How did the Chinese empire shape its foreign relations, how did China's rulers see themselves in relation to other heads of state, and at what point can we speak of a global historical perspective? The subject of this seminar are the manifold forms of foreign relations of the Chinese Empire from the Yuan period to the late Qing Empire, which we will study both from the perspective of globalization theories and under the premises of the "New Qing History". This seminar is held in English. For 10 CP, studentsmust complete both seminars in the Module 03-SIN-4005.
Semester: SoSe 2022