ANS 301M/HIS 306N Bhagavan
TTH 200 - 330P PAR 301
This course will examine the nature of Asian experiences in America, from the nineteenth century through modern times. We will look at the rich and diverse ways in which Asian-Americans have contributed to American history as well as at the ways they have, in turn, been shaped and changed by their interactions. We shall use historical, anthropological, and economic frameworks, among others, to explore a variety of issues pertinent to Asian-American experiences, including, but not limited to, definitions of ethnicity and its implications, history and exclusion, immigration and immigration policy, diversity and difference, boundaries of national and international, and stereotypes and racism.
This is a discussion oriented seminar in which the primary objective is for students to analyze critically and evaluate information in order to provide new and insightful interpretations and commentary of their own. Occasional lectures will be used to provide a brief survey of Asian-American history and to lay the factual foundation necessary for more in-depth study. This is a substantial writing component course and also partially fulfills the legislative requirement in American history.
Students will be required to write two short papers (3-5 pages each) on a specific issue or question to be handed out in class. Students should be forewarned that 3 major projects are all due towards the end of the semester (an integrative essay, a presentation of research, and a major research paper) and should schedule their time accordingly. The integrative essay is the student's chance to discuss issues raised in the course and make some sense of the variety of ideas they have been exploring; no additional research is required for this paper, though students are welcome to take whatever initiative they desire. Students will also have to write a research paper of 10-15 pages in length on a topic of their choice, though the project must be approved by the instructor; a 15-20 minute presentation of this work will also be required.
Texts:
Ronald Takaki, Strangers From A Different Shore
Jessica Hagedorn, ed., Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian-American Fiction
Nicolaus Mills, ed., Arguing Immigration
plus a large packet of articles and assorted films and videos
Grades:
Two 3-5 page Issue Papers 20% each
Integrative Essay (5-10 pages) 10%
Presentation of Research 15%
Final Research Paper (10-15 pages) 25%
Class Participation/Group projects 10%
ANS 301M Lee
MWF 900 - 1000 WAG 420
A general and basic survey on the development of Korean culture. The course will introduce Korean history from the earliest times to the present, concentrating especially on the modern period. Various interpretive approaches will be applied in the context of cultural, political, social and economic history. Also many visual materials about Korea will be incorporated. No prior knowledge of Korean language, history, culture is presumed.
Requirements:
Mid-Term 30%
Term Paper of 8-10 pp. 30%
Final Exam 40%
Absences and missed deadlines will be penalized.
Texts: Two reference textbooks:
Korea's Place in the Sun, Bruce Cumings
Sourcebook of Korean Civilization vol. 1-2, Peter H. Lee
A packet of readings determined by instructor.
ANS 301M Sjoberg
Time to be arranged
Students may select Tamil, Telugu, or Kannada at various levels.
Language learning is a cumulative process that demands self-discipline. A good grade in this course requires careful attention to details and the need to set aside time each week to complete the exercises assigned for each lesson.
Text(s):
None required for purchase
Grading:
There will be weekly exercises and several short quizzes.
No final exam.
ANS 301M/HIS 305L Rhoads
TTH 200 - 330P GAR 3
Course description unavailable at this time.
ANS 301M Abee-Taulli
MWF 1000 - 1100 BUR 108
This course introduces Japanese culture from the traditional to the contemporary, beginning with the classical romance The Tale of the Genji and ending with the recent dystopian animated fantasy Akira. We will cover three important periods of Japanese history: Heian, Tokugawa, and contemporary from the point of view of literature, art, and (in the contemporary period) film. By using culture as a focus, we will explore such enduring Japanese values as the samurai ethic, the culture of play, aestheticism, and materialism. We will also try to answer some of the questions presented by the enigma of Japanese power today: Why is Japan the only non-Western power to have successfully modernized? What does it mean to be a "Modern Japanese?" And finally, what is Japan's role in today's world?
Grading:
Mid-term exam 25%
Two 4-6 page papers 25%
Final exam 50%
Readings will include texts drawn from the following:
Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of the Genji
Sei Shonagon, The Pillow Book
The Tale of the Heike
Howard Hibbett, The Floating World in Japanese Fiction
Donald Keene, trans., Chushingura
Natsume Soseki, And Then
Howard Hibbett, ed., Contemporary Japanese Literature
Merry White, The Material Child
Akira (Comic Book)
ANS 302C Boretz
TTH 200 - 330P BUR 224
Over the course of nearly four thousand years of history, China's political borders have expanded, contracted, fragmented, and fused hundreds, perhaps thousands of times. Those four thousand years have been fraught with natural disasters, political instability, and foreign military invasion, and life in China has been periodically (and often radically) transformed by agricultural, technological, and political revolutions.
Geographically, linguistically, ethnically, and economically, China today is a land of striking diversity. Variations in language, food, dress, marriage customs, and religious practice partition the Chinese countryside into a seemingly disconnected patchwork of local cultures. Yet underlying this diversity is a shared cultural heritage: A unifying set of historical, literary, and artistic traditions; philosophical and religious ideas; political institutions; and (perhaps most important of all) a common writing system.
This course explores the unities and diversities of Chinese culture (1) historically: the origin and evolution of the writing system, the development of the patrilineal family and related social institutions, the introduction and transformation of Buddhism; and (2) thematically: the literary, artistic, architectural, and ritual expressions of elite and popular culture, cosmology and the life cycle, martial arts, qigong, and fengshui, among other topics.
Lectures and discussions incorporate slides, video, as well as multimedia materials available on the course website. (URL TBA)
Texts:
Charles Hucker, China to 1850: A Short History
Richard J. Smith, China's Cultural Heritage: The Ch'ing Dynasty, 1644-1912
Course reader of photocopied materials
Requirements:
Midterm 20%
and Final Exam 20%
Quizzes 15%
Two short writing assignments 15% each
Attendance and participation 15%
ANS 302K Harzer
MWF 1200 - 100P UTC 3.122
This course offers a general introduction to India. The main topics to be addressed are:
*The land, the peoples and their immediate neighbors.
Languages
*Historical survey
proto-history
formative
classical
Mogul
British
modern
*Religions
Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, other
religious festivals
*Literatures
oral and written
religious literature
literature as art
regional literatures
*The arts
sculpture, painting, architecture, music, dance, cinema
*Social patterns
family and society
caste
arranged marriage
the role of women
*Political ideas
kingship
democracy
political movements
No prior knowledge of India is assumed.
Texts:
Wolpert, Stanley. India.
Mehta, Ved. Portrait of India.
Narasimhan, Chakravarthi. The Mahabharata.
Photocopied materials.
Grade distribution:
Attendance - obligatory
Exams - midterm (30%) and final (40%)
Quizzes - two (10% each)
Oral presentation (10%)
ANS 303N/MUS 303N Slawek
MWF 1100 - 1200 MRH 2.634
T 500 - 600P MRH M3.114
MWF 1100 - 1200 MRH 2.634
TH 500 - 600P MRH M3.114
MWF 1100 - 1200 MRH 2.634
TH 600 - 700P MRH M3.114
This course will examine the appearance of numerous new styles of popular music in various countries throughout the world. Included in this survey will be new popular musics originating within under-represented minority groups in the United States such as Native Americans; various musics placed under the umbrella term, World Beat; musics that are sometimes identified as fusions of musics from different cultures/traditions, but are marketed as popular music; and the popular musics of a representative selection of non-Western cultures. The course, in general, will introduce students to popular musics on a global scale. The focus of the course will be on the place these musics occupy within their home cultures, the relationship the genres hold with other musical traditions within the home culture, how the genres participate in the transnational flow of culture via the media and concert tours, and how these new genres become powerful symbols of identity and for social action within their own cultures' boundaries and throughout the world in which they circulate. The case studies will be drawn primarily from the cultures that appear in MUS 303M, giving students who take one of the courses the opportunity to revisit those cultures through an entirely different musical prism in the other.
Texts:
Popular Musics of the Non-Western World, by Peter Manuel. (Required purchase)
One additional book chosen from the following (all optional purchases):
Cassette Culture, by Peter Manuel
Zouk: World Music in the West Indies, by Jocelyne Guilbault
Sweet Mother: Modern African Music, by Wolfgang Bender
Notes from Underground: Rock Music Counterculture in Russia, by Thomas Cushman
Types of Assignments:
A. Research Paper No
B. Short paper Yes (1 concert report)
C. Projects: Class presentation based on optional book
D. Homework: Reading and listening assignments
One hour required Discussion section per week.
Grading:
Hourly Exams 2 X 25%=50%
Quizzes 2 X 5%=10%
Class presentation 15%
Final 25%
Prerequisites: MUS 303M Intro to Traditional Musics in World Cultures is recommended, but not required.
ANS 307C/HIS 307C Bhagavan
MWF 200 - 300P UTC 4.124
This course is designed to introduce students to the civilization of India from pre-modern times to the present. We will examine aspects of Indian religions, philosophies, political and societal structures, cuisine, performing arts, and film industry. No prior knowledge of South Asian history or culture is expected or required. While lectures will be the main emphasis of the class, several periods will be reserved for critical discussion of selections from some of the secondary source material in the field.
