Medicine and Society in China: Past and Present

This seminar provides a unique angle of studying Chinese history from antiquity to our present moment through the lens of medicine. Using China as method, it also aims at cultivating a pluralistic and historically informed understanding of medicine as evolving science, cultural system, socio-economic enterprises, and increasingly in the modern world a vital component of domestic and global governance. Through thematically and chronologically organized readings, students hone skills in historical analysis and engage in critical understanding of cultural differences as seen through medicine and health.