Lecture and Seminar Timetable
| Week | Lecture | Seminar | |
| Autumn Term | 1 | Introduction | A: Introduction |
| 2 |
The Qing Dynasty |
B: Strangers from Afar | |
| 3 |
Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China |
C: The Era of Global European Hegemony | |
| 4 | Rebellions and Restoration | D: Modern Science & Technology | |
| 5 | Late Qing Crisis | E: Anti-imperialism | |
| 6 | Reading Week | ||
| 7 | The Founding of China's Republic | F: Empire to Nation | |
| 8 | The May Fourth Movement | G: Cultural Modernities | |
| 9 | The First United Front: 1923-1927 | H: Voices of Dissent | |
| 10 | The Nanjing Decade: 1928-1937 | I: Stability and Retreat | |
| Christmas Vacation | |||
| Spring Term | 1 | The War of Resistance: 1937-1945 | J: Japan's Visions for CHina |
| 2 | The Civil War: 1945-1949 | K: Coming Unglued | |
| 3 | Cold War in the Making | L: The 'Bamboo Curtain' | |
| 4 | Living the Revolution: City and Countryside | M: The Early PRC Years | |
| 5 | The Great Leap Forward | N: Utopia/Dystopia | |
| 6 | Reading Week | ||
| 7 | The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: 1966-1976 | O: Radicalism on the Margins | |
| 8 | The Era of Reconstruction: 1976-1989 | P: From Mao to Deng | |
| 9 | 1989 and Its Aftermath | Q: Tiananmen Democracy | |
| 10 | The PRC Empire: Center and Peripheries | R: New Imperial Formations | |
| Easter Vacation | |||
| Summer Term | 1 | Provincializing China and the Writing of History | no seminar |
| 2 |
Revision Session |
no seminar | |
| 3 |
Guest Lecture |
no seminar | |