National Foreign Affairs Training Center
China: Advanced Area Seminar
2005 - 2006
Fall Term
updated:
12 Dec 2005
[links to syllabi for previous and
upcoming terms]
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Date /Week * = "ART" days |
Speaker / Topic |
Room |
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14 Sep* |
01 |
Opening Remarks for the 2005-2006 year: Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John (10:00-11:30)
Brief
course introduction (Dr. Spendelow) |
F-3420 |
| 21 Sep |
02 |
The Origins of
"China"
(Spendelow) |
F-2720 |
| 28 Sep* | 03 | The Confucian Legacy: Cultural Values in East Asian Societies (John Goulde) | F-1210 |
| 05 Oct | 04 | China's Intellectual Tradition I: "Legalism" and pre-Imperial Confucianism (Spendelow) | F-1210 |
| 12 Oct | 05 | China's Intellectual Tradition II: The "Three Teachings" 三教 : Daoism, Buddhism, and the Development of Confucianism (Spendelow) | F-1210 |
| 19 Oct* | 06 | China's Bureaucratic Tradition: Emperor and Cabinet; Examination System; Local Control (Spendelow) | F-2235 |
| 26 Oct | 07 | The "Unequal Treaty" System: China and the World to 1898 (Spendelow) | F-1210 |
| 02 Nov* | 08 | End of the Empire and the Search for a New Order (Spendelow) |
F-1210 |
| 09 Nov | 09 |
"May
Fourth": The Evolving Link Between Politics and Literature
in the "Warlord" Era
Introduction of Communism: Surviving the 1920s and the "First United Front" (Spendelow) |
F-2235 |
| 16 Nov* | 10 |
"Skin or Vital Organs"? - China's Multiple Confrontations in the Middle of the 20th Century
Legacy of the Yan'an Period and the Civil War (Spendelow) Video: "The Mao Years" (part I - 1949-1960 "Catch the Moon and Stars") |
F-2235 |
| 23 Nov | 11 | The
U.S. Role in China's Civil War (Spendelow) The Early Years of the PRC (Spendelow) Video: "The Mao Years" (part II - 1961-1976) |
F-2235 |
| 30 Nov* | 12 | China's Artistic Heritage (visit to the Freer/Sackler galleries; Lorraine Torres, docent) meet @ 10:30, Sackler ground-floor entrance hall |
[off-site]
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| 07 Dec be seated by 08:45; doors close at 09:00 |
13 | The Challenges Confronting US Diplomats in Advancing Religious Freedom, Human Rights and Tolerance: Presentation by representatives of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation | C-3114
(Kennan Auditorium) |
| 14 Dec* | 14 | William Malm (U. Michigan, ret.): Traditional Music of East Asia |
F-1210 |
| 21 Dec |
15 | Independent Study | (n/a) |
| 28 Dec |
16 | Independent Study |
(n/a) |