The History and Anthropology of Taiwanese Society - ATJ100368

• Anglický název: The History and Anthropology of Taiwanese Society
• Zajišťuje: Katedra sinologie (21-KSI)
• Fakulta: Filozofická fakulta
• Platnost: od 2025 do 2025
• Semestr: letní
• Body: 0
• E-Kredity: 4
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:2/0, Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: neomezen / neurčen (30)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ano
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: Jacob Friedemann Tischer, Ph.D.
• Vyučující: Jacob Friedemann Tischer, Ph.D.
• Třída: A – Mezioborová nabídka VP: Historické vědy
• Záměnnost : ATJ100031

Anotace

NOTE: Please sign up for the class on Moodle and watch the uploaded video before the first class. All other readings and materials will be uploaded there as well.

This class, intended for BA students of the Faculty of Arts, focuses on Taiwan in historical and anthropological perspective.
The first half is dedicated to archaeological records of prehistoric settlement and historical studies based on written records left over from the island’s various colonial periods.
Moving toward the contemporary period, in the second half of the semester we will turn to anthropological and sociological analyses of contemporary issues in Taiwanese society.
Cross-Strait relations will not be a central focus of this class, as they will feature prominently in a separate but connected lecture series.

No prior knowledge of Taiwan is required but I rely on a willingness to read about one academic source per week (typically around 20-30 pages) and contribute actively to class discussions.
International students welcome! The class is held in English.

Poslední úprava: Tischer Jacob Friedemann, Ph.D. (15.02.2026)

Podmínky zakončení předmětu

• Class attendance at least 10 out of 12
• Active participation
• Posting discussion questions for at least 8 readings or other media uploaded via Moodle: Your questions are due by 6 pm the day before class.

Grading:

• 40% attendance and participation in class
• 20% discussion questions
• 40% final exam

Poslední úprava: Tischer Jacob Friedemann, Ph.D. (07.02.2026)

Literatura

Readings will be uploaded to Moodle.

Poslední úprava: Tischer Jacob Friedemann, Ph.D. (05.02.2026)

Sylabus

1. (16.2.) General introduction
2. (23.2.) Taiwan as the homeland of Austronesian languages
3. (2.3.) Theoretical grounding: Colonization and World Systems Theory
4. (9.3.) Early Chinese imaginations of Taiwan
5. (16.3.) Life on the Taiwan frontier (c. 1700-1895)
6. (23.3.) Changing identities and the place of the indigenous people: Is Taiwan Chinese?
7. (30.3.) No class
8. (6.4.) No class
9. (13.4.) Becoming Japanese (1895-1945)
10. (20.4.) Chinese colonization 2.0 (1945-1987)
11. (27.4.) The politics of collective memory
12. (4.5.) Democratization from within
13. (11.5.) Social movements and Taiwanese identity
14. (18.5.) "Taiwan is what brings us together" - an integrated perspective

Poslední úprava: Tischer Jacob Friedemann, Ph.D. (07.02.2026)