Asian Studies (ASIAN)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

ASIAN 1104

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  2848 ASIAN 1104   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 1106

The great Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharata, is one of the principal monuments of world literature. This vast, enthralling, and powerful tale of intra-familial war and world historical decline (of which the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  2355 ASIAN 1106   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ASIAN 1111

This First-Year Writing Seminar is about Asian Literature, Religion, and Culture and provides the opportunity to write extensively about these issues. Topics vary by section and instructor. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: To Sense and be Sensed: Writing the Nonverbal

  •  2397 ASIAN 1111   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sethia, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ASIAN 1118

Buddhist texts and teachers often refer to "liberation," and "enlightenment." But what do Buddhists mean by "freedom"? How do Buddhist thought and practice address the human need for comfort and ways of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  2449 ASIAN 1118   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

ASIAN 2211

This course serves as a general introduction to the study of Japan in the humanities. Through literature, film, art, and pop culture, we will explore how ?Japaneseness? and ?Japanese culture? have historically ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6831 ASIAN 2211   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6832 ASIAN 2211   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you are unable to enroll, or have a schedule conflict but wish to take this class, please request to be added to the waitlist by emailing asianstudiesdept@cornell.edu. When emailing, please 1) enter a subject of Asian Studies course waitlist and 2) provide us with the course title and your enrollment issue.

  •  6833 ASIAN 2211   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you are unable to enroll, or have a schedule conflict but wish to take this class, please request to be added to the waitlist by emailing asianstudiesdept@cornell.edu. When emailing, please 1) enter a subject of Asian Studies course waitlist and 2) provide us with the course title and your enrollment issue.

  •  6834 ASIAN 2211   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you are unable to enroll, or have a schedule conflict but wish to take this class, please request to be added to the waitlist by emailing asianstudiesdept@cornell.edu. When emailing, please 1) enter a subject of Asian Studies course waitlist and 2) provide us with the course title and your enrollment issue.

  •  6835 ASIAN 2211   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you are unable to enroll, or have a schedule conflict but wish to take this class, please request to be added to the waitlist by emailing asianstudiesdept@cornell.edu. When emailing, please 1) enter a subject of Asian Studies course waitlist and 2) provide us with the course title and your enrollment issue.

ASIAN 2232

People outside China often talk about China's rise, the changes in world economics and politics that come from the increase of the economic power of the People's Republic. From a domestic perspective, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 2232

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7081 ASIAN 2232   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7082 ASIAN 2232   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you are unable to enroll, or have a schedule conflict but wish to take this class, please request to be added to the waitlist by emailing asianstudiesdept@cornell.edu. When emailing, please 1) enter a subject of Asian Studies course waitlist and 2) provide us with the course title and your enrollment issue.

  •  7083 ASIAN 2232   DIS 202

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you are unable to enroll, or have a schedule conflict but wish to take this class, please request to be added to the waitlist by emailing asianstudiesdept@cornell.edu. When emailing, please 1) enter a subject of Asian Studies course waitlist and 2) provide us with the course title and your enrollment issue.

  •  7084 ASIAN 2232   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you are unable to enroll, or have a schedule conflict but wish to take this class, please request to be added to the waitlist by emailing asianstudiesdept@cornell.edu. When emailing, please 1) enter a subject of Asian Studies course waitlist and 2) provide us with the course title and your enrollment issue.

  •  7085 ASIAN 2232   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you are unable to enroll, or have a schedule conflict but wish to take this class, please request to be added to the waitlist by emailing asianstudiesdept@cornell.edu. When emailing, please 1) enter a subject of Asian Studies course waitlist and 2) provide us with the course title and your enrollment issue.

