Junior History Tutorial l
CSS 427
Spring 2007
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01
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Southeast Asia is one of the most diverse and fascinating regions of the world. It comprises the nation-states of Brunei, Cambodia Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, and Vietnam. It includes the world's largest Islamic country (Indonesia); its most urbanized nation-state (Singapore); the homeland of some of the world's most successful diasporic communities (Vietnam, the Philippines); and the heartland of some of the world's most widely spoken languages: Malay/Indonesian (270 million speakers); Thai/Lao (90 million speakers); Vietnamese (75 millions speakers); and Tagalog (60 million speakers). Since the end of the Second World War, it has also been one of the most violent places on the face of the globe. Revolution, decolonization, national independence, state-building, and democratization have all involved violent upheavals. This course examines the role of `violence¿ in the making of modern Southeast Asian history. Using case studies from around the region, we will examine how historians have accounted for the occurrence, nature, and significance of violence in Southeast Asia. What kinds of explanation (e.g., cultural, economic, political) have historians resorted to? How much human agency is involved in their accounts? How do Southeast Asians view, and experience, the violence of their history differently from outside participants and observers? Are Western modes of historical narrative and analysis the only or best ways of representing and explaining violence in Southeast Asia? This course will be as much about ways of representing history as it is about the recent Southeast Asian past. Lecture topics: 1. Introduction to modern Southeast Asian history and the problem of violence; 2. Revolution; 3. Decolonization; 4. Nationalism; 5. State-building and democratization; 6. Memory; 7. Conclusions. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: CSS414 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 - 3rd Quarter |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Benedict Anderson, THE SPECTRE OF COMPARISONS: NATIONALISM, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE WORLD
Bao Ninh, THE SORROW OF WAR
Walter Benjamin, "CRITIQUE OF VIOLENCE," IN SELECTED WRITINGS, VOLUME 1, 1913-1926
Mary P. Callahan, MAKING ENEMIES: WAR AND STATE BUILDING IN BURMA
Dipesh Chakrabarty, PROVINCIALIZING EUROPE: POSTCOLONIAL THOUGHT AND HISTORICAL DIFFERENCE
Freek Colombin and J. Thomas Lindblad (eds), ROOTS OF VIOLENCE IN INDONESIA: CONTEMPORARY VIOLENCE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Tony Day, FLUID IRON: STATE FORMATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Ben Kiernan, THE POL POT REGIME: RACE, POWER, AND GENOCIDE IN CAMBODIA UNDER THE KHMER ROUGE, 1975-79
Alan Klima, THE FUNERAL CASINO: MEDITATION, MASSACRE, AND EXCHANGE WITH THE DEAD IN THAILAND
Geoffrey Robinson, THE DARK SIDE OF PARADISE: POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN BALI
Jonathan Shay, ACHILLES IN VIETNAM: COMBAT T! RAUMA AND THE UNDOING OF CHARACTER
Hue-Tam Ho Tai, THE COUNTRY OF MEMORY: REMAKING THE PAST IN LATE SOCIALIST VIETNAM
Mary S. Zurbuchen (ed.), BEGINNING TO REMEMBER: THE PAST IN THE INDONESIAN PRESENT
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Examinations and Assignments:
To be announced. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Required for all CSS majors. This is a third quarter course. |
| Instructor(s): Day,Tony Times: .....F. 02:00PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC421; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 15 | Permission of instructor will be granted during the drop/add period. Students must submit either a ranked or unranked drop/add request for this course. |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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