ASIAN STUDIES 101 - SPRING 2006

Asian Studies 101 (GE Foundations)
Asian Thought and Cultures
Spring 2006

Copyright © 2006 Miguel B. Llora. All Rights Reserved.

Lecturer: Miguel Llora, MA

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AS 101 - Asian Thought and Cultures - Spring 2006

ASIAN 101	1	02903	Asian Thought & Cultures	0900 - 0950	MWF	AH-2108
ASIAN 101	2	02914	Asian Thought & Cultures	1400 - 1515	MW	BA-439

AS101 - Syllabus
AS101 - Film List
AS101 - Film Exam Details
AS101 - Movie List File

I strongly encourage you to get familiar with BLACKBOARD...
Material also provided at the Docutek ERes or Electronic Reserves & Reserves Pages...

"Brown Bag" lunch meetings on Mondays... Everyone is welcome to join the Graduate Students and Faculty of the Department of Asian (Asia Pacific) Studies "Brown Bag" lunch (in other words you bring your own lunch) on Mondays from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. :The object of the "Brown Bag" lunch is to explore current affairs in Asia by discussing a topic of interest brought to presence by the group through a news article. We meet at the AS office in the Business Administration building - room 334. Undergraduates are encouraged to attend as it is a good way to build your "network," get information about Asia, and keep up with current issues. For the latest article kindly click on the link that follows - Asia Latest and Brown Bag Lunch Information. If you have any questions or are intersted in attending and have questions please feel free to see or email me. Thanks.

Course Objective:
This course will explore the social, religious, political, economic, and legal foundations of East and Southeast Asia. The course content is designed to give the student a background to understand the traditions, the values and thus the societies in East and Southeast Asia. In this course we will focus on East and Southeast Asia.

Textbooks required for the class:
None.

All required readings will be available online on ECR or hardcopy at the SDSU Reserve Book Room.

Readings are taken from the following books:
Heinz, Carolyn Brown. Asian Cultural Traditions. Waveland Press, Inc.: Prospect Heights, 1999.
Heidhues, Mary Somers. Southeast Asia - A Concise History. Thames and Hudson: London, 2000.
Lowenstein, Tom. The Vision of the Buddha: Buddhism - The Path to Spiritual Enlightenment. Duncan Baird Publishers: London, 1996.
Nelson, Lynn H. and Peebles, Patrick. eds. Classics of Eastern Thought. Harcourt Brace College Publishers: Fort Worth, 1991.
Owen, Norman. ed. The Emergence of Modern Southeast Asia - A New History. University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu, 2005.
Go, Julian and Foster, Anne L. eds. The American Colonial State in the Philippines: Global Perspectives. Duke University Press: Durham, 2003.
McKenna, Thomas M. Muslim Rulers and Rebels: Everyday Politics and Armed Separatism in the Southern Philippines. University of California Press: Berkeley, 1998.
Handbook of Korea. The Korean Overseas Information Service: Seoul, 2003.

Please note:
(1) The tests should taken on the assigned date and there are no make up tests without a doctor's note.
(2) Attendance is mandatory.
(3) The videos shown in class should be watched carefully as there will be questions from them on the tests. Same goes for speakers/invited guests.
(4) There will be no midterm or final exam so each test is of equal importance.
(5) All assignments should be handed to me personally and on time. Please do not leave assignments in my (or the department's) mail box.

Evaluations:

Final Paper Resources:
SDSU
Infodome
Article Databases
Style Manuals and Citation Formats
Sample Citations in MLA Format

Paper Sample
Confucian Ethics and Daoist Naturalism in Zhang Yimou's Raise the Red Lantern - List of References
Confucian Ethics and Daoist Naturalism in Zhang Yimou's Raise the Red Lantern - Outlilne
Confucian Ethics and Daoist Naturalism in Zhang Yimou's Raise the Red Lantern - Quotes
Confucian Ethics and Daoist Naturalism in Zhang Yimou's Raise the Red Lantern - Paper [In Progess]

Extra Credit:
Students may accumulate additional points toward their class total by submitting a book report - using the same criteria outlined for the Video Critical Review. The book choices are:
(1) Dusk: A Novel by F. Sionil Jose. ISBN #: 0375751440 or
(2) To Live: A Novel by Yu Hua. ISBN#: 1400031869 or
(3) The Last Time I Saw Mother: A Novel by Arlene Chai. ISBN#: 0449912345
Kindly see me if you are planning to do this.

