Politics in East Asia, 2 credits

Content: The polity, national policies, politicking and politicization moves in geopolitical space of East Asia. Lectures deal with various conceptualizations of East Asia in history and in recent politics, concentrating, however, on the traditional triangle of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese polities. Parts of the lectures analyze the region in traditional theoretical tools of international politics, but the perspective is widened to demographic politicizations, politics of memory and rhetorical politicking.

Target Group: The students of the Network member universities are eligible to apply. The course is recommended for advanced level (MA) students.

Taken as:

- Lectures
- Lecture diary

Time and Venue: Online course 1.3. - 31.3.2010.

Grading: on a scale of 1-5

Application for the course: The current round of application has ended. Please apply during the next round, the date of which will be announced on this webpage later. Meanwhile please visit our webpages for other MA-level courses on Asia.

Before enrolling on the course the students should check with their own home department that this course can be accepted as part of their degree in their own university.