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ALL 1001 - Asian Film and Animation [AH GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 1001 until 18-JAN-22
Various film styles within Asian film/animation production. Ways of analyzing film. Work of 20th-century directors in Asia.
ALL 1201 - Arrow, Fist, and Sword: Conceptions of the Hero in Asian Cultures [LITR GP]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 1201 until 07-SEP-21
Concepts of the "hero" in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese cultures: How did various societies in these countries define the ethos of the "hero" and his relationship to the community? How did versions of the hero change over time, and how was the hero redefined in the context of modern nationalism? What part have traditional gender roles played in defining the hero, and is a "female" hero possible within these traditions? And how has popular film allowed modern Asian societies to reinterpret their traditional conceptions of the hero? Specific explorations: the Chinese assassin, the haohan and their evolution into the martial artist of popular culture; Mulan and the Chinese female warrior; Korean figures of the Three Kingdoms period; the Korean hero Hong Gildong; and shifting Japanese constructions of the samurai from medieval war tales to modern times.
ALL 1601 - Clothing Matters: Culture and Fashion in India
(3 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 1601 until 05-SEP-23
This interdisciplinary course demonstrates the importance of dress and adornment practices in the formation of collective identities in India. By exploring past and current trends in literature, art, media and performance, it shows how cultural texts construct norms and practices regarding space, body and gender. It also focuses on ways different social groups and communities, through creative acts of (un)dressing in the public sphere, create a complex relationship between structures of power and aesthetics. In addition to highlighting the significance of gender and material culture in Indian literature, this course traces the history of dress practices to offer new perspectives on class, caste, religion and nationalism. The readings will further highlight historical and political events where clothing and accessories become crucial sites for resisting established social order and registering collective protest. Texts will also be complemented with screenings of films to show the rich and complex intersection of dress practices with discourses of tradition and modernity.
ALL 1806 - Modern Arab Cultures and Societies
(3 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 1806 until 05-SEP-23
What we commonly and monolithically refer to as "The Arab World" in fact consists of 22 individual nation-states, each with their own particular historical trajectory and a combined population of nearly 400 million people encompassing a plethora of religious faiths, political orientations, social formations, and individual identities. This course provides a starting point for comprehending this frequently misunderstood part of the world, the diverse peoples who inhabit it, and the myriad cultures they practice. We will address the various problems we encounter when approaching such an unwieldy concept as "The Arab World," key moments that have shaped modern Arab cultures and societies, and examples of how cultural production functions in the context of modern Arab history and politics.
ALL 1911W - Mind and Muscle: Philosophy and the Martial Arts [WI]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 1911W until 18-MAY-20
Japanese cultural history functions as an unusual suspect for our investigation of Japanese philosophy. In Japan studies, the term "philosophy" is typically thought to indicate Western-influenced philosophy in modern times (the late 19th century onward). Even when its pre-modern precursor is mentioned, discussion tends to focus on Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism as its matrices. Far beyond such realms, however, practitioners of artistic techniques--such as martial and performing arts--already engaged themselves in conceptualizing philosophical problems: "What is nature?" "What is our existence?" "What is knowledge and how is it generated and transmitted?" The list goes on, encompassing such topics as "body" and "gender." This course explores this phenomenon. We will read Miyamoto Musashi's "The Book of Five Rings," a famous treatise on swordsmanship written by a 17th-century samurai. Anyone interested in the topic and committed to learn is welcome. Aiming at Inclusive Design, it offers multiple options to enhance learning experiences.
ALL 1912 - Fashioning Islam in Literature and Culture
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 1912 until 18-MAY-20
Over the last few decades, the image of the Muslim veil has been variously idealized and politicized around the globe. This excessive (in)visibility has triggered multiple scholarly and public conversations about the relationship between collective faith and individual choice in Islam. The objective of this course is to investigate and go beyond these debates about veiling and unveiling to uncover complex aesthetic and political acts of self-fashioning undertaken by Muslim writers, filmmakers, and artists as they engage with and re-define processes of Islamic piety and global modernity. Through innovative readings of film, literature, and popular culture from a range of geographical sites and historical periods, this course highlights the importance of clothing and adornment in the formation of gendered identities, religious beliefs, and nationalist politics. From the Turkish Fez to the Indian Sari, we will explore how dress practices stitch together structures of power, displays of masculinity, and questions of women's agency in different times and places. These explorations will be guided by an interest in identifying unconventional cultural sites for the staging and un-staging of "Muslim dress" and assessing the importance of fashion in stimulating gendered consumption and aesthetics.
ALL 3001 - Reading Asian Cultures
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3001 until 18-JAN-22
Introduction to primary Asian texts in translation. Emphasizes introducing/applying various methods of interpretation to a particular text in sequence. Close reading, methodological rigor. Practice, application.
ALL 3014W - Art of India [AH WI GP]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3014W until 18-JAN-22, AMES 3014W (inactive, was ALL 3014W until 21-JAN-20), ARTH 3014W (starting 02-SEP-03, was ARTH 3014 until 05-SEP-00), ARTH 3014V (inactive), RELS 3415W
Indian sculpture, architecture, and painting from the prehistoric Indus Valley civilization to the present day.
ALL 3232W - "Short" Poetry in China and Japan [WI]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3232W until 18-JAN-22
Short poetic forms of China and Japan. Chinese quatrains and octets. Japanese tanka and haiku. Translations by modern poets. Texts in original languages (with provided glosses). Art of translation. Translators' conceptions of East Asian 'exoticism.'
