INTRODUCTION
Aug 26 (T) – Course Introduction
Aug 28 (Th) – “Traditional” East Asia & Western Perceptions of the “Orient”
READINGS: 1-35
UNIT I: 19 th CENTURY EAST ASIA
Sept 2 (T) – China, Great Britain, and the Opium Wars
Sept 4 (Th) – Discussion : The Opium Question
READINGS: 35-46
DOC 1.1 – Memorial Against the Legalization of Opium (June 1838) (Memorial)
DOC 1.2 – The Opium Question Among Westerners in China (1836-7)
DOC 1.3 – Letter to Queen Victoria (July 19, 1839)
Sept 9 (T) – “Fleeing Asia” – Japan's Rise in the World Order
Sept 11 (Th) – Discussion : Makiko's Diary (BOOK QUIZ)
READINGS: 149-168; 230-238; Makiko's Diary (Questions & Family Tree)
Sept 16 (T) – Tibet and the Dalai Lama: The Power of Reincarnation
Sept 18 (Th) – UNIT I QUIZ (Study Guide)
UNIT II: ASIA'S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE
Sept 23 (T) – Taisho Democracy and Japanese Militarism
Sept 25 (Th) – Discussion : Men of Action
READINGS : 239-255
DOC 2.1 – Imperial Rescript on Education (1890)
DOC 2.2 – Nitobe Inazo, Bushidō – The Way of the Warrior (c.1904)
DOC 2.3 – Japan's 21 Demands (1915)
DOC 2.4 – Kita Ikki, Plan for the Reorganization of Japan (1919)
Sept 30 (T) –China's Revolution: Chaos out of Unity
Oct 2 (Th) – Discussion: Family (BOOK QUIZ)
READINGS: 202-219; Family (Questions & Family Tree)
Oct 7 (T) – In Search of Stability: Japan and China in the 1930s
Oct 9 (Th) – Discussion: Desperate Times and Desperate Measures
READINGS: 219-255
DOC 3.1 – Joseph Grew, February 26, 1936 Incident (1936)
DOC 3.2 – Zhang Xueliang, Xi'an Incident Speech (1936)
DOC 3.3 – Jiang Jieshi, A Fortnight in Xi'an (1937)
Oct 14 (T) – War Against Japan & the Nanjing Massacre
Oct 16 (Th) – UNIT II QUIZ (Study Guide)
UNIT III: NEW DIRECTIONS & NEW DILEMMAS
Oct 21 (T) – From the Ashes: Occupied Japan and the Yoshida Era
Oct 23 (Th) – Discussion: Japan's Olympics (1964)
READINGS: 339-363
DOC 4.1 – Imperial Rescript on the End of the War (1945)
DOC 4.2 – Rescript on the Construction of a New Japan (1946)
DOC 4.3 – Japan Democratic-Socialist Party Statement (1960)
DOC 4.4 – A Reek of Cement in Fuji's Shadow (1964)
Oct 28 (T) – Revolutionary China: A New Direction
Oct 30 (Th) – Discussion: The Struggle for Modern Tibet (BOOK QUIZ - Study Guide)
READINGS: 311-336; The Struggle for Modern Tibet: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering
Nov 4 (T) – Vietnam's August Revolution (READING: 258-266; 293-400)
Nov 6 (Th) – UNIT III QUIZ - Study Guide
UNIT IV: ASIAN ORIENTATIONS
Nov 11 (T) – Tiananmen: The Gate of Heavenly Peace (Video: Gate of Heavenly Peace [On reserve])
Nov 13 (Th) – Discussion: Tiananmen Square Incident (1989)
READINGS: 419-438
DOC 5.1 – Transcript of May 18 Meeting Between Premier Li Peng and Student Leaders (1989)
DOC 5.2 – Deng Xiaoping, “Address to the Officers Enforcing Martial Law in Beijing” (1989)
DOC 5.3 – “The Truth About the Beijing Turmoil” (1989)
Nov 18 (T) – Year Zero- Cambodia's Road to Liberation
Nov 20 (Th) – Discussion: When Broken Glass Floats (BOOK QUIZ - Study Guide)
READINGS: When Broken Glass Floats
Thanksgiving Holiday (Nov. 24-28)
Dec 2 (T) – Asian Cinema: China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Dec 4 (Th) – Asian Cinema: Japan and Korea
READINGS:
DOC 6.1 – Ozu, “Tokyo Story”
DOC 6.2 – Zhang Yimou, “Story of Qiu Ju”
DOC 6.3 – Jia Zhangke, “Still Life”
DOC 6.4 – Ryunosuke Akutagawa, ”In a Grove" (Short Story on which Rashomon is partially based)
Dec 9 (T) – East Asia Today (493-519)
Dec 11 (Th) – UNIT IV QUIZ - Study Guide
