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. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391C, History 381 (Topic: Ideas of East: Global Hist), Middle Eastern Studies 385 (Topic: Ideas of East: Global Hist), 385 (Topic 13). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.