Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
5114IRP-SEP-MTP
Aims
- To critically examine the unique structure of East Asian international system and the co-constitution of national experiences of state-formation
- To understand the role of culture in the evolution of East Asian international society
- To reflect on International Relations from an East Asian/non-Eurocentric perspective
- To intelligibly analyse contemporary affairs in East Asia
Learning Outcomes
1.
Have a systematic understanding of the interrelationship between East Asian studies and International Relations.
2.
Develop critical engagement with theoretical discourses, methodologies, and practices involving East Asia
3.
Understand international relations from an Asian-regional perspective
4.
Use historical and theoretical frames to critically analyse contemporary issues in East Asia
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
A Confucian world: East Asia under the tributary system
Japan offside: The imperialist origins of modern East Asia
DoraAmon: Japan’s post-war golden age
World Cup 2002: Modern Korean state-formation
Parasite: The problem of North Korea
The Rise of China
Umbrella and Sunflower: China and its peripheries
Hot Economy, Cold Politics: The future of East Asia
A Confucian world: East Asia under the tributary system
Japan offside: The imperialist origins of modern East Asia
DoraAmon: Japan’s post-war golden age
World Cup 2002: Modern Korean state-formation
Parasite: The problem of North Korea
The Rise of China
Umbrella and Sunflower: China and its peripheries
Hot Economy, Cold Politics: The future of East Asia
Module Overview:
Weekly lectures will provide background and contextual setting against which students will consider a range of primary source material in seminars. The seminars will provide a structured framework where sources will be dissected by students and used to stimulate discussion and debate.
Weekly lectures will provide background and contextual setting against which students will consider a range of primary source material in seminars. The seminars will provide a structured framework where sources will be dissected by students and used to stimulate discussion and debate.
Additional Information:
This L5 module is to develop an intermediary understanding for the students a view on the importance of East Asia as a region and why it is important for international relations. Students will develop a critical perspective on IR based upon studying East-Asian experiences and analysing its contemporary affairs such as the state-formation and democratisation in Korea, Taiwan, the post-war rebuild of Japan, and the rise of China. Beyond an empirical mastery of East-Asian affairs, the students will be steered to critically reflect on the Eurocentric aspects of mainstream IR, and they will also be driven to discuss and understand why culture is an important category for understanding the nonwestern world by using East Asia as a reference point.
This L5 module is to develop an intermediary understanding for the students a view on the importance of East Asia as a region and why it is important for international relations. Students will develop a critical perspective on IR based upon studying East-Asian experiences and analysing its contemporary affairs such as the state-formation and democratisation in Korea, Taiwan, the post-war rebuild of Japan, and the rise of China. Beyond an empirical mastery of East-Asian affairs, the students will be steered to critically reflect on the Eurocentric aspects of mainstream IR, and they will also be driven to discuss and understand why culture is an important category for understanding the nonwestern world by using East Asia as a reference point.