Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2022 - HIST 870 G100

Themes in Asian History (5)

Class Number: 7922

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 7 – Dec 6, 2022: Thu, 1:30–4:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

COURSE DETAILS:

This graduate seminar aims to provide MA and PhD students with the skills and tools necessary to write original articles and papers based on primary sources in modern Chinese history and adjacent fields.  We begin by reading and assessing secondary scholarship, then focus on finding and reading primary sources in Chinese, and conclude with writing workshops in which students present and give feedback on preliminary drafts of their original work.

Grading

  • Book reveiw 14%
  • Brief "Research That Matters" exercises 24%
  • Submission of drafts during writing workshops and written and oral comments on your classmates’ work during workshops 24%
  • Original research paper 38%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Mullaney, Thomas S., and Christopher Rea. Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Other readings will be available from the SFU and UBC libraries, and from online booksellers.


REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Graduate Studies Notes:

Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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