Transfer Student 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 12:39 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.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ASIAN 301 / WOMENSTD 301. Writing Japanese Women.
Section 001.Instructor(s): Ramirez-ChristensenPrerequisites & Distribution: Taught in English; a knowledge of Japanese is not required. (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This is a course on writing by and about women - women's self-representation and male major authors' representations of women — in Japanese culture. It begins by a feminist reading of one of the world's oldest (9th-11th century) traditions of women's writing: the memoirs, poetry, and fiction of the Heian court ladies who produced the country's first canonical literature and permanently marked its cultural self-image. It moves on to examine the semiotics of the feminine in Japanese culture using the popular image of women (including the portrayal of Heian women authors and their works) in medieval didactic and gothic tales; in the narrative painting scrolls; in the No and Kabuki stage, where male actors performed the "quintessentially feminine" to admiring audiences; in wood-block prints of "beauties" (courtesans or geisha); and in stories of "amorous women" in the thriving new merchant culture. The third section focuses on modern women's writing, in particular its resistance to the intervenng representations of the feminine and its own productive rereading of the Heian "mothers" in the process of recuperating women's ancient place in the critical representation of Japanese society. Along with primary sources in literature and the visual arts, secondary sources will include theoretical readings in the psychology of sex, love, and death by Freud, Kristeva, Lacan, and Bataille; in the field of cultural production by Bourdieu; and in feminist theories of reading in the Anglo-American academy. Materials and focus will vary from year to year.
ASIAN 303 / RELIGION 303. Sikhism.Instructor(s):Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
ASIAN 380. Topics in Asian Studies.
Section 001 — History of Chinese Science. Taught in English. Meest with HISTORY 392.002.Instructor(s): Miranda Brown (mdbrown@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 6 credits.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is intended as an introduction to the basic problems and issues in pre-modern Chinese medicine, astronomy, chemistry, and mathematics. In addition to examining the content of Chinese science, we will also explore religious, philosophical, social, political, and cultural factors that contributed (or hampered) the development of science. Some questions that we will pursue: What were Chinese attitudes towards nature and the past and how did they differ from those in the West? Why did the Science Revolution not happen in China (or did it)? Readings will focus on primary source materials (in translation). Students will give oral presentations and write several short papers. No knowledge of Chinese or Chinese history is required. This course is not open to students who have taken ASIAN 251 (Fall 2002 or Winter 2003) with me.
ASIAN 380. Topics in Asian Studies.
Section 002 — Arts and Ideas of Modern South and Southeast Asia. Meets with RCHUMS 308.001.Instructor(s): Susan WaltonPrerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 6 credits.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
ASIAN 380. Topics in Asian Studies.
Section 003 — Chinese Cinemas.Instructor(s):Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 6 credits.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course will provide an introduction to Chinese cinemas, focusing in particular on films from the contemporary Chinese diaspora (not only Mainland China but Taiwan, Hong Kong, and beyond). Progressing chronologically, the course will address not only the work of more familiar directors of the "5th Generation" of Chinese cinema such as Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou, but also questions of socialism in early Chinese films such as Street Angel; questions of transnationalism in the production of global film sensations ranging from Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon to Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; gender and sexuality from Stanley Kwan to Wong Kar-wai; and memory and reflection in the works of Edward Yang. The course will include comprehensive reading assignments.
ASIAN 455. Topics in Asian Studies.
Section 001 — Chinese History before the Mongols (As Seen from the Perspective of Non-Conformists, Women, and Gossips). Meets with HISTORY 472.001.Instructor(s): Miranda BrownPrerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be elected twice for credit.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is intended to introduce students to major issues and (especially) controversies in pre-modern Chinese History. The course covers the political, cultural, social, and material history from the Neolithic to the Mongol conquest (in the 13th century), with focus on themes, rather than standard political chronology. Some of the questions we will address: Is "China" the oldest continuous civilization? Was it culturally and ethnically homogenous? Were the pre-modern Chinese insular, xenophobic, or racist? Was Chinese traditional culture and society "patriarchal"? To what extent was the state authoritarian and successful in penetrating into the daily lives of individuals? Course assignments will focus on primary sources (unofficial and official histories, political polemics, philosophical writings, gossip, and legal cases). In addition, students will be asked to analyze visual sources, which provide clues about the daily life of the peasants and elite. The final grade will be based on 2 papers (6-8 pages each), weekly reaction papers (1-2 paragraphs), class participation, and multiple oral presentations. All welcome. No assumed knowledge of Chinese history, culture, or language required.
ASIAN 455. Topics in Asian Studies.
Section 002 — Gender and Society in Korean Cinema. Meets with FILMVID 441.005.Instructor(s): Hye Seung Chung (chunghs@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). May be elected twice for credit. Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course aims to help students understand the importance of gender in Korean society and history through film and video. Cinematic representations of women will be examined within various historical, political, and socio-cultural contexts. An emphasis will be placed on investigating the ways in which traditional patriarchal values and colonial/postcolonial situations have oppressed and marginalized women, both real and cinematic, throughout Korea's turbulent modern history — a period bookended by the Chosun Dynasty and the contemporary era. In addition, the course will spotlight exemplary films and videos directed by Korean and Korean American women — works which challenge the hegemonic disposition of the male status quo and amplify alternative, heretofore repressed voices. The critical issues central to our discussion include: modernization, nationalism, colonialism, postcolonialism, femininity, masculinity, class, race, ethnicity, otherness, and diaspora.
ASIAN 492. Topics in S&SEA Studies.
Section 001 — Asian Theatre Workshop. [2 credits]. Meets with RCIDIV 351.002.Instructor(s):Prerequisites & Distribution: (1-3). (Excl). May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 12 credits. Credits: (1-3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course provides an exciting opportunity for participation in a cross-cultural theatrical collaboration. Two specialists in Asian theatrical traditions will conduct a year-long Asian Theater workshop. The specialists, one from Japan, the other from Central Java, will represent two different regions and traditions of the Asian performing arts. The Japanese artist will be a specialist in Butoh, a contemporary, avant-garde theatrical form. The Javanese artist will be a dancer-choreographer trained in both classical and contemporary Central Javanese theatre and dance. Artists and students will collaborate to create a artistic production that will involve transregional, transgeneric artistic and aesthetic dialogue. The workshop will culminate in a public performance in April of 2005.
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 12:39 PM on Wed, May 5, 2004.
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