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THE MAJOR

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies offer a curriculum that reflects an increasing awareness of the interconnectedness of the globe. It provides students with an understanding of languages, literatures, and cultures beyond America and the West to prepare them for professional work or advanced graduate study in a number of international arenas. The curriculum is based on a theoretical framework that examines contemporary cultures of Asia and the Middle East within a global context. Its mission is to foster a view of literature and culture at once indigenous and global, informed by local histories of internal development as well as by theories of cross-cultural influence. The course requirements for the major provide an intellectual vision that includes both study of language and culture practice and a critical theoretical framework for analyzing cultural experience. The major requires a minimum of ten courses (at least eight of which must be at the 100 level or above), with concentration in one of the six following areas: Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, or Korean. The major is organized in accordance with three overlapping structures, as reflected in the following requirements:

 

I. For advanced linguistic skills, the student should take a minimum of three and up to a maximum of six language courses, two of which must be at the 100 level. Elementary level courses do not count toward the major.

II.  For comprehensive understanding and critical analysis of the literary and cultural traditions, along with theoretical examination of cultural identities such as gender, class, ethnicity, nation, and sexuality, the student is required to take a minimum of three and up to a maximum of five corresponding literature/culture courses at the 100 level or above, two of which must be taken in the department of AMES. Majors should consult with their advisors for appropriate courses from other departments.

III. For critical analysis of the issue of cultural identities and cross-cultural links with other cultures in AMES, every student is required to complete a minimum of one and up to a maximum of two AMES courses at the 100 level or above on other cultures. 

 

Study Abroad. An integral part of the student's experience will be study abroad; while not a requirement of the major, it is strongly encouraged. Students should discuss this option as early as possible with their major advisor.

Advising. Majors will be assigned one faculty advisor in their area of concentration.

Departmental Graduation with Distinction. Majors with grade point averages of 3.3 or higher may apply in their junior year to the director of undergraduate studies for Graduation with Distinction (see the section on honors in this bulletin). Students working on their honors thesis will meet together at the beginning of the spring semester of their senior year to report on their research topics and again toward the end of that semester to make a final presentation on their projects. In order to graduate with honors, the student must obtain at least an A- in the honors seminar.

 

THE MINOR

A minor is offered to students interested in the study of language, literature, and culture of a particular region of Asia and the Middle East. Areas of concentration include: Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, or Korean. The minor offers two tracks: Concentration in (1) an Asian and Middle Eastern Language and (2) an Asian and Middle Eastern Language and Literature. Five courses are required in each track.

1) Minor in an Area of Language Concentration: includes Arabic, Chinese, modern Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, or Korean. Five courses are required as follows:

(i) a minimum of three and up to a maximum of four language courses, two of which must be at the 100 level (Elementary level courses do not count toward the minor) and (ii) a minimum of one and up to a maximum of two corresponding literature/culture courses at the 100 level or above from AMES.

2) Minor in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Five courses are required as

follows: (i) two language courses at the intermediate level (63 and 64) or above; (ii) a minimum of one and up to a maximum of two corresponding literature/culture courses at the 100 level or above from AMES, and (iii) a minimum of one and up to a maximum of two courses on other cultures at the 100 level or above from AMES .

 

Spring 2010 AMES Literature & Culture Courses

 

AMES 125S - Bilingualism– Hae-Young Kim

(X-list LINGUIST 125S)   

AMES 133 - Global Chinese Cities through Literature and Film– Carlos Rojas

(X-list LIT 165L, VISUALST 105J, VISUALST 105J, CULANTH 101A, ICS 121H)    

AMES 136 - Dance and Religion in Asia and Africa- Shah and Vinesett

(X-list RELIGION 161N, DANCE 158, CULANTH 149C, AAAS 158, ICS 102A)       

AMES 139 - Poetic Cinema– Satti Khanna 

AMES 153 - Trauma and Space in Asia– Ginsburg, Kwon

(X-list CULANTH 142B, LIT 153) 

