ASIA 1100

Utilizing a pan-Asian approach, this course will introduce students to a variety of ways of seeing the Asian continent. This includes coverage of “Monsoon Asia” – South Asia (e.g., India, Pakistan and Bangladesh), East Asia (e.g., China, Korea and Japan), and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam) – as well as “West Asia,” including countries such as Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. Students will consider questions of gender and class, the impacts of colonialism, and the creation of the Asian diaspora, as they engage with the folklore, material culture, religions and philosophies, and economies of Asia.