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EAST ASIAN STUDIES (L03)  (Dept. Info)Arts & Sciences  (Policies)FL2019

L03 East Asia 150First-Year Seminar: What Did Confucius Say? Ethics, Power, and the Great Books of China3.0 Units

L03 East Asia 223CKorean Civilization3.0 Units
SecDays       TimeBuilding / RoomInstructorFinal ExamSeatsEnrollWaits
01M-W-F--11:00A-11:50ADuncker / 101 PieperDec 17 2019 10:30AM - 12:30PM45310
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L03 East Asia 3263Topics in East Asian Studies: US-China Relations, from 1800 to the Present3.0 Units
SecDays       TimeBuilding / RoomInstructorFinal ExamSeatsEnrollWaits
01M-W----4:00P-5:20PEads / 207 MaPaper/Project/TakeHome20190
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L03 East Asia 3301Topics in Chinese Literature & Culture: Chinese Cities in the Global Context3.0 Units

L03 East Asia 355From Hangul to Hallyu: A Cultural History of Korean Language and Writing3.0 Units
Description:What is the origin of the Korean alphabet? What is the relationship between English and Korean in today's South Korea? What is the function of language in K-pop? In this course we will explore these and related issues through a cultural history of the Korean language, as well as an overview of various issues related to language in contemporary South Korea. The first half of the course aims to impart a basic understanding of some of the roles that language and literature have played in Korean culture and society, starting with the invention of the Korean script in the 15th century but then focusing mainly on the twentieth century. In this portion of the course we will explore issues such as gender and literacy, language divergence in North and South Korea and implications for reunification, language and colonialism, and the function of language in modern education. In the second half of the course we shift our attention to more contemporary matters such as language use among heritage learners, code-switching, language and identity, the meaning of "politeness" in Korean society, language and its relation to Korean national identity, and language use in Korean pop culture and mass media. Course readings will be supplemented with analyses of visual media such as textbooks, advertisements, film and drama, and music videos. No previous knowledge of Korean is necessary.
Attributes:A&S IQHUM, LCD, SDArchHUMArtHUMBUBAENH
Instruction Type:Classroom instruction Grade Options:CPA Fees:
Course Type:IdentSame As:L51 355  L97 3550Frequency:Every 1 or 2 Years / History
SecDays       TimeBuilding / RoomInstructorFinal ExamSeatsEnrollWaits
01M-W----2:30P-3:50PEads / 216 PieperPaper/Project/TakeHome3090
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L03 East Asia 4180Sexuality and Gender in East Asian Religions: The Body in Daoism3.0 Units
Description:The Body! There is probably no other phenomenon in the world that is as directly experienceable and tangible as our own physique, yet at the same time disconcerts and remains opaque to us due to its oftentimes unforeseeable and hardly controllable responses. In this course, we won't try to conclusively solve the question about what the corpus truly is. Instead, we will use the diversity of responses our body has triggered throughout human history and engage in conceptualizations of sex, body, and gender that are quite distinct to our modern-day perceptions. In particular, we will explore early and medieval Daoist visions of the corpus as a microreplica of the cosmos and its impact on various practices such as Inner Alchemy, Techniques of the Bed Chamber, Chinese medicine and mountain-and-water paintings. We will use these perspectives as an opportunity to question our own understandings that are mainly influenced by a dichotomy between the body and soul/mind as developed in a Euro-Christian context and its materialization in the modern disciplines of medicine and psychology. In other words, we will delve into Daoist conceptualizations of sex, body, and gender in order to understand the emphases and some of the limitations of our own preconceived notions that are far from being universal or exhaustive, yet, heavily determine our actions.
Attributes:A&S IQHUM, LCD, SC, SDArchHUMArtHUMCFHMHENH
Instruction Type:Classroom instruction Grade Options:C Fees:
Course Type:IdentSame As:L23 418  L04 418  L77 418C  L85 418  L97 4180Frequency:Unpredictable / History
SecDays       TimeBuilding / RoomInstructorFinal ExamSeatsEnrollWaits
01M-W----2:30P-3:50PBusch / 202 ZuernPaper/Project/TakeHome19150
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L03 East Asia 4242Culture and Politics in the People's Republic of China: New Approaches3.0 Units
Description:This course inquires into the political, ideological, and social frameworks that shaped the cultural production and consumption in the People's Republic of China (PRC). In the realm of literature, film, architecture, and material culture and everyday life, this course pays a close attention to the contestation and negotiation between policy makers, cultural producers, censors, and consumers. Understanding the specific contour of how this process unfolded in China allows us to trace the interplay between culture and politics in the formative years of revolutionary China (1949-1966), high socialism (1966-1978), the reform era (1978-1992), and post-socialist China (1992 to present). The course examines new scholarship in fields of social and cultural history, literary studies, and gender studies; and it explores the ways in which new empirical sources, theoretical frameworks, and research methods reinvestigate and challenge conventional knowledge of the PRC that have been shaped by the rise and fall of Cold War politics, the development of area studies in the U.S., and the evolving U.S.-China relations. Prerequisites: Advanced undergraduate students must have taken no fewer than two China-related courses at the 300-level or higher. Graduate students should be proficient in scholarly Chinese, as they are expected to read scholarly publications and primary materials in Chinese.
Attributes:A&S IQHUM, LCDArchHUMArtHUMENH
Instruction Type:Classroom instruction Grade Options:CPA Fees:
Course Type:HomeSame As:L04 4242  L22 4242  L97 4245Frequency:Every 1 or 2 Years / History
SecDays       TimeBuilding / RoomInstructorFinal ExamSeatsEnrollWaits
01M-W----1:00P-2:20PCupples II / L011 MaPaper/Project/TakeHome15140
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L03 East Asia 4892Topics in Chinese Lit & Culture: Commentary, Philology, & Theories of Reading in East Asian History3.0 Units
SecDays       TimeBuilding / RoomInstructorFinal ExamSeatsEnrollWaits
01-T-R---4:00P-5:20PEads / 211 VedalPaper/Project/TakeHome1580
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L03 East Asia 5263Topics in East Asian Studies: US-China Relations, from 1800 to the Present3.0 Units
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