Oriental History II-E2
| Numbering Code | U-LAS01 10017 LE38 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | All students | Target Student | For all majors | |
| Language | English | Day/Period | Tue.2 | |
| Instructor name | FORTE，Erika (Institute for Research in Humanities Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | The topic of this course is "History of China from Song 宋 to Qing 清 periods." It is a general introduction to the segment of history of premodern China that follows the collapse of the Tang 唐 empire, from the 10th century to the beginning of the 20th century. Through highlighting political, economic, religious, and philosophical developments in each of the dynastic regimes (Song 宋, Yuan 元, Ming 明 and Qing 清) that ruled over the Chinese territory , the course aims at understanding the major societal changes that lead eventually to the formation of modern China. | |||
| Course Goals |
- To gain an understanding of the Chinese culture and its historical context. - To be able to identify major issues and significant events and have a clear timeline of pre-modern China's history. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
1. General introduction to the course 2. Sources, Methodology, Historical timeline 3. The Song 宋 Dynasty (I) (960-1127) 4. The Song 宋 Dynasty (II) (1127-1279) 5. Non-Han rulers (I): The Khitan/Liao (916-1125) 6. Non-Han rulers (II): The Jurchen/Jin (1115-1234) and the Tangut/Xia (1038-1227) 7. The Mongol conquest of China: the Yuan 元 dynasty (1279-1368) 8. The Ming 明 dynasty (I) (1368-1644) 9. The Ming 明 dynasty (II) 10.The Qing 清 empire (I) (1644-1912) 11.The Qing 清 empire (II) 12+13. Museum visit (It is equivalent to two classes and is held on the 3rd Sunday of December) 14. Summary 15. Final examination 16. Feedback (on request) |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Attendance and participation are mandatory. Evaluation is based on preparation to class activities and active involvement in class discussion (20%); on participation to museum visit and related activity (30%); final written exam (50%). | |||
| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Classes are taught with the frontal method. Students will be instructed, at the end of each class, on the relevant literature of the topic taught for reviewing the lesson. During the course there will be some class activities for which students will have to prepare before the classes (typically a small research or a reading to comment). Participation to museum excursion is part of such activities. The final exam consists of multiple choice test. Preparation to this exam is based on notes that students have taken during the classes, on the material provided by the instructor, and on the suggested readings. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Relevant literature will be announced in class. Further learning material will be provided on PandA | ||
| References, etc. |
The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, 2nd edition, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, (Cambridge University Press), ISBN:9780521124331 The Open Empire. A History of China to 1800, Valerie Hansen, (Norton, 2000 and 2015), ISBN:9780393938777 Reference books are available at the Kyoto University libraries |
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