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-a sensibility toward social and cultural differences between Atlantic and Asian societies & legacies
-the skill set to distinguish across time, place and scale. Asia never was one and the same.
-a understanding of how Asian modernisations affected individual lives, group identities and international aspirations
-an appreciation of how the long global past continues to shape Asia and supplements living memory
Our module will explore and cover by week:
1) Values and the state in modern Asia
2) Confucianism, hierarchies and Asian cultures of advancement
3) For the nation’s sake: self-cultivation and the politics of progress
4) Universities as drivers of modernity in Asia
5) Still imperialism or already internationalism? Modern professions and a changing Asia
6) Frying pan into the fire? Postgraduates in wartime
7) Global impact: Asian pioneers abroad
8) Technologies of the ascendant state: science, engineering, industry
9) Law for Asia and the World
10) Teaching America about Asia
11) Ambition for what? Generational history and Asia’s knowledge of the world
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 11 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 10 |
Specified Learning Activities | 45 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 45 |
Total | 111 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: Midterm essay is a document analysis of primary source. Will enhance student skills of accurate, close reading, source criticism, interpretive clues and the relevance of context. | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Continuous Assessment: Learning journal will serve as self-assessment to document progress in historical analysis. Selected aspects of student journals will also serve as anonymous discussion points in class, allowing a | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Assignment: Final essay. Will showcase the student’s capacity to develop an original, coherent and persuasive interpretation of a historical puzzle or question or problem. |
Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities
Feedback on the mid-term Essay Assignment is given in writing. Feedback on learning journal is given through selective adoption in class discussions. Feedback on the end-of-semester Essay Assignment is given in writing.
Name | Role |
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Mr David Nicoll | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 11:00 - 11:50 |
Seminar | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 12:00 - 12:50 |
Seminar | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 13:00 - 13:50 |
Seminar | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 14:00 - 14:50 |
Seminar | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Tues 12:00 - 12:50 |
Seminar | Offering 5 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Tues 13:00 - 13:50 |