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HISTORY, IDENTITY AND WORLDVIEW: CHINA FROM THE CENTURY OF HUMILIATION TO NATIONAL REJUVENATION

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HISTORY, IDENTITY AND WORLDVIEW: CHINA FROM THE CENTURY OF HUMILIATION TO NATIONAL REJUVENATION

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Anno accademico 2023/2024

Codice attività didattica
CPS0283
Docente
Anastas Vangeli (Titolare dell'insegnamento)
Corso di studio
Corso di laurea magistrale in Scienze internazionali (Classe LM-52)
Anno
1° anno, 2° anno
Periodo
Primo semestre
Tipologia
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Crediti/Valenza
3
SSD attività didattica
NN/00 - nessun settore scientifico
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Tradizionale
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Sommario insegnamento

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Obiettivi formativi

 

The laboratory aims to provide students with essential notions about the historical trajectory of China as a global actor from the first Opium War until the present day, and combine it with analysis of current events. With a solid grasp of China's recent foreign relations history, and with the context and perspective provided through the in-class discussions, students will develop a more nuanced understanding of the global role that China is currently playing, and the role it is poised to play in the future.

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Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

By the end of the laboratory students will be able to understand and discuss the most important topics related to the question of the global role and trajectory of the People's Republic of China, provide a critical analysis of them, and apply them in their further research or practical work. They will be able to weave through the history of China’s foreign relations, and will be prepared to confidently discuss current events. Students will be able to further deepen their knowledge through the bibliography recommended during the course.

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Programma

 

The laboratory will be taught during 6 thematic sessions. Every session will last for 3 hours. The sessions will be interactive, and will feature discussions, student presentations and comments, and revision of the previously covered material.

 

Class 1  [5/10/2023 - 17.00-20.00] – Introduction + The Century of Humiliation and its Meaning
Class 2  [6/10/2023 - 17.00-20.00] – Revolution, Communism and the Birth of the New China
Class 3 [12/10/2023 - 17.00-20.00] – China’s Integration in Global Capitalism
Class 4 [13/10/2023 - 17.00-20.00] – The Era of Aspiration and Friction
Class 5 [19/10/2023 - 17.00-20.00] – Taking Stock of the 20th Party Congress
Class 6 [20/10/2023 - 17.00-20.00] – Global China, Big Power Rivalries and Future Challenges

 

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Modalità di insegnamento

 

The laboratory will be held online.

Thursday 5 October 2023 - from 5 pm to 8 pm

Friday 6 October 2023 - from 5 pm to 8 pm

Thursday 12 October 2023 - from 5 pm to 8 pm

Friday 13 October 2023 - from 5 pm to 8 pm

Thursday 19 October 2023 - from 5 pm to 8 pm

Friday 20 October 2023 - from 5 pm to 8 pm 

Given the work plan of the course, attending students are required to participate on a regular basis.

 

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Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

 

In order to obtain the relevant 3CFU, students will be required to give one mini-presentation in class, and to produce a short essay and submit it via Moodle by January 15, 2023. Details will be discussed in class.

Students who do not wish to obtain the relevant 3CFU, may nonetheless attend the laboratory and fully participate in its activities. They will not be required to produce written work, but will be expected to attend regularly.

Testi consigliati e bibliografia

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Students are expected to have completed the assigned required readings before each class, and are highly encouraged to explore the optional ones. For some sessions, there are movies recommendations as well.



Class 1 - The Century of Humiliation and its Meaning

Required
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, “Imperial China” in China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs To Know®, (Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. 19-35.
Wang Zheng, “Never forget national humiliation.” The Focus: Postcolonial dialogues/ IIAS Newsletter (2014). https://www.iias.asia/sites/default/files/nwl_article/2019-05/IIAS_NL59_3233.pdf

Further / Optional
David Scott, China and the International System, 1840-1949: Power, Presence and Perceptions in a Century of Humiliation (SUNY Press, 2008).
William A. Callahan, “National Insecurities: Humiliation, Salvation, and Chinese Nationalism.” Alternatives 29 (2004), pp. 199-;218.

