Asian Studies (ASIAN)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.

ASIAN 1112

In times of national crisis, in times of cultural soul-searching, what role can literature play? Two celebrated Chinese writers of the twentieth century, Lu Xun (1881-1936) and Feng Jicai (1942-), sought ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18540 ASIAN 1112   SEM 101

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

ASIAN 1193

By posing seemingly simple questions such as what is love and who has the right to love, this introductory-level lecture course surveys how love has been experienced and expressed from the pre-modern period ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: FGSS 1940HIST 1930LGBT 1940SHUM 1930

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17169 ASIAN 1193   LEC 001

    • MW Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Ghosh, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17170 ASIAN 1193   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17171 ASIAN 1193   DIS 202

    • F Uris Hall 494
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17172 ASIAN 1193   DIS 203

    • F White Hall B06
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17173 ASIAN 1193   DIS 204

    • F White Hall 114
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17174 ASIAN 1193   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17175 ASIAN 1193   DIS 206

    • F White Hall B02
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2218

This course provides a chronological survey of Korean culture and history from ancient times to the present. We will examine major historical time periods and cultural forms of the Korean peninsula, with ... view course details

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6338 ASIAN 2218   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6381 ASIAN 2218   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6382 ASIAN 2218   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2231

This is a course about the power of the past in Chinese historical, literary, religious, and artistic imagination.  We will survey notions about China's past across more than two millennia, from the Bronze ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 2231

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17581 ASIAN 2231   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17582 ASIAN 2231   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17583 ASIAN 2231   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17584 ASIAN 2231   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17585 ASIAN 2231   DIS 204

    • F Uris Hall 302
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2250

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

  •  6074 ASIAN 2250   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6075 ASIAN 2250   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6076 ASIAN 2250   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6077 ASIAN 2250   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6078 ASIAN 2250   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2259

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

  •  5449 ASIAN 2259   LEC 001

    • MWF Lincoln Hall B21
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Miller, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2260

Japanese pop culture—anime, manga, video games, music and more—has been a major phenomenon with massive worldwide popularity for the last three decades. In this course, we will explore a wide range of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: FGSS 2260PMA 2460SHUM 2460

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17628 ASIAN 2260   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17629 ASIAN 2260   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17630 ASIAN 2260   DIS 202

    • F Malott Hall 207
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2285

Trade in and to Asia proved to be a key force in creating our modern "globalized" world. The Indian Ocean and the China Seas converged on Southeast Asia, where a cosmopolitan array of ships from every ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 2805SHUM 2805VISST 2805

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17039 ASIAN 2285   LEC 001

  • 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.  Combined with: CAPS 2932FGSS 2932HIST 2932

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7242 ASIAN 2291   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3309

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: ASIAN 5509RELST 3309RELST 5509

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17540 ASIAN 3309   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3315

Video games have become one of the major cultural forces of the world, far surpassing the size of the film and music industries combined. They have also been key to developments in digital culture and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 3325

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17608 ASIAN 3315   LEC 001

    • MW Statler Hall 453
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3316

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
  •  6678 ASIAN 3316   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    One course in Asian religions or Religious Studies.

ASIAN 3329

Ever since the creation of the concept of a culturally and geographically stable center in China, people have been intentionally excluded from that center. Disgraced officials are sent to far-flung provinces, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6673 ASIAN 3329   SEM 101

    • MW Lincoln Hall 117
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Admussen, N

  • 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

  • 18485 ASIAN 3331   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Instructor consent required.

ASIAN 3334

This course will give students the historical background and theoretical tools to understand the politics of Southeast Asia, one of the world's most diverse and fascinating regions. The first part of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 6647GOVT 3443GOVT 6443

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16871 ASIAN 3334   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 105
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Pepinsky, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17947 ASIAN 3334   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17948 ASIAN 3334   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17949 ASIAN 3334   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17950 ASIAN 3334   DIS 204

    • F McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Pepinsky, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3366

The course will survey in translation a selection of major works of poetry, drama, and aesthetic theory and criticism from the Sanskrit literary tradition of ancient India. Beginning with selections from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17519 ASIAN 3366   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3375

This course explores the practice, theory, and methodology of humanities research, critical analysis, and communication through writing and oral presentation. We will study the work and impact of humanists ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17267 ASIAN 3375   SEM 101

  • 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 3378COML 3378

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17616 ASIAN 3378   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3382

This course surveys the art and architecture of South Asia since 1200 CE. We cover major developments over the last eight centuries, including the architecture of the Sultanate Period, Vijaynagar, painting ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3611ARTH 6611

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17102 ASIAN 3382   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3386

How does one study Islam from an anthropological perspective?  Through close readings of recent ethnographies, canonical texts, theoretical works, and critiques of the genre, we will understand the major ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17218 ASIAN 3386   SEM 101

    • M White Hall 104
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3396

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 6696HIST 3960HIST 6960

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7169 ASIAN 3396   LEC 001

    • TR White Hall 110
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Tagliacozzo, E

  • 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

  •  4755 ASIAN 4401   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4607 ASIAN 4401   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5154 ASIAN 4401   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Boucher, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4608 ASIAN 4401   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4609 ASIAN 4401   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Formichi, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5155 ASIAN 4401   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4610 ASIAN 4401   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4611 ASIAN 4401   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7508 ASIAN 4401   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7509 ASIAN 4401   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7510 ASIAN 4401   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Warner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7511 ASIAN 4401   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    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.

