Asian Studies (ASIAN)Arts and Sciences
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Classes
ASIAN 1100
Course Description
This course explores the current environmental crisis from the view that religious cosmologies and ideologies play a role in the decisions that both foster and inhibit transitions to sustainable living. ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR A D White House 110
Instructors
Law, J
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
ASIAN 1111
Course Description
This First-Year Writing Seminar is about Asian Literature, Religion, and Culture and provides the opportunity to write extensively about these issues. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Ghost Buddha Magic:Viet Religious Exp ThenNow
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 183
Instructors
Tran, H
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Weird Literatures
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- MW Uris Hall G24
Instructors
McQuade, P
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
ASIAN 2212
Course Description
Interdisciplinary introduction to Chinese culture especially designed for students not majoring in Asian Studies. Explores literature, history, religion, and art, and other aspects of China's rich and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 2212
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Uris Hall G01
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Admussen, N
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- R Uris Hall 204
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Admussen, N
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- R Uris Hall 204
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Admussen, N
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- R Uris Hall 204
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Admussen, N
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- R Uris Hall 204
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Admussen, N
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- F Uris Hall 204
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Admussen, N
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- F Uris Hall 204
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Admussen, N
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- F Uris Hall 204
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Admussen, N
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- F Uris Hall 204
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Admussen, N
ASIAN 2222
Course Description
In 1868, samurai revolutionaries and their allies seized the reins of power and established a new capital they called Tokyo. Against all odds, this fragile regime survived and made Tokyo a center of power ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 1622, GOVT 1623, HIST 1622
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
Instructors
Roebuck, K
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- R McGraw Hall 145
Instructors
Staff
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- R McGraw Hall 365
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Staff
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- R McGraw Hall 365
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Staff
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- R White Hall 104
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Staff
ASIAN 2240
Course Description
The Graveyard of Empires. The Crossroads of the World. The Pivot of History. For all its grand nicknames, Central Asia remains a region little-studied in the West. This course endeavors to separate fact ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2740
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 102
Instructors
Eden, J
ASIAN 2247
Course Description
Whether it is politics, society, the law, sexuality, popular culture or minorities' rights, the media are saturated with news on Islam. This course introduces topical issues in Islam as a religious, historical, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2649, RELST 2247
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Stimson Hall G01
Instructors
Formichi, C
ASIAN 2250
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: RELST 2250
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
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Boucher, D
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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- F Rockefeller Hall 128
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Boucher, D
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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- F Rockefeller Hall 103
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Boucher, D
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- F Rockefeller Hall 102
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Boucher, D
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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- F Rockefeller Hall 112
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Boucher, D
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASIAN 2259
Course Description
This course explores the breadth of music found in present day China, Japan, and Korea--from indigenous musical traditions, through adaptations of Western art music, up to the latest popular styles--as ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 2330
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Lincoln Hall B21
Instructors
Miller, C
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASIAN 2262
Course Description
An exploration of processes of change in health care practices in China. Focuses on key transitions, such as the emergence of canonical medicine, of Daoist approaches to healing and longevity, of "scholar ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 2561, CAPS 2262, HIST 2562, STS 2561
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 106
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
ASIAN 2275
Course Description
This introductory course is a broad survey of the history of the Indian subcontinent from remnants of the Mughal empire through the end of the British empire into the postcolonial present. Prominent themes ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2750
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Mcgraw Hall 165
Instructors
Ghosh, D
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- F White Hall 104
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Staff
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- F McGraw Hall 145
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Staff
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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Staff
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- F McGraw Hall 366
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Staff
ASIAN 2277
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: RELST 2277
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Malott Hall 228-Bache Aud
Instructors
Gold, D
ASIAN 2286
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CAPS 2985, HIST 2985
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
Instructors
Barwick, J
ASIAN 3308
Course Description
The course is attached to the Cornell Contemporary China Initiative lecture series, which brings high profile speakers on various aspects of contemporary China to Cornell most Mondays throughout the semester. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
Instructors
McNeal, R
ASIAN 3309
Course Description
How do Buddhists live out their philosophies and ethics? What are the spaces of ritual, devotion, meditation, education, and politics? How do Buddhist practices and affiliations satisfy aesthetic and emotional ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: RELST 3309
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 494
Instructors
Blackburn, A
ASIAN 3311
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6611, NES 3511, RELST 3311
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 158
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.
