ANS - Asian Studies

Asian Studies: ANS

Lower-Division Courses

ANS X01M. Introductory Topics in Asian Studies.

Discussion of various problems involving language, history, and culture in Asia.

ANS X01M.11. Introduction to Buddhism.

A structural and historical overview of Buddhism through the examination of various schools, doctrines, biographical narratives, and contemporary ethical issues.

ANS X01M.13. Forbidden Romance in Modern Chinese Literature.

Introduction to modern Chinese literature from the late Qing Dynasty (latter half of the nineteenth century) to the present.

ANS X01M.14. East Asian Martial Arts Films.

Explores the concept of "East Asian" from the cinematic perspective, focusing on the martial arts film genre.

ANS X01M.15. Introduction to Islam.

The beliefs, theology, history, and main social and legal institutions of Islam, including the concept of God and society, the role of women, and Islamic government and movements.

ANS X01M.16. Introduction to Japanese Film.

Broad survey of Japanese cinema, including silent films, feature films, documentaries, and anime, that covers the basic history of Japanese cinema. Background in Japanese not required, all films are subtitled in English.

ANS X01M.17. Introduction to Politics in East Asia.

Introduction to politics and political systems of Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, and South Korea.

ANS X01M.3. History of East Asia to 1800.

A survey of the traditional history and culture of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.

ANS X01M.4. History of East Asia since 1800.

A survey of the modern history of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.

ANS X01M.6. Asia's Futures.

Current issues, visible trends, and projections for Asia's future.

ANS X01R. History of the Religions of Asia.

Eastern religions: an introduction to the basic forms and the historical development of the religious traditions of India, China, and Japan.

ANS X02C. Introduction to China.

Introduction to Chinese civilization, past and present, including religion, literature, arts, philosophy, and history.

ANS X02D. Introduction to Korean Culture and History.

Introduction to Korea's history, culture, and civilization from antiquity to the present.

ANS X02E. Female Voices in China.

Introduction (in translation) to the most important texts and other sources by, for, and about women in Chinese intellectual, political, social, and cultural history.

ANS X02J. Introduction to Japan.

Introduction to Japanese civilization, past and present, including religion, literature, arts, philosophy, and history.

ANS X02K. Introduction to South Asia.

Introduction to Indian and south Asian civilization, past and present, including religion, literature, arts, philosophy, and history.

ANS X03D. Introduction to the Asian Diaspora.

Examine the global dispersal of Asian populations from the mid-1800s to the present.

ANS X04C. Popular Culture in Modern Japan.

Introduction to the history of popular culture in modern Japan focusing on works of literature, film, and visual culture.

ANS X05C. Korean Literature and Film.

Explore the literature and film of Korea from earliest times to the present.

ANS X07C. Introduction to the History of India.

Survey of the history of the Indian subcontinent from prehistoric times to the present.

ANS X07D. Yoga Past and Present.

Survey yogic practices in South Asian civilization and trace the development of yogic thought and embodied practices in Hindu, Buddhist, and tantric traditions from early history to the modern-day's social and legal complexities and controversies.

ANS X07E. Bangladesh: History, Culture and Politics.

Explore the general aspects of history, culture, and politics in Bangladesh. Examine late colonial and post-colonial history to evaluate the dynamics of national identity formation.

ANS X07F. Gods and Goddesses of India.

Explore a variety of gods and goddesses who have dominated the sacred landscapes of India and beyond, especially North America, from the past until now. Examine various issues relating to patriarchy, power, gender, sexuality, social hierarchy, and devotion.

ANS X19S. Topics in Asian Studies.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Asian Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

ANS X29S. Topics in Asian Studies.

Upper-Division Courses

ANS X19S. Topics in Asian Studies.

ANS X20C. Genji to Godzilla: Adaptations of the Japanese Classics.

Examine how premodern, modern, and contemporary classics of Japanese literature, film, and theater get adapted over the centuries, and how culture, politics, gender, genre, and medium influence the adaptation process.

ANS X20D. Classical Indian Literature in Translation.

Explore narrative literature and poetry composed in the three classical languages of India (Old Tamil, Sanskrit, and Prakrit).

ANS X20E. Myth, Legend, and Folklore in China.

Introduction (in translation) to a selection of the most important myths, legends, and folktales in China's various storytelling traditions.

ANS X20F. Classical Chinese Philosophy.

Introduction (in translation) to thinkers, texts, and ideas from the golden age of Classical Chinese philosophy (circa sixth-second centuries BCE), including how to apply their teachings to current sociopolitical issues.

ANS X20G. Chinese Language Cinemas from People's Republic of China and Taiwan.

Survey contemporary Chinese language cinemas from Taiwan and the People's Republic of China.

