Waiyee Loh
Assistant Professor of World Literature
Department of English
Kanagawa University, Japan
The British Empire in East Asia: Victorian and Neo-Victorian Perspectives I
(AY 2022/2023, Semester 1)
Download course syllabus here: British Empire in E Asia 1 syllabus.pdf
Week 1. Introduction
Britain and China: Empires Entwined
Lecture notes: W1. Introduction.pptx
PDF of Le Fanu, "Green Tea": Green Tea scan.pdf; Green Tea notes.pdf
Week 2. Tea and opium I
Reading: Le Fanu, "Green Tea"
Lecture notes: W2. Tea opium.pptx
Voice recording: W2. Green Tea.mp3
Week 3. Tea and opium II
Reading: Le Fanu, "Green Tea"
Lecture notes: W3. Tea opium.pptx
PDF of Ghosh, Sea of Poppies: Ghosh. Sea of Poppies scan.pdf
Voice recording: W3. Green tea.mp3
Week 4. Planting opium in Bengal: Farmers
Reading: extracts from Ghosh, Sea of Poppies
Lecture notes: W4. Planting opium in Bengal farmers.pptx
Voice recording: W4. Sea of Poppies.mp3
Week 5. Shipping opium from Calcutta to Canton: Sailors and Overseers
Reading: extracts from Ghosh, Flood of Fire
Lecture notes: W5. Shipping opium sailors overseers.pptx
Voice recording: W5. Sailors and overseers.mp3
Week 6. Shipping opium from Calcutta to Canton: Lascars
Reading: extracts from Ghosh, Flood of Fire
Lecture notes: W6. Shipping opium lascars.pptx
Voice recording: W6. Lascars.mp3
Week 7. Trading opium in Canton: The British
Reading: extracts from Ghosh, Flood of Fire
Lecture notes: W7. Trading opium in Canton Brit.pptx
Voice recording: W7. British opium traders.mp3
Week 8. Trading opium in Canton: The Parsis
Reading: extracts from Ghosh, Flood of Fire
Lecture notes: W8. Trading opium in Canton Parsis.pptx
Week 9. The Opium War: British Indian soldiers
Reading: extracts from Ghosh, Flood of Fire
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Week 10. The Opium War: The Manchu government
Reading: extracts from Ghosh, Flood of Fire
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Week 11. The Opium War: Hong Kong island
Reading: extracts from Ghosh, Flood of Fire
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PDF of Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Dickens. Mystery of Edwin Drood.pdf
Images of opium dens: Dore illustration.jpg; Fildes illustration.jpg
Week 12. Opium in the imperial metropolis
Reading: extract from Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Reading: images of opium dens in 19th-century London
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Week 13. Research skills workshop
How to conduct research for your assignment
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Week 14. Conclusion
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Week 15. Essay due