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China: From Imperial Palaces To Corporate Boardrooms
A three-day summer seminar at UCLA for teachers
When:
July 9, 2007 8:30am to July 11, 2007 5:00pm
The Asia Institute at UCLA is offering a summer seminar on China’s dramatic transformation over the last two centuries from a crumbling empire to a global economic power. Over three days, expert faculty from UCLA and other colleges in the LA area will lead participants in the seminar through a curriculum covering the history of this period and reflecting on how China’s society, economy, and culture have changed.
Professor Bin Wong, Director of the Asia Institute will begin each day with an introduction to one of the three themes around which the seminar is organized:
* Day one: Imperial China. We review China’s system of bureaucratic government, and the characteristics of China’s economy during the late Imperial period (17th to late 19th centuries). There will also be a discussion about the Chinese language and culture, and about religion and society.
* Day two: from the Middle Kingdom to the People’s Republic.
This module traces the history of changing dynasties, rebellions, war, and foreign intervention that led to the China of today. Lectures and discussion cover key events, as well as the introduction of new political ideologies including communism, and the way they changed China’s social and economic structure, culture and international relations.
* Day three: a socialist market economy. China since the reforms of the 1980s. Urbanization. The growing gap between rich and poor. Film, the arts, media and contemporary culture. China’s place in the global ecomomy.
Each day there will be lectures, discussions about recommended readings, and more informal lunchtime sessions with a demonstration of Chinese calligraphy, a film, and an opportunity to hear a first hand account about what is involved in doing business in China today. Classes will be held an the UCLA campus, beginning at 8.30am and ending at 5.00pm with lunch and refreshments provided.
Participants will receive UCLA Extension credit.
To enroll online, please go to the UCLA Asia Institute website: http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia
Cost:
$40 covers teaching materials, meals, refreshments and parking
Event Website URL:
Phone Number:
310-825-0007
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