AMES 162 - The World of Japanese Pop– Leo Ching  

AMES 164S - Modern Korean Buddhism in the Global Context – Hwansoo Kim

(X-list RELIGION 165AS)   

AMES 166 - Egypt: Mother of the World– Ellen McLarney 

AMES 177 - Colonial Cinema– Hong, Kwon

AMES  181.01 - China from Antiquity to 1400- Mazumdar

(X-list HISTORY 172C) 

AMES 187 - Mystical Literature– Abdul Sattar Jawad 

AMES 188.01Lec/AMES 188.01D - Modern Chinese Cinema– Guo-Juin Hong

(X-list FVD 111A - 01Lec/FVD 111A - 01D, LIT 112J – 01Lec/LIT 112J - 01D, VISUALST 105G - 01Lec/VISUALST 105G - 01D) 

AMES 195S.01 - The City of South Asia– Ami Shah

AMES 195S.04 - Special Topics: African Film & Music– Bouna Ndiaye

(X-list AAAS 199S.04)   

AMES 250S - Chinese Media and Pop Culture– Kang Liu 

AMES 254S - Muslim Networks– cooke, Lawrence

For the AMES Major, in addition to AMES designated courses, acceptable literature/culture courses fall within the following departments.  See the list below of approved courses.  If there is a course that is not on the list, please contact your AMES advisor to request approval. 

Art History    Cultural Anthropology    Dance

Drama/Theater     History     Literature

Music     Philosophy     Religion

                              

Social Sciences courses do not count as a culture/literature course

for the AMES Major. 

Economics     Political Science     Sociology   

 

Spring 2010 Literature & Culture Courses Outside AMES

Qualified for AMES Literature & Culture Major Requirements

 

 

For Arabic Majors ONLY

 

HISTORY 185- Islam in Central Eurasia - Tuna

(X-list SES 185, RUSSIAN 190, RELIGION 165)

HISTORY 196S.09- Junior-Senior Seminars in Special Topics: Palestine/Arab-Israeli Conflict - Miller

HISTORY 196S.13- Junior-Senior Seminars in Special Topics: Imperialism & Islam - Ho

(X-list CULANTH 180S.13)

RELIGION 146- Introduction to Islamic Civilization - Hassan

(X-list CULANTH 147, HISTORY 101G, MEDREN 146A, ICS 141A)

RELIGION 154S.01- Qu'ran Over Time - Lawrence

RELIGION 185.02- Special Topics in Religion: Ethics/Pol N Post- Rev Iran- Kadivar

 

 

For Chinese Majors Only

 

RELIGION 110- Religion in China - Nickerson

(X-list HISTORY 110A)

RELIGION 114.01Lec/RELIGION 114.01D- T'ai Chi and Chinese Thought - Nickerson

(X-list DANCE 114.01 Lec/DANCE 114.01D) 

RELIGION 196S.02- Junior-Senior Seminars: Buddhist Monasticism - Kim

 

 

For Hebrew Majors ONLY

 

HISTORY 196S.09- Junior-Senior Seminars in Special Topics: Palestine/Arab-Israeli Conflict - Miller    

RELIGION 100- The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible - Lieber

(JEWISHST 100)   

RELIGION 109- Women in the Biblical Tradition: Image and Role - Meyers

(JEWISHST 103)

RELIGION 136- Contemporary Jewish Thought - Meyers

(JEWISHST 107)

RELIGION 185S- Special Topics in Religion: Archaeology of the Holy Land - Meyers

(JEWISHST 198S)

 

 

For Hindi Majors ONLY

 

CULANTH 164S- The Anthropology of Hinduism: From Encounter to Engagement - Prasad

RELIGION 164A- Hindu Arts of Devotion - Prasad

RELIGION 196S- Junior-Senior Seminars: Gandhi: Image & Reflection - Prasad

 

