HIST 20110 - Race, Religion & Nation in East Asia

Course Credit: 1
This course examines the arrival, development, and impacts of religions and religious institutions in the formation of ideas about race in East Asia. Topics range from European Jesuits, American Protestant missionaries, colonized Korea’s experience with Japanese Shinto, Japanese Protestantism, to China’s Muslim minority. As a HIST 201 course, this seminar is a practical introduction of the critical skills of the historian - including the analysis of primary sources, historiography, historical research and writing, and historical argumentation. Prerequisite(s): 1 full credit course in History; or permission of instructor [C, HSS, W]