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History Teacher of Nawing High School in Tainan
Associate Professor and Professor in Chinese Culture University

Guideline of Courses Offered

1. Histoey of Early Modern China

    The course is composed of several emphases：

（1）The background of conflicts and process of accommodation and adjustment between Sino-foreigners；

（2）The driver modernization of Ch'ing government；

（3）The comparison between China and Japan of their efforts of modernization.

2. History of the People's Republic of China

    The course is composed of several parts：

（1）The political system；

（2）Agricultural Development；

（3）Economic development, strategy, industry and trade；

（4）Social affairs；

（5）Education and Culture；

（6）Military affairs；

（7）Foreign relations.

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1. History of Chinese Art after Sung

    This course is about the development of Chinese art from the Sung to Ch'ing dynasty.（10th century to 19th century）Subject matter is divided into four topics：painting, sculpture, architecture, and crafts. Discussions will include the historic, political, economic, and social contexts of these art forms, artists' biographies, period styles and surviving works of art.

2. The History of Fine Arts on Taiwan

    This course is about the development of Taiwanese art form prehistoric times to the modern day. It includes prehistoric relics, aboriginal architectures and crafts. The historic context of painting, sculpture, and ceramic during the Dutch period, Ming-Cheng period, Ch'ing dynasty, Japanese period, and Nationalist period as well as the issue of the stylistic interchange between east and west will also be discussed.

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1. Historical of Methodology

    The course is to train the students to do independent historical research. It emphasizes both the theories and techniques involved in the searching for, handling and interpreting historical materials and in how to organize them into a meaningful whole, that is, a research paper.

2. History of Taiwan in Ching Dynasty

    The history of Taiwan has lasted for seven hundred years from its first discovery to now. However, it is during Ching’s rule of about 212 years that Taiwan had really undergone significant development. The course traces the course of how the Han people emigrated to, settled and developed this beautiful island under Ching’s rule.

3. The History of Ching Dynasty

    Ching is the last dynasty of imperial China. It is during its rule of 268 years that Chinese traditionalism reached its highest point and then collapsed under western pressure. The course tells the achievements of early Ching and the transformation of traditional China.

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Guideline of Courses Offered

1. History of Provincial Education in Modern China

    Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing (before the Opium War) periods are included in the modern time of China. The subjects of the lecture program are limited mainly in educational policy, official and private school, academy, examination in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

2. History of Life Culture in Modern China

    The life culture ranging from Song to Qing period is lectured through the viewpoint of cultural history on fifteen respects: food and drink, tea-drinking, wine-drinking, cultivation of art and literature, dramas, leisure, social activities, festivals, health-preserving, marriage, family, women, Jing-shi (capital), town and countryside, and Jiang-hu.

3. History of Ming Dynasty

    The research into Ming history has yielded rich harvests in the last ten years. Scholars also have compiled considerable textbooks. One of these books is appointed for students to read, the others are listed in the bibliography.

Guideline of Courses Offered

1. Introduction to Historiography
    Owing to the fact that students are usually confused by the exact meaning of "history", the teacher of the course will try to lead them to understand what history is. The course contains five concepts and three categories. The five concepts: historiography, historians, historical texts, history and philosophy of history make up the main domains of the course, while the three categories: traditional Chinese historiography, western modern historiography and history of modern Chinese historiography are the main subjects of the lectures of the course.

2. Selected Readings in Chinese History
    Selected sections from Shih-chi（史記）, Shih-tung（史通） and Wen-shi tung-i（文史通義）will be read, discussed and criticized under the direction of the teacher. The purpose of the course is to teach the students how to read, interpret and criticize both internally and externally ancient historical texts.

3. History of Chinese Learning in the Last Three Hundred Years
    The course focuses on the development of traditional Chinese learning from late Ming until now. The lectures are concentrated on the topics of the reinterpretation of ancient classics, the development of "small-learning"(小學) and the controversies between Han-learning and Sung-learning.

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1. Oral History

    This is mainly a program for practice. Because oral history is really a way to collect materials for historical study from contemporaries, the course is designed to provide an opportunity for students to practice oral history rather than a mere description of the principles and techniques involved in doing it. So, if you are interested in modern Chinese history and can ask questions and have a recorder, just come to us.

2. Diplomatic History of Modern China

    This is a program for students who are interested in the historical evolution of the diplomatic policies and foreign relations of modern China. The contents include an introduction and discussions of the events, personalities and policies involved in the development of China’s diplomatic history during the period from the late Ching down to the present.

