Asian Studies (ASIAN)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

ASIAN 2211

This course serves as a general introduction to the study of Japan in the humanities. Through literature, film, art, and pop culture, we will explore how Japaneseness and Japanese culture have historically ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3295 ASIAN 2211   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3296 ASIAN 2211   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3297 ASIAN 2211   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3298 ASIAN 2211   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3299 ASIAN 2211   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8439 ASIAN 2211   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8440 ASIAN 2211   DIS 206

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2245

This course combines hands-on instruction in gamelan, Indonesia's most prominent form of traditional music, and the academic study of the broader range of music found in contemporary Indonesia, including ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 2341VISST 2744

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2598 ASIAN 2245   LEC 001

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Miller, C

    • WF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Miller, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2261

How did Japan evolve from samurai to superpower? We investigate this transformation in Japanese and world history over a two-semester sequence. Students are free to enroll in either semester independently. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 1621HIST 1621

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7970 ASIAN 2261   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7969 ASIAN 2261   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7976 ASIAN 2261   DIS 202

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7977 ASIAN 2261   DIS 203

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7978 ASIAN 2261   DIS 204

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2262

An exploration of processes of change in health care practices in China. Focuses on key transitions, such as the emergence of canonical medicine, of Daoist approaches to healing and longevity, of scholar ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2561CAPS 2262HIST 2562STS 2561

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6019 ASIAN 2262   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6781 ASIAN 2262   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6782 ASIAN 2262   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2269

This course introduces Korean popular culture in global context. Beginning with cultural forms of the late Choson period, the course will also examine popular culture during the Japanese colonial period, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AAS 2269PMA 2465SHUM 2269

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18563 ASIAN 2269   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18875 ASIAN 2269   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18876 ASIAN 2269   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2271

This is an introductory course designed for, though not limited to, non-majors with or without any knowledge of Chinese language, history, or culture. It offers a guided survey of the history and development ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 2271

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8021 ASIAN 2271   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Warner, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2273

This course introduces the academic study of religion. This course serves as both an introduction to the academic study of religion and a survey of major topics in the intersections of religious communities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 2273

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9720 ASIAN 2273   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2274

The largest of the three great Islamic empires of the early modern era, the Mughal empire at its height ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent, and more than 100 million subjects. This course offers ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2749

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18479 ASIAN 2274   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Travers, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18480 ASIAN 2274   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18481 ASIAN 2274   DIS 202

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18482 ASIAN 2274   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18483 ASIAN 2274   DIS 204

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2276

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19148 ASIAN 2276   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2279

Students will study Chinese myths from the earliest times. Focus will be on understanding how people have used myth to create and convey meaning, on examining the form Chinese myths take, and on considering ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: RELST 2279

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18391 ASIAN 2279   LEC 001

    • MW
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18647 ASIAN 2279   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18648 ASIAN 2279   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18649 ASIAN 2279   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18650 ASIAN 2279   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2296

This course reexamines Korea's place in East Asia by studying transnational cultural and intellectual interactions that Korea has had with China and Japan. The course is divided into three parts. First, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2996

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8512 ASIAN 2296   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Joo, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 2951

To what extent does the ideal of the US as a vanguard for democracy and freedom in the world match up with other aspects-military, economic, and humanitarian-of US foreign policy? This same question about ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1951HIST 1951LATA 1951

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8992 ASIAN 2951   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Craib, R

      Loos, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8993 ASIAN 2951   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8994 ASIAN 2951   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8995 ASIAN 2951   DIS 203

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8996 ASIAN 2951   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3317

In this course, we will be exploring the vast range of Japanese poetry-one of the most influential poetic traditions in the world-from its earliest incarnations to the present day. Over the course of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18930 ASIAN 3317   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3324

This course examines major writers, works, and developments in modern and contemporary Korean literature from the early twentieth century to the present. Beginning with the cultural transition at the end ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 3324

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18415 ASIAN 3324   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3334

This course will give students the historical background and theoretical tools to understand the politics of Southeast Asia, one of the world's most diverse and fascinating regions. The first part of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 6647GOVT 3443GOVT 6443

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18767 ASIAN 3334   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Pepinsky, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19075 ASIAN 3334   DIS 201

