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标题: [转载]An Excellent Summer Course
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【原文由 journeyll 所发表】

美国南加州大学的教授带着学生把历史课堂搬进复旦！
现有机会免费旁听，并和他们赴美国旅游！

时间是7月6日到8月2日，早上九点到下午两点半。
地点：美研中心。
有兴趣者把个人信息发送到15921593425或者shirleyswr@gmail.com
截止日期：6月28日晚20：00.

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EASC 360: Global East Asia
“Global China 1800 to the present: The View from Shanghai and Beyond”
A Special Summer Course to be held in Shanghai, and beyond
Summer 2009

Administered by the East Asian Studies Center, University of Southern Californ

ia
Made possible by a generous grant from the Freeman Foundation, with additional

support from the USC U.S.-China Institute

Brett Sheehan
Associate Professor
Department of History
University of Southern California
bsheehan@usc.edu

The impact of globalization on China and the impact of China on globalization

stand as two of the most important issues of the twenty-first century.  This c

ourse will examine those questions by focusing on urban processes in China, us

ing Shanghai as a special example.

For the last 150 years, or so, Shanghai has been one of the world’s most “gl

obal” cities.  Over that period it has been home to Western and Japanese impe

rialists, refuge for targets of the holocaust, a center of international trade

, a revolutionary example for radical students the world over in the 1960s, an

d a burgeoning center of international finance.  As such, it provides an obvio

us test case to understand globalization and China.  At the same time, the cou

rse will give students the opportunity to compare Shanghai with at least one i

nland city, and with rural China as well.

Course Goals:

Intellectual Goals: Use the Chinese case and the view from Shanghai to teach s

tudents that,
1. Globalization is not a new phenomenon, nor does it proceed in a linear and

inexorable fashion.  Globalization has its history, its turns and twists and e

ven reversals.  For example, the spread of Communism in the mid-twentieth cent

ury was one aspect of globalization.
2. Globalization is not a one-way street from West to East (or North to South)

, but involves mutual influence and responds to the impact of domestic and loc

al forces.  It is multifaceted.  It affects politics, the economy, society, an

d culture in complex ways, often with unexpected consequences.
3. China historically has had a mixed response to globalization, embracing it

at times and resisting it at others.  In any case, China will have a heavy imp

act on the future of a globalized world.
4. China’s globalization is inextricably linked to ideas of what “global” o

r “modern” mean.  In other words, globalization is not just a process of eco

nomic production or political cooperation, it is also a product of imagining a

nd constructing what “global” means.

Skills Goals: Use the Chinese case and the view from Shanghai to teach student

s how to,
1. Read and think critically.
2. Associate large-scale global processes with individual lived experience.
3. Use a multi-disciplinary approach to understand complex phenomenon.

Readings:

Books:

Link, et al, eds., Popular China: Unofficial Culture in a Globalizing Society,

Rowman and Littlefield, 2001, 978-0742510791, specifically:
Morris, Andrew, “‘I Believe You Can Fly’: Basketball Culture in Postsociali

st China,”
Chan, Anita, “The Culture of Survival: Lives of Migrant Workers Through the P

risim of Private Letters,”
Pickowitz, Paul and Liping Wang, “Village Voices, Urban Activists: Women, Vio

lence and Gender Inequality in Rural China,”
Geyer, Robert, “In Love and Gay,”
Davis, Deborah, “When a House Becomes His Home,”
Hanser, Amy, “The Chinese Enterprising Self: Educated Urbanites and the Searc

h for Work,”
Zhang, Li, “Urban Experiences and Social Belonging Among Chinese Rural Migran

ts,”

Chang, Natasha Pang-Mei, Bound Feet and Western Dress: A Memoir, Anchor, 1997,

978-0385479646

Cao Guanglong, The Attic: Memoir of a Landlord’s Son, California, 1998, 978-0

520204065

Course Reading Packet

Gaubatz, Piper Rae, “Urban Transformation in Post-Mao China: Impacts of the R

eform Era on China’s Urban Form,” in Deborah Davis et al, eds, Urban Spaces

in Contemporary China: The Potential for Autonomy and Community in Post-Mao Ch

ina, Cambridge, 1995, 28-69, 978-0521474108.
Xu Sitao “China’s Rumble with Globalization,” part 1, Yale Global Online (2

2 July 2008), http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=11101 (available i

n course reading packet, online content may not be accessible from China).
Fenby, Jonathan, “China’s Rumble with Globalization,” part 2, Yale Global O

nline (July 24, 2008), http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=11108 (av

ailable in course reading packet, online content may not be accessible from Ch

ina).