Students will be required to write one essay (4-6 pages) on the Indian epic, The Ramayana. Students will also have to attend two authorized cultural events during the semester and will have to write a short report (4-6 pages) describing their experiences. Further details of these two written assignments will be handed out in class. Late papers will not be accepted without medical excuse. Finally, students will have to take a midterm and a final. Question types will include: map, short answer, and essay.
Grading Policy: There is no grading curve in this class. Both of the written assignments will be evaluated using a plus/minus letter grade system, where a B- is an 82, a B is an 85, and a B+ is an 88. The exams will be graded on the scale of 100, where 90-100 is an A, 80-89 is a B, and so on. Extra credit assignments will also be available. The distribution is as follows:
Epic Essay 20%
Cultural Events Report 20%
Midterm 20%
Final Exam 40%
Texts:
Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal, Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy
Romila Thapar, History of India v.1
Plus a photocopied packet of articles and assorted films, videos, etc...
Literature:
R.K. Narayan, The Ramayana (prose version of the epic)
Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
The epic will be accompanied by a small packet of articles
ANS 321M/GOV 321M Maclachlan
TTH 1100-1230 PM GAR 203
This course is designed to introduce upper level undergraduates to the domestic politics of postwar Japan. Lectures will focus on such topics as the impact of the Allied Occupation on the development of postwar political institutions, the government-business relationship, the electoral and political party systems, citizen participation in politics, political corruption and the prospects for reform, and the domestic determinants of foreign policy. All topics will be addressed from a comparative perspective.
Grade distribution:
Book review 20%
Mid-term or Short paper 35%
Final exam 45%
Texts:
S. Reed, Making Common Sense of Japan (Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh University Press, 1993)
C. Johnson, MITI and the Japanese Miracle (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1982)
Gary Allinson and Yasunori Sone, eds., Political Dynamics in Contemporary Japan
(Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993)
Gary Allinson, Japan's Postwar History (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997)
Gerald Curtis, The Japanese Way of Politics (NY: Columbia University Press, 1988).
Prerequisites:
Upper-division standing required. 6 semester hours of lower division government.
ANS 340/ANT 324L/HIS 366N/R S 361 Lariviere
TTH 930 - 1100 PAR 203
This course will focus on the major doctrines, practices, and institutions which shaped the historical development of the cluster of religious traditions we today call "Hinduism," and which provide the keys to our understanding of those traditions.
The major concern of this course will be to discover how religions interact with other elements of culture and society, how religions adapt to and often provide the catalyst for social and cultural change, and the role religions play in the formation of "worlds," which provide frameworks for our understanding of ourselves and our universe. Hinduism, therefore, will be a case study to help us understand the function of religion in human society and in human history.
Texts:
Thomas Hopkins, The Hindu Religious Tradition
Barbara S. Miller, The Bhagavad Gita
John Hawley and Mark Juergensmeyer, Songs of the Saints of India
photocopied packet
Grading:
Attendance is obligatory
exams -- midterm (25%) and final (45%)
quizzes -- two (5% each)
class participation (20%)
Prerequisites:
Upper-division standing required.
ANS 340K/HIS 340K Rhoads
TTH 1100 - 1230P GAR 7
Course description unavailable at this time.
ANS 340R/HIS 340R Minault
MWF 1000 - 1100 GAR 109
This course covers the great age of European empires in the 19th and 20th centuries, when European powers established their rule over much of the rest of the world. We will look at British rule in India and the Malay peninsula, Dutch rule in Indonesia, and French rule in Indochina. We will look at relations between Europeans and the local peoples in terms of cultural contact, economic exploitation, and political domination, and the results of such relationships for both the Europeans and the Asians they ruled. The results, as we shall see, were far-reaching and are still with us today. We will also look at the process of decolonization in the 20th century, as the old reasons for imperial domination lost their force, and as new national identities emerged in Asia.
Textbooks: (Subject to change)
CA Bayly, Imperial Meridian
DA Low, Lion's Share
Sardesai, Southeast Asia: Past & Present
Wolpert, A New History of India
Adas, Machines as the Measure of Man
A selection of novels
ANS 347K/GOV 347K Hardgrave
TTH 1100 - 1230P BUR 136
The course will examine the domestic politics and international relations of the nations of South Asia: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. We will consider the geopolitical, cultural, and historical context of contemporary politics and then go on to explore the political system of each country. India, the preeminent power of the subcontinent, will receive greatest emphasis. In considering the international relations of the region, special consideration will be given to the issue of nuclear proliferation.
Students, organized in country teams, will participate in a "crisis simulation" involving India and Pakistan.
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing required; 6 semester hours of lower-division government.
Texts:
Hardgrave and Kochanek, India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation, 5th ed. (l993)
Craig Baxter et al, Government and Politics in South Asia, 4th ed. (l998)
Global Studies: India and South Asia, Photocopied reader from Abel Copies
Grading:
Mid-term exam 40%
Final exam 40%
Game participation and short paper on crisis simulation 20%
Overall class participation may be reflected in a plus or minus l0 points in determining course grade.
ANS 361/ANT 324L/W S 340 Visweswaran
TTH 1100 - 1230P RAS 213
Course description unavailable at this time.
ANS 361/HIS 366N Zanasi
TTH 930 - 1100 MEZ 202
Once heralded as the beginning of a new and better form of human society, Mao Zedong's "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" of 1966-1976 was later condemned as a tragic mistake. Here we seek to achieve a more nuanced understanding of these tumultuous years, by exploring some critical issues concerning the origins and development of the Cultural Revolution and its impact on Chinese social, political, and cultural life. During the course we will examine a variety of sources including official and non-official documents, personal accounts, and scholarly research.
Requirements:
There well be four in class quizzes (10% each) and a final take home exam (35%). Students are also required to attend class regularly, do the readings, and actively participate in class discussion (class participation: 25%).
Textbooks:
Craig Dietrich, People's China: A Brief History, Third Edition
Gao Yuan, Born Red
Reader compiled by the instructor
ANS 361/ECO 333K Bencivenga
TTH 200 - 330P BRB 2.136
Course description unavailable at this time.
ANS 361 Trinque
MWF 1100 - 1200P RAS 213
This course is an introduction to the economy of modern India. The course is organized around the question of the substainability of the growth process presently underway in India. A survey of important elements in India's history and of relevant economic principles provides a context for discussion of the opportunities, conflicts, and policies that have shaped India's economy since Independence. The differential impacts of economic growth are examined, as are the resulting tensions compromising the major economic issues confronting the people of India. Among the topics that may be addressed are modernization of agriculture, urbanization, persistent poverty and the expanding "consumer class", the condition and status of women, investment patterns and economic productivity, human capital and labor mobility, environmental degradation and protection, and the position of India in the world economy. Throughout the course, attention is given to generalizations that may be drawn from India's experience regarding the process of economic growth.
Textbook/Readings: TBA
Work/Grading:
The quality of the learning experience in this course hinges on the student's commitment to extensive reading and participation in class discussions. This course is certified as having a substantial writing component. Each student will submit a report of between four and six pages (approximately 1000 to 1500 words) on an item from the reading list. A term paper is required, also, a preliminary draft of which (six page minimum) will be due around the middle of the semester. The final draft of the term paper (twelve to fifteen pages) will be due at the last class meeting. There will be a single essay exam at the end of the semester.
Class participation (including attendance) 5%
Preliminary draft of term paper 20%
Final draft of term paper 30 %
Brief report 10%
Final exam 35%
ANS 361/GOV 365N Ganguly
TTH 1230 - 200P GEA 114
This course will examine the causes and consequences of ethnic mobilization, conflict and violence. To this end it will examine the architectonic theories of ethnic mobilization and will also discuss substantive cases to illustrate their utility.
Texts:
Donald Horowitz, Ethnic Groups in Conflict.
Milton Esman, Ethnic Politics.
Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities.
Michael E. Brown and Sumit Ganguly, eds., Government Policies and Ethnic Relations in
Asia and the Pacific.
Requirements:
Mid-Term 40%
Final 40%
Class Participation 20%
ANS 361/GOV 365L Maclachlan
TTH 200 - 330P GAR 215
This introductory course will explore the postwar international relations of East and
Southeast Asia. Particular attention will be devoted to postwar economic and security issues, the changing political landscape of the post-Cold War period, and to the development and functions of regional institutions. The course will be instructed around four themes: 1) the impact of "Asian values" on the international relations of the region; 2) the definition of "security" in the post-Cold War era; 3) the juxtaposition of domestic and international politics in Asia; and 4) the opportunities and constraints confronting regional institution-building and integration.
Grade distribution:
Class discussion 10%
Midterm exam 25%
Short research paper 30%
Final exam 35%
Texts:
Peter J. Katzenstein and Takashi Shiraishi, eds., Network Power: Japan and Asia (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997).
Andrew Mack and John Ravenhill, eds., Pacific Cooperation: Building Economic and Security Regimes in the Asia Pacific Region (Boulder: Westview, 1995).
Yoichi Funabashi, Asia-Pacific Fusion (Washington, D.C.: Institute for International
Economics, 1995).
ANS 361/GOV 365N Bennett
TTH 930 - 1100 BUR 228
Review how well various international regimes coordinate global environmental solutions. Evaluate proposals for new coordination. Short of formal coordination, study factors affecting voluntarily adoption of international environmental standards, including success winning cooperation from local communities. Acquire workable knowledge of how international environmental policy could be made better - more effective, economical, cooperative, and durable - and realistic political strategies for putting preferred policies in place.
