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ASIAN 1100
FWS: Religion and Ecological Sustainability

This course explores the current environmental crisis from the view that religious cosmologies and ideologies play a role in the decisions that both foster and inhibit transitions to sustainable living. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17560 ASIAN 1100   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

ASIAN 1111
FWS: Literature, Culture, Religion

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. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Ghost Buddha Magic:Viet Religious Exp ThenNow

  • 17651 ASIAN 1111   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Weird Literatures

  • 17652 ASIAN 1111   SEM 102

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

ASIAN 2212
Introduction to China

Interdisciplinary introduction to Chinese culture especially designed for students not majoring in Asian Studies. Explores literature, history, religion, and art, and other aspects of China's rich and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 2212

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5391 ASIAN 2212   LEC 001

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  •  5698 ASIAN 2212   DIS 201

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  •  5699 ASIAN 2212   DIS 202

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  •  5700 ASIAN 2212   DIS 203

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  •  6959 ASIAN 2212   DIS 204

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  •  5701 ASIAN 2212   DIS 205

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  •  5702 ASIAN 2212   DIS 206

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  •  5703 ASIAN 2212   DIS 207

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  •  7086 ASIAN 2212   DIS 208

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ASIAN 2222
The World of Modern Japan

In 1868, samurai revolutionaries and their allies seized the reins of power and established a new capital they called Tokyo.  Against all odds, this fragile regime survived and made Tokyo a center of power ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 1622, GOVT 1623, HIST 1622

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17308 ASIAN 2222   LEC 001

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  • 17313 ASIAN 2222   DIS 201

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  • 17314 ASIAN 2222   DIS 202

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  • 17315 ASIAN 2222   DIS 203

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  • 17316 ASIAN 2222   DIS 204

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ASIAN 2240
Introduction to Modern Central Asia

The Graveyard of Empires. The Crossroads of the World. The Pivot of History. For all its grand nicknames, Central Asia remains a region little-studied in the West. This course endeavors to separate fact ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2740

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17225 ASIAN 2240   LEC 001

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ASIAN 2247
Controversy and Debate in Islam

Whether it is politics, society, the law, sexuality, popular culture or minorities' rights, the media are saturated with news on Islam. This course introduces topical issues in Islam as a religious, historical, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 2649, RELST 2247

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16092 ASIAN 2247   LEC 001

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ASIAN 2250
Introduction to Asian Religions

This course will explore religious traditions in South Asia (Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka) and East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea) including Hinduism, Buddhism (South Asian and East Asian), Sikhism, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: RELST 2250

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6860 ASIAN 2250   LEC 001

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  6861 ASIAN 2250   DIS 201

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  6862 ASIAN 2250   DIS 202

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  •  6863 ASIAN 2250   DIS 203

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  •  7434 ASIAN 2250   DIS 204

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ASIAN 2259
Music in and of East Asia

This course explores the breadth of music found in present day China, Japan, and Korea--from indigenous musical traditions, through adaptations of Western art music, up to the latest popular styles--as ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 2330

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9010 ASIAN 2259   LEC 001

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ASIAN 2262
Medicine and Healing in China

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

  • 17117 ASIAN 2262   LEC 001

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ASIAN 2275
History of Modern India

This introductory course is a broad survey of the history of the Indian subcontinent from remnants of the Mughal empire through the end of the British empire into the postcolonial present. Prominent themes ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2750

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9275 ASIAN 2275   LEC 001

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  •  9276 ASIAN 2275   DIS 201

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  •  9277 ASIAN 2275   DIS 202

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  •  9278 ASIAN 2275   DIS 203

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  •  9279 ASIAN 2275   DIS 204

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ASIAN 2277
Meditation in Indian Culture

This course probes the truths behind traditional claims of the priority of internal practice in Indian traditions. We will examine both practices themselves - techniques of meditation and contemplation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 2277

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8322 ASIAN 2277   LEC 001

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ASIAN 2286
Transformations in Twentieth Century China

The twentieth century was a time of unprecedented change in China as the country's ancient imperial system collapsed and a new modern order began to emerge. This course will explore the myriad transformations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 2985, HIST 2985

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8459 ASIAN 2286   LEC 001

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ASIAN 3308
Issues in Contemporary China II

The course is attached to the Cornell Contemporary China Initiative lecture series, which brings high profile speakers on various aspects of contemporary China to Cornell most Mondays throughout the semester.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  8026 ASIAN 3308   LEC 001

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ASIAN 3309
Temple in the World: Buddhism in Contemporary South and Southeast Asia

How do Buddhists live out their philosophies and ethics? What are the spaces of ritual, devotion, meditation, education, and politics? How do Buddhist practices and affiliations satisfy aesthetic and emotional ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 3309

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8867 ASIAN 3309   LEC 001

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ASIAN 3311
Performing Islam in Southeast Asia

What role does Islam take in the politics, history, arts and rituals of Southeast Asia? Structured as a seminar, this course takes you on a journey through Southeast Asia, home to almost a quarter of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6611, NES 3511, RELST 3311

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16085 ASIAN 3311   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.

