Huaiyin Li

This is a three-part course that examines the shifting nature of modernity between precolonial and colonial periods in the Indian subcontinent. The first part immerses students in plural ways of thinking, inhabiting and performing gender. They will be asked to read Sufi and Bhakti poetry, distinguish between biological personhood and social selfhood, place relationships of men and women in wider matrixes of kinship, caste-jati, economy and class formations. The second part will enable students to explore British colonial legal, administrative and economic processes in 1700-1900. These processes reconstituted older codes of gender as well as the structures within which women experienced marriage, abortion, inheritance, divorce and death. In the final segment, each student will evaluate how these developments empowered some women while disabling others. They will learn to assess the contradictory movements by undertaking direct research into one of the reform movements of the nineteenth or twentieth century, or by writing a review essay based on the available books on this theme in the UT library.


Required Reading: 1 text book, 1 novel, and multiple articles and primary documents posted by the instructor on Canvas ( Students must buy:  Geraldine Forbes, Women in Modern India (Cambridge University Press, revised edition) and  Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice Candy Man (older title) Cracking India (new title, Penguin Books, 1989, 1991, 2006).


Required Written Work: 1 map quiz (10), 2 short responses (20) , 1 mid-term with IDs (30), 1 final essay (20).

Grading is based on Attendance (10), in-class discussion of a document (10), and all segments of written work (80)

This seminar examines the development of the field in the past five decades or so and the changing perspectives on major historical events and issues in the recent Chinese past.  Focusing on reading and discussion of the significant and innovative works, this course covers the major topics on late Qing and Republican China, including: ethnicity and identity; state-making and local politics; peasant economy and community; women and gender; urban culture and society; and rebellion and revolution.  Particular attention is paid to how the various political forces in China as well as historians inside and outside the country interpret history differently for varying political and academic purposes.

FLAGS:   GC  |  Wr  |  II

Description:

This course examines women and gender in China from imperial times to the present.  Major themes include the changing conceptions of masculinity and femininity in Chinese cultural and religious contexts; gender roles and inequalities in the patriarchal family and society; the varying discourse on women and gender in the modern period; women’s dilemma in the Chinese Revolution; new challenges to women and new conceptions of gender and sexuality during the reform era since the 1980s.  There is no prerequisite for attending this course, but some background in Chinese history is recommended.

Texts:

Robin Wang, Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture (Hackett Publishing Company, 2003)

Patricia Ebrey, The Inner Quarters: Marriage and the Lives of Chinese Women in the Sung Period. (University of California Press, 1993)

Zheng Wang, Women in the Chinese Enlightenment: Oral and Textual Histories (University of California Press, 1999)

Leslie Chang, Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China (Spiegel & Grau, 2009)

Emily Honig and Gail Hershatter. Personal Voices: Chinese Women in the 1980's. (Stanford University Press,1988)

Xueping Zhong, Some of Us: Chinese Women Growing up in the Mao Era. (Rutgers University Press, 2001)

Grading:

1) Class participation (20%)

2) Mid-term and final examination (15% each, 30% total)

3) Research paper (40%)

4) Attendance (10%)

This seminar examines the development of the field in the past five decades or so and the changing perspectives on major historical events and issues in the recent Chinese past.  Focusing on reading and discussion of the significant and innovative works, this course covers the major topics on late Qing and Republican China, including: ethnicity and identity; state-making and local politics; peasant economy and community; women and gender; urban culture and society; and rebellion and revolution.  Particular attention is paid to how the various political forces in China as well as historians inside and outside the country interpret history differently for varying political and academic purposes.

This course surveys the emergence of modern China from the nineteenth century to the present, covering the Qing dynasty, the Republic (1912-49), and the People's Republic (since 1949). Beginning with a review of the intellectual, economic, and sociopolitical trends in imperial China, it examines the rise of nationalism and the challenge of modernization in the midst of dynastic decline and foreign threats in the nineteenth century. Its coverage of the twentieth century emphasizes the struggles between the Nationalists and Communists for the making of a modern state and their experiments of contrasting political schemes. The course further examines recent changes in the post-Mao era, focusing on economic and political reforms as well as China?'s ongoing integration into the global system.

 Textbooks

June Grasso, et al, Modernization and Revolution in China: From the Opium Wars to World Power. East Gate, 2004.

Sterling Seagrave, Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China. Vintage, 1993. Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China. Grove, 1968.

Huaiyin Li, Village China under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-history, 1948-2008. Stanford University Press, 2006.

Rob Gifford, China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power. Random House, 2008.

Grading 

Four quizzes: 5% each Mid-term: 35% Final exam: 35% Class participation: 10%

This course introduces the study of Chinese history, society, and culture through an examination of the cultural unities and diversities, continuities and discontinuities that comprise the historical development of Chinese civilization. Topics include philosophy and religion; population and economy; power and authority; gender, ethnicity, and cultural identity.  This course provides a foundation for continued study of Chinese history and society for students who plan to go on to more specialized, upper-division courses including Chinese anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, economics, law, policy, international business, art history, architecture, environmental science, and philosophy.

