First-Year Courses in Asian StudiesConsult the new Course Guide at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/cg_subjectlist/0,2030,8,00.html?show=20&termArray=f_04_1510&cgtype=ug This page was created at 1:08 PM on Wed, May 5, 2004. Fall Academic Term, 2004 (September 7 - December 23)ASIAN 204(121) / HISTORY 204. East Asia: Early Transformations.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Hitomi TonomuraPrerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
ASIAN 206(111) / HISTORY 206. Indian Civilization.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Nita Kumar (nitak@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
ASIAN 207(112) / HISTORY 207. Southeast Asian Civilization.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Victor B Lieberman (eurasia@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (SS). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
ASIAN 224. Traditions of Poetry in India.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Peter E Hook (pehook@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Throughout readings and discussion this course introduces the student to six traditions of poetry in India:
We will read translations of selections from each of these six traditions, appraise them as sources of aesthetic enjoyment from our own points of view, and, where possible, evaluate them in the context of their own place and time. In coming to terms with traditions far removed in space and time, the student will come to know something of Indian aesthetic theories and the continually renegotiated role of the poet in forming and transforming the ways in which people interpret their own life experience. The course will include an hour exam and five out of seven short (3-4 pp) papers, at least one of which will be a close reading and explication of an individual poem, and at least one other will compare notions of what makes poetry poetry in India and the West. Translation and/or transcreation is an option for one of these assignments. Additionally each student will be responsible for setting out the biographical and historical context of a listed poet in a class presentation. The list includes Baba Farid, Basavanna, Bihari, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Ghalib, Iqbal, Kabir, Kalidasa, Mir, Mira Bai, Nammalavar, Tagore, and Tukaram. Other names may be added depending on the specific interests of students. I will attempt to create an environment that encourages the free and active participation of everyone in the class.
ASIAN 230 / PHIL 230 / RELIGION 230. Introduction to Buddhism.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Donald Lopez (dlopez@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is an introduction to some of the major themes in Buddhist thought and practice. Beginning with the early teachings associated with the historical Buddha, the course will go on to consider the development of the tradition in India, China, Japan, and Tibet. Readings will consist of primary texts in translation.
ASIAN 251. Undergraduate Seminar in Chinese Culture.Section 001 — Chinese Visual CultureInstructor(s):Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Chinese language is required. (3). (HU). May be elected more than once for credit. Repetition requires permission of the department. Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ASIAN 252. Undergraduate Seminar in Japanese Culture.Section 001 — Food, Identity and Community in Japan. Taught in English.Instructor(s): Ken Ito (kenkito@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Japanese language is required. (3). (HU). May be elected twice for credit. Repetition requires permission of the department. First-Year Seminar
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Students will explore the place of food in a community's understanding of itself and of others. Using modern Japanese fiction and film as our main texts, we will examine how the discourse of food defines regional and national identities, and how communities are represented through patterns of consumption or deprivation. We will probe the tension between the role of certain foods as markers of cultural authenticity and the reality of cuisine as a historically dynamic, hybrid enterprise. We will investigate the connections of gender and class to food and its preparation, and study how the sharing of food affects human alliances. In short, we will be asking what it means to eat sushi.
ASIAN 252. Undergraduate Seminar in Japanese Culture.Section 002 — Japanese Encounter with the West. Taught in English.Instructor(s): Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen (qmz@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Japanese language is required. (3). (HU). May be elected twice for credit. Repetition requires permission of the department. Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
Consult the new Course Guide at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/cg_subjectlist/0,2030,8,00.html?show=20&termArray=f_04_1510&cgtype=ug This page was created at 1:08 PM on Wed, May 5, 2004.
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