ASIAN 3316
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6616, RELST 3416, RELST 6616
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 105
Instructors
Law, J
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASIAN 3350
Course Description
The arts of Southeast Asia are studied in their social context, since in traditional societies creative processes are often mapped on the sequence of events that compose human lives. We will be looking ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3850, VISST 3696
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
McGowan, K
ASIAN 3362
Course Description
Kingship plays an outsize role in Asian countries today, in both democratic and authoritarian countries. Even in countries that abolished the monarchy, the legacy of kingship is very much at play. In this ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3520, ANTHR 6520, ARKEO 3520, ARKEO 6530, ASIAN 6652
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Fiskesjo, M
ASIAN 3376
Course Description
New media remain central to ongoing struggles over the constitution of the public sphere in Asia. In high measure, censorship affects the Internet and visual media (including digital, independent cinema), ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6676, FGSS 3376, FGSS 6676
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Uris Hall 262
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
ASIAN 3383
Course Description
This course offers a survey of the art and culture of China, from the Neolithic period to the 20th century. We begin with an inquiry into the meaning of national boundaries and the controversy of the Han ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3800, ARTH 3800
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Pan, A
ASIAN 3396
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6696, HIST 3960, HIST 6960
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall 110
Instructors
Tagliacozzo, E
ASIAN 4401
Course Description
Supervised reading and research on the problem selected for honors work. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Admussen, N
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Additional Information
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.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Blackburn, A
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Additional Information
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.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Boucher, D
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Additional Information
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.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
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.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
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Additional Information
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.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TBA
Instructors
Gold, D
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Additional Information
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.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TBA
Instructors
Law, J
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Additional Information
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.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TBA
Instructors
McNeal, R
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Additional Information
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.
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ASIAN 4402
Course Description
The student, under faculty direction, prepares an honors essay. view course details
ASIAN 4404
Course Description
Intensive reading under the direction of a member of the staff. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Admussen, N
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Blackburn, A
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Boucher, D
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TBA
Instructors
Gold, D
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TBA
Instructors
Law, J
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TBA
Instructors
McNeal, R
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
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ASIAN 4413
Course Description
This course explores how religious beliefs and practices in Southeast Asia have been transformed by the combined forces of colonialism, nationalism, and globalization. By examining both diversity and resurgence ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4513, ANTHR 7513, ASIAN 7713
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R McGraw Hall B65
Instructors
Willford, A
ASIAN 4416
Course Description
Students consider the relationships among colonialism and gender and sexual identity formation in Southeast Asia. Using material from a wide range of fields including anthropology and literature, the course ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6618, FGSS 4160, FGSS 6160, HIST 4160, HIST 6160, LGBT 4160, LGBT 6160
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- W Uris Hall 498
Instructors
Loos, T
ASIAN 4423
Course Description
This course uses the lens of temporality to track transformations in notions of urban personhood and collective life engendered by recent trans-Asia economic shifts. We will develop tools that help unpack ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 6623, FGSS 4504, FGSS 6504, PMA 4504
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 302
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
ASIAN 4441
Course Description
This course will explore the origins and early developments of a movement in Indian Buddhism known as the Great Vehicle. We will intensively examine a small slice of this movement's voluminous literature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: RELST 4441
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Rockefeller Hall B16
Instructors
Boucher, D
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: One course with significant Buddhist content.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ASIAN 4445
Course Description
The twin phenomena of performing and collecting are as old as time, and both require an intense entanglement with things. This seminar examines the significance of objects and their related texts within ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4851, ARTH 6851, ASIAN 6645, VISST 4851
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Johnson Museum 2L34 studio
Instructors
McGowan, K
ASIAN 4450
Course Description
This course explores how the art of Zen (Chan) developed in China and was transmitted to Korea and Japan. It will also examine how ideas of Zen informed Western Modern art in both Europe and North America, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4820, ARTH 6820, ASIAN 6650
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Pan, A
ASIAN 4465
Course Description
As the English East India Company conquered vast Indian territories in the late 1700s, it was besieged with allegations of corruption against its leading officials. This course will examine the origins ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4723, SHUM 4623
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 110
Instructors
Travers, T
ASIAN 4492
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4922, HIST 6922
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Tagliacozzo, E
ASIAN 5505
Course Description
This course 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 ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- F Rockefeller Hall 110
Instructors
Divo, S
Ichikawa, S
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Additional Information
Priority given to graduate students in Asian Studies & Linguistics. Limited enrollment. Primarily intended for graduate students slated for TA-ship's in Asian languages but is open to other interested students too if space permits.