Texts:

J. K Fairbank & M. Goldman, China: A New History (Belknap, 2006)

P. J. Ivanhoe & B. W. Van Norden, Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (Hackett, 2006)

H. Li, Village China Under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-history (Stanford, 2009)

Grading:

Mid-term exam (30%)

Final exam (30%)

Two short essays (15% each, 30% total)

Attendance and participation (10%)

This course examines Chinese economy, society, and politics during the reform era since the late 1970s in a historical context.  It covers the following topics: the transformation of China’s rural and urban economies and its social consequences; change and continuity in government systems, political ideologies, and popular values; and China’s integration into the global system and its impact on China’s role in world politics.  Using a comparative and historical perspective, this course aims to identify the characteristic “China model” of economic, social, and political changes and explore its implications for existing theories of development and globalization.

This course examines women and gender in China from imperial times to the present.  Major themes include the changing conceptions of masculinity and femininity in Chinese cultural and religious contexts; gender roles and inequalities in the patriarchal family and society; the varying discourse on women and gender in the modern period; women’s dilemma in the Chinese Revolution; new challenges to women and new conceptions of gender and sexuality during the reform era since the 1980s.  There is no prerequisite for attending this course, but some background in Chinese history is recommended.

Texts:

Robin Wang, Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture (Hackett Publishing Company, 2003)

Patricia Ebrey, The Inner Quarters: Marriage and the Lives of Chinese Women in the Sung Period. (University of California Press, 1993)

Zheng Wang, Women in the Chinese Enlightenment: Oral and Textual Histories (University of California Press, 1999)

Leslie Chang, Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China (Spiegel & Grau, 2009)

Emily Honig and Gail Hershatter. Personal Voices: Chinese Women in the 1980's. (Stanford University Press,1988)

Xueping Zhong, Some of Us: Chinese Women Growing up in the Mao Era. (Rutgers University Press, 2001)

Grading:

1) Class participation (20%)

2) Mid-term and final examination (15% each, 30% total)

3) Research paper (40%)

4) Attendance (10%)

This seminar examines major empirical studies and new perspectives on the history of China since 1950.  Topics include state and society, ideology and discourse, the Cultural Revolution, gender and the family, population and economy, political reforms and popular resistance, democracy and human rights, globalization and nationalism, and the changing approaches of research in the field.

This course introduces the study of Chinese history, society, and culture through an examination of the cultural unities and diversities, continuities and discontinuities that comprise the historical development of Chinese civilization. Topics include philosophy and religion; population and economy; power and authority; gender, ethnicity, and cultural identity.  This course provides a foundation for continued study of Chinese history and society for students who plan to go on to more specialized, upper-division courses including Chinese anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, economics, law, policy, international business, art history, architecture, environmental science, and philosophy. 

readings:

J. K Fairbank & M. Goldman, China: A New History (Belknap, 2006)

P. J. Ivanhoe & B. W. Van Norden, Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (Hackett, 2006)

H. Li, Village China Under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-history (Stanford, 2009)               

Grading:

 Mid-term exam (30%)

Final exam (30%)

Two short essays (15% each, 30% total)

Attendance and participation (10%)

This course examines women and gender in China from imperial times to the present.  Major themes include the changing conceptions of masculinity and femininity in Chinese cultural and religious contexts; gender roles and inequalities in the patriarchal family and society; the varying discourse on women and gender in the modern period; women’s dilemma in the Chinese Revolution; new challenges to women and new conceptions of gender and sexuality during the reform era since the 1980s.  There is no prerequisite for attending this course, but some background in Chinese history is recommended. 

Readings: 

Robin Wang, Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture (Hackett Publishing Company, 2003)

Patricia Ebrey, The Inner Quarters: Marriage and the Lives of Chinese Women in the Sung Period. (University of California Press, 1993)

Zheng Wang, Women in the Chinese Enlightenment: Oral and Textual Histories (University of California Press, 1999)

Leslie Chang, Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China (Spiegel & Grau, 2009)

Emily Honig and Gail Hershatter. Personal Voices: Chinese Women in the 1980's. (Stanford University Press,1988)

Xueping Zhong, Some of Us: Chinese Women Growing up in the Mao Era. (Rutgers University Press, 2001)

Grading:

1) Class participation (20%)

2) Mid-term and final examination (15% each, 30% total)

3) Research paper (40%)

4) Attendance (10%)

This course examines the different historical experiences of mainland China and Taiwan in the context of the East Asian model of development.  Owing to a shared cultural heritage and historical links, both China and Taiwan have displayed some features in their postwar developments that are identified as characteristic of the East Asian region.  But striking contrasts across the strait existed in political systems, economic development strategies, and cultural attitudes.  To what extent these differences explain the different economic performances between the two sides of the strait in the postwar years?  How has the Taiwan experience influenced the patterns of economic growth in China during the reform era?  Will Taiwan's democratization play a role in the future political development in mainland China?  These will be among the major topics to be explored in this course.

