This research seminar examines the development of Confucianism in historical, philosophical and socio-political contexts across China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, with the goal of exploring the tradition's implications for both East Asian modernity and global culture.In the first half of the course we will follow the development of Confucian thought and practice in imperial China […]
This course explores the concept of self as it is expressed through the works of major writers and poets in China during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).Course Credit Exclusion: Prior to Fall 2009: AS/HUMA 4425 6.0
Many works by 20th-century Japanese authors and filmmakers are based on ancient texts like Noh plays, the Tale of Genji and Buddhist fables and folk tales. This course studies those classical antecedents and their modern interpretations within a cultural-historical perspective.Course Credit Exclusion: Prior to Fall 2009 AS/HUMA 4416 6.0
This course examines the aesthetic and psychological principles underlying the conjoining of eros and death in Japanese literature and film, and how these principles have been developed, and exploited, during the 20th century.Course Credit Exclusion: Prior to Fall 2009: AS/HUMA 4415 6.0; Prior to Fall/Winter 2003-2004: AS/HUMA 4000G 6.0
This course places the development of novels, tales, folk operas and other narratives focusing on the family within the context of changing cultural patterns in modern Korea.Course Credit Exclusion: Prior to Fall 2009: AS/HUMA 4000D 6.0 (prior to Fall/Winter 2003-2004), AS/HUMA 4410 6.0
This course is a study of major developments in the history and art of traditional Chinese fiction. It examines selected works written in both classical and vernacular language forms that represent a variety of story forms, from zhiguai 志怪 (Accounts of Anomalies), chuanqi 传奇 (Transmitting the Remarkable), bianwen 变文 (Transformation Texts), hua-pen 话本 (Storybooks) to […]
This seminar examines the changing dynamics of political, economic and security relations in and among the countries of Eastern Asia.Course Credit Exclusion: Prior to Fall 2009: AS/POLS 4285 3.0, AS/POLS 4700 3.0 (prior to Fall/Winter 2001-2002)
The course examines the international politics of human rights and democracy in the region as a window on debates over the university, origins, and purposes of international human rights norms in a context of globalization. It critically explores assertions that the successes of East Asian economies are due to their cultural characteristics and illiberal, non-democratic […]
Within a framework of the politics of identity, this course explore the tension between religious and national identities, the character and scope of transnational religious communities, and takes up fundamentalism as one response to developments in cosmopolitan modern societies.Course credit exclusion: ANTH 4200J 6.0
Covers, at the advanced level, the theories of international trade specialization, gains from trade, commercial policies, and new approaches to trade theory.Prerequisites: AP/ECON 2300 3.0, AP/ECON 2350 3.0, AP/ECON 3150 3.0 or equivalentCourse Credit Exclusion: None. Prior to Fall 2009: AS/ECON 4190 3.0