KSCB038 Overseas Chinese

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Denisa Hilbertová, M.A. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main topic of the course are Overseas Chinese - communities originated in the migration of Chinese people abroad. At the end of the course student will have a basic knowledge of causes, historical contexts and patterns of major migratory waves from   Chinese cultural areas toward overseas and will be acquainted with the culture of the regions   of   which migration is based, and which significantly affects the structure and operation of overseas Chinese communities around the world. Students will also create awareness about the   key target areas of migration and characteristics   Chinese   migrant communities in different countries of the world. They should also be able to understand interdependencies, relationships and commonalities among different waves of migration and different migrant communities around the world.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, obligation for completition, distribution of topics
  • 2. Basic terms, theories and patterns of Chinese migration
  • 3. History of Chinese migration abroad
  • 4. Origin of migration and ties to the region of origin - culture, language and religion
  • 5. Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Korea
  • 6. Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia
  • 7. Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, the Philippines, Australia
  • 8. Chinese in North America (USA, Canada)
  • 9. Chinese in Africa
  • 10. Chinese in Europe
  • 11. Chinese in Czech Republic
  • 12. Overseas Chinese in the present PRC and international politics
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Student must participate in the organization of final student conference and must present own conference paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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