Texts:
Gareth Porter & Janet Brown, Global Environmental Politics (2nd ed., 1996)
Ken Onca & Goeffrey Dabelko, eds., Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Tokyo (2nd ed., 1998)
Peter Haas, et.al., eds., Institutions for the Earth: Sources of Effective Environmental Protection (1993)
Requirements:
Four written exercises, 1 - 3 pages each, analyzing selected problems from reading and lecture. 20-page paper, Course-end quiz for "A" rewards class participation. No hour exams or final exam.
ANS 361/GOV 344L Bennett
MWF 100 - 200P BUR 130
Survey of the field of Comparative Politics. Patterns of conflict and political institutions that manage it . Three institutional dimensions -- democracy, legitimacy, & performance -- that rarely can be maximized together. Democratic transition and consolidation arguments in this light. Case materials from Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Japan, China, Brazil, South Africa, and Iran
Text:
Michael Roskin, Countries and Concepts: An Introduction of Comparative Politics (6th ed., 1998)
Requirements:
Seven written exercises, 1 - 3 pages each, analyzing selected problems from reading and lecture, Course-end quiz for "A" rewards class participation. No hour exams or final exam.
ANS 361/GOV Ganguly
TTH 930 - 11 UTC 1.144
This course will examine and assess the divergent strategies of economic development that various regimes in Asia have undertaken since the post World War II era. The course will necessarily emphasize the political and institutional forces that underlay these choices of development strategies.
Readings:
K.S. Jomo and Terrence Gomez, The Malaysian Economy: Power, Politics and Patronage.
Robert Wade, Governing the Market.
Alice Amsden, Asia's New Giant.
Jagdish Bhagwati, India in Transition or John Lewis, India's Political Economy.
Requirements:
Mid-Term 40%
Final 40%
Class Participation 20%
ANS361/SOC 352M Kurtz
MWF 900 - 1000 UTC 3.110
Course description unavailable at this time.
ANS 372/ARH 372/R S 361 Leoshko
TTH 1230 - 200P DFA 2.204
This course will consider the development of Buddhist art throughout Asia. We will first look at the early traditions that developed in India, including the development of pilgrimage to sites associated with the Buddha's life such as Bodhgaya and Sarnath. We will examine changes in Indian Buddhist art and how this shaped the devotion of later Buddhist practitioners. We will then consider the ways in which these artistic traditions were transformed as the religion spread to other parts of Asia by examining selected monuments and objects. Sites outside of India to be studied include Borobudur in Indonesia, Yunkang and Tunhuang in China, Kyoto in Japan and Lhasa in Tibet.
This is a writing component course. Requirements include two take-home exams and two papers. Students are expected to participate in discussion and make one presentation based on their research.
Grading:
Written work (at least 16 pages) 80%
Participation 20%
Texts: To be assigned
ANS 372 Lee
MWF 200 -300P GAR 109
In this course we will consider "how to think about, refigure, and come to terms with" the changing faces of South Korean society. South Korea will be introduced as a heterogeneous, dynamic, and fastly "globalizing" society that has experienced rapid and tumultuous socio-historical, cultural, political, and economic transformation. By drawing on both area studies and cultural studies approaches [e.g., literary and narrative analysis, history, social theory, and ethnography], this course will focus on shifting realities of contemporary South Korean social life, as well as emergent forms of national and cultural identities amidst such transformation.
Texts: Selected readings from the following:
Blue Dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles Riots, Nancy Ablemann and John Lie.
Nationalism, Craig Calhoun.
Divided Korea: United Future?, Bruce Cumings.
Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History, Bruce Cumings.
Korea Old and New: A History, Charles Eckert, et al eds.
Words of Farewell. Stories by Korean Women Writers, Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan.
Making Capitalism: The Social and Cultural Construction of a South Korean Conglomerate,
Roger Janelli and Dawnhee Yim.
State and Society in Contemporary Korea, Hagen Koo.
Modern Korean Literature: An Anthology, Peter Lee ed.
Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction, Marshal R. Pihl and Bruce Fenton, eds.
Marxism and Literature, Raymond Williams.
Grading:
1 Quiz 10%
2 short papers, 3-5 pp 30%
class participation and presentation 30%
1 research paper, 8-10pp 30%
ANS 372/E 376L Kroll
TTH 1230 - 200P RAS 211B
This course will consider India as depicted in the work of insiders and outsiders--Indians and non-Indians--primarily through memoir, essay, fiction and poetry, in English and in translation. Student response will be through class discussion, critical essays, and original creative material. In the assigned readings, ongoing consideration will be given to the interplay of character and place, self and community; and to the vexed question of genre: the fictionalizing of self in memoir, the revelation of self in fiction.
Written assignments may include a short critical paper and a book review; the creative reworking, into another form, of material from assigned or outside readings; an attempt to portray, through letters or diary entries, a researched period of cultural or political crisis (for example, the destruction of the mosque at Ayodhya).
This course contains a substantial writing component.
Texts: The final list of readings will include some of the following:
Lee Langley, Persistent Rumors
U.R. Anantha Murthy, Samskara
Ruth Jhabvala, Myself in India
Prem Chand, Rabindranath Tagore (stories)
Mirabai, Mahadeviyakka, Kabir, Ghalib, others (poetry)
Anees Jung, Unveiling India
Ved Mehta, Portrait of India
Raja Rao, Kanthapura
Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children
Kirin Narayan, Love, Stars and All That
Anita Desai, Baumgartner's Bombay
Sudhir Kakar, Intimate Relations: Exploring Indian Sexuality
Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
[videotaped films]
Grading: regular attendance is expected, and will be factored into the grade
class participation 20%
reports/critical papers (8-10 pages) 35%
short oral presentation 10%
creative reworking/responses (8-10 pages) 35%
Prerequisites: upper-division standing, or permission of the instructor
This course is being offered for the first time, and aspects of the course description, reading list, or grading policy may still be subject to change.
ANS 372/ARH 372 Traganou
MWF 100 - 200P DFA 2.204
The course will introduce the ukiyo-e prints as a part of the urban culture that developed during the Edo period. This vivid form of art differed greatly from the traditional Japanese art previously sponsored by the elite-classes of Japan. Ukiyo-e culture was based upon the taste and demands of the merchant-class that had the economic power, and the education of samurai who figured as the intellectual power of the period.
The course will study the pictures of the floating world in relation to the popular locales within and without the urban borders (Kabuki theater, Yoshiwara, Ryoogokubashi, Tokaido), together with the fascinations and habits of the period (travelling, watching fireworks, viewing natural phenomena, visiting pleasure quarters).
The course will also study the transition of the ukiyo-e from Edo to the forthcoming Meiji era. The introduction of foreign cultures through new technology, customs and urban typologies and the arrival of westerns to Japanese ports changed the urban-scape of Japan and the aspirations of Japanese citizens. We will compare different techniques, subject-matters and artistic discourses that ukiyo-e established during the transition from Edo to Meiji era.
Text:
Japanese Art, Joan Sanley Baker
Grading:
3 exams 60%
2 papers 40%
ANS 372 Moag
TTH 200 - 330P PAR 8A
This course, open to graduates and upper-division undergraduates, will involve the interdisciplinary study of South Asian communities overseas. Students will read descriptive material on specific South Asian overseas communities for the first half of the course, augmented by class lectures and discussions. Readings for the remainder of the course will be issue-oriented texts on specific communities and writings which compare several communities. Disciplinary perspectives will include: anthropology, creative literature, politics, religion, and sociolinguistics. The theoretical perspective will be broadened by a brief examination of some issues in the Chinese and African diasporae.
Students will select either one community, one major issue, or one disciplinary perspective for the focus of their class project. Each student will present progress reports periodically in class on their chosen topic in order to garner feedback from fellow students and the professor. Students will produce a substantial paper on their topics. A draft will be due three weeks before the end of the course, with the revised paper due after an oral presentation of the results on the final day of class. Requirements for the final presentation and paper will be somewhat less for undergraduates, but will be more than the 16 page minimum to qualify for a writing component course.
*This is a substantial writing component course
Texts:
Clarke, Colin, Ceri Peach, and Steven Vertovec (eds.), South Asians Overseas: Migration
and Ethnicity. Cambridge University Press. 1990.
Helweg, Arthur, and Usha Helweg, An Immigrant Success Story: East Indians in America.
University of Pennsylvania Press. 1990.
Grading:
Revised final paper 50%
Oral presentation of final paper 20%
Interim progress reports and class participation 30%
Prequisites:
Upper-division standing required
(Stunning Mosaic of Cultures)
ANS 372 Radhakrishnan
TTH 930 - 1100 PHR 2.116
"Culture is the consciousness of humanity and the art of living an enlightened life. It is a marvellous synthesis of art, science, philosophy and religion, where art is wonder at life, science is curiosity about life, philosophy is an attitude to life, while religion is reverence for life..."
