ASIA 1000聽Origins of Contemporary Southeast Asia
T/Th 2pm-3:15pm
Explores the dynamic present of Southeast Asia in light of its complex past. Introduces the shared historical experiences that have shaped diverse Southeast Asian societies, with a focus on the continuing effects of colonialism, nationalism, and globalization in the region. Examines key issues facing contemporary Southeast Asian communities, including current debates around gender, faith, human rights, democracy, development, etc. Engages with Southeast Asian literature, film, art, journalism, and museum collections from a transdisciplinary perspective. Recommended prerequisite: students may find some prior coursework in history, anthropology, or Asian Studies to be helpful, but this is not required.
ASIA 1700 - Introduction to 乐播传媒 Civilization
MW 4:40pm-5:55pm
Tenzin Tsepak (Tenzin.Tsepak@colorado.edu)
Explores the dynamic history of Tibet from its early empire to the present. Offers interdisciplinary perspectives on 乐播传媒 civilization, including arts and literature, religion and politics, society and culture.
ASIA 2000 - Gateway to Modern Asia
TTh 3:30pm-4:45pm
Lauren Collins (Lauren.Collins@colorado.edu)聽 聽 聽
Introduces main themes, and intellectual approaches used in Asian Studies through a transdisciplinary perspective that focuses on interactions and links between geographic regions and national boundaries. Presents Asia as a concept, a powerful imaginary geography, and historically dynamic construct that has shaped/been shaped by global patterns of economic development, nation-building, war and diplomacy, colonialism, and aspirations for better lives.
ASIA 2500 Climate and Society in Asia
TTh 2pm-3:15pm
Shae Frydenlund (Shae.Frydenlund@Colorado.EDU)聽 聽 聽 聽聽
This reading-intensive undergraduate course has two central aims: First, to survey key themes in the relationship 鈥� both historical and contemporary 鈥� between climate and society in Asia; and second, to explore diverse case studies on the human impacts of anthropogenic climate change in Asia in order to demonstrate why a place-based area-studies perspective is important for how we understand and evaluate the effects of climate change around the world.
ASIA 4700 - Heroes, Madmen and Poets: 乐播传媒 Literary Culture Through the Ages
TTh 12:30pm-1:45pm聽
Tenzin Tsepak (Tenzin.Tsepak@colorado.edu)听听听听
This course provides a comprehensive exploration of 乐播传媒 literary writings, mostly secular, from the 12th to the 20th centuries. The course will familiarize students with the formation of 乐播传媒 Buddhist canons, cultural, intellectual, and historical movements that contributed to the Gesar Epic (the longest-living epic in the world), the development of 乐播传媒 literary arts in Tibet, folk literature, life-writing, and the emergence of modern 乐播传媒 literature.
ASIA 4830 - Senior Seminar in Asian Studies
Th 12:30pm-1:45pm聽
Lauren Collins (Lauren.Collins@colorado.edu)聽 听听听听
Writing Intensive Seminar in Asian Studies. 乐播传媒 will conduct research and write a final paper or create a final project on an approved Asia-related topic. Required for an Asian Studies major but open to non-Asian Study majors.
ASIA 4842聽Global Frontiers in Southeast Asia
T 3:30-6p
Uses the theme of the global frontier to examine and compare three key moments in the modern history of Southeast Asia: the colonial encounter, the rise of the modern territorial state, and the age of contemporary globalization. Examines case studies from earlier eras to analyze emerging global frontiers at the junction of state territoriality and transnational economic expansion.
INDO 1120 - Beginning Indonesian 2 鈥� DILS
MWF 11:15am-12:05pm
Nurul Wahyuni (Nurul.Wahyuni@colorado.edu)
Beginning Indonesian 2. Reading assignments will include reading, speaking, listening and grammar.
INDO 2120 - Intermediate Indonesian 2- DILS
MWF 12:20pm-1:10pm聽聽
Nurul Wahyuni (Nurul.Wahyuni@colorado.edu)听听听听聽聽聽
Intermediate Indonesian 2. In the second year, students will be exposed to more active communication.
TBTN 1120 - Beginning 乐播传媒 2 - DILS
MWF 9:05am-9:55am聽
Tenzin Tsepak (Tenzin.Tsepak@colorado.edu)听听听听听听听听聽
Beginning 乐播传媒 2. Provides a thorough introduction to the colloquial 乐播传媒 language, emphasizing speaking and listening in the Lhasa dialect.
TBTN 2020 - Intermediate 乐播传媒 2 鈥� DILS
MWF 1:25pm-2:15pm
Tenzin Tsepak (Tenzin.Tsepak@colorado.edu)聽聽 聽
Intermediate 乐播传媒 language 2. 聽Focus on intermediate grammar, sentence construction, conversation topics, and readings in modern 乐播传媒.
ANTH 1110聽Anthropology of Japan: Culture, Diversity, and Identity
MW 12:20-1:10 plus recitation section
Kathryn Elissa Goldfarb (Kathryn.Goldfarb@Colorado.EDU)
Focusing on diverse facets of lived experience, this course introduces students to the cultural anthropology of contemporary Japan. 乐播传媒 will gain an understanding of the anthropological fieldwork process, theoretical issues within cultural anthropology, and key debates in Japanese studies about Japanese identity and internal diversity.