ANS X20J. The Bhagavad Gita: Interpretation and Ethics.

Explore one of the most influential books in Indian and global contexts, the Bhagavad Gita, through interpretations, commentaries, and scholarly materials. Navigate ethical dilemmas in the Bhagavad Gita and real-life situations.

ANS X20K. Korean Cinema.

Explore Korean cinema, film history, and theory from the early twentieth century to the present.

ANS X20L. Indian Cinemas: Bollywood and Beyond.

Focus on Indian cinema, primarily Hindi popular cinema--many times known as Bollywood. Examine major works of Hindi cinema and explore independent film making and regional cinema.

ANS X21C. Representing Disaster in Japan.

Explore a range of human-made conflicts and natural disasters in Japan from earliest times to the present through literature, film, and new media to consider questions of history, representation, and mourning and memorialization.

ANS X21D. The Environment and East Asia.

Examine the relationship between humans and the environment through the literature, film, and media of East Asia.

ANS X21E. Arts of the Avant-Garde in Modern Japan.

Explore avant-garde works of modern Japanese literature, film, and visual culture. Focus on how these works advanced global trends in avant-garde theory and practice by rebelling against tradition and searching for radically new ways of imagining the purpose and practice of modern art.

ANS X21M. Politics in Japan.

Survey of postwar Japanese politics; the occupation, governmental institutions, interest groups, protest movements, industrial policy, the government-business relationship, and political and economic reform.

ANS X22M. Politics in China.

Survey of twentieth-century China: historical trends; 1911 revolution; Warlord-Nationalist period; Communist revolution; post-1949 issues; new social and political institutions.

ANS X23C. Biomedicine, Ethics, and Culture.

Examines ethical questions such as the allocation of medical resources, stem cell research and cloning, organ transplantation, abortion, human experimentation, prolonging life and the right to die, suicide, euthanasia, and diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, explored from a global perspective.

ANS X24C. Musics of India.

Explore the musical traditions of India, with emphasis on Hindustani and Carnatic musical styles, but including examination of other traditions.

ANS X25C. The Chinese in Diaspora.

Explores narratives of migration, race, ethnicity, and a wide range of experiences of acculturation and assimilation from the perspective of a sending society--China--which has one of the longest and most diverse histories of sending people overseas. Over the last millennia, Chinese have migrated around the world and made homes under a great range of adversity and opportunity, producing many stories of human differences and commonalities.

ANS X25D. Greater China and United States Economic Relations.

Explore contemporary interconnections between the United States and Greater China. Examine economic frameworks (for example, state-led, market-led, mixed, etc.); the economies of the PRC including Hong Kong as well as Taiwan and the Chinese diaspora; and linkages such as investments, supply chains, tech transfer, non-profit cooperation, and the globalized workforce.

ANS X25E. Global Economies: Asia and the United States.

Examines key trends in the economies of the United States and Asia, with emphasis on the links between these two major trading blocs.

ANS X26C. Cultures of Southeast Asia.

Comparative study of the peoples of Indonesia, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, and other countries.

ANS X29S. Topics in Asian Studies.

ANS X30C. Anthropology of Travel and Tourism.

Use the tools of cultural anthropology to understand the touristic encounter and the increasing (and decreasing) accessibility of travel and mobility.

ANS X30D. Global Markets and Local Cultures.

Examine contemporary theories of globalization, including materials exploring global governance, international monetary policy, migration regulation, offshoring, and cultural hybridity. Focus on case studies in Asia and elsewhere that reveal how these practices impact particular communities.

ANS X30E. Tourism and Place in the Global South.

Debunk the myth that tourism is inherently desirable by unpacking the mechanisms of violence and inequalities of power embedded in tourism and tourism development.

ANS X30F. Development And Its Critics.

Discuss aspects of the contemporary international aid and development in Asia and beyond. Examine the decision-making within the development industry and the scope of aid as a economic and social force in the contemporary world.

ANS X30G. Food and Religion in Asia.

Use the lens of food to approach study of religious communities, values, and identity formation in Asia's past and present, covering South Asia, China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. Explore questions involving what is eaten and what is not, taboo, hunger, anomaly, gender, food security, and recent ethical problems regarding bio-engineered foods (GMOs).

ANS X30J. Asian Mobilities.

Explore alternative research methods and spatialities, in an attempt to produce new understandings of how people live in an increasingly mobile world.

ANS X30K. Culture, Medicine, and Society in Asia.

Analyze health and illness as a lens for exploring Asian cultures and societies. Discuss themes, concepts, and approaches in anthropology to interrogate the interaction between culture, medicine, and society.

ANS X35. Animals in Asia.

