Director: Peipei Qiu;

Program Faculty: Christopher Bjork (Education Department), Andrew Davison (Political Science Department), Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase (Chinese and Japanese), Wenwei Du^b (Chinese and Japanese), Sophia Harvey (Film), Hua Hsu (English Department), Julie E. Hughes (History Department), Karen Hwang^a (Art Department), E.H. Rick Jarow (Religion Department), Martha Kaplan^ab (Anthropology Department), Yining Li (Chinese and Japanese), Haoming Liu (Chinese and Japanese), Yuko Matsubara (Chinese and Japanese), Seungsook Moon^ab (Sociology Department), Himadeep Muppidi (Political Science Department), Anne Parries (Chinese and Japanese), Justin L.B. Patch (Music Department), Anne Pike-Tay (Anthropology Department), Peipei Qiu (Chinese and Japanese), Nianshen Song (History), Fubing Su (Political Science Department), Michael Walsh (Religion Department), Yu Zhou (Earth Science and Geography Department);

^a On leave 2014/15, first semester

^b On leave 2014/15, second semester
^ab On leave 2014/15

The Asian Studies Program offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of Asia with courses and advising in anthropology, art history, economics, education, film, geography, history, language and literature, philosophy, political science, religion, and sociology. It promotes a global understanding of Asia that recognizes interactions between Asian societies and relationships between Asia and the rest of the world that cross and permeate national boundaries. While majors focus on a particular region of Asia (e.g., East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, or West Asia) including language study, intermediate and advanced coursework, and a senior thesis in this area, they are also expected to be familiar with some other parts of Asia through the introductory courses and some coursework outside their area of specialty. The Program offers a correlate sequence in Asian Studies and a correlate sequence in Asian American Studies.

While majors take courses on Asia offered in a wide range of disciplines, they are also expected to choose one or two disciplines in which they develop a theoretical or methodological sophistication that they apply to their study of Asia, particularly in their thesis and senior seminar work.

A student’s program of study for the major or correlate is designed in close consultation with the director and an advisor. Students should obtain an application form, which includes a statement of interest, from the program office or the Asian Studies website prior to meeting with the program director. This should be done by the end of the first semester of the sophomore year if the student plans to apply for study abroad. The director and members of the program faculty review the application and make suggestions for modifications. Any changes to a plan of study should be discussed with the advisor in advance; significant changes are reviewed by the director.

Study Abroad: Study abroad in Asia greatly enhances a student’s learning experience and understanding of Asia and is highly recommended for program majors. Advice and information on different programs are available through the Office of the Dean of Studies (International Programs), Asian Studies, and the Department of Chinese and Japanese.

Asian Studies Courses: This catalogue has two lists of courses for the Asian Studies major and correlate. First, courses offered by the program and cross-listed courses are listed by level. Second, additional approved courses are listed by name and number (these are courses on Asia offered in other departments; see department listings for course descriptions). Both lists are courses that can fulfill major and correlate requirements. Courses not on the lists, which may be appropriate to an individual student’s plan of study, are considered for approval by the director and steering committee upon request by the student major or correlate, after consultation with the advisor. Each semester the Asian Studies website posts a list of upcoming courses for use during preregistration.

Programs

Major

• •  Asian Studies Major

Correlate Sequences in Asian Studies

• •  Asian American Studies Correlate Sequence
• •  Asian Studies Correlate Sequence

Approved Courses

• •  Asian Studies Department Approved Courses

Courses

Asian Studies: I. Introductory

• •  ASIA 101 - Approaching Asia
• •  ASIA 103 - Hindus and Muslims in Pre-Colonial India
• •  ASIA 107 - Inner Paths: Religion and Contemplative Consciousness
• •  ASIA 111 - Social Change in South Korea Through Film
• •  ASIA 122 - Encounters in Modern East Asia
• •  ASIA 152 - Religions of Asia

Asian Studies: II. Intermediate

• •  ASIA 204 - Independent India: 1947-1990s
• •  ASIA 212 - Western Esotericism
• •  ASIA 213 - The Experience of Freedom
• •  ASIA 214 - The Tumultuous Century: Twentieth Century Chinese Literature
• •  ASIA 216 - Food, Culture, and Globalization
• •  ASIA 218 - Advanced Topics in World Music
• •  ASIA 222 - Narratives of Japan: Fiction and Film
• •  ASIA 223 - The Gothic and the Supernatural in Japanese Literature
• •  ASIA 224 - Japanese Popular Culture and Literature
• •  ASIA 231 - Hindu Traditions
• •  ASIA 233 - The Buddha in the World
• •  ASIA 235 - Religion in China
• •  ASIA 236 - The Making of Modern East Asia: Empires and Transnational Interactions
• •  ASIA 237 - Indian National Cinema
• •  ASIA 238 - Environmental China: Nature, Culture, and Development
• •  ASIA 239 - Contemporary Southeast Asian Cinemas
• •  ASIA 250 - Across Religious Boundaries: Understanding Differences
• •  ASIA 252 - Imagining India: Colonial Experience and the Pathways to Independence
• •  ASIA 253 - The Jungle in Indian History
• •  ASIA 254 - Chinese Politics and Economy
• •  ASIA 255 - Subaltern Politics
• •  ASIA 256 - The Arts of China
• •  ASIA 257 - Reorienting America: Asians in American History and Society
• •  ASIA 258 - The Art of Zen in Japan
• •  ASIA 259 - Art, Politics and Cultural Identity in East Asia
• •  ASIA 262 - India, China, and the State of Post-coloniality
• •  ASIA 263 - Critical International Relations
• •  ASIA 266 - Genre: Horror
• •  ASIA 274 - Political Ideology
• •  ASIA 275 - International and Comparative Education
• •  ASIA 276 - Experiencing the Other: Representation of China and the West
• •  ASIA 290 - Field Work
• •  ASIA 298 - Independent Study

Asian Studies: III. Advanced

• •  ASIA 300 - Senior Thesis
• •  ASIA 301 - Senior Thesis
• •  ASIA 302 - Senior Thesis
• •  ASIA 304 - Approaching the Taj Mahal
• •  ASIA 305 - People and Animal Histories in Modern India
• •  ASIA 306 - Women’s Movements in Asia
• •  ASIA 330 - Religion, Critical Theory and Politics
• •  ASIA 341 - The Goddess Traditions of India, China and Tibet
• •  ASIA 345 - Violent Frontiers: Colonialism and Religion in the Nineteenth Century
• •  ASIA 351 - Special Topics in Chinese and Japanese Literature and Culture
• •  ASIA 358 - Seminar in Asian Art
• •  ASIA 360 - Problems in Cultural Analysis
• •  ASIA 362 - Senior Seminar: Women in Japanese and Chinese Literature
• •  ASIA 363 - Decolonizing International Relations
• •  ASIA 364 - The West in Japanese Literature since the Nineteenth Century
• •  ASIA 365 - Imagining Asia and the Pacific
• •  ASIA 366 - Seminar in Transcending the Limit: Literary Theory in the East-West Context
• •  ASIA 369 - Masculinities: Global Perspectives
• •  ASIA 372 - Topics in Human Geography
• •  ASIA 374 - The Origins of the Global Economy
• •  ASIA 385 - Asian Healing Traditions
• •  ASIA 389 - Constructing China from Beyond
• •  ASIA 399 - Senior Independent Study