ALL 3250 - Topics in Asian Film and Media (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3250 until 18-JAN-22
Examines theme, problem, region, style or filmmaker in Asian cinema. Focuses on (geo)political and socioeconomic contexts in relation to artistic and interpretive frameworks.
ALL 3265W - The Fantastic in East Asia: Ghosts, Foxes, and the Alien [LITR WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-Some coursework in East Asia recommended; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3265W until 21-JAN-20
How the strange/alien is constructed in premodern Chinese/Japanese literature. East Asian theories of the strange and their role in the classical tale, through the works of Pu Songling, Edo-era storytellers, and others. Role of Buddhist cosmology and salvation.
ALL 3300 - Topics in Chinese Literature (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3300 until 13-MAY-24, was CHN 3900 until 07-SEP-04
Selected topics in Chinese literature. Topics specified in the Class Schedule.
ALL 3320 - Topics in Chinese Culture (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was CHN 3920 until 20-MAY-19, was CHN 3920 until 07-SEP-04
Selected topics in Chinese culture. Topics specified in the Class Schedule.
ALL 3336 - Revolution and Modernity in Chinese Literature and Culture [LITR GP]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3336 until 16-JAN-24
Introduction to modern Chinese literature, visual culture, and critical thought from beginning of 20th century to end of Mao era. Examples of literature/culture, parallel readings of Chinese critical essays. Readings are in English translation.
ALL 3337 - Contemporary Chinese Literature and Popular Culture [LITR GP]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3337 until 16-JAN-24
Contemporary Chinese literature, popular culture. End of Mao era to present. Creative results of China's "opening and reform." Commercialization and globalization of culture. Literature, visual culture, popular music.
ALL 3351 - Martial Arts in Chinese Literature and Film
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3351 until 03-SEP-24
Investigation of the martial arts motif in Chinese literature and its cinematic descendants. Class materials include ancient stories about sage kings, assassin-retainers, lady knights-errant; recent blockbusters such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Hero," and "Kung Fu Hustle;" the careers and stardoms of Bruce Lee, Jet Li, and Jackie chan; and American animated films featuring martial arts themes, such as "Mulan" and the "Kung Fu Panda" series. While reflecting cultural transformations across history, these examples manifest a consistent poetics of emptiness, due to the genre's thematic preoccupation with resistance and transcendence, as well as its roots in Confucian-Daoist-Buddhist philosophies. In these regards, the martial arts genre, other than being a pop culture phenomenon, offers a meaningful gateway toward rediscovering the Chinese tradition's cosmopolitan potentials.
ALL 3356W - Chinese Film [AH WI]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3356W until 18-JAN-22, was CHN 3166W until 07-SEP-04, was CHN 3166 until 04-SEP-01
Survey of Chinese cinema from China (PRC), Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Emphasizes discussion/comparison of global, social, economic, sexual, gender, psychological, and other themes as represented through film.
ALL 3357 - Taiwan Film
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3357 until 18-JAN-22
This course examines the history of Taiwan film from the Japanese colonial period to the early 21st century along with the increased (though still quite limited) availability of pre-1980s films on DVD with English subtitles. We will cover topics such as dialect films; Nationalist propaganda; "healthy realism;" connections with the Hong Kong, Hollywood, and mainland Chinese film industries; the aesthetics of New Taiwan Cinema; the imagination of Taiwan as a postcolonial Southeast Asian rather than East Asian or Chinese polity; and the battle for commercial viability in the global film market. Throughout the course, we will closely analyze cinematic form and narrative structure in addition to broader issues of nation, society, politics, and ecology.
ALL 3361W - Maps, Pictures, and Writing in the Representation of Taiwan [AH WI GP]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3361W until 08-SEP-20
How visual/written media is used to form identity in representing people, places, history of Taiwan. Historical/contemporary contexts.
ALL 3362 - Women Writers in Chinese History
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3362 until 07-SEP-21
This class provides a survey of the surprisingly diverse and vibrant tradition of women writers in Chinese literary history, which during its long imperial period (221 B.C.E.-1911 C.E.) was dominated by a male-centered cultural order. The class situates individual women writers within their specific historical settings and larger cultural backdrops, thus introducing students to literary themes, gender dynamics, and conditions of cultural production in Chinese history. The class also addresses complex shifts in female writing and its social presence across the premodern-modern transition. Taught in English and no prerequisites.
ALL 3372 - History of Women and Family in China, 1600-2000
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Even, Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3372 until 21-JAN-20, AMES 3372, HIST 3469 (starting 02-SEP-08), GWSS 3469 (inactive, starting 20-JAN-09)
Marriage/family life, foot binding, cult of women's chastity. Women in nationalist/communist revolutions. Gender relations in post-socialist China. Effect of ideologies (Confucianism, nationalism, socialism) on women/family life. Differences between ideology and social practice.
ALL 3373 - Religion and Society in Imperial China [HIS]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3373 until 21-JAN-20, HIST 3466, AMES 3373 (starting 06-SEP-05, was ALL 3373 until 21-JAN-20), RELS 3373
Varieties of religious experience in imperial China. Religion as lived practices. Textual traditions. Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, relations among them. Western missionary enterprise in China.