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1. Contemporary History of China

    The main subject of the course is a survey of the changes in the politics, society, economy, education and culture of China since 1911. The teaching also includes a comparison of the economical and social developments between Taiwan and Mainland China.

2. Social History of China

    The main subject of the course is an introduction to the evolution of traditional Chinese society through a series of lectures on carefully selected topics. The course also includes a comparison of the course of social modernization between Taiwan and Mainland China.

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factory worker, middle-high school teacher, Associate Professor, Department of History, Chinese Culture University

Guideline of Courses Offered

1. History of Ancient China

    The course will state the main contents and superiority of the culture of ancient China. It will also explain the course of the making of ancient Chinese culture and its influence on subsequent development of traditional Chinese culture.

2. General History of China

    The course is to offer the students an outline of the political, economical, Social and cultural development of China from ancient times down to our own day. The teaching will also include discussions of the merits and demerits of traditional Chinese culture.

3. Cultural History of China

    The course is to offer the students an outline of the historical development of traditional Chinese culture from the beginning down to the present with special emphases on the intellectual and spiritual, and scientific and technological achievements of the Chinese.

4. History of Development of Chinese and Western Thought and Science

    In this course required for undergraduate students, the teaching aims at offering the students an outline of the historical development of thought and science in China and the West with special emphases on methodology and terminology used in the study of ideas and science, and a comparison between China and the West. 

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1. First N.C.O. Academy of Army：Language and History Section：Second Lieutenant Instructor

2. Junior, Senior and Vocational High School：Teacher

3. Chung Yu Junior College：Department of International Trade：Lecturer, Associate Professor（part time）

4. Soochow University：Department of History：Associate Professor（part time）

Guideline of Courses Offered

1. General History of the World

    Basic comprehensive studies of global history：Methodology, Axiology, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Judaism ＆ Christianity, Feudalism, Islam, Patristicism ＆ Scholasticism, Age of Discovery, Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, French Revolution, Romanticism, Socialism, Expansion of Europe, Imperialism, Industrial Revolution, Capitalism, WWI, WWⅡ, Post-Modernism.

2. History of Germany

    23 subjects：German Language ＆ Geography, Heidelberg Man ＆ Neanderthalers, Völkerwanderung, Charlemagne, Saga ＆ Edda, Ritterdichtung, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Nibelungenlied, Renaissance, Lutheranism ＆ Reformation, Otto der Große ＆ Holy Roman Empire, Humanism, Friedrich der Große ＆ Kingdom of Prussia, Aufklärung, Sturm ＆ Drang, Classicism ＆ Romanticism（in Philosophy, Literature, Music, Fine Arts）, Bismarck ＆ German Unification, Industrial Revolution ＆ Capitalism, German Empire ＆ WWI, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany ＆ WWⅡ, BRD＋DDR→Future of Germany.

3. Modern History of Europe

    From 1789 to 1914：Stratification of Society, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, Industrial Revolution, Conservatism ＆ Liberalism, Romanticism, Socialism, Impressionism, Comte ＆ Positivism, Darwin ＆ Social Darwinism, Freud ＆ Freudianism, Marx ＆ Marxism-Leninism, Nietzsche ＆ Schopenhauer, July ＆ February Revolution, Unification of Italy ＆ Germany, Nationalism vs. Regionalism, American Civil War, Independent Movement in Latin America, Imperialism, Urbanization ＆ Capitalism, Origin of WWI.

Education

Bachelor′s  Degree  of  Department  of  History , C.C.U.（1980/6 ）

Master′s  Degree of  Graduate  Institute  of  History ,C.C.U（1983/6）

Ph. D.  Degree  of  Graduate  Institute  of  History , C.C.U.（1992/7）

Career

Lecturer  of  Department  of  History , C.C.U. （1983/8-1992/7）

Associate  Professor  of  Department of  History , C.C.U. （1992/8-now）

Guideline of Courses Offered

1.History of Sung Dynasty

    The course, based on historical facts and the results of scholarly studies, traces the political, military, social, economic and cultural development of the Sung Dynasty.

Lectures of the first semester include topics on the establishment and unification of the empire, politics, relations with the northern tribes, and causes of its downfall. In the second semester, the lectures will concentrate on education and civil service examinations, Neo-Confucianism, fine arts, economy(agriculture, manufacturing, commerce and tax and the Dispatch Official Duties System), traffic and civil life.

