HIST 163 - Ethnic Identity and Conflict in China

Upper Division

Prerequisites
Students must have sophomore standing to enroll in upper-division courses.

This course explores how ethnicity played a role in the construction of empire and nation in Chinese history during ancient, imperial, modern, and contemporary periods. The course explores concepts of difference, race, ethnicity, and identity and how the definitions of these ideas changed over time. We will examine the ways that specific groups tried to become part of mainstream Chinese society and/or tried to distinguish themselves from it to demonstrate the historical complexities of the multicultural societies in China and Taiwan.

Core Curriculum Designation(s)
SHCU - Social, Historical, and Cultural Understanding; GP - Global Perspectives

Term Offered
Offered in alternate years.

Course credits: 1