For Japanese Majors ONLY

 

HISTORY 143B- The Emergence of Modern Japan - Fasan

RELIGION 115BS- Buddhist Ethics - Need

RELIGION 196S.02- Junior-Senior Seminars: Buddhist Monasticism - Kim

 

 

For Korean Majors ONLY

 

RELIGION 196S.02- Junior-Senior Seminars: Buddhist Monasticism - Kim

 

 

Fall 2009

Recommended AMES courses for

First Year Students

 

AMES 151D   Islamic Awakening: Revival and Reform - Ellen McLarney

Explores religious revival in the Islamic world: revival as reinterpretation of sacred texts, revival as revolution, revival as social movement, revival as spiritual awakening, revival as political mobilization, revival as cultural renaissance. Focuses on Wahabism, Salafism, the Arab renaissance/enlightenment of the late 19th century, ijtihad and jihad, grassroots movements, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb, the awakening (sahwa/yaqza) of the 1970s and 1980s, the Iranian revolution, Khomeini, Ali Shariati, feminist theologies in Islam, and Western mis/apprehensions of revivalism.  X-listed with Rel 172A. (X-list RELIGION 172A)

AMES 161   Contemporary Israeli Cinema - Shai Ginsburg

This class traces the forms and themes that have shaped Israeli cinema, in contradistinction to American and European cinemas. It asks how Israeli films represent the formation of a new state and a new society and seeks to understand how the tensions and conflicts that cut through contemporary Israeli society—between Israelis and Palestinians, between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews, between religious and secular Jews—overlap, displace and resituate each other. The class is jointly taught by Ram Loevy, one of Israel's most distinguished filmmakers, and by Shai Ginsburg, Duke Faculty. (X-list FVD 111H, Lit 112M, CULANTH 161, JEWISHST 140, WOMENST 151)

AMES 175   World of Korean Cinema - Nayoung Aimee Kwon

The world of Korean cinema, broadly defined in terms of national, generic, theoretical boundaries, beyond conventional auteur, genre, one-way influence, and national cinema theories. Cinematic texts examined in local, regional, and global contexts and intersections, in conversation with global theories and histories of cinema, visual cultures, and other representational forms. Variable topics informed theoretically and politically by discourses on gender/sexuality, race/ethnicity, global flows of people and cultures, popular and "high" culture crossovers, transnational co-productions, remakes, translations and retellings. No knowledge of Korean language/ culture presumed.

(X-list LIT 112G, FVD 111G, VISUALST 105F, CULANTH 161A)

 

Fall 2009 AMES Literature & Culture Courses

 

AMES 135   Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma - Keval Khalsa

(X-list DANCE 155, RELIGION 161H, ICS 170H) 

AMES 138    Traffic in Women: Cultural Perspectives on Prostitution in Modern China - Carlos Rojas

(X-list LIT 162G, ICS 122C, CULANTH 142A) 

AMES 141   Vampire Chronicles: Fantasies of Vampirism in a Cross-cultural Perspective – Carlos Rojas

(X-list CULANTH 142, LIT 151M, ICS 122E) 

AMES 148   Critical Inter-Asia: Rethinking Local and Global Connections - Nayoung Kwon  (X-list LIT 165NS, ICS 122A) 

AMES 151D   Islamic Awakening: Revival and Reform - Ellen McLarney

(X-list RELIGION 172A)  

AMES 158S   The Middle East in Popular Culture - Rebecca Stein

(X-list CULANTH 191AS, LIT 163MS) 

AMES 161   Contemporary Israeli Cinema - Shai Ginsburg

(X-list FVD 111H, Lit 112M, CULANTH 161, JEWISHST 140, WOMENST 151)  

AMES 169   China and the West - Sucheta Mazumdar

(X-list HISTORY 172B) 

AMES 170   Indian Cinema - Satendra Khanna

(X-list LIT 112E, FVD 111D, VISUALST 105B) 

