Monday,
25 August

Class Introduction

Handouts: Response Paper Guide
AAA Style Guide (citation formats)
Web Resource: The Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
NY Times article by Jim Yardley, 24 August 2008
Slide Show: Slides from Class

Wednesday,
27 August

Overview of Chinese History

Reading: Richard Smith article; Timothy Cheek article (on Blackboard)
Web Resource: China Culture Index
China the Beautiful
The Art of Asia
5,000 years of Chinese history, in just over a minute
Notes for Class

Friday,
29 August

Growing Up in Contemporary China

Reading: Vanessa Fong, p. 1-30
Film: Small Happiness (will be on library reserve soon after another class uses it)

Monday,
1 September

Reading: Fong, p. 31-68
Guest Lecture: Vanessa Fong

Public Lecture: Vanessa Fong (Harvard Univ.), 4:30 pm, Chambers 2164

Wednesday,
3 September

Reading: Fong p. 69-86
Notes for Class

Friday,
5 September

Reading: Fong p. 87-126

Assignment: Response Paper Due
Notes for Class

Monday,
8 September

Reading: Fong p. 127-182

Public Lecture: John Pomfret (Washington Post), 7:30 pm, Lilly Family Gallery, Chambers
Notes for Class
Research Proposal Guide

Wednesday,
10 September

Chinese Families: Life in the countryside

Reading: Yunxiang Yan p. 1-41
Notes for Class

Friday,
12 September

Reading: Yan, p. 42-63
Slide Show: Slides from Class
Notes for Class

Monday,
15 September

Reading: Yan p. 64-111
Assignment: Research Paper Proposal due
Web Resource: More on Confucianism and "The Spirits of Chinese Religion"
People's Republic of China 1950 Marriage Law
Slide Show: Slides from Class
Notes for Class

Wednesday,
17 September

Reading: Yan, p. 112-139
Note: Class will be meeting in the Library, not Chambers

Friday,
19 September

Reading: Yan, p. 140-161

Assignment: Response Paper Due
Notes for Class

Monday,
22 September

Reading: Yan, 162-215
Slide Show: Slides from Class
Notes for Class

Wednesday,
24 September

Reading: Yan, p. 217-235

Friday,
26 September

Rural-Urban Migration

Reading: Brownell article (on Blackboard); Li Zhang, p. 1-21
Handout: First Review Essay Handout (due 6 Oct)
Notes for Class

Monday,
29 September

Reading: Zhang, p. 23-68
Notes for Class

Wednesday,
1 October

Reading: Zhang, p. 69-114
Notes for Class

Friday,
3 October

Reading: Zhang, p. 115-158
Notes for Class

Monday,
6 October

Reading: Zhang p. 159-185
Notes for Class

Wednesday,
8 October

Reading: Zhang, p. 186-212
Notes for Class

Friday,
10 October

Sports and Popular Culture

Reading: Andrew Morris essay on Basketball in China (available on Blackboard)
Notes for Class

Monday,
13 October

Davidson Fall Break

Wednesday,
15 October

Reading: Susan Brownell essay on sports, nationalism, and the Olympics (available on Blackboard)
Assignment: First Short Essay Due
Notes for Class

Friday,
17 October

Reading: Lozada essay on sports and cosmopolitanism
Notes for Class

Monday,
20 October

Film: To Live (pt 1)

Wednesday,
22 October

Film: To Live (pt 2)

Friday,
24 October

Film: To Live (pt 3)
Class Discussion on Film

Assignment: Response Paper Due

Monday,
27 October

Tibet: Religion and Ethnicity

Reading: Lozada article (on Blackboard); Melvyn Goldstein and Matthew Kapstein, p. 1-14
Notes for Class

Wednesday,
29 October

Reading: Goldstein and Kapstein, p. 15-52
Notes for Class

Friday,
31 October

Reading: Goldstein and Kapstein, p. 53-94

Assignment: Response Paper Due

Monday,
3 November

Reading: Goldstein and Kapstein, p. 95-138
Notes for Class

Wednesday,
5 November

Reading: Goldstein and Kapstein, p. 139-150

Public Lecture: Melvyn Goldstein (Case Western), 4:30 pm, Chambers 2164

Friday,
7 November

Topic: Class Selection
Notes for Class

Monday,
10 November

Computer Industry in China
Notes for Class
Slides
Handout: Lit Review Handout, due 17 November
Web Resource: Lenovo History

Wednesday,
12 November

Shanghai Stock Market
Notes for Class

Friday,
14 November

Chinese in Africa
Notes for Class

Monday,
17 November

Popular Culture

Reading: Farquhar p. 1-33
No Class Today - Fuji is attending a conference in Kansas City

Wednesday,
19 November

Reading: Farquhar p. 37-77
Notes for Class

Friday,
21 November

Reading: Farquhar p.79-119
Assignment: Response Paper Due
Notes for Class

Monday,
24 November

Reading: Farquhar p. 121-163
Web Resource: Lu Xun's "A Madman's Diary"(Short story in English)
Notes for Class

26 -30 November

Thanksgiving Break

Monday,
1 December

Reading: Farquhar p.211-242
Web Resource: "Markets vs. Governments," Video Essay from Commanding Heights
"Keynes General Theory," Video Essay from Commanding Heights
Notes for Class

Wednesday,
3 December

Reading: Farquhar p.243-292
Notes for Class

Friday,
5 December

Last Day of Class: Overview

Thursday,
11 December

Assignment: Final Papers Due (5:00 pm)