Texts:

K. Lieberthal, Governing China: From Revolution through Reform

J. F. Copper, Taiwan: Nation-State or Province?

J. T. Roberts and A. Hite, eds, From Modernization to Globalization: Perspectives on Development and Social Change

David C. Kang, China Rising: Peace, Power, and Order in East Asia

Grading:

Class participation: 10%

Mid-term: 25%

Final exam: 25%

Short essay: 10%

Research paper: 30%

This readings seminar examines the development of the field in the past five decades or so and the changing perspectives on major historical events and issues in the recent Chinese past.  Focusing on reading and discussion of the significant and innovative works, this course covers the major topics on late Qing and Republican China, including: ethnicity and identity; state-making and local politics; peasant economy and community; women and gender; urban culture and society; and rebellion and revolution.  Particular attention is paid to how the various political forces in China as well as historians inside and outside the country interpret history differently for varying political and academic purposes.

This seminar examines major empirical studies and new perspectives on the history of China since 1950.  Topics include state and society, ideology and discourse, the Cultural Revolution, gender and the family, population and economy, political reforms and popular resistance, democracy and human rights, globalization and nationalism, and the changing approaches of research in the field.

This course surveys the emergence of modern China from the nineteenth century to the present, covering the Qing dynasty, the Republic (1912-49), and the People’s Republic (since 1949).  Beginning with a review of the intellectual, economic, and sociopolitical traditions in imperial China, it examines the rise of nationalism and the challenge of modernization in the midst of dynastic decline and foreign threats in the nineteenth century. Its coverage of the twentieth century emphasizes the struggles between the Nationalists and Communists for making a modern state and their experiments of contrasting political schemes. Finally, the course examines recent changes in the post-Mao era, focusing on economic and political reforms as well as China’s ongoing integration into the global system.

This course introduces the study of Chinese history, society, and culture through an examination of the cultural unity and diversity, continuity and discontinuity that comprise the historical development of Chinese civilization. Topics include philosophy and religion; population and economy; power and authority; gender, ethnicity, and cultural identity. This course provides a foundation for continued study of Chinese history and society for students who plan to go on to more specialized, upper-division courses including Chinese anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, economics, law, policy, international business, art history, architecture, environmental science, and philosophy.

Required readings:

J. K Fairbank & M. Goldman, China: A New History (Belknap, 2006)
P. J. Ivanhoe & B. W. Van Norden, Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (Hackett, 2006)
H. Li, Village China Under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-history (Stanford, 2009)

Grading:

Mid-term exam (30%): Thursday, March 8.
Final exam (30%): Thursday, May 10.Two short essays (15% each, 30% total): 5 double-spaced pages each, due Feb. 14 and May 3rd, respectively.
Attendance and participation (10%): Students are expected to attend all class meetings and are responsible for signing in on an attendance sheet to be distributed during each class.  More than three absences will lower one’s final grade by 1% for each missed class and up to 10%.

Course description:

This course examines Chinese economy, society, and politics during the reform era since the late 1970s in a historical context.  It covers the following major themes: the transformation of China’s rural and urban economies and its social consequences; change and continuity in government systems, political ideologies, and popular values; and China’s integration into the global system and its impact on China’s role in world politics.  Using a comparative and historical perspective, this course aims to identify the characteristic “China model” of economic, social, and political changes and explicating its implications for existing theories of development and modernization.

Required readings:

Tony Saich, Government and Politics of China, 3^rd ed.
Huaiyin Li, Village China under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-History, 1948-2008
Elizabeth Perry and Mark Selden, Chinese Society, 3^rd ed.
Martin Jacques, When China Rules the World

Grading:

Class participation (20%): regular attendance and oral presentation.
Four reading reports (5% each, 20% total): one paragraph long for each, to be finished in class without prior notification.
Midterm Exam (30%): on Tue. Mar. 6^th.
Essay (30%): 6 to7 double-spaced pages, due Thur., May 3^rd.

This course examines women and gender in China from imperial times to the present. Major themes include the changing conceptions of masculinity and femininity in Chinese cultural and religious contexts; gender roles and inequalities in the patriarchal family and society; the varying discourse on women and gender in the modern period; women's dilemma in the Chinese Revolution; new challenges to women and new conceptions of gender and sexuality during the reform era since the 1980s. There is no prerequisites for attending this course, but some background in Chinese history is recommended.

This seminar examines the development of the field in the past five decades or so and the changing perspectives on major historical events and issues in the recent Chinese past.  Focusing on reading and discussion of the significant and innovative works, this course covers the major topics on late Qing and Republican China, including: ethnicity and identity; state-making and local politics; peasant economy and community; women and gender; urban culture and society; and rebellion and revolution.  Particular attention is paid to theoretical and methodological issues as well as new directions in historical research that have shaped the historiographical debates.

This course surveys the emergence of modern China from the nineteenth century to the present, covering the Qing dynasty, the Republic (1912-49), and the People's Republic (since 1949). Beginning with a review of the intellectual, economic, and sociopolitical trends in imperial China, it examines the rise of nationalism and the challenge of modernization in the midst of dynastic decline and foreign threats in the nineteenth century. Its coverage of the twentieth century emphasizes the struggles between the Nationalists and Communists for the making of a modern state and their experiments of contrasting political schemes. The course further examines recent changes in the post-Mao era, focusing on economic and political reforms as well as China?'s ongoing integration into the global system.

