Asian Studies (ASIAN)Arts and Sciences

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ASIAN 1102

How is the self perceived in relation to the world in Chinese literary tradition? This course examines a wide variety of autobiographical writings in China by inquiring into the tension between past and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17668 ASIAN 1102   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

ASIAN 1111

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Breaking Bad Writing

  • 18483 ASIAN 1111   LEC 001

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

ASIAN 1174

This course explores the history of imperial China between the 3rd century b.c.e. and the 16th century c.e. with a focus on the following questions:  How did imperial Chinese states go about politically ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 1740HIST 1740MEDVL 1740

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17042 ASIAN 1174   LEC 001

  • 17043 ASIAN 1174   DIS 201

  • 17044 ASIAN 1174   DIS 202

  • 17045 ASIAN 1174   DIS 203

  • 17371 ASIAN 1174   DIS 204

ASIAN 2212

Interdisciplinary introduction to Chinese culture especially designed for students not majoring in Asian Studies. Explores literature, history, religion, art and archaeology, and other aspects of China's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 2212

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5057 ASIAN 2212   LEC 001

  •  5403 ASIAN 2212   DIS 201

  •  5404 ASIAN 2212   DIS 202

  •  5405 ASIAN 2212   DIS 203

  •  6786 ASIAN 2212   DIS 204

  •  5406 ASIAN 2212   DIS 205

  •  5407 ASIAN 2212   DIS 206

  •  5408 ASIAN 2212   DIS 207

  •  6936 ASIAN 2212   DIS 208

ASIAN 2245

An introduction to Indonesia through its arts. The course combines hands-on instruction in the performance of gamelan music and the academic study of a broader range of Indonesian music in its sociocultural ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 1341VISST 2744

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5504 ASIAN 2245   LEC 001

ASIAN 2250

This course will explore religious traditions in South Asia (Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka) and East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea) including Hinduism, Buddhism (South Asian and East Asian), Sikhism, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: RELST 2250

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6679 ASIAN 2250   LEC 001

  •  6680 ASIAN 2250   DIS 201

  •  6681 ASIAN 2250   DIS 202

  •  6682 ASIAN 2250   DIS 203

  •  7384 ASIAN 2250   DIS 204

ASIAN 2255

Asia, in its territorial expanse, hosts believers of all religions, from Hinduism to Judaism, from Islam to Shinto, Christianity, Buddhism and more. In this course you will be exposed to the varied landscape ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 2255

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16600 ASIAN 2255   LEC 001

ASIAN 2257

This is a lecture and discussion course focusing on how China has encountered the world since the 17th century, with an emphasis on the late 19th and 20th-centuries. In particular, it will analyze the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 2570HIST 2571

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17620 ASIAN 2257   LEC 001

ASIAN 2258

In August 1945, Japan was a devastated country – its cities burned, its people starving, its military and government in surrender.  World War II was over.  The occupation had begun.  What sort of society ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2315

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18089 ASIAN 2258   SEM 101

ASIAN 2265

This course will explore major themes in the archaeology of the South Asian subcontinent from the earliest palaeolithic hunter gatherers to the development of large empires in the mid first millennium ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 2135ARKEO 2135

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9067 ASIAN 2265   LEC 001

ASIAN 2267

This course offers a broad understanding of the active and dynamic cultural, economic, and social, and political roles played by Chinese women. By challenging the dominant stereotype of the passive and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 2267FGSS 2267

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8704 ASIAN 2267   LEC 001

  • No prior knowledge of China necessary.

ASIAN 2277

This course probes the truths behind traditional claims of the priority of internal practice in Indian traditions. We will examine both practices themselves - techniques of meditation and contemplation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 2277

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16603 ASIAN 2277   LEC 001

ASIAN 2286

The twentieth century was a time of unprecedented change in China, as the country's ancient imperial system collapsed and a new modern order began to emerge. This course will explore the myriad transformations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2985

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17606 ASIAN 2286   LEC 001

ASIAN 3300

Burma (Myanmar) is rapidly gaining in importance, with political change on several fronts, following on decades of military rule, and a new openness to contacts with Western countries. This seminar is ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6600

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 16957 ASIAN 3300   LEC 001

ASIAN 3308

The course will be keyed to a new lecture series sponsored by the East Asia Program, bringing in high profile speakers on various aspects of contemporary China.  Students will attend several foundation-setting ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  8670 ASIAN 3308   LEC 001

    • M
    • McNeal, R

ASIAN 3311

What role does Islam take in the politics, history, arts and rituals of Southeast Asia? Structured as a seminar, this course takes you on a journey through Southeast Asia, home to almost a quarter of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6611NES 3511RELST 3311

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8242 ASIAN 3311   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.

