Lecture TimeMonday 2:30pm - 5:15pm
VenueKHB 116
LanguagePutonghua
Lecturer POON Shuk Wah ((852) 3943 1757 / swpoon@cuhk.edu.hk)
This course is conducted in the form of a small group seminar. It is designed for PhD and MPhil students who are interested in exploring the various theories and methods in the study of modern East Asian history. The geographical focus of the course will be on China and Japan. Students will engage in presentations, group discussion, and original research.
Week 1: Introduction (Jan. 10)
Week 2: Political Leader Biographies (Jan. 17)
Week 3: Urban History (Jan. 24)
Week 4: Labor History (Feb. 7)
Week 5: Labor and Gender (Feb. 14)
Week 6: Term Paper Progress Reports (Feb. 21)
Week 7: Gender and the Body (Feb. 28)
Week 8: Cultural History: War and Culture (Mar. 7)
Week 9: Material Culture: Food and Identities (Mar. 14)
Week 10: Asian Modernities (Mar. 21)
Week 11: History of Everyday Life (Mar. 28)
Week 12: Term Paper Presentations (Apr. 4)
Week 13: Conclusion (Apr. 11)
· Participation and Discussion: 20%
· Presentation: 20%
· Term Paper: 60% (first draft: 10% [due Mar. 7] , final product: 50% [due Apr. 30])
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 http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/.
With each assignment, students will be required to submit a signed declaration that they are aware of these policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures.
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.