ASIAN 6678
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- Schedule of Classes - May 8, 2025 11:33AM EDT
Classes
ASIAN 6678
Course Description
Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.
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) experiences could be modern is foundational to the multifarious ways in which scholarship and nation-builders have engaged with progress, whether aspiring to it, rejecting it, or appropriating it. In this seminar we explore how imperial authorities, nationalists, and scholars/intellectuals have interfaced with idea(l)s of progress and modernity in Asia, reading works (one book a week) grounded in multiple disciplines and cultural settings. Core themes will include: health and hygiene, consumption, technology, gender, piety and devotion, imperialism and race, and nationalism. (SC)
Prerequisites REF-FA25/Corequisites REF-FA25 one 3000 level course in the humanities; some knowledge of Asian history. Corequisites: None.
Last 4 terms offered 2023SP, 2021SP
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 4480, HIST 4408, HIST 6408, RELST 4480, RELST 6678
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: one 3000 level course in the humanities; some knowledge of Asian history.