ALL 3374 - Patterns in Chinese Cultural History
(3 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3374 until 21-JAN-20
A survey course of Chinese cultural history across its long evolution. It connects historical and cultural knowledge to the Chinese literary and intellectual traditions, and unveils larger trends in the developments of Chinese culture and society during the pre-20th-century period and across the tradition-modern divide. Taught in English and no prerequisites.
ALL 3377 - A Thousand Years of Buddhism in China: Beliefs, Practices, and Culture
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3377 until 18-JAN-22, RELS 3377 (ending 04-SEP-18), AMES 3377 (starting 04-SEP-12, was ALL 3377 until 21-JAN-20)
Buddhism in China, 4th-15th centuries. Introduction of Buddhism to China. Relevance of Buddhist teaching to indigenous thought (e.g., Taoism, Confucianism). Major "schools": Tiantai, Huayan, Chan/Zen, etc.. Cultural activities of monks, nuns, and lay believers.
ALL 3400 - Topics in Japanese Literature (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3400 until 21-JAN-20, was JPN 3900 until 07-SEP-04
Selected topics in Japanese literature. Topics specified in the Class Schedule.
ALL 3433W - Traditional Japanese Literature in Translation [LITR WI]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Fall Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3433 until 18-JAN-22, was ALL 3433 until 06-SEP-05, was JPN 3162 until 07-SEP-04
Survey of texts in different genres, from 8th to early 19th centuries, with attention to issues such as "national" identity, gender/sexuality, authorship, popular culture. No knowledge of Japanese necessary.
ALL 3436 - Postwar Japanese Literature in Translation
(3 cr; Prereq-Basic knowledge of modern Japanese history helpful, knowledge of Japanese language not required; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3436 until 19-JAN-21, was JPN 3164 until 07-SEP-04
Survey of ideas/styles of recent Japanese literature. Writers include Dazai Osamu, Ibuse Masuji, Oe Kenzaburo, Mishima Yukio, and Yoshimoto Banana. All readings in English translation.
ALL 3437 - The Japanese Novel [LITR GP]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3437 until 18-JAN-22, was JPN 3163 until 06-SEP-05
Survey of the principal authors of the period spanning Japan's opening to the West (1860s) to World War II. Writers include Natsume Soseki, Shiga Naoya, Kawabata Yasunari, Edogawa Rampo, Hayashi Fumiko, and Tanizaki Junichiro.
ALL 3441W - Japanese Theater [WI AH]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3441W until 06-SEP-22, was AMES 3441 until 06-SEP-22, was AMES 3441W until 19-JAN-21, was ALL 3441 until 03-SEP-19, was JPN 3165W until 18-JAN-05, was JPN 3165 until 02-SEP-03
Japanese performance traditions. Emphasizes noh, kabuki, and bunraku in their literary/cultural contexts. Relationship between these pre-modern traditions and modern theatrical forms (e.g., Takarazuka Revue).
ALL 3442 - Performing Arts in Japan and Their Cultural Backgrounds [GP]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3442 until 18-JAN-22
Taught entirely overseas in Japan, this instructor-led Learning Abroad Center course engages a diverse and representational range of Japanese theatrical traditions including but not limited to Noh, Kyogen, Bunraku, Kabuki, Takarazuka, and Butoh. We explore the links among medieval traditions of "performance of offering" to Buddhist and Shinto deities, entertainment of elite audiences, and new theatrical work based on anime, manga, and martial arts. We will experience, firsthand and in person, Japanese performing arts in their original cultural locations, such as Tokyo, Nara, and Osaka. This course consists of class discussions and lecture, attending theatrical productions at playhouses and vaudeville theaters, special lectures by prominent guest speakers, and observation of several kinds of "performance of offering" at temples and shrines. As a winter-term course, our seminar takes place during an exciting time of year for this topic: we begin with "new-year count down" ("joya no kane") at a temple where the giant bell rings 108 times. In addition, playhouses will be filled with a special, new-year atmosphere, thus offering a unique opportunity to learn about New Year celebrations in Japan and about the Japanese performing arts highlighting these celebrations.
ALL 3456 - Japanese Film [GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3456 until 16-JAN-24, was JPN 3166 until 07-SEP-04
Themes, stylistics, and genres of Japanese cinema through work of classic directors (Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu) and more recent filmmakers (Itami, Morita). Focuses on representations of femininity/masculinity.
ALL 3457 - War and Peace in Japan Through Popular Culture
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3457 until 21-JAN-20
War-related issues in Japan. Animation films, comics from 1940s to 1990s. Mobilization of culture for WWII. Conflict between constitutional pacifism/national security. Japan's role in cold war/post-cold war worlds.
ALL 3458 - Japanese Animation [GP]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3458 until 21-JAN-20
This course takes up the technologies, genres, and themes of Japanese animation. By examining the works of important directors alongside media theories and other related writings, the course will cover not only the major genres and recurrent themes of anime, but also the cultural and critical contexts for apprehending anime.
ALL 3466 - Japanese Popular Culture in a Global Context
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3466 until 18-JAN-22, was ALL 5466 until 21-MAY-12
What happens when one nation's popular culture begins to permeate others. Japanimation, manga, fashion, and music. Relationship of popular culture to nation(alism), ethnicity, gender, and identity. Effects of popular culture on consumers, socialization. Ways that consumption affects us personally.
ALL 3467 - Science Fiction, Empire, Japan
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Fall Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3467 until 18-JAN-22
Premised on its historical position as a non-Western colonial empire, this course takes up Japan as a focal point for examining the relations between science fiction and imperialism. Discussions center on the colonial underpinnings of Japanese science fiction and how particular motifs (future war, time travel, posthuman bodies) critically interrogate this history.
