Information, Technology, and Society in Asia 101

1.Introduction: What is Asia? 2.South Asia under Colonialism 3.South-East Asia under Colonialism 4.China-Centred World Order and Decline of the Qing Dynasty 5.The Meiji Restoration 6.Korean Peninsula and Taiwan under Japanese Rule and the Birth of the Divided Nations 7.ROC Era and Establishment of the PRC 8.Rise, Fall and Reconstruction of Japan 9. Decolonization of South Asia 10.Decolonization of South-East Asia 11.International Relations during the Cold War 12. International Relations after the Cold War 13. Comparative Politics in Asia: Authoritarianism, Democracy, and Democratization

In 2024 A1A2 semester, students are required to submit two kinds of assignments. 1: Comments on required readings: by one day before the scheduled lecture date, students are required to upload short comments (100-150 words) on what you learned from the required readings. You are required to upload comments on reading for October 8th lecture by October 10th. You should thus submit a total of 13 comments. 2: TWO take home exams: questions of each take home exam will be given on November 12th 2024 and January 7th 2025 which are related to the lectures taught in the first half and latter half of A1A2 semester respectively. Students are not allowed to choose a question related to the area/country where they come from or are familiar with (for example, students from Japan are not allowed to take a question related to Japan). This is to ensure that students are sufficiently challenged academically and encouraged to think beyond topics that are familiar to them. Students should submit them via UTOL within two weeks from the date the exams are distributed.

Marks are based on short comments (20%) and two take home exams (40% + 40%).

1. Ryo Sahashi, Yasuhiro Matsuda and Waka Aoyama eds., A Handbook of History and International Relations in Asia, Springer (forthcoming in 2024) 2. Rhoads Murphey, A History of Asia, International Edition (New York: Pearson, 2008) 3. Warren I. Cohen, East Asia at the Center (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000)

Chapters of the textbook 1 is open-access. Besides, students can borrow the reference readings 2 and 3 from the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies Library (iii Library), or Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies Library <http://www.lib.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/***** for the entire semester. Syllabus, instructions for take home exams, and PDF files of relevant chapters are all available as PDF files at UTOL. *Please do not circulate the PDF files outside of ITASIA 101. They should be used only for individual study purposes.

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