Marsea I: Crit Approaches

Prerequisites: Enrollment in the MARSEA program This seminar represents the first half of a year-long course designed for students in the MARSEA program. It offers an introduction to the social scientific study of East Asia, with special attention to China, Japan, the two Koreas, and Taiwan. With the aid of guest presentations by faculty and scholars affiliated with the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, we will explore critically some of the major conceptual and methodological concerns that inform social scientific scholarship in the region. A linked aim for the course is to support students as they choose and develop topics and research designs for their M.A. theses. To that end, the course includes sessions introducing key resources and tools for research, as well as collaborative workshops designed to help students frame and draft thesis proposals.