Focus on how historical and modern-day philosophy, religious texts, and legal systems in South and East Asia provide the framework for probing the human-animal encounter and the tensions that arise due to human-animal interdependence.

ANS X36C. Central Asian Politics and Economies.

Relate major political and economic issues of post-Soviet Central Asia from Soviet legacy and regime types to state-business relations and investment environment. Learn about the characteristics that unite and distinguish the Central Asian region.

ANS X38L. East Asian International Relations.

Survey of Russian/Soviet, Japanese, Chinese, and American foreign policies of the twentieth century, emphasizing Pacific-region interests; historical policies; intermittent conflicts, such as China versus Japan, Korean War, Indochina Wars; China's emergence as a nuclear power.

ANS X40C. Japanese Religion and Western Imagination.

Examines Japanese religious traditions, with a focus on Zen, through the perspective of people living in non-Japanese societies since the end of World War II. Explores different ways in which non-Japanese have imagined Japanese religious and ethical ideas and both explained Japanese behavior and adopted ideas about Japan into their writings about philosophy and life.

ANS X40D. History of Hindu Religious Traditions.

History of major doctrines, practices, and institutions that shaped the development of Hinduism; how religions adapt to social and cultural change and often provide the catalyst for change.

ANS X40E. History of Indian Buddhism.

The institutional, social, economic, and doctrinal history of Buddhism in India.

ANS X40F. Goddesses in World Religions and Cultures.

Historical and cross-cultural overview of the relationship between feminine and religious cultural expressions through comparative examinations and analyses of various goddess figures in world religions.

ANS X40G. Ritual and Religion in Korea.

Examine major religious traditions of Korea; focus on the recent history and contemporary practice, and the relation between religion and politics during Korea's colonial (1910-1945) and postcolonial eras.

ANS X40I. Saints and Shrines in Islam.

ANS X40J. Jainism: Religion of Non-Violence.

Survey of the history, doctrines, institutions, and practices of Jainism from its origins to the present.

ANS X40L. Post-Mao China: Change and Transformation.

Examines in a historical context the Chinese economy, society, politics, and culture during the reform era that began in the late 1970s. Explores the transformation of rural and urban economies and related social consequences; government systems, political ideologies, and popular values; and China's integration into the global system and its impact on China's role in world politics.

ANS X40M. Modern China.

History of China from the intrusion of the West circa 1500 to the Communist revolution.

ANS X40P. European Expansion in Asia.

European exploration, the commerce of the East India Companies, and the beginnings of empire in South and Southeast Asia from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century.

ANS X40Q. Sufism: Islamic Thought and Spirituality.

Explore Sufism and other Islamic mystical traditions that color cultural milieus spanning four continents and fourteen centuries. Focus on the historical developments in the Islamic theosophical tradition, as well as the relationship between Sufism and poetics, colonialism, and post-colonial resistance movements.

ANS X40R. European Empires in Asia.

The British in India and Malaya, the Dutch in Indonesia, and the French in Indochina since 1800.

ANS X40S. The Chinese in the United States.

History of the Chinese in the United States from their first arrival in significant numbers during the California Gold Rush of the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

ANS X40T. Taiwan: Colonization, Migration, and Identity.

Explores issues of ethnicity, empire, and modernization in East Asia from the sixteenth century to the present, as seen through encounters between Taiwan and aborigines, Han Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese, the imperial Qing, Japanese, mainland Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), and the United States.

ANS X40U. Devotional Literature of India.

Discuss the songs of major saints. Examine how holy men and women expressed their religiosity through the medium of songs and poetry over the centuries and consider the role these songs had in shaping the religious communities of India. All works will be studied in translation.

ANS X40V. Religions in Contact.

Critically examine the theories (religious othering, conversion, reinterpretation, appropriation, etc.) of how one religion responds to contact with another. Explore the ways in which religious actors grapple with religious plurality, draw or ignore boundaries, and form religious identities.

ANS X40W. Shia Islam.

Examine how the first century of Islamic history inaugurated debates concerning authority, piety, and justice and how these debates have continued to the present. Explore the social forces and ideologies that shaped Shiism.

ANS X41C. Piracy in East Asia.

Examine how pirates helped bind East Asia together into an integrated zone of economic and cultural exchange. Explore how they formed the leading edge of early modern globalization and linking diverse economies and societies together.

ANS X41K. Origins of Modern Japan.

Japan to the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, with a focus on the culminating age of samurai rule, the Tokugawa period (1600-1867).

ANS X41M. Imperial Japan.

Japan from the Meiji transformation through war, defeat, and occupation.

ANS X41N. Postwar Japan.

Japan since the war and occupation.