CHIN聽1012聽Introduction to聽Chinese Civilization
MWF | 1:25pm-2:15pm | (+1 hr recitation T or W)
Katherine Alexander聽katherine.alexander@colorado.edu听听听听聽
Learn about significant trends in聽Chinese cultural and political history, the fundamental principles of major religions and philosophies, and read a diverse variety of primary sources in translation in this intro class on聽China!
CHIN 2441 Film and the Dynamics of Chinese Culture
MWF 10:10鈥�11:00 am -聽remote
Dr. Susan Su聽susansu@uchicago.edu
What can we learn about Chinese culture through film? This course is an introduction to a broad range of Chinese cinemas of the past 100 years, from early film to modern day, from Tibet to Taiwan. We will examine how these works reflected and interrogated deeper concerns in modern and contemporary Chinese society, including: gender and the place of women, culture and the nation, 鈥淐hineseness鈥� and identity, and media in the age of television and the internet. Throughout our study, we will attend to the different linguistic, ethnic, cultural, political, and territorial contexts of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. All works will be provided in English or with English subtitles. Chinese-language texts for some works are available for students with advanced language abilities. This course will be taught remotely.
CHIN 3321 Political Thought in Ancient China
T/Th 12:30p-1:45p
Matthias Ludwig Richter (matthias.richter@colorado.edu)
Focuses on the political, religious, philosophical and literary aspects of ancient Chinese civilization (1500 B.C.-A.D. 200). Special attention is paid to foundational works that influenced later developments in Chinese culture. All readings are in English and taught in English.
ASIA 4001 - CLAC Co-seminar
In addition to the main course, a one-credit class will be offered, focused on reading聽adaptations of these same texts (Chinese language ability required). Interested students are encouraged to reach out to the instructor for more information.聽
CHIN 4220聽Readings in Classical Chinese聽
MWF 11:15am鈥�12:05pm聽
Antje Richter (antje.richter@colorado.edu)听
This course will develop your proficiency in reading and translating texts in Classical and Literary Chinese. We will read prose and poetry from the medieval period, covering a wide spectrum of genres from poems to anecdotes,
historical records, and ghost stories. We will focus on the language and literary features of these texts in the light of their cultural background and on the question of how to translate them into contemporary English.
HIST 1438聽Intro to Korean History
MWF 2:30-3:20
Sungyun Lim (sungyun.lim@colorado.edu)
From Kim Jong-un to BTS, K-drama, and even the green-onion-flavored Chex cereal, Korea is constantly in the media these days, but how much do we really know about its history, and its complicated relationship with the U.S., not to mention with its neighbors, China and Japan? This course is designed to introduce students to the long and complex history of the Korean peninsula through current historical debates and polemics. Each segment of the course begins with a memoir, a film, or a newspaper article that highlights present-day relevance of a historical time period. In an attempt to disrupt the convention of history teaching in chronological order, we will retrace the history聽backwards; beginning with the Korean War and the role of the U.S. in it, then to colonial Korea (1910-1945), the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), etc., all the way back to the ancient period, before closing off the semester with the history of the recent past (1960s-1990s). The course is designed for lower-division students without previous knowledge about Korean history or language.
HIST 4738 Japan鈥檚 Great Peace: Politics and Society, 1590-1868
MWF 1:25-2:15
Marcia Yonemoto (yonemoto@colorado.edu)
When we think of early modern Japan we think of samurai: swords flashing, heads rolling. Such images circulate through our own popular culture via films, anime, and video games. But samurai were only one relatively small part of a complex society. Farmers, merchants, artisans, and others comprised the vast majority of the population, and early modern Japan was a long period鈥攐ver 250 years鈥攐f peace. This course focuses on key processes that enabled Japan鈥檚 鈥済reat peace鈥�: establishing political stability, growing the economy, managing the environment, restructuring gender and family roles, and fostering the growth of popular culture.
JPNS 3811 Love, Death, and Desire: Classical Japanese Literature in Translation
T/Th 12:30-1:45pm
Marjorie Burge (marjorie.burge@colorado.edu)听听听听聽聽
This course explores the oldest canon of women鈥檚 writing in the world, from Japan鈥檚 Heian (794-1185) and Kamakura (1185-1333) periods. All readings are in English translation.聽
ASIA 4001 - CLAC Co-seminar
In addition to the main course, a one-credit will be offered, focused on reading modern聽manga聽adaptations of these same texts (Japanese language ability required). Interested students are encouraged to reach out to the instructor for more information.聽
RLST聽2202 Islam
T/Th 11am - 12:15pm
Aun H Ali (Aun.Ali@Colorado.EDU)
Introduces students to foundational Islamic concepts, texts, core practices, historical narratives and intellectual, spiritual and literary traditions. Topics covered include: the figure of Muhammad; the Quran; the emergence of distinct Muslim identities; Hadith; Sharia; Islamic theology; Islamic philosophy; science in Islamic civilization; Islamic mysticism; the impact of colonialism and modernity on the Muslim world; gender and sexuality; political Islam.
RLST聽3040聽The Quran
MWF 1:25-2:15
Aun H Ali (Aun.Ali@Colorado.EDU)
Examines how Christian constructions of religion and scripture have shaped Muslim understandings of the Quran and marginalized other views with a much longer history. Helps students appreciate how this process of marginalization is negotiated and explores the Quran from other perspectives including sound, performance, embodiment, and occultism. By highlighting marginalized approaches to the Quran, it promotes a better understanding of how social and religious differences are shaped by different political legacies. Previously offered as a special topics course.