Asian Studies Program, University at Buffalo

Asian Studies Graduate Courses for Fall 2010

*DEPARTMENT*	#	*Credit*	*COURSE TITLE*	*REG.*	*TIME/PLACE*	*Instructor*
AMERICAN STUDIES	AMS 500	3	COMPARATIVE ETHNIC CRITIQUES IN ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES	464624	T, 10:30-13:10 1004 CLEMENS	WU
ART HISTORY	AHI 541	3	TOPICS IN CHINESE ART	434402	M, 14-16:40 606 CLEMENS	HUANG
ECONOMICS	ECO 518	3	ECONOMICS OF EAST ASIA	488519	M W F, 9:00- 9:50 222 NSC	GANTI
	ECO 595	3	TOPICS IN INT'L ECONOMICS	462279	T R, 9:30-10:50 444 FRONCZAK	CHANG
GEOGRAPHY	GEO 640	3	THE ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMY	058939	W, 15:00-17:40 106 WILKESON	POON
HISTORY	HIS 612	3	RESEARCH IN CHINESE HISTORY	441796	ARR	DESFORGES

History 612, Research in Chinese History, Spring 2010, Des Forges

This seminar offers an introduction to the many tools and sources for conducting research in Chinese history. It focuses on the last four centuries of history, from the late Ming to the present. It will address such questions as: how to choose a feasible topic; how to find out what scholarship already exists on the topic; how to locate and read primary as well as secondary materials; how to keep abreast of current scholarship as you labor in the field or in libraries and archives; and how to bring the results of your research to public attention. The major texts will be Endymion Wilkinson, Chinese History: A Manual (Cambridge: Harvard University East Asian Center, 1998) and Maria Heimer and Stig Thogersen, Doing Fieldwork in China (Honolulu: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, distributed by University of Hawaii Press, 2006).

More information: Asian Studies Program, 714 Clemens, 645-3474, asian-studies@buffalo.edu