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."
Days: TU TH  11:00-12:20 PM

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.
Days: WE  09:00-11:50 AM

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.

(same as 26130 GlblClt 103B, Lec B;   and 26840 History 172G, Lec A)

Days: TU TH  09:30-10:50 AM

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.

(same as 26118 GlblClt 103A, Lec B;   and 64520 Intl St 179, Lec B)

Days: MO WE  12:00-12:50 PM

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.

(same as 25740 German 150, Lec A;   26100 GlblClt 103A, Lec A;   and 26870 History 183, Lec A)

Days: TU TH  11:00-12:20 PM

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.
Same as ART HIS 155B, REL STD 123.
Concurrent with ART HIS 255B.
Days: TU TH  11:00-12:20 PM

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.
Days: TU TH  11:00-12:20 PM

Emphasis/Category: Atlantic Rim, Locating Europes and European Colonies, Pacific Rim, Inter-Area Studies, Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora)

The literature of Vietnam and the Vietnamese diaspora counts among the most vibrant, innovative, beautiful, and aesthetically powerful currents of contemporary francophone culture.  We will study a range of key texts from the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries by such key writers as Nguyên Du, Vu Van Huan, Marguerite Duras, Pham Duy Khiêm, Pham Van Ky, Ly Thu Ho, Kim Lefèvre, Xuân Phuc, Edith Simon, and Linda Lê, as well as filmmaker Trân Anh Hùng.

(same as 24934 French 127, Lec A)
Days: MO WE  11:00-11:50 AM

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.

(same as 23018 EAS 130, Lec A;   and 64520 Intl St 179, Lec B)
Days: MO WE  12:00-12:50 PM

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.

(same as 23010 EAS 120, Lec A;   and 26840 History 172G, Lec A)
Days: TU TH  09:30-10:50 AM

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.

(same as 23075 EAS 155, Lec A;   25740 German 150, Lec A;   and 26870 History 183, Lec A)
Days: TU TH  11:00-12:20 PM

Emphasis/Category: Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora)
KOREAN SOC & CULTRE
Days: M W F  12:00-12:50 PM

Emphasis/Category: Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora)
ANIMAL RIGHTS
Days: T TH  11:00-12:20 PM

Emphasis/Category: Locating Asias (Nation, Culture, and Diaspora)
ASIAN AMER WOMEN
Days: W  09:00-11:50 AM