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Thursday |
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Jan. 12 |
Introduction Reading #1 |
Confucianism Reading #2 |
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Jan. 19 |
Daoism Reading #3 |
Buddhism Reading #4 |
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Jan. 26 |
The Chinese Imperial State
Reading #5
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Tang
China: Society and Opportunity Reading #6 |
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Feb. 2 |
Gender in Chinese Society
Reading #7 |
Poetry in the Tang Dynasty Reading #8 |
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Feb. 9 |
Traditional Chinese Art |
China Encounters the West Reading #10 |
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Friday [Feb. 13] Quiz 1 on Traditional China |
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Feb. 16 |
Revolutionary China Reading #11 |
Communism & the Maoist Revolution Reading #12 |
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| Wed. Feb. 18: Film Screening & Director's Talk: "Wings of Defeat" (Japan's Kamikaze Pilots) 7:00pm, Rawles Hall 100 | |||
Feb. 23 |
World War II and Civil War Reading #13 |
China Under Mao Zedong Reading #14 |
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Mar. 2 |
China Today & Tomorrow Reading #15 |
Midterm Exam |
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Mar. 9 |
The Background of Japanese Culture Reading #16 and #17 |
The Court Society of Early Japan
Readings #18 and #19
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Mar. 16 |
Spring Vacation |
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| Mar. 23 | The Aesthetic Vision of Early Japan Readings #19 (cont.) |
Feudalism in Japan Reading #20 |
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Mar. 30 |
Samurai Culture Readings #21 and #22 |
Urban Culture as Seen Through Japanese Art Readings #23 and #24 |
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Friday [Apr. 3] Quiz 2 on Traditional Japan |
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Apr. 6 |
Japan's Swift Response to the West
Reading #25
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War and Postwar Transformations Readings #26 & #27 |
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Apr. 13 |
Contemporary Japanese Society Reading #28 |
Politics, Business, and the Future Reading #29 |
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Apr. 20 |
The
Formation of the Korean State |
The Chosǒn (Yi) Dynasty Reading #31 |
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Apr. 27 |
Colonial Korea & the Korean War Reading #32 & 33 (pp. 584-88) |
Contemporary Korea, North & South Reading #33 (pp. 588-603) |
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Final Exam, Thursday, May 7, 5:00-7:00pm, Ballantine Hall 340 |
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