ASIAN 2245

This course combines hands-on instruction in gamelan, Indonesia's most prominent form of traditional music, and the academic study of the broader range of music found in contemporary Indonesia, including ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 2341VISST 2744

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8951 ASIAN 2245   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Miller, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2254

This course offers an anthropological approach to the study of religious traditions and practices in South Asia: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. The course begins with a short survey of the major ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 2546RELST 2546

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7540 ASIAN 2254   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Willford, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2262

An exploration of processes of change in health care practices in China. Focuses on key transitions, such as the emergence of canonical medicine, of Daoist approaches to healing and longevity, of scholar ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2561CAPS 2262HIST 2562STS 2561

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12154 ASIAN 2262   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12155 ASIAN 2262   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12156 ASIAN 2262   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2274

The largest of the three great Islamic empires of the early modern era, the Mughal empire at its height ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent, and more than 100 million subjects. This course offers ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2749

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12117 ASIAN 2274   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Travers, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12118 ASIAN 2274   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12119 ASIAN 2274   DIS 202

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12120 ASIAN 2274   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12121 ASIAN 2274   DIS 204

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2280

China was and still is regarded in the Western world as a country without the rule of law. In this course, students examine recent scholarship that challenges this simplified understanding of the role ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: CAPS 2132HIST 2132SHUM 2132

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12193 ASIAN 2280   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Du, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12194 ASIAN 2280   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 2287

This course serves as an introduction to key concepts in the study of the Fantastic, a fundamental analytic category in several academic disciplines, including literature, psychology, anthropology, art, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 2287SHUM 2287

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7106 ASIAN 2287   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Bhattacharjee, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2291

In contemporary China, as in many other places of the world, the ideology and social reality of gender relations is highly paradoxical. Women are flattered for their power as consumers and commitment to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: CAPS 2932FGSS 2932HIST 2932

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12229 ASIAN 2291   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Du, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12230 ASIAN 2291   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Du, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 2294

From the poet-kings of medieval Persia to the trading networks of the famed ?Silk Road? to the wandering mystics of Herat to the constitutional revolution of Iran to the colonial and post-colonial occupations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 2722NES 2722RELST 2722

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8737 ASIAN 2294   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2296

This course reexamines Korea?s place in East Asia by studying transnational cultural and intellectual interactions that Korea has had with China and Japan. The course is divided into three parts. First, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2996

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7097 ASIAN 2296   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Joo, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2297

This course explores the historical development of South Korea since the division of the Korean Peninsula into North and South following liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. By combining films ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  7112 ASIAN 2297   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Joo, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2299

This course will explore the Buddhist tradition from its origins in ancient India to its migrations throughout Asia and eventually to the West. The first part of the course will deal with Indian Buddhism: ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: RELST 2299

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6946 ASIAN 2299   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Boucher, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6947 ASIAN 2299   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Boucher, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6948 ASIAN 2299   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Boucher, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3314

This course examines Korean literature and performance traditions from the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) to the present. Through performance workshops, the course enables students to experience how Korean ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6614COML 3314COML 6314

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7053 ASIAN 3314   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3331

This course explores the intentional removal of oneself from society as expressed in East Asian Buddhist literature, through the acts of hermits and pilgrims. We read the diaries, essays, autobiographies, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 3331

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7091 ASIAN 3331   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3350

The arts of Southeast Asia are studied in their social context, since in traditional societies creative processes are often mapped on the sequence of events that compose human lives. We will be looking ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7122 ASIAN 3350   LEC 001

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • McGowan, K

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3362

In this course, we will study Asia's kingdoms, states, and empires, and how this past is formulated as national heritage in present-day modern Asian states. We examine how Asian states and their royal ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7546 ASIAN 3362   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Fiskesjo, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3378

The rapidly growing literature of the Korean diaspora is one of the most significant developments in Korean literature since the 20th century. As Korean literature has circulated as world literature, it ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 3378AMST 3378COML 3378

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7057 ASIAN 3378   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3380

The course will be thoroughly comparative in order to highlight both the specificity of each country as well as more generalizable dynamics of 21st century development. It will be divided into a number ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 14249 ASIAN 3380   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Friedman, E

