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South Asian Studies Course List | Fall 2016

South Asia Topics Courses

AMERICAN CULTURE 214 (AMCULT 214)

Introduction to Asian/Pacific American Studies
Instructor: Manan Desai
TuTh 1:00PM – 2:30PM

AMERICAN CULTURE 311 (AMCULT  311)

The South Asian Diaspora in America
Instructor: Manan Desai
TuTh 4:00PM - 5:30PM

AMERICAN CULTURE 353 (AMCULT 353)

Asians in American Film and Television
Instructor: Emily Lawsin
TuTh 2:30PM – 4:00PM

AMERICAN CULTURE 363 (AMCULT 363)

Asian/Pacific Islander American Women
Instructor: Emily Lawsin
TuTh 8:30AM – 10:00AM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 235 (ASIAN 235)

Introduction to Asian Studies
Instructor: Reginald Jackson
MW 1:00PM – 2:30PM

ASIAN LANGAUGES & CULTURES 230 (ASIAN 230)

Introduction to Buddhism
Instructor: Donald S Lopez Jr.
TuTh 11:30AM – 1:00PM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES  243 (ASIAN 243)

Introduction to South Asian Art
Instructor: Nachiket Chanchani
MW 1:00PM – 2:30PM

ASIAN LANGUAGUES & CULTURES 304 (ASIAN 304)

The Art of Yoga
Instructor: Nachiket Chanchani
MW 10:00AM – 11:30AM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 305 (ASIAN 305)

Religion and Violence in the Secular World
Instructor: Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair
MW 1:00PM – 2:30PM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 307 (ASIAN 307)

Eat, Pray, Love: Devotional Traditions in South Asia
Instructor: Varuni Bhatia
TuTh 4:00PM – 5:30PM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 336 (ASIAN 336)

Controversies in Contemporary India
Instructor: Varuni Bhatia
TuTh 1:00PM – 2:30PM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 373 (ASIAN 373)

The Performing Arts in South and Southeast Asia
Instructor: Susan Pratt Walton
MW 11:30AM – 1:00PM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 380 (ASIAN 380)

Topics in Asian Studies – The Lives of the Buddha, from India to Manga
Instructor: Micah Louis Auerback
MW 8:30AM – 10:00 AM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 440 (ASIAN 440)

National Cinema of Asia
Instructor: Markus Nornes
TuTh 8:30AM – 10:00AM

ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLAND AMERICAN STUDIES 214 (ASIANPAM 214)

Introduction to Asian/Pacific American Studies
Instructor: Manan Desai
TuTh 1:00PM – 2:30PM

ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLAND AMERICAN STUDIES 311 (ASIANPAM 311)

The South Asian Diaspora in America
Instructor: Manan Desai
TuTh 4:00PM – 5:30PM

ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLAND AMERICAN STUDIES 353 (ASIANPAM 353)

Asians in American Film and Television
Instructor: Emily Lawsin
TuTh 2:30PM – 4:00PM

ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLAND AMERICAN STUDIES 363 (ASIANPAM 363)

Asian/Pacific Islander American Women
Instructor: Emily Lawsin
TuTh 8:30AM – 10:00AM

CLASSICAL STUDIES 257 (CLCIV 257)

Ancient Law
Instructor: Rachel Neis
TuTh 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE 375 (ENGLISH 375)

Introduction to Indian Cinema: Bollywood
Instructor: Madhumita Lahiri
MW 1:00PM – 2:30PM

ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE 397 (ENGLISH 397)

Honors Junior Seminar: Bollywood Fictions
Instructor: Madhumita Lahiri
MW 2:30PM – 4:00PM

HISTORY OF ART 243 (HISTART 243)

Introduction to South Asian Art
Instructor: Nachiket Chanchani
MW 1:00PM – 2:30PM

HISTORY OF ART 285 (HISTART285)

Visual Culture Islam
Instructor: Christiane Gruber
MW 11:30AM – 1:00PM

HISTORY OF ART 304 (HISTART304)

The Art of Yoga
Instructor: Nachiket Chanchani
MW 10:00AM – 11:30AM

HISTORY 257

Ancient Law
Instructor: Rachel Neis
TuTh 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

HISTORY 454

Asians in American Film and Television
Instructor: Emily Lawsin
TuTh 2:30PM – 4:00PM

