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Course title:

Problems of Historiography in Non-European Societies

Course coordinator:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mitja Saje

Lecturers:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mitja Saje

No. of hours: 300 Lectures: 60 Seminar: Lab. Work: Other: 240

ECTS: 10

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Requirements:

Masters degree in Social Sciences or Humanities

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Objectives of the course and intended learning outcomes (competences):

The aim will be to acquire the ability of critical judgment of narrow European and non-European historiography with an understanding of the dynamism of historical development and comparisons between specific phenomena in and on other continents, as well as stressing the importance of cultural contacts among different cultural environments.

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Content (Curriculum outline):

An introduction to the specific cultural-historic and social developments of non-European societies which led to the formation of new political and cultural entities and their development until the end of the 20th century. The stress will be on exposing the causes that were crucial in shaping the special characteristics of non-European civilisations as well as their interactions with Western civilisation in the process of modernisation and globalisation.

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Literature:

1. Mitja Saje: Starodavna Kitajska – zgodovina Kitajske od najstarejših časov do dinastije Qin, Oddelek za AAŠ Filozofske fakultete, , 2002

2. Mitja Saje: Zgodovina kitajske obdobje Yuan in Ming - Tuji osvajalci in trdnost tradicionalne ureditve, Filozofska fakulteta, Ljubljana, 1997

3. Mitja Saje: Zadnja dinastija in izzivi sodobnosti - zgodovina Kitajske od vdora Mandžurcev do ustanovitve Ljudske republike, Oddelek za AAŠ Filozofske fakultete, Ljubljana, 2004

4. Mitja Saje: Japonsko kitajski odnosi in svetovna ureditev v deželah vzhodne Azije. Azijske in afriške študije, 1997

5. Mitja Saje: Similarities and Differences in the Process of Modernisation in and . Azijske in afriške študije, 2001

6. J.K.. Fairbank: East Asia Tradition and Transformation, Houghton Mifflin Co.- Boston, 1973 in Charles E. Tuttle Co.- Tokyo, 197

7. Gunnar Myrdal: Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, Penguin Books, Middlesex 1968

8. Gary W. Wynia: The Politics of Latin American Development, Cambridge University Press 1984

9. Hane, Mikiso Premodern . Oxford: Westview Press 1991.

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Teaching methods:

Exposing system deficiencies of historiography in the realms of different civilisations with comparisons between the treatments of similar topics in different environments and presenting the main ideological constructs that have developed on the basis of different cultural traditions.

Another objective is to hold critical discussions on related topics and writing seminar papers on specific themes.

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Assessment methods:

Seminar and oral exam

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References (3-5):

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mitja Saje

1. Mitja Saje: Starodavna Kitajska – zgodovina Kitajske od najstarejših časov do dinastije Qin, oddelek za AAŠ Filozofske fakultete, Ljubljana, 2002

2. Mitja Saje: Zgodovina kitajske obdobje Yuan in Ming - Tuji osvajalci in trdnost tradicionalne ureditve, Filozofska fakulteta, Ljubljana, 1997

3. Mitja Saje: Zadnja dinastija in izzivi sodobnosti - zgodovina Kitajske od vdora Mandžurcev do ustanovitve Ljudske republike, Oddelek za AAŠ Filozofske fakultete, Ljubljana, 2004

4. Mitja Saje: Similarities and Differences in the Process of Modernisation in India and China. Azijske in afriške študije, 2001