ANS X41P. Shamanism and the Primitive.

ANS X41R. Religion and Family in Japanese Society.

Explores the structures of family, kinship, and religion in Japan since 1868 and their roles in the creation and expression of national and individual identities.

ANS X42D. Political Economy of Japan.

Historical development of the Japanese economy since early modern times.

ANS X42F. Buddhist Thought and Practice.

Explore important themes in Buddhist thought, various ways in which Buddhists practice their religion, and the relationships between religious concepts and practices.

ANS X43C. Gender and Translation in the Arab World.

Examine complex politics and poetics behind the translation and marketing of Arab women's writing in the West.

ANS X43D. Muslim Travelers and Traders.

Introduction to modern Middle Eastern and Islamic history in the broader context of globalization, with a primary focus on the nineteenth century to the present.

ANS X43E. Cultures of Revolution in the Middle East.

Examine the cultural production that surrounds key moments of political and social change in the Middle East.

ANS X43F. Food History of Asia and the Middle East.

Explore the history of food and beverages in the Middle East and Asia, including Palestine/Israel, Egypt, Iran, India, China, and Japan. Investigate themes of identity, capitalism, and globalization to reflect on the role of food consumers in an interconnected world.

ANS X46C. Ancient India.

History and culture of South Asia from its protohistoric beginnings in the Indus Valley through the period of the early empires of the Mauryas and Guptas.

ANS X46D. Medieval India.

History and culture of South Asia from approximately 500 to 1500, with emphasis on religious and political institutions and the emergence of regional cultures.

ANS X46E. Partition of India in History and Memory.

Discover the experiences and memories of many different groups affected by the Partition of British India in 1947 while tracing the effects of the Partition until the present.

ANS X46F. Gandhi and Gandhism.

Explore Gandhi's life, work, philosophy, and influence, as well as his historical and cultural context.

ANS X46G. Gender and Modern India.

Examine gender and the shifting nature of modernity between precolonial and colonial periods in the Indian subcontinent.

ANS X46J. Mughal India in History and Memory.

Focuses on South Asia during the era of the Mughal empire (1550-1750), continuing through the symbolic relevance of the Mughal dynasty in British India and in India today.

ANS X46K. Slavery and South Asian History.

Examine the presence of slavery in the subcontinent in the third century BCE to the twentieth century.

ANS X46M. Early Modern India.

The history and culture of South Asia from approximately 1500 to 1750.

ANS X46N. The Indian Subcontinent, 1750-1950.

Examines the cultural and political movements and events that led to formation of the two nation-states India and Pakistan.

ANS X46P. Indian Philosophies.

Investigate the theories and arguments of major Indian philosophers, considering both their historical positioning and contemporary relevance.

ANS X47C. Business and Society in South Asia.

Examine the long history of commerce and enterprise in the Indian sub-continent up to the present.

ANS X47K. Governments and Politics of South Asia.

A survey of political developments, governmental organization, and economic and social problems in South Asia.

ANS X48D. Anthropology of the Himalayas.

Examine the history and culture of the Himalayan region, including Northeast India, sections of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Tibet, and especially Nepal.

ANS X48E. A Linguistic History of India.

Explore the richly documented linguistic and literary history of languages in the Indian subcontinent, paying attention to linguistic phenomena, contact effects, and language-based movements.

ANS X48F. Formation of Indian Art.

Examine the artistic traditions of South Asia up to the fifth century C.E., with an emphasis on social and religious factors shaping its development.

ANS X48G. Cinematic Cities: Mumbai.

Explore political, social, and artistic transformations of the global city of Mumbai from the early 20th into the 21st century using cinema as the primary text complemented by theoretical, creative, and historical readings.

ANS X48I. Offbeat Asian Cinema.

Explore South Asian cinema, focusing on innovative and boundary-pushing films. Draw from a diverse range of countries including India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, and languages like Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Dari.

ANS X50C. Why Chinese Has No Alphabet.

Introduction to the history and evolution of the Chinese writing system and language. No background in Chinese language, culture, or linguistics is required.

ANS X50E. The History of Chinese Language and Translation.

Explore the Chinese language and culture, focusing on the cultural, social, historical, and political background against which the Chinese language has evolved and continues to evolve.

ANS X51C. Banned in Japan: Censored Art.

Focus on banned works of literature, painting, photography, film, and manga that encountered censorship in Japan from the early eighteenth century to today. Explore the censored texts in-depth alongside the sociopolitical contexts of their banning in order to understand how censorship worked historically and to help us consider how it works in our own time and place.

ANS X55C. Japanese Foreign Policy.

Examine the foreign and domestic determinants of Japanese foreign policy.