ASIAN 3316
Zen Buddhism: The Landscape, the Human, Dwelling and Garden

This course explores the Zen's central religious, historical and aesthetic developments. We read primary sources in translation and secondary sources. We examine the rise of the Ch'an tradition in China ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  8328 ASIAN 3316   LEC 001

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ASIAN 3350
The Arts of Southeast Asia

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

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3850, VISST 3696

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15911 ASIAN 3350   LEC 001

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ASIAN 3362
Kingship and State-Making in Asia

Kingship plays an outsize role in Asian countries today, in both democratic and authoritarian countries. Even in countries that abolished the monarchy, the legacy of kingship is very much at play. In this ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 15006 ASIAN 3362   LEC 001

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ASIAN 3376
Digital Asia

New media remain central to ongoing struggles over the constitution of the public sphere in Asia. In high measure, censorship affects the Internet and visual media (including digital, independent cinema), ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6676, FGSS 3376, FGSS 6676

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16099 ASIAN 3376   LEC 001

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ASIAN 3383
Introduction to the Arts of China

This course offers a survey of the art and culture of China, from the Neolithic period to the 20th century. We begin with an inquiry into the meaning of national boundaries and the controversy of the Han ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 3800, ARTH 3800

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8684 ASIAN 3383   LEC 001

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ASIAN 3396
Transnational Local: Southeast Asian History from the Eighteenth Century

Surveys the modern history of Southeast Asia with special attention to colonialism, the Chinese diaspora, and socio-cultural institutions.  Considers global transformations that brought "the West" into ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6696, HIST 3960, HIST 6960

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8433 ASIAN 3396   LEC 001

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ASIAN 4401
Asian Studies Honors Course

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

  •  7312 ASIAN 4401   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Admussen, N

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7109 ASIAN 4401   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Blackburn, A

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8067 ASIAN 4401   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Boucher, D

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7110 ASIAN 4401   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Formichi, C

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7111 ASIAN 4401   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8068 ASIAN 4401   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Gold, D

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7112 ASIAN 4401   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Law, J

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7113 ASIAN 4401   IND 608

    • TBA

    • McNeal, R

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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ASIAN 4402
Asian Studies Honors: Senior Essay

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7323 ASIAN 4402   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Admussen, N

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7115 ASIAN 4402   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Blackburn, A

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7116 ASIAN 4402   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Boucher, D

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8070 ASIAN 4402   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Formichi, C

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7117 ASIAN 4402   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8071 ASIAN 4402   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Gold, D

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7130 ASIAN 4402   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Law, J

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7118 ASIAN 4402   IND 608

    • TBA

    • McNeal, R

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ASIAN 4404
Supervised Reading

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7330 ASIAN 4404   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Admussen, N

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7119 ASIAN 4404   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Blackburn, A

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8074 ASIAN 4404   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Boucher, D

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7271 ASIAN 4404   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Formichi, C

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7120 ASIAN 4404   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Fuhrmann, A

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8075 ASIAN 4404   IND 606

    • TBA

    • Gold, D

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7272 ASIAN 4404   IND 607

    • TBA

    • Law, J

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7121 ASIAN 4404   IND 608

    • TBA

    • McNeal, R

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ASIAN 4413
Religion and Politics in Southeast Asia

This course explores how religious beliefs and practices in Southeast Asia have been transformed by the combined forces of colonialism, nationalism, and globalization. By examining both diversity and resurgence ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4513, ANTHR 7513, ASIAN 7713

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15029 ASIAN 4413   SEM 101

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ASIAN 4416
Gender and Sexuality in Southeast Asia

Students consider the relationships among colonialism and gender and sexual identity formation in Southeast Asia. Using material from a wide range of fields including anthropology and literature, the course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17136 ASIAN 4416   SEM 101

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ASIAN 4423
The City: Asia

This course uses the lens of temporality to track transformations in notions of urban personhood and collective life engendered by recent trans-Asia economic shifts. We will develop tools that help unpack ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16074 ASIAN 4423   SEM 101

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ASIAN 4441
Mahayana Buddhism

This course will explore the origins and early developments of a movement in Indian Buddhism known as the Great Vehicle. We will intensively examine a small slice of this movement's voluminous literature ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 4441

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16090 ASIAN 4441   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: One course with significant Buddhist content.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ASIAN 4445
Performing Objects/Collecting Cultures

The twin phenomena of performing and collecting are as old as time, and both require an intense entanglement with things. This seminar examines the significance of objects and their related texts within ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16885 ASIAN 4445   SEM 101

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ASIAN 4450
Art in Zen and Zen in Art

This course explores how the art of Zen (Chan) developed in China and was transmitted to Korea and Japan. It will also examine how ideas of Zen informed Western Modern art in both Europe and North America, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4820, ARTH 6820, ASIAN 6650

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16521 ASIAN 4450   SEM 101

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ASIAN 4465
Scandal, Corruption, and the Making of the British Empire in India

As the English East India Company conquered vast Indian territories in the late 1700s, it was besieged with allegations of corruption against its leading officials. This course will examine the origins ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4723, SHUM 4623

