The Asian History major offers a suite of courses covering developments in a wide range of Asian societies from early times to the recent past. The major provides students with grounding in the course of history in a variety of Asian societies and it builds an empirical basis for the comparative analysis of historical and contemporary developments in Asia and the rest of the world. The major trains students in techniques of source criticism and document analysis, instructs them in the marshalling of evidence for the development of analysis and argument, develops their skills in narrative analysis and in critically applying social science theory to past societies that differ greatly from the western context in which most such theories were developed. The major assists them to analyse the social and cultural context to which history writing and historical memory are put and develops an understanding of the historical traditions of Asian societies.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand historical forces that have shaped Asian states and societies.
- Develop and apply critical thinking skills to understand the regional and global significance of historical events and developments in Asia and the Pacific.
- Identify and critique the uses that are made of history in contemporary Asian societies.
- Understand the techniques that historians use to develop understandings of the past and the meaning of the past to different social groups.
- Construct coherent arguments based on evidence drawn from the past.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
The Asian History Major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:
18 units from the following compulsory courses
ASIA2307 History of Empire in Asia
ASIA3029 Reconciliation and the Memory of Conflict in Asia
HIST2110 Approaches to History
A minimum of 12 units from the following advanced courses:
ASIA3011 Samurai Society and Social Control in Japan
ASIA3033 Rethinking Northeast Asia
ASIA3088 The Korean War
ASIA3272 Truth and Falsity in Indian History and Politics
HIST3007 Making History
MEAS3006 Turkish History: Ottoman State to Modern Turkey
A maximum of 18 units from the following issues courses
ASIA1999 The Origins of Political Order in Asia
ASIA2006 Gender in Korean History
ASIA2009 The Making of Modern Japan: From Samurai to Economic Superpower and Beyond
ASIA2016 The Mongol Empire in World History
ASIA2017 History of International Relations in Northeast Asia
ASIA2037 History of Modern China
ASIA2039 Burma/Myanmar - a Country in Crisis
ASIA2040 The Making of Modern Korea
ASIA2041 Mainland Southeast Asia: Colonial and Postcolonial Predicaments
ASIA2044 Chinese History: The Imperial Period (221 BC - 1800)
ASIA2049 Politics and Society in Contemporary Korea
ASIA2054 Chinese Philosophy: Creation and Development
ASIA2167 Borders and their Transgressions in Mainland Southeast Asia
ASIA2270 India Past and Present: The impact of pre-colonial history on India today
ASIA2271 The Making of South Asia
ASIA2301 Human Migration and Expansion in the Rise of the Asia-Pacific
ASIA2308 Linguistic Histories in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA2516 Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development
ASIA5920 Semester in Asia (6 units only)
HIST2136 World at War, 1939-1945
HIST2141 The Cold War: 1945-1989
MEAS2000 Iranian History and Culture
MEAS2003 Modern Turkey: History, Politics and Culture
WARS2004 War in the Islands: The Second World War in the Pacific
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