| CHIN 101-01 |
Elementary Chinese
Instructor: Christopher Peacock, CHIN STAFF
Course Description:
A study of the fundamentals of Mandarin Chinese, including grammar, reading, and writing using both traditional and simplified characters, pinyin romanization, pronunciation, and conversational skills.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
STERN 12 |
| CHIN 101-02 |
Elementary Chinese
Instructor: Christopher Peacock, CHIN STAFF
Course Description:
A study of the fundamentals of Mandarin Chinese, including grammar, reading, and writing using both traditional and simplified characters, pinyin romanization, pronunciation, and conversational skills.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
STERN 12 |
| CHIN 201-01 |
Intermediate Chinese
Instructor: Nan Ma, CHIN STAFF
Course Description:
An enhancement of the oral and written skills of elementary language study. In addition, students will learn to use dictionaries to translate original literary works. Extra conversational work will be included, geared to understanding and participating in Chinese culture. Prerequisite: 102 or the equivalent.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
EASTC 105 |
| CHIN 201-02 |
Intermediate Chinese
Instructor: Nan Ma, CHIN STAFF
Course Description:
An enhancement of the oral and written skills of elementary language study. In addition, students will learn to use dictionaries to translate original literary works. Extra conversational work will be included, geared to understanding and participating in Chinese culture. Prerequisite: 102 or the equivalent.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
EASTC 105 |
| CHIN 231-01 |
Advanced Chinese
Instructor: Qingtao Long, Christopher Peacock
Course Description:
Advanced reading, writing, speaking, and understanding of the Chinese language for students who have completed Chinese 202. This course aims to enhance the students' understanding of Chinese culture and introduce them to issues in contemporary China through reading and discussion.
Prerequisite: 202 or the equivalent
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
STERN 12 |
| CHIN 360-01 |
Texts Ancient and Modern
Instructor: Christopher Peacock
Course Description:
The goals of this course are fourfold: 1) to further develop advanced proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking Mandarin Chinese, 2) to gain exposure to some major texts and writers from the Chinese canon, both classical and modern 3) to develop basic research skills in Chinese, and 4) to apply your language skills to projects that reflect your own interests. The course is centered around prominent literary and historical texts, as well as some contemporary sources such as news articles. The focus of the class sessions will be on in-class reading, oral discussion of the texts in Chinese, and translation in order to facilitate comprehension.
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12:30 PM-01:20 PM, MWF
EASTC 108 |
| Courses Offered in EASN |
| EASN 108-01 |
Arts of East Asia
Instructor: Ren Wei
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARTH 108-01. This course introduces students to a selection of objects and sites that elicit new modes of cultural perception and insight into the artistic cultures of China, Korea, and Japan. Loosely arranged in a chronological order, each week is devoted to in-depth examination of a different type of object, medium, and format. The diverse mediums (sculpture, ceramics, metalwork, lacquer, prints, painting, calligraphy, photography, performance, and architecture) and the long historical span covered in class will chart how culture traveled within East Asia, and later, globally, as well as each cultures distinctive methods of adaptation over time. Major themes include the relationship between artistic production and sociopolitical and socioeconomic development, cultural exchange, aesthetics, impact of religion, power and authority, gender, and issues of modernity. Lectures are supplemented by viewing sessions in the Trout Gallery.This course is cross-listed as ARTH 108.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
WEISS 235 |
| EASN 120-01 |
History of East Asia from Ancient Times to the Present
Instructor: Evan Young
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 120-01. This course explores the diverse and interrelated histories of the region currently composed of China, Korea, and Japan, over the past two thousand years. We begin by studying the technologies and systems of thought that came to be shared across East Asia, including written languages, philosophies of rule, and religions. Next, we examine periods of major upheaval and change, such as the rise of warrior governments, the Mongol conquests, and engagement with the West. The course concludes by tracing the rise and fall of the Japanese empire and the development of the modern nation states that we see today.This course is cross-listed as HIST 120.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 104 |
| EASN 210-01 |
Buddhist Art in East Asia
Instructor: Ren Wei
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARTH 210-01. How are narratives transformed from texts into images? How are images brought to life, becoming more than mute blocks of stone or colors on paper? How can we best reconstruct and understand these past visual experiences? Through classroom discussion and close examination of key East Asian Buddhist artworks, this course introduces students to the unexpected conceptual interest within the cultural context of East Asia. Each week is devoted to the discussion of a particular keyword, beginning with the basics such as Buddha and bodhisattva and proceeding towards more specialized terms including pure land and mandala. In conjunction with the investigation of keywords in Buddhist art, we will also address theories of iconography, space, spectatorship, ritual, etc. The class will also view Buddhist artworks in the Trout Gallery. This course is cross-listed as ARTH 210.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