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19076 ASIAN 3334   DIS 202

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19077 ASIAN 3334   DIS 203

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19078 ASIAN 3334   DIS 204

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3350

The arts of Southeast Asia are studied in their social context, since in traditional societies creative processes are often mapped on the sequence of events that compose human lives. We will be looking ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8522 ASIAN 3350   LEC 001

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McGowan, K

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McGowan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3365

This course offers an introduction to the global issue of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other mass atrocities, and an in-depth look at two contemporary genocides in Asia: in China, and in Burma (Myanmar). ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 3552ANTHR 6552ASIAN 6665

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18732 ASIAN 3365   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Fiskesjo, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3395

China is often thought of as being isolated from the outside world. It is imagined as existing in historic seclusion, and, following the establishment of the People's Republic, as pursuing a path of autarky. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 3967GOVT 3967

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19096 ASIAN 3395   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 3397

This course examines Southeast Asia's history from earliest times up until the mid-eighteenth century. The genesis of traditional kingdoms, the role of monumental architecture (such as Angkor in Cambodia ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 6697HIST 3950HIST 6950

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18370 ASIAN 3397   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Tagliacozzo, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18371 ASIAN 3397   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 3705

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6705

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19141 ASIAN 3705   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4021

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18376 ASIAN 4021   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: One course in Asian religions on Buddhism.

ASIAN 4023

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6023RELST 4023RELST 6023

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19157 ASIAN 4023   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4377

This is an events-based course. Students will attend ten seminars in the South Asia Program seminar series. The work of scholars, filmmakers, and artists presenting research in the series spans the region ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6377

  • 1 Credit GradeNoAud

  • 18915 ASIAN 4377   SEM 101

    • M TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Besky, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4401

Supervised reading and research on the problem selected for honors work. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 18570 ASIAN 4401   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3107 ASIAN 4401   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3169 ASIAN 4401   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3108 ASIAN 4401   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Formichi, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3109 ASIAN 4401   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3170 ASIAN 4401   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3885 ASIAN 4401   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  5872 ASIAN 4401   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 18571 ASIAN 4401   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 18573 ASIAN 4401   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Warner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 18574 ASIAN 4401   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program. Enrollment limited to: seniors.

ASIAN 4402

The student, under faculty direction, prepares an honors essay. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18536 ASIAN 4402   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3105 ASIAN 4402   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3139 ASIAN 4402   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3106 ASIAN 4402   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Formichi, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3102 ASIAN 4402   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3171 ASIAN 4402   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3887 ASIAN 4402   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5877 ASIAN 4402   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18537 ASIAN 4402   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18539 ASIAN 4402   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Warner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18540 ASIAN 4402   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: admission to honors program.

ASIAN 4403

Intensive reading under the direction of a member of the staff. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18724 ASIAN 4403   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12233 ASIAN 4403   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12280 ASIAN 4403   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12234 ASIAN 4403   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Formichi, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12235 ASIAN 4403   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12267 ASIAN 4403   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12431 ASIAN 4403   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12511 ASIAN 4403   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18725 ASIAN 4403   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18727 ASIAN 4403   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Warner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18728 ASIAN 4403   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

ASIAN 4411

Overview of the history of the Japanese language followed by intensive examination of issues of interest to participants. Students should have reading knowledge of Japanese. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: JAPAN 4410LING 4411

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18511 ASIAN 4411   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Whitman, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18771 ASIAN 4411   DIS 201

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Whitman, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4415

Visions of bodily corruption preoccupy ruler and ruled alike and prompt campaigns for moral, medical, and legal reform in periods of both stability and revolution. This seminar explores the links between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19116 ASIAN 4415   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19117 ASIAN 4415   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 4429

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Syllabi: none
  • 18867 ASIAN 4429   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18868 ASIAN 4429   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 4446

This course will treat the classical Indian tradition as a case study in comparative poetics. We will read works of Sanskrit poetry in translation, along with selections from the works of both Sanskrit ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6648

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18687 ASIAN 4446   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4448

Seminar intended to examine the increasingly complex relationship that has evolved between China and the rest of the international system, with particular focus on the rise of Chinese nationalism and the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: CAPS 4827GOVT 4827GOVT 6827

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7724 ASIAN 4448   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8545 ASIAN 4448   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 4473

China, a cultural giant of East Asia, made a passive entrance into modernity. With the advent of Western and American colonialism and imperialism, coupled with recent successes in westernization by the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19675 ASIAN 4473   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 4480

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18883 ASIAN 4480   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Formichi, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: One 3000 level course in the humanities; some knowledge of Asian history.