Conditions of Admission and Award of the Scholarship

Your participation in EASC 360 is substantially funded by generous grants from

the Freeman Foundation and several USC units.  As a condition of admission in

to EASC 360 and award of the scholarship, you agree to participate in communit

y outreach early in fall semester upon your return from China.  Community outr

each will most likely take the form of presentation of your final project to a

local high school.

Assignments

There are 100 total points possible, allocated as follows:

Attendance

Attendance at all pre-departure meetings, class sessions, on all class trips,

and in follow-up community enrichment programs is mandatory.  Each unexcused a

bsence will result in a deduction of 5 points.

Chinese Language Instruction (10 points or 10%)

In order to enrich your experience in China you are required to attend a numbe

r of sessions of Chinese language instruction while you are in China.  Your at

tendance and engagement with instruction will be graded by the teaching assist

ant.

Response Papers (30 points or 30%)

Much of this course is about reading and seeing new things.  In order to help

you organize your thoughts about what you see and read, ten one-page response

papers (3 points or 3% each) will be submitted for most course periods as indi

cated in the schedule.

Analytical Papers (30 points or 30%) (Two 2-page papers at 15 points or 15% ea

ch)

One of the skills you will learn in this class is how to read and think critic

ally.  In these two papers, you will think critically about primary sources an

d construct a thesis suggested by those sources.

“The two-page paper is the “dirty-handed” paper: it derives from precepts n

ot from concepts.  It draws its initial strength from contact with the evidenc

e, not from stimulation by the world of ideas... Two-page papers are hard to w

rite because they require an idea, an inspiration, a light bulb switching on a

bove your head.”
David N. Keightley

The analytical paper focuses narrowly on a few pieces of evidence, but should

have a larger import.  It is not descriptive, but explanatory, arguing from sp

ecific evidence to general conclusions.  Above all, keep your argument simple

and clear.  You must deal with one or more primary sources.  Relevant primary

sources will come from one of the two memoirs we read (Bound Feet and The Atti

c).  Secondary sources (such as lectures) will be helpful to put these primary

sources in context, but will not be the focus of the paper.  Good papers will

be specific and place the evidence at hand in context.

Your first paragraph should include a statement of your thesis.  The body of t

he essay contains the supporting arguments and evidence.  In the conclusion yo

u may draw out the implications of your argument, but do not introduce new ide

as in a way that distracts the reader and takes the punch out of your argument

.  Avoid repetition, sweeping and unsupported generalizations and loose logic.

  Make sure transitions from sentence to sentence and paragraph to paragraph f

low smoothly and are logical.

You may write on any theme of significance.  Themes might involve: (1) the nat

ure of the state and political culture; (2) hybridity; (3) gender roles; (4) i

nternational influence on China; (5) China’s influence on the world; (6) urba

n structures and urban life; (7) the power of cultural products to construct i

maginations of global modernity, etc.  This list is not exhaustive, but you ma

y find it useful.

Give the paper a title.  A good title suggests an argument.  Some examples of

good titles: “No Pain No Gain: Maintaining the Social Order Through Zhou Mour

ning Rituals”; “Losers in the Zuo Zhuan”; “Late-Neolithic China: a Quiet S

hift to Male Domination?”; “Teenage Wasteland: Youth in the Cultural Revolut

ion.”  Some examples of bad titles: “The Role of Women in Urban China” or “

Globalization in Chinese History.”

You are required to show that you have read carefully and formulate and suppor

t a thesis using examples and quotes from the readings.  You may find the “Ev

aluation Sheet” for analytical papers helpful in understanding their form and

content.

Since you will be using only class readings, formal footnotes are not necessar

y.  Simply cite the source in parentheses in the text.  Examples: (The Attic,

p. 21); (Lecture, 7/6).

Final Group Project (30 points or 30%)

For the final group project, students will be divided into groups of 4 or 5 wi

th group assignments made at the discretion of the instructor.  In this final

project you will explore the impact of globalization on Shanghai’s built envi

ronment and the lives of city people.  Choose a neighborhood, a building, or a

n infrastructure complex (such as a wharf) and track the uses of that place ov

er the last 100 years or so.  You will find old photographs and descriptions o

f places on many websites.  “Virtual Shanghai: Shanghai Urban Space in Time”

at http://virtualshanghai.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/ should be especially useful.  As

you prepare your projects, visit the place you are studying at least once and

discuss other avenues of research with the professor.

