Asian Studies | Courses

Asian Studies Core Courses:

Courses offered are subject to change; listed below is a sampling of Asian Studies courses taught in the past few years.

Anthropology:

Introduction to Anthropology

Art History:

Monuments of Asian Art
East Meets West

Economics:

Development from the Ground Up
Economic History of Modern Asia
Economic History of Central Asia

Film:

Asian Cinèma

Gender Studies:

Women and Buddhism

Historical Studies:

China and the Silk Roads: Past and Present
Confucianism
Imperialism in Asia
Indochine
Race, Culture, and Identity in Modern East Asia

Literature:

Canons and Cultures of Asia
Brush Stroke: Chinese Calligraphy

Music:

Introduction to World Music
World Music Seminar: Introduction to Asian Music

Political Studies:

East Asian Politics and Society
International Politics of South Asia
The Politics of Medicine in East Asia

Religion:

Buddhist Thought and Practice
Contemplative Traditions of Asia
Buddha Imagined: Literary and Artistic Landscape of Buddhism

Theater:

Asian Theater Lab

Other Courses Cross-Listed with Asian Studies:

Courses offered are subject to change; listed below is a sampling of Asian studies courses taught in the past few years.

Division of the Arts

Art History:

East Meets West
Arts of China
Arts of India
Arts of Japan
Chinese Landscape Painting
Chinese Religious Art
Music:
Balinese Gamelan Ensemble
World Music Seminar
Music of China
Chinese Music Ensemble
Popular Musics of the Non-Western World
Theater:
Asian Theater Lab
Japanese Classical Theater
Division of Languages and Literature

Chinese:
Chinese language courses
Chinese Theater
Chinese Diaspora
Modern Chinese Fiction
Reflections of China in Literature and Film
Lu Xun and Modern Chinese Short Story
Classical Chinese Literature
Exile in Chinese Literature
Representations of Tibet
Chinese Calligraphy
Classics:
Confucius and Socrates
India and Greece
Japanese:
Japanese language courses
Readings in Japanese Culture
Modern Japanese Literature
Japanese Translation
Natsume Soseki
Imagining Environment in East Asia
Literature:
Indian Fiction
Sanskrit:
Sanskrit language courses
Tamil:
tutorials
Division of Social Studies

Anthropology:
Culture, Politics, and Representations of South Asia
Cultural Politics of the Raj
South Asia and the Ethnographic Imagination
Japanimation and Culture in Postwar Japan
Economics:
China in Transition
Economics of Developing Countries
Historical Studies:
China in the Eyes of the West
China in Revolution
Crisis and Conflict: Ethnography of China
Gender and Radicalism in Modern China
Introduction to Modern Japanese History
Imperial Chinese History
Making Modern China
Mao's China and Beyond
Political Studies:
International Politics of South Asia
Introduction to Chinese Politics
United States–East Asian Relations
East Asian Politics and Society
Religion:
Devotion and Poetry in India
Hindu Religious Traditions
History of Early India
Japanese Religions
Myth and the Arts of India
Buddha Imagined: Literary and Artistic Landscape of Buddhism


		Asian Studies Core Courses: Courses offered are subject to change; listed below is a sampling of Asian Studies courses taught in the past few years. Anthropology: Introduction to Anthropology Art History: Monuments of Asian Art East Meets West Economics: Development from the Ground Up Economic History of Modern Asia Economic History of Central Asia Film: Asian Cinèma Gender Studies: Women and Buddhism Historical Studies: China and the Silk Roads: Past and Present Confucianism Imperialism in Asia Indochine Race, Culture, and Identity in Modern East Asia Literature: Canons and Cultures of Asia Brush Stroke: Chinese Calligraphy Music: Introduction to World Music World Music Seminar: Introduction to Asian Music Political Studies: East Asian Politics and Society International Politics of South Asia The Politics of Medicine in East Asia Religion: Buddhist Thought and Practice Contemplative Traditions of Asia Buddha Imagined: Literary and Artistic Landscape of Buddhism Theater: Asian Theater Lab Other Courses Cross-Listed with Asian Studies: Courses offered are subject to change; listed below is a sampling of Asian studies courses taught in the past few years. Division of the Arts Art History: East Meets West Arts of China Arts of India Arts of Japan Chinese Landscape Painting Chinese Religious Art Music: Balinese Gamelan Ensemble World Music Seminar Music of China Chinese Music Ensemble Popular Musics of the Non-Western World *Theater:* Asian Theater Lab Japanese Classical Theater Division of Languages and Literature Chinese: Chinese language courses Chinese Theater Chinese Diaspora Modern Chinese Fiction Reflections of China in Literature and Film Lu Xun and Modern Chinese Short Story Classical Chinese Literature Exile in Chinese Literature Representations of Tibet Chinese Calligraphy Classics: Confucius and Socrates India and Greece *Japanese:* Japanese language courses Readings in Japanese Culture Modern Japanese Literature Japanese Translation Natsume Soseki Imagining Environment in East Asia *Literature:* Indian Fiction *Sanskrit:* Sanskrit language courses *Tamil:* tutorials Division of Social Studies *Anthropology:* Culture, Politics, and Representations of South Asia Cultural Politics of the Raj South Asia and the Ethnographic Imagination Japanimation and Culture in Postwar Japan Economics: China in Transition Economics of Developing Countries Historical Studies: China in the Eyes of the West China in Revolution Crisis and Conflict: Ethnography of China Gender and Radicalism in Modern China Introduction to Modern Japanese History Imperial Chinese History Making Modern China Mao's China and Beyond Political Studies: International Politics of South Asia Introduction to Chinese Politics United States–East Asian Relations East Asian Politics and Society Religion: Devotion and Poetry in India Hindu Religious Traditions History of Early India Japanese Religions Myth and the Arts of India Buddha Imagined: Literary and Artistic Landscape of Buddhism back to top