This seminar studies “places of memory” in modern China, or the sites, museums, monuments, and memories of the past. It includes theoretical readings on history and memory, some visual primary sources, and case studies from twentieth-century China that include the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Tiananmen Square, the Rent Collection Courtyard, and the Mao Mausoleum. Interdisciplinary in scope, the readings come from anthropology, art and architectural history, cultural studies, and history.

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HIST 375/EAST 375: CHINA FROM MAO TO NOW

HIST 871/EAST 871: THE HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

HIST 893/EAST 893: THE HISTORY OF CHINA’S REPUBLICAN PERIOD