AMES 175   World of Korean Cinema - Nayoung Kwon

(X-list LIT 112G, FVD 111G, VISUALST 105F, CULANTH 161A) 

AMES 176   Gender in Dance and Theatre - Purnima Shah

(X-list DANCE 175, WOMENST 111, ICS 170E, CULANTH 149A, THEATRST 132) 

AMES 179   Melodrama East and West - Guo Juin Hong

(X-list WOMENST 179, VISUALST 105E, ICS 170A, LIT 151J)

AMES 183   The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict in Literature and Film - Miriam Cooke, Shai Ginsburg

(X-list JEWISHST 132, LIT 163Q) 

AMES 184   Music in East Asia - Jonathan Kramer

(X-list MUSIC 134, RELIGION 161E) 

AMES 195S   Special Topics: Understanding the Middle East – Abdul Jawad 

AMES 195S   Special Topics: Globalization, Women/Develop.. - Sucheta Mazumdar

(X-list HISTORY 195S, AAAS 199S, WOMENST 150S, ICS 140S) 

AMES 250S   Chinese Media and Pop Culture - Kang Liu

(X-listed ISIS 225S)

AMES 253  East Asian Cultural Studies – Leo Ching

(X-list CULANTH 254)

                                                 

                                                          

For the AMES Major, in addition to AMES designated courses, acceptable literature/culture courses fall within the following departments.  See the list below of approved courses.  If there is a course that is not on the list, please contact your AMES advisor to request approval. 

Art History    Cultural Anthropology    Dance

Drama/Theater     History     Literature

Music     Philosophy     Religion

 

                              

Social Sciences courses do not count as a culture/literature course

for the AMES Major. 

Economics     Political Science     Sociology   

 

 

Fall 2009 Literature & Culture Courses Outside AMES

Qualified for AMES Literature & Culture Major Requirements

 

For Arabic Majors ONLY

 

HISTORY 105S.02- Gateway Seminar: U.S. & THE MIDDLE EAST - Miller

HISTORY 195S.11- Junior-Senior Seminars in Special Topics: MUSLIM HISTORIES IN AFRICA - Hall

RELIGION 168S- Muslim Ethics and Islamic Law: Issues and Debates - Moosa

RELIGION 185S.01- Special Topics in Religion: OSAMA BIN LADEN IN FOCUS - Lawrence

 

 

For Chinese Majors Only

 

ARTHIST 170- Chinese Buddhist Art - Abe (X-list ICS 120G)

CULANTH 191ES.01- Global Environmentalism and the Politics of Nature - Litzinger

ENGLISH 158- Asian American Theatre – Metzger (X-list THEATRST 132A)

PHIL 163- Chinese Philosophy - Wong

RELIGION 107A.01- Taoism and Chinese Religion - Nickerson

(X-list ICS 120A)

RELIGION 114- T'ai Chi and Chinese Thought - Nickerson (X-list DANCE 114)

 

 

For Hebrew Majors ONLY

 

HISTORY 134B- History of Jews in the Late Middle Ages - Bell

(X-list JEWISHST 146-01, MEDREN 134B-01)

HISTORY 134C- Jewish History, 1492 to the Present - Hacohen

(X-list Jewishst 147)

RELIGION 100- The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible - Meyers

(X-list JEWISHST 100)                      

RELIGION 118- Jewish Ethics - Lieber (X-list JEWISHST 118)

             

 

For Hindi Majors ONLY

 

CULANTH 180.05- Current Issues in Anthropology: ANTHROPOLOGY OF SOUTH ASIA – Staff

HISTORY 195S.02- Junior-Senior Seminars in Special Topics: INDIAN CIVILIZATION- Freeman

CULANTH 180S.05- Current Issues in Anthropology: INDIAN CIVILIZATION

- Freeman (X-list CULANTH 180S-05) 

 

 

For Japanese Majors ONLY

 

