本課程以鴉片戰爭至清末新政時期的中國外交為範圍，閱讀與討論基本書單，幫助學生理解相關領域之學術詮釋架構與研究前沿，建立對清末外交史的理論與知識基礎。並介紹與練習使用《外交檔案》等一手史料，撰寫學期報告，奠定進一步研究的基礎。

This course covers Chinese diplomacy from the Opium War to the New Deal period in the late Qing Dynasty. It reads and discusses basic books to help students understand the academic interpretation framework and research frontiers in related fields, and establish a theoretical and knowledge foundation for the diplomatic history of the late Qing Dynasty. They also introduce and practice using first-hand historical materials such as "Diplomatic Archives" to write term reports and lay the foundation for further research.

Paul Kennedy, Realities behind Diplomacy,
D. C. Watt等 "What is Diplomatic History...?"，in What is History Today。
Michael J. Hogan & Thomas G. Paterson eds. Explaining the History of
American Foreign Relations, 2nd edition, Cambridge UP, 2004

1. 蔣廷黻，《中國近代史》
2. 坂野正高著，陳鵬仁等譯《近代中國政治外交史》（台灣商務，2005）
3. 馬士著，張匯文等譯《中華帝國對外關係史》（上海書店，2000）。
4. 《劍橋中國晚清史》（北京：中國社科，1993）。
5. Prasenjit Duara, Rescuing History from the Nation: Questioning Narratives of
Modern China, 1995。杜贊奇《從民族國家拯救歷史》
6. Paul Cohen, Discovering History in China: American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past, 1984，《在中國發現歷史》
7. J. K. Fairbank ed., The Chinese World Order: Traditional China's Foreign Relations, Cambridge, Mass., 1968. 費正清，《中國的世界秩序—除統中國的對外關係》（北京：中國社科出版社，2010）
8. 濱下武志著，朱蔭貴等譯，《近代中國的國際契機》（北京：中國社科，1999）。
9. James L. Hevia, Cherishing Men from Afar, 1995。何偉亞《懷柔遠人》
10. 茅海建，《天朝的崩潰》、
11. 茅海建，《近代的尺度》。
12. Mary Wright, The Tung-chih Restoration, 1862-1874, 1962，《同治中興—中國保守主義的最後抵抗》（北京：中國社科，2002）
13. Paul Cohen, History in Three Keys: the Boxer as Event, Experience, and Myth, 1997.《歷史三調：作為事件、經歷與神話的義和團》
14. 劉禾《帝國的政治話語—從近代中西衝突看現代世界秩序的形成》（北京：三聯，2009）

Paul Kennedy, Realities behind Diplomacy,
D. C. Watt et al. "What is Diplomatic History...?", in What is History Today.
Michael J. Hogan & Thomas G. Paterson eds. Explaining the History of
American Foreign Relations, 2nd edition, Cambridge UP, 2004

1. Jiang Tingfu, "Modern History of China"
2. "Modern China's Political and Diplomatic History" written by Masaka Sakano and translated by Chen Pengren and others (Taiwan Business, 2005)
3. "History of the Foreign Relations of the Chinese Empire" written by Ma Shi and translated by Zhang Huiwen and others (Shanghai Bookstore, 2000).
4. "Cambridge History of China in the Late Qing Dynasty" (Beijing: China Social Sciences, 1993).
5. Prasenjit Duara, Rescuing History from the Nation: Questioning Narratives of
Modern China, 1995. Duara "Saving History from the Nation-State"
6. Paul Cohen, Discovering History in China: American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past, 1984, "Discovering History in China"
7. J. K. Fairbank ed., The Chinese World Order: Traditional China's Foreign Relations, Cambridge, Mass., 1968. Fairbank, "China's World Order—China's Foreign Relations Without Reunification" (Beijing: China Social Science Press, 2010)
8. Written by Hamashita Takeshi, translated by Zhu Yingui and others, "International Opportunities in Modern China" (Beijing: China Social Sciences, 1999).
9. James L. Hevia, Cherishing Men from Afar, 1995. He Weiya's "Huairou Yuanren"
10. Mao Haijian, "The Collapse of the Celestial Empire",
11. Mao Haijian, "Scale of Modern Times".
12. Mary Wright, The Tung-chih Restoration, 1862-1874, 1962, "Tongzhi Zhongxing—The Last Resistance of Chinese Conservatism" (Beijing: China Social Sciences, 2002)
13. Paul Cohen, History in Three Keys: the Boxer as Event, Experience, and Myth, 1997. "The Boxer Rebellion as Event, Experience, and Myth"
14. Liu He, "The Political Discourse of Empire—The Formation of Modern World Order from the Sino-Western Conflict in Modern Times" (Beijing: Sanlian, 2009)