Readings in East Asian History

This seminar reviews recent and classic works in the flourishing historiography of East Asia and related fields, with attention to underlying research methodologies. We will pay attention to developments in transnational and global history as well as to "the local turn", and explore where methods and questions in the histories of different parts of East Asia and neighboring regions intersect and where they don't. Graduate students from all backgrounds are welcome; please contact the instructor before registering so that your area of interest can be reflected in the topics on the syllabus.