Ted Thornton
Asia Rising
Term Essay Topics
Fall, 2007



Oral Presentations will proceed according to the reshuffled list that will appear below after all topics have been selected.

Oral reports of about 15-20 minutes will be expected beginning after your first paper is submitted (mid October) and continuing throughout the remainder of the term.  Click for tips on how to present your oral report.  Discussion will begin with a question or comment from the previous presenter on the list (discussion following the first presentation will begin with a question or comment from the last person on the list).

Ben Weyers The Silk Road
Trevor Hendry Sun Tzu: Chinese Military in History
Ryan Peters The Art of China
Mike O'Brien Legacy of Japan's Samurai Tradition
David Rome The Meiji Restoration
Nico Cordeiro Japan in World War II
Britt Ross The Lives of Women in East Asia
Simon McCormack North Korea
Jorge Flores South Korea
T.J. Strunk Rebellion in China: 1790s - 1900
Jerry Alcius Communism: Founding to Death of Mao

Nastassia Williams

Chinese Government: From Deng to Today
Chris Sullivan Family and Schooling in Today's China
Sung Park Taiwan
Alex Junda Chinese Cuisine

Term Essay Assignment

How to Prepare for Oral Presentations

 

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