ANS X55D. International Relations of East and Southeast Asia.

Examine the international relations of East and Southeast Asia, with particular attention to postwar economic and security issues, the changing political landscape of the post-Cold War period, and the development and functions of regional institutions.

ANS X55E. Political Economy of Asia.

Explore the political economies of East Asia with an emphasis on Japan, China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

ANS X55F. Asian Regionalism and Multilateral Cooperation.

Explore the nature, functional principles, leadership, and policy-making process of contemporary Asian regionalism in comparison to the experiences of European integration.

ANS X55G. Monarchies and Mini-States.

Examine the remarkable variety among the political systems of the 28 remaining monarchies and the survival and thriving of mini-states around the world.

ANS X55I. War and Peace: China, Japan, and Taiwan.

Use the modern theory of war and cutting edge political science research to understand the evolution of war and peace over the past two centuries in East Asia.

ANS X56C. Modernization in East Asia.

Examines the different historical experiences of mainland China and Taiwan in the context of the East Asian model of development.

ANS X58F. The Two Koreas and the United States.

The political, social, and cultural relationship between North and South Korea, and between the Koreas and the United States, since 1945.

ANS X58G. Capitalism, Consumption, and Civil Society in Korea.

Explore contemporary social and political life in urban South Korea, including corporations, factory work, consumption, activism, popular culture, and changing gender systems and roles.

ANS X61. Topics in Asian Studies.

Selected topics in south and east Asian anthropology, economics, history, geography, government, and sociology.

ANS X61.39. Anthropology of Globalization.

ANS X61C. Political Economy of Development in Postwar Korea.

Explore the political economy of South Korean development during the postwar period. Examine the history, society, and culture of South Korea. Discuss compressed modernity, developmental state, social movements, gender politics, financial crisis, urbanization, migration, and recent globalization of Korean popular culture.

ANS X61D. History of Food and Healing in China and Taiwan.

Explore the cultural, historical, philosophical, social, and scientific background against which the connection between food and healing has evolved through Chinese history.

ANS X61E. Urban Experiences In East Asia.

Explores the process of urbanization in East and Southeast Asia focusing on the politics of capital accumulation and distribution.

ANS X61F. Ethnic Politics in Taiwan and Asia.

Explore ethnic politics in Taiwan including some comparison with ethnic politics in neighboring countries.

ANS X61G. State Building in China and Taiwan.

Compare and contrast the state building process in mainland China and Taiwan.

ANS X61J. Development and Social Movement in East and Southeast Asia.

Examine the notions of development and the ways in which development is associated with state building, moral economy, political performance, and accumulation regimes. Explore the development of civil society and social movement in East Asia, and explanations of the mechanisms and drivers of displacement. Conceptualize the "Right to the City", and alternative right-based approaches to land, housing, infrastructure, commons and public resources.

ANS X61K. The Indian Republic Since 1947.

An overview of Contemporary India, a republic that emerged from the British Empire.

ANS X61L. Global Commodities: Asia and the World.

Explore the vital role of commodities in Asian history with a particular focus on East and Southeast Asia.

ANS X61M. Big Asian Histories.

Examines ways in which Asia and other areas of the globe have had connected intellectual, artistic, and social developments with focus on world histories centrally involving Asia from the medieval period to the present.

ANS X61N. Self and Culture in North Korea.

Aims to understand North Korea's historical development and its current workings as a social, cultural, and political/ideological system.

ANS X61P. Africa and Indian Ocean World.

Explore the connected histories of the geographical regions and economic communities that share the littoral space of the Indian Ocean.

ANS X61Q. The Age of the Samurai.

Explore the history of Japan via an examination of the complex and ever-changing figure of the samurai.

ANS X61R. Transnational Asia: From the Middle East to the Far East.

Examine how various groups of people understood, experienced, and imagined concepts such as "the East" and "Asia" with a primary focus on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

ANS X62. Research in Asian Studies.

Individual instruction for Asian studies majors and nonmajors. Discussion, research, and the writing of papers about various general and specialized Asian subjects.

ANS X72D. A Tale of Five Chinese Cities.

Explore themes of modernization, migration, international relations, gender, and labor through literary and cinematic texts about Beijing, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Taipei. Consider certain historical moments and the notion of Chineseness in an increasingly and culturally deterritorialized world.

ANS X72E. Globalizing East Asian Popular Culture.

Takes the globalization of popular culture as an analytical lens through which to reflect modernity, (trans)nationalism, gender politics, and identity formations in East Asia.

ANS X72F. Veiling in the Muslim World.

ANS X72G. Precolonial India, 1200-1750.

Surveys the history of South Asia during the era prior to British colonial rule.

