The course of history of Eastern and South Eastern Asia falls within the domain of the complementary learning activities of the Degree Course in Languages and Cultural-Linguistic Mediation, specifically among the complementary activities aiming at providing basic notions in the historical-political field.
The course aims to provide skills for the critical analysis of Chinese and Far Eastern history through the illustration and comparison between the Chinese Imperial era and the Republican period. It also aims to provide a knowledge of the cultural traditions, both Chinese and external, and their influence on the codification and legitimization of the Chinese imperial political culture before the transition to a national culture and up to the development of a modern Chinese state within the international order.
Expected learning outcomes:
Students will be able to critically analyze Chinese and Far Eastern history through the illustration and the comparison between the Chinese Imperial era and the Republican period. They will be acquainted with the cultural traditions, both Chinese and external, and their influence on the codification and legitimization of the imperial political culture before the transition to a national culture.
The course aims to provide skills for the critical analysis of Chinese and Far Eastern history through the illustration and comparison between the Chinese Imperial era and the Republican period. It also aims to provide a knowledge of the cultural traditions, both Chinese and external, and their influence on the codification and legitimization of the Chinese imperial political culture before the transition to a national culture and up to the development of a modern Chinese state within the international order.
Expected learning outcomes:
Students will be able to critically analyze Chinese and Far Eastern history through the illustration and the comparison between the Chinese Imperial era and the Republican period. They will be acquainted with the cultural traditions, both Chinese and external, and their influence on the codification and legitimization of the imperial political culture before the transition to a national culture.
teacher profile teaching materials
- The History of Chinese Law; from traditional imperial law to socialist law, The codification under the Republic of China. Legal implications of the New Silk Road. Commercial and investment law. The new Civil code
- Historical framework of Japan, Korea, India, Taiwan, Vietnam and Indonesia.
Federico Roberto Antonelli, Il diritto cinese: dall'antica alla nuova via della seta (second edition), Libreria Universitaria, Padova 2021
Federico Roberto Antonelli, L’extraterritorialità e le concessioni; contributo alla modernizzazione dei sistemi giuridici locali e profili di comparazione giuridica, in liber amicorum in onore di Luigi Moccia, Roma TrE-PRESS, 2021
Programme
- The History of Modern and Contemporary China. The late Qing Empire, the clash of civilization with the West, the Taipingtianguo, the beginning of modernization, the Republican period, the Guomindang period, the Communist movement and civil war, the Japanese aggression, the second world war, the esltablishment of PRC, Foreign policy of PRC, the Cultural Revolution, The reform of Deng Xiao Ping', the accession to the WTO, the Xi Jinping's ledearship, the Belt and Road Initiative and made in china 2025. Relationship between Italy and China.- The History of Chinese Law; from traditional imperial law to socialist law, The codification under the Republic of China. Legal implications of the New Silk Road. Commercial and investment law. The new Civil code
- Historical framework of Japan, Korea, India, Taiwan, Vietnam and Indonesia.
Core Documentation
Guido Samarani, La Cina contemporanea dalla fine dell'impero ad oggi, Einaudi, 2020Federico Roberto Antonelli, Il diritto cinese: dall'antica alla nuova via della seta (second edition), Libreria Universitaria, Padova 2021
Federico Roberto Antonelli, L’extraterritorialità e le concessioni; contributo alla modernizzazione dei sistemi giuridici locali e profili di comparazione giuridica, in liber amicorum in onore di Luigi Moccia, Roma TrE-PRESS, 2021
Reference Bibliography
Federico R Antonelli, ‘Nascita e sviluppo del diritto moderno’, in La civiltà cinese: dalle origini ai giorni nostri, vol. 3, a cura di Guido Samarani e Maurizio Scarpari. Einaudi Editore, Torino 2009. Federico R Antonelli, ‘Il sistema giuridico dei Taiping’, in Caro Maestro... Scritti in onore di Lionello Lanciotti per l'ottantesimo compleanno, (a cura di Maurizio Scarpari e Tiziana Lippiello), Venezia, 2005 Federico R Antonelli, Cina, diritto e democrazia: un’amicizia (ancora) possibile, in Tigor: rivista di scienze della comunicazione e di argomentazione giuridica - A. XIII (2021) n.2 E' tutta seta ciò che luccica? L'Italia e Xi: bilancio e prospettive della Via della Seta, Mondo Cinese numero 165-166 2019. Codice Cinese. Xi e il Governo della legge, Mondo Cinese numero 167, 2020. Stefano Beltrame, Breve Storia degli italiani in Cina, Luiss, 2019 Alberto Bradanini, Oltre la Grande Muraglia, Egea 2018Type of delivery of the course
In presenza. External speakers will be attendedAttendance
Group work can be organized based on the number of attending studentsType of evaluation
Oral exam. Middle term exam could be organized for attending students.