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
Ancient Law
Instructor: Rachel Neis
TuTh 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Asians in American Film and Television
Instructor: Emily Lawsin
TuTh 2:30PM – 4:00PM
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
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
