Course Schedule

List of class meetings, with reminders.

Session Date Lecture Remarks
S01 2026-01-05 Introduction
S02 2026-01-07 Eurasian Empire
S03 2026-01-09 State and Society
S04 2026-01-12 Qing in the World
S05 2026-01-14 Imperial Decline
S06 2026-01-16 Civil Wars
2026-01-19 No class – MLK Day
S07 2026-01-21 Self‑strengthening and its limits Hood Museum session
S08 2026-01-23 Boxer Rebellion
S09 2026-01-26 Overseas Chinese
S10 2026-01-28 From Empire to Nation‑State
S11 2026-01-30 Chinese Enlightenment
S12 2026-02-02 Birth of the Chinese Communist Party
X01 2026-02-03 Mid-term review session Tuesday X-hour (optional)
S13 2026-02-04 One Party, One State, One Leader
S14 2026-02-06 Urban Modernity Hood Museum
S15 2026-02-09 Rural Decline Mid-term exam
S16 2026-02-11 Sino‑Japanese War
S17 2026-02-13 Civil War
S18 2026-02-16 Communist Revolution
S19 2026-02-18 Half the Sky Hood Museum
S20 2026-02-20 Leap and Fall
S21 2026-02-23 Cultural Revolution
S22 2026-02-25 Sent‑down Generation
S23 2026-02-27 Farewell to Revolution
S24 2026-03-02 Capitalism without Democracy
X02 2026-03-03 Final exam review session Tuesday X-hour (optional)
S25 2026-03-04 Tiananmen Protests
S26 2026-03-06 China Model
S27 2026-03-09 Conclusion Last class
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