An International History of East Asia 1839-1945-E2
| Numbering Code | U-LAS06 20037 LE38 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | Mainly 1st & 2nd year students | Target Student | For all majors | |
| Language | English | Day/Period | Wed.4 | |
| Instructor name | MURPHY, Mahon (Graduate School of Law Associate Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | The purpose of this course is to introduce students to an international history of East Asia in the period from the Opium War to the end of the Second World War, focusing on China, Japan and Korea. It begins by looking at the impact of the arrival of Western imperialism in the mid-nineteenth century and the response to this in East Asia. It will discuss the the difficulties provoked by modernization and nationalism in the first-half of the twentieth century, taking in the outbreak of two world wars, the rise of communism, fascism and liberal internationalism. The course will focus throughout on the global transfer of ideas that affected East Asia, such as Japan’s participation in the League of Nations and the Guomindang’s relationship with international communism. | |||
| Course Goals |
This course has 3 main objectives: 1. Gain a basic background in the history of modern East Asia. 2. Understand how East Asia interacted with nineteenth century ideologies such as Nationalism, Imperialism and Communism. 3. Read and analyze primary source documents and academic articles written in English. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
The Class will develop as follows: 1. Introduction Imperialism in East Asia 2. The First Opium War and Unequal Treaties 3. The Meiji Restoration/Revolution/Reformation? 4. Chinese Self-Strengthening and the Boxer Rebellion 5. Korea and Japanese Imperialism, 1868-1910 Discourse on East Asia 6. ‘The Yellow Peril’ in Public Discourse 7. Pan-Asianism after the Russo-Japanese War War and Revolution 8. From the 1911 Revolution to the First World War 9. The Guomindang and the Chinese Communist Party 10.The League of Nations and East Asia Empire and War 11. The Path to Global War: Japan and the Tripartite Pact 12. The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere 13. End of Empire in East Asia 14. Review 15. Exam 16. Feedback class |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
Evaluation will be based on the following: Active participation in class 20%. Mid term essay 30%. End of Term Exam 50%. - Those who are absent from four classes or more will not pass. - Students have to submit the mid term essay. |
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| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students will be given a short reading and primary source prepare for each class. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Students will be given a list of recommended reading and a primary source document for each class. | ||