ALL 3468 - Environment, Technology and Culture in Modern Japan [ENV]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3468 until 18-JAN-22
Read/view historical, literary, visual texts to discover guiding ideas about nature, environment, technology use in Japan. No prior knowledge of Japan is necessary.
ALL 3471 - Introduction to Japanese Religions
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3471 until 18-JAN-22, RELS 3374, AMES 3471 (ending 21-JAN-20, was ALL 3471 until 21-JAN-20)
An introduction to the development of different forms of religious practice in Japan over the past fourteen hundred years. A survey of Japanese religions and their development will be combined with specific examples (past and present) that demonstrate the way that religious belief has manifested itself in various forms of cultural practice.
ALL 3478 - Modern Japan, Meiji to the Present (1868-2000) [HIS]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3478 until 21-JAN-20, AMES 3478, EAS 3471, HIST 3471 (starting 05-SEP-00, was EAS 3471 until 02-SEP-03, was EAS 3471 until 05-SEP-00)
Japan's development as industrial/imperial power after Meiji Restoration of 1868. Political developments in Taisho years. Militarization/mobilization for war in 1930s. Japan's war with China, Pacific War with US. American Occupation. Postwar economic recovery, high growth. Changing political/popular culture of 1980s, '90s.
ALL 3520 - Topics in Korean Culture (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3520 until 17-MAY-21, was KOR 3920 until 07-SEP-04
Selected topics in Korean culture. Topics specified in the Class Schedule.
ALL 3536 - Modern Korean Literature [LITR GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3536 until 05-SEP-23
Modern Korean literature in English translation from the colonial period until the 1990s. Read literary texts critically, using genre categories, theories of narrative voice, different understandings of modern literary subjectivity, and historical contextualization.
ALL 3556 - Korean Film [AH GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3556 until 05-SEP-23
Introduction to Korean film from the Japanese colonial period to the present day, with a particular emphasis on the last two decades.
ALL 3576 - Language & Society of the Two Koreas
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3576 until 03-SEP-24
This course is designed to offer an introduction and contrastive analysis of the language and society of the two Koreas; the Republic of Korea (better known as South Korea) and the Democratic People?s Republic of Korea (better known as North Korea). This course will introduce the growing divide of the past 70 years between North and South Korea in the areas of language, society, and culture.
ALL 3586 - Cold War Cultures in Korea
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3586 until 18-JAN-22
In this course we will analyze the Cold War (1945-1989) not only as an era in geopolitics, but also as a historical period marked by specific cultural and artistic forms. We focus on the Korean peninsula, looking closely at the literary and film cultures of both South Korea and North Korea. We discuss how the global conflict between U.S.-centered and Soviet-centered societies affected the politics, culture, and geography of Korea between 1945 and 1989, treating the division of Korea as an exemplary case extending from the origins of the Cold War to the present. We span the Cold War divide to compare the culture and politics of the South and the North through various cultural forms, including anti-communist and socialist realist films, biography and autobiography, fiction, and political discourse. We also discuss the legacy of the Cold War in contemporary culture and in the continued existence of two states on the Korean peninsula. The primary purpose is to be able to analyze post-1945 Korean cultures in both their locality and as significant aspects of the global Cold War era.
ALL 3620 - Topics in South Asian Culture (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3620 until 18-JAN-22
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
ALL 3636 - South Asian Women Writers
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3636 until 18-JAN-22, AMES 3636 (ending 21-JAN-20, was ALL 3636 until 21-JAN-20), AMES 5636 (ending 21-JAN-20, starting 04-SEP-12, was ALL 5636 until 21-JAN-20)
Survey of South Asian women's writing, from early years of nationalist movement to present. Contemporary writing includes works by immigrant writers. Concerns, arguments, and nuances in works of women writing in South Asia and diaspora.
ALL 3637W - Modern Indian Literature [LITR WI GP]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3637W until 21-JAN-20, was ALL 3637 until 06-SEP-05, AMES 3637W (starting 07-SEP-10, was ALL 3637W until 21-JAN-20, was ALL 3637 until 06-SEP-05), GLOS 3637W (inactive)
Survey of 20th century literature from South Asian countries, including India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. All readings in English. Focuses on colonialism, post-colonialism, power, and representation.
ALL 3638 - Islam and Modernity in South Asia
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3638 until 21-JAN-20, RELS 3724 (inactive, ending 03-SEP-19), AMES 3638 (starting 04-SEP-18, was ALL 3638 until 21-JAN-20)
This course explores the multiple genealogical trajectories of Islamic thought in South Asia through the varied lens of its literary traditions. For centuries, literature has remained an important site for the expression of Islamic identity and its interaction with the larger history of the subcontinent. Muslim writers have traversed diverse domains of human experience through multiple genres: while poetry has been a widely celebrated genre for the expression of private love, drama has emerged as a crucial site for public politics and activism. In this course, students will read texts that have circulated across South Asia and interpret them in relation to enduring questions about power, justice, identity, community and love (both human and divine) in Islam. Reading a wide array of works from diverse temporal and spatial locations, this course examines how the aesthetic and discursive world of South Asia provides a terrain on which the Islamic "socius" of the region has come to define itself in a unique manner. In addition, we also investigate how these literary cultures-at different historical junctures-articulated a secular ethos to define Hindu-Muslim relations in the subcontinent. We further discuss questions of genres-epic, romance, drama, novel and lyric-as a way of thinking about the circulation of literary forms across languages, cultures and national spaces in the past and the present.
