History of the Far East
Fall 2001
Schedule for Lectures, Readings, and
Discussions:
August
15/17: see The Great Bronze
Age
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 1; SCT,
chs. 1-2.
Useful Web sites: Shang
history Bibliography:
Shang Bronzes Oracle
Bones Pictures
August
20/22/24: Age of the Philosophers
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 2; SCT,
chs. 3-5.
Recommended Web sites: Recently
Discovered Daodejing Text Hansen's
Pages
Please note: August 21 is
the last day for late registration & schedule changes.
August
27/29/31: Age of the Philosophers, continued
Required Reading: SCT,
chs. 6-7.
September 3: Labor Day
September
5/7: The First Empire (221 BCE -220)
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 3; SCT,
chs. 8-9.
September
10/12/14: The First Empire, continued
SCT,
chs. 10-12.
September
17/19: China During Disunity
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 4; SCT,
chs. 13-15.
September 21: First Exam
September
24/26/28: Cosmopolitan Civilization of the Sui and Tang
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 5; SCT,
chs. 16-18.
Please note: September 26 is the
last day for undergraduates to drop semester-length courses or withdraw
from school without grades.
October
1/3/5: Early Japan to 794
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 6.
October
8/10/12: Heian Japan
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 7.
October 15: Fall Break
October
17/19: China During the Song (960-1279)
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 8; SCT,
chs. 19-21.
October
22/24/26: The Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 9; SCT,
ch. 22.
October
29/31: The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 10; SCT,
chs. 23-24.
November 2: Second Exam
November
5/7/9: Japan in the Kamakura Period (1185-1333)
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 11.
November
12/14/16: The Ashikaga Shogunate
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 12.
November
19: East Asia and Modern Europe
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 13.
November 21/23: Thanksgiving
November
26/28/30: China Under the Manchus
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 14.
December
3: Tokugawa Japan
Required Reading: Schirokauer,
ch. 15.
December 5: Last Exam/Last Day of Classes/Thesis
Papers Due |