AAS 3483 is also offered in Fall 2024
AAS 3483 is also offered in Fall 2023
Fall 2019 | AAS 3483 Section 001: Hmong History Across the Globe (33660)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
HIST 3483 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 110
- Enrollment Status:
Open (7 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Hmong interaction with lowland Southeast Asian states (Laos, Vietnam) and Western colonial powers (French, American) since 19th century. Changes to religious, social, political, and gender institutions. Aspirations for political autonomy.
- Class Description:
- The course deals with the Hmong and their relations with Chinese and Southeast Asian states as well as with Western colonial powers (French and US) to 1975. Critical themes include highland-lowland relations, issues of statelessness, nationalist movements, minority aspirations and integration into nation-states, the role of minorities in the context of US Cold War politics, and the displacement of the Hmong into the West. Religious, social, political, and gender and ethnic identity transformations are central focus.
- Grading:
- Grading: 2 midterms, discussions/class assignments, short critical papers, newspaper report, term paper, and a final exam
- Exam Format:
- Identifying terms/themes and essay question
- Class Format:
- 75% lecture
25% Discussion
- Workload:
- 75-80 pages reading per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33660/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2016
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