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2002-2003 Seminar

Overview and Goals

Study Abroad applications for past and current participants will be out shortly. Please email any new or updated email address to Monica.

Syllabus

Introduction and organization

Session 1: October 26th

Topics :
Geography, Language, and East Asia in the world
Early Chinese civilization and political organization

Readings :
Murphey, chapters 1-3
Ebrey, chapters 6-8

Session 2: November 23

Guest Speaker:
Guest Speaker: Dr. Richard Foltz, University of Florida

Topics:
The foundation of the Chinese empire: the Qin and the Han
The legacy of the "Silk Road" and cultural and religious developments across Asia

Readings:
Murphey, chapter 4
Ebrey, chapters 11-12, 14-15, 17-18

Session 3: December 14

Topics:
The Tang Empire in East Asian and World history; Buddhism In East Asia; Early Japan

Guest Speaker:
Dr. Mario Poceski, University of Florida

Readings:
Murphey, chapters 5, 10-11
Ebrey, chapters 22, 25-26, 30-31

Session 4: January 25

Topics:
China and the World: the Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties; Chinese literati culture
Chinese economy and society in world historical perspective

Speaker:
Dr. Cynthia Chennault, University of Florida

Readings:
Murphey, chapters 6-7
Ebrey, chapters 32-33, 35, 38, 41, 47, 49, 55-56.

Session 5: February 22

Topics:
Tokugawa Japan: political and social organization
Japanese culture and society

Speaker:
Dr. Steven Heine, Florida International University

Readings:
Murphey, chapter 13
Keene, section on the "Tokugawa Period"

Session 6: March 22

Topics:
East Asia in the era of rising Western dominance
Interpreting the "opening" of China and Japan
The Meiji Restoration and its aftermath in Japan

Guest Speaker:
Dr. Jason Karlin, University of Florida

Readings:
Murphey, chapters 8, 12, 14-15
Minear, pp. 44-83
Ebrey, chapters 59, 68, 70

Session 7: April 26

Topics:
The search for the modern
Japanese colonialism: Korea and Taiwan
Twentieth-century Japanese political and popular culture

Guest Speaker:
Dr. Joseph Murphy, University of Florida

Readings:
Murphey, chapters 17-18, 21
Ebrey, chapters 73-75, 77
Minear, section on "Coping with Affluence"
Kim, Lost Names

Session 8: May 17

Topics:
War and revolutions in twentieth-century China
Contemporary Chinese society and culture

Guest Speaker:
Dr. Carlos Rojas, University of Florida

Readings :
Murphey, chapters 19-20
Ebrey, chapters 84, 86, 91, 95-100
Liang and Shapiro, Son of the Revolution

Follow-Up Session

October 11th, 10am
Please bring your lesson plans, and 26 copies, and be prepared to speak on how the lesson worked in your classroom, student reaction, and what you would or would not change about what you have done in your classroom.

National Consortium for Teaching about Asia

Participants

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