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READINGS
Introduction
Mongols
Muslims
Tibet
Southwest
Ilha Formosa

ASSIGNMENTS
Mongols
Muslims
Tibet
Southwest
Taiwan

LINKS
Mongols
Xinjiang and Islam
Tibet
Taiwan

CLASS SCHEDULE




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
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