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HIST 630 Transnational Asia
Dickinson
Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)
This seminar aims to reconceptualize conventional notions of East Asia and restore the region to a central place in the history of the early modern and modern worlds. It will do so, first, by introducing a handful of recent scholarly works on East Asia that attempt to rethink orthodox themes of historical inquiry, such as geography, nation, industrialization, women, trade, empire, etc. Second, it will look at how East Asianists have, over the last decade, contributed to one of the most exciting new scholarly trends, transnational history—the study of political, economic, social and cultural identity beyond national boundaries. Through special arrangement with the East Asian Studies Humanities Colloquium and class visits by members of the Penn East Asian history faculty, students will have the opportunity to meet and engage some of the leading practitioners of East Asian and transnational history.
