Classes

This lecture course will provide a survey of some of the major issues in the history of post-imperial China (1911- ). Beginning with the decline of the Qing and the dramatic collapse of China’s imperial system in 1911, the course shall examine how China has sought to...

This lecture course will provide a survey of some of the major issues in the history of post-imperial China (1912- ). Beginning with the decline of the Qing and the dramatic collapse of China?s imperial system in 1911, the course shall examine how China has sought to...

For long, 1949 marked a boundary that historians of China did not transgress. The post-1949 years were almost exclusively the domain of political scientists, sociologists, economists, and anthropologists. But over the last twenty years, spurred by the increasing openness of...

This Pro-Seminar will examine developments in the field of modern Chinese history, with a particular focus on the twentieth century. Our principal goal is to gain some familiarity with the historical debates and methodological approaches that have given shaped to the field...

More than any other country in the recent past, China has attempted to solve its problems through massive, mostly state-led projects of technological and social transformation. Whether it is the construction of dams, railways, and special economic zones, or the mobilization...