ALL 3651 - Ghosts of India [GP]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3651 until 18-JAN-22
Writers, filmmakers, and other creative art practitioners from almost every corner of this living world use the figure of the ghost to address questions of ethics, justice, violence, and repression. This course focuses on India's modern ghosts as well as ghosts and spirits from classical Indian literature. In every sphere of our lives, public and private, we are chased by various ghosts that often appear in forms of memory, remembrance, nostalgia, and forgetfulness. Ghosts scare us, enchant us, and capture our imagination. Our intellectual engagement will consist of theorizations around the figure of the ghost and its various conceptual offshoots (hauntology, specter, the uncanny, etc.) as encountered through literary and filmic texts. The course will also connect these ghostly tales with issues of nationalism, gender, communal and ethnic violence, and capitalism.
ALL 3671 - Hinduism
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3671 until 21-JAN-20, was SALC 3412 until 02-SEP-08, was SALC 5412 until 07-SEP-99, AMES 5671 (inactive, starting 27-MAY-08, was ALL 5671 until 21-JAN-20, was SALC 5412 until 02-SEP-08), HIST 3492, AMES 3671 (starting 27-MAY-08, was ALL 3671 until 21-JAN-20, was SALC 3412 until 02-SEP-08, was SALC 5412 until 07-SEP-99), RELS 5671 (inactive, starting 02-SEP-08, was RELS 5412 until 02-SEP-08), RELS 3671 (starting 02-SEP-08, was RELS 3412 until 02-SEP-08)
Development of Hinduism focusing on sectarian trends, modern religious practices, myths/rituals, pilgrimage patterns/ religious festivals. Interrelationship between Indian social structure/Hinduism.
ALL 3672 - Buddhism [GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Summer Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3672 until 18-JAN-22, was SALC 3413 until 20-JAN-09, was SALC 5413 until 05-SEP-00, was SALC 3413 until 05-SEP-00, was SALC 5413 until 07-SEP-99, RELS 3371, AMES 3672 (starting 05-SEP-00, was ALL 3672 until 21-JAN-20, was SALC 3413 until 20-JAN-09, was SALC 5413 until 05-SEP-00, was SALC 3413 until 05-SEP-00, was SALC 5413 until 07-SEP-99), RELS 5371 (inactive, was RELS 5413 until 20-JAN-09), AMES 5672 (inactive, was ALL 5672 until 21-JAN-20, was SALC 5413 until 20-JAN-09)
Historical and contemporary account of the Buddhist religion in Asia/world in terms of its rise, development, various schools, practices, philosophical concepts, and ethics. Current trends in the modern faith and the rise of "socially engaged" Buddhism.
ALL 3673 - Survey of India: Languages, Literature, and Film [GP]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3673 until 05-SEP-23
Survey course of Indian languages and literatures that explores the languages of India from genealogical, linguistic, typological, historical and sociological perspectives. Diachronic analysis of the languages of India in relation to some structural features will be also investigated. This course will also provide an overview of literatures of several main South Asian languages with a focus on Hindi - Urdu literatures. We will address the origin of Hindi-Urdu literatures, periodization, and naming of each period. We will also examine the important writers and their representative work, along with the literary trends and influences of each period, including political, social, and cultural situations which helped to shape the writers and their work. Among the representative literary works in Hindi-Urdu, some have been made into films.
ALL 3679 - Religion and Society in Modern South Asia
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3679 until 03-SEP-24, AMES 5679, AMES 3679 (starting 02-SEP-14, was ALL 3679 until 21-JAN-20), RELS 3679
Survey of religious formations in modern South Asia (Hindu, Islamic, Sikh, Buddhist). Transformation of religious practice/thought in modernity. Relation between religion and nationalism. Geopolitical dimensions of religious transformation in South Asia.
ALL 3771 - History of Southeast Asia [GP]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3771 until 21-JAN-20, AMES 3771
Origins of civilization/indigenous states. impact of world religions and Western colonialism on gender, social, political, and economic structures. Nationalism. Establishment of Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
ALL 3772 - Hmong Language and Culture Immersion in China
(4 cr; A-F only; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3772 until 18-JAN-22
This instructor-led study abroad course in Kunming, China, focuses on Hmong language and culture in the trans-historical context of China. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the intricate differences within the Hmong linguistic and cultural diaspora through a comparative approach examining the complexity of Hmong dialects and regional cultural shifts. Instructors will work with all student levels, and instruction is oriented towards helping students learn to use the language effectively. All aspects of linguistic performance - speaking, reading, writing and listening - will be addressed. Open to all students interested in Hmong language and culture, regardless of language level.
ALL 3773 - Hmong Language and Culture Immersion in Thailand [GP]
(4 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Periodic Summer)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3773 until 13-MAY-24
This is an instructor-led study abroad course in Thailand. Hmong in the United States trace their story of diaspora directly to Thailand as the most recent country of immigration. While many traced their refugee stories to Thailand, before immigrating to the United States and other countries, Thailand is also a country where many Hmong settled. Thailand is a country of many Hmong stories, intertwined with settlement, immigration, social economic struggles and successes, language development, and more. This study abroad course will focus on learning, observing and exploring the Hmong diaspora through language and culture in Thailand. The course will explore the historical, cultural, and linguistic contexts of Hmong settlement and immigration in Thailand as well as compare to contexts of Hmong in the United States.
