Daniel C. Waugh, "The Silk Road Observed and Imagined," a non-credit lecture series presented in Winter 2002. "Silk Road" is shorthand for 1500 years of economic and cultural exchange across Eurasia, a subject best introduced through the eyes of its contemporary observers:

Lecture 1. The Origins of the Silk Road

Lecture 2. Xuanzang: a Buddhist pilgrim travels to India.

Lecture 3. The Mongols through the Eyes of Carpini and Rubruck

Lecture 4. Marco Polo and his impact on perceptions of the East.

Lecture 5. Tamerlane's Samarkand through the eyes of Clavijo.