Possible research subjects:
Huaihuai Road (Huaihai Lu 淮海路)
Nanjing Road (Nanjing Lu 南京路)
Suzhou Creek (Suzhou He 苏州河)
The Bund (waitan 外滩)
The City God Temple Area (chenghuangmiao 城隍庙)
Xujiahui (徐家汇)

The format of your final project is limited only by your imaginations.  It sho

uld contain a text which explains how use of this neighborhood, building, or i

nfrastructure complex has changed over the last century or more within the con

text of globalization as explored in the class readings, lectures and discussi

ons.  It should also include some sort of audio visual component for presentat

ion to the rest of the class.  Remember, this assignment is not just about bui

ldings, but also about the people who use spaces and their activities.  Also r

emember, you will present this project to a Los Angeles high school upon your

return to the United States in the fall.

Academic Integrity
USC seeks to maintain an optimal learning environment. General principles of a

cademic honesty include the concept of respect for the intellectual property o

f others, the expectation that individual work will be submitted unless otherw

ise allowed by an instructor, and the obligations both to protect one’s own a

cademic work from misuse by others as well as to avoid using another’s work a

s one’s own. All students are expected to understand and abide by these princ

iples. Scampus, the Student Guidebook, contains the Student Conduct Code in Se

ction 11.00, while the recommended sanctions are located in Appendix A: http:/

/www.usc.edu/dept/publications/SCAMPUS/gov/. Students will be referred to the

Office of Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards for further review,

should there be any suspicion of academic dishonesty. The Review process can

be found at: http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/SJACS/.

USC is committed to the general principles of academic honesty that include an

d incorporate the concept of respect for the intellectual property of others,

the expectation that individual work will be submitted unless otherwise allowe

d by an instructor, and the obligations both to protect one’s own academic wo

rk from misuse by others as well as to avoid using another’s work as one’s o

wn.  By taking this course, students are expected to understand and abide by t

hese principles.  Students who base their essays or arguments on someone else’

s work should make sure to cite that source properly and acknowledge their use

of it.  Those who are uncertain about how to do this are strongly encouraged

to ask for help from the professor and review USC’s “Guide to Avoiding Plagi

arism.”

Unless otherwise instructed, you are required to send an electronic copy of ev

ery writing assignment to the TurnitIn facility available on Blackboard.  All

writing assignments are subject to an originality review as performed by Turni

tin technologies (http://www.turnitin.com  to find textual similarities with o

ther Internet content or previously submitted student work.  Students of this

course retain the copyright of their own original work, and Turnitin is not pe

rmitted to use student-submitted work for any other purpose than (a) performin

g an originality review of the work, and (b) including that work in the databa

se against which it checks other student-submitted work.  If your creative pro

ject is in a format not conducive for digital submission to Turnitin, send an

email to professor Sheehan, with a copy to your TA, explaining your situation

and requesting permission to hand in only a hard copy.

Disability Services and Programs
Any student requesting accommodations based on a disability is required to reg

ister with disability Services and Programs (DSP) each semester.  A letter of

verification for approved accommodations can be obtained from DSP.  Please be

sure that the letter is delivered to Professor Sheehan as early in the semeste

r as possible.  DSP is located in STU 301, (213) 740-0776, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Monday through Friday.

Class Notes Policy
Notes or recordings made by students in this class based on my lectures, on di

scussion group, or on class discussions may only be made for the purposes of i

ndividual or group study, or for other non-commercial purposes that reasonably

arise from your membership in this class. Permission to make notes or recordi

ngs falls within my discretion as the instructor and as informed by instructio

nal purposes, classroom order, property interests, and other reasonable consid

erations arising in the academic context. Notes and recordings of this class m

ay not be exchanged or distributed for any commercial purpose, for compensatio

n, or for any purpose other than your personal study. Unless authorized by the

University in advance and explicitly and in writing permitted by me, commerci

al or any non-personal use of class notes or recordings constitutes an unautho

rized commercial activity in violation of the Student Conduct Code, and studen

ts who violate this policy are subject to University discipline. As the instru
ctor in this course, I retain intellectual property rights in t
he lecture material pursuant to U.S. copyright law and California Civil Code 9

80(a)(1). Misuse of course notes or recordings derived from lecture material m

ay also subject you to legal proceedings.

Schedule
(Details of the schedule are subject to change at the discretion of the instru

ctor in order to accommodate travel arrangements or academic needs.)