ALL 3776 - Hmong History Across the Globe
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Odd, Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3776 until 21-JAN-20, AAS 3483 (starting 18-JAN-11), AMES 3776 (inactive, was ALL 3776 until 21-JAN-20), HIST 3483 (starting 06-SEP-11)
Hmong interaction with lowland Southeast Asian states (Laos, Vietnam) and Western colonial powers (French, American) since 19th century. Changes to religious, social, political, and gender institutions. Aspirations for political autonomy.
ALL 3820 - Topics in Arab Culture (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3820 until 16-JAN-24
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
ALL 3832 - The Politics of Arabic Poetry [LITR GP]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3832 until 18-JAN-22
This course engages with Arabic poetry in its socio-political context. How have Arab poets from the pre-Islamic era till the present time used their verse as a tool to affirm the structure of their society, or to struggle with it? What roles did Arabic poetry play at the Abbasid imperial courts? How does Arabic poetry participate in the constitution and promulgation or subversion of political ideologies? And what presence has it had in Arab peoples' struggles for independence or reform, historically and today as part of the Arab Spring?
ALL 3856W - Palestinian Literature and Film [WI GP]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3856W until 21-JAN-20, was ALL 3856 until 03-SEP-19
This course examines modern literature and film of the Palestinian people both for artistic significance and interactions with the broader historical and political situations confronted by Palestinians. We will ask how cultural production, namely literature and film, interacts with, responds to, and even anticipates historical and political events. At the same time, we will problematize a strictly historicist and political reading of literary and cinematic texts, which reduces such artistic works to mere sociological documents, overlooking their creative and artistic achievements. Ultimately, this leads us to a number of questions: what is the relationship between history/politics and art? Can artistic texts transcend the historical and political contexts in which they are produced? How has artistic production functioned within the context of Palestinian statelessness, exile, and anti-colonial struggle? All texts covered in the course will be in English translation, however those able to read texts in the original Arabic are encouraged to do so.
ALL 3866 - Arab American Experiences
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3866 until 18-JAN-22, AAS 3866 (inactive), AMES 3866 (inactive, starting 17-JAN-17, was ALL 3866 until 21-JAN-20)
Arab diasporic experiences in the West, and in America in particular, have been mediated by popular depictions of "the Arab" as violent terrorist, oppressor of/oppressed woman, religious fanatic, and myriad other negative stereotypes, heightened since September 11, 2001. How do Arabs in America, especially youth, navigate the superimposition of these images upon them? How do they relate to the multiple locations of "home" between the West and the Arab world? To what extent are they perpetually "out of place," and what strategies have they developed to navigate their liminal and often marginalized social position? Through the examination of memoirs, novels, film, music, and even food, this course will use Arab American cultural production as a lens through which to explore these questions.
ALL 3867 - Orientalism and the Arab World
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3867 until 19-JAN-21
This course explores the various manners in which "the Arab World" is constructed and re/presented in western discourses. Through scholarly writings such as Samuel Huntington's "The Clash of Civilizations" thesis and popular media such as television's Homeland, this course illuminates how the idea of a monolithic "Arab World" and quintessential "Arab" subject are constructed and re/produced for western consumption. Crucially, moreover, this course also examines how this re/production of the "Arab World/Subject" is integral to the construction of western identity itself, serving as a foil to western self-conceptualization. This course also examines how individuals and peoples who are the object of the orientalist gaze have attempted to respond to and subvert orientalist discourses and stereotypes, as well as scholarly critiques of Edward Said's orientalism thesis itself.
ALL 3868 - Culture and Society of the Arabian Peninsula
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3868 until 18-JAN-22, AMES 3868 (inactive, was ALL 3868 until 21-JAN-20), AMES 5868 (inactive, was ALL 5868 until 21-JAN-20)
This course revolves around the study of issues and cultural trends in the societies of the Arabian Peninsula, particularly Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Bahrain. After an introduction on the historical development of these states, topics we cover include nation-building and heritage construction; the meaning of tribalism and "Bedouinness" today; social stratification and sectarianism; issues of gender; labor and migration; and local production of literature, poetry and film. In the last four weeks of the semester, we will read three novels composed by local authors. This course is taught in English.
ALL 3871 - Islam: Religion and Culture
(3 cr; Prereq-Soph or jr or sr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3871 until 21-JAN-20, ARAB 3036 (inactive, was HUM 3036 until 28-MAY-02, was RELA 3036 until 28-MAY-02, was HUM 3036 until 07-SEP-99, was RELA 3036 until 07-SEP-99), HIST 3493, HUM 3036 (inactive, ending 02-SEP-08), RELS 3712 (starting 27-MAY-08, ending 02-SEP-03, was RELA 3036 until 02-SEP-08), AMES 3871
This course is a brief survey of the religion and civilization of Islam. It introduces students to 1) Islamic history from its inception in the seventh century CE to the present, with emphasis on the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the early Caliphate; 2) The authoritative texts of Islam, i.e. the Quran and Prophetic traditions (Hadith); 3) The institutions and discourses characteristic of Islamic civilization; and 4) The transformation of Muslim life and thought in the modern period. By taking this course, students become familiar with the chief ideas, characters, narratives, rites, localities, and movements associated with Islam.
