HIST 520

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Problems in Chinese History

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Credit: 4 hours.

Topics will be listed in the department's course guide at http://www.history.illinois.edu.

Same as EALC 520. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary.

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HIST 520 class schedule data for fall 2015
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	34262	Discussion/ Recitation	A	3:30PM -5:20PM	M	221 Gregory Hall	Chow, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Section Title: Ming-Qing China Global Context Section Info: Topic: Cultural and Intellectual Transformation of Ming-Qing China in Global Context. Description: This course introduces students to recent scholarly works on the approaches, methodologies, and major issues in the study of Chinese thought and culture in the Ming (1368) and the Qing (1644-1911) periods from a global perspective. Works are selected from various disciplines and fields of study, covering a wide range of issues critical to our understanding of the social and cultural transformation of China in the contexts of global economy and empire building. We focus on four themes: First, the major socio-economic forces behind the transformation of Chinese society in the Ming-Qing periods--China and world trade, commodification of literary production and the co-production of modern knowledge by agents of different empires. For the second theme, we will examine works dealing with domestic impact of intensified commercialization on print culture, consumption, urban life, women culture, kinship practice, literary production and the distribution and exercise of power. The third theme concerns the problems of how the imperial state and local society, in their response to the global and domestic changes contributed to the formation of lineage and transformation of religious and ritual practices. The fourth theme examines how political change--collapse of the Ming dynasty, the rise of the British as the dominant maritime power--contributed to the transformation of the structure and conditions of knowledge production in the Qing period. Participation in discussion is required and students are responsible for presentations. There will be written assignments and a final seminar paper. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.