Week

Monday

Tuesday

Friday

H1

Ming China: the real beginning of ‘Early Modern China’? (H De Weerdt) 4-5pm

Chosŏn Korea: aristocratic variation on a Confucian theme (J Lewis) 5-6pm

Chosŏn King Sejong’s Golden Age (J Lewis) 4-5pm

The Chosŏn Agricultural Revolution: society, state, and ideology (J Lewis) 4-5pm

Development of the Korean script (J Kiaer) 5-6pm

H2

Medieval Japan: Rise of the Warriors (J Lewis) 4-5pm

Japan’s Ōnin War to the eve of re-unification: the politics of total civil war and the creation of a single realm (J Lewis) 4-5pm

Japan’s medieval economy and society: prosperity amidst political chaos and the beginning of Japan’s modern era (J Lewis) 4-5pm

H3

Kamakura-period Japanese Medieval Literature (P Harries) 4-5pm

Muromachi-period Japanese Literature and the formation of the Japanese Aesthetic (P Harries) 4-5pm

East Asia at War: Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea and Ming involvement (J Lewis) 4-5pm

First Japanese Essay DUE

H4

Qing China: Late Imperial Splendour I (H De Weerdt) 4-5pm

Qing China: Late Imperial Splendour II (H De Weerdt) 4-5pm

European Encounters with East Asia I (A Ucerler) 4-5pm

NOTE: LECTURE VENUE IS OUCS

H5

European Encounters with East Asia II (A Ucerler) 4-5pm

NOTE: LECTURE VENUE IS OUCS

Tokugawa Japan’s new political system (bakuhan system), foreign relations, religions, and ideologies  (J Lewis) 4-5pm

H6

Literature in early modern Japan: Edo period (P Harries) 4-5pm

European Sources on East Asia, 1500-1700 (A Ucerler) 4-5pm

NOTE: LECTURE VENUE IS OUCS

Second Japanese Essay DUE

H7

Ceramics in East Asia (S Vainker) 4-5pm

The world falls apart: the catastrophes of 19th-century Qing China (H De Weerdt) 4-5pm

The History of the Book in East Asia (A Ucerler) 4-5pm

NOTE: LECTURE VENUE IS OUCS

H8

Late Chosŏn Korea’s economy, society, and thought: what made it weak going into the late 19^th century? (J Lewis) 4-5pm

Tokugawa Japan’s economy and society: cities, villages, demography, and commerce: what made it strong going into the late 19^th century? (J Lewis) 4-5pm

Third Japanese Essay DUE

Chinese Essay DUE