Week 1 - Jan. 15 - 21: Introduction to Asia - Geoography *by the end of the week, make sure the requirements are clear.
Jan. 18 - Asia as a Cultured Space
Heinz: Chapter 1 (3-9)
Jan. 20 - Introduction to Southeast Asia
Heidhues: Introduction (7-15)
Asia as a Cultured Space

Week 2 - 4 China - the confluence of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism

Week 2 - Jan. 22 - 28: Confucian and Taoist China
Jan. 23 - Confucianism
An Introduction to Confucianism
http://www.ubfellowship.org/archive/readers/601_confucianism.htm
Nelson - The Analects (50-56)
Film: VTC 2498 - Eastern Philosophy: Part 1 (Confucius and Mencius)
Jan. 25 - Taoism
An Introduction to Taoism
http://www.ubfellowship.org/archive/readers/601_taoism.htm
Nelson - Tao Te Ching (58-66)
Guest Speaker: East Asian Philosophy and Religion Scholar Dr. Sandra Wawrytko on the Tao
Making Their Way Out Of Chaos: Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism

Week 3 - Jan. 29 - Feb. 4: Buddhist China (Hinduism and Buddhism)
Jan. 30 -India (Hinduism and Buddhism)
Lowenstein (8-33)
Nelson-Sermon at the Deer Park
Buddhism
Feb. 01 - Buddhism in China
An Introduction to Buddhism
http://www.ubfellowship.org/archive/readers/601_buddhism.htm
Chinese Buddhism
A History of Chinese Buddhism
Buddhism in China on Wikipedia
Special Feature Article:
Garfinkel, Perry. "Buddha Rising." 88-109. National Geographic December 2005.
Buddhism is gaining followers in the West with practical ways to still the mind and find enlightenment.
by Perry Garfinkel Photographs by Steve McCurry
Film: VTC 2291 - Religions of the World: Buddhism

Buddhism in China

Questions for Dr. Wawrytko...
ML: My research on The Fat Buddha led me to Maitreya. Pu Tai - the model for the Happy Bodhisattva Maitreya. I also got "The Bodhisattva of Great Benevolence and the Next Buddha" - I'm a tad confused not about the nature of the Bodhisattva...is the Bodhisattva dead and came back to "save us" so to speak - is that one of the defining criteria of a Boddhisattva - did he/she have to have died and come baack. His Holiness the Dalai Lama - being the 14th (or so) of a line of Bodhisattvas of Compassion (Avalokitesvara) had died and out of his compassion delayed his trek to Nirvana. Can a Bodhisattva be living and not a re-incarnation to be a Bodhisattva? Is there a tradition that follows that?
SW: BODHISATTVAS ARE INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY BY DIFFERENT GROUPS. INITIALLY THEY WERE SOURCES OF INSPIRATION AND ASPIRATION, A ROLE MODEL BEYOND THE ARHAT APPROACH OF MOASTIC DISCIPLINE. THE IDEA IS THAT ANYONE CAN BECOME A BODHISATTVA IN ANY WALK OF LIFE, AT LEAST THEORETICALLY. WHEN MAHAYANA CAME INTO CONTACT WITH INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS THERE TENDED TO BE A COOPTING PROCESS WHEREBY EXISTING DEITIES WERE "REBORN" AS BODHISATTVAS. THE HAPPY BUDDHA WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACTUAL FAT MONK WHO WAS NICE TO EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN. AS CHAPTER 25 OF THE LOTUS SUTRA STATES ANYONE CAN BE A FORM OF A BODHISATTVA, WITH NO LIMIT ON NUMBERS. DEATH IS INCIDENTAL, SINCE BODHISATTVAS ARE NOT BORN NOR DO THEY DIE. THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS A REINCARNATION, WHICH IS A UNIQUE FEATURE OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM.
ML: The notion of a "Pure Land" is somewhat puzzling as well. It sound like some kind of heaven - where a Bodhisattva can come back if he so desires (making him/her such...) Could you school me on the Pure Land question and what do feel is its ultimate relation to the Ch'an tradition.
SW: IN THE PURE LAND SCHOOL BUDDHAS HAVE SPECIAL HEAVENS WHERE THEY PRESIDE, SOMEWHAT LIKE RESORTS WHERE BUDDHISTS CAN GET AWAY FROM THE WORLD OF DUHKHA. BUT ALSO LIKE A RESORT YOUR STAY IS LIMITED. THE IDEA IS TO GIVE PEOPLE A TRANSITIONAL STAGE BEFORE THE BIG PUSH FOR BODHISATTVAHOOD, DUE TO THAT UGLY DUCKLING SYNDROME I SUSPECT. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME INFLUENCE FROM CHRISTIANITY IN THIS IDEA. PURE LAND IS KNOWN AS OTHER POWER, WHILE CHAN IS SELF-POWER. ULTIMATELY IT IS ALL SELF POWER ANYWAY, JUST UPAYICALLY COVERED OVER-- IN PURE LAND YOU CHANT TO GET HELP, BUT BY CHANTING YOU ARE ACTUALLY HELPING YOURSELF, CHANTING TO YOUR OWN BUDDHA-NATURE.
ML: Lastly, in my readings the Lotus Sutra neither shows up in Pure Land or the Ch'an (later Zen) set of readings. I get Sukhavati-vyua for the former and Lankavatara for the latter. The Lotus Sutra shows up in terms of T'ien-tai and Flower Garland schools. What gives?
SW: THE VARIOUS SUTRTAS EMERGED OVER TIME. DIFFERENT SCHOOLS SETTLED ON DIFFERENT TEXTS AS CENTRAL TO THEIR PRACTICE. THE LOTUS SUTRA WAS ESPECIALLY PROMOTED BY ZHI-YIN IN TIAN-TAI. HOWEVER IT WAS ALSO USED BY FOLLOWERS OF BOTH PURE LAND AND CHAN. FOR EXAMPLE IN JAPAN BOTH ZEN MASTER HAKUIN AND DOGEN WERE DEVOTEES OF THE LOTUS SUTRA. IN EVALUATING A TRADITION YOU NEED TO LOOK AT BOTH THE SCHOOL AND THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE SCHOOL TO GET THE COMPLETE PICTURE.

