CAS is pleased to announce a number of exciting Asia-related courses that are being offered next semester. Interested in learning more about Asia in Spring 2019?
听触 NEW COURSE:听Central Asian Politics and Societies
T/Th 12:30-1:45
Dr. Alessandro Rippa and Carolin Maertens
Generally pictured as isolated and authoritarian, Central Asian states often find themselves at the center of global power struggles. This course adopts a comparative approach to the study of contemporary Central Asian politics and societies.听
听触听Sex and Gender in Asian Film and Literature
T/Th 9:30-10:45
Dr. Colleen Berry听
This class explores configurations of gender, sexual identities, and relationships in cultures across Asia using materials such as feature films, fiction, documentaries, and academic articles.
听触听Modern Korean Literature in English Translation听
T/Th 3:30-4:45
Dr.听Jae Won Chung
(ASIA 4001 Advanced Language co-seminar in Korean available for additional credit)
听触听Indonesian听(3 credits pending admin. approval)
MWF 1-1:50, ALTEC
Dr. Fransiska Oktoprimasakti
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SOCY 3046听触听NEW COURSE:听Special Topics: Sex, Gender, and Social Change in Southeast Asia听
T/Th 3:30-4:45, Dr. Rachel Rinaldo
We will investigate gender relations and norms in tIndonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines听as well as contemporary听issues such as women鈥檚 work in global factories, sex work, migration, religion,听feminist activism, and LGBTQ issues.
听触听Gateway to Asian Studies
T/Th 2:00-3:15, Dr. Colleen Berry
Introduces main themes, intellectual approaches used in Asian Studies through a transdisciplinary perspective that focuses on interactions and links between geographic regions and national boundaries. Presents Asia as a concept, a powerful imaginary geography, and historically dynamic construct that has shaped / been shaped by global patterns of economic development, nation building, war and diplomacy, colonialism and aspirations for better lives.
听触听Studies in Korean Pop听Culture
T/Th 12:30-1:45,听Dr. Jae听Won Chung
Introduces Korean popular culture, considering its ideological, economic, and socio-political function, its reception and use, and medium-specific textual operations of individual works, drawing from music, cinema, dance, music videos, literature, comics, and other forms of texts and events. The course moves from the Japanese colonial period to the contemporary moment, providing coverage of North and South Korea. Taught in English.
听Global Frontiers in Southeast Asia听
MW 3:00-4:15, Dr. Mike Dwyer
Uses the theme of the global frontier to examine and compare three key moments in the modern history of Southeast Asia: the colonial encounter, the rise of the modern territorial state, and the age of contemporary globalization. Examines case studies from earlier eras to analyze emerging global frontiers at the junction of state territoriality and transnational economic expansion.
听触听THAI听and听TIBETAN听(Directed Independent Language Study, non-credit, free to enroll)
MORE ASIA-RELATED COURSES
听触听Kinship: Being and Belonging听|听M 1-3:30听
听触听Readings in Classical Chinese听触听MWF 11-11:50
GEOG 3622 / IAFS 3670听触听Cities of the Global South听触 MW 3:00-4:15
| The Many Faces of Krishna in South Asia Literature and Culture听触听T/Th听12:30 鈥� 1:45
|听Intro to South Asian Hist to 1757 | MW 3:00-4:15
| Intro to Chinese Hist since 1644 | T/Th 9:30-10:45
| Intro to Japanese History | T/TH 12:30-1:45
| Global Warfare in India | MWF 1:00-1:50
| China in World History: China and India | T/TH 5:00-6:15
| Modernity in China and Japan | T/TH 12:30-1:45
| Early Modern China: Gehghis Khan to the Opium War | MWF 1:00-1:50
| Modern Japanese History | T/TH 5:00-6:15
听触听Japan in the Modern World听触 MWF 2:00-2:50
听触听Muslim World: 600-1300听|听T/Th 12:30-1:45听
听触听Religions of India听触 MWF 1:00-1:50
听触听Meditation: Ancient and Modern听触 MW 12-12:50
听触听Women in Buddhism听触 T/Th听2:30-3:45
听触听The Mediterranean: Religion Before Modernity听触 T/Th 9:30-10:45
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