Contemporary History of East Asia (from 1945)
Code: 106181Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | FB | 1 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Chiao-In Chen Hsieh
- Email :
- chiaoin.chen@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- Chiao-In Chen Hsieh
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
Objectives
Learning outcomes
- Make a brief comparison of national and/or regional cases within the same international framework.
- Express an opinion based on the nature, perspective and rigour of texts referring to the course content.
- Know different cases of memories in conflict between different places in different states.
- Know different cases of memories in conflict between different places in the same state.
- Be familiar with the basic bibliography on historical evolution of governmental systems in the countries of reference for the subject.
- Make comparisons between the evolution of governmental systems within a supranational regional area.
- Make comparisons between the levels of regional autonomy within a state.
- Make a critical comparison of the evolution of the large regional areas that are covered in the subject.
- Understand regional specificities within states.
- Demonstrate motivation regarding the quality of the work performed and sensitivity regarding the consequences on the environment and society.
- Engaging in debates about historical facts respecting the other participants' opinions.
- Assessing and critically solving the historiographical problems of war studies.
- Recognising and implementing the following teamwork skills: commitment to teamwork, habit of cooperation, ability to participate in the problem solving processes.
- Applying the necessary abilities in order to assess and spread historical knowledge.
- Communicating in your mother tongue or other language both in oral and written form by using specific terminology and techniques of Historiography.
- Developing the ability of historical analysis and synthesis.
- Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
- Work in teams respecting all points of view. Use the specific vocabulary of history correctly.
- Analysing the various historiographical perspectives in the different periods of history.
- Distinguishing the relation between historiographical theory and practice.
- Demonstrate capacity to adapt to changing environments.
- Capacity to continue future learning independently, acquiring further knowledge and exploring new areas of knowledge.
- Demonstrate initiative and work independently when required.
- Organise work in relation to good time management and planning.
- Value ethical commitment in professional practice.
- Select and generate the information necessary for each problem, analyse it and take decisions based on that information.
Contents
Introduction:Aftermath of Chino-Japanese War in East Asia
Topic 1: Born of new nations in East Asia
Chinese Civil War and the New China
National Division and the Korean War (1945-53)
Japan under occupation
Cold War (1947-1991)
Topic 2: China under Mao(1949-1976):
Installation of the People's Republic of China (1949-1952)
The first Five-Year Plan (1953-1957)
The Hundred Flowers Campaign (1956-1957)
The Great Leap Forward (1958-1965)
The Cultural Revolution (1965-1976)
Topic 3: Japan and Korea (1952-1989):
Economic development and political stability
South Korea: the dictatorship of Park Chung-hee (1962-1979)
North Korea: Kim Il-sung (1948-1994)
Topic 4: Taiwan (1949-1988):
Taiwan: the dictatorship of Chiang Kai-shek (1949-1975) and Chiang Jingguo (1975-1988).
From the end of the Cold War in Asia until today (1991 -present)
Topic 5: China's post-maoism:
The Limits of reformism of Deng Xiaoping (1979-1997) and the events of Tiananmen (1989)
The China under Jiang Zemin (1993-2003)
Hu Jintao and the departure of the socialist market economy (2003-2013)
Topic 6: South Korea and Taiwan from the 90's:
The Asian economic crisis (1997)
The struggles on the street: the process of democratization in South Korea and Taiwan.
Topic 7: Japan from the 80's:
The financial and real estate bubble (1980-1990)
The long economic recovery
After the earthquake disaster and Fukushima nuclear crisis (2011)
Japanese reborn and the expectation of Tokyo 2020 Olympic games
Topic 8: New Chinese Dream: China under Xi Jinping (2013-now)
World’s factory and its economic growth
Xinjiang, Hong Kong and China’s irredentism reclaim onTaiwan
Topic 9: East Asian women's lives through history
East Asian women's changing role after WWII and the Confucianism tradition
Democracy and the Status of Women
Conclusion: Covid-19 in East Asia
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 20 |
| Individual study | 38 | 1.52 | 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 21, 22, 23, 24 |
| Conducting reviews and drafting analytical papers. | 30 | 1.2 | 2, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 |
| Reading and understanding historical texts. | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 19, 20, 22 |
- Lectures.
- Debates and discussions.
- Reading and understanding historical texts.
- Learning to compile historical information.
- Conducting reviews and drafting analytical papers.