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

  •  4766 ASIAN 4402   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4612 ASIAN 4402   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4613 ASIAN 4402   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Boucher, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5156 ASIAN 4402   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4614 ASIAN 4402   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Formichi, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5157 ASIAN 4402   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4623 ASIAN 4402   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4615 ASIAN 4402   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7491 ASIAN 4402   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7492 ASIAN 4402   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7493 ASIAN 4402   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Warner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7494 ASIAN 4402   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

ASIAN 4404

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

  •  4770 ASIAN 4404   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Admussen, N

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4616 ASIAN 4404   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Blackburn, A

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5158 ASIAN 4404   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Boucher, D

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4731 ASIAN 4404   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Campana, A

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4617 ASIAN 4404   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Formichi, C

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5159 ASIAN 4404   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Fuhrmann, A

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4732 ASIAN 4404   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Law, J

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4618 ASIAN 4404   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • McCrea, L

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5984 ASIAN 4404   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • McNeal, R

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7531 ASIAN 4404   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Son, S

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7532 ASIAN 4404   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Warner, D

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7533 ASIAN 4404   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Yi, I

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

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19553 ASIAN 4404   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Mckee, D

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

ASIAN 4412

This course covers the history, varieties, phonology, morphology and syntax of the Japonic language family. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17931 ASIAN 4412   LEC 001

    • MW Morrill Hall 110
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Whitman, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4413

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 4513ANTHR 7513ASIAN 7713

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17570 ASIAN 4413   SEM 101

    • F Sibley Hall 318
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Willford, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4414

Topics will address South Asian culture and literature and change in relation to curricular needs within the Department of Asian Studies.  view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: ASIAN 6602

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Poetry & Narrative, From Ghazals to Film

  • 19870 ASIAN 4414   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall G24
    • Mar 15 - May 9, 2023
    • Zahoor, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4423

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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  •  6687 ASIAN 4423   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4426

This course will explore the culture and society of Choson Korea (1392—1897) through a variety of historical, literary, and visual representations. Following the major political, social, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17596 ASIAN 4426   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4435

This course serves as a survey of major issues within Chinese politics and foreign policy and constitutes the capstone seminar for CAPS students. It is intended to give students an opportunity to explore ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 4030GOVT 4037

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7691 ASIAN 4435   SEM 101

    • M Sibley Hall 318
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17647 ASIAN 4449   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    One course in religious studies or permission of instructor.

ASIAN 4454

The rise of China is one of the most important and defining themes in changing world politics. This seminar course is intended for students to examine major issues and topics concerning the rise of China ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 4049

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19715 ASIAN 4454   SEM 101

    • W Uris Hall 302
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Xin, X

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4456

This course examines the role of temples and their sculptural programs in South and Southeast Asia as creative stimuli for performative reenactments. Choreographic encounters between imagination and memory ... view course details

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  • 17657 ASIAN 4456   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4457

This course surveys major schools of classical Chinese philosophy: Confucianism, Mohism, and Daoism. We focus on the Confucian vision of an ideal life, moral development, and self-cultivation, whereby ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6657PHIL 4570PHIL 6570

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19760 ASIAN 4457   LEC 001

    • T Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Lin, Q

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4465

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17483 ASIAN 4465   SEM 101

  • 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
  •  6118 ASIAN 4473   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4478

As China, with its "China Dream," rises in power on the global stage, what "China" means to its inhabitants and outsiders has become an issue increasingly relevant to business, international relations, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17413 ASIAN 4478   SEM 101

    • T McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Du, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4480

Idea(l)s of modernity across the Global South have been largely rooted in Euro-American projections of "civilization", and "civilizational" projects. The colonial worldview in which only Western(ized) ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17573 ASIAN 4480   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    One 3000-level course in the humanities; some knowledge of Asian history.

ASIAN 4494

A topics course related to Southeast Asian Studies. Spring Topic: Movement and Memory: Explorations of Southeast Asian Hip Hop Culture. Much existing scholarship in Southeast Asian Studies on popular music ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First.  Combined with: ASIAN 6604

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Movement&Memory:Exploratns of SEAsian Hip Hop Cltr

  • 19140 ASIAN 4494   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 5505

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

  •  4088 ASIAN 5505   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    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.