ALL 3872 - The Cultures of the Silk Road
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3872 until 21-JAN-20, RELS 3708, HIST 3504 (starting 08-SEP-09), AMES 3872
Past/present state of cultures that flourished in Central Asia (present-day CA republics, Iran, Afghanistan) after Alexander the Great. Decline with opening of sea routes.
ALL 3896 - Internship for Academic Credit
(1 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3896 until 18-JAN-22
An applied learning experience in an agreed-upon, short-term, supervised workplace activity, with defined goals, which may be related to a student's major field or area of interest. The work can be full or part time, paid or unpaid, primarily in off-campus environments. Internships integrate classroom knowledge and theory with practical application and skill development in professional or community settings. The skills and knowledge learned should be transferable to other employment settings and not simply to advance the operations of the employer. Typically the student's work is supervised and evaluated by a site coordinator or instructor. A student may only earn credit for a given internship through one course at a time.
ALL 3900 - Topics in Asian Literature (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3900 until 19-JAN-21
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
ALL 3920 - Topics in Asian Culture (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3920 until 21-JAN-25
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
ALL 3990 - Directed Study
(1 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 16 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 3993 until 08-SEP-20, was AMES 3990 until 08-SEP-20
Individual reading/study, with guidance of a faculty member, on topics not covered in regular courses. Prereq-instr consent, dept consent, college consent.
ALL 4901W - Capstone Project in Asian Languages & Literatures [WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-ALL major, sr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 4901W until 18-JAN-22, was ALL 4900W until 04-SEP-18
The capstone project in the department of Asian Languages and Literatures is meant to demonstrate the cumulative language, critical thinking, and analysis skills developed by students over the course of their undergraduate studies. It consists of a thesis of at least 6000 words, in which students must synthesize research in primary language sources (i.e. texts, films, or other forms of cultural production in the original language of student's declared subplan) with secondary research.
ALL 5211 - Introductory Classical Chinese
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was CHN 5211 until 05-SEP-17, was CHN 5211 until 06-SEP-11, was CHN 3111 until 04-SEP-07
Reading excerpts from canonical Chinese texts. Transnational nature of Classical Chinese and its importance in the study of East Asian cultures. Taught in English.
ALL 5212 - Introductory Classical Chinese
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was CHN 5212 until 05-SEP-17, was CHN 5212 until 06-SEP-11, was CHN 3112 until 04-SEP-07
Reading excerpts from canonical Chinese texts. Transnational nature of Classical Chinese and its importance in the study of East Asian cultures. Taught in English.
ALL 5250 - Advanced Topics in Asian Film and Media (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5250 until 21-JAN-25
Examines theme, problem, region, style or filmmaker in Asian cinema. Focuses on (geo)political and socioeconomic contexts in relation to artistic and interpretive frameworks.
ALL 5277 - Space and Modernity in Asia
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5277 until 18-JAN-22
Examines methods, vocabularies, and theories necessary to articulate new spatial approaches to modern Asian cultural texts, including literature, films, and urban spaces. Special focus on Soja, Lefebvre, Winichakul, Henry, Ai, Zhang, and Furuhata.
ALL 5351 - Chinese New Media
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5351 until 18-JAN-22
This course explores new media and intermediality from specific moments in the history of modern China. The new visuality of the late Qing Dynasty offers examples of how new forms of visual culture became both reflexive and constitutive of modernity. Later, silent cinema of the Republican era both drew upon and defined itself against existing Chinese dramatic forms, particularly opera. In the 1930s, the arrival of sound in cinema provided a space for phonographic modernity to be expressed through film. In the People?s Republic, the productive interplay between traditional art forms and cinema entered a new era, culminating in the cinematic adaptations of the ?model plays? of the Cultural Revolution. Finally, recent years have seen the explosive growth of digital cinema, computer animation, internet culture, and gaming communities.
ALL 5358 - Realism, Revolution, and the Moving Image
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5358 until 21-JAN-20
Cinema associated with socialist realism as a global, transnational phenomenon at the heart of the aesthetics of the 20th-century's communist movement. The work of revolutionary filmmakers from China, Soviet Union, North Korea, Cuba, Eastern Europe, and Africa informs our exploration of socialist realism. Formalized by Maxim Gorky and other Soviet artists, theorists, and cultural officials in the early 1930s, socialist realism would become the official literary and artistic style of Communist revolutionary movements and resulting states throughout the world. Certain consistencies of style and theme spread to various sites across histories and geographies, yet much variation also was evident and will be explored in this class. Rejecting the dismissal of socialist realism as mere propaganda, we will take seriously its theorization and its aesthetic innovations, as well as its relationships with classical Hollywood narration, melodrama, and the psychoanalytic concept of sublimation. Through an examination of socialist realism?s variations and limits, we will grapple with larger questions of modernity, authority, and the function of art in modern societies.
ALL 5359 - Early Shanghai Film Culture
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5359 until 18-JAN-22
Shanghai film culture, from earliest extant films of 1920s to end of Republican Era in 1949. Influences on early Chinese film, from traditional Chinese drama to contemporary Hollywood productions. Effects of leftist politics on commercial cinema. Chinese star system, material film culture.
ALL 5374 - The Monkey King and Transcultural China: Chinese Myth, Legend, and Ideology
(3 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5374 until 05-SEP-23, was ALL 5374W until 04-SEP-07
Early Chinese myths/legends/historical narratives about the Monkey King. Cultural formations from later periods, including contemporary popular culture and Asian American literature. Construction of China/Chinese in 20th Century seen through the Monkey as a figure of otherness and in-betweenness in relation to globalization and cross-cultural identity.