 Textbooks

June Grasso, et al, Modernization and Revolution in China: From the Opium Wars to World Power. East Gate, 2004.

Sterling Seagrave, Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China. Vintage, 1993. Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China. Grove, 1968.

Huaiyin Li, Village China under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-history, 1948-2008. Stanford University Press, 2006.

Rob Gifford, China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power. Random House, 2008.

Grading 

Four quizzes: 5% each Mid-term: 35% Final exam: 35% Class participation: 10%

This course introduces the study of Chinese history, society, and culture through an examination of the cultural unities and diversities, continuities and discontinuities that comprise the historical development of Chinese civilization. Topics include philosophy and religion; population and economy; power and authority; gender, ethnicity, and cultural identity.  This course provides a foundation for continued study of Chinese history and society for students who plan to go on to more specialized, upper-division courses including Chinese anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, economics, law, policy, international business, art history, architecture, environmental science, and philosophy.

Required readings:

J. K Fairbank & M. Goldman, China: A New History (Belknap, 2006)
P. J. Ivanhoe & B. W. Van Norden, Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (Hackett, 2006)
Ray Huang, 1587, A Year of No Significance (Yale, 1982)
Jung Chang, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Touchstone, 2003)
C. Fred Bergsten, China’s Rise: Challenges and Opportunities (Peterson, 2009)

Grading:

Mid-term exam (30%): Thursday, March 10.
Final exam (30%): Thursday, May 12.
Two short essays (15% each, 30% total): 5 double-spaced pages each, due Feb. 15 (Tuesday) and Apr. 21 (Thursday), respectively.
Attendance and participation (10%): Students are expected to attend all class meetings and are responsible for signing in on an attendance sheet to be distributed during each class.  More than three absences will lower one’s final grade by 1% for each missed class and up to 10%.

This course examines the different historical experiences of mainland China and Taiwan in the context of the East Asian model of development.  Owing to a shared cultural heritage and historical links, both China and Taiwan have displayed some features in their postwar developments that are identified as characteristic of the East Asian region.  But striking contrasts across the strait existed in political systems, economic development strategies, and cultural attitudes.  To what extent these differences explain the different economic performances between the two sides of the strait in the postwar years?  How has the Taiwan experience influenced the patterns of economic growth in China during the reform era?  Will Taiwan's democratization play a role in the future political development in mainland China?  These will be among the major topics to be explored in this course.

Required readings:

Tony Saich, Governance and Politics of China (Palgrave, 2011)
John Copper, Taiwan: Naiton-State or Province? (Westview, 2009)
Bruce Gilley & Larry Diamond, Political Change in China: Comparisons with Taiwan (Rienner, 2008)

In addition to the books listed above, this course uses a number of journal articles and book chapters, available at the course’s Blackboard site.

Grading:

Participation (10%): active participation in discussion and a 15-minute presentation on reading assignments, beginning Feb. 8.
Midterm exam (30%): on Thur. Mar. 10.
Final exam (30%): on Thur. May 12.
Quizzes (5% each, 20% total): four quizzes on required readings (marked with an asterisk *), each for 10 minutes at the beginning of class.
Short essay (10%): 5-6 double-spaced pages, due Thur. May 5th.

Professor Huaiyin Li ???                         Office: GAR 3.202
UTC  3.134                                 Office hours: MWF 10:30-11:30 a.m.
MWF 12:00-1:00 pm                             Phone: 475-7910
Fall 2010                                     Email: hli@mail.utexas.edu

TA: John Harney (phone: 475-7256; email: john.harney@gmail.com)
Office hours: MW 1:00-2:00 pm and F 9-10 am @ Burdine 412

This course surveys the emergence of modern China from the nineteenth century to the present, covering the Qing dynasty, the Republic (1912-49), and the People’s Republic (since 1949). Beginning with a review of the intellectual, economic, and sociopolitical traditions in imperial China, it examines the rise of nationalism and the challenge of modernization in the midst of dynastic decline and foreign threats in the nineteenth century. Its coverage of the twentieth century emphasizes the struggles between the Nationalists and Communists for making a modern state and their experiments of contrasting political schemes. Finally, the course examines recent changes in the post-Mao era, focusing on economic and political reforms as well as China’s ongoing integration into the global system.

Required Readings
June Grasso, et al, Modernization and Revolution in China: From the Opium Wars to World Power. East Gate, 2004.
Sterling Seagrave, Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China. Vintage, 1993.
Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China. Grove, 1968.
Huaiyin Li, Village China under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-history, 1948-2008. Stanford University Press, 2006.
Rob Gifford, China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power. Random House, 2008.

