PA250 - Topics in Asian Studies:

Study of a selected topic in Asian Studies. The course will cover subjects not listed in the regular curriculum and may vary from year to year; taught by Asian Studies faculty and visiting faculty.

.25 or 1 unit — Chandrani, Coleman, Lasmawan, Mehta, Onishi, Otake, Pizarro, Shimoda, Sriram, Tabares, Wang, Williams

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The unfolding global climate catastrophe has brought a resurgence of discourse on the question of ‘capitalism’. We will investigate the history and system of the capitalocene and the modern concept of ‘progress’. We will also examine the modern emergence of race and whiteness as a feature of the ecocidal machine of modernity.

This course teaches elementary skills in all four aspects via listening, writing, reading and speaking. Students will gain basic knowledge of grammar and vocabulary through a variety of contextual, situational, and multimedia exercises, and experience South Asian Events and Bollywood movies and songs as part of this course.

Offerings

Term Block Title Instructor Location Student Limit/Available Updated
Fall 2024 Block 1 Topics in Asian Studies: History of Gender and Sexuality in South Asia Purvi Mehta John Lord Knight Apartments MCHUGH COM 25 / 7 11/21/2024
Fall 2024 Block 1 Topics in Asian Studies: Chinese Calligraphy Topic Details Zoe Wang Armstrong Hall 341 25 / 20 11/21/2024
Fall 2024 Block 2 Topics in Asian Studies: Anthropology of Religion Yogesh Chandrani Armstrong Hall 230 25 / 11 11/21/2024
Fall 2024 Block 2 Topics in Ethnomusicology: Performing the Hindu Epics Topic Details Made Lasmawan Packard Hall 8 25 / 19 11/21/2024
Fall 2024 Block 3 Topics in Japanese Studies: Tale of Genji Redux: The Shining Prince in Literature, Theater, Art, and Topic Details Francesca Pizarro Armstrong Hall 340 25 / 21 11/21/2024
Fall 2024 Block 3 Topics in Asian Studies: Japanese American Incarceration Literature Topic Details Brandon Shimoda Cornerstone Art Center 301 25 / 9 11/21/2024
Fall 2024 Block 3 Topics in Asian Studies: Caste: Histories & Theories of Discrimination, Exclusion, and Stigma Topic Details Purvi Mehta Palmer Hall 225 25 / 3 11/21/2024
Fall 2024 Block 4 Topics in Asian Studies: Performance Away Pallavi Sriram Taught Abroad 001 25 / 10 11/21/2024
Fall 2024 Block 4 Topics in Asian Studies: The Nakedness of Being Topic Details Eiko Otake Cornerstone Art Center 130 25 / 8 11/21/2024
Fall 2024 Block 4 Topics in Asian Studies: Gods, Buddhas, Gurus & Other Masculine Superheroes Tracy Coleman Armstrong Hall 230 25 / 17 11/21/2024
Spring 2025 Block 5 Topics in Asian Studies: 1980s Bubble Beats to Chill To: Fiction, Film, and Urban Japan Topic Details Francesca Pizarro TBA 25 / 25 11/21/2024
Spring 2025 Block 6 Topics in Asian Studies: Languages and Cultures of Japan Topic Details Hiromi Onishi TBA 25 / 25 11/21/2024
Spring 2025 Block 6 Topics in Asian Studies: History of Modern South Asia Purvi Mehta TBA 25 / 25 11/21/2024
Spring 2025 Block 7 Topics in Asian Studies: Politics, Religion and the Secular Topic Details Yogesh Chandrani TBA 25 / 25 11/21/2024
Spring 2025 Block 8 Topics in Asian Studies: Eating Asian America: Race and Food Topic Details Leland Tabares TBA 25 / 23 11/21/2024
Spring 2025 Block 8 Topics in Asian Studies: The Korean War Topic Details John Williams TBA 25 / 25 11/21/2024
Spring 2025 Block 8 Topics in Ethnomusicology: Music and Dance in Bali Topic Details Made Lasmawan TBA 25 / 25 11/21/2024
Summer 2025 Block B Topics in Asian Studies: The Arts & Culture of Bali Topic Details Made Lasmawan, Liz Macy TBA 25 / 25 11/21/2024
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