History of Asia

Current public catalogue; retrieved 2026-11-05

84 courses

HSTAS 108International Baccalaureate
HSTAS 201Introduction to South Asian History, pre-history to 1500
HSTAS 202Introduction to South Asian History, 1500 - present
HSTAS 211History of Chinese Civilization
HSTAS 212History of Korean Civilization
HSTAS 214Modern Korean History through Film
HSTAS 221History of Southeast Asia
HSTAS 235History of Modern Taiwan
HSTAS 241Japanese Civilization
HSTAS 242Christianity in Asia
HSTAS 244Imperialism and Anti-Colonialism in Asia
HSTAS 245Human Rights in Asia
HSTAS 252The Rise and Fall of the First Chinese Empire
HSTAS 254Modern China: Three Revolutions
HSTAS 264Violence, Race, and Memory
HSTAS 265The Viet Nam Wars
HSTAS 290Topics in Asian History
HSTAS 303Environmental History of South Asia: Divided Lands/Divided Lives
HSTAS 317History by Bollywood: Colonial India through Film
HSTAS 321Environmental History of China: From the Birth of the Yangtze River to the Building of the Three Gorges Dam
HSTAS 327China and the West in Historical Perspective, 1500-1976
HSTAS 331Indian Ocean Histories
HSTAS 348Alternative Routes to Modernity
HSTAS 354Modern China: From Empire to Republics
HSTAS 401History of Ancient India
HSTAS 402History of Medieval and Mughal India
HSTAS 403History of Modern India to 1900
HSTAS 404History of Twentieth-Century India
HSTAS 408Fabulous Gurus and Fake Fakirs: Religious Reform in Colonial India
HSTAS 421History of Pre-Modern Japan
HSTAS 423Origins of Modern Japan
HSTAS 424Japan Since the Early 20th Century
HSTAS 432History of the Japanese Empire
HSTAS 440Japanese History in Ecological Perspective
HSTAS 441Economic and Social History of Japan to 1900
HSTAS 451Chinese History: Earliest Times to 221 BC
HSTAS 452Chinese History from Earliest Times to 1276
HSTAS 453Chinese History from 1276-1895
HSTAS 454History of Modern China
HSTAS 456Topics in Chinese Social History
HSTAS 457Women in China to 1800
HSTAS 458Youth in Modern China
HSTAS 460Cities in China: Past and Present
HSTAS 462Southeast Asian History to 1800
HSTAS 463Southeast Asian History from 1800 to the Present
HSTAS 465Books Before Printing in East Asia: Manuscript Culture Up to 1200
HSTAS 481History of Pre-Modern Korea
HSTAS 482Modern Korean History
HSTAS 484Korea in the Japanese Empire
HSTAS 490Topics in Asian History
HSTAS 501Indian History
HSTAS 502Seminar: History of India
HSTAS 503Seminar: History of India
HSTAS 520Premodern Japanese History
HSTAS 521Modern Japanese History
HSTAS 523Seminar in Modern Japanese History
HSTAS 524Seminar in Modern Japanese History
HSTAS 530Field Course in Southeast Asian History and Culture
HSTAS 532Seminar in Southeast Asian History
HSTAS 534Indonesian Histories, Oral Traditions, and Archives
HSTAS 540Japanese History in Ecological Perspective
HSTAS 541Economic and Social History of Japan to 1900
HSTAS 551Field Course in Chinese History: Pre-Sung Period
HSTAS 552Seminar in Chinese History: Earliest Times to 1276
HSTAS 553Seminar in Chinese History: Earliest Times to 1276
HSTAS 554Seminar in Chinese History: Earliest Times to 1276
HSTAS 555Core Research Seminar in Chinese History
HSTAS 556Core Research Seminar in Chinese History
HSTAS 560Field Course in Chinese History: 1276-1895
HSTAS 561Field Course in Chinese History: 1276-1895
HSTAS 562Seminar in Chinese History: 1268-1895
HSTAS 563Seminar in Chinese History: 1268-1895
HSTAS 564Seminar in Chinese History: 1268-1895
HSTAS 566Islam, Mysticism, Politics, and Performance in Indonesia
HSTAS 572Seminar in Twentieth Century Chinese History
HSTAS 573Seminar in Twentieth Century Chinese History
HSTAS 574Seminar in Twentieth Century Chinese History
HSTAS 575Seminar in Chinese History: Modern Period
HSTAS 579Modern Chinese History
HSTAS 581Modern Korean History