HIST 6960 - Transnational Local: Southeast Asian History from the Eighteenth Century

(crosslisted) ASIAN 6696
(EC-SEAP)

Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Co-meets with ASIAN 3396/HIST 3960.

E. Tagliacozzo.

Surveys the modern history of Southeast Asia with special attentions 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.