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Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Unit I: Introduction: The Rise of Asian Studies
This session will introduce students to the aim of this course and the particular requirements needed to be completed to finish it successfully. It will also provide some essential context on the rise of Asian studies and how they enrich the dominantly Western-led models in social science.
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| Week 2 |
Unit II: Seeing Asia through Disciplinary Lenses
(September 20) Mu-min Chen: Area Studies from the Perspective of International Relations
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| Week 3 |
(Sept 27) Kai-yin Allison Haga (National Sun Yat-sen University): One Asia or Many: A Historical Tale
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| Week 4 |
(Oct 4) Theodoor Richard (National Chug Hsing University) Asian Culture: Finding Connections in Diversity |
| Week 5 |
(Oct 11) Proposal Writing Workshop: Mu-min Chen, Naina Singh
The session aims to provide students with preliminary knowledge about the aim and structure of research conduction.
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| Week 6 |
Unit III: Asia and Researcher Positioning: Insiders and Outsiders
(Oct 18) Roger Liu (National Sun Yat-Sen University): A Taiwanese Gaze in Indian Politics and Strategic Thinking |
| Week 7 |
(Oct 25) Jude Cocodia (Niger Delta University): Why Asian Countries Can’t Get Together: A Pacifist Viewpoint
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| Week 8 |
(Nov 1) Emilian Kavalski & Ewa Trojnar (Jagiellonian University): TBC |
| Week 9 |
National IR Conference
Submission of Mid-Sem Assignment: 8 November 2024
Book Review
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| Week 10 |
(Nov 15) Qualitative Methodology Workshop
LIU Tai-Ting
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| Week 11 |
Unit IV: Research Paths in Asian Studies: Diverse Data and Experiences
(Nov 22) Vaishali Raghuvanshi (Banaras Hindu University): TBC |
| Week 12 |
(Nov 29) Ritika Passi (Observe Research Foundation) Think Tanks and Policy Research |
| Week 13 |
(Dec 6) Atena Feraru (National Chung Hsing University): TBC
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| Week 14 |
(Dec 13) Quantitative Methodology Workshop
Dr Sahand Ebrahimi Pourfaez
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| Week 15 |
Teamwork Presentation
Video Assignment
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| Week 16 |
Review and Discussion |
| Week 17 |
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| Week 18 |
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