Spring 2023
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Courses in English (click for description)
ASIA 57: FYS: Dis-Orienting the Orient, Dixon, MWF 1:25-2:15
ASIA 61: FYS: India through the Lens of Master Filmmakers, Lothspeich, M 5:45-8:15 (film screenings), TR 3:30-4:45
ASIA 74: FYS: Imagining Palestine, Yaqub, TR 11-12:15
ASIA 211: The Silk Road: Markets, Metaphysics, and Music, Driscoll, T 6:20-8:50
ASIA/JWST/PWAD 235: Israeli Cinema: Gender, Nation, and Ethnicity, Shemer, TR 12:30-1:45
ASIA 333: The Mahabharata: Remembered and Reimagined, Lothspeich, TR 5-6:15
ASIA/RELI 383 has been cancelled.
ASIA/JWST 436 has been cancelled.
ASIA/WGST 471: Gender and Sexuality in Middle Eastern Literature, Yaghoobi, TR 11-12:15
ASIA 722: Asia in Motion: TransAsia & Transpacific Approaches to the Study of Asia, Jo, W 9:05-11:35
ASIA 730: The East Asian Anthropocene: Culture, Climate, & Colonialism in Japan & China, Driscoll, W 3:35-6:05
ASIA 770: The Moving Imagination, Taj, TR 12:30-1:45
ASIA 782: Visual Culture of the Middle East, Yaqub, T 3:30-6
ASIA 993: Master’s Research and Thesis, Shemer, R 3:30-6
CHIN 150: Introduction to Chinese Civilization, Hsiao, TR 9:30-10:45 + recitation required
CHIN/CMPL 545: Chinese Science Fiction, Visser, TR 12:30-1:45
JAPN 162: Japanese Popular Culture, Dixon, MW 11:15-12:05 + required recitation
JAPN/HIST 246/247: Early Modern Japanese History and Culture, Pitelka, TR 2-3:15
KOR/CMPL 232: Imagining the City in Modern Korea: Text, Image, Space, Kief, TR 11-12:15
KOR 346/CMPL 246: Body Politics in Modern Korean Literature, Kief, TR 3:30-4:45
Courses in Arabic
ARAB 102-002: Elementary Arabic II, Kauffman, MW 10:10-11 & TR 10-10:50
ARAB 102-003: Elementary Arabic II, Sibley, MWF 11:15-12:05 & T 11:05-11:55
ARAB 102-004: Elementary Arabic II, Sibley, MTWF 2:30-3:20
ARAB 204-001: Intermediate Arabic II, Kauffman, MW 9:05-9:55 & TR 9-9:50
ARAB 204-002: Intermediate Arabic II, Kauffman, MW 12:20-1:10 & TR 12:30-1:20
ARAB 300-001: Arabic Grammar & Composition, El Kerdany, MWF 1:25-2:15
ARAB 306-001: Advanced Arabic II, Sibley, MWF 12:20-1:10
ARAB 308-001: Arabic LAC, Sibley, W 3:35-4:25
ARAB 408-001: Readings in Arabic II: Performing Arts in the Arab World, El Kerdany, MWF 12:20-1:10
Courses in Chinese
CHIN 102-001: Elementary Chinese II, Hu, MWF 9:05-9:55 & T 9-9:50
CHIN 102-002: Elementary Chinese II, Cai, MWF 10:10-11 & T 10-10:50
CHIN 102-003: Elementary Chinese II, Fan, MWF 12:20-1:10 & T 12:30-1:20
CHIN 102-004: Elementary Chinese II, Cai, MTWF 2:30-3:20
CHIN 204-001: Intermediate Chinese II, Polin, MWF 11:15-12:05 & T 11:05-11:55
CHIN 204-002: Intermediate Chinese II, Polin, MTWF 2:30-3:20
CHIN 212-001: Intermediate Written Chinese, Fan, MWF 10:10-11
CHIN 212-002: Intermediate Written Chinese, Fan, MWF 1:25-2:15
CHIN 212-003: Intermediate Written Chinese, Wang, MWF 1:25-2:15
CHIN 306-001: Advanced Chinese II, Zhou, MWF 10:10-11
CHIN 306-002: Advanced Chinese II, Zhou, MWF 12:20-1:10
CHIN 308-001 has been cancelled.
