Sylabus
* Minority Policy of Modern China
The course presents an elementary outline of history of modern China, minority policy and ethnic issues in modern China, concentrating on examination of the relation between the state and minority groups. The course is optional, single-semester and it is lectured in English. It is suitable for students enrolled in Chinese Studies, East Asian Studies or Ethnology.
Attendance to lectures is considered mandatory. In order to obtain credits, the student is expected to make a short presentation of a book related to the topic of the course. The presentation is to be turned in to the lecturer also in a written form (length 2-3 pages). The list of titles suitable for the presentation will be available at the beginning of the semester. Final exam takes place according to the preference of the student in the form of an oral examination or a discussion over a paper (length 15 pages). The list of topics will be specified during the course. Knowledge of Mandarin or another language of China is helpful but not required.
The course is lectured by Ond?ej Klimeš, M.A., Oriental Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (www.orient.cas.cz , klimes@orient.cas.cz , o.klimes@gmail.com ). The lectures take place on Wednesdays at 12:30 PM in room # 243, Institute of Far East, Celetná 20.
* Course Schedule 1. Introduction to the theory of nation and nationalism, modern China and ethnic policy 2. Ethnic groups of the PRC 3. Culture vs. race from the ancient times up the Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644) 4. Ethnic conception of the Qing Empire (1644 - 1911) and the origins of modern nationalism in China (1880 - 1911) 5. Ethnic issues in early the Republic of China (1911 - 1927), ethnic policy of the Guomindang (1927 - 1944) 6. CCP and early PRC's minority policy (Conception of nation and nationality in the ideology of the CCP prior to 1949, ethnic policy of the early PRC (1949 - 1978) I. 7. Conception of nation and nationality in the ideology of the CCP prior to 1949, minority policy of the early PRC (1949 - 1978) II. 8. PRC's minority policy in the 1980s (1978 - 1990) I. 9. PRC's minority policy in the 1980s (1978 - 1990) II. 10. PRC's minority policy today I. 11. PRC's minority policy today II. - Xinjiang 12. PRC's minority policy today III. - Tibet 13. Ethnic affairs in modern Taiwan
* Suggested Readings
ANONYMOUS. Law of the People's Republic of China on Regional National Autonomy. Beijing, State Council Information Office, 1984. Available at: .
ANONYMOUS. White Paper on Regional Autonomy for Ethnic Minorities in China. Beijing, State Council Information Office, 2005. Available at: .
BAKEŠOVÁ, Ivana, a F?RST, Rudolf. ?ína ve 20. století. 1+2+3. Olomouc, Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2001, 2002 a 2006.
CROSSLEY, Pamela K., SIU, Helen F. and SUTTON, Donald S., eds. Empire at the Margins. Culture, Ethnicity, and Frontier in Early Modern China. Berkeley, University of California, 2006.
DIK?TTER, Frank. The Discourse of Race in Modern China. Stanford, Stanford University, 1992.
DREYER, June T. China´s Forty Millions. Minority Nationalities and National Integration in the PRC. Cambridge, Harvard University, 1976.
DUARA, Prasenjit. Rescuing History from the Nation. Questionning Narratives of Modern China. Chicago, University of Chicago, 1995.
FAIRBANK, John K. D?jiny ?íny. Praha, Lidové noviny, 1998 a 2004.
GLADNEY, Dru C. Dislocating China. Muslims, Minorities, and Other Subaltern Subjects. Chicago, University of Chicago, 2004.
HARRELL, Stevan, ed. Cultural Encounters in Southwest China. Seattle, University of Washington, 2001.
MACKERRAS, Colin. China's Minority Cultures. Identities and Integration since 1913. New York, St. Martin's, 1995.
ROSSABI, Morris, ed. Governing China's Multiethnic Frontiers. Seattle, University of Washington, 2005.
SLOBODNÍK, Martin. Mao a Buddha. Náboženská politika vo?i tibetskému buddhismu v ?íne. Bratislava, Chronos, 2007.
SPENCE, Jonathan D. The Search for Modern China. New York, London, W. W. Norton & Company, 1990, 1999.
SPENCE, Jonathan D. a CHIN, Annping: ?ína 20. století. Praha, Nakladatelství Svoboda, 1996.