This course will explore cultural history of South India which has a significant role in the Indian cultural traditions. A picture of the cultural life of the society can be had by a study of Fine Arts, Architecture, Literature etc. To know fully the cultural history of any land, it is imperative to know the political, social, religious history of the land. Hence this course explores the details about cultural ethos, art and architecture, classical dances, music, handicrafts, folk forms and traditions, tribal heritage, fairs, and festivals of the land. There will be a number of video films and slides, pictures on the culture of South India. A focus on the comparison of the components of cultures of the four states (Tamilnadu, Andhra, Karnataka, Kerala) in South India will be shown. Views of different scholars about culture will be open for discussion. Hence the course will explore South India by describing the cultural history starting with political, literary, religious, art, and artistic aspects of South India and try to establish how politics, religious movements, and art form part of culture or influence culture.
Reading:
A History of South India, Nilakanta Sastri, 1976.
South Indian Studies, Eds. H.M. Nayak and B.R. Gopal, 1990.
The Dravidian Element in Indian Culture, Gilbert Slater, 1987.
Social and Cultural History of Ancient India, M.L. Bose, 1979.
Requirements:
The course requirements include active engagement in class discussion, short papers critically studying individual problems and a final presentation.
Grading:
Class participation 20%
Short papers/presentation 30%
Midterm exam 20%
Final exam 30%
Also we introduce TAM 507 from this spring.
ANS 372/HIS 350L/W S 340 Zanasi
TTH 1230 - 200P WAG 112
This course aims at understanding the role of women in contemporary Chinese society. We will start with a brief overview of the situation of Chinese women in the Late Imperial period. We will then look at the early women liberation movements in the Republican years (1911-1949). We will then turn to the main focus of the course, women in the Maoist regime (1949-19876) and the post-Mao periods. In the course of the semester we will address such issues as gender/role constructions, the situation of women in the work- place and in the family, her role as producer and reproducer, her participation in the Communist Revolution, first, and, later, in the "four modernization" program. The course will favor a comparative approach using China as a case study for understanding important issues in a wider women studies context. We will especially draw a comparison with the situation of women under other Communist and Post-Communist regimes.
Requirements:
Because this is a writing component seminar, a large portion of the grade is based on writing assignment and class participation. There will be four in-class quizzes (10% each) and a final 7-8 page paper (35%). Students are also required to attend class regularly, do the readings, and actively participate in class discussion (class participation: 25%)
ANS 372/ANT 322M Nelson
TTH 930 - 1100 BAT 217
To many outside Japan, the country and its people are one of the enduring enigmas of the 20th century. Their success in international business now seems countered by a recession almost a decade old. Once characterized as progressive and innovative, the Japanese now seem shackled with outdated institutions, corrupt politicians, and a complacent populace. Seen from a slightly longer historical context, their rapid modernization seems at odds with ancient institutions such as an Emperor, agriculturally-oriented ritual practices, or enduring patterns of discrimination and segregation towards outsiders. This course will tour a variety of contemporary social and political issues and arenas as points of departure for understanding broader questions about what constitutes contemporary Japanese culture and identity. Drawing upon the theoretical work of anthropologists, sociologists, and historians, we will reference a variety of historical periods as part of a methodology for understanding the present. And, in understanding the present, we will look beyond and through the headlines of today's media representations of Japan.
Throughout the semester, themes such as national unity, cultural identity, social belonging, and the maintenance of tradition will continually come to bear on our exploration and appreciation of Japan's rich cultural history. Course readings, lectures, and individual research projects will be enhanced by slides, videos, films, special events, and guest speakers.
ANS 372/MEL 372/MES 322K/TXA 355/W S 340 Mahajan
TTH 1100-1230 P WEL 3.260
This course will deal with the cultural significance and historical practices of veiling, Hijab, in the Muslim world. The issue of veiling as it relates to women has been subject to different interpretations and viewed from various perspectives, and with recent political developments and the resurgence of Islam, the debate over it and over women's roles in Muslim countries has taken various shapes. A number of Muslim countries are going back to their Islamic traditions and implementing a code of behavior that involves some form of veiling in public and/or segregation to various degrees for women. In some Muslim nations women are reveiling on their own. In others, women resist the enforcement of such practices. We will examine the various perspectives, interpretations and practices relating to Hijab in the Muslim world with respect to politics, religion and women's issues.
Requirements:
Regular attendance, active class participation and contribution to class discussions, a research paper (16 pages), an oral presentation on the research paper, a mid-term essay (10-12 pages), weekly one-page written summaries of assigned readings, and weekly oral presentations.
Text(s):
Fatima, Mernissi, The Veil and the Male Elite, A Feminist Interpretation of Women's
Rights in Islam, New York, Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1991.
Fatma, Muge Gocek, Reconstructing Gender in the Middle East, Tradition, Identity and
Power, New York, Columbia University Press, 1995.
In addition to the required text there will be a number of assigned articles kept on reserve at the PCL
Grading:
Research paper 30%
Oral presentation on research paper 20%
Midterm essay 30%
Weekly summaries 10%
Weekly oral presentations 10%
Prerequisites:
Upper-division standing or consent of instructor required
ANS 380S/I B 395/LAS 381/MES 380/REE 380 Dodd
W 400 - 700P UTC 3.102
This seminar will include lectures, readings, and discussions on: i) international economics and business; (ii) international affairs; and (iii) cultural, historical and religious factors making up and dividing peoples and civilizations around the world. A former President of the United States and leaders from the Third World, as well as others, have proclaimed that a new world order is emerging. However, their views as to what that order will be differ greatly. Will it be a structure economically, militarily, and politically dominated by Western values and the hegemony of the United States and other Western powers in the world? Or will the values of other cultures and the influence of non-Western nations continue the fragmentation of power between Western and non-Western nations with no nation and no sphere having a clear advantage. One scholar has written that the conflicts of the future will be not so much wars between nation-states of ideologies, but with "clashes between civilizations." If so, what will that mean? These and related issues will be the subject of the seminar. The goal will be to bring academic rigor and thought to such questions in pursuit of a world view.
Texts:
Materials may include:
Kennedy, Paul, Preparing for the Twenty-first Century (book).
The Economist (magazine).
The Far Eastern Economic Review (magazine).
Foreign Affairs (periodical).
Uvuckov, Post-Capitalist Society (book).
The Commission on Global Governance, Our Global Neighborhood (book).
Grading: TBA
Prerequisites: Enrollment is limited. Graduate standing required.
ANS 380T/GOV 390L Bennett
Hours to be arranged.
Individual-instruction for Comparative Politics or Asian Studies students wishing to gain familiarity with the Chinese politics literature. I suggest a range of important studies supplemented by works of special interest to you. No regular class; we may meet together as participants wish. I assume some prior knowledge of contemporary Chinese history and government. If you lack that, I would recommend the GOV 322M survey instead. We read works with a critical eye, inquiring into strengths and weaknesses of argument, evidence, and comparative perspective.
Requirements:
The requirement is to write concise abstracts of 20 or more relevant scholarly works. No paper.
ANS 380T Chang
W 900 - 1200 UTC 1.136
Scholars attracted to the postcolonial theory have become increasingly aware of the inadequacy of applying critical concepts derived from histories of regions that were directly under Western colonization (India, Africa, etc.) to the rather different, East Asian experiences of modernity. The obvious limitation of such conceptual frames in explaining the complex situation of "semi-colonialism" in the early twentieth-century pre-Communist China is a case in point. This course will explore various issues brought forth by the emerging scholarship on the topic of Chinese modernity, which arose as a result of the aforementioned awareness, through in-depth discussions of literature.
The class will begin with reading samples of current scholarly discourse on China that feature such notions as "colonial modernity," "Occidentalism," and "alternative modernity." This will be followed by close examination of their theoretical implications for the study of modern Chinese literature, with special emphasis placed on the highly political formation of literary culture in different historical epochs of modern China (the Republican China, post-Cultural Revolution PRC, Taiwan's post-1949 era, etc.).
Texts:
A course packet for purchase and selected chapters from the following books:
Xiaomei Chen, Occidentalism: A Theory of Counter-Discourse in Post-Mao China,
(Oxford UP, 1995)
Jing Wang, High Culture Fever: Politics, Aesthetics, and Ideology in Deng's China (U. of
California Press, 1996)
Jonathan Unger, Chinese Nationalism (M.E. Sharpe, 1996)
Lydia Liu, Translingual Practice: Literature, National Culture, and Translated
Modernity--China, 1900-1937 (Stanford UP, 1995)
Xiaobing Tang and Stephen Snyder, In Pursuit of Contemporary East Asian Culture
(Westview Press, 1996)
Xiaobing Tang, Global Space and the Nationalist Discourse of Modernity: The Historical
Thinking of Liang Qichao (Stanford UP, 1996)
Tani Barlow, Formations of Colonial Modernity in East Asia (Duke UP,1997)
Prasenjit Duara, Rescuing History from the Nation: Questioning Narratives of Modern
China (U. of Chicago Press, 1995)
Arif Dirlik and Zhang Xudong, eds., Postmodernism and China (Duke UP, a special issue of
boundary 2, vol. 24, no. 3, fall 1997)
Kirk Denton, Modern Chinese Literary Thought: Writings on Literature, 1893-1945
(Stanford UP, 1996)
Bonnie S. McDougall and Kam Louie, The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century
(Columiba UP, 1997).
Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang, Modernism and the Nativist Resistance: Contemporary Chinese
Fiction from Taiwan (Duke UP, 1993).
