Course Schedule

Weeks 1-3 | Weeks 4-6 | Weeks 7-9 | Weeks 10-12 | Weeks 13-14

Week One
  • January 28 - Primary Instructor: Jac Bulk
     - Course Syllabus Distribution and Discussion
    - Introduction of All Course Instructors - Hmong artifact display
  • January 30 - Primary Instructor: Charles Lee
     - Early Hmong History
    Reading: Quincy; Hmong: History of a People, Chapters 1-4, pp.3-71
Week Two
  • February 4 - Primary Instructor: Neng Xiong
     - Overview of Hmong traditional lifestyles
    - Hmong Diversity: White Hmong, Green Hmong, Striped Hmong
    - Opium Trade
    Reading The Promised Land, Chapter 2, pp.15-37
    Class Handout Opium and the Miao: A Study in Ecological Adjustment, pp. 1-11
  • February 6 - Primary Instructor: Charles Lee
     - The Secret War Years: Hmong/Mien and US alliance
    Reading The Promised Land, Chapter 3, pp. 40-62
    Reading The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, pp. 119-139
Week Three
  • February 11 - Primary Instructor: Tony Yang
     - Hmong Life in Thailand Refugee Camps
    - Preparations for emigration
    Reading The Promised Land, Chapter 4, pp. 69-97
    Reading The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, pp. 154-170
    Class Handout Fighters, Refugees, Immigrants, pp. 6-39
  • February 13 - Primary Instructor: Charles Lee
     - Hmong oral tradition
    - The structure of memory in tradition society
    Reading Hmong Lives, pp. 1-81
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