Courses and Syllabi Curriculum Vita Photos from travels

Kim with a Burma text

Winter 2007 Courses:

• History 171: Survey of East Asian Civilization II
  TR  12:45--2:05 p.m., in Sage 140
  We study modern East Asian from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. We
  examine the interactions between Western powers and influence and Asian
  nationalism. One important theme that we examine is why Japan and China took
  different paths in modern times.
  

• History 170: Survey of East Asian Civilization I
  This course surveys the history of East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea) from
  ancient times to the mid-nineteenth century. It includes an introduction to Asian
  philosophies, religions, cultures, politics, and societies. Students will gain a general
  understanding of a region that is the longest surviving human civilization still in
  existence.
  
  
• History 190: Asian History through Film
  This Enrichment course looked at Asian history by way of feature films made in Asia,
  by Asians. Some of the films studied: Yellow Earth, Ju Dou, A Woman's Story,
  The Family, Rashomon, Ran, Seven Samurai, Indochine, Farewell my Concubine,
  The Scent of Green Papayas, Shall We Dance?, The Story of Qui Ju, and
  Once Were Warriors
  
  
  
• General Studies: Human Heritage I
  This is the first of a two-semester study of Western, Chinese, and Native American
  intellectual traditions. The course is designed to help students understand how our
  cultural traditions influence our ways of looking at the world and how studying cultures
  other than our own expands and challenges our frame of reference. The course
  emphasizes intellectual, artistic, political, scientific, religious, and economic aspects
  of the three cultures from selected periods in history.
  
  

Curriculum Vita