Asian Studies classes Fall 2017研究亞洲

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HIST 281/ASIA 281 Samurai and Gongfu Heroes: Masculinity in East Asia

MWF 9:05-9:55 (This is in the process of being approved by the University Senate, and by Fall will be listed as ASIA 106/HIST 106)

In films, stories and official histories Chinese and Japanese people have been encouraged to emulate the great heroes of the past. In this class we will look at what it means to be a man, from the haohan of China to the Men of High Purpose of Japan and beyond, and how these people and their stories have been re-used in modern Asia

HIST 198 Rise of Modern Asia Asia from India to

Japan and from 1850 to the present

MWF 11:15-12:05

ARHI 224 Introduction to Asian Art

MWF 1:25-2:15

Surveys a selection of art and architectural forms from China, Japan, India, Korea, and Southeast Asia. Students are introduced to religious and secular sculpture, painting, and ceramics, as well as the philosophical, political, and social forces that prompted their creation.

ANTH 272 Cultural Area: China MW 5:05-6:20

A broad introduction to Chinese culture and society from an anthropological perspective. The course covers a range of topics pertaining to Chinese traditional culture, including marriage, family, education, governance, gender, religion, language, health, art, and music.

PLSC 383 Political Systems-Asia MWF 9:05-9:55

An intensive, comparative study of the government and politics of Asia

ARTHI 425 Arts of China MWF 9:05-9:55Analyzes the arts of China, past and present. Examines representative examples from major periods, emphasizing the cultural, political, and/or religious context of the work.

HIST 434 W01 Modern China 1800 to present MWF 1:25-2:15

China’s age of revolution. We will look at the impact of imperialism and modernization on China, and how the Chinese people responded to these and created a world power

RLST 485 Selected Topics in Feminist Studies of Religion--Oishi Junkyo: Geisha, Artist, Buddhist Nun MWF 11:15-12:05

On June 20, 1905 Nakagawa Manjiro, the proprietor of a popular geisha house in Osaka, went on a bloody rampage after

discovering that his wife was having an affair. In less than fifteen minutes he murdered five

people within his establishment. Only a seventeen-year-old apprentice geisha named Tsumakichi survived the attack, although she was severely wounded by her foster father’s samurai sword. Over the next six decades, Tsumakichi—or Oishi Junkyo as she would

eventually be called—would perform in vaudeville, establish herself as a well-known painter, and eventually renounce secular life

to become a Buddhist nun.

This course uses the life of this fascinating woman as a means to better understand early twentieth-century Japanese society and culture, especially the interrelationship between the “flower and willow world,” the performing and visual arts, and Shingon Buddhism.

Learn Chinese!

CHIN 101 Elementary Chinese I MWF 10:10-11:00/T 9:30-10:20

CHIN 102 Elementary Chinese II MWF 11:15-12:05/T 11:00-11:50

CHIN 201 Intermediate Chinese MWF 2:30-3:20/T 2:00-2:50

Learn Japanese!JAPN 101 Elementary Japanese I

MWF 11:15-12:05 / T 11:00-11:50

JAPN 201 Intermediate JapaneseMWF 2:30-3:20 / T 2:00-2:50

CRLG 481 JAPN Composition and Grammar MWF 10:10-11:00

Learn Arabic!

CRLG 101-001 Arabic I MWF 1:25-2:15 CRLG 101-002 Arabic I MWF 12:20-1:10 CRLG 201 Arabic III MWF 12:20-1:10

Learn Korean!

CRLG 159 Korean II MWF 10:10-11:00

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