HIST3372 History of Modern Southeast Asia

Lecture

Date

Topics & Required Readings

1

7 Sep

Introduction: Understanding Southeast Asian History

P. Kratoska, R. Raben & H. Nordbolt, “Locating Southeast Asia”, in P. Kratoska, R. Raben & H. Nordbolt (Eds.), Locating Southeast Asia: Geographies of Knowledge and Politics of Space. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 2005, pp. 1-19.

(Suggested reading for the first week.)

2

14 Sep

Coming of Colonial Powers

C. Lockard, “‘The Sea Common to All’: Maritime Frontiers, Port Cities, and Chinese Traders in the Southeast Asian Age of Commerce, ca. 1400-1750.” Journal of World History, 21 (2), 2010, pp. 219-247.

3

21 Sep

Colonial Intrusion

C. Lockard, Southeast Asia in World History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 93-134.

4

28 Sep

Impacts of Colonialism

T. Winichakul & E. Tagliacozzo, “Gradations of Colonialism in Southeast Asia’s ‘in-between’ Places”, in N. Owen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 36-45.

5

5 Oct

Changes of Southeast Asian Societies and Economies

I. Brown, “Colonial Capitalism and Economic Transformation”, in N. Owen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 155-164.

A. Kuar, “Migrant Labor and Welfare in Southeast Asia”, in N. Owen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 165-176.

6

12 Oct

Rise of Nationalism

P. Zionman, “Colonizing Minds and Bodies: Schooling in Colonial Southeast Asia”, in N. Owen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 46-54.

N. Owen, “Nationalism and Other Impulses of the Colonial Era”, in N. Owen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 55-64.

6

12 Oct

Rise of Nationalism

P. Zionman, “Colonizing Minds and Bodies: Schooling in Colonial Southeast Asia”, in N. Owen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 46-54.

N. Owen, “Nationalism and Other Impulses of the Colonial Era”, in N. Owen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 55-64.

7

19 Oct

Pacific War: Southeast Asia and Japan

P. Kratoska, “Southeast Asia from the Japanese Occupation to Independence”, in N. Owen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 65-74.

8

2 Nov

Towards Independence

M. Ricklefs et al., A New History of Southeast Asia. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, pp. 318-362.

9

9 Nov

The Cold War in Southeast Asia

S. Quinn-Judge, “The Cold War in Southeast Asia”, in N. Owen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 86-95.

10

16 Nov

Regional Conflicts in Southeast Asia

S. Tonnesson, “War and Peace between Nations since 1945”, in N. Owen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 86-107.

J. Roosa, “Separatism, Civil War, and Genocide: Conflicts within Nations”, in N. Owen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 108-118.

11

23 Nov

Regional Cooperation and ASEAN 50

K. Mahbubani & J. Sng, The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace. Singapore: NUS Press, 2017, pp. 48-75, 177-206.

12

30 Nov

The Rise of Southeast Asian Developmental States

A. Booth, “Contemporary Capitalism and the Rise of the ‘Tigers'”, in N. Owen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 177-187.

E. Headman, “Authoritarianism and Democracy”, in N. Owen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 119-129.