HIST1000B History for Today

The study of history is at once a science, an art and a craftsmanship.  Why?  In what sense?  This course answers this question with concrete case studies.  Different types of historical archives will be selected, and ways with which these archives are interpreted will be demonstrated.  Major themes of historical study will also be introduced. 

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will:

*Have enhanced awareness and curiosity of professional historical knowledge and its relevance to today’s major issues or personal concerns;

*Have enhanced judgment to distinguish narratives from facts;

*Have enhanced ability to practice the craftsmanship, science and art of historical research;

*Have enhanced reading, writing, and oral expression skills.

TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON

Assessment

* Semester Paper: 80%

* Tutorial attendence: 10% 

* Tutorial presentation: 10%

Semester Paper 

Topic:

1916, a Year of Significance in Modern Chinese History

Major archives

(1) Decennial Reports on the Trade, Industries etc of the Ports Open to Foreign Commerce and on the Condition and Development of the Treaty Port Provinces: 1912-1921, Volume II – Southern and Frontier Ports (China: The Maritime Customs, 1924), pp. 1-61, “Shanghai”. 

*Adam Matthew Digital, 2007, China: Trade, Politics & Culture, 1793-1980: Sources from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the British Library, London

 * http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b3872512~S15

* This document, 61 pages in total, will be the tutorial material, too.

(2) Various reports from the North China Herald during the year 1916. 

* ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspapers Collection http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5953186~S15  

* Brill Online http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5390690~S15 

Length:

No less than 5,000 English words, including footnotes, excluding bibliography, must conform to generally accepted format of academic paper. 

Date of Submission:

  *April 25^th 2016 (one week after the last lecture)

  *The paper should be uploaded to the Veriguide System, no print copy needed.

  *Late submission of one day will lead to deduction of half grade, for instance, from A to A-, and so forth.

*Academic honesty is to be honored.  Cheating or plagiarism will not be tolerated.  Academic dishonesty will lead to (1) zero grade in the course, (2) disciplinary action that may result in stopping studies in this university.  Please refer to the following website about university regulations against cheating/plagiarism (or excessive copying):http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty

—Every student shall attend four tutorials, and conduct an oral presentation of about 15 minutes in one of the tutorials.  The presentation should be based on assigned tutorial document which will also be the major archives for the semester paper.

—No need to prepare ppt, print notes, etc, for the oral presentation, the important point is to show your understanding of the tutorial material.

—No need to write a separate tutorial report.  As your tutorial material happens to be the major archives for your semester paper, you will make the most of the tutorial material when writing your semester paper, will you not?

—Tutorial document: Decennial Reports on the Trade, Industries etc of the Ports Open to Foreign Commerce and on the Condition and Development of the Treaty Port Provinces: 1912-1921, Volume II – Southern and Frontier Ports (China: The Maritime Customs, 1924), pp. 1-61, “Shanghai”. [pdf file available in Blackboard, print copies distributed in class]

Attention is drawn to University policy and regulations on honesty in academic work, and to the disciplinary guidelines and procedures applicable to breaches of such policy and regulations. Details may be found at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/.

With each assignment, students will be required to submit a signed declaration that they are aware of these policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures.

• In the case of group projects, all members of the group should be asked to sign the declaration, each of whom is responsible and liable to disciplinary actions, irrespective of whether he/she has signed the declaration and whether he/she has contributed, directly or indirectly, to the problematic contents.
• For assignments in the form of a computer-generated document that is principally text-based and submitted via VeriGuide, the statement, in the form of a receipt, will be issued by the system upon students’ uploading of the soft copy of the assignment.

Assignments without the properly signed declaration will not be graded by teachers.

Only the final version of the assignment should be submitted via VeriGuide.

The submission of a piece of work, or a part of a piece of work, for more than one purpose (e.g. to satisfy the requirements in two different courses) without declaration to this effect shall be regarded as having committed undeclared multiple submissions. It is common and acceptable to reuse a turn of phrase or a sentence or two from one’s own work; but wholesale reuse is problematic. In any case, agreement from the course teacher(s) concerned should be obtained prior to the submission of the piece of work.