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16483 ASIAN 4465   SEM 101

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ASIAN 4492
Ocean: The Sea in Human History

This course focuses on the role of the oceans in human history, from earliest times to the present.  It does so by moving both chronologically and topically through oceanic history, so that a number of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4922, HIST 6922

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8439 ASIAN 4492   SEM 101

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ASIAN 5505
Methodology of Asian Language Learning and Teaching

This course presents theories of language teaching and learning, and shows how they apply to Asian language course structure, classroom instruction, and assessment techniques.  Students will observe classes ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  6290 ASIAN 5505   SEM 101

  • Priority given to graduate students in Asian Studies & Linguistics. Limited enrollment. Primarily intended for graduate students slated for TA-ship's in Asian languages but is open to other interested students too if space permits.

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ASIAN 6608
Scholarly Writing for Publication

This course is a workshop for the composition, revision and publication of scholarly journal articles. Students will survey the journals in their particular discipline inside Asian Studies, learn about ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16081 ASIAN 6608   SEM 101

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  • One completed graduate-level seminar paper, longer than 20 pages is required. Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

ASIAN 6611
Performing Islam in Southeast Asia

What role does Islam take in the politics, history, arts and rituals of Southeast Asia? Structured as a seminar, this course takes you on a journey through Southeast Asia, home to almost a quarter of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3311, NES 3511, RELST 3311

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16089 ASIAN 6611   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.

ASIAN 6616
Zen Buddhism: The Landscape, the Human, Dwelling and Garden

This course explores the Zen's central religious, historical and aesthetic developments. We read primary sources in translation and secondary sources. We examine the rise of the Ch'an tradition in China ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •  8330 ASIAN 6616   LEC 001

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

ASIAN 6618
Gender and Sexuality in Southeast Asia

Students consider the relationships among colonialism and gender and sexual identity formation in Southeast Asia. Using material from a wide range of fields including anthropology and literature, the course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 18742 ASIAN 6618   SEM 101

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ASIAN 6623
The City: Asia

This course uses the lens of temporality to track transformations in notions of urban personhood and collective life engendered by recent trans-Asia economic shifts. We will develop tools that help unpack ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  8872 ASIAN 6623   SEM 101

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ASIAN 6645
Performing Objects/Collecting Cultures

The twin phenomena of performing and collecting are as old as time, and both require an intense entanglement with things. This seminar examines the significance of objects and their related texts within ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16890 ASIAN 6645   SEM 101

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ASIAN 6650
Art in Zen and Zen in Art

This course explores how the art of Zen (Chan) developed in China and was transmitted to Korea and Japan. It will also examine how ideas of Zen informed Western Modern art in both Europe and North America, ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4820, ARTH 6820, ASIAN 4450

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16524 ASIAN 6650   SEM 101

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ASIAN 6652
Kingship and State-Making in Asia

Kingship plays an outsize role in Asian countries today, in both democratic and authoritarian countries. Even in countries that abolished the monarchy, the legacy of kingship is very much at play. In this ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 18185 ASIAN 6652   LEC 001

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ASIAN 6676
Digital Asia

New media remain central to ongoing struggles over the constitution of the public sphere in Asia. In high measure, censorship affects the Internet and visual media (including digital, independent cinema), ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3376, FGSS 3376, FGSS 6676

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16101 ASIAN 6676   LEC 001

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ASIAN 6696
Transnational Local: Southeast Asian History from the Eighteenth Century

Surveys the modern history of Southeast Asia with special attentions to colonialism, the Chinese diaspora, and socio-cultural institutions. Considers global transformations that brought "the West" into ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 3396, HIST 3960, HIST 6960

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8499 ASIAN 6696   LEC 001

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  •  8500 ASIAN 6696   DIS 201

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    • TBA

    • Staff

ASIAN 7704
Directed Research

Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7721 ASIAN 7704   RSC 701

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7123 ASIAN 7704   RSC 702

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    • TBA

    • Blackburn, A

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8078 ASIAN 7704   RSC 703

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    • TBA

    • Boucher, D

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7274 ASIAN 7704   RSC 704

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    • TBA

    • Formichi, C

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7124 ASIAN 7704   RSC 705

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    • TBA

    • Fuhrmann, A

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8079 ASIAN 7704   RSC 706

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    • TBA

    • Gold, D

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7275 ASIAN 7704   RSC 707

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    • TBA

    • Law, J

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7125 ASIAN 7704   RSC 708

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    • TBA

    • McNeal, R

ASIAN 7713
Religion and Politics in Southeast Asia

This course investigates the extent to which religious beliefs and practices in Southeast Asia have been transformed by the combined forces of colonialism, nationalism, and globalization.  By examining ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4513, ANTHR 7513, ASIAN 4413

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18187 ASIAN 7713   SEM 101

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ASIAN 7722
Exploring China's Archives

In this course we will explore the historical processes by which Chinese documents have been compiled, curated, and re-curated. We will examine the theoretical and methodological implications of those ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 7220, MEDVL 7220

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17804 ASIAN 7722   SEM 101

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