Preliminaries
TBA: Prior to Departure there will be mandatory meetings for orientation and o

rganization.  You will be informed of the scheduled times and places.
• Friday 3 July – departure from Los Angeles (arrive in China Saturday

4 July)
• Saturday 4 July – arrive in Shanghai and move into dorms
• Sunday 5 July – day to rest and get over jet lag

Class Week One – Shanghai and Sino-Western Interaction late 19th to early 20t

h centuries
• Monday 6 July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – class session: organization, orientation, and introdu

ction
Afternoon 1:30-2:30 – Chinese language instruction
• Tuesday 7 July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – China and the global economy prior to 1800
Afternoon – trip to Shanghai History Museum
• Wednesday 8 July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – Treaty Ports and a new elite, read first half of Chan

g, Bound Feet and Western Dress
Afternoon 1:30-2:30 – Chinese language instruction

Response on first half of Bound Feet and Western Dress due
• Thursday 9 July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – Treaty ports and the new elite, read second half of C

hang, Bound Feet and Western Dress
Afternoon 1:30-2:30 – Chinese language instruction
Evening – leave by train for Tianjin

Response on second half of Bound Feet and Western Dress due
Long Weekend One – The Treaty port as a “type” field trip to Tianjin
• Friday 10 July – Arrive early morning by train in Tianjin.  Tour of T

ianjin’s former foreign concessions / or trip to Binhai xinqu / or trip to Ya

ngliuqing Shijia Dayuan
• Saturday 11 July - Tour of Tianjin’s former foreign concessions / or

trip to Binhai xinqu / or trip to Yangliuqing Shijia Dayuan
• Sunday 12 July - Tour of Tianjin’s former foreign concessions / or tr

ip to Binhai xinqu / or trip to Yangliuqing Shijia Dayuan – evening take trai

n to Shanghai
Class Week Two – Urban Transformation under Maoism
• Monday 13 July
Morning 11:00-12:00 am – One hour morning class to discuss final projects
• Tuesday 14 July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – Shanghai Under Mao, read Cao 1-83.
Afternoon 1:30-2:30 – Chinese language instruction

Response to Cao, 1-83 due.
• Wednesday 15 July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – Chinese city design and urban systems, read Gaubatz a

nd Cao, 84-125.
Afternoon 1:30-2:30 – Chinese language instruction

Response to Gaubatz and Cao, 84-125 due.
• Thursday 16 July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – A city divided, Cao 126-155, Davis
Afternoon – half-day field trip for double-decker bus tour.

Response to Cao 126-155 and Davis due.
• Friday 17 July – free day to catch up on homework, work on final proj

ects, and pack for Taiyuan trip.
Long Weekend Two –Trip to Taiyuan / Pingyao for comparison with Shanghai and

Tianjin.
• Saturday 18 July - Taiyuan tour of city and Shanxi history / Pingyao /

village
• Sunday 19 July - Taiyuan tour of city and Shanxi history / Pingyao / v

illage
• Monday 20 July - Travel day, fly back to Shanghai from Taiyuan, no cla

ss
Class Week Three – City People and the Built Environment under Reform
• Tuesday 21 July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – Film in Shanghai and Shanghai in film, film TBA
Afternoon 1:30-2:30 – Chinese language instruction

First analytical Paper (Bound Feet and Western Dress) due.
• Wednesday 22 July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – Gender in urban and rural China, read Pickowitz and G

eyer
Afternoon 1:30-2:30 – Chinese language instruction

Response to Pickowitz and Geyer due
• Thursday 23 July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – Migrants, read Chan and Zhang

Response to Chang and Zhang due.
• Friday 24 July - Field trip to movie studio lot or water park– a new

“imagining” of China’s place in the world

Second analytical paper on Cao due before you leave for the field trip.

Weekend Three
• Saturday 25 July - Day field trip to a “canal city” or village near

Shanghai / work on final projects
• Sunday 26 July - Day field trip to a “canal city” or village near Sh

anghai / work on final projects
Week Four – Globalization and Contemporary Urban Culture
• Monday 27 July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – China and globalization, read Xu and Fenby
Afternoon 1:30-2:30 – Help with final projects

Response on Xu and Fenby due.
• Tuesday 28 July
Hanser
Afternoon – half day field trip to tour the Zhangjiang Technology Park in Pud

ong

Response on Hanser due.
• Wednesday 29  July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – World” sports – the Olympics, the tennis Masters Cu

p, Formula One, Basketball…, read Morris
Afternoon 1:30-2:30 – Help with final projects

Response on Morris due.Morning 9:00-12:00 am – Technology transfer, read
• Thursday 30 July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – Presentation of student projects and discussion of co

urse conclusions
• Friday 31 July
Morning 9:00-12:00 am – Presentation of student projects and discussion of co

urse conclusions
Evening – final banquet
Departure
• Saturday 1 August – preparing to leave
• Sunday 2 August – departure

TBA Fall 2009 – mandatory participation in activities related to community ou

treach.

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