Grading
Two short essays: 10% each, due Monday 9/27 and Monday 11/8.
Mid-term: 30%
Final exam: 40%
Class participation: 10%

Note: 1) Class participation is based primarily on your attendance. You are allowed three
unexcused absences. Each additional unexcused absence will lower your final grade by one
percent (up to 10 percent).
2) Plus/minus grades will be assigned for the final grade.
3) Any student with a documented disability who requires academic accommodations should
contact Services for Students with Disabilities at 471-6259 (voice) or 1-866-329-3986 (Video
Phone) as soon as possible to request an official letter outlining authorized accommodations.

Schedule

PART 1.  TRADITIONAL ORDER
Wed Aug 25     Introduction
Fri Aug 27     Dynastic Cycle
    Readings for the week: Modernization and Revolution in China, Ch. 1.

Mon Aug 30     The Chinese mind
Wed Sept 1     The imperial state
Fri Sept 3         Population and economy
    Readings for the week: Dragon Lady, Prologue and Ch. 1-7

Mon Sept 6     (holiday)
Wed Sept 8     Social structure and organizations
Fri Sept 10         Seclusion under the Qing
    Readings for the week: Modernization and Revolution in China, Ch. 2; Dragon Lady Ch. 8-12

Mon Sept 13     Video: “The Genius That Was China: Empires in Collision”

PART 2.  THE RISE OF NATIONALISM
Wed Sept 15     The making of a “treaty system”
Fri Sept 17         Reactions to the West (I): The Taiping rebellion
    Readings for the week: Modernization and Revolution in China, Ch. 3; Dragon Lady, Ch. 13-18

Mon Sept 20     Reactions to the West (II): Self-Strengthening
Wed Sept 22     Hundred-Day Reform
Fri Sept 24         From “New Policies” to the Revolution of 1911
    Readings for the week: Modernization and Revolution in China, Ch. 4; Dragon Lady, Ch. 19-26 and Epilogue

Mon Sept 27     Review and discussion

PART 3.  THE MAKING OF A MODERN STATE
Wed Sept 29     The Republican state (I)
Fri Oct 1         The Republican state (II)
    Readings for the week: Modernization and Revolution in China, Ch. 5; Red Star Over China, Ch. 1- 3

Mon Oct 4         Chinese Society under the Republic
Wed Oct 6         Mao and the rise of Communism (1921-35)
Fri Oct 8         Video: “China in Revolution (I)”
    Readings for the week: Modernization and Revolution in China, Ch. 6; Red Star Over China, Ch. 4- 6

Mon Oct 11     Communist Revolution (1936-49)
Wed Oct 13     “Mao Zedong Thought”
Fri Oct 15     Video: “China in Revolution (II)”
Readings for the week: Red Star Over China, Ch. 7-10

Mon Oct 18     Review and discussion
Wed Oct 20     Mid-term exam
    Readings for the week: Red Star Over China, Ch. 11-12

PART 4.  SOCIALISM UNDER MAO
Fri Oct 22         From “New Democracy” to socialism
    Readings: Modernization and Revolution in China, Ch. 7; Village China under Socialism and Reform, Ch. 2-4

Mon Oct 25     Great Leap Forward
Wed Oct 27     Cultural Revolution (I)
Fri Oct 29         Cultural Revolution (II)
    Readings for the week: Modernization and Revolution in China, Ch. 8-9; Village China under Socialism and Reform, Ch. 5-7

Mon Nov 1     Economy and society under Mao
Wed Nov 3     Video: “Morning Sun” (I)
Fri Nov 5     Video: “Morning Sun” (II)
    Readings for the week: Village China under Socialism and Reform, Ch. 8-10

Mon Nov 8         Review and discussion

PART 5.  THE REFORM ERA
Wed Nov 10     Deng Xiaoping and his reforms
Fri Nov 12         Limited political reforms
    Readings for the week: Modernization and Revolution in China, Ch. 10; Village China under Socialism and Reform, Ch. 11-13

Mon Nov 15     Video: “Born Under The Flag”
Wed Nov 17     The economic miracle
Fri Nov 19         Family and population
    Readings for the week: China Road, Introduction and Ch. 1-7

Mon Nov 22     Post-Deng China (I)
Wed Nov 24     Post-Deng China (II)
Fri Nov 26         (holiday)
    Readings for the week: Modernization and Revolution in China, Ch.. 11; China Road, Ch. 8-15

Mon Nov 29     China and the United States
Wed Dec 1     China and Taiwan
Fri Dec 3         Review and discussion
    Readings for the week: Modernization and Revolution in China, Ch. 12; China Road, Ch. 16-23

Fri Dec 10     Final exam (9:00–12:00 noon)

This course contains a Global Cultures flag.

This seminar examines major empirical studies and new perspectives on the history of China since 1950.  Topics include state and society, ideology and discourse, the Cultural Revolution, gender and the family, population and economy, political reforms and popular resistance, democracy and human rights, globalization and nationalism, and the changing approaches of research in the field.