HISTORY 308

Eat, Pray, Love: Devotional Traditions in South Asia
Instructor: Varuni Bhatia
TuTh 4:00PM – 5:30PM

MUSIC HISTORY AND MUSICOLOGY 343 (MUSICOL343)

Music and Islam
Instructor: Meilu Ho
TuTh 10:30AM – 12:00 PM

MUSIC HISTORY AND MUSICOLOGY 467 (MUSICOL 467)

Music of the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia
Instructor: Meilu Ho
TuTh 2:00PM – 3:30PM

POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLSCI 140)

Introduction to Comparative Politics
Instructor: Ronald Inglehart
MW 9:00AM – 10:00AM

PHILOSOPHY 230 (PHIL 230)

Introduction to Buddhism
Instructor: Donald S Lopez Jr.
TuTh 11:30AM – 1:00PM

RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE (RCHUMS 373)

The Performing Arts in South and Southeast Asia
Instructor: Susan Pratt Walton
MW 11:30 AM – 1:00PM

STUDIES IN RELIGION (RELIGION 230)

Introduction to Buddhism
Instructor: Donald S Lopez Jr.
TuTh 11:30AM – 1:00PM

STUDIES IN RELIGION (RELIGION 305)

Religion and Violence in the Secular World
Instructor: Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair
MW 1:00PM – 2:30PM

STUDIES IN RELIGION 307 (RELIGION 307)

Eat, Pray, Love: Devotional Traditions in South Asia
Instructor: Varuni Bhatia
TuTh 4:00 PM – 5:30PM

SCREEN ARTS & CULTURES 441 (SAC 441)

National Screens – Asian Cinema
Instructor: Markus Nornes
TuTh 8:30AM – 10:00AM

WOMEN’S STUDIES 250 (WOMENSTD 250)

Race, Gender and Nation
Instructor: Leela Fernandes
MW 1:00PM – 2:30PM

WOMEN’S STUDIES 318 (WOMENSTD 318)

Women, Politics and Society in India
Instructor: Leela Fernandes
MW 10:00 AM – 11:30AM

WOMEN’S STUDIES 345 (WOMENSTD 345)

Special Topics in Gender in a Global Context – Sexual Violence and the State
Instructor: Debotri Dhar
MW 2:30PM – 4:00PM

WOMEN’S STUDIES 363 (WOMENSTD 363)

Asian/Pacific Islander American Women
Instructor: Emily Lawsin
TuTh 8:30AM – 10:00AM

South Asian Language Courses

BENGALI

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 285 (ASIANLAN 285)

Second Year Bengali I
Instructor: Faijul Hoque
MTuWTh 9:00AM – 10:00AM

HINDI

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 115 (ASIANLAN 115)

First Year Hindi I
Instructor: Gill Pinderjeet
MTuWTh 9:00AM – 10:00AM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 115 (ASIANLAN 115)

First Year Hindi I
Instructor: Faijul Hoque
MTuWTh 10:00AM – 11:00AM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 115 (ASIANLAN 115)

First Year Hindi I
Instructor: Syed Ekhteyar Ali
MTuWTh 11:00AM – 12:00PM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES  215 (ASIANLAN 215)

Second Year Hindi I
Instructor: Gill Pinderjeet
MTuWTh 11:00AM – 12:00PM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 215 (ASIANLAN 215)

Second Year Hindi I
Instructor: Syed Ekhteyar Ali
MTuWTh 8:00AM – 9:00AM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 417 (ASIANLAN 417)

Advanced Hindi I
Instructor: Faijul Hoque
TuTh 4:00PM – 5:30PM

PUNJABI

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 245 (ASIANLAN 245)

Second Year Punjabi I
Instructor: Gill Pinderjeet
MTuWTh 12:00PM – 1:00PM

SANSKRIT

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 251 (ASIANLAN 251)

Second Year Sanskrit I
Instructor: Madhav Deshpande
MWF 2:30PM – 4:00PM

URDU

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 171 (ASIANLAN 171)

First Year Urdu I
Instructor: Syed Ekhteyar Ali
MTuWTh 9:00AM – 10:00AM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 271 (ASIANLAN 271)

Second Year Urdu I
Instructor: Faijul Hoque
MTuWTh 2:00PM – 3:00PM

ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES 471 (ASIANLAN 471)

Advanced Urdu I
Instructor:  TBA
MW 4:00PM – 5:30PM