ENGLISH 158- Asian American Theatre – Metzger (X-list THEATRST 132A)

HISTORY 143A- Ancient and Early Modern Japan – Partner

    

 

Spring 2009 AMES Literature & Culture Courses

 

AMES 110A - West African Rootholds in Dance– Vinesett

(X-list Dance 110A, Religion 161A, Culanth 129A, AAAS 110A)

AMES 126S - Korean Sociolinguistics- Kim

AMES 133 - Global Chinese Cites through Literature and Film- Rojas

(X-list LIT 165LS, CULANTH 101A, VISUALST 105J, ICS 121H)

AMES 134 - Discourse of Disease and Infection- Rojas

(X-list LIT 165MS, VISUALST 105K, CULANTH 101B, ICS 104C)

AMES 135 - Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma- Khalsa

(X-list DANCE 155, ICS 170H, RELIGION 161H)

AMES 139 - Poetic Cinema- Khanna

AMES 146 - Culture and Politics of South Asia- Ewing

(X-list CULANTH 151)

AMES 149 - Dance and Dance Theater of Asia- Shah

(X-list DANCE 149, ICS 170C, RELIGION 161C, THEATRST 133, CULANTH 149)

AMES 150S - Al-Qaeda's Terrorism: Roots, Responses, and Ramifications- Lo

AMES 156 - Representing the Holocaust- Shai Ginsburg

(X-list LIT 165B, JEWISHST 130, RELIGION 161K)

AMES 159 - Palestine, Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict- Rebecca Stein

(X-list CULANTH 155, JEWISHST 155)

AMES 181 - China from Antiquity to 1400- Mazumdar

(X-list HISTORY 172C)

AMES 185 - Music in South Asia- Kramer

(X-list MUSIC 135, RELIGION 161I)

AMES 186S - Arab Women Writers- Cooke

AMES 195S.05 - Special Topics CNTMP. AFRICAN MUSIC & CULTURE - Ndiaye

(X-list AAAS 199S)

AMES 250S - Chinese Media and Pop Culture- Liu

(X-list ISIS 225S)

 

 

For the AMES Major, in addition to AMES designated courses, acceptable literature/culture courses fall within the following departments.  See the list below of approved courses.  If there is a course that is not on the list, please contact your AMES advisor to request approval. 

Art History    Cultural Anthropology    Dance

Drama/Theater     History     Literature

Music     Philosophy     Religion

 

 

Social Sciences courses do not count as a culture/literature course for the AMES Major 

Economics     Political Science     Sociology  

 

 

 

Spring 2009 Literature & Culture Courses Outside AMES

Qualified for AMES Literature & Culture Major Requirements

 

 

For Arabic Majors ONLY

 

Religion 185S.06 - POETRY, DESIRE & RELIGION – Need 

Religion 196S.02 - MUSLIM TRADITIONS IN LEARNING - Moosa

Turkish 135 - THE TURKS: FROM OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO EUROPEAN UNION

(X-list CULANTH 152, RELIGION 161F, HISTORY 141A)

 

 

For Chinese Majors ONLY

 

Art History 171 - CHINESE ART 1900 TO PRESENT – Abe

History 110A - RELIGION IN CHINA – Nickerson (X-list RELIGION 110)

Religion 185S.04 - TAOIST MYSTICISM - Nickerson

 

 

For Hebrew Majors ONLY

 

ICS 141C - JEWISH MYSTICISM – Bland

(X-list RELIGION 134, MEDREN 134C, JEWISHST 106)

History 196S.05 - ZIONISM & ISRAEL - Miller

Jewish History 100 - THE OLD TESTAMENT/HEBREW BIBLE – Peters (X-list RELIGION 100)

Jewish History 105 - CLASSICAL JUDAISM , SECTARIANISM, AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY – Meyers (X-list RELIGION 133)

Religion 185S.05 - RELIGIONS IN HEBREW BIBLE - Kuhns (X-list JEWISHST 197)

