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 — Bang, Chandrani, Ericson, Furtak, Lasmawan, Lo, Mehta, Onishi, Otake, Tu
Previously Featured Offering

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 |
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Fall 2021 | Block 1 | Topics in Asian Lit & Culture: Karma & the Ethics of Nonviolence in South Asian Religion Philosophy Topic Details | Steve Vose | Armstrong Hall 256B | 25 / 17 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2021 | Block 2 | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: History of Gender and Sexuality in South Asia Topic Details | Purvi Mehta | Palmer Hall EAST TENT | 25 / 4 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2021 | Block 3 | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: Caste: Histories and Theories of Exclusion, Stigma, Topic Details | Purvi Mehta | Cossitt Hall Amphitheat | 25 / 0 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2021 | Block 3 | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: Colonialism & Religion Topic Details | Yogesh Chandrani | Armstrong Hall 342 | 25 / 1 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2021 | Block 3 | Topics in Asian Lit and Culture: Sacred Image, Sacred Space in South Asian Religious Traditions Topic Details | Steve Vose | Armstrong Hall 130 | 25 / 21 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2021 | Block 4 | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: History of Modern South Asia Topic Details | Purvi Mehta | Palmer Hall 223 | 25 / 3 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2021 | Block 4 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Music in Culture: Indonesia | Made Lasmawan | Packard Hall 8 | 32 / 12 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2021 | Block 4 | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: Anthropology of Religion Topic Details | Yogesh Chandrani | Armstrong Hall 231 | 25 / 8 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2021 | Block 4 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Caribbean Voices Topic Details | Najnin Islam | Armstrong Hall 255 | 25 / 18 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 5 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Childhood in Japanese History: From Literary Trope to Symbol Topic Details | Joan Ericson | Armstrong Hall 340 | 12 / 4 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 5 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Introduction to Asian American Studies | David Song | Tutt Library 19/20 | 25 / 8 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 5 | Topics in Religion: Caste, Gender, and Race in South Asian Religious Communities Topic Details | Steve Vose | Armstrong Hall 2 | 25 / 7 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 6 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Ethnomusicology: Performing the Hindu Epics Topic Details | Made Lasmawan | Packard Hall 8 | 18 / 10 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 6 | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: From Pearl Harbor to Honouliuli Topic Details | Jason Weaver | Tutt Science Building 324 | 12 / 0 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 6 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Karma & the Ethics of Nonviolence in South Asian Philosophy Topic Details | Steve Vose | Armstrong Hall 130 | 25 / 18 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 6 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Human Rights and Reproductive Rights Topic Details | Sayantan Saha Roy | Barnes Science Center 403 | 25 / 13 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 7 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Politics, Religion and the Secular | Yogesh Chandrani | Armstrong Hall 231 | 25 / 3 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 7 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Introduction to Literature by Asian American Writers Topic Details | Aline Lo | Armstrong Hall 257A | 25 / 6 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 7 | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: Religious Traditions of India and South Asia Topic Details | Steve Vose | Armstrong Hall 130 | 25 / 19 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 7 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Calligraphy and Painting Topic Details | Harrison Tu | Armstrong Hall 341 | 25 / 23 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 7 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Paradoxes of North East Asia Topic Details | Jiun Bang | Palmer Hall 13 | 25 / 8 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 8 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Ethnomusicology: Music and Dance in Bali Topic Details | Made Lasmawan | Packard Hall 8 | 18 / -2 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 8 | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: Classical Chinese Philosophy Topic Details | Marion Hourdequin | Palmer Hall 232A | 25 / 13 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2022 | Block 8 | Topics in Religion: Social Media and Globalization in South Asian Religious Communities Topic Details | Steve Vose | Armstrong Hall 130 | 25 / 24 | 05/21/2022 |
Summer 2022 | Block B | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: The Arts and Culture of Bali Topic Details | Made Lasmawan | TBA | 18 / 5 | 05/21/2022 |
Summer 2022 | Block B | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: Ecological Consciousness and Climate Justice Topic Details | Asoka Bandarage | TBA | 25 / 17 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2022 | Block 1 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: History of Gender and Sexuality in South Asia | Purvi Mehta | TBA | 25 / 0 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2022 | Block 1 | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: Introduction to Asian American Studies | TBA | 25 / 24 | 05/21/2022 | |
Fall 2022 | Block 2 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Caste: Histories and Theories of Exclusion, Stigma, and Discri | Purvi Mehta | TBA | 25 / 1 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2022 | Block 2 | Topics in Ethnomusicology: Performing the Hindu Epics Topic Details | Made Lasmawan | TBA | 25 / 16 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2022 | Block 3 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: History of Modern South Asia | Purvi Mehta | TBA | 25 / 5 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2022 | Block 4 | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: The Nakedness of Being Topic Details | Eiko Otake | TBA | 25 / 9 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2022 | Block 4 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Colonialism & Religion | Yogesh Chandrani | TBA | 25 / 12 | 05/21/2022 |
Fall 2022 | Block 4 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Music in Ethnomusicology: Indonesia Topic Details | Made Lasmawan | TBA | 25 / 16 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2023 | Block 5 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Gender and Sexuality in Japanese Literature, Film and Magna | Joan Ericson | TBA | 12 / 12 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2023 | Block 6 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Languages and Cultures of Japan Topic Details | Hiromi Onishi | TBA | 25 / 25 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2023 | Block 6 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Politics, Religion and the Secular | Yogesh Chandrani | TBA | 25 / 25 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2023 | Block 6 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Intro to Asian American Literature | Aline Lo | TBA | 25 / 25 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2023 | Block 7 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Calligraphy and Painting | Harrison Tu | TBA | 25 / 25 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2023 | Block 8 | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: Paradoxes of North East Asia Topic Details | Jiun Bang | TBA | 25 / 25 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2023 | Block 8 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: Japanese Existentialism: The Kyoto School | Rick Anthony Furtak | TBA | 25 / 25 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2023 | Block 8 | Topics in Asian Literature and Culture: Ethnomusicology: Music and Dance in Bali Topic Details | Made Lasmawan | TBA | 25 / 25 | 05/21/2022 |
Spring 2023 | Block 8 | Topics in Asian Literature & Culture: The Minority Question in Asia | Yogesh Chandrani | TBA | 25 / 25 | 05/21/2022 |