ANS X72K. Gender, Sexuality, and the Family in Indian Religions and Cultures.

A comprehensive historical overview of gender issues as they are represented in the textual traditions of South Asia.

ANS X72L. Confucianism.

Explore the philosophical and historical context of Confucianism, from its origins in ancient China through the early empire and beyond.

ANS X72M. Taiwan: From Coloniality to Postcoloniality.

Examine how Taiwan has transformed itself since the end of Japanese colonialism in 1945 through literature, films, and other cultural products, such as popular music and arts, in postcolonial Taiwan.

ANS X72N. Japanese Concepts of Body and Self.

Exploration of anthropological literature describing Japanese conceptions of self and body, and analysis of the intersection of these conceptions of self with Japanese ideas about religion, morality, aging, and medicine.

ANS X72P. South Asian Migration to the United States.

Examine the South Asian diaspora in the United States.

ANS X72R. Japanese Popular Culture: Anime, Manga, and the Otaku.

Examine a wide variety of Japanese popular media within the historical context during which these unique cultural forms developed. Focus on the popular manga and anime Japan has exported since becoming an economic superpower in the 1980s, the utopian/dystopian expression in Japanese sci-fi narratives of this era, and the complex interplay of gender and technology in the new post-human societies these narratives envision.

ANS X73C. Decoding Classical Chinese Poetry.

Introduction to the classical Chinese poetic tradition from the seventh century B.C.E. through the ninth century C.E., focusing on the literary, cultural, historical, social, political, philosophical, and religious background against which representative works arose. Conducted in English and all readings will be in English translation. Knowledge of the Chinese language is not required.

ANS X73D. Popular Literature and Culture in Modern China.

Examine modern Chinese literature and culture in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong from the popular culture perspective.

ANS X73E. Modern Japanese Literature in Translation.

Conducted in English. Analyze literature written by Japanese authors in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with attention to a work's content, style, and form, as well as the socio-historical context of its production and reception.

ANS X73F. Suicide in Japanese Fiction.

Conducted in English. Examine Japanese literary and visual culture, including poetry, novels, plays, film, and manga, to analyze how artists grapple with themes of suicide in their works and lives in response to personal and national tragedies.

ANS X73G. Epics and Heroes of India.

Focus on India's classical epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, with emphasis placed on understanding the epic characters in relation to the heroic traditions of premodern India, as well as on the role of the epics in contemporary Indian political and religious culture.

ANS X73J. Chinese Film and Literature.

Analyze selected literary and cinematic texts from China in the last century. Explore how the Chinese people encounter modernity and cope with its consequences.

ANS X74C. Buddhist Art.

Explores the development of Buddhist art in South Asia, the land of its origin as well as its spread elsewhere. Focus on the question of "what is" Buddhist art.

ANS X74D. Gender and Art in the Muslim World.

ANS X74E. Chinese Literati Art.

ANS X75D. Chinese Ethics and Political Philosophy.

Examine Chinese ethical and political philosophy, with an emphasis on the Confucian tradition, through close reading of major works. Analyze ideas from the course both philosophically and historically.

ANS X78H. Honors Tutorial Course.

ANS X79. Topics in Capstone Seminars in Asian Studies.

ANS X79.1. Writing and Authority in Early China.

ANS X79.10. Comparing Religions.

A discussion of major comparative approaches in the study of religion.

ANS X79.11. The Cultural Outsider: Memoirs of East Asia.

Focus is on the cultural outsider's perceptions of East Asia in greater travel" dating from as early as Marco Polo up to works published in contemporary America. Selected memoirs and travelogues are presented from the perspective of the cultural outsider, written by missionaries, colonizers, journalists, POW's, scholars, students, and tourists.

ANS X79.12. Gender and Labor in Global Asia.

ANS X79.13. Cultural Memory and the Classic Chinese Novel.

Examine the metaphors and mythology from Chinese cultural memory that are present in classic novels, within literary and socio-historical contexts. Explore a cross-section of influential works from classical literature and the major founding schools of Chinese thought.

ANS X79.14. Translating Asia.

Explore various ways to define translation in the Asian context through translation theory and translated texts and how translation impacts and represents different Asian identities.

ANS X79.16. Culture and Crisis in Contemporary Japan.

Explore the cultural history of Japan from the 1980s to the present, with particular attention paid to economic and ecological issues represented in literature, film, and visual culture.

ANS X79.17. History and Memory in Japan and Korea.

Explore the fraught and entangled histories of modern Japan and Korea as depicted in literature and film to consider experiences of imperialism, rapid modernization, war, decolonization, and trauma.

ANS X79.18. Death and the Afterlife in Ancient China.