HIS 306N (39215) / ANS 302C (30875)
INTRODUCTION TO CHINA

Spring 2010                                                                                
T&Th 12:30-2: 00 p.m.                                                                  
BUR  216                                                                                     
Office Hour: T&Th 2:00-3:30 p.m.                                                     

Huaiyin Li
Office: GAR 3.202
Office Phone: 475 7910
Email: hli@mail.utexas.edu

Teaching Assistants:                                                                                             

Euhwa Tran, email: etran@mail.utexas.edu; office hours: Tue. and Thur. 10-11:30 am @WMB 1.114
Charles Thomas, email: mauser1871@mail.utexas.edu; office hours: Tue. and Thurs. 2-3:30 pm @ BUR 302

Course description:

 This course introduces the study of Chinese history, society, and culture through an examination of the cultural unities and diversities, continuities and discontinuities that comprise the historical development of Chinese civilization. Topics include philosophy and religion; population and economy; power and authority; gender, ethnicity, and cultural identity.  This course provides a foundation for continued study of Chinese history and society for students who plan to go on to more specialized, upper-division courses including Chinese anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, economics, law, policy, international business, art history, architecture, environmental science, and philosophy.

Required readings:

J. K Fairbank & M. Goldman, China: A New History (Belknap, 2006)
P. J. Ivanhoe & B. W. Van Norden, Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (Hackett, 2006)
Ray Huang, 1587, A Year of No Significance (Yale, 1982)
Jung Chang, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Touchstone, 2003)
C. Fred Bergsten et al, China: The Balance Sheet (PublicAffairs, 2007)

Grading:

Mid-term exam (30%): Thursday, March 11.
Final exam (30%): Wednesday, May 12.
Two short essays (15% each, 30% total): 5 double-spaced pages each, due Feb. 16 (Tuesday) and Apr. 22 (Thursday), respectively.
Attendance and participation (10%): Students are expected to attend all class meetings and are responsible for signing in on an attendance sheet to be distributed during each class.  More than three absences will lower one’s final grade by 1% for each missed class and up to 10%.

Note:  
1) Plus/minus grades will be assigned for the final grade.
2) Any student with a documented disability who requires academic accommodations should contact Services for Students with Disabilities at 471-6259 (voice) or 1-866-329-3986 (Video Phone) as soon as possible to request an official letter outlining authorized accommodations.

Schedule:

Jan. 19 (Tuesday)          Introduction

Jan. 21 (Thursday)        Historical patterns

                                    Readings: China: A New History, “Introduction”

Jan. 26 (Tuesday)          Origins of Chinese civilization

                        Readings: China: A New History, Chaps. 1-2

Jan. 28 (Thursday)        The making of Chinese empires

                                    Readings: China: A New History, Chap. 3

Feb. 2 (Tuesday)           Confucius and Confucianism

                                    Readings: Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy, Chaps. 1 & 3

Feb. 4 (Thursday)         Alternatives to Confucianism

                                    Readings: Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy, Chaps. 2, 4, & 7

Feb. 9 (Tuesday)           Movie: “Confucius: Words of Wisdom”; discussion

                                    Readings: Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy, Chaps. 5 & 6

Feb. 14 (Thursday)       Buddhism in China

                                    Readings: (To be assigned)

Feb. 16 (Tuesday)         The Taoist religion; short essay #1 due

                                    Readings: (To be assigned)

Feb. 18 (Thursday)       “Early modern” China

                                    Readings:        

China: A New History, Chaps. 4-5

Feb. 23 (Tuesday)         The Qing empire

                                    Readings:

China: A New History, Chaps. 6-7

Feb. 25 (Thursday)       Population and economy

Readings: China: A New History, Chap. 8

Mar. 2 (Tuesday)          State and society in imperial China

                                    Readings: 1587, A Year of No Significance, Chaps. 1-3

Mar. 4 (Thursday)        Women, gender, and family

                                    Readings: 1587, A Year of No Significance, Chaps. 4-6

Mar. 9 (Tuesday)          Movie: “The Rise of the Dragon”; discussion

                                    Readings: 1587, A Year of No Significance, Chap. 7

Mar. 11 (Thursday)      Mid-term exam

[March 16 & 18, Spring break; no class]

Mar. 23 (Tuesday)        Art and architecture in traditional China

                                    Readings: to be assigned

Mar. 25 (Thursday)      Chinese literature

                                    Readings: to be assigned

Mar. 30 (Tuesday)        Imperialism in modern China

                                    Readings: China: A New History, Chap. 8-9

Apr. 1 (Thursday)        Rebellion and reform in modern China

                                    Readings: China: A New History, Chaps. 10-12

Apr. 6 (Tuesday)          The rise of nationalism

                                    Readings: China: A New History, Chaps. 13-16

Apr. 8 (Thursday)        The Communist revolution

                                    Readings: China: A New History, Chap. 17

Apr. 13 (Tuesday)        Movie: “Battle for Survival”; discussion

                                    Readings: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, Chaps. 1-8

Apr. 15 (Thursday)       Chinese socialism

Readings: China: A New History, Chaps. 18-19; Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, Chaps. 9-11

Apr. 20 (Tuesday)        The Cultural Revolution

Readings: China: A New History, Chap.20; Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, Chaps. 12-28

