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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 |
Monday March 30: Geography, Ecology, Ethnicity April fool! Chinese Civilizing Projects |
| II. The Mongols: Pastoralism and the State
READINGS ASSIGNMENT LINKS |
Monday, April 6 Jan: The Ecological Frontier in History Wednesday, April 8 Jan: Contemporary Mongol Ethnicity Friday, April 10 Mongol Essay Due |
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III. Muslims in the Northwest and Elsewhere READINGS ASSIGNMENT LINKS |
Monday April 13 Jan: The Hui--history, religion, identity Wednesday April 15 Agricultural and Pastoral Peoples Friday April 17 Lipman Review Due Monday April 20 Modern Life Wednesday April 22: Ethnic Conflict Friday April 24 Dautcher Review Due Sunday April 26 Muslim Essay Due |
| IV: Tibet: Religion, Nationalism,
and Chinese Hegemony READINGS ASSIGNMENT LINKS |
Monday April 27: Ecology, Religion, and Population Wednesday April 29: The Old Society and the Politics of History Friday, May 1 Wang and Shakya Review Due Monday May 4: Cultural Revival? Wednesday May 6: The Tibet Question Today Friday May 8 Yeh Review Due Friday May 15Tibet Essay Due |
| V: The Southwest: An Ethnographic Case Study READINGS ASSIGNMENT LINKS |
Monday May 11: Pieces of an Ethnic Mosaic Wednesday May 13: Nuosu Society and Culture Friday May 15: Tibet Essay Due Monday May 18: Development Wednesday May 20: Gender, Tourism, and Representation Friday May 22 Harwood Review Due Wednesday May 27: Gender, Tourism, and Representation Friday May 29 Visit to Burke Museeum; Chio Review Due Sunday May 31 Southwest Essay Due |
| VI. Taiwan READINGS ASSIGNMENT LINKS |
Monday June 1: Constructing a Provisional Nation Wednesday June 3: Indigeneity and Society Monday, June 8 Taiwan Essay Due |