- Individual study.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual assingment | 20% | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 8, 9, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 |
| Writing exams | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 26 |
| Group work | 40% | 15 | 0.6 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 |
Continuous assessment
Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing various tasks and tests. These activities are exam, 40%; comprehensive work, 40%; Reflection exercises in class, 20%.
This course does not offer a single-assessment option.
Erasmus and exchange students who request to advance an exam must present a document from their home university justifying their request.
Review
On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
Missed/failed assessment activities
Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5.
The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for.
Classification as \"not assessable\"
Students will obtain a Not assessed/Not submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 1/3 of the assessment items.
Misconduct in assessment activities
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
This subject entirely prohibits the use of AI technologies in all of its activities. Any submitted work that contains content generated using AI will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade will be awarded a zero, without the possibility of reassessment. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.
Classification as \"not assessable\"
Students will obtain a Not assessed/Not submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 1/3 of the assessment items.
Bibliography
GENERAL
- SHIROKAUER, Conrad, and GAY, Suzanne. A Brief History of Japanese Civilization. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2012.
- SHIROKAUER, Conrad, and BROWN, Miranda. A Brief History of Chinese Civilization. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2006.
CHINA
- BOLINAGA, Iñigo. La China de Mao. Del mito a Tiananmen. Madrid: Anaya, 2013.
- DAVIS, Deborah S. The Consumer Revolution in Urban China. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.
- ESTEBAN RODRÍGUEZ, Mario. China después de Tian'anmen. Nacionalismo y cambio político. Barcelona: Edicions Bellaterra, 2007.
- FISAC, Taciana, and TSANG, Steve (eds.). China en transición. Sociedad, cultura, política y economía. Barcelona: Edicions Bellaterra, 2000.
- GOLDMAN, Merle, and MACFARQUHAR, Roderick (eds.). The Paradox of China's Post-Mao Reforms. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.
- GUILLERMAZ, Jacques. Historia del Partido Comunista Chino. Barcelona: Ediciones Península, 1970.
- JOSEPH, William A., WONG, Christine P. W., and ZWEIG, David. New Perspectives on the Cultural Revolution. Cambridge: The Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1991.
- LIN, Min, and GALIKOWSKI, Maria. The Search for Modernity: Chinese Intellectual and Cultural Discourse in the Post-Mao Era. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.
- LOGAN, John R. The New Chinese City: Globalization and Market Reform. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
- MACFARQUHAR, Roderick, and SCHOENHALS, Michael. La revolución cultural china. Barcelona: Crítica, 2009.
- OLLÉ, Manel. Made in China. El despertar social, político y cultural de la China contemporánea. Barcelona: Destino, 2005.
- RÍOS, Xulio. China pide paso. De Hu Jintao a Xi Jinping. Barcelona: Icaria, 2012.
JAPÓN
- BRINTON, Mary C. Women and the Economic Miracle: Gender and Work in Postwar Japan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
- CALDER, Kent E. Crisis and Compensation: Public Policy and Political Stability in Japan, 1949–1986. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988.
- COOX, Alvin D., and DUUS, Peter (eds.). The Cambridge History of Japan, vol. 6: The Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
- CURTIS, Gerald L. The Japanese Way of Politics. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988.
- DOWER, John W. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. New York: W. W. Norton, 1999.
- GORDON, Andrew. A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
- GOTO-JONES, Christopher. Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
- KINGSTON, Jeff. Contemporary Japan: History, Politics and Social Change since the 1980s. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2011.
- MIMURA, Janis. Planning for Empire: Reform Bureaucrats and the Japanese Wartime State. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2011.
COREA
- CLARK, Donald N. Korea in World History. Ann Arbor: Association for Asian Studies, 2012.
- CUMINGS, Bruce. Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997.
- MILLETT, Allan R. The War for Korea. Vol. I: 1945–1950: A House Burning. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2005.
- MILLETT, Allan R. The War for Korea. Vol. II: 1950–1951: They Came from the North. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2010.
TAIWÁN
- CORCUFF, Stéphane (ed.). Memories of the Future: National Identity Issues and the Search for a New Taiwan. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2002.
- ROY, Denny. Taiwan: A Political History. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003.
- RUBINSTEIN, Murray A. (ed.). Taiwan: A New History. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1999.
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Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 50 | English | second semester | afternoon |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 50 | English | second semester | morning-mixed |