Course Syllabus

JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY

COURSE CODE: "HS 299"
COURSE NAME: "Special Topics in History: Modern East Asia"
SEMESTER & YEAR: Summer Session I 2016

SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTOR: Sun Hee Yoon
EMAIL: [email protected]
HOURS: MTWTH 9:00 AM 10:45 AM
TOTAL NO. OF CONTACT HOURS: 45
CREDITS: 3
PREREQUISITES:
OFFICE HOURS:

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
An in-depth treatment of a current area of special concern within the field of History. Topics may vary. May be taken more than once for credit with different topics.

SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT:

This course introduces Modern East Asian history through the voices of those who made it. As a broad survey of East Asian history from 1600 to the present, it examines the major developments, institutions, and forces that shaped the identity of modern East Asians. Following a basic chronological organization, the course will use themes such as empire-building, economic expansion, nationalism, popular culture, and gender to explore East Asian history. It will pay more attention to the conflicts, interactions, and mutually constitutive experiences of the peoples of China, Japan, Korea and Western powers instead of treating the histories of individual nations in isolation.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Students will learn how to read critically by studying a variety of primary source materials. They will develop a basic cultural and historical vocabulary, and improve their understanding of today’s China, Japan, and Korea. In addition, students will improve their writing and articulation skills by using primary sources to support arguments.

TEXTBOOK:

Book Title	Author	Publisher	ISBN number	Library Call Number	Comments	Format	Local Bookstore	Online Purchase
Modern East Asia: From 1600: A Cultural, Social and Political History	Patricia Ebery and Anne Walthal	Wadsworth Publishing	ISBN-13: 978-1133606499
Under the Black Umbrella: Voices from Colonial Korea, 1910-1945	Hildi Kang	Cornell University Press	ISBN-13: 978-0801472701

REQUIRED RESERVED READING:

NONE

RECOMMENDED RESERVED READING:

NONE

GRADING POLICY
-ASSESSMENT METHODS:

Assignment	Guidelines	Weight
One mid-term examination		30%
One final examination		30%
One analytical paper		30%
Participation & Map Quiz		10%

-ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
AWork of this quality directly addresses the question or problem raised and provides a coherent argument displaying an extensive knowledge of relevant information or content. This type of work demonstrates the ability to critically evaluate concepts and theory and has an element of novelty and originality. There is clear evidence of a significant amount of reading beyond that required for the cours
BThis is highly competent level of performance and directly addresses the question or problem raised.There is a demonstration of some ability to critically evaluatetheory and concepts and relate them to practice. Discussions reflect the student’s own arguments and are not simply a repetition of standard lecture andreference material. The work does not suffer from any major errors or omissions and provides evidence of reading beyond the required assignments.
CThis is an acceptable level of performance and provides answers that are clear but limited, reflecting the information offered in the lectures and reference readings.
DThis level of performances demonstrates that the student lacks a coherent grasp of the material.Important information is omitted and irrelevant points included.In effect, the student has barely done enough to persuade the instructor that s/he should not fail.
FThis work fails to show any knowledge or understanding of the issues raised in the question. Most of the material in the answer is irrelevant.

-ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS:
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS AND EXAMINATION POLICY
You cannot make-up a major exam (midterm or final) without the permission of the Dean’s Office. The Dean’s Office will grant such permission only when the absence was caused by a serious impediment, such as a documented illness, hospitalization or death in the immediate family (in which you must attend the funeral) or other situations of similar gravity. Absences due to other meaningful conflicts, such as job interviews, family celebrations, travel difficulties, student misunderstandings or personal convenience, will not be excused. Students who will be absent from a major exam must notify the Dean’s Office prior to that exam. Absences from class due to the observance of a religious holiday will normally be excused. Individual students who will have to miss class to observe a religious holiday should notify the instructor by the end of the Add/Drop period to make prior arrangements for making up any work that will be missed. The final exam period runs until __June 24 2016_______

ACADEMIC HONESTY
As stated in the university catalog, any student who commits an act of academic dishonesty will receive a failing grade on the work in which the dishonesty occurred. In addition, acts of academic dishonesty, irrespective of the weight of the assignment, may result in the student receiving a failing grade in the course. Instances of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Academic Affairs. A student who is reported twice for academic dishonesty is subject to summary dismissal from the University. In such a case, the Academic Council will then make a recommendation to the President, who will make the final decision.

STUDENTS WITH LEARNING OR OTHER DISABILITIES
John Cabot University does not discriminate on the basis of disability or handicap. Students with approved accommodations must inform their professors at the beginning of the term. Please see the website for the complete policy.

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE

Week 1 East Asia before the 19^th Century

5/23 (M) Course Introduction & Primary Source Exercise

5/24 (T) Tokugawa Rule in Japan

TB: Chapter 17

CR: Closing of the country, Buke shohatto, Growth of Commerce

5/25 (W) Manchus and the Qing Empire

TB: Chapter 16

CR: The Yangzhou Massacre

5/26 (TH) Chosŏn Korea

CR: The Tale of Hong Kil-Tong

Chapter 15 (included in the Course Reader)

MAP QUIZ

Week 2 Western Imperialism and Changes in East Asia

5/30 (M) The Opium War and Chinese responses

TB: Chapter 18

CR: Lin Zexu, Taiping Rebellion, Liang Qichao,

5/31 (T) The Meiji Restoration and Social Changes in Japan

TB: Chapters 19, 20

CR: The Abolition of Feudalism, Fukuzawa Yukichi

6/1 (W) Korea between Empires

TB: Chapter 21

CR: People Are the Masters

6/2 (TH) NO CLASS: HOLIDAY

Week 3 Japanese Empire-Building

6/6 (M) Mid-term Examination

6/ 7 (T) Japanese Empire

TB: Chapters 22- 24

CR: Poems by Yi Sanghwa and Sim Hun,

Platform of Action of the Korean Communist Party,

Kaneko Fumiko

6/8 (W) In the Name of the Emperor

TB: Chapters 22- 24

CR: Kokutai no hongi (The Unique National Polity)

6/9 (TH) Colonialism and Modernity

Film: Blue Swallow

TB: Under the Black Umbrella Part I

6/10 (F) Women and Japanese Empire

TB: Under the Black Umbrella Part II

CR: Onna Daigaku (The Great Learning for Women), Yosano Akiko’s poems

Week 4 Decolonization, the Cold War, and Revolution I

6/13 (M) The Cold War in East Asia: The US Occupation of Japan

TB: Chapters 26, 29

CR: The 1947 Constitution

6/14 (T) The Cold War in East Asia: Korean Liberation and Division

6/15 (W) Socialism in China: GMD vs. CCP

TB: Chapters 25, 27

CR: New Life Movement, How to Differentiate the Classes in the Rural Areas,

Selections from Mao’s People

6/16 (TH) Everyday Life under Chinese Socialism

Film: To Live

TB: Chapters 25, 27

CR: Selections from Mao’s People

Week 5 Decolonization, the Cold War, and Revolution II

6/20 (M) China after Mao Zedong

TB: Chapters 25, 27

CR: Deng Xiaoping’s Speech, Cui Jian, “Nothing to My Name”

6/21 (T) Two Koreas: North vs. South

TB: Chapter 28, 29 (pp.491-500)

CR: Kim Ilsŏng, “On Formalism,” Park Chŏng-Hee, “To Build a Nation,”

Film: President’s Barber (2004)

6/ 22 (W) Contemporary Issues in East Asia

TB: Chapter 29 (pp. 500-510), Chapter 30

CR: Oshiro Tatsuhiro, The Cocktail Party

6/23 (TH) Women Outside

6/24 (F) Final Examination