HST 276 - Modern East Asia

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR (students beginning prior to Fall 2024): Meets general academic requirements HU and DE
Meets Explore Core requirement (students beginning Fall 2024 and later): HS and GP
This course introduces students of all levels to major historical developments in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam from 1600 to the present. Topics to be covered include reforms and modernization, encounters with the West, nationalism, communism, imperialism and colonialism, social and political revolutions, democratic movements, and postwar developmental trends. The course will investigate the notion of “East Asia” as a geographical, cultural and political construct through a variety of materials including textbooks, historical scholarship, novels, and films.