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2013/14 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
EAST3706 The Making of Modern Southeast Asia
20 creditsClass Size: 40
Module manager: Dr Ian Caldwell
Email: i.caldwell@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2013/14
This module is approved as an Elective
Module summary
Module Convenor: Dr Ian Caldwell - i.a.caldwell@leeds.ac.uk Charts the transformation of autonomous states c.1800 to colonial societies c.1900 and in the mid-20th century to independent states through the lives of ten individuals, both Asian and European. For further details see Department of East Asian Studies websiteObjectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to:- Appreciate the important division between pre-modern and modern Southeast Asia and the impact that the Industrial Revolution and European colonization has had on this part of the world.
- Be able to evaluate and explain in detail the impact on Southeast Asian countries of Western expansion and control, and the indigenous responses.
- Understand the way in which modern Southeast Asian nations, deriving from nineteenth century colonial states, differ from states derived from indigenous ideas of power and space.
- Have a sound grasp of how modern states correlate to ethnic and cultural division on the mainland and in the archipelago.
- Understand how pre-modern patron-client relations underlie much of the nepotism and corruption prevalent in Southeast Asian societies.
- Demonstrate in written and spoken registers a detailed understanding of how European powers (and later the United States of America) were able to dominate this region after c.1800, following three hundred years of trade and engagement with Southeast Asia.
Skills outcomes
- Communication skills in an oral and written form
- Time management skills
- The ability to work independently and in a group
- The ability to gather, extract and present information
- The ability to present a reasoned and complex argument.
Syllabus
This module examines the origins of modern Southeast Asia as a consequence of the intrusion of Western powers into Southeast Asian political and cultural spheres after c.1780. It views the process of political change from autonomous states to colonial societies through the lives of individuals, both colonists and colonized, set against the backdrop of the age in which each lived. It shows how European powers sought to restructure Southeast Asian societies with the aim of providing Western industry with raw materials and serving as markets for manufactured goods, and how this led to the extension of European power into the region. It is argued that this was achieved as much by the superior conceptual and organizational abilities of the colonizing powers as by force of arms. The resulting social and economic change is viewed through the media of histories, memoirs, biography and literature.
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Lecture | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
Seminar | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
Private study hours | 180.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 20.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 |
Private study
Preparation for lectures and seminars, additional reading, preparation and writing of essays, exam preparation, self-study exercise.Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Seminar participation and presentationContribution to weekly tutorial
Mid-term essay (assessed)
Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
In-course Assessment | Seminar participation | 10.00 |
Essay | 1 x 2,500 word essay due in at the end of week 8 | 30.00 |
In-course Assessment | Tutorial participation | 10.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 50.00 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr 00 mins | 50.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 50.00 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 19/03/2014
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