Apr. 22 (Thursday)       The economic miracle; short essay #2 due

Readings: China: A New History, Chap. 21; China: The Balance Sheet, Chap. 1-2

Apr. 27 (Tuesday)        Chinese politics

                                    Readings: China: The Balance Sheet, Chaps. 3

Apr. 29 (Thursday)       Chinese society

                                    Readings: China: The Balance Sheet, Chaps. 4

May 4 (Tuesday)           The rise of China in historical perspective

                                    Readings: China: The Balance Sheet, Chaps. 5-6

May 6 (Thursday)         Discussion

May 12 (Wednesday)    Final Exam (2:00–5:00 pm)

HIS 364G (39820) / ANS 361 (30995)
POST-MAO CHINA
CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION – W

Spring 2010                                                                     
T&Th 3:30-5: 00 p.m.                                                         
UTC  1.146                                                                        
Office Hours: T&Th 2:00-3:30 p.m.                                         

Huaiyin Li
Office: GAR 3.202
Office Phone: 475 7910
Email: hli@mail.utexas.edu

Course description:

 This course examines Chinese economy, society, politics, and culture during the reform era since the late 1970s in a historical context.  It covers the following major themes: the transformation of China’s rural and urban economies and its social consequences; change and continuity in government systems, political ideologies, and popular values; and China’s integration into the global system and its impact on China’s role in world politics.  Using a comparative and historical perspective, this course aims at identifying the characteristic “China model” of economic, social, and political changes and explicating its implications for existing theories of development and modernization.

Required readings:

Kenneth Lieberthal, Governing China: From Revolution to Reform
Huaiyin Li, Village China under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-History, 1948-2008
Peter Gries & Stanley Rosen, State and Society in 21st Century China
C. Fred Bergsten et al., China’s Rise: Challenges and Opportunities

Grading:

Class participation (10%): including two presentations.
Exam (20%): on Tue. Feb. 23.
Short essay (20%): 5 double-spaced pages, due Thur. Mar. 11.
Research paper (50%): 10 double-spaced pages, due Thur. May 6.

Note:   1) Attendance policy: You are allowed two unexcused absences. Each additional absence without acceptable documentation will lower your final grade by 1 percent (up to 10%).

2) Plus/minus grades will be assigned for the final grade.

3) Any student with a documented disability who requires academic accommodations should contact Services for Students with Disabilities at 471-6259 (voice) or 1-866-329-3986 (Video Phone) as soon as possible to request an official letter outlining authorized accommodations.

Part I. Chinese History: An Overview

Tue. Jan. 19      Introduction

                                    Readings:

                                    Village China, Chap. 1

                                    State and Society, Introduction

                                    China’s Rise, Introduction

Thur. Jan. 21    Imperial heritages

                                    Readings:

Governing China, Chap. 1, pp. 3-19

Tue. Jan. 26      Late Qing Decline

                        Readings:

Governing China, Chap. 1, pp. 12-26                              

Thur. Jan. 28    Republican China

                                    Readings:        

Governing China, Chap. 2, pp. 27-39

Tue. Feb. 2       The Communist Revolution

                                    Readings:

Governing China, Chap. 2, pp. 39-56

Thur. Feb. 4     Movie

                                    Readings:

                                    Governing China, Chap. 3

Tue. Feb. 9       Maoist China

                                    Readings:        

Governing China, Chap. 4, pp. 84-109

Thur. Feb. 14   The Cultural Revolution

                                    Readings:

                                    Governing China, Chap. 4, pp. 109-122

Tue. Feb. 16     Economic Reforms under Deng

                                    Readings:

                                    Governing China, Chap. 5, pp. 123-131

Thur. Feb. 18   Political Reforms

                                    Readings:        

                                    Governing China, Chap. 5, pp. 131-167

Tue. Feb. 23     Exam

                                    No readings assigned

Part II. China Close-up

Thur. Feb. 25   Transition to Socialism

                                    Readings:

Village China, Chaps. 2 & 4

Tue. Mar. 2      Popular Protests and Participation

                                    Readings:         

Village China, Chaps. 3 & 5

Thur. Mar. 4    Mobilization and Control

                                    Readings:

                                    Village China, Chaps. 6 & 7

Tue. Mar. 9      Post-Mao Reforms, part 1

                                    Readings:

                                    Village China, Chaps. 10 & 11

Thur. Mar. 11   Post-Mao Reforms, part 2

                                    Readings:

                                    Village China, Chaps. 12 & 13

                                    (Short essay due)

Part III. Special Topics

Tue. Mar. 23    The Political System

                                    Readings:

                                    Governing China, Chaps. 6 & 7

Thur. Mar. 25   Economy and Environment

                                    Readings:

Governing China, Chaps. 8 & 9

Tue. Mar. 30    State and Society

                                    Readings:

                                    Governing China, Chaps. 10 & 11

Thur. Apr. 1     The Dispossessed and the Jobless

                                    Readings:

                                    State and Society: Chaps. 2 & 3

Tue. Apr. 6      Resistance and Protest

                                    Readings:

                                    State and Society: Chaps. 4 & 5

Thur. Apr. 8     The Party and Its Enemy

                                    Readings:

                                    State and Society: Chaps. 6 & 7

Tue. Apr. 13     Attitudes, Values, and Feelings

                                    Readings:

                                    State and Society: Chaps. 8, 9, & 10

Thur. Apr. 15   Spirituality and Ethnicity

                                    Readings:

                                    State and Society: Chaps. 1 & 11

Tue. Apr. 20     Chinese Democracy?

