Post-Mao China has witnessed a great deal of ideological, economic, and social change in the past two decades. Of the various kinds of art that mirror these changes, "new wave" text-based works and film have sparked the hottest debates and most successfully depicted the implications of these changes for personal life and society at large.By […]
Studies the history of Chinese migrations and emergence of Chinese diaspora since the sixteenth century, conditions and circumstances that led millions of Chinese to leave their home regions to seek opportunities elsewhere within the Chinese realm or overseas, interactions between Overseas Chinese and host societies, especially in Southeast Asia and North America, and establishment of […]
This course explores the history of Singapore, primarily in the 19th and 20th centuries. Geographic, political, social and ethnic themes are emphasized, with particular focus on the roles of Malay, Indian and Chinese peoples.Course credit exclusions: None. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AS/HIST 3776 3.00, AS/HIST 3930B 3.00 (prior to Fall/Winter 2003-2004).
This course examines the economic, political, social and cultural development of the city state of Hong Kong and its environs, within the context of Chinese and British imperial history, from its 19th-century foundations to the present.Course Credit Exclusion: Prior to Fall 2009: AS/HIST 3775 3.0
This course examines the process by which modern China emerged from the ruins of the traditional order, tracing the history of China from the early 19th century to the present.Course Credit Exclusion: AP/HIST 3771 3.0, AP/HIST 3772 3.0. Prior to Fall 2009: AS/HIST 3770 6.0
This course analyzes how Confucianism developed from antiquity to about 1800 and how it helped shape government policy and interstate relations during key periods of Chinese, Japanese and Korean history.Course Credit Exclusion: Prior to Fall 2009: AS/HIST 3768 3.0
This course is a survey of twentieth-century Korean history, with emphasis on the social movements and economic development following Korea's division in 1945. Although initial lectures and discussions review early twentieth-century history, the course focuses on late twentieth-century developments, including US and USSR occupations (1945-1948) after Japanese colonization and the Korean War (1950-1953).Students then review […]
This is a survey course of Korean history from its Paleolithic origins to the mid-20th century. Its broad scope is designed to introduce some of the important developments and problems in Korea's path to modernity.Course Credit Exclusion: AS/HIST 3765 3.00 (prior to Fall/Winter 2004-2005).
This course covers the history of the country now known as Vietnam from ancient times into the beginning of the period of French Colonialism. It deals with the growth of the Vietnamese state and the development of Vietnamese culture, as well as with Vietnam's relations with China.Course Credit Exclusion: Prior to Fall 2009: AS/HIST 3762 […]
This course concerns modern Japan from the Meiji Restoration of 1867-1868, its relations with Europe, the Americas, and its East Asian neighbors on its tumultuous path to the Second World War, as well as its postwar efforts towards reconstruction and resurgence. It examines the historical underpinnings of Japan as we see it today-economy, society, culture, […]