Week 4 - Feb. 5 - Feb. 11: Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism
Feb. 06 - China
Heinz - Chapter 7 (246-279)
Film: VTC 456 - Time Life's Lost Civilizations: China
Feb. 08 - Taiwan

Eat drink man woman [videorecording] / Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment ; Central Motion Pictures presents in association with Ang Lee Productions and Good Machine ; an Ang Lee film
Primordial Exoticizing Orientalism or Opening New Spaces of Emancipation in Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman [Powerpoint 1 for Quiz 2]

Week 5 - 8 Mongolia, Tibet, Korea, and Japan - the ever changing borders and the rise of nationalism in East Asia

Week 5 - Feb. 12 - Feb. 18: Mongolia
Feb. 13: The Mongol Century (Part 1)
The Mongol Century (1-6)
http://www.geocities.com/mllora3/mongolia.htm
Feb. 15: The Mongol Century (Part 2)
The Mongol Century (7-12)
http://www.geocities.com/mllora3/mongolia.htm
Questions:
Was the Great Wall of China built to keep the Mongols out?
Not really. The Great Wall of China was built over 2,000 years ago, by Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China during the Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty (221 B.C - 206 B.C.). In Chinese the wall is called "Wan-Li Qang-Qeng" which means 10,000-Li Long Wall (10,000 Li = about 5,000 km). After subjugating and uniting China from seven Warring States, the emperor connected and extended four old fortification walls along the north of China that originated about 700 B.C. (over 2500 years ago). Armies were stationed along the wall as a first line of defense against the invading nomadic Hsiung Nu tribes north of China (the Huns). Signal fires from the Wall provided early warning of an attack. The Great Wall is one of the largest building construction projects ever completed. It stretches across the mountains of northern China, winding north and northwest of Beijing. It is constructed of masonry, rocks and packed-earth. It was over 5,000 km (=10,000 Li) long. Its thickness ranged from about 4.5 to 9 meters (15 to 30 feet) and was up to 7.5 meters (25 feet) tall. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) [after the Yuan Dynasty - the Mongol era], the Great Wall was enlarged to 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) and renovated over a 200 year period, with watch-towers and cannons added. Source: <http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/Allabout.html>
Sinification of Mongols...

Mongol tents "ger" and lifestyle explored in...

Cooptation may also refer to the tactic of neutralizing or winning over a minority by assimilating them into the established group or culture.
Source: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-optation>

Any more 50 cent words that I throw out in class that I don't adequately define, please let me know - I'll post them.

