Type of Credit: Elective
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Since the late 17th century, Taiwan has experienced transformation from being an island frontier of the Qing Dynasty, a Japanese colony, a Chinese territory, and to a country with a full-fledged democracy today. Notably, Taiwan has been closely intertwined with China, though sometimes at odds. This lecture/discussion course
will focus on the history of Taiwan, from the 17th to the mid-20th centuries and
explore, in particular, the intertwined relationship between Taiwan and external
forces from a historical perspective. This course will examine key events that had shaped and/or are still shaping cross-(Taiwan) strait relations.
能力項目說明
This course will provide students an overview of Taiwan’s historical development, with an emphasis on the 17-20th centuries. The content of this course aims to enable students to understand contemporary political and social affairs concerning Taiwan in its historical context.
Week 1:
Course Overview; Review of Syllabus; Population and Geography
Week 2: Pre-modern history of Taiwan
Reading: J. Bruce Jacobs, “A History of Pre-Invasion Taiwan” (2016)
Week 3: Arrival of the Europeans
Reading: Tonio Andrade, How Taiwan Became Chinese—Introduction, Chapters 1-3
Week 4: Competition among Maritime Powers
Reading: Tonio Andrade, How Taiwan Became Chinese—Chapters 4-7
Week 5: The “Chinese” Factor
Reading: Tonio Andrade, How Taiwan Became Chinese—Chapters 8-11, Conclusion
Week 6: Under the Chinese Rule (and “Perception”)
Reading: Emma Jinhua Teng, Taiwan’s Imagined Geography—Introduction, Chapters 1-3
Week 7: Classifying the Taiwanese
Reading: Emma Jinhua Teng, Taiwan’s Imagined Geography—Chapters 4-6
Week 8: Making Taiwan “Chinese”
Reading: Emma Jinhua Teng, Taiwan’s Imagined Geography—Chapters 7-9, Conclusion
Week 9: Mid-term review
Week 10: Arrival of the Japanese
Reading: Evan Dawley, Becoming Taiwanese (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019)—Introduction, Chapters 1-2
Week 11: Social Change under the Japanese Rule
Reading: Evan Dawley, Becoming Taiwanese—Chapters 3-5
Week 12:
Cultural Change under the Japanese Rule
Reading: Liao Ping-‐Hui and David Der-‐Wei Wang, eds., Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-‐1945—Chapters 5-8
Week 13:
Art and Literature under the Japanese Rule
Reading: Liao Ping-‐Hui and David Der-‐Wei Wang, eds., Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-‐1945—Chapters 9-12
Week 14:
Colonial Legacy
Reading: Liao Ping-‐Hui and David Der-‐Wei Wang, eds., Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-‐1945—Chapters 13-15, 17
Amae, Yoshihisa, “Pro-colonial or Postcolonial?” (2011)
Week 15:
Postwar Changes under the ROC Rule
Reading: Evan Dawley, Becoming Taiwanese—Chapters 6-7, Conclusion
Week 16-17: Presentation
This course will consist of lectures, discussion, and students’ presentation; active participation in class is expected. Students are expected to finish all required readings before class. Participation will be taken into consideration in determining students’ term grades.
Each student needs to submit: 2 “Exploratory papers” due on Week 8 and 15
Each student needs to submit: 1 “Research Project” (5000 words minimum) on Week 18
The term grade consists of the following:
Class participation and exploratory papers = 50%
Research Project (including Presentation) = 50%