2.History of the Handicraft Industry of China

    The course is designed to introduce the students to the historical development of the handicraft industries of traditional China. Topics of the first semester include: preface, introduction to related writings, outline of the development of handicraft throughout the generations. The lectures of the second semester will offer more detailed discussions on the developments of some selected handicraft industries such as textiles, instruments and utensils, jades, bronzes, ironware, lacquer ware, ceramics, vehicles and boats, tea, salt.

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1. Art Archaeology of China

    Through the study of ancient art from the archaeological sites, the course tries to familiarize the students with the art of ancient China. Basic knowledge of Chinese history and art is very necessary. Lectures and slides will be offered in class.

2. Chinese Historical Figures

    Through a study of persons selected from among those of the past four thousand years, the course tries to find out the basic pattern of behavior of Chinese historical figures, and to understand the success and failure of dynasties and people's careers. Original texts of ancient Chinese will be offered and studied in class.

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Guideline of Courses Offered

1. History of Chinese Calligraphy

    Part（Ⅰ）of the course is an evolution of Chinese Calligraphy Script Styles, including oracle-bone writing , seal script , clerical script , cursive script , standard script and running script. Part（Ⅱ）is an introduction of the masters and masterpieces of Chinese Calligraphy during different periods.

2. Authentication of Ancient Paintings and Calligraphic words

    The purpose of the course is to introduce the students to the principles of authentication on an ancient Chinese painting or calligraphic work, and the methods, which are used to distinguish the imitation or false work from the genuine.

3. The Study of Ancient Bronze and Stone Inscriptions

    Part（Ⅰ）of the course is an introduction to the bronze civilization of Shang and Chou dynasty , especially the inscriptions which were cast on bronze ritual vessels , and part（Ⅱ）is to the inscriptions which were engraved on monumental stone stelae.

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Assistant, Lecturer, Associate Professor, History Department of Chinese Culture University

Guideline of Courses Offered

1. History of Ch'in-Han Dynasties

    In order to have our students gain a basic knowledge of the Ch'in and Han history as fast as possible, we organize our course in two parts. During the first half of the semester, we introduce the Ch'in and Han dynasties chronologically, while during the second half of the semester, we offer lectures topically, covering topics in various fields: political, economical, intellectual, social etc..

2.. Historical Records on Wooden Slips and Silk in Classic China

    We introduce the newly discovered historical material: the bamboo tablets and the silk scrolls. We talk about its contents, historical value and the results the past research. Our lectures enable our students to gain a basic knowledge of the bamboo tablets and silk scrolls as a historical source and enable them to do historical research on their own.

3. Political History of China

    Through a recess of lectures on twenty selected tops. The course in order to ankle the students to get more knowledge of the political development of China, the course is designed, Through a recess of lectures on, twenty selected topics, to give a more detailed description carvel analysis of the evolution of political substitutions and affairs of traditional China.

Education

1993  Ph.D. in History, University of Chicago.  Dissertation: *From

Liberal to Nationalist: Tai Chi-t’ao’s Pursuit of a New World Order, 1890-1928.*

1979 M.A. in Oriental History, Keio University. M.A. Thesis: *The

Establishment of the South Manchurian Railway Company, 1904-1906.*

1976 M. Phil. in Chinese History, Chinese University of Hong Kong.  M. Phil. Thesis: *Japan’s Expedition to Taiwan in 1874. *

1973 B.A. in History, National Taiwan University

Career

1994-present, Associate Professor, Department of History, Chinese Culture University.

1992-93, Lecturer, Department of History, Oregon State University

1985-92, Training Specialist, City College of Chicago

1981-83, Teaching Assistant, Department of Japanese Studies, Chinese

University of Hong Kong

1979-80, Research Assistant, Consulate of Japan in Hong Kong

1999-2001  *China and the Origins of the Postwar World Order, * sponsored by National Science Council, Taiwan.

1998.5-1998.10 *Japan’s Postwar Security, * scholar exchange program sponsored by Interchange Association (Japan), Taipei.

1997.10-1998.6 *An Investigation of Chinese Publications on Modern World History, * sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan.

1995-97  *Nationalism and Evolution: the Origins of Modern Chinese Nationalism in Late Qing, * National Science Council, Taiwan.