The 13th Century - The Mongol Century [PowerPoint 2 for Quiz 2]

Week 6 - Feb. 19 - Feb. 25: Tibet
[Originally Korea - see below Week 8 for details on Korea]
Feb. 20 - Everything to do with Tibet and nothing to do with Tibet: An Examination of Ang Lee's "Chosen."
Intro to the 5 Principal Spiritual Traditions of Tibet:
Tibetan Buddhism (An Introduction)
Bonpo
Nyingma
Kahdam
Kagyu
Sakya
Gelug
Geshe Degree
Please watch at the media center: VTC 456 - Tibet: The End of Time [Time Permitting]
Everything to do with Tibet and nothing to do with Tibet: An Examination of Ang Lee's "Chosen." [PowerPoint 3 for Quiz 2]
Feb. 22 - Tibet Today: Demystifying Tibet and the Cry of the Snow Lion
Tibetan Buddhism (An Introduction)
Bonpo
Nyingma
Kahdam
Kagyu
Sakya
Gelug
Geshe Degree
Please watch at the media center: VTC 3017 - Requiem for a Faith [Time Permitting]
Introduction to Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism - No sign of Shangri-La, eh? [PowerPoint 4 for Quiz 2]

Week 7 - Feb. 26 - Mar. 4: Japan
Feb. 27 - Introduction to Meiji Japan through an examination of the The Last Samurai...
Please make sure to watch the movie prior to coming to class as I will not summarize it...
The movie is on reserve for the class and the code is DVD 713 - The Last Samurai
... and Shinto and Buddhism in Japan
An Introduction to Shinto
http://www.ubfellowship.org/archive/readers/601_shinto.htm
Heinz - Chapter 8 (311-327)
Please watch at the media center: VTC 2498 - Eastern Philosophy: Part 1 (Shinto) 30 min in. [Time permitting]
Meiji Japan and The Last Samurai [PowerPoint 5 for Quiz 2]
Mar. 01 - Introduction to Tokugawa Japan: The Seeds of "Japanese" Identity
Tokugawa Japan: The Social and Economic Antecedents of Modern Japan (11-36)
The Tokugawa Shogunate [PowerPoint 6 for Quiz 2]
Guest Speaker: Dustin Wright...
The Japanese Literature Homepage
Japanese Old Photos in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period
The Floating World of Ukiyo-e
The Woodblock Prints of Ando Hiroshige
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records
Kyodo News International
Mainichi Daily News
Suggested Movies:
Twilight Samurai
Heaven and Earth
Zatoichi
The Sea is Watching
Ran
Kagemusha
Throne of Blood
Backup only... In Class Slide Show: SS-52 - Castle Towns: An Introduction to Tokugawa Japan (42 Slides)

Week 8 - Mar. 5 - Mar. 11: Korea
[Swithced with Tibet - please note the topic switch in this section as well:
Focus will be placed on "Religion and Customs" as opposed to "Modern History"]
Mar. 06 - Religion and Customs
Handbook of Korea (424-443)
Mar. 08 - Modern History
Handbook of Korea ((91-115)
Introduction to the Koreas [PowerPoint 7 for Quiz 2]
For those of you working on movies with Korean content, please feel free to checkout these sites:

http://www.hancinema.net/ http://www.cinemakorea.com/ http://www.koreanfilm.org/

Oldboy Press Notes Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Press Notes Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Press Notes

Spring Break - Mar. 12 - Mar. 18

Week 9 - 12: The Mainland Region: Burma/Cambodia/Thailand/Vietnam/Laos - The development of Indochina and the bedrock of Theravada Buddhism

Week 9 - Mar. 19 - Mar. 25
Mar. 20 - Southeast Asia: The Big Picture
Heidhues - 68-75
Mar. 22 - Spread of Budddhism (Theravada) and the Indian Legacy
Mùi du du xanh - L'odeur de la papaye verte or THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA: An Hung Tran film
Introduction to Mainland Southeast Asia through the Scent of Green Papaya [PowerPoint 1 for Quiz 3]
Suggested alternative viewings:
Mua he chieu thang dung or THE VERTICAL RAY OF THE SUN: An Hung Tran film
Xich lo or CYCLO: An Hung Tran film

Week 10 - Mar. 26 - Apr. 1
Mar. 27 - Vietnam
Vietnam, 1700-1885: Disunity, Unity, and French Conquest in Modern Southeast Asia (106-116)
In Class Film: VTC 2391 - Raise the Bamboo Curtain (Vietnam) 49 min in.
* Please be prepared to see and discuss the last section of The Scent of Green Papaya by reading the contents of the PowerPoint
Vietnam - The Lecture [PowerPoint 2 for Quiiz 3]
Mar. 29 - Cambodia
Cambodia, 1796-1885:Politics in a Tributary Kingdom in Modern Southeast Asia (117-122)
In Class Film: VTC 2391 - Raise the Bamboo Curtain (Cambodia) 29 min in
Cambodia - The Lecture [PowerPoint 3 for Quiz 3]

