HIST 520 - Readings in Asian History: [subtitle]

Credit(s): 4
Lecture: 4
Non-Lecture: 0

This historiography and methodology course is designed to reinforce graduate students’ command of the field of East Asian history and familiarize them with the theories and methodologies central to understanding and developing advanced conversations about Asia. Class readings introduce key theoretical frameworks, issues, historical grounding, and methodological approaches broadly relevant to the study of Asia across disciplines. The course emphasizes the development of theoretical literacy together with the close reading and analysis of scholarly texts. It also facilitates familiarity with-and critical inquiry into-disciplinary and place-based knowledge in the context of an increasingly global, transnational, and interdisciplinary field. Not on a Regular Basis