Course Descriptions
Locating Asias: (Nation, Culture and Diaspora)
Spring Quarter (S24)
Dept/Description | Course No., Title | Instructor |
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ART HIS (S24) | 155B MEDIEVAL INDIA | PATEL, A. |
Emphasis/Category: Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) This course will ask a fundamental question: Is the concept of the "Medieval," a European periodization disseminated to many global regions, applicable to the study of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan (east), Bangladesh and Sri Lanka)? In the process, we will become familiar with the world's great religions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Islam and their artistic traditions, challenging modern notions of religious and national identities. We will engage with the Guptas and their impacts in South Asia, Southeast Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia) and China, while examining pre-modern globalization throughout the Indian Ocean. We will experience the incorporation of South Asia within the Perso-Islamic world via the Islamic Sultanates of thetwelfth-fifteenth centuries, and interrogate whether the magnificence of the Mughal Empire (1526-1857) was "Medieval." | ||
ASIANAM (S24) | 162 ASIAN AMER WOMEN | QUINTANA, I. |
Emphasis/Category: Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) This upper-division undergraduate course is designed to introduce students to the study of gender in Asian American Studies, with a specific focus on women. Using intersectional frameworks, we will examine how Asian American women have experienced, challenged, and acceded to power. Additionally, we will learn about individual Asian American women, whose activism and ideas help us to better understand the world and the choices we have in making it. | ||
EAS (S24) | 120 JP HIST POP CULTRE | GHANBARPOUR, C. |
Emphasis/Category: Pacific Rim, Inter-Area Studies, Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) This class is an overview of Japanese popular culture from the Tokugawa era (1600-1868) to the present, with an emphasis on contemporary (post-1945) popular culture. We will study changes in Japanese culture through movies, anime (animated cartoons), comic books, music, and other artifacts, focusing on the experiences of women and men in the production, use, and patronage of specific genres. Topics include the role of mass media, the globalization of Japanese pop culture, and changing ideas of race, gender, and society in Japan. | ||
EAS (S24) | 130 KOREAN SOC & CULTRE | CHOI, C. |
Emphasis/Category: Pacific Rim, Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) This course surveys social, cultural, and political aspects of contemporary Korea. We will examine and interpret some of the key social institutions and culture changes including family and gender relationships, the impact of Korean War and national division, industrialization and its legacies, social movement, labor and marriage migration, and popular culture and culture industry. We will also explore the life and society of North Korea and the issues of North Korean refugees in South Korea. As part of class activities, we will follow closely some of the current events and interpret them considering what we learn in class for the purpose of enhancing the students’ practical skills to analyze Korean society. Course materials include scholarly articles, films, and literature. | ||
EAS (S24) | 155 GERMANY & ASIA | BROADBENT, P. |
Emphasis/Category: Locating Europes and European Colonies, Inter-Area Studies, Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) This upper-division course looks at the storied and dynamic relationships driven by Germany with China, Japan, and South Korea over the past 130 years. Starting with the Meiji Restoration, the Boxer Rebellion and the Korean War, German 103/German 160 traces the evolution of Germany’s economic, political and cultural relationships with Asia from the late nineteenth-century to the global present. Students will examine the economic and territorial ambitions of the German empire’s ambitions in Asia and later explore how the embrace of soft power (such as cultural exchanges, partner cities, education programs, and immigration treaties) in the postwar era allowed West Germany to forge significant economic and political ties with China, Japan and South Korea. We will conclude the course by looking at pressing contemporary issues and future trends, discussing how global challenges like climate change and technological advancements might impact these global relationships moving forward. | ||
HISTORY (S24) | 170B MEDIEVAL INDIA | PATEL, A. |
Emphasis/Category: Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) Begins with the Gupta period's aesthetic legacies in South Asia's architecture, sculpture, and painting. Explores the dispersal of Islam throughout South Asia, including the Muslim communities of southern India. | ||
REL STD (S24) | 123 MEDIEVAL INDIA | PATEL, A. |
Emphasis/Category: Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) Begins with the Gupta period's aesthetic legacies in South Asia's architecture, sculpture, and painting. Explores the dispersal of Islam throughout South Asia, including the Muslim communities of southern India. |
Courses Offered by Global Cultures or other Schools at UCI
Locating Asias: (Nation, Culture and Diaspora)
Spring Quarter (S24)
Dept | Course No., Title | Instructor |
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GLBLCLT (S24) | 103B VIET FRANCOPHON LIT | VAN DEN ABBEEL, G. |
Emphasis/Category: Atlantic Rim, Locating Europes and European Colonies, Pacific Rim, Inter-Area Studies, Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) | ||
GLBLCLT (S24) | 103A KOREAN SOC & CULTRE | CHOI, C. |
Emphasis/Category: Pacific Rim, Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) | ||
GLBLCLT (S24) | 103B JP HIST POP CULTRE | GHANBARPOUR, C. |
Emphasis/Category: Pacific Rim, Inter-Area Studies, Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) | ||
GLBLCLT (S24) | 103A GERMANY & ASIA | BROADBENT, P. |
Emphasis/Category: Locating Europes and European Colonies, Inter-Area Studies, Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) | ||
INTL ST (S24) | 179 KOREAN SOC & CULTRE | CHOI, C. |
Emphasis/Category: Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) | ||
POL SCI (S24) | 126F ANIMAL RIGHTS | KIM, C. |
Emphasis/Category: Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) | ||
SOC SCI (S24) | 177B ASIAN AMER WOMEN | QUINTANA, I. |
Emphasis/Category: Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora) |