CHIN 408: Readings in Modern Chinese II, Cai, MWF 1:25-2:15
CHIN 441: Chinese-English Translating & Interpreting, Polin, MWF 12:20-1:10
CHIN 525: Ancient Philosophers & their Modern Reincarnation, Yue, TR 2-3:15
Courses in Hebrew
HEBR 102-001: Elementary Modern Hebrew II, Sprintzik, MWF 9:05-9:55
HEBR 204-001: Intermediate Modern Hebrew II, Sprintzik, MWF 10:10-11
HEBR 306: Advanced Composition and Conversation: Zionism and the Hebrew Language, Sprintzik, MWF 12:20-1:10
Courses in Hindi-Urdu
HNUR 102-001: Elementary Hindi-Urdu II, Caldwell, MW 10:10-11 & TR 10-10:50
HNUR 102-002: Elementary Hindi-Urdu II, Caldwell, MW 12:20-1:10 & TR 12:30-1:20
HNUR 204: Intermediate Hindi-Urdu II, Sofi, MW 11:15-12:05 & TR 11:05-11:55
HNUR 306: Advanced Hindi-Urdu II, Taj, TR 2-3:15
HNUR 308: Hindi-Urdu LAC, Caldwell, M 2:30-3:20
Courses in Japanese
JAPN 102-001: Elementary Japanese II, Iwashita, MW 9:05-9:55 & TR 9-9:50
JAPN 102-002: Elementary Japanese II, Iwashita, MW 10:10-11 & TR 10-10:50
JAPN 102-003: Elementary Japanese II, Iwashita, MW 12:20-1:10 & TR 12:30-1:20
JAPN 102-004: Elementary Japanese II, Kato, MW 1:25-2:15 & TR 1:30-2:20
JAPN 102-005: Elementary Japanese II, Sawamura, MTWR 2:30-3:20
JAPN 102-006 Elementary Japanese II, Sawamura, MTWR 3:35-4:25
JAPN 204-001:Intermediate Japanese II, Kato, MW 11:15-12:05 & TR 11:05-11:55
JAPN 204-002: Intermediate Japanese II, Kato, MTWR 2:30-3:20
JAPN 306-001: Advanced Japanese II, Aratake, MWF 10:10-11
JAPN 411: Food and Culture in Japan, Aratake, M 6:15-8:45
JAPN 418: Service Learning in Japanese Language, Sawamura, W 6:15-8:45
Courses in Korean
KOR 102-001: Elementary Korean II, E. Lee, MWF 9:05-9:55 & T 9-9:50
KOR 102-002: Elementary Korean II, Bang, MW 10:10-11 & TR 10-10:50
KOR 102-003: Elementary Korean II, E. Lee, MWF 11:15-12:05 & T 11:05-11:55
KOR 102-004: Elementary Korean II, G. Lee, MW 1:25-2:15 & TR 1:30-2:20
KOR 204-001: Intermediate Korean II, Bang, MW 9:05-9:55 & TR 9-9:50
KOR 204-002: Intermediate Korean II, Bang, MW 12:20-1:10 & TR 12:30-1:20
KOR 306: Advanced Korean II, E. Lee, MWF 12:20-1:10
KOR 308: Korean LAC, Bang, W 1:25-2:15
Courses in Persian
PRSN 102: Elementary Persian II, Adel, MWF 10:10-11
PRSN 204: Intermediate Persian II, Adel, MWF 11:15-12:05
PRSN 306: Persian Language through Literature, Film, and Media, Adel, MWF 1:25-2:15
Courses in Turkish
TURK 102: Elementary Turkish II, Havlioglu, MWF 10:15-11:05, remote
TURK 204: Intermediate Turkish II, Havlioglu, MWF 1:45-2:35, remote
Courses in Vietnamese
VIET 102: Elementary Vietnamese II, Nguyen, MWF 12:20-1:10, remote
VIET 204: Intermediate Vietnamese II, Vo, MWF 1:25-2:15
Crosslisted Courses
RELI/ASIA 180: Introduction to Islamic Civilization, Flodin-Ali, TR 12:30-1:45
RELI/ASIA 181: Modern Muslim Societies, Ziad, MW 12:20-1:10
LING/ASIA 260: Languages of Southeast Asia, Butler, MWF 10:10-11
HIST/ASIA 276: Modern Middle East, Shields, MW 11:15-12:05
RELI/ASIA 279: Islamic Law, Ethics, and Practice, Bhandari, TR 3:30-4:45
HIST/ASIA 283: Chairman Mao’s China in World History, Tsin, MW 3:35-4:50
RELI/ASIA 285: The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka, Leve, TR 9:30-10:45
HIST/ASIA 288: Japan in the 20th Century, Wu, MWF 10:10-11
ECON/ASIA 469: Asian Economic Systems, S. Rosefielde, TR 8-9:15
HIST/ASIA 538: Middle East and the West, C. Aydin, M 2-5:00
LING/JAPN 563 has been cancelled.
RELI/ASIA 581: Sufism, W. Ziad, TR 5-6:15
Courses of Interest
HIST 63H: First-Year Seminar: Water, Conflict, and Connection: the Middle East and Ottoman Lands, Shields, MW 3:35-5
This course will count as a Middle East course for the interdisciplinary major/minor in Asian studies.
HIST 132: Modern Southeast Asia, Fogg, MWF 9:05-9:55
This course will count as a SE Asia course for the interdisciplinary major/minor in Asian studies.
HIST 163H: Modern Central Asia, Tasar TR 3:30-4:45
RELI 184: East Asian Religions, Ambros, TR 2-3:15
PHIL 213: Asian Philosophy, M. Jang, TR 8-9:15
MUSC 258: Musical Movements: Migration, Exile, and Diaspora, Bohlman, MW 10:10-11:25
ENGL 270: Studies in Asian American Literature, K. Douglas, MW 1:25-2:40
HIST 285: 20th Century China, M. King, TR 11-12:15
GLBL 290: Xi Jinping’s “Chinese Dream” and Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Hong Kong, M. Tsin, R 2-4:30
This course will count as a China course for the interdisciplinary major/minor in Asian studies.
MEJO 437: Media in Asia, J. Cabosky, TR 6:30-7:45
RELI 785: Critical Genealogies of Middle East Studies, C. Kurzman, R 12-2:30