      Kuruvilla, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3395

China is often thought of as being isolated from the outside world. It is imagined as existing in historic seclusion, and, following the establishment of the People's Republic, as pursuing a path of autarky. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 3967GOVT 3967

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10279 ASIAN 3395   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3397

This course examines Southeast Asia's history from earliest times up until the mid-eighteenth century. The genesis of traditional kingdoms, the role of monumental architecture (such as Angkor in Cambodia ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 6697HIST 3950HIST 6950

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12041 ASIAN 3397   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Tagliacozzo, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12042 ASIAN 3397   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 4021

This course explores the Buddhist tradition of Zen through a focus on the major figures in its Japanese context who have contributed to its foundational practices and promulgation and its revitalization ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 4021

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7034 ASIAN 4021   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: one course in Asian religions on Buddhism.

ASIAN 4023

Buddhist ideas, practices, and institutions play many roles in the political life of South and Southeast Asia, in the present day and throughout the long history of these regions. This course approaches ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6023RELST 4023RELST 6023

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7099 ASIAN 4023   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4377

This is an events-based course. Students will attend ten seminars in the South Asia Program seminar series. The work of scholars, filmmakers, and artists presenting research in the series spans the region ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6377

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  7095 ASIAN 4377   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Bass, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4401

Supervised reading and research on the problem selected for honors work. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6961 ASIAN 4401   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6962 ASIAN 4401   IND 602

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6963 ASIAN 4401   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Boucher, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6964 ASIAN 4401   IND 604

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6967 ASIAN 4401   IND 607

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6968 ASIAN 4401   IND 608

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Ma, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6969 ASIAN 4401   IND 609

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6970 ASIAN 4401   IND 610

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6971 ASIAN 4401   IND 611

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6972 ASIAN 4401   IND 612

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6973 ASIAN 4401   IND 613

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

ASIAN 4402

The student, under faculty direction, prepares an honors essay. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6975 ASIAN 4402   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6976 ASIAN 4402   IND 602

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6977 ASIAN 4402   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Boucher, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6981 ASIAN 4402   IND 607

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6982 ASIAN 4402   IND 608

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Ma, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6983 ASIAN 4402   IND 609

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6984 ASIAN 4402   IND 610

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6985 ASIAN 4402   IND 611

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6986 ASIAN 4402   IND 612

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6987 ASIAN 4402   IND 613

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

ASIAN 4403

Intensive reading under the direction of a member of the staff. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6925 ASIAN 4403   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6926 ASIAN 4403   IND 602

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6927 ASIAN 4403   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Boucher, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6931 ASIAN 4403   IND 607

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6932 ASIAN 4403   IND 608

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Ma, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6933 ASIAN 4403   IND 609

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6934 ASIAN 4403   IND 610

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6935 ASIAN 4403   IND 611

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6936 ASIAN 4403   IND 612

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6937 ASIAN 4403   IND 613

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

ASIAN 4448

Seminar intended to examine the increasingly complex relationship that has evolved between China and the rest of the international system, with particular focus on the rise of Chinese nationalism and the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: CAPS 4827GOVT 4827GOVT 6827

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10218 ASIAN 4448   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10219 ASIAN 4448   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 4449

This seminar will explore the development of and variety in the academic discipline of Religious Studies. We will consider the emergence of secular approaches to the study of religion arising out of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 4449

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6938 ASIAN 4449   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Boucher, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: one course in religious studies or permission of the instructor.

