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2001-2002 Seminar

Overview and Goals

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The seminar, offered through the University of Florida's Asian Studies Program will consists of eight Saturday sessions through the 2001-2002 school year. The sessions will discuss East Asian history, geography, literature, and culture with colleagues and Asian specialists.

Syllabus

October 20

Guest Speaker:
Dr. Roberta Martin, National Consortium for Teaching about Asia

Topics:
Geography, Language, and East Asia in World History

Readings:
Murphey, Chapters 1-3 / Ebrey, Chapters 6-8

November 10

Guest Speaker:
Dr. Mario Poceski, University of Florida

Topics:
The Foundation of the Chinese Empire: the Qin and the Han Buddhism In east Asia

Readings:
Murphey, Chapters 4-5 / Ebrey, Chapters 11-12, 14-15, 17-18, 22

December 1

Topics:
The Tang Empire in east Asian and World History
The legacy of the "Silk Road" and the cultural and religious developments across Asia

Early Japan
Guest Speakers:

Dr. Richard Foltz, Religion, University of Florida
Dr. Yumiko Hulvey, African & Asian Language and Literature, University of Florida

Readings:
Murphey, chapter 5, 10-11
Ebrey, chapters 25-26, 30-31
Keene, 63-224

January 26

Topics:
China and the World: the Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties
Chinese Literati
Chinese Economy and Society in World Historical Perspective

Speaker:
Dr. Cynthia Chennault, University of Florida

Readings:
Murphy:6-7
Ebrey, Chapters 32-33, 35, 38, 41, 47, 49, 55-56

Assignment:
Please choose one excerpt from a document that you find useful in your teaching. Discuss why you have found this to be helpful and how you have used it for your classroom teaching.

February 23

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

Speaker:
Steve Heine, Director of Asian Studies, FIU

Readings:
Murphrey, chp. 13
Keene, Tokugawa Period, page 335-442

March 23

Topics:
East Asia in the era of rising Western dominance
Interpreting the "opening" of China and Japan

Readings:
Murphey, chapters 8, 12, 14, 17
Ebrey, chapters 59, 68, 70, 73-75, 77

April 20

Topics:
Towards Modern Japan: The Meiji Restoration and its aftermath
Japanese colonialism: Korea and Taiwan
Twentieth-century Japanese political and popular culture

Guest Speaker:
Dr. Joseph Murphy, University of Florida

Readings:
Murphy, chapters 15, 18, 21
Minear, Part 2. Coping with Affluence
Kim, Lost Names

National Consortium for Teaching about Asia

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