Grading:
Class participation and oral presentation 20%
Short papers 30%
Term paper 50%
ANS 380T/ANT 394M Nelson
T 1230 - 330P BAT 106
Religion seems to be one of the most obvious, fascinating, contentious, and continuous of human universals. It is found in every culture known to anthropologists, in a great variety of expressive forms that bear witness to an amazing human creativity. Among its most positive influences is the way religion empowers men and women to address life's ultimate circumstances--such as injustice, unpredictability, suffering, death, and birth--all of which are dynamic challenges within human social and cultural life, whether in 200 BC or at the end of the 20th century.
This seminar will establish a broadly comparative framework as we look at a sampling of "religious" practices within Chinese, Korean, and Japanese contexts. Working from selected anthropological and sociological conceptions of religion, ritual, symbols, shamanism, and magic, we will visit these topics and more: early and contemporary conceptions of the East Asian cosmos, Imperial orderings of chaos, Daoist philosophers and institutions in China, the "foreign" religion of Buddhism and its many-faceted pragmatics (Pure Land, Ch'an, esoteric themes) in adapting to specific social orders, shamanistic practices past and present, mortuary rituals throughout East Asia, and religious experimentation and innovation, including cult activity, within the modern period. The themes of the course title will occur in each of these topics, providing us with a coherence that aims towards balanced perspectives regarding religion in general and the social impact of religious traditions in East Asia in particular.
ANS 380T/GOV 390T Ganguly
TTH 1230 - 200P GEA 114
This course will examine the causes and consequences of ethnic mobilization, conflict and violence. To this end it will examine the architectonic theories of ethnic mobilization and will also discuss substantive cases to illustrate their utility.
Texts:
Donald Horowitz, Ethnic Groups in Conflict.
Milton Esman, Ethnic Politics.
Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities.
Michael E. Brown and Sumit Ganguly, eds., Government Policies and Ethnic Relations in
Asia and the Pacific.
Requirements:
Mid-Term 40%
Final and Review essay 20/20%
Class Participation 20%
ANS 380T/EDP 381M Toni Falbo
TH 100 - 400P SZB 524
This is a graduate course which examines the interrelationships between families, educational institutions, and children's outcomes in three cultures: Japan, China, and the U.S. The goal of this course is to enhance the students' understanding of family systems, educational systems, and the interface between these two systems as they determine children's outcomes. The focus is on preschool through secondary education.
Three books are used: Preschool in Three Cultures, by Tobin, Wu, & Davidson, Stevenson & Stigler's The Learning Gap, and Marshall & Tucker's Thinking for a Living.
Students will write a 20-page paper, to be completed by the end of the semester. The specific topic will be jointly selected by the student and Falbo and can be about education in the U.S., China, or Japan.
Grades will be determined 80% by the quality of the 20 page paper. In addition, students will make a presentation about one journal article or book chapter. The quality of the student's presentation of this article/chapter will contribute to 20% of the grade.
Prerequisites: All readings are in English.
ANS 380T/H E 392/MEL 395/MES 381 Mahajan
W 900 - 1200 BUR 128
This graduate seminar examines aspects of the cultural and social significance of clothing in contemporary Middle Eastern Muslim societies and other Muslim communities. It explores such issues as the role of clothing in shaping male and female identities and relations, clothing as an indicator of social status and group affiliation, religious and political forces behind dress codes and clothing restrictions, debates regarding clothing especially in the light of the recent Islamic resurgence, and the commercialization of veils and Islamic dress in recent times. Students will be introduced to theoretical approaches to the study of clothing and its functions, such as the various theories on the origins of clothing, and the ways in which they can be applied to Muslim societies.
Requirements:
Regular attendance, active class participation, and contribution to class discussions, two research papers, two class presentations and an annotated bibliography.
Status:
May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Texts:
Afkham, Mahnaz (ed.), Faith and Freedom, Women's Rights in the Muslim World, Syracuse,
University Press, 1995.
Brooks, Geraldine, Nine Parts of Desire, The Hidden World of Islamic Women, New York,
Anchor Books, 1995.
Mernissi, Fatima, The Veil and the Male Elite, A Feminist Interpretation of Women's
Rights in Islam, New York, Addison- Wesley Publishing Co., 1991
Mabro, Judy, ed., Veiled Half-Truths, Western Travellers' Perceptions on Middle Eastern Women, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1991
Kandiyoti, Deniz, ed., Women, Islam and the State, Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1991
Muge Gocak, Fatma, Reconstructing Gender in the Middle East, Tradition, Identity and
Power, New York, Columbia University Press, 1995.
Roach-Higgins, Mary Ellen, Dress and Identity, New York, Fairchild, 1995
Wadud-Muhsin, Amina, Qur'an and Woman, Kula Lumpar, Penerbit Fajar Bakti Sdn. Bhd, 1992 (if this book is not available for purchase, copies will be made available in class)
And a packet of study articles for purchase at Speedway Copy.
Grading:
Class Participation 20%
Research Papers 40%
Class Presentations 30%
Bibliography 10%
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing.
ANS 380T Lariviere
W 200 - 500P CAL 21
Course description unavailable at this time.
ANS 380T/LAS 381/SOC 396L Ugalde
TH 100 - 400P BUR 339
Course description unavailable at this time.
ANS 380T/HIS 388K Olivelle
W 900 1200 CAL 419
How can we reconstruct the social, cultural, and religious history of ancient India? That is the question we will take up in this seminar. We will focus in a special way on the uses and abuses of data and sources in historical reconstruction, sources such as texts, inscriptions, and art and archeological remains. We will raise these issues by reading and discussing significant recent works dealing with the history and culture of ancient India, as well as some studies that deal with the "orientalism debate" of recent years.
Grading Policies:
Class preparation and participation 30%
Research paper 70%
Readings (partial listing):
W. Halbfass, Tradition and Reflection.
G. Schopen, Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks.
R. Inden, Imagining India.
S. W. Jamison, Sacrificed Wife/Sacrificer's Wife.
M. Marriott, India Through Hindu Categories.
F. R. Allchin, The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia.
P. Olivelle, The Asrama System.
M. Witzel, "The Development of the Vedic Canon and its Schools: The Social and Political Milieu" and "Early Sanskritization: Origins and Development of the Kuru State."
V. S. Sukthankar, "Critical Principles Followed in the Constitution of the
Text (of the Mahabharata),"
S. M. Katre, Introduction to Indian Textual Criticism (plus a few other short pieces on critical editions).
S. Pollock, "The Sanskrit Cosmopolis", "Deep Orientalism?"
ANS 380T/HIS 388K Minault
W 300 - 600P UTC 1.136
Religious and social reform movements in 19th and 20th century India are not only examples of the intellectual encounter between East and West, and the precursors of nationalist political activity, but they also raise a number of intriguing interpretive questions. For example: to what degree are these movements the result of western impact, and to what degree do they drive their sources of inspiration from indigenous patterns of change and dissent? To what degree do even the most indigenous or "traditional" of these movements embody modernizing tendencies, such as the use of technological and organizational innovations? Also to what degree are those movements the product of the social and religious fragmentation of India, and to what degree did they contribute to (or accentuate) that fragmentation? There is, in addition, a gender dimension to this inquiry, as most reform movements were concerned, directly or indirectly, with women's status.
Course requirements will include extensive readings and discussion, oral reports, short written reports, and a long research paper.
Textbooks:
K.W. Jones, Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British India
Gail Minault, Secluded Scholars: Women's Education and Muslim Social Reform in Colonial
India (excerpts)
Other readings in xerox form
ANS 380T meets with ANS 372 Moag
TTH 200 - 330P PAR 8A
This course, open to graduate students and upper-division undergraduates, will involve the interdisciplinary study of South Asian communities overseas. Students will read descriptive material on specific South Asian overseas communities for the first half of the course, augmented by class lectures and discussions. Readings for the remainder of the course will be issue oriented texts on specific communities and writings which compare several communities. Disciplinary perspectives will include: anthropology, creative literature, politics, religion, and sociolinguistics. The theoretical perspective will be broadened by a brief examination of some issues in the Chinese and African diasporae.
Students will select either one community, one major issue, or one disciplinary perspective for the focus of their class project. Each student will present progress reports periodically in class on his/her chosen topic, in order to garner feedback from fellow students and the professor. Students will produce a substantial paper on their topics. A draft will be due three weeks before the end of the course, with the revised paper due after an oral presentation of the results on the final day of class. (Requirements for the final presentation and paper will be somewhat less for undergrad students than graduate students.)
Texts:
Clarke, Colin, Ceri Peach, and Steven Vertovec (eds.), South Asians Overseas: Migration and Ethnicity. Cambridge University Press. 1990.
Helweg, Arthur, and Usha Helweg, An Immigrant Success Story: East Indians in America. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1990.
Grading:
Revised final paper 50%
Oral presentation of final paper 20%
Interim progress reports and class participation 30%
Prerequisites: Graduate standing required
ANS 380T/LIN 396/MEL 395/MES 381 Sjoberg
M 300 - 600P PAR 204
Course description unavailable at this time.
