Introduction to Chinese Studies

Semester: Fall

Lecturer: Professor Chihyun Chang

Credit: 3

Course Description: This module aims to provide students with a narrative account for Sinology in 16^th century Continental Europe, modern Chinese history in the 20^th century US and Chinese studies in the international academic world. The four lecturers are specialised in the following four fields, namely the western writing of modern Chinese history, Chinese studies, the Chinese writing of modern Chinese history and sinology, so the sessions of this module are separated into the four components for students to comprehend the making of the scholarship relating to China.

Sessions

Week	Topic
1	From Sinology to Chinese Studies
2	The Western Origins of Sinology
3	The Differentiation of Western Sinology in Britain, America and Continental Europe
4	The Diversion to the Western Writing of Chinese History
5	The New Periodization of Modern China
6	The Diversion to Chinese Philosophy
7	The Differentiation of British and European Sinology
8	The Differentiation of British and American Sinology
9	The Evolution of Sinology from Early Modern to Modern Japan
10	The Making of Rightist Sinology in Prewar Japan
11	The Leftist Sinology in Postwar Japan
12	The Confrontation between Sinology and Chinese Studies
13	Sino-Western Interactions on Sinology in Republican China
14	The Differentiation of Sinology in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
15	Social Sciences and the Rise of Chinese Studies