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Course
Home Class schedule E-mail the class READINGS Introduction Mongols Muslims Tibet Southwest Ilha Formosa ASSIGNMENTS Mongols Muslims Tibet Southwest Taiwan LINKS Mongols Xinjiang and Islam Tibet Taiwan |
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| UNIT | DAILY TOPICS |
| I. The basics: geography, ecology, history READINGS |
Wednesday 4 Jan: Geography, Ecology, Ethnicity Friday 6 Jan: Chinese Civilizing Projects |
| II. The Mongols: Pastoralism and the State
READINGS ASSIGNMENT LINKS |
Wednesday 11 Jan: The Ecological Frontier in History Friday 13 Jan: Contemporary Mongol Ethnicity |
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III. Muslims in the Northwest and Elsewhere READINGS ASSIGNMENT LINKS |
Wednesday 18 Jan: The Hui--history, religion, identity Guest Lecturer: Jonathan Lipman Friday 20 Jan: Agricultural and Pastoral Peoples Wednesday 25 Jan: Ethnic Conflict Friday 27 Jan: Modern Life Guest Lecturers: Bill Clark and Darren Byler |
| IV: Tibet: Religion, Nationalism,
and Chinese Hegemony READINGS ASSIGNMENT LINKS |
Wednesday 1 Feb: Ecology, Religion, and Population Friday 3 Feb: The Old Society and the Politics of History Wednesday 8 Feb: Cultural Revival? Friday 10 Feb: The Tibet Question Today |
| V: The Southwest: An Ethnographic Case Study READINGS ASSIGNMENT LINKS |
Wednesday 15 Feb: Pieces of an Ethnic Mosaic Friday 17 Feb: Nuosu Society and Culture Wedensday 22 Feb: The Yi and Miao as Minzu Friday 24 Feb: Gender, Tourism, and Representation Monday 27 Feb: Visit to Burke Museum Wednesday 29 Feb: Contemporary Social Issues |
| VI. Taiwan READINGS ASSIGNMENT LINKS |
Friday 2 Mar: Constructing a Provisional Nation Wednesday 7 Mar: Indigeneity and Society |
| VII. Conclusion READINGS |
Friday 9 Mar: Nations, Ethnicity, and Nationalism |