ANS 380T/ANT 391 Brow
W 200 -500P EPS 1.128
This seminar will examine the social process of work in relation both to the modes of production and class structures that condition it and to the ways in which it is experienced and refashioned by those who perform it. During the first several weeks we will review classic theories of class and status group formation (Marx, Weber, Thompson) as well as some broad theoretical treatments of hegemonic struggle (Gramsci, Williams), the articulation and transformation of modes of production (Wolf), and flexible accumulation in a globalizing economy (Allen, Harvey). These studies will then provide a framework for the subsequent investigation of cultural and social dimensions of work as it is conducted at various sites in the primary, industrial and service sectors of both advanced and underdeveloped economies. Topics to be covered will include cultural constructions of work, changing patterns and rhythms of labor, work disciplines, struggles at the workplace, and class formation in relation to race, gender, ethnicity and other aspects of identity. The focus throughout will be on ethnographic methods of examining these issues.
Texts:
Stuart Hall, David Held, Don Hubert and Kenneth Thompson, eds., Modernity: An Introduction to Modern Societies.
Michael Burawoy, Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process under Monopoly
Capitalism.
Aihwa Ong, Capitalist Discipline and Spirits of Resistance.
Dorinne Kondo, Crafting Selves: Power, Gender and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace.
Akhil Gupta, Postcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India.
ANS 380T/GOV 390L Hardgrave
T 330 - 630P BUR 480
Ethnic and religious conflict is endemic to South Asia. In India, ethnic/religious separatist movements in Kashmir, the Punjab, and the Northeast have challenged the nation's territorial integrity; Hindu nationalism, reflected in the rise of the BJP, and resurgent Islam sharpen communal tension. In Pakistan, ethnic conflict among Punjabis, Sindhis, Baluchis, Pathans, and Muhajirs divide the country, and sectarian Sunni-Shia violence has deepened. In Afghanistan, mujahaddin resistance to Soviet occupation and the Kabul regime was replaced by tribal and ethnic struggles for power and dominance, with the territory now largely under the control of the Islamist Taliban. In Sri Lanka, an ethnic civil war has pitted the government and the majority Sinhalese against Tamil insurgents. Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan, as well, face ethnic discord.
This seminar begins with an overview of the theoretical work on ethnic identity formation and ethnonationalism and moves to the major ethnic and religious conflicts in South Asia. Our concern will be as to their origin and character and to the resolution and/or management of ethnic and religious conflict. In the first half of the semester, each student will present a l0-l2 paper in a critical review of assigned readings. The second half of the semester will be devoted to the presentation of either an article-length research paper on an approved topic or a design of approximately l5-20 pages for hypothetically proposed dissertation research on a topic relating to course concerns in South Asia.
Grading Criteria:
Oral presentation on theoretical work on ethnonationalism l0%
Oral presentation and written review on assigned reading 30%
Oral presentation and written research paper/research design 50%
Seminar participation l0%
Textbooks: (tentative)
Eriksen, Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives
Ahmed, State, Nation, and Ethnicity in Contemporary South Asia
Brass, Ethnicity and Nationalism
Ganguly, The Crisis in Kashmir
Larson, India's Agony Over Religion
Van der Veer, Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India
Little, Sri Lanka: The Invention of Enmity
Tambiah, Leveling Crowds: Ethnonational Conflict and Collective Violence in South Asia
ANS 380T/HIS 380L/MES 381 Louis
M 500 - 800P GAR 100
Some three decades ago, Elizabeth Monroe wrote a famous book, Britain's Moment in the Middle East, in which she argued that British influence in the region might have been more lasting and more significant had it not been for the disastrous mistake, in her view, of Britain becoming the sponsor of the Jewish National Home in Palestine. She describes this error in judgement as one of the greatest in the history of the British Empire. Regardless how one might respond to her interpretation, it has provided the basis for lasting and passionate debate to the present day.
After an introductory inquiry into the problem of self-determination since World War I and the issue of Zionism raised by Elizabeth Monroe, the seminar will study the evolution of Middle Eastern nationalism the problem of Egypt and the Suez canal, and the growth of the oil industry. In the latter part of the course students will have the opportunity to study the collapse of the British position in India and the Middle East, and Africa as well as the growth of American influence.
After World War II, American economic and political influence began to challenge British hegemony. Did the United States aim to replace the British, either directly or indirectly? What was the response on the part of Egyptian nationalists, for example, to Anglo-American rivalry in Asia and the Middle East. These questions will interest students of American foreign relations as well as those of British imperialism and Asian and Middle Eastern nationalism. Members of the seminar will have the opportunity, if they wish, to pursue these issues in the documents series, British Documents on the End of Empire, and the Foreign Relations of the United States.
Students may take the seminar as a research or reading seminar, though everyone is expected to be familiar with the primary source material as well as the secondary. The requirements for the course are a short six-page paper on the Middle East in World War I and a term paper of twenty double-spaced typewritten pages on the decline of the British position in the Middle East, the rise of American influence, and, more generally, the problem of colonial nationalism in the twentieth century.
Reading:
Elizabeth Monroe, Britain's Moment in the Middle East
Malcolm Yapp, The Near East Sincethe First World War
David Fromkin, Peace to End All Peace
W.R. Louis, British Empire in the Middle East
Students with prior knowledge of Chinese, no matter how acquired, who are registering for a lower-division Chinese course at UT for the first time must take the placement test before receiving permission to register for a specific lower division course. For information on placement exams, call the Measurement & Evaluation Center (471-3032).
Students may tentatively sign up for a course at the level they consider to be appropriate. However, they must take the test before the beginning of the semester, and after the results are received, the department has the authority to remove students from classes not appropriate to the student's level, and to recommend the proper placement. Scores are available in the first week of classes at the Asian Studies department. Students will have the option of either using the test scores for a grade or for credit.
CHI 506 Ho
MWF 100 - 200 P RLM 7.116
TTH 200 - 330 P CPE 2.212
MWF 200 - 300 P RLM 7.116
TTH 200 - 330 P CPE 2.212
MWF 100 - 200P RLM 6.120
TTH 200 - 330P CPE 2.212
CHI 604 and 506 may not both be counted.
Not open to students who understand or speak Mandarin Chinese
Student will learn to speak and understand Chinese, as well as to read and write Chinese. CHI 506 and CHI 507 are designed for students who do not understand Mandarin Chinese. Those who do must take CHI 604
Text(s):
Practical Chinese Reader I (Lessons 1-24)
CHI 507 Hsieh
MWF 1000 - 1100 RLM 6.126
TTH 1100 - 1230 P RLM 6.120
MWF 1100 - 1200 RLM 6.126
1100 - 1230 P RLM 6.120
MWF 1100 - 1200 RLM 7.112
TTH 1100 - 1230 P RLM 6.120
MWF 300 - 400 P MEZ 202
TTH 330 - 500 P RLM 6.124
MWF 300 - 400 P RLM 6.124
TTH 330 - 500 P RLM 6.124
CHI 604 and 507 may not both be counted.
Not open to native speakers of Chinese
CHI 507 will continue to develop skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. CHI 506 and CHI 507 are designed for students who do not understand Mandarin Chinese. Those who do must take CHI 604.
Text(s):
Practical Chinese Reader I (Lessons 25 - 30) and II (Lessons 31 - 40)
Prerequisites:
CHI 506 with a grade of at least C
CHI 612 Ho
MWF 1000 - 1100 RLM 7.120
TTH 930 - 1100 RLM 6.120
This course is the equivalent of CHI 412K and CHI 412L. This course is open to students who have taken CHI 604 and received a grade of C or better, or students with any native ability in Chinese who are eligible for credit in the placement exam for CHI 412K. Students who are eligible for credit in CHI 412K may not accept that credit and enroll in CHI 612 because CHI 412K/L and CHI 612 may not both be counted for credit.
Texts: TBA
Prerequisite:
CHI 604 with a grade of at least a C, credit by examination for CHI 507 or consent of instructor.
CHI 412K Teng
MW 1200 - 100 P RLM 6.124
TTH 1230 - 130 P BUR 232
MW 1200 - 100P RLM 6.124
TTH 1230 - 130P BUR 234
Modern standard Chinese (Mandarin)
Chinese 612 and 412K may not both be counted
Not open to native speakers of Chinese
Text(s):
Chou, Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese
Prerequisites:
CHI 507 with a grade of at least C
CHI 412L Teng
MW 900 - 1000 RLM 5.116
TTH 830 - 930 RLM 5.126
MW 900 - 1000 RLM 6.126
TTH 830 - 930 RLM 5.126
MW 1100 - 1200 RLM 5.126
TTH 1100 - 1200 P RLM 7.114
MW 1100 - 1200 RLM 7.118
TTH 1100 - 1200 RLM 7.114
Continuation of CHI 412K
Chinese 612 and 412L may not both be counted
Not open to native speakers of Chinese
Text(s):
Chou, Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese
Prerequisites:
CHI 412K with a grade of at least C
CHI 320L Teng
TTH 930 - 1100 RLM 5.126
We will read expository essays from the 1920's to the 1980's written by influential Chinese intellectuals on controversial issues of their time. Reading comprehension, grammatical analysis, and vocabulary build-up will be the concentrations for this class. There will also be in-class oral discussions.