WEISS 235 |
| EASN 262-01 |
Life and Death in the Age of the Samurai and Geisha
Instructor: Evan Young
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 262-01. In this course, we critically investigate the surprising origins behind some of the most pervasive icons of premodern Japan. By analyzing a variety of historical sources, including diaries, picture scrolls, and woodblock prints, students will gain insight into what it was like to live in the 12th19th centuries. Topics include the rise of the samurai as a military and political force, the development of geisha as skilled entertainers, and how those figures featured in everyday life. By analyzing these sources and engaging with new, innovative scholarship, students will learn how to craft original and compelling arguments that change the way we understand premodern Japanese society and culture. This course is cross-listed as HIST 262.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
DENNY 104 |
| EASN 305-01 |
War and Memory in East Asian Literature and Film
Instructor: Alex Bates
Course Description:
Cross-listed with FMST 310-02. This class examines Japanese, Chinese, and some Korean and Taiwanese representations of the war fought in Asia between 1937 and 1945. This conflict affected the lives of millions and irrevocably changed the landscape of foreign relations in the region. We will investigate questions of collective (and contested) memory, victimization and responsibility, as well as how artists attempted to represent experiences that stretched the boundaries of imagination. Many of the issues we will discuss remain heated topics of debate in domestic and international politics today. This investigation into collective memory will involve in-depth engagement with fiction and films as well as scholarship relating to the war. By the end of the semester, students will gain experience expressing their ideas using the analytic and research tools that we practice in class. Students will evaluate responses to historical controversies in the realms of academia, politics, literature, film and popular culture, and consider how these debates shape the ways in which we remember and understand past conflicts.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
STERN 12 |
| EASN 480-01 |
Critical Dialogues in East Asian Studies
Instructor: Shawn Bender
Course Description:
To help prepare students for completing their senior research project, this course introduces current dialogues and research strategies in East Asian Studies. Students will study influential scholarly texts on and from the region and apply insights gleaned from them toward analysis of primary source data. Students will also learn to better identify and evaluate competing views presented by secondary sources. By the end of the course, students will have chosen a research topic, identified suitable sources, and developed a proposal for their senior project. The content and direction of the course will reflect the research interests of students and the instructor.Prerequisite: EASN, CHIN or JPNS major and 200-level EASN course.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
EASTC 303 |
| Courses Offered in JPNS |
| JPNS 101-01 |
Elementary Japanese
Instructor: Akiko Meguro, JPNS STAFF
Course Description:
These courses establish the basic language skills including listening, speaking, reading and writing. These courses also provide students with a brief overview of Japanese culture.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
STERN 7 |
| JPNS 101-02 |
Elementary Japanese
Instructor: Akiko Meguro, JPNS STAFF
Course Description:
These courses establish the basic language skills including listening, speaking, reading and writing. These courses also provide students with a brief overview of Japanese culture.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
STERN 7 |
| JPNS 201-01 |
Intermediate Japanese
Instructor: JPNS STAFF, Akiko Meguro
Course Description:
The aim of this course is the mastery of the basic structure of Japanese language and communicative skills. The student will have an opportunity to get to know more of Japanese culture.
Prerequisite: 102 or permission of the instructor.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
EASTC 112 |
| JPNS 201-02 |
Intermediate Japanese
Instructor: JPNS STAFF, Akiko Meguro
Course Description:
The aim of this course is the mastery of the basic structure of Japanese language and communicative skills. The student will have an opportunity to get to know more of Japanese culture.
Prerequisite: 102 or permission of the instructor.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
EASTC 112 |
| JPNS 231-01 |
Advanced Japanese
Instructor: Akiko Meguro
Course Description:
The emphasis in this course is placed on enhancing the students' fluency and acquiring increasingly creative skills through composition, oral presentation and discussion.
Prerequisite: 202 or permission of the instructor.
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12:30 PM-01:20 PM, MWF
STERN 7 |
| JPNS 360-01 |
Stories and Translation in Advanced Japanese
Instructor: Alex Bates
Course Description:
This course focuses on continuing to develop students' Japanese proficiency to an "advanced low" level on the ACTFL proficiency scale. Potential topics may include current events and/or prominent literary and historical texts of the 20th and 21st centuries. Class sessions will be based on written and oral discussion of the texts in Japanese, along with in-class reading and translation in order to facilitate comprehension. Throughout the semester, students will also complete a range of related writing, presentation, and translation assignments to further enhance their Japanese language skills.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
ALTHSE 206 |