Transnational Local: Southeast Asian History from the Eighteenth Century

4.0 credits · Undergraduate

Surveys the modern history of Southeast Asia with special attention 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. (ASIAN-SC, HIST-HAN)