The study of history is at once a science, an art and a craftsmanship. Why? In what sense? This course answers this question with concrete case studies. Different types of historical archives will be selected, and ways with which these archives are interpreted will be demonstrated. Major themes of historical study will also be introduced.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will:

*   Have enhanced awareness and curiosity of professional historical knowledge and its relevance to today’s major issues or personal concerns;

*   Have enhanced judgment to distinguish narratives from facts;

*   Have enhanced ability to practice the craftsmanship, science and art of historical research;

*   Have enhanced reading, writing, and oral expression skills.

Two Important Websites

*   CUHK Blackboard in which all course materials are available: https://elearn.cuhk.edu.hk/

*   CUHK History Department Course Website

https://www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/201617_hist1000b.html?id=3658

Syllabus and Schedule

Lecture 01 (2017.01.13): Methodology I

Paul Cohen, History in Three Keys: the Boxers as Event, Experience, and Myth (New York: Columbia University Press., 1997).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b1776944~S15

Lecture 02 (2017.01.20): Social History I

Natalie Zemon Davis, The Return of Martin Guerre (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 1983).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b1089877~S15

Lecture 03 (2017.01.27): Public Holiday (Chinese New Year), lecture cancelled!

Lecture 04 (2017.02.03): Social History II

Robert Darnton, The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History (New York, NY: Basic Books, 1999).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b2644157~S15

*Short Assignment 1 (2017.02.04-2017.02.07): 15% of total mark (100)

Lecture 05 (2017.02.10): Tutorial Sessions 1 and 2

Lecture 06 (2017.02.17): Tutorial Sessions 3 and 4

* Each student to make a 10-minute oral presentation based on assigned materials (historical archives)

Lecture 07 (2017.02.24): Methodology II

Anthony Grafton, The Footnote: a Curious History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1997).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b1887938~S15

*Short Assignment 2 (2017.02.25-2017.02.28): 15% of total mark (100)

Lecture 08 (2017.03.03): Economic History I

Alexander Gerschenkron, Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective: a Book of Essays (New York; London: Praeger, 1965, c1962).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b1248461~S15

Lecture 09 (2017.03.10): Economic History II

Richard Von Glahn, Fountain of Fortune: Money and Monetary Policy in China, 1000-1700 (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1996).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b1749248~S15

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b2567384~S15

 *Short Assignment 3 (2017.03.11-2017.03.14): 15% of total mark (100)

Lecture 10 (2017.03.17): Political History I

Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1954).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b2037350~S15

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b3587946~S15

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b2560215~S15

Lecture 11 (2017.03.24): Political History II

Jerome Ch’ên, Yuan Shih-k‘ai (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1972).

http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b1254014~S15

 *Short Assignment 4 (2017.03.25-2017.03.28)

Lecture 12 (2017.03.31): Semester Paper Workshop 1

Lecture 13 (2017.04.07): Semester Paper Workshop 2

Lecture 14 (2017.04.14): Public Holiday (Good Friday), lecture cancelled!

Lecture 15 (2017.04.21): Review and Conclusion

 *2017.04.28: Deadline of submitting semester papers to Veriguide

https://academic.veriguide.org/academic/login_CUHK.jspx

* There will be four tutorial sessions, all students are expected to participate.

* Each student is to make a 10-minute oral presentation based on assigned materials (mainly historical archives).

* Tutorial counts for 10% of the total mark (100).

* Details about presentation order and assigned materials will be announced soon.

Attention is drawn to University policy and regulations on honesty in academic work, and to the disciplinary guidelines and procedures applicable to breaches of such policy and regulations. Details may be found at here.

With each assignment, students will be required to submit a signed declaration that they are aware of these policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures.

• In the case of group projects, all members of the group should be asked to sign the declaration, each of whom is responsible and liable to disciplinary actions, irrespective of whether he/she has signed the declaration and whether he/she has contributed, directly or indirectly, to the problematic
• For assignments in the form of a computer-generated document that is principally text-based and submitted via VeriGuide, the statement, in the form of a receipt, will be issued by the system upon students’ uploading of the soft copy of the assignment. 
• Students are fully aware that their work may be investigated by AI content detection software to determine originality.
• Students are fully aware of the AI approach(es) adopted in the course. In the case where some AI tools are allowed, students have made proper acknowledgment and citations as instructed by the course teacher.

Assignments without the properly signed declaration will not be graded by teachers.

Only the final version of the assignment should be submitted via VeriGuide.

The submission of a piece of work, or a part of a piece of work, for more than one purpose (e.g. to satisfy the requirements in two different courses) without declaration to this effect shall be regarded as having committed undeclared multiple submissions. It is common and acceptable to reuse a turn of phrase or a sentence or two from one’s own work; but wholesale reuse is problematic. In any case, agreement from the course teacher(s) concerned should be obtained prior to the submission of the piece of work.

The copyright of the teaching materials, including lecture notes, assignments and examination questions etc., produced by staff members/ teachers of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) belongs to CUHK. Students may download the teaching materials produced by the staff members/ teachers from the Learning Management Systems, e.g. Blackboard adopted by CUHK for their own educational use, but shall not distribute/ share/ copy the materials to a third-party without seeking prior permission from the staff members/ teachers concerned.