                                    Readings:

                                    China’s Rise: Chaps. 2 & 3

Thur. Apr. 22   The State in Crisis?

                                    Readings:

                                    China’s Rise: Chaps. 4 & 5

Tue. Apr. 27     Limits to Economic Growth?

                                    Readings:

                                    China’s Rise: Chaps. 6 & 7

Thur. Apr. 29   China and the U.S.

                                    Readings:

                                    China’s Rise: Chaps. 8 & 9

Tue. Apr. 4      China and the World

                                    Readings:

                                    China’s Rise: Chaps. 1 & 10

Thur. May 6     Conclusion

                                    (Research paper due)

This course surveys the emergence of modern China from the nineteenth century to the present, covering the Qing dynasty, the Republic (1912-49), and the People's Republic (since 1949). Beginning with a review of the intellectual, economic, and sociopolitical trends in imperial China, it examines the rise of nationalism and the challenge of modernization in the midst of dynastic decline and foreign threats in the nineteenth century. Its coverage of the twentieth century emphasizes the struggles between the Nationalists and Communists for the making of a modern state and their experiments of contrasting political schemes. The course further examines recent changes in the post-Mao era, focusing on economic and political reforms as well as China?'s ongoing integration into the global system.

This seminar examines the development of the field in the past five decades or so and the changing perspectives on major historical events and issues in the recent Chinese past.  Focusing on reading and discussion of the significant and innovative works, this course covers the major topics on late Qing and Republican China, including: ethnicity and identity; state-making and local politics; peasant economy and community; women and gender; urban culture and society; and rebellion and revolution.  Particular attention is paid to how the various political forces in China as well as historians inside and outside the country interpret history differently for varying political and academic purposes.

Lectures, discussion, reading, and research on selected topics in the field of history.

May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.

Designed for History majors. 

History 350L and 350R may not both be counted unless the topics vary.

Course carries Writing flag. 

Lectures, discussion, reading, and research on selected topics in the field of history.

May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.

Designed for History majors. 

History 350L and 350R may not both be counted unless the topics vary.

Course carries Writing flag. 

May be repeated for credit when the topic titles vary.

This course surveys the emergence of modern China from the nineteenth century to the present, covering the Qing dynasty, the Republic (1912-49), and the People's Republic (since 1949). Beginning with a review of the intellectual, economic, and sociopolitical trends in imperial China, it examines the rise of nationalism and the challenge of modernization in the midst of dynastic decline and foreign threats in the nineteenth century. Its coverage of the twentieth century emphasizes the struggles between the Nationalists and Communists for the making of a modern state and their experiments of contrasting political schemes. The course further examines recent changes in the post-Mao era, focusing on economic and political reforms as well as China?'s ongoing integration into the global system.

This seminar examines the development of the field in the past five decades or so and the changing perspectives on major historical events and issues in the recent Chinese past.  Focusing on reading and discussion of the significant and innovative works, this course covers the major topics on late Qing and Republican China, including: ethnicity and identity; state-making and local politics; peasant economy and community; women and gender; urban culture and society; and rebellion and revolution.  Particular attention is paid to how the various political forces in China as well as historians inside and outside the country interpret history differently for varying political and academic purposes.

Lectures, discussion, reading, and research on selected topics in the field of history.

May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.

Designed for History majors. 

History 350L and 350R may not both be counted unless the topics vary.

Course carries Writing flag. 

This seminar examines the development of the field in the past five decades or so and the changing perspectives on major historical events and issues in the recent Chinese past.  Focusing on reading and discussion of the significant and innovative works, this course covers the major topics on late Qing and Republican China, including: ethnicity and identity; state-making and local politics; peasant economy and community; women and gender; urban culture and society; and rebellion and revolution.  Particular attention is paid to how the various political forces in China as well as historians inside and outside the country interpret history differently for varying political and academic purposes.

This course surveys the emergence of modern China from the nineteenth century to the present, covering the Qing dynasty, the Republic (1912-49), and the People's Republic (since 1949). Beginning with a review of the intellectual, economic, and sociopolitical trends in imperial China, it examines the rise of nationalism and the challenge of modernization in the midst of dynastic decline and foreign threats in the nineteenth century. Its coverage of the twentieth century emphasizes the struggles between the Nationalists and Communists for the making of a modern state and their experiments of contrasting political schemes. The course further examines recent changes in the post-Mao era, focusing on economic and political reforms as well as China?'s ongoing integration into the global system.

May be repeated for credit when the topic titles vary.