Transnational Asia: From the Middle East to the Far East

3 Hours

Examine how various groups of people understood, experienced, and imagined concepts such as "the East" and "Asia" with a primary focus on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Transnational Asia), 361R, History 343C, Middle Eastern Studies 343 (Topic: Transnational Asia), 343 (Topic 21). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.