – Ai Weiwei and China’s Avantgarde; PL) 


Spring 2012
“Cinema in China” (BA)
“Entrepreneurialism in Chinese Culture” (MA)


Autumn 2011
“Media and Culture in a Globalising China” (BA)
“Digital Dissent: Internet Authors, Artists and Activists in Twenty-first Century China” (MA)

Courses Taught: Text

The University of Nottingham, UK

2005-2011

IN B.A. & MA CHINESE STUDIES HONOURS SCHOOL PROGRAMMES:


Spring 2010

“Women and Culture in China” (BA)

“Approaches to Contemporary Chinese Studies” (BA)


Autumn 2010

“The Rise of Modern China” (BA)


Spring 2010

“Women and Culture in China” (BA)

“Approaches to Contemporary Chinese Studies” (BA)


Autumn 2009

“The Rise of Modern China” (BA)


Spring 2009

“China in the Twenty-first Century” (BA)

“Cultural Shifts in a Globalising China: Contemporary Chinese Literature and the New Media” (BA)

“China in the Twentieth Century, Part II: 1949-2000” (BA)

“Chinese Studies Tutorial: Research Techniques” (with Hongyi Lai, BA)


Spring 2008

“China in the Twenty-first Century” (BA)

“Cultural Shifts in a Globalising China: Contemporary Chinese Literature and the New Media” (BA)

“Research Design and Practice in China” (MA)


Autumn 2007

“Chinese Study Skills” (BA)

“Contemporary Chinese Culture and Society” (MA)


Spring 2007

“China in the Twenty-first Century” (BA)


Autumn 2006

“Introduction to Contemporary China” (BA)

“China in the Twentieth Century, Part I: 1900-1949” (BA)


Spring 2006

“China in the Twenty-first Century” (BA)


Autumn 2005

“Introduction to Contemporary China” (BA)

Courses Taught: Text

The University of Durham, UK

1995-2005

IN B.A. & M.A. CHINESE STUDIES HONOURS SCHOOL:


Trinity Term 2005

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Classical Chinese Tales” (BA)

“Intermediate Japanese for Students of Chinese” (BA)   

“Critical Approaches to Chinese Texts” (MA)


Epiphany Term 2005

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Lao She” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Pu Songling’s Tales” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part II: Modern Literature” (BA)

“Modern East Asian Studies” (MA)

“Intensive Modern Chinese Literature” (MA)


Michaelmas Term 2004

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Yellow Earth” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Tang Poetry” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part I: Traditional Fiction and Culture” (BA)

“Introduction to Classical Chinese” (MA)


Trinity Term 2004

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Cao Yu” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Classical Chinese Tales” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Intermediate Japanese for Students of Chinese” (BA)   

“Critical Approaches to Chinese Texts” (MA)


Epiphany Term 2004

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Lao She” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Pu Songling’s Tales” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part II: Modern Literature” (BA)

“Modern East Asian Studies” (MA)

“Intensive Modern Chinese Literature” (MA)


Michaelmas Term 2003

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Yellow Earth” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Tang Poetry” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part I: Traditional Fiction and Culture” (BA)

“Introduction to Classical Chinese” (MA)


Trinity Term 2002

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Cao Yu” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Classical Chinese Tales” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Intermediate Japanese for Students of Chinese” (BA)   

“Critical Approaches to Chinese Texts” (MA)


Epiphany Term 2002

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Lao She” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Pu Songling’s Tales” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part II: Modern Literature” (BA)

“Modern East Asian Studies” (MA)

“Intensive Modern Chinese Literature” (MA)


Michaelmas Term 2001

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Yellow Earth” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Tang Poetry” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part I: Traditional Fiction and Culture” (BA)

“Introduction to Classical Chinese” (MA)


Trinity Term 2001

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Cao Yu” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Classical Chinese Tales” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Intermediate Japanese for Students of Chinese” (BA)   

“Critical Approaches to Chinese Texts” (MA)


Epiphany Term 2001

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Lao She” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Pu Songling’s Tales” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part II: Modern Literature” (BA)

“Modern East Asian Studies” (MA)

“Intensive Modern Chinese Literature” (MA)


Michaelmas Term 2000

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Yellow Earth” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Tang Poetry” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part I: Traditional Fiction and Culture” (BA)

“Introduction to Classical Chinese” (MA)


Trinity Term 2000

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Cao Yu” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Classical Chinese Tales” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Intermediate Japanese for Students of Chinese” (BA)   

“Critical Approaches to Chinese Texts” (MA)


Epiphany Term 2000

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Lao She” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Pu Songling’s Tales” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part II: Modern Literature” (BA)

“Modern East Asian Studies” (MA)

“Intensive Modern Chinese Literature” (MA)


Michaelmas Term 1999

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Yellow Earth” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Tang Poetry” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part I: Traditional Fiction and Culture” (BA)

“Introduction to Classical Chinese” (MA)


Michaelmas Term 1998

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Yellow Earth” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Tang Poetry” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part I: Traditional Fiction and Culture” (BA)

“Introduction to Classical Chinese” (MA)


Trinity Term 1998

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Cao Yu” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Classical Chinese Tales” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Intermediate Japanese for Students of Chinese” (BA)   

“Critical Approaches to Chinese Texts” (MA)


Epiphany Term 1998

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Lao She” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Ming and Qing Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Pu Songling’s Tales” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part II: Modern Literature” (BA)

“Intensive Modern Chinese Literature” (MA)

Michaelmas Term 1997

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Yellow Earth” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Tang Poetry” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading IV (Advanced)” (BA)

“Critical Approaches to Chinese Texts” (MA)

“Reading Chinese Literature” (MA)


Trinity Term 1997

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Cao Yu” (BA)

“Intermediate Japanese for Students of Chinese” (BA)   


Epiphany Term 1997

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part II: Modern Literature” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Lao She” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Tang Poetry” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Intermediate Japanese for Students of Chinese” (BA)   


Michaelmas Term 1996

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part I: Traditional Fiction and Culture” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Yellow Earth” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Tang Poetry” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)


Trinity Term 1996

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Poetry” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Pu Songling’s Tales” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading III (Intermediate)” (BA)

“Classical Unseen Reading IV (Advanced)” (BA)


Epiphany Term 1996

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Lao She” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Tang Poetry” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part II: Modern Literature” (BA)


Michaelmas Term 1995

“Modern Chinese Film and Drama: Yellow Earth” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Grammar and Written Language I” (BA)

“Modern Chinese Literary Texts Unseen Reading (Advanced)” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Literature II (Advanced): Tang Poetry” (BA)

“Chinese Literature in Translation, Part I: Traditional Fiction and Culture” (BA)

Courses Taught: Text

The University of Oxford, UK

1992-1995

IN B.A. CHINESE STUDIES HONOURS SCHOOL:

 

Trinity Term 1995

“Traditional Chinese Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Unseen Reading” (BA)


Hilary Term 1995

“Traditional Chinese Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Unseen Reading” (BA)


Michaelmas Term 1994

“Traditional Chinese Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Unseen Reading” (BA)


Trinity Term 1994

“Traditional Chinese Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Unseen Reading” (BA)


Hilary Term 1994

“Traditional Chinese Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Unseen Reading” (BA)


Michaelmas Term 1993

“Traditional Chinese Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Unseen Reading” (BA)


Trinity Term 1993

“Traditional Chinese Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Unseen Reading” (BA)


Hilary Term 1993

“Traditional Chinese Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Unseen Reading” (BA)


Michaelmas Term 1992

“Traditional Chinese Fiction” (BA)

“Classical Chinese Unseen Reading” (BA)

Courses Taught: Text
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