Religion 185S.06 - POETRY, DESIRE & RELIGION - Need

 

 

Hindi Majors ONLY

 

History 104.07 - GANDHI'S INDIA - Ramaswamy

History 106S.01 - Seminar in Selected Topics: GENDER/SEXUALITY IN INDIA – Ramaswamy  

Religion 185.02 - YOGA-INDIAN HISTORY & CULTURE – Freeman (X-list HISTORY 104.02)

Religion 185S.06 - POETRY, DESIRE & RELIGION - Need

 

 

Japanese Majors ONLY

 

History 143B.01 - THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN - Partner

 

 

 

Fall 2008 AALL Literature & Culture Courses

 

AALL 127S - POLITICS OF TURKISH LIT & FILM – Goknar (X-list Turkish 120S)

AALL 137 - CONTEM CULTURE IN S ASIA – Lahiri

AALL 145 - ARAB, SOCIETY, CULTURE IN FILM – Lo

AALL 162 - MOD JPN LIT/CULTURE(TOP) – Ching or Yoda

AALL 167 - TRAUMA & PASSION - KOREAN CULT – Staff (X-list ICS 120C, LIT 165F)

AALL 172S - CHINESE LIT IN TRANSLATION – Hong (X-list LIT 165A)

AALL 183 - PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT – Cooke/Ginsburg (X-list LIT 163Q, JEWISHST 132)

AALL 184 - MUSIC IN EAST ASIA – Kramer (X-list RELIGION 161E, Music 134)

AALL 188 - MODERN CHINESE CINEMA – Hong (X-list FVD 111A, LIT 112J)

AALL 195 - SPECIAL TOPICS: Materiality of S.Asian Vis.Cul – Freitag (X-list VISUALST 190, CULANTH 180)

AALL 250S - CHINESE MEDIA & POP CULTURE – Kang (X-list ISIS 225S)

AALL 262 - MOD JPN LIT/CULTURE(TOP) – Ching (X-list CULANTH 260)

AALL 288S - MODERN CHINESE CINEMA – Hong

(Same as Chinese 188S but requires extra assignments.) Prerequisite: Chinese 184S or advanced oral and written proficiency in Mandarin Chinese.

 

 

 

 

For the AALL Major, in addition to AALL designated courses, acceptable literature/culture courses fall within the following departments.  See the list below of approved courses.  If there is a course that is not on the list, please contact your AALL advisor to request approval.

 

Art History    Cultural Anthropology    Dance

Drama/Theater     History     Literature

Music     Philosophy     Religion

 

 

Social Sciences courses do Not count as a culture/literature course for the AALL Major

 

Economics     Political Science     Sociology

 

 

 

 

Fall 2008 Literature & Culture Courses Outside AALL

Qualified for AALL Literature & Culture Major Requirements

 

                  

For Arabic Majors ONLY

 

Religion 146 – Islamic Civilization - Lawrence, Moosa or staff (X-list ICS 141A, MEDREN 146A, CULANTH 147, HISTORY 101G)

Religion 152B - ISLAM MYS:PERSO-IND/EAST – Lawrence (X-list ICS 141E)

Religion 168S - MUSLIM ETHICS AND ISLAMIC LAW – Moosa

Religion 283 - ISLAM AND MODERNISM - Lawrence

Turkish 135 – Turks & Europe – Goknar (X-list Religion 161F, HISTORY 141A, CULANTH 152)

 

 

For Chinese Majors ONLY

 

Religion 107A - TAOISM/CHINESE RELIGION - Nickerson (X-list ICS 120A)

Religion 114 - T'AI CHI AND CHINESE THOUGHT – Nickerson (X-list DANCE 114)

Philosophy 163 - CHINESE PHILOSOPHY – Wong

Visual Studies 173 - CHINESE VISUAL CULTURE - Abe

 

 

For Hebrew Majors ONLY

 