ASIAN 4452

This course focuses on three major and interrelated themes within Filipino/Filipino American history: war/empire, labor/migration, and culture/imaginaries. How do we account for the overwhelming number ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 4050AMST 4052

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4417 ASIAN 4452   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4473

China, a cultural giant of East Asia, made a passive entrance into modernity. With the advent of Western and American colonialism and imperialism, coupled with recent successes in westernization by the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7188 ASIAN 4473   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4499

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Syllabi: none
  •  7237 ASIAN 4499   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4845

Since the mid-twentieth century, artists based in and across East Asia have turned to performance art, using bodily actions to blur the boundaries between art and everyday social life. This course analyzes ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4845ARTH 6845ASIAN 6845

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17963 ASIAN 4845   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Lin, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6023

Buddhist ideas, practices, and institutions play many roles in the political life of South and Southeast Asia, in the present day and throughout the long history of these regions. This course approaches ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 4023RELST 4023RELST 6023

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7101 ASIAN 6023   SEM 001

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7102 ASIAN 6023   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 6025

This upper-level seminar explores how East Asian literary, religious, and cultural traditions have imagined worlds shared by humans and nonhuman beings. Focusing on the ways in which the boundary between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7113 ASIAN 6025   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Completed two years of Chinese language training in consultation with the instructor.

ASIAN 6377

This is an events-based course. Students will attend ten seminars in the South Asia Program seminar series. The work of scholars, filmmakers, and artists presenting research in the series spans the region ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4377

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  7096 ASIAN 6377   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Bass, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6400

This required seminar for the new graduate minor in media studies considers media from a wide number of perspectives, ranging from the methods of cinema and television studies to those of music, information ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9627 ASIAN 6400   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Ma, S

      Vaziri, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6603

This is a survey of English-language literary criticism about literature in Chinese, including drama and film, from the late Qing to the present. Students read in a roundtable format, bringing diverse ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7031 ASIAN 6603   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

ASIAN 6612

An introduction to the key reference and research works available for Japanese studies (both print and digital). Uses of databases and reference works on a given theme will be modelled in the class hour. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Graded

  •  6940 ASIAN 6612   SEM 101

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Mckee, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: Japanese language skills at the intermediate level or above.

ASIAN 6614

This course examines Korean literature and performance traditions from the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) to the present. Through performance workshops, the course enables students to experience how Korean ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3314COML 3314COML 6314

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7055 ASIAN 6614   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6652

In this course, we will study Asia's kingdoms, states, and empires, and how this past is formulated as national heritage in present-day modern Asian states. We examine how Asian states and their royal ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7583 ASIAN 6652   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Fiskesjo, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6673

China, a cultural giant of East Asia, made a passive entrance into modernity. With the advent of Western and American colonialism and imperialism, coupled with recent successes in westernization by the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7197 ASIAN 6673   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6680

The course will be thoroughly comparative in order to highlight both the specificity of each country as well as more generalizable dynamics of 21st century development. It will be divided into a number ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 14254 ASIAN 6680   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Friedman, E

      Kuruvilla, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6697

This course examines Southeast Asia's history from earliest times up until the mid-eighteenth century. The genesis of traditional kingdoms, the role of monumental architecture (such as Angkor in Cambodia ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 3397HIST 3950HIST 6950

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12103 ASIAN 6697   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Tagliacozzo, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12104 ASIAN 6697   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 6845

Since the mid-twentieth century, artists based in and across East Asia have turned to performance art, using bodily actions to blur the boundaries between art and everyday social life. This course analyzes ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4845ARTH 6845ASIAN 4845

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17964 ASIAN 6845   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Lin, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 7703

Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7003 ASIAN 7703   RSC 701

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7004 ASIAN 7703   RSC 702

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7006 ASIAN 7703   RSC 704

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7007 ASIAN 7703   RSC 705

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Formichi, C

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7008 ASIAN 7703   RSC 706

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7009 ASIAN 7703   RSC 707

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7011 ASIAN 7703   RSC 709

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7012 ASIAN 7703   RSC 710

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7013 ASIAN 7703   RSC 711

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7015 ASIAN 7703   RSC 713

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Warner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7016 ASIAN 7703   RSC 714

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7017 ASIAN 7703   RSC 715

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pepinsky, T

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research