Week 11 - Apr. 2 - Apr. 8
Apr. 03 - Burma
Myanmar Becomes British Burma in Modern Southeast Asia (83-92)
In Class Film: VTC 2391 - Raise the Bamboo Curtain (Burma)
Guest Speaker: Allen Wittenborn, PhD
B.A., Chinese & Japanese Literaure, San Francisco State University; M.A., International Relations, University of Oregon; Ph.D., Asian Studies, University of Arizona and SDSU faculties of Asian Studies and History
While pursuing his degrees, he lived and carried out research in Taiwan, Japan, and Germany. Upon completion of his final degree, Dr. Wittenborn took three months driving the "Overland India" route from London to New Delhi, India, including a two-week stay in Afghanistan. Dr. Wittenborn first turned to business and became a private entrepreneur in the travel and tourism field. This led him to start his own company which required extensive travel in Asia throughout the 1980s, including a two-year residence aboard a Yangtze River cruise ship in China. Since 1988, Dr. Wittenborn has been fully engaged in university teaching and research. He has taught at Hawaii Pacific College in Honolulu, and locally at UC San Diego, Cal State San Marcos, and the University of San Diego.
Scholarly Interests: Neo-Confucianism, Traditional and Modern Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Burma and Malaysia, Trade and Development in the Indian Ocean, Human Rights in Asia
Research: Arab-Chinese wars of the Tang Dynasty, Malay-Chinese and Muslim-Christians Conflicts in Indonesia, The role of the CIA in Chinese Nationalist Armies in Burma
NOTE: For Dr. Wittenborn's presentation, please read: Myanmar Becomes British Burma in Modern Southeast Asia (83-92).
Burma - The Lecture [PowerPoint 4 for Quiz 3]
Apr. 05 - Thailand
Siam: From Ayutthaya to Bangkok in Modern Southeast Asia (93-105)
Guest Speaker: Ron Myers, MA
Ron (a good friend and distinguished scholar) did his thesis on the Isan - a people who live in northeast Thailand.
Ron comes to this with lecture with amazing credentials - not just having lived in Thailand (and having travelled the region), having done his thesis on the country and its people; Ron is also fluent in several of the languages and dialects from the region. You can have a look at his thesis - THE ISAN SAGA: The People and Region of Northeast Thailand, which is posted on www.isanpeople.net
PowerPoint is under construction - so keep checking.
NOTE: For Ron's presentation, please read: Siam: From Ayutthaya to Bangkok in Modern Southeast Asia (93-105).
Thailand - The Lecture [PowerPoint 5 for Quiz 3]

Week 12 - Apr. 9 - Apr. 15
Apr. 10 - Laos
Laos to 1975 in Modern Southeast Asia (371-375)
Apr. 12 - Test
Laos - The Lecture [PowerPoint 6 for Quiz 3]

* Note:
Hi everyone:
We are coming to the close of a semester where I think (mind you, I did write, "I think") we have covered a lot of material so far [not very deeply in areas] and over a huge region. So where that is concerned you can be very proud of yourselves. Some of you can stand me lecturing, some predictably, not as much. In an effort to engage the students more, I would like to make a few alterations to the way we have been doing things - in order to get you all more invested. I am going to make it YOUR class.
Here is the reading list for the weeks following this (Quiz 3), your last multiple choice exam… [yes, I did write "last multiple choice exam" - sorry] but I think I am giving you fair warning in advance and I don't think the change will be too drastic - so hang in there…

Week 13 - 16: The Maritime Region: Indonesia/Malaysia/Philippines/Singapore/Brunei - the juxtaposition of Christianity and Isslam in Southeast Asia

Week 13 - Apr. 16 - Apr. 22
Apr. 17 - The Maritime Region
Reading 1 - Islam: Heidhues - 77-82
Apr. 19 - Thhe Maritime Region
Reading 1 (continued) - Christianity: Heidhues - 83-84

Week 14 - Apr. 23 - Apr. 29
Apr. 24: Christian Philippines
Reading 2 - Muslim Separatism and the Bangsamoro Rebbellion in Muslim Rulers and Rebels (138-169)
Apr. 26: Islamic Philippines
Reading 2 - Inheriting the "Moro Problem": Muslim Authority and Colonial Rule in British Malaya and the Philippines in The American Colonial State in the Philippines (118-147)

