HIST 3960 - Transnational Local: Southeast Asian History from the Eighteenth Century

(crosslisted) ASIAN 3396
(HST-AS) (HA-AG) (EC-SEAP)

Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Co-meets with ASIAN 6696/HIST 6960.

E. Tagliacozzo.

Surveys the modern history of Southeast Asia with special attention to colonialism, the Chinese diaspora, and socio-cultural institutions. Considers global transformations that brought “the West” into people’s lives in Southeast Asia. Focuses on the development of the modern nation-state, but also questions the narrative by incorporating groups that are typically excluded. Assigns primary texts in translation. (HAN)