Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages

2026-2027

136 courses

ASCL 1.01Urban Asia
ASCL 1.02Asian Femininities
ASCL 10.01Introduction to Chinese Culture
ASCL 10.02Introduction to Korean Culture
ASCL 10.03Introduction to Japanese Culture
ASCL 10.04Introduction to Southeast Asia: Culture and Politics
ASCL 11.04Introduction to South Asia: Culture and Identity on the Indian Subcontinent
ASCL 51.01Hinduism
ASCL 51.02Modern Hinduism
ASCL 51.03Indian Buddhism
ASCL 51.04Tibetan Buddhism
ASCL 51.05Religions of Southeast Asia
ASCL 51.06Buddhism, Sexuality, & Gender in Southeast Asia
ASCL 51.07Gods, Demons, and Monkeys: The Ramayana Epic of India
ASCL 51.08Buddhist Philosophy
ASCL 51.09Goddesses of India
ASCL 51.10Mahayana Buddhist Texts
ASCL 51.11Religions of Vietnam
ASCL 52.01Music and Dance of North India
ASCL 52.02Arts of Tibet: Sacred Abode of the Himalayas
ASCL 52.03Arts of South Asia
ASCL 52.04From Bombay to Bollywood and Beyond: History of and through the Hindi Film
ASCL 53.02Imagining Freedom: Literature and Cinema of Decolonization in South Asia
ASCL 54.03The City in Modern South Asia
ASCL 54.04Partition in South Asia
ASCL 54.07Colonialism, Development, and the Environment in Africa and Asia
ASCL 54.08From Colonial India to Post-Independence South Asia
ASCL 54.09The Vietnam War
ASCL 54.10Global South Asia
ASCL 54.11Gandhi, Twentieth Century India and the World
ASCL 54.12South Asia in the Early Modern World
ASCL 54.13Empire and Decolonization in South Asia
ASCL 54.20The Cold War in Southeast Asia
ASCL 55.01Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas
ASCL 55.02Religion in a Global South Asia
ASCL 55.03Social Movements in South Asia
ASCL 56.01Environment and Politics in Southeast Asia
ASCL 59.04Intensive Foreign Study in Vietnam
ASCL 60.03Frontier in Traditional Chinese Thought: Beyond the Great Wall and the Becoming of China
ASCL 60.04Modern Chinese Literature and Society
ASCL 60.11Introduction to Chinese Poetry
ASCL 60.12The Natural Environment, Fantastic Worlds, and the Human Realm in Chinese Literature
ASCL 60.13Literature, Gender Violence, and Trauma in Contemporary East Asia
ASCL 60.19Languages of China
ASCL 60.20Languages and Scripts of Gender, Class, and Nation
ASCL 60.21Body Politics in Japan: Beauty, Disfigurement, Corporeality
ASCL 60.22Gender, Sexuality, and Power in Premodern Japan
ASCL 60.23Critiquing Modern Japan through the Works of Murakami Haruki
ASCL 60.24Image and Text in Modernizing Japan
ASCL 60.25The Art of War: Stories, Paintings, Films, and Propaganda from Japan’s Modern Wars
ASCL 60.26Thinking of Contemporary Issues in Japan through Graphic Novels (Manga)
ASCL 60.30Modern Korean Literature in a Global Context
ASCL 60.92Theory and Practice of Translation
ASCL 60.93Countercultures of Japan’s 1960s
ASCL 61.01The Religions of China
ASCL 61.05Women and Religion in Japan
ASCL 61.06Religions of Japan
ASCL 61.07Shinto: Foundations, Festivals, and Fox Shrines
ASCL 61.08Buddhism in Korea and Japan: From Tribute Missions to Temple Tourism
ASCL 61.10Japanese Martial Arts: History, Philosophy, Practice
ASCL 61.11Daoism: Transformations of Tradition
ASCL 61.12Buddhism in China
ASCL 61.13Foundations of Chinese Thought
ASCL 62.02Traditional Performance in China: Past and Present
ASCL 62.03Chinese Painting
ASCL 62.06Exploring Korea Through Film
ASCL 62.07Introduction to Korean Art
ASCL 62.08Modern and Contemporary Korean Art
ASCL 62.09Krieger's Virtual Girlfriend: Japanese Anime and the Idea of the Posthuman
ASCL 62.10Sacred Art and Architecture of Japan
ASCL 62.11The Japanese Painting Tradition
ASCL 62.12Japanese Prints
ASCL 62.13Women, Gender, and Art in East Asia
ASCL 63.01Asian Medical Systems
ASCL 64.01Cultural Struggles in Colonial Korea
ASCL 64.03North Korea: Origins and Transitions
ASCL 64.04Christianity in Korea
ASCL 64.05The Two Koreas, 1948-Present
ASCL 64.08The History of China since 1800
ASCL 64.09Late Imperial China in Global Context