Week 15 - Apr. 31 - May 06
May 01: Malaysia
Reading 3 - The Malay Negeri of the Peninsula and Borneo in Modern Southeast Asia (137-146)
May 03: Singapore/Brunei
Reading 4 - Singapore and Brunei in Modern Southeast Asia (422-430)

Week 16 - May 07 - May 10
May 08: Indonesia
Reading 5 - Becoming Indonesia, 1900-1959 in Modern Southeast Asia (296-311)
May 10: Indonesia
Reading 5 (continued)Becoming Indonesia, 1900-1959 in Modern Southeast Asia (296-311)

The last quiz (Quiz 4) will involve questions YOU come up with. The quiz will be worth 50 points. I will ask 10 short essay type questions worth 5 points each. All the questions will come from the readings. What I will require you to do is: (1) do the readings and (2) come to class with (3) one question you have about the readings (per person, yes). I won't lecture (which does not mean I won't prep - this will probably be more work for me - but that is cool.) I will pick from the pile a few questions we can discuss - yes, "discuss" in class. Of the questions that I get from you in class, I will pick 4 of most discussed question and compile them for a review collection of question - you will have 20 questions in the end to prepare/review for. Of those questions, I will choose 15 for the test - so I can space the topics out evenly (3 from each reading). Now, here is the interesting part. Of the 15 possible questions, you will be allowed to choose any 10 questions you wish to answer. The nice part is you can choose 3 from any of the topics you feel comfortable with and ignore the ones you are not comfortable with. The nice thing is, these will be questions you asked for clarification on and answered in class (if you were there), and so you should be very comfortable with. The nice part is, we effect an adjustment, they are your questions, not mine, and we directly include all the readings.
OK. I expect there to be some sort of reaction to this - and I welcome it. Just to give you the heads up, I don't think this a real "change" per se to what you were/are expected to do. The readings have not changed, you still need to come to class, you will still only have 4 quizzes (and did not have a midterm nor will you have a comprehensive final), and you will get the review questions prior to the quiz - just like you have come to expect. So, effectively, nothing has really changed except that the questions are coming from you and not from me - so I think it is more than fair that we do this.

Reactions and comments always welcome.

As a final note, nothing will be adjusted for quiz 3. I am finishing off the PowerPoint for Laos and am in the process of finalizing which 10 questions I will pick from it - so you can expect it soon.

I really want to send a shout-out to all of you who have invested in the course so far - I sincerely hope that you have learned ssomething (and continue to do so). I have not heard from a majority of you about the papers - so I am assuming you are all on the right track. Lastly, for those of you doing the extra credit (and have my books) touch base with me so I know where in the process you are.

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Week 13 - 16: The Maritime Region: Indonesia/Malaysia/Philippines/Singapore/Brunei - the juxtaposition of Christianity and Isslam in Southeast Asia

Week 13 - Apr. 16 - Apr. 22
Apr. 17 - The Maritime Region
Islam: Heidhues - 77-84
Apr. 19 - The Maritime Region
Christianity: Heidhues - 77-84
Introduction to Maritime Southeast Asia - The Lecture

Week 14 - Apr. 23 - Apr. 29
Apr. 24: Christian Philippines
Muslim Separatism and the Bangsamoro Rebellion in Muslim Rulers and Rebels (138-169)
Apr. 26: Islamic Philippines
Inheriting the "Moro Problem": Muslim Authority and Colonial Rule in British Malaya and the Philippines in The American Colonial State in the Philippines (118-147)
The Philippines - The Lecture

Week 15 - Apr. 31 - May 06
May 01: Malaysia
The Malay Negeri of the Peninsula and Borneo in Modern Southeast Asia (137-146)
May 03: Singapore/Brunei
Singapore and Brunei in Modern Southeast Asia (422-430)
Two articles added:
Culture Is Destiny - A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew
Is Culture Destiny? The Myth of Asia's Anti-Democratic Values - Kim Dae Jung
Malaysia - The Lecture
Singapore - The Lecture
Brunei - The Lecture

Week 16 - May 07 - May 10
May 08: Indonesia
Becoming Indonesia, 1900-1959 in Modern Southeast Asia (296-311)
May 10: Indonesia
Becoming Indonesia, 1900-1959 in Modern Southeast Asia (296-311)
Indonesia - The Lecture

Finals - May 11 - May 18