ASIAN 5509

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: ASIAN 3309RELST 3309RELST 5509

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17542 ASIAN 5509   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6602

Topics will address South Asian culture and literature and change in relation to curricular needs within the Department of Asian Studies. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: ASIAN 4414

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Poetry & Narrative, From Ghazals to Film

  • 19951 ASIAN 6602   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall G24
    • Mar 15 - May 9, 2023
    • Zahoor, A

  • 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. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17511 ASIAN 6603   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

ASIAN 6604

A topics course related to Southeast Asian Studies. Spring Topic: Movement and Memory: Explorations of Southeast Asian Hip Hop Culture. Much existing scholarship in Southeast Asian Studies on popular music ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First.  Combined with: ASIAN 4494

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Movement&Memory:Exploratns of SEAsian Hip Hop Cltr

  • 19141 ASIAN 6604   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6613

Covers practical bibliographical skills and research methods necessary to accomplish quality research in the field of Southeast Asian Studies.  During the semester we will explore resources available at ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 17619 ASIAN 6613   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Reading knowledge of at least one SE Asian language or other Asian language and a major European language.

ASIAN 6616

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
  •  6680 ASIAN 6616   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    One course in Asian religions or Religious Studies.

ASIAN 6620

This course covers the history, varieties, phonology, morphology and syntax of the Japonic language family. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18092 ASIAN 6620   LEC 001

    • MW Morrill Hall 110
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Whitman, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6622

To hone our skills in the analysis of topics in Asian studies, we will review critically a number of switchpoints that have produced conceptual difference in recent scholarly work. Asia scholars have laid ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6622

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6686 ASIAN 6622   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall 302
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Ph.D. students.

ASIAN 6623

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
  •  6691 ASIAN 6623   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6627

This upper-level seminar focuses on the transnational migrations and interactions of texts, ideas, and objects via a close reading of Sinitic texts in East Asia before the twentieth century. The recent ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18156 ASIAN 6627   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: at least two years of classical Chinese is necessary.

ASIAN 6639

Ever since the creation of the concept of a culturally and geographically stable center in China, people have been intentionally excluded from that center. Disgraced officials are sent to far-flung provinces, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7138 ASIAN 6639   SEM 101

    • MW Lincoln Hall 117
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6647

This course will give students the historical background and theoretical tools to understand the politics of Southeast Asia, one of the world's most diverse and fascinating regions. The first part of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3334GOVT 3443GOVT 6443

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16873 ASIAN 6647   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 105
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Pepinsky, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6656

This course examines the role of temples and their sculptural programs in South and Southeast Asia as creative stimuli for performative reenactments. Choreographic encounters between imagination and memory ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17666 ASIAN 6656   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6657

This course surveys major schools of classical Chinese philosophy: Confucianism, Mohism, and Daoism. We focus on the Confucian vision of an ideal life, moral development, and self-cultivation, whereby ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4457PHIL 4570PHIL 6570

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19762 ASIAN 6657   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Lin, Q

  • 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
  •  6120 ASIAN 6673   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6678

Idea(l)s of modernity across the Global South have been largely rooted in Euro-American projections of "civilization", and "civilizational" projects. The colonial worldview in which only Western(ized) ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17576 ASIAN 6678   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    One 3000 level course in the humanities; some knowledge of Asian history.

ASIAN 6679

As China, with its "China Dream," rises in power on the global stage, what "China" means to its inhabitants and outsiders has become an issue increasingly relevant to business, international relations, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17415 ASIAN 6679   SEM 101

    • T McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Du, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6686

How does one study Islam from an anthropological perspective?  Through close readings of recent ethnographies, canonical texts, theoretical works, and critiques of the genre, we will understand the major ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17251 ASIAN 6686   SEM 101

    • M White Hall 104
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6696

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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 3396HIST 3960HIST 6960

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7172 ASIAN 6696   LEC 001

    • TR White Hall 110
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Tagliacozzo, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7173 ASIAN 6696   DIS 201

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 7704

Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4959 ASIAN 7704   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4619 ASIAN 7704   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5160 ASIAN 7704   RSC 703

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Boucher, D

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4733 ASIAN 7704   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4620 ASIAN 7704   RSC 705

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Formichi, C

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5161 ASIAN 7704   RSC 706

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4734 ASIAN 7704   RSC 707

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4621 ASIAN 7704   RSC 708

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7515 ASIAN 7704   RSC 709

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7516 ASIAN 7704   RSC 710

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Son, S

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7517 ASIAN 7704   RSC 711

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Warner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7518 ASIAN 7704   RSC 712

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19577 ASIAN 7704   RSC 713

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Green, G

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19791 ASIAN 7704   RSC 714

    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Bass, D

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

ASIAN 7713

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 4513ANTHR 7513ASIAN 4413

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17572 ASIAN 7713   SEM 101

    • F Sibley Hall 318
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
    • Willford, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person