  • 18895 ASIAN 4480   IND 601

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 4707

When Beijing hosted the summer Olympics in 2008, its opening ceremony left viewers, journalists, and visitors impressed and sometimes alarmed by its enormity, encompassing a massive cast of dancers, musicians, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6707SHUM 4707SHUM 6707

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19609 ASIAN 4707   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 5500

This course is an introduction to ideological and narrative disputes in the field of Asian Studies, intended for new M.A. students and other graduate students in the field. It is intended to provide examples ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18350 ASIAN 5500   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

ASIAN 6021

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18378 ASIAN 6021   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: One course in Asian religions on Buddhism.

ASIAN 6023

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 4023RELST 4023RELST 6023

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19153 ASIAN 6023   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19154 ASIAN 6023   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 6377

This is an events-based course. Students will attend ten seminars in the South Asia Program seminar series. The work of scholars, filmmakers, and artists presenting research in the series spans the region ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4377

  • 1 Credit GradeNoAud

  • 19027 ASIAN 6377   SEM 101

    • M TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Besky, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6612

An introduction to the key reference and research works available for Japanese studies (both print and digital). Uses of databases and reference works on a given theme will be modelled in the class hour. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Graded

  •  5825 ASIAN 6612   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Mckee, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: Japanese language skills at the intermediate level or above.

ASIAN 6615

Visions of bodily corruption preoccupy ruler and ruled alike and prompt campaigns for moral, medical, and legal reform in periods of both stability and revolution. This seminar explores the links between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19171 ASIAN 6615   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19172 ASIAN 6615   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 6622

To hone our skills in the analysis of topics in Asian studies, we will review critically a number of switchpoints that have produced conceptual difference in recent scholarly work. Asia scholars have laid ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6622

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18917 ASIAN 6622   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6647

This course will give students the historical background and theoretical tools to understand the politics of Southeast Asia, one of the world's most diverse and fascinating regions. The first part of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3334GOVT 3443GOVT 6443

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18768 ASIAN 6647   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Pepinsky, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6648

This course will treat the classical Indian tradition as a case study in comparative poetics. We will read works of Sanskrit poetry in translation, along with selections from the works of both Sanskrit ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4446

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18688 ASIAN 6648   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6665

This course offers an introduction to the global issue of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other mass atrocities, and an in-depth look at two contemporary genocides in Asia: in China, and in Burma (Myanmar). ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 3552ANTHR 6552ASIAN 3365

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18733 ASIAN 6665   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Fiskesjo, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6673

China, a cultural giant of East Asia, made a passive entrance into modernity. With the advent of Western and American colonialism and imperialism, coupled with recent successes in westernization by the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19679 ASIAN 6673   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6678

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18887 ASIAN 6678   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Formichi, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: One 3000 level course in the humanities; some knowledge of Asian history.

  • 18893 ASIAN 6678   IND 601

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 6697

This course examines Southeast Asia's history from earliest times up until the mid-eighteenth century. The genesis of traditional kingdoms, the role of monumental architecture (such as Angkor in Cambodia ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 3397HIST 3950HIST 6950

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18485 ASIAN 6697   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Tagliacozzo, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18486 ASIAN 6697   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Tagliacozzo, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ASIAN 6705

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3705

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19142 ASIAN 6705   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 6707

When Beijing hosted the summer Olympics in 2008, its opening ceremony left viewers, journalists, and visitors impressed and sometimes alarmed by its enormity, encompassing a massive cast of dancers, musicians, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4707SHUM 4707SHUM 6707

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19606 ASIAN 6707   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ASIAN 7703

Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2732 ASIAN 7703   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Admussen, N

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3110 ASIAN 7703   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Blackburn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3111 ASIAN 7703   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Campana, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3112 ASIAN 7703   RSC 705

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Formichi, C

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3113 ASIAN 7703   RSC 706

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3114 ASIAN 7703   RSC 707

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Law, J

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3889 ASIAN 7703   RSC 709

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4190 ASIAN 7703   RSC 710

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McNeal, R

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10021 ASIAN 7703   RSC 711

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Misra, D

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18543 ASIAN 7703   RSC 713

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Warner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18544 ASIAN 7703   RSC 714

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research