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Matthew Noellert


Associate Professor of Economic History at Hitotsubashi University


Teaching

I enjoy teaching because it is an opportunity to try to explain my ideas to a wide vareity of normal people (college students), and to try to convince them to devote their lives to studying Chinese history (or at least see the world in new ways). I believe teaching requires the highest level of knowledge - from knowing, to understanding, to helping others understand. Insofar as it tests my intellect I find it rather rewarding, but whether or not my students find it rewarding or not is another story.

Courses at Hitotsubashi

Undergraduate

Introduction to Economic History (In Japanese, 経済史入門) (syllabus)
Special Issues in Economic History (Historical Data and Methods)
Economic History B (Chinese Rural Economy History) (syllabus)

Graduate

Asian Economic History (syllabus)

Past Courses at the University of Iowa

Undergraduate

Civilizations of Asia: China (syllabus)
Twentieth Century China (syllabus)
Digital History Workshop (syllabus)

Graduate

History Research Methods (syllabus)

Past Courses at Shanxi University

Graduate

Analysis and Interpretation in Quantitative Historical Social Science (Co-instructor, in Chinese) (syllabus)
Big Data and New Methods in Chinese Social History: Collection, Transcription, Analysis (Co-instructor, in Chinese) (syllabus)
A New History for a New China, 1700-2000: Comparative Perspectives on Inequality (Co-instructor) (syllabus)