Investigate ancient Chinese beliefs and practices surrounding death and the afterlife from the Neolithic era to the arrival of Buddhism. Explore tombs, burial objects, and funeral rites; philosophical essays and historical accounts; medical practices; religious relics, tokens, and talismans; ghost stories; poetry; and paintings.

ANS X79.3. The Art of the Body in India.

ANS X79.4. Indian Poetry and Religions.

Explores the intersections of religion and poetry in the history of Indian literature as expressed in multiple settings and variations including hymns, chants, bhajans, poetic narratives, and new poetic conventions that deal with caste and gender identities.

ANS X79.5. Science, Technology, and Society in Contemporary Asia.

Introduction to how social forces and interests impact scientific practice, and vice versa, including scientific incommensurability, cultural difference, colonialism, postcoloniality, and methodological issues.

ANS X79.6. Transnational Korea.

Recent and contemporary manifestations of the Koreas in the world and the world in the Koreas. Subjects include labor and marriage migration, educational sojourning, transnational adoption, tourism, international sport, corporate expatriation, and media flows.

ANS X79.8. Radical Religion: Ascetics and Holy Persons.

Explores asceticism and the concepts, practices, and goals associated with this radical way of life through case studies from various religions. Subjects include theories of the body and of culture, as well as issues of social status, gender, devotion, and violence.

ANS X79.9. Art of Autobiography in Japan.

Examines autobiographies written by prominent artists and intellectuals in Japan from the tenth century to the present. Subjects include the authors' lives and legacies, and how these works are informed by both the historical and cultural contexts in which they were written and by the genre itself. All reading, writing, and discussion will be in English.

Graduate Courses

ANS X19S. Topics in Asian Studies.

ANS X29S. Topics in Asian Studies.

ANS X80C. Conference Course in Asian Studies.

Supervised individual study of selected problems in Asian studies.

ANS X81. Topics in Chinese Culture and Society.

Study of various aspects and periods of Chinese culture and society.

ANS X81.1. Advanced Readings in Chinese Politics.

ANS X82K. Topics in Korean Culture and Society.

Studies of various aspects and periods of Korean culture and society.

ANS X83. Topics in Japanese Culture and Society.

Study of various aspects and periods of Japanese culture and society.

ANS X83.4. Japanese Politics.

ANS X83.5. Japanese Religion.

ANS X84. Topics in South Asian Culture and Society.

Study of various aspects and periods of South Asian culture and society.

ANS X84.2. Communalism in Colonial India.

ANS X84.3. Ethnicity, Religion, and Politics in South Asia.

ANS X84.5. Social and Religious Reform in Modern India.

ANS X84.6. South Asian Diaspora.

ANS X84.7. Middle Indic Languages and Literature.

Survey of the Middle Indic languages of South Asia, the communities that used these languages, and the literature composed in them.

ANS X84.8. The Body in Indian Medicine and Myth.

Examines issues of embodiment in South Asia in various life stages, including conception, infancy, childhood, adulthood, and death drawn from various historical periods, medical traditions, religious narratives, and sociological and anthropological studies.

ANS X84C. Core Studies in South Asia.

An introduction to research methods used in South Asian studies.

ANS X84E. Asceticism.

Examines ascetic contexts of various religious traditions, definitions of asceticism, the relationship between ascetic beliefs and ascetic practices, and the benefits and risks of using a comparative approach to study asceticism.

ANS X84F. Folklore and Oral Performance in South Asia.

ANS X84G. Gender and the Body in South Asian Text and Practice.

An introduction to how gender is used as a category of analysis across the humanities and social science disciplines; and how the body is used as an object for analysis.

ANS X84P. Theatre, Gender, and Performance in South Asia.

ANS X85. Topics in Chinese Language and Literature.

Study of various aspects and periods of Chinese language and literature.

ANS X85.1. Chinese Film and Literature.

ANS X85.3. Modern Chinese Literature.

ANS X85D. Development of the Literary Field in Modern China.

Applies French theorist Pierre Bourdieu's work on cultural production to the study of the development of modern and contemporary literature in China and Taiwan.

ANS X85H. High and Popular Culture in Modern Chinese Societies.

Explores the production and consumption of elitist (high) and popular cultures in modern Chinese societies.

ANS X85M. Modern and Postmodern Chinese Literary Culture.

Examines the complex phenomena of modernism and postmodernism in literature and the arts in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

ANS X85S. Critical Scholarship on Modern Chinese Literature.

Survey of English-language critical scholarship on modern Chinese literature.

ANS X86. Topics in Japanese Language and Literature.

Study of various aspects and periods of Japanese language and literature.

ANS X86.2. Modern Japanese Literature.