Department Consent Required (Add)
ASIAN 6608
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall 110
Instructors
Admussen, N
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Additional Information
One completed graduate-level seminar paper, longer than 20 pages is required. Enrollment limited to: graduate students.
ASIAN 6611
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3311, NES 3511, RELST 3311
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 158
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.
ASIAN 6616
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3316, RELST 3416, RELST 6616
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 105
Instructors
Law, J
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ASIAN 6618
Course Description
Students consider the relationships among colonialism and gender and sexual identity formation in Southeast Asia. Using material from a wide range of fields including anthropology and literature, the course ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4416, FGSS 4160, FGSS 6160, HIST 4160, HIST 6160, LGBT 4160, LGBT 6160
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 498
Instructors
Loos, T
ASIAN 6623
Course Description
This course uses the lens of temporality to track transformations in notions of urban personhood and collective life engendered by recent trans-Asia economic shifts. We will develop tools that help unpack ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4423, FGSS 4504, FGSS 6504, PMA 4504
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 302
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
ASIAN 6645
Course Description
The twin phenomena of performing and collecting are as old as time, and both require an intense entanglement with things. This seminar examines the significance of objects and their related texts within ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4851, ARTH 6851, ASIAN 4445, VISST 4851
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Johnson Museum 2L34 studio
Instructors
McGowan, K
ASIAN 6650
Course Description
This course explores how the art of Zen (Chan) developed in China and was transmitted to Korea and Japan. It will also examine how ideas of Zen informed Western Modern art in both Europe and North America, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4820, ARTH 6820, ASIAN 4450
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Pan, A
ASIAN 6652
Course Description
Kingship plays an outsize role in Asian countries today, in both democratic and authoritarian countries. Even in countries that abolished the monarchy, the legacy of kingship is very much at play. In this ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3520, ANTHR 6520, ARKEO 3520, ARKEO 6530, ASIAN 3362
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Fiskesjo, M
ASIAN 6676
Course Description
New media remain central to ongoing struggles over the constitution of the public sphere in Asia. In high measure, censorship affects the Internet and visual media (including digital, independent cinema), ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3376, FGSS 3376, FGSS 6676
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 262
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
ASIAN 6696
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 3396, HIST 3960, HIST 6960
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall 110
Instructors
Tagliacozzo, E
ASIAN 7704
Course Description
Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- W Rockefeller Hall 373
Instructors
Admussen, N
ASIAN 7713
Course Description
This course investigates the extent to which religious beliefs and practices in Southeast Asia have been transformed by the combined forces of colonialism, nationalism, and globalization. By examining ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4513, ANTHR 7513, ASIAN 4413
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R McGraw Hall B65
Instructors
Willford, A
ASIAN 7722
Course Description
In this course we will explore the historical processes by which Chinese documents have been compiled, curated, and re-curated. We will examine the theoretical and methodological implications of those ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 7220, MEDVL 7220
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- R Kroch, Carl A Library B59
Instructors
Hinrichs, T