National Foreign Affairs Training Center
China: Advanced Area Seminar
2008 - 2009
Fall Term
updated:
15 Dec 2008
[links to syllabi for previous and
upcoming terms]
(course homepage)
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Date / Week * = "ART" days |
Speaker / Topic |
confirmed? |
Room |
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17 Sep |
01 |
Opening Remarks for the 2008-2009 year:
Deputy
Assistant Secretary Alex Arvizu - "U.S. Challenges and Policies in
Brief course introduction (Dr. Spendelow - 12:05 - 12:25) |
√ |
C-3114 C-3116 |
| 24 Sep | 02 | The Confucian Legacy: Cultural Values in East Asian Societies (Eugene Swanger) (10:00 start-time) | √ | F-1210 |
| 01 Oct | 03 | The Origins of "China" (Spendelow) | √ | F-1210 |
| 08 Oct* | 04 | China's Intellectual Tradition I: "Legalism" and pre-Imperial Confucianism (Spendelow) | √ | F-1210 |
| 15 Oct | 05 | China's Intellectual Tradition II: The "Three Teachings" 三教 : Daoism, Buddhism, and the Development of Confucianism (Spendelow) | √ | D-gym |
| 22 Oct* | 06 |
China's
Intellectual Tradition III: State and Ideology in the Ming, Qing, and
Early Republic (Spendelow) China's Bureaucratic Tradition: Emperor and Cabinet; Examination System; Local Control (Spendelow) |
√ | F-1210 |
| 29 Oct | 07 |
Stability and Reform in Imperial China (Spendelow)
Significance of the Ming-Qing Transition (Spendelow) |
√ | F-1210 |
| 05 Nov* | 08 | The "Unequal Treaty" System: Restructuring the World of the Qing to 1898 (Spendelow) | √ | F-1210 |
| 12 Nov | 09 |
Joint Session with Two-Week China course:
DVC on "China’s Healthcare Challenges" with Dr. LIU Yuanli (Harvard School of Public Health) |
√ | F-3420 |
| 19 Nov* | 10 |
China meets the World: 1842 to 1901 (Spendelow) |
√ | F-1210 |
| 26 Nov | 11 |
End of the Empire and the Search for a New Order (Spendelow) "May Fourth": The Evolving Link Between Politics and Literature in the "Warlord" Era (Spendelow)
Introduction of Communism: Surviving the 1920s and the "First United Front" (Spendelow) |
√ | F-1210 |
| 03 Dec* | 12 |
"Skin or Vital Organs"? - China's Multiple Confrontations in the First Third of the 20th Century (Spendelow)
The Yan'an Model: practical experience for the CCP (Spendelow) The U.S. Role in 1940s China (Spendelow) |
√ | F-1210 |
| 10 Dec | 13 | Civil War; China "Stands Up" (Spendelow) | √ | F-1210 |
| 17 Dec* | 14 | Early Years of the PRC: Video: "The Mao Years" (part I - 1949-1960 "Catch the Stars and Moon"; part II - 1961-1976 "It's Right to Rebel!" ) WGBH, 1994 | √ | F-1210 |
| 24
Dec |
15 | Independent Study | √ | (n/a) |
| 31 Dec | 16 | Independent Study | √ | (n/a) |