Lecture Schedule:

WEEK'S TOPIC

READINGS AND DISCUSSION

East Asia: Geography, Prehistory, And Earliest Times

 

August 21-23: A Look at Asia as a Region. Origin Myths in East Asia.

 

 

Reading: Murphey, pp. 1-19.
EARLY IMPERIAL CHINA

 

August 28-30: China's Prehistory and the Legendary Shang Dynasty. Social change during China's Xia and Zhou dynasties.

 

 

Reading: Murphey, pp. 20-34.
Film: Mandate of Heaven

“Practice” Map Quiz #1, Tuesday 8/28

 

 

September 4-September 6: The "One Hundred Schools" Period.

 

 

Readings: 1) Murphey, pp. 35-55.
2) Spence article, “Confucius” (e-reserve)

 

September 11-13: Rise and Fall of Asia's First Imperial Order (the Qin), Han Meritocracy and Statecraft Confucianism.

 

 

Readings: 1) Murphey, pp. 56-75.
                 2) Birch Readings, “Biographies” (e-reserve)            

QUIZ #2, Tuesday 9/11

 

 

September 18-20: China's Period of Disunion.

 

Readings: 1) Murphey, pp. 76-83                
                 2). Holcombe, pp. 1-29.
            

 

September 25-27: China's Tang Dynasty and its Neighbors, the Silk Road.

 

 

Readings: 1) Murphey, pp. 83-97.

                 2) Holcombe, pp. 30-52.
            

QUIZ #3, Tuesday 9/25

 

 

October 2-4: The Spread & Adaptation of Buddhism in East Asia.

 

Reading: Murphey, pp. 76-79, 92-95.

Film: The Dalai Lama - The Four Noble Truths

              

 

October 9-11: The Glory of China’s Song Dynasty. Mongol (Yuan) Rule in East Asia. Ming China.

 

Readings: 1) Murphey, pp. 98-145.
                 2) Holcombe, pp. 78-108.

 

   

QUIZ #4, Tuesday 10/9

 

 

FALL BREAK: October 12, Friday - Instruction Ends for Fall Break 6:00 p.m

  October 17, Wednesday - Classes resume after Fall Break 8:00 a.m

WEEK'S TOPIC

READINGSS AND DISCUSSION

 

October 18: World Exploration during the Ming.

 

Reading: Murphey, pp. 122-145.
Film: 1421: the Year China Discovered America-Part 1   

 

 

October 23-25: China's Last Imperial Order, Qing China.

 

Readings: 1) Holcombe, pp. 109-144.
                 2) Murphey, pp. 146-162.  
                  

JAPAN: EARLIEST TIMES TO FEUDAL AGE

 

October 30- November 1: Foundations of Pre-modern Japanese Society. Medieval Japan.

 

 

Films: Classical Japan and the Tale of Genji
            Medieval Japan and  Buddhism
Reading: Murphey, pp. 188-208.
                

QUIZ #5, Tuesday 10/30

 

 

November 6-8: Tokugawa Japan.  Origins of Shinto Belief.

 

Films: Shinto: Nature, Gods and Man in Japan
           Tokugawa Japan
Reading: Murphey, pp. 209-227.

 
PRE-MODERN KOREA

 

November 13-15: Korea.

 

Readings: 1) Murphey, pp. 174-187.
                 2) Holcombe, pp. 165-182.

 

QUIZ #6, Tuesday 11/13

 
PRE-MODERN VIET NAM

 

November 20:  Legacy of the Nam Viet Kingdom.

 

Readings: 1) Murphey, pp. 168-174.
                 2) Holcombe, pp. 145-164.
                

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20th 

PAPER DUE IN CLASS

NOVEMBER 22nd  - NOVEMBER 25th 

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

 

November 27-29: Sino-Vietnamese Relations. Vietnamese Acculturation and Adaptation and Resistance

 

Readings: 1) Murphey, pp. 168-174.
                 2) Nguyen & Sachs. Two Cakes Fit
                     for a King

 

 

 
EAST ASIA: LATE IMPERIAL AGE

 

December 4-December 6: One Woman in Late Imperial Viet Nam. Concluding Points and Review.

 

Readings: 1) Murphey, pp. 228-246.
                 2) Balaban Readings, “Spring
                     Essence” (on e-reserve)
               

QUIZ #7, Tuesday 12/4

 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6th   

TAKE HOME EXAM QUESTIONS DISTRIBUTED IN CLASS

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6th    

LAST DAY OF HIS 215 CLASSES

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13th  

TAKE HOME EXAM DUE BY 3PM in MHRA 2111