Text(s):
Chou, Chiang & Chao, Advanced Reader of Modern Chinese
Grading:
Five Tests 60%
Vocabulary quizzes 20%
Preparation 20%
Prerequisite:
CHI 320K or consent of instructor
CHI 325K Hsieh
TTH 200 - 330P RLM 5.112
Not open to native speakers of Chinese.
The goal of this course is to help students develop their communicative competence using modern standard Chinese. In addition to situations provided in the textbook, we will discuss topics related to student life.
Texts:
Situational Chinese
Prerequisites:
CHI 412L or consent of instructor.
CHI 330L Boretz
TTH 1100 - 1230P CBA 4.344
Prerequisites:
CHI 330K or the equivalent
A Hindi placement examination, or examination for credit is available at the end of each semester. Plan to take the test by the end of the semester which is before your graduation semester. Call the Measurement & Evaluation Center (471-3032) for information about registering for Hindi placement exams.
HIN 507 Slawek
MW 900 - 1000 PAR 10
TTH 930 - 1100 PAR 10
MW 1100 - 1200 PAR 10
TTH 1100 - 1230P PAR 10
MW 100 - 200P PAR 10
TTH 1230 - 200P PAR 10
Prequisites:
HIN 506 or the equivalent
HIN 312L van Olphen
MWF 1000 - 1100 PAR 10
MWF 1200 - 100P PAR 10 (unique number 27147)
To enhance all four skills in Hindi through regular writing assignments, a review of grammar, and to learn vocabulary and practice listening and speaking, using a wide variety of texts which reflect the range of materials available in Hindi. There will be five units, which provide a wide range of styles of Hindi, from the Urdu found in unit 2 to the high Hindi in unit 5. The following are the units:
1. Tisri Kasam (The Third Vow)
A part of the Hindi story written by P. Renu and the corresponding parts of the Raj Kapoor film based on the story will be studied together.
2. Duudarshan (Television)
Several segments from Indian television will be studied, including a news broadcast, parts of a serial, and parts of a comedy presentation.
3. Urdu
This unit contains examples of spoken Urdu, one a Pakistani serial Tanhaaiyan and the other excerpts of a film about the partition of India made in India in 1973: Garm Hawaa, Hot Winds.
4. Hindi Cinema
Excerpts of two Hindi films will be studied: Maasuum, The Innocent One and Arth, The Meaning
5. The Ramayan
Both the script and video of the first part of the Ramayan as shown on Indian television will be studied.
Texts:
Grammar text
Packet consisting of the above materials
Grading:
Homework 10% 4 exams 40%
6 essays 20%
Class 15%
Final Exam 15%
Prerequisites:
HIN 312K or the equivalent with a grade of C or better
HIN 330 van Olphen
M 200 - 500P PAR 10
The majority of the readings will be from modern Hindi fiction, with occasional interludes of poetry. Students will be expected to prepare passages for explication in class. Each week one student will give an informal oral presentation, in Hindi, on a pre-assigned topic which will serve as a focus for class conversation in Hindi.
There will be ten 2-3 page written homework assignments consisting of brief compositions as well as structured review exercises. An optional 20-30 minutes a week will be spent studying the Urdu script.
Text(s):
Bulk packet (TBA) of Hindi readings
Handouts
Grading:
Class participation 50%
Written homework 50%
Prerequisites:
Consent of instructor
HIN 380 van Olphen
M 200 - 500P PAR 10
To enhance all four skills in Hindi through extensive reading and writing assignments. Readings will be selected from well-known Hindi writers such as Premchand, Mohan Rakesh, Bhagvatcharan Varma, Agyey, Rajendra Yadav, and Mannu Bhandari. There will be regular writing assignments as indicated below.
Grading:
Final take-home essay exam 35%
5 essays 35%
Class 30%
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing required
Students desiring advanced placement or to earn credit by exam in Japanese should contact the Measurement & Evaluation Center (471-3032) to register for the exam and pay the fee. The Japanese placement exam is given every semester, prior to the beginning of the semester. Scores can be obtained in the first week of classes at the Asian Studies department. Students will have the option of either using the test scores for a grade or for credit. Undergraduate language courses are not open to native speakers of Japanese.
JPN 506
MWF 900 - 1000 RLM 5.120
TTH 930 - 1100 RLM 7.116
MWF 1000 - 1100 RLM 7.112
TTH 930 - 1100 RLM 7.116
MWF 1100 - 1200 RLM 6.116
TTH 1100 - 1230P RLM 5.126
MWF 1200 - 100P RLM 7.112
TTH 1100 - 1230P RLM 5.126
Not open to native speakers of Japanese
Course Objectives:
1) to acquire four skills in the Japanese language:
a) listening: able to understand simple everyday conversation with repetitions.
b) speaking: able to handle some survival situations with circumlocutions and repletions, within a limited topic.
c) reading: able to read simple, short reading materials including semi-authentic materials.
d) writing: able to write short memos and letters somewhat necessary for reading and writing.
2) To acquire the fundamental knowledge of Japanese grammar necessary for reading and writing
3)To acquire general knowledge of the Japanese people and their culture
Text(s):
Yasu-Hiku, An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese. Vol. One
Workbook/Laboratory Manual for Yookoso Part A
Vocabulary Dictionary accompanying Yookoso Volume 1
Grading:
Attendance, participation 10%
Various quizzes 10%
Homework 9%
Compositions 8%
Tests 20%
Oral performance 16%
Oral interview 7%
Final exam 20%
JPN 507
MWF 900 - 1000 RLM 6.112
TTH 930 - 1100 RLM 7.112
MWF 1000 - 1100 RLM 6.112
TTH 930 - 1100 RLM 7.112
MWF 1100 - 1200P RLM 5.112
TTH 1100 - 1230P WEL 3.202
MWF 1200 - 100P RLM 6.114
TTH 1230 - 200P RLM 5.120
MWF 1200 - 100P RLM 7.116
TTH 1100 - 1230P WEL 3.202
MWF 100 - 200P RLM 5.118
TTH 1230 - 200 RLM 5.120
MWF 200 - 300P RLM 7.114
TTH 200 - 330P RLM 7.118
MWF 300 - 400P RLM 7.112
TTH 200 - 330P RLM 7.118
Not open to native speakers of Japanese
Course Objectives:
1) To acquire four skills in the Japanese language:
a) listening: able to understand simple everyday conversation with repetitions.
b) speaking: able to handle some survival situations with circumlocutions and
repletions, within a limited topic.
c) reading: able to read simple, short reading materials including semi-authentic
materials.
d) writing: able to write short memos and letters somewhat necessary for reading and writing.
2) To acquire the fundamental knowledge of Japanese grammar necessary for reading and
writing
3) To acquire general knowledge of the Japanese people and their culture
Text(s):
Yashy Tohsaku, An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese. Vol One
Workbook/Laboratory manual for Yookoso Part B
Vocabulary Dictionary accompanying Yookoso Volume 2
Grading:
Attendance, participation 10%
Various quizzes 10%
Homework 9%
Compositions 8%
Tests 20%
Oral performances 16%
Oral interview 7%
Final exam 20%
Prerequisites:
JPN 506 or the equivalent with a grade of at least C
JPN 412K
MWF 900 - 1000 RLM 5.122
TTH 1000 - 1100 RLM 6.116
MWF 1000 - 1100 RLM 5.122
TTH 1000 - 1100 RLM 6.116
Not open to native speakers of Japanese
The main objective of this course is to develop four communication language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) at the intermediate level. Students will acquire not only knowledge about the language (grammar, vocabulary and expressions) but also competence in using the language through daily activities in communication.
Text(s):
Yookoso 2, Continuing with Contemporary Japanese (Chapters 1-3) 1995
Vocabulary Dictionary Accompanying Yookoso Vol. 2
Prerequisites:
JPN 507 or the equivalent with a grade of at least C
JPN 412L
MWF 1000 - 1100 RLM 7.116
TTH 1000 - 1100 RLM 7.122
MWF 1100 - 1200P RLM 6.114
TTH 1100 - 1200P RLM 7.116
MWF 1200 - 100P RLM 6.126
TTH 1100 - 1200P RLM 7.116
MWF 100 - 200P RLM 6.114
TTH 100 - 200P RLM 6.114
MWF 200 - 300P RLM 6.112
TTH 100 - 200P RLM 6.114
Not open to native speakers of Japanese
The main objective of this course is to develop four communication language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) at the intermediate level. Students will acquire not only knowledge about the language (grammar, vocabulary and expressions) but also competence in using the language through daily activities in communication.
Text(s):
Yookoso 2, Continuing with Contemporary Japanese (Chapters 4-6)
Vocabulary Dictionary Accompanying Yookoso Vol.2
Prerequisites:
JPN 412K or the equivalent with a grade of at least C
JPN 320K Aida
MWF 200 - 300P RLM 6.114
This course focuses on reading and writing skills at the intermediate to advanced levels. While oral and aural skills are not stressed, we will be utilizing them in our efforts to increase reading comprehension. Emphasis will be on daily progress rather than mid-term and final exams. In addition to the regular textbook, we will be reading a variety of outside sources - fiction, poetry, newspaper articles, even comics. We will be spending about two weeks for each lesson so as to maximize retention of characters, vocabulary, and grammatical structures.