Guideline of Courses Offered

1. Japanese History

    This course, a brief introduction of Japanese history from its ancient period to the twentieth century, has its focus on the rise of Japan as a modern state since mid-nineteenth century.  It offers the class a general picture of what composed of a traditional Japan culturally when it met the West.  Then comes one of the great transformations in the modern world that Japan first arose as a hegemonic power in East Asia as well as in the world and, after the Second World War, became the number two economic entities in the capitalist camp.  The class will share the joyfulness, bitterness and even ambivalence embedded in the process of Japan’s modernization.

2. Contemporary World History

    With the breakup of the Soviet Union and the undergoing process of globalization, the human community has conspicuously moved into a new phase of history.  Viewed from the twenty-first century, the past hundred years was a period of change and social upheaval; of political turmoil, war, and violence; of material advancement and environmental peril without precedent.  This course aims at taking lessons from these years by using a global analytical framework.  It starts with Western building of hegemony over the world at the beginning of the twentieth century and ends with the emergence of a multicultural world in the last two decades.  Not only political, social and diplomatic dimensions, but also regional histories are given due attention to present a balanced coverage of what has happened in the global scale.

Wang, Yi-chen

Ph.D., Department of History , Chinese Culture University

MA, Department of History , Chinese Culture University

BA, Department of Philosophy , Fu Jen Catholic University

Associate Professor of Chinese Culture University

Associate Professor of Chaoyang University of Technology

1.HISTORE OF CHINESE CULTURE

　The course of  Chinese culture includes eight dimensions：politics, society, economy, science, religion, community, gender, antique. The goal of the course is to reveal the inflection of culture, through the practice and reflection, providing students values for life.

Education

Ph. D. in Chinese history, Graduate School of History, Chinese Culture University

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Guideline of Course Offered

1. History of Chinese Legal System

   The course is mainly an introduction to the legal consciousness, thoughts and provisions of traditional China. It is hoped that after taking the course, the students should obtain a general knowledge about the origins of and the changes in the development of the traditional Chinese legal system. 

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1. History of Taiwan

    We introduce the results achieved by scholars in the field of Taiwan studies, from the prehistoric period to the end of Japanese occupation in 1945. This knowledge of Taiwan history will help our students to do independent research in their future.

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Guideline of Course Offered

1. European History from 14th to 16th Century

    This course tries to introduce the students of the History Department to the development of the early Modern Europe. Topics lectured are as follow：

1、Introduction

2、Seminar: The Foundations of Early Modern Europe

3、The Best and Worst of Times

4、The People of Europe

5、An Age of Disasters

6、Seminar: The Foundations of Early Modern Europe

7、Italy: Home of the Renaissance

8、The Culture of Renaissance Humanism in Italy

9、Painting in Renaissance Italy

10、Mid-Term

11、Seminar: The Foundations of Early Modern Europe

12、Renaissance Sculpture, Architecture and Music

13、The Northern Monarchies and Their Expansion

14、The Renaissance in the North

15、Seminar: Columbus and the Year of 1492

16、Seminar: Columbus and the Year of 1492

17、Final

Shaw, Chong-hai

Education

1、Department of Public Administration , National Chunghsing University

2、Master Degree , in Politics Science , University of West Texas

3、Ph.D , in History, St. Louis University

Career

Main Employment Record ：

1、The Member of The Second National Assembly

2、Guest Associate professor in Sun Yan-sen Graduate Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities，National Chengchi University

3、Concurrent Adjunct professor in Public Administration School，National Chonghsing University

Current Position：

1、Full-time Professor in Sun Yan-sen Graduate Institute of Social Science and Humanities，National Chengchi University

2、Part-time Professor in Diplomacy School ，National Chengchi University

Guideline of Courses Offered

1. HISTORY OF CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS

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Guideline of Courses Offered

1. HISTORY OF WESTERN HISTORIOGRAPHY

　　The purpose of the course is to introduce the students to the development of western historical writing from the Greek times down to the present by a survey of the leading historians and their historical writings, and the rise and fall of major schools of historiography. Through a series of lectures, the course tries to relate the change in historiography to the shifting climate of opinion of the ages.

2. GENERAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

　　The purpose of the course is to familiarize the students to the general history of the United States from the colonial times down to the present by tracing the course of its political, economic, and social as well as cultural growth from an Indian hunting ground to one of the most developed countries in the world.

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Guideline of Course Offered

1. Introduction to Chinese Historical Material

    We introduce in depth Chinese primary sources one after another, from oracle bone inscriptions to modern national archives. To each source, we ask（1）What kind of information we can get from this source;（2）How reliable are these information.