ASIAN 3316

This course explores the Zen's central religious, historical and aesthetic developments. We read primary sources in translation and secondary sources. We examine the rise of the Ch'an tradition in China ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16659 ASIAN 3316   LEC 001

  • This class is now closed. To be put on a wait-list please contact the instructor at jml16@cornell.edu.

ASIAN 3327

Study of the dramatic rise of China through reviewing major developments in contemporary Chinese foreign policy since the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), and concentrating ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 3827GOVT 3827

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16607 ASIAN 3327   LEC 001

  • 16648 ASIAN 3327   DIS 201

  • 16649 ASIAN 3327   DIS 202

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: GOVT 3443

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16241 ASIAN 3334   LEC 001

  • This course will be offered in partnership with the Chinese Language Program. Students enrolled in ASIAN 3334 may enroll in an optional one credit course, CHIN 3316.

  • 16249 ASIAN 3334   DIS 201

  • 16250 ASIAN 3334   DIS 202

  • 16252 ASIAN 3334   DIS 204

ASIAN 3337

This course will explore the culture and society of early modern China (roughly defined as covering the period from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century) through literary and visual representations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6637CAPS 3337

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8706 ASIAN 3337   SEM 101

ASIAN 3340

This course examines the legacies of major historical figures, events, and sites from China's imperial past, to discover how these legacies have evolved and been contested within Chinese culture's "collective ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 3340

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17420 ASIAN 3340   LEC 001

ASIAN 3366

The course will survey in translation a selection of major works of poetry, drama, and aesthetic theory and criticism from the Sanskrit literary tradition of ancient India. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16612 ASIAN 3366   LEC 001

ASIAN 3368

A modern country and an ancient civilization, India has been imagined through the ages in many different ways. This introductory course focuses on the 20th and 21st centuries, drawing on films (Bollywood ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3530

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18601 ASIAN 3368   SEM 101

ASIAN 3381

As an island nation east of the Asian continent, Japan developed a unique culture that reflects both continental and indigenous characteristics. This course examines pre- and post-contact with continental ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 3820

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16381 ASIAN 3381   LEC 001

ASIAN 3396

Surveys the modern history of Southeast Asia with special attention to colonialism, the Chinese diaspora, and socio-cultural institutions.  Considers global transformations that brought "the West" into ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6696HIST 3960HIST 6960

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17348 ASIAN 3396   LEC 001

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

  •  7233 ASIAN 4401   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Admussen, N

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6962 ASIAN 4401   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Blackburn, A

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8781 ASIAN 4401   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Boucher, D

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6963 ASIAN 4401   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Formichi, C

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6964 ASIAN 4401   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8782 ASIAN 4401   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Law, J

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6965 ASIAN 4401   IND 607

    • TBA
    • McCrea, L

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6966 ASIAN 4401   IND 608

    • TBA
    • McNeal, R

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6967 ASIAN 4401   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Sakai, N

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8783 ASIAN 4401   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Son, S

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  7185 ASIAN 4401   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Taylor, K

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 18226 ASIAN 4401   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Warner, D

  • Prerequisite: Senior standing; admissions to honors program. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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

  •  7244 ASIAN 4402   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Admussen, N

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6968 ASIAN 4402   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Blackburn, A

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6969 ASIAN 4402   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Boucher, D

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8785 ASIAN 4402   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Formichi, C

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6970 ASIAN 4402   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Fuhrmann, A

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8786 ASIAN 4402   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Law, J

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6986 ASIAN 4402   IND 607

    • TBA
    • McCrea, L

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6971 ASIAN 4402   IND 608

    • TBA
    • McNeal, R

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8787 ASIAN 4402   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Sakai, N

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8788 ASIAN 4402   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Son, S

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8789 ASIAN 4402   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Taylor, K

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6973 ASIAN 4402   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Warner, D

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6972 ASIAN 4402   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Pan, A

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19037 ASIAN 4402   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Berry, D

  • Prerequisite: Admissions to honors programs.