History 103.06 - SPECIAL TOPICS: Anti-Semitism – Hacohen (X-list JEWISHST 197.06, POLSCI 199C, RELIGION 185)

History 134B – JEWS LATE MIDDLE AGES – Shatzmiller (X-list JEWISHST 146, MEDREN 134B)

History 144A - CRUSADES TO HOLY LAND - Shatzmiller (X-list JEWISHST 148, MEDREN 144C)

History 152 - THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST - Miller (X-list JEWISHST 149)

Religion 100 - OLD TESTAMENT/HEB BIBLE - Meyers, Meyers, or Peters (X-list JEWISHST 100)

Religion 136 - CONTEM JEWISH THOUGHT - Bland or Meyers (X-list JEWISHST 107)

 

 

Hindi Majors ONLY

 

History 195S.05 - JUNIOR-SENIOR SEM SP TOP: Caste & Identity in Indian History – Freeman

Religion 140 - RELIGIONS OF INDIA - Lawrence, Prasad, or staff (X-list ICS 170G)

 

 

Japanese Majors ONLY

 

Art History 182 - JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE (X-list ICS 120H) Weisenfeld

Art History 274S - TOPICS JAPANESE ART Topic: FASCISM EAST AND WEST - Weisenfeld

History 143A - ANCIENT/EARLY MOD JAPAN – Staff

Religion 288 - BUDDHIST THOUGHT/PRAC - Jaffe

 

 

 

Spring 2008

AALL Literature & Culture Courses

 

 

AALL 125S - BILINGUALISM - Kim, Hae-Young (X-list: Linguist 125S)

This course examines linguistic, psychological, social and educational issues facing multi-lingual individuals. Our goal is to understand the relationship between a social milieu and the learning and use of their languages. We approach the task by addressing these questions: i) What are societal reactions to the existence of competing languages and values? ii) Does a bilingual child's linguistic and cognitive development differ from a monolingual child's? What about an adult? iii) How do language identity and loyalty affect a bilingual person's speech and linguistic behavior? Studying bilingualism will involve us in psycholinguistics, sociolinguisitic and anthropological modes of inquiry, which tap into different dimensions of language development and language maintenance.

AALL 135 - KUNDALINI YOGA AND SIKH DHARMA - Khalsa,Keval (X-list: Dance 155, Religion 161H)  

AALL 136 - DANCE/RELIGION IN ASIA/AFRICA -Shah,Purnima; Vinesett,Ava (X-list: Dance 158, ICS 102A, AAAS 158, Religion 161N, Culanth 149C)

AALL 142 - GIRL CULTURE, MEDIA, AND JAPAN - Yoda,Tomiko (X-list Womenst 142)

In contemporary Japan, girls and girl culture are considered to be among the most significant sources of popular cultural trends. For instance, the girly aesthetics of “cute” (kawaii) has animated broad areas of Japanese consumer culture since the 1980s and is fast becoming a global cultural idiom through the popularity of Japanese entertainment, media, and fashion products abroad. The course will explore a number of key questions about Japanese girl culture: How should we understand the intense preoccupations with girly aesthetics and sensibilities in Japanese pop culture? How did it take shape historically? What does it tell us not only about Japanese socio-cultural history but also about more general conditions of youth, gender, and mass culture in the world today? By addressing these questions, the course examines the ways in which girlhood, girl culture, and girl bodies have figured in the construction of gender, nation, and consumer culture in modern to contemporary Japan. The main materials to be studied are visual and literary texts, including girl novels, girl magazines, teen films, comics, and animation.  No prior knowledge of Japanese language or history is expected.