Text(s):
An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese (Ch1-Ch6) by Miura and McGloin (1994)
Grading:
Homework
vocabulary quizzes
Kanji reading and writing quizzes
Essays
Lesson quizzes
Final Exam
Attendance and participation
Prerequisites:
JPN 412L or the equivalent with a grade of at least C.
JPN 320L Tanaka
MWF 100 - 200P RLM 6.122
MWF 200 - 300P RLM 5.112
This course focuses on reading and writing skills at the intermediate-to-advanced levels.
While oral and aural skills are not stressed, we will be utilizing them in our efforts to increase reading comprehension. Emphasis will be on daily progress rather than mid-term and final exams.
Schedule: We will be spending about two weeks for each lesson so as to maximize retention of characters, vocabulary, and grammatical structures. The compositions (sakubun) should be written on squared composition paper (genko yoshi) and be two pages in length. They will cover assigned and free-choice topics and be related in some way to the lesson. In each sakubun you are to use three patterns (which you will highlight) from the current lesson. In all probability, you will be rewriting and then resubmitting your paper, with the "clean" copy stapled to the "old" one.
Grading:
Vocabulary quizzes 10%
Kanji quiz 10%
Essay 15%
Final exam 20%
Lesson quizzes 35%
Project 10%
Texts:
An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese, Miura and McGloin (1994 Japan
Times)
Prerequisites: JPN 320K
JPN 325L Saito
MWF 200 - 300P CBA 4.336
MWF 300 - 400P CBA 4.336
JPN 325L is designed for those who have finished JPN 325K. The primary goal of the course is to increase students' communicative competence in various situations such as apologizing, complaining, etc. and to express themselves in Japanese more freely, integrating what they have learned in the first and the second year Japanese. Students also learn how to express themselves through debates, discussions, etc.
Texts:
Miura and McGloin, An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese
Prerequisites:
JPN 325K or the equivalent with a grade of C or better
JPN 326 Aida
MWF 1100 - 1200 GRG 206
JPN 326 is a course focusing on those situations and events that occur primarily in the daily business environment such as: formal introduction, interviewing, telephone skills, making an appointment, requesting or refusing a request, etc. Throughout the course, cultural concepts as they impact the business world will be introduced. There will be several guest speakers.
Textbook:
Office Japanese by Takamizawa (1993)
Grading:
Vocabulary quizzes
Lesson quizzes
Homework
Attendance & participation
Oral exams
Final exam
Class presentation
Prerequisites:
JPN 412L or the equivalent with a grade of at least C.
JPN 330L Abee-Taulli
MWF 1200 - 100P GEA 127
MWF 100 - 200P BAT 106
This is a reading course, so we will spend class time reading aloud and sharing translations. Reading will come primarily from literature (including poetry), and journal/news articles. We might also try some song lyrics, manga, or possibly a movie script.
Grading:
Reading and translating in class: 40%
Two short exams: 30%
Final exam: 30%
An advanced placement examination, or examination for credit will be given prior to the beginning of the semester. Pick up an information sheet about the exam at Asian Studies (WCH 4.132) and register for the test at the Measurement and Evaluation Center (471-3032).
KOR 507 Choo
MW 1100 - 1200 JES A215A
TTH 1100 - 1230P JES A215A
MW 1200 - 100P GAR 215
TTH 1230 - 200P GAR 215
This course places an even emphasis on the reading, writing, listening and speaking of elementary level modern Korean.
Texts:
Korea University, Hankuko 1 (Korean 1)
Hankuko Hwehwa (Korean Conversation 1) (Lessons 11-20 from each text)
Prerequisites:
KOR 506 with a grade of C or better or placement credit for KOR 506.
KOR 612
MWF 100 - 200P BUR 220
TTH 1230 - 200P BUR 212
Second-Year Korean II
KOR 412L
MW 900 - 1000 RLM 6.114
TTH 900 - 1000 RLM 6.116
MTWTHF 1200 - 1:00P BUR 130
This course will continue the emphasis on reading, writing, listening and speaking of intermediate level modern Korean.
Texts:
Korea University, Hankuko 2 (Korean 2)
Hankuko Hwehwa 2 (Korean Conversation 2) (lessons 11-20 from each text).
Prerequisites: KOR 412K with a grade of C or better or placement credit for KOR 412K.
MAL 507 Moag
MTWTHF 1100 - 1200 BAT 107
Texts:
Moag, A University Course and Reference Grammar
Prerequisites:
MAL 506 or the equivalent.
MAL 312L
MWF 100 - 200P BAT 107
Texts:
Moag, A University Course and Reference Grammar
Prerequisites:
MAL 312K or the equivalent.
The following courses will introduce you to Sanskrit, the classical and sacred language of India. An early form of Sanskrit was brought to India by the Aryans probably sometime in the middle of the second millennium B.C.E. The earliest form of that language that has come down to us is called "vedic" by scholars, that is, the language of the Vedic hymns, especially those of the Rg Veda. This language developed over the course of time until around the 4th century B.C.E, when the famous Sanskrit grammarian Panini wrote a descriptive grammar which fixed for all time the "correct Sanskrit." This form of Sanskrit, in which most of the later literature is written, is commonly referred to as "Classical Sanskrit." In one form or another, therefore, Sanskrit has had an unbroken literary tradition for over 3,000 years. It is this rich and vast literary, religious, philosophical, and scientific heritage to which the study of Sanskrit opens the door.
SAN 507 Harzer
MW 1000 - 1100 PAR 234
TTH 930 - 1100 PAR 128
This course is a continuation of the introduction to the Sanskrit language. It builds directly on the grammatical, lexicographic and semantic foundation, given in the first semester. The main difference in the structure from the previous instruction is the introductions to reading actual Sanskrit texts from a Reader. The Reader has selections from the Mah[[daggerdbl]]bh[[daggerdbl]]rata, the Hitopade~a, the Vedas, etc. The handy glossary and copious notes are instructive and make first steps for reading easy. The study of grammar and syntax is based on the reading material. The students will be responsible for the preparation for the reading passages studied in class.
Texts:
Lanman. Sanskrit Reader.
Whitney. Sanskrit Grammar.
Grading:
Attendance- Mandatory
Midterm 20%
Final 30%
Each quiz 5%
Homework 25%
Prerequisites:
SAN 506 or consent of instructor.
SAN 312L Harzer
M 1:00-2:30 PM, W 1:00-2:00 PM, meeting in WCH 4.122
The fourth semester in the two-year sequence of the Sanskrit courses is a course designed to prepare the students to be able to work with the original texts independently. Reading of texts from the critical editions, such as the Epics, including the Bhagavadg,,t[[daggerdbl]], moving on to a Sanskrit drama (k[[daggerdbl]]vya) and a Buddhist hybrid text should provide a good sampling. This includes acquisition of skills in using the extensive and complex grammatical tools for the study of Sanskrit.
Texts:
Monier-Williams. Sanskrit - English Dictionary.
Bucknell, Roderick. Sanskrit Manual.
Whitney. The Roots, Verb-Forms and Primary Derivations.
Grading:
Attendance- Mandatory
Midterm 30%
Final 30%
Each quiz (4 quizzes) 10%
Prerequisites:
SAN 312K or consent of instructor.
SAN 325L meets with SAN 383 Lariviere
TTH 1230 - 200P CAL 21
This course intended for students who have had five semesters or more of Sanskrit. The focus will be two-fold. First, we will read technical literature from the medieval period. This literature will be both philosophical (for example, the commentary of Samkara on the Brahmasutras) and legal/religious (for example, the commentary of Vijnanesvara on Yajnavalkyasmrti and the Satadusani of Vedanta Desika). This part of the course will introduce students into some of the more difficult genres of Sanskrit.
Second, we will read some chapters from a couple of books that use ancient Sanskrit texts to reconstruct ancient Indian history and institutions. This will permit us to see how texts are used and abused by scholars, and to come up with alternative ways of reading and understanding ancient texts and to see how and when they can be used responsibly for historical purposes.
The Sanskrit reading material will be given in class, and the secondary literature we read will be found in the library.
The final grade will be based on class participation (25%), two examinations (50%), and one paper (25%), which can be an original translation of a Sanskrit text.
Prerequisite: SAN 325K or consent of instructor.
SAN 383 meets with SAN 325L Lariviere
TTH 1230 - 200P CAL 21
Prerequisite: SAN 507 (or 320L). Graduate standing required.
Description: See SAN 325L
Tamil is one of the ancient languages of the world and is spoken by almost 60 million people in Tamil Nadu, (formerly Madras state) India, and in some pockets of other states of India, as well as Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.
TAM 506 Radhakrishnan
MWF 300 - 400P WAG 214
TTH 330 - 430P BEN 130
TAM 507 Radhakrishnan
MTWTHF 100 - 200: CBA 4.340
Graduate Advisor:
Rodney Moag
Asian Studies, WCH 5.136
475-6048
Undergraduate Advisor:
John Nelson
Asian Studies, WCH 4.132A
475-6038
Staff:
Anne Alexander, Graduate Coordinator, 475-6029
Jeannie Cortez, Administrative Assistant, 475-6030
Lisa de Leon, Undergraduate Coordinator, 475-6027
Sandra Paschall, Senior Administrative Associate, 475-6025
Stephanie Mann, Senior Office Assistant, 475-6020