ASIAN 4404

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7252 ASIAN 4404   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Admussen, N

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6974 ASIAN 4404   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Blackburn, A

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8790 ASIAN 4404   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Boucher, D

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7186 ASIAN 4404   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Formichi, C

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6975 ASIAN 4404   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Fuhrmann, A

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8791 ASIAN 4404   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Law, J

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7187 ASIAN 4404   IND 607

    • TBA
    • McCrea, L

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6976 ASIAN 4404   IND 608

    • TBA
    • McNeal, R

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6977 ASIAN 4404   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Sakai, N

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8792 ASIAN 4404   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Son, S

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6995 ASIAN 4404   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Taylor, K

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18225 ASIAN 4404   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Warner, D

  • To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

ASIAN 4414

This seminar embraces three goals.  The first is to trace the evolution of politics in Cambodia from its independence to the present day, paying special attention to the last days of the Sangkum (1968-1970), ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 4414GOVT 4414

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16706 ASIAN 4414   SEM 101

  • Government Seniors/Juniors given preference.

ASIAN 4424

By providing an opportunity to engage, explore and examine how local and global ideas and forces interact, this course examines the dynamic interactions between religion and modernity. It inquires how ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6624RELST 4424RELST 6624

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16595 ASIAN 4424   LEC 001

ASIAN 4436

The course will treat various aspects of Indian film, with focal topics to vary from year to year.  These topics will include religion in Indian film, Indian art films, and the golden age of Indian film.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 4436

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16610 ASIAN 4436   SEM 101

ASIAN 4440

Although the wounded, often feminine, body is the most powerful way of imagining border space in both the Indian subcontinent and the Americas, it is seldom coupled with the embodied practices and performances ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7778 ASIAN 4440   SEM 101

  • Limited to 15 students.

ASIAN 4444

This course explores the processes and paradoxes of China's engagement with the modern world, focusing in particular on the Republican era, which lasted from 1912 to 1949. This period witnessed epochal ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 4242HIST 4242HIST 6242

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18090 ASIAN 4444   SEM 101

ASIAN 4448

Seminar intended to examine the increasingly complex relationship that has evolved between China and the rest of the international system during the 1980s and 1990s. Emphasizes the interrelated, yet often ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 4827GOVT 4827GOVT 6827

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16615 ASIAN 4448   SEM 101

  • Government Seniors/Juniors given preference.

ASIAN 4449

This course provides advanced students in Religious Studies or the humanities a working familiarity with important methodological issues in the academic study of religion. Following a brief historical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: RELST 4449

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8274 ASIAN 4449   SEM 101

  • One course in Religious Studies.

ASIAN 4455

Women have from the beginning been integral members of Buddhist traditions. But their voices have often been silenced by male clergy. This course will explore ways in which images of women and the feminine ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 6655FGSS 4455RELST 4455

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16593 ASIAN 4455   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: One course in Asian Religions.

ASIAN 4461

Theories of modernization have inspired, informed, and plagued histories of middle and late imperial China.  For the Song-Qing eras (roughly 10th-19th centuries), comparative studies have variously found ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17615 ASIAN 4461   SEM 101

ASIAN 4470

An introduction to the comparative study of social, political, and intellectual modernity in East Asia and the North Atlantic. The course will examine the characteristics of East Asian modernity with much ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16987 ASIAN 4470   LEC 001

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
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4816ARTH 6816ASIAN 6673

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16386 ASIAN 4473   SEM 101

ASIAN 4492

This course focuses on the role of the oceans in human history, from earliest times to the present.  It does so by moving both chronologically and topically through oceanic history, so that a number of ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4922

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17381 ASIAN 4492   SEM 101

ASIAN 4495

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one field studies. Combined with: EDUC 4940

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18602 ASIAN 4495   LEC 001

  • Requires fieldwork in local schools, 2 hrs/week, either Tuesday 2:30-4:00 pm or Friday 2:30-4:00 pm.

