China as Scientific Powerhouse
HIST 386
Spring 2022 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
SISP 285, CEAS 222 |
Science, technology, and medicine played an integral role in the China's transition to modernity and inspired dramatic economic, social, and political transformations. As scholars of modern China developed a keen interest in transnational histories and comparative methodologies, they have paid closer attention to the histories of science, technology, and medicine. This course introduces students to this emerging field of study. It examines broad philosophical questions that motivate the research in history of those areas. We will learn to explore science, technology, and medicine in China on "its own terms" by understanding how the unique political and social challenges of modern China shaped Chinese science. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS-MN)(CEAS)(CEAS-Arcp/Hist)(HIST-MN)(HIST)(IDEA-MN)(IDEA)(STS) |
Major Readings:
Benjamin Elman, A CULTURAL HISTORY OF MODERN SCIENCE IN CHINA
Shigehisa Kuriyama, THE EXPRESSIVENESS OF THE BODY AND THE DIVERGENCE OF GREEK AND CHINESE MEDICINE
Francesca Bray, TECHNOLOGY AND GENDER: FABRICS OF POWER IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA
Sean Lei, NEITHER DONKEY NOR HORSE: MEDICINE IN THE STRUGGLE OVER CHINA'S MODERNITY
Sigrid Schmalzer, THE PEOPLE'S PEKING MAN: POPULAR SCIENCE AND HUMAN IDENTITY IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHINA
Susan Greenhalgh and Li Zhang, CAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SAVE CHINA?
Other readings will be posted on Moodle.
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Examinations and Assignments:
One book review
Short weekly assignments
One case study paper (6-8pp.) |
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