ALL 5436 - Literature by 20th-Century Japanese Women in Translation
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5436 until 18-JAN-22, was JPN 5176 until 06-SEP-05
Literary/historical exploration of selected works by Japanese women writers in variety of genres. All literary texts read in English.
ALL 5446 - Kabuki: A Pop, Queer, and Classical Theater in Japan
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5446 until 18-JAN-22
Kabuki, an all-male theater of "song (ka)/dance (bu)/acting (ki)" that came into being in the 17th century, still boasts popularity in Japan. This course explores kabuki in several contexts: historical, theatrical, literary, and theoretical. It aims to historicize this performing art in its four-hundred-year dynamic trajectory against the static understanding that it is a national, high culture. No less importantly, we inquire into theoretical implications of subject matter, such as citationality, gender construction, and the like. Furthermore, this course attends to what is usually marginalized and overlooked in kabuki historiography: koshibai (unlicensed small troupes of kabuki); onna yakusha (women kabuki actors who mastered the acting techniques established by male kabuki actors--including the technique of female impersonation). Open to anyone with an interest, no previous knowledge of Japanese studies, theater studies, or Japanese is required. All of the readings will be available in English. Audio-visual materials will be used whenever available and appropriate.
ALL 5486 - Images of "Japan"
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Fall Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5486 until 18-JAN-22
This course examines non-Japanese texts that deploy the imagination of "Japan" in their narratives. Discussions will take up such focal points as: ethnographic cinema, the politics of travel and translation, the intersections of race and gender, the cultural politics of alternate histories, and the ramifications of techno-orientalist discourse.
ALL 5620 - Topics in South Asian Culture (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5620 until 19-JAN-21
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
ALL 5636 - South Asian Women Writers
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5636 until 18-JAN-22, AMES 3636 (ending 21-JAN-20, was ALL 3636 until 21-JAN-20), AMES 5636 (ending 21-JAN-20, starting 04-SEP-12, was ALL 5636 until 21-JAN-20)
Survey of South Asian women's writing, from early years of nationalist movement to present. Contemporary writing includes works by immigrant writers. Concerns, arguments, and nuances in works of women writing in South Asia and diaspora.
ALL 5820 - Topics in Arab Culture (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5820 until 05-SEP-23
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
ALL 5866 - Gender and Sexuality in Modern Arabic Literature
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5866 until 18-JAN-22
Survey of modern Arabic literature?s key role in the articulation, construction, and subversion of gendered subjectivities. Explores the construction of masculine and feminine subjectivities, as well as the blurring of the dichotomy between the two. Also explores how homoerotic desire is presented in modern Arabic novels. Engages the complex interplay between the gender politics of literary texts, and the broader historical and political contexts from which they emerge. All texts covered in this course will be in English translation, however those able to read texts in the original Arabic are encouraged to do so.
ALL 5868 - Culture and Society of the Arabian Peninsula
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5868 until 18-JAN-22, AMES 3868 (inactive, was ALL 3868 until 21-JAN-20), AMES 5868 (inactive, was ALL 5868 until 21-JAN-20)
This course revolves around the study of issues and cultural trends in the societies of the Arabian Peninsula, particularly Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Bahrain. After an introduction on the historical development of these states, topics we cover include nation-building and heritage construction; the meaning of tribalism and "Bedouinness" today; social stratification and sectarianism; issues of gender; labor and migration; and local production of literature, poetry and film. In the last four weeks of the semester, we will read three novels composed by local authors. This course is taught in English. Meets with ALL 3868.
ALL 5900 - Topics in Asian Literature (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5900 until 21-JAN-20
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
ALL 5920 - Topics in Asian Culture (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5920 until 13-MAY-24
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
ALL 5990 - Directed Study
(1 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 16 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 5993 until 08-SEP-20, was AMES 5990 until 08-SEP-20
Individual reading/study, with guidance of a faculty member, on topics not covered in regular courses. Prereq-instr consent, dept consent, college consent.
ALL 8001 - Critical Approaches to Asian Literary and Cultural Studies
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 8001 until 21-JAN-20
Constructions of national identity, its consolidation in current disciplinary/academic structures.
ALL 8002 - Critical Approaches to Asian Studies
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 8002 until 18-JAN-22
Issues/approaches in academic study of Asian literature/ cultures. Problems in contemporary academic theory in humanities. Application of theory to Asia/issues raised. Interventions of critical theory. Ethics of professional peer review. Crisis in higher education.
ALL 8333 - FTE: Master's
(1 cr; Prereq-Master's student, [adviser, DGS] consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 8333 until 21-JAN-20
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ALL 8444 - FTE: Doctoral
(1 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, [adviser, DGS] consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 8444 until 21-JAN-20
x
ALL 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; dept consent for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 8666 until 21-JAN-20
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ALL 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's
(1 cr [max 18]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 50 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 8777 until 21-JAN-20
Thesis Credits: Master's
ALL 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1 cr [max 24]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 100 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 8888 until 18-JAN-22
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ALL 8920 - Topics in Asian culture (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; S-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 8920 until 13-MAY-24
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
ALL 8990 - Directed Readings
(1 cr [max 4]; Prereq-PhD student; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 16 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was AMES 8993 until 08-SEP-20, was AMES 8990 until 08-SEP-20
Directed readings in foreign language(s) of specialty, where appropriate.

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