  • 18803 ASIAN 4495   FLD 801

    • T
    • Duff, B

      McGowan, K

  • 18804 ASIAN 4495   FLD 802

    • F
    • Duff, B

      McGowan, K

ASIAN 5505

Presents theories of language teaching and learning, and shows how they apply to Asian language course structure, classroom instruction, and assessment techniques.  Students will observe classes taught ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  6090 ASIAN 5505   SEM 101

  • Priority given to graduate students in Asian Studies & Linguistics. Limited enrollment. Primarily intended for graduated students slated for TA-ship's in Asian languages but is open to other interested students too if space permits.

ASIAN 6600

Burma (Myanmar) is rapidly gaining in importance, with political change on several fronts, following on decades of military rule, and a new openness to contacts with Western countries. This seminar is ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3300

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 16958 ASIAN 6600   LEC 001

ASIAN 6608

This course is a workshop for the composition, revision and publication of scholarly journal articles. Students will survey the journals in their particular discipline inside Asian Studies, learn about ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16599 ASIAN 6608   SEM 101

  • One completed graduate-level seminar paper, longer than 20 pages is required.

ASIAN 6611

What role does Islam take in the politics, history, arts and rituals of Southeast Asia? Structured as a seminar, this course takes you on a journey through Southeast Asia, home to almost a quarter of the ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3311NES 3511RELST 3311

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8379 ASIAN 6611   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.

ASIAN 6616

This course explores the Zen's central religious, historical and aesthetic developments. We read primary sources in translation and secondary sources. We examine the rise of the Ch'an tradition in China ... view course details

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  • 16661 ASIAN 6616   LEC 001

  • This class is now closed. To be put on a wait-list please contact the instructor at jml16@cornell.edu.

ASIAN 6624

By providing an opportunity to engage, explore and examine how local and global ideas and forces interact, this course examines the dynamic interactions between religion and modernity. It inquires how ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4424RELST 4424RELST 6624

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16597 ASIAN 6624   LEC 001

ASIAN 6629

The class is conducted in the Japanese language but the reading assignments are mostly in English. This course is offered to help graduate students meet the new demands of contemporary East Asian studies. ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16988 ASIAN 6629   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: Advanced level of fluency in Japanese.

ASIAN 6637

This course will explore the culture and society of early modern China (roughly defined as covering the period from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century) through literary and visual representations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3337CAPS 3337

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16878 ASIAN 6637   SEM 101

ASIAN 6640

Although the wounded, often feminine, body is the most powerful way of imagining border space in both the Indian subcontinent and the Americas, it is seldom coupled with the embodied practices and performances ... view course details

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  •  7781 ASIAN 6640   SEM 101

  • Limited to 15 students.

ASIAN 6655

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4455FGSS 4455RELST 4455

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18524 ASIAN 6655   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: One course in Asian Religions.

ASIAN 6661

Theories of modernization have inspired, informed, and plagued histories of middle and late imperial China.  For the Song-Qing eras (roughly 10th-19th centuries), comparative studies have variously found ... view course details

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  • 17618 ASIAN 6661   SEM 101

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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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4816ARTH 6816ASIAN 4473

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16388 ASIAN 6673   SEM 101

ASIAN 6696

Surveys the modern history of Southeast Asia with special attentions to colonialism, the Chinese diaspora, and socio-cultural institutions. Considers global transformations that brought "the West" into ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 3396HIST 3960HIST 6960

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18294 ASIAN 6696   LEC 001

  • 18295 ASIAN 6696   DIS 201

ASIAN 7704

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7792 ASIAN 7704   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Admussen, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6978 ASIAN 7704   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Blackburn, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8795 ASIAN 7704   RSC 703

    • TBA
    • Boucher, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7189 ASIAN 7704   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Formichi, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6979 ASIAN 7704   RSC 705

    • TBA
    • Fuhrmann, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8796 ASIAN 7704   RSC 706

    • TBA
    • Law, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7190 ASIAN 7704   RSC 707

    • TBA
    • McCrea, L

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6980 ASIAN 7704   RSC 708

    • TBA
    • McNeal, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8797 ASIAN 7704   RSC 709

    • TBA
    • Sakai, N

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8798 ASIAN 7704   RSC 710

    • TBA
    • Son, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8799 ASIAN 7704   RSC 711

    • TBA
    • Taylor, K

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8800 ASIAN 7704   RSC 712

    • TBA
    • Warner, D