Class 2 - Revolution, Communism and the Birth of the New China

Required
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, “Revolutions and Revolutionaries” in China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs To Know®, (Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. 36-66.
Julia Lovell, “What is Maoism?” and “World Revolution” in Maoism: A Global History (Bodley Head, 2019).

Further/ Optional
John Garver, The History of the Foreign Relations of the PRC (Oxford University Press, 2016), Chapters 2, 3, 5 and 9.
Chen Jian, Mao's China and the Cold War (UNC Press, 2001).

Movies
China: A Century of Revolution, Part 1. (1997). Director: Sue Williams. https://archive.org/details/china..a.century.of.revolution/China+-+A+Century+of+Revolution+-+Part+1+-+1911+to+1949.avi
China: A Century of Revolution, Part 2. (1997). Director: Sue Williams. https://archive.org/details/china..a.century.of.revolution/China+-+A+Century+of+Revolution+-+Part+2+-+1949++to+1976.avi
The Founding of a Republic (2009), Directors: Sanping Han, Jianxin Huang.

Class 3 - China’s Integration in Global Capitalism

Required
John Garver, The History of the Foreign Relations of the PRC (Oxford University Press, 2016), Chapters 13 and 15.
Rush Doshi, The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Oxford University Press, 2021), Chapter 3.

Further/ Optional
Tian Yu Cao, The Chinese Model of Modern Development (Routledge, 2005). Introduction and Conclusion.
Yin-wah Chu, Chinese Capitalisms (Routdlege, 2010), Chapters 1 and 3.

Movie
China: A Century of Revolution, Part 3. (1997). Director: Sue Williams. https://archive.org/details/china..a.century.of.revolution/China+-+A+Century+of+Revolution+-+Part+3+-+1976+to+1997.avi

Class 4 -; The Era of Achievements and Aspirations

Required
Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, “What the West Gets Wrong About China,” Harvard Business Review (2021), https://hbr.org/2021/05/what-the-west-gets-wrong-about-china
Anastas Vangeli, “The Normative Foundations of the Belt and Road Initiative” in Shan W. et al, Normative Readings of the Belt and Road Initiative (Springer 2018), pp. 59-83.

Further/ Optional
Avery Goldstein, “China’s Grand Strategy under Xi Jinping,” International Security 45/1 (2020), pp.164-201.

Movies
Wolf Warrior 2 (2017). Director: Wu Jing.
The Wandering Earth (2019). Director: Guo Fan.

Class 5 -; Taking Stock of the 20th Party Congress

Required
Frank N. Pieke & Bert Hofman (eds), CCP Futures (2022). Sections 1 and 2. https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/b54307ac-5208-452a-ae68-1d11b2fad86e/7

Further/ Optional
Follow reputable news sources on the CCP Congress.

Class 6 -; Global China, Big Power Rivalries and Future Challenges

Required
Daniel Rosen, “A Post-Engagement US-China Relationship?” Rhodium Group (2018). https://rhg.com/research/post-engagement-us-china-relationship/
Frank N. Pieke & Bert Hofman (eds), CCP Futures (2022). Section 6. https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/b54307ac-5208-452a-ae68-1d11b2fad86e/7

Further/ Optional
Graham Allison, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017).
Zhao Suisheng, “Engagement on the Defensive: From the Mismatched Grand Bargain to the Emerging US-;China Rivalry,” Journal of Contemporary China 28/118 (2019), pp. 1-18.




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Note

Erasmus students and students with special needs are invited to reach out to the professor at the beginning of the semester so as to make proper arrangements.

Professor Vangeli meets students by previous appointment in person and on the Webex platform if needed.
Students are required to schedule the appointment via email (anastas.vangeli@unito.it and virginia.mariano@unito.it) by Friday of the previous week.

The laboratory will be held online.

Thursday 5 October 2023 - from 5 pm to 8 pm

Friday 6 October 2023 - from 5 pm to 8 pm

Thursday 12 October 2023 - from 5 pm to 8 pm

Friday 13 October 2023 - from 5 pm to 8 pm

Thursday 19 October 2023 - from 5 pm to 8 pm

Friday 20 October 2023 - from 5 pm to 8 pm 

The link will be send to registered students by email.

The laboratory has not maximum number of attending students.


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