ANS X87K. Topics in Korean Language and Literature.

Studies in various aspects and periods of Korean language and literature.

ANS X88. Topics in South Asian Language and Literature.

Study of various aspects and periods of South Asian language and literature.

ANS X88C. Critical Approaches to the Study of South Asian Texts.

Introduction to analyzing South Asian literature through the exploration of Indian "classics" on connoisseurship, reader response, style, and suggestion, as well as modern and contemporary works on literary theory from the West.

ANS X88M. Translating India.

Introduction to literary translation from a wide range of Euro-American and South Asian stances and viewpoints, focusing on the political nature of the act and the art of translation in colonial and post-colonial contexts.

ANS X89C. Topics in Asian History.

Studies in various historical periods of different Asian countries or regions. Topics may be comparative or single-area.

ANS X89C.1. Japan Since 1945.

ANS X89C.2. War and Defeat in Japanese History and Memory.

Interdisciplinary exploration of the Japanese experience and memory of the Pacific War, including topics such as Hiroshima, comfort women, the US occupation, and contemporary controversies surrounding textbooks and the Yasukuni Shrine.

ANS X90. Topics in Asian Studies.

Study of various Asian studies-related topics that do not focus on any single geographic region.

ANS X90.10. Anthropology of East Asia.

Explore contemporary anthropological research on East Asia, with a focus on a set of broad subjects (money, mobilities, cosmologies, media, etc.), and a consideration of what constitutes "the anthropological approach" to these subjects.

ANS X90.2. Authoritarian Political Systems.

Comparative study of authoritarian and totalitarian patterns of government, past and present, Western and non-Western; special emphasis on Communist and Fascist systems.

ANS X90.6. Intellectual History of Indo-Iranian Islam.

ANS X90.7. Feminist Theory.

ANS X90.8. Asian Modernities.

Theory and criticism in the study of Asia, with particular attention to the origins and rise of modern comparative literary and cultural studies.

ANS X90.9. Space and Place-Making In East Asia.

Examines developmentalism, postcolonialism, neoliberalism, and compressed modernity in East and Southeast Asia.

ANS X90C. Core Readings in Modern East Asia.

Various aspects of East Asian history, culture, and society. Designed for new graduate students in the Department of Asian Studies.

ANS X90D. The Arabic Humanities.

Explore the traditions formed in pre-modern Islamic humanities.

ANS X90E. Middle Eastern Modernities.

Explore how Arabic literature and thought changed over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through extended studies of poetry and prose written in Arabic. Examine the relationship of modernity to modernist literature in order to define what modernism means in an Arab/ic context.

ANS X90M. Aesthetic Modernism in East Asia.

Examines modernist trends in literature and the arts since the early twentieth century in places such as China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Vietnam.

ANS X91. Topics in Asia and the World.

Study of various subjects with Asian studies-related content.

ANS X91.1. Comparative Ethnic Conflict.

ANS X91.3. European Imperialism: British Empire.

Study of the British empire in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

ANS X91.4. Gender, Ethnicity, and Nationalism.

ANS X91.6. International Business Fellows Seminar.

Multidisciplinary seminar for students in area studies, business administration, law, and public policy. The faculty includes both academics and business leaders.

ANS X91.7. Women in Islamic Societies.

ANS X91.8. Sovereignty in Islam: Theory & Practice.

A historical and comparative survey of the concepts and rituals of sovereignty in Muslim societies across the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia, with an emphasis on the pre-modern era.

ANS X91C. The Ideas of the East.

Examine the significance of the transnational movement of people, ideas, and goods in the process of constructing geocultural categories such as the West, the East, and Asia; and their subcategories such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.

ANS X91H. Ethnographies of Global Asia.

Methods and ethnographic study of transnational Asia and the Asian diaspora.

ANS X92. Topics in the Social Science of Asia.

Examination of topics relating to the anthropology, sociology, politics, or economics of one or more Asian countries.

ANS X94. Topics in Tools and Methods in Asian Research.

Study of the major research tools and methods used in current Asian scholarship.

ANS X95. Proseminar: Core Readings and Methods in Asian Studies.

Various theories and methods used in the field of Asian studies, including disciplinary history, controversies, and the diversity of approaches within the field. Designed for new graduate students in the Department of Asian Studies.

ANS X97C. Comprehensive Examination Preparation.

ANS X98. Thesis.

ANS X98L. Pedagogy for Language Instruction.

Individual instruction in language pedagogy.

ANS X98R. Master's Report.

Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option.

ANS X98T. Supervised Teaching in Asian Studies.

Teaching under the close supervision of a faculty member. Includes weekly group meetings with the instructor, individual consultation, and reports throughout the teaching period.