PART ONE: “TRADITIONAL” ASIA

WEEK #1: Introduction to the course.  Geographical features of East Asia.  Cultural Characteristics.
1) Lecture reading: Murphey, pp. 1-20, 24-26, and 29-31.

WEEK #2 East Asia in Early Modern Times.
1) Lecture reading: Murphey, pp. 149-70, 175-77, 184-88, and 247-66.
SKILLS QUIZ (Monday)

January 17 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 19 Please meet in the McIver 231 Computer Lab.

PART TWO: THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM

WEEK #3: China and Japan in Early Encounters with Western Powers.
1) Lecture reading: Murphey, pp. 227-46.
2) Discussion reading: Spence article (Group A).

WEEK #4: Viet Nam and Korea in Early Encounters with Western Powers.
1) Discussion reading Film: TWO COASTS OF CHINA: ASIA AND THE CHALLENGE OF THE WEST (Group B)

WEEK #5: Struggling with the Colonialist World Order: Late Ch’ing China and Meiji Japan.
1) Lecture reading: Murphey, pp. 267-305.
2) Discussion film: MEIJI: ASIA'S RESPONSE TO THE WEST (Group C)
QUIZ #2 (Monday)

PART THREE: THE AGE OF NATIONALISM

WEEK #6: Modern East Asia’s Testing Ground: Republican China and Militarist Japan
1) Lecture reading: Murphey, pp. 325-64.
2) Discussion reading: Soseki, pp. 1-124 (Group D).

WEEK #7: Modern East Asia’s Testing Ground: Colonized Korea and Colonial Viet Nam
1) Lecture reading: Murphey, pp. 306-24.
2) Discussion reading: Soseki, pp. 125-248 (Group E).
 
WEEK #8: World War Two: Crisis and Opportunity
1) Lecture reading: Murphey, pp. 365-84.
  Quiz #3 (Monday)

SPRING BREAK

PART FOUR: THE AGE OF IDEALISM

WEEK #9: The Cold War: Communist China and Occupied Japan
1) Lecture reading: Murphey, pp. 385-93, 410-13.
2) Discussion film: REINVENTING JAPAN (Group F)

WEEK #10: The Cold War: The Korean War and Early Conflicts in Viet Nam
1) Discussion reading: Huong, pp. 1-167 (Group G)
Quiz #4 (Monday)

WEEK #11: The Struggle for Domestic Reconstruction and International Prestige.  China’s Political Radicalism.  Japan’s Economic Nationalism.
1) Lecture reading: Murphey, pp. 392-98, 414-22.

WEEK #12: The US-Vietnamese Conflict.  Invasion of Cambodia.
1) Lecture reading: Murphey, pp. 432-39.
2) Discussion reading: Huong, pp. 167-289. (Group H)
  Quiz #5 (Monday)

PART FIVE: THE AGE OF REFORM

WEEK #13: The Age of Deng Xiaoping (Teng Hsiao-p’ing). “June Fourth” Crisis. Japan’s Middle Class Shift.
1) Lecture reading: Murphey, pp. 398-409, 420-22.
April 12 Please meet in the McIver 231 Computer Lab.
“THINK PIECE” PAPER DUE IN CLASS WEDNESDAY APRIL 12th
WEEK #14: Vietnamese Doi Moi: Trials of Reform and Growth. The End of Japan’s Late Development.  Asia Currency Crisis and its Aftermath.
  Quiz #6 (Monday)

WEEK #15: Postmodern Asia?

May 1st Last day of instruction. Summary and Review.
MAY 8th FINAL