May–June 2008
The Summer-in-China and Japan Program 2008 provides a unique opportunity for students to experience economic development in both an emerging world power and a mature economy and to observe the differences and similarities between these two great cultures. This eight-hour study-abroad program in the summer of 2008 (May–June) consists of two full academic courses, “Economic Development in China” to be taught by Professor Yasmeen Mohiuddin of the Economics department and “International Perspectives on Society and Culture in East Asia” to be taught by Professor Setsuko Matsuzawa of the Asian Studies department. The program would particularly serve sophomores and juniors, but all students are welcome.
Econ. 345. Economic Development in China
A study of the nature of the ‘development’ problem and of policy issues facing the heterogeneous category of developing economies focuses on the contemporary Chinese economy, in transition and under-going reform. Applies theoretical and fieldwork-based analysis to issues pertaining to agricultural and industrial development, income distribution and poverty alleviation, privatization and development of the market, labor markets and human capital formation, women’s empowerment, and international trade.
Asian Studies 214. International Perspectives on Society and Culture in East Asia
An interdisciplinary exploration of the role of national bounda-ries and transnational relationships in East Asia.
No background in the Chinese language is required to participate in this program. The program is about four weeks in duration. It typically includes intensive course work in Sewanee for one week, more than 10 days of study tour in different cities of China, about three to four days in Japan, and four days of international travel. The most distinguishing feature of the program is visits to sites not normally visited by American tourists, and ample opportunity to interact with a diverse group of people, including academics, farmers, senior government officials, and chief executives of joint ventures. Visits are planned to villages in China outside Beijing where the famous Grameen Bank is being replicated, to state-owned enterprises and joint ventures both in Shanghai and Beijing, and to historic sites include the following: Tiananmen Square, Mao’s Mausoleum, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, the Great Wall, and Ming Tombs in China, and Buddhist temples in both China and Japan.
For further information, contact Professor Yasmeen Mohiuddin at 931-598-1462 (email: ymohiudd@sewanee.edu).
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