AALL161 - CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI CINEMA - Ginsburg,Shai (X-list: Womenst 151, Culanth 161, Jewishst 140, Lit 112M, FVD 111H)

AALL162 - MOD JPN LIT/CULTURE(TOP) - Ching,Leo (X-list: Lie 162Z)

Organized under postwar Japanese pop cultural icons such as Godzilla, Astro Boy, Hello Kitty, Pokemon, etc., the course will explore various forms of popular culture in Japan as ways of understanding the changing character of media, capitalism, fan communities, and culture. We will examine the social, historical, and cultural contexts where popular culture animates social existence, contests official discourse of culture, disciplines pattern of consumptions, facilitates the circulation of capital and expands new markets.

AALL 166 - EGYPT: MOTHER OF THE WORLD - McLarney,Ellen

Egypt as center of Islamic learning and Arabic culture: Pharonic traces in the present, Napoleon's conquest in 1798, the Description of Egypt and Orientalist knowledge, Muhammad Ali, Islamic Reform and Revival, the Arab Renaissance, Women’s Awakening, the Muslim Brotherhood, Arab Nationalism, Gamal Abd al-Nasser, war and peace with Israel, Arab nationalism, the culture of the petroleum industry, Egyptian cosmopolitanism, Egyptian letters (novel, drama, poetry, romanticism, realism), Egyptian cinema, mass media, television, and popular culture. Includes an optional voyage to Egypt during spring break.

AALL 168S - FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE - Dubois,Laurent  (X-list: French 161S, ICS 110CS, AAAS 138S)

AALL 170 - INDIAN CINEMA - Khanna,Satendra (X-list: FVD 111D, Lit 112E)

How do images from Bollywood – such as those of Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit in the cab of an autorickshaw in Delhi – sift into the consciousness of millions of Indians? How do the movies from which these images derive enable or hinder meaningful lives? How in particular do they affect small town India, shaped by tradition and lurching towards modernity?  Readings in the aesthetics of evocation. Viewing of films in several genres from a century of Indian filmmaking. Inaugural lecture by renowned filmmaker Mani Kaul.

AALL 173S - GENDER JIHAD: Muslim Women Writers - cooke,miriam

Roles and representations of women in Muslim societies of Asia (including Indonesia, South Asia, and the Middle East) and Africa, as well as in Muslim minority societies(including Europe and the United States). Examination of ways writers and filmmakers project images of women in today's Muslim societies. Focus on women as producers of culture and as social critics.

AALL 175 - KOREAN CINEMA - Staff,Departmental (X-list:FVD 111G, Lit 112GS)

A Condensed Eight-Week Course on Korean Cinema

 (From Jan. 10 to Feb. 28)     A full credit course!

Taught by renowned film scholar and director, Prof. Soyoung Kim, School of Film, Television and Multimedia at the Korean National University of Arts.  No prior knowledge of Korean is necessary. Course to be taught in English.

AALL 180S - PRE MODERN CHINESE LIT - Baird,Daniel

A Survey of works in Chinese from Confucius to the Qing Dynasty including short stories, novels, autobiographical writings and poetry. Topics include the role of the educated elite in relation to literature and culture and how the literati portray themselves in their works. Especial attention will be paid to relations between orthodoxy and marginalization of the literati and its impact on their writing

AALL 182 - MOD POLIT THOUGHT CHINA/EUROPE - Sachsenmaier,Dominic (X-list: History 112A)

AALL 188 - MODERN CHINESE CINEMA - Baird,Daniel (X-list: FVD 111A, Lit 112J)

A survey from the earliest moments of Chinese film production, through Shanghai1920s and 30s, and to the current transnational cinemas of Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, this course traces the divergent trajectories of Chinese film history of the last 100 years.

AALL 195S - Special Topics: African Film & Music - Ndiaye,Bouna (X-list: AAAS 199S)

This course examines the impact of contemporary African music on African popular culture, society and politics. In particular, it looks at music in the Wolof and Pular languages. Students will listen to and engage music in African languages with translations by the instructor        

AALL 262 - MOD JPN LIT/CULTURE(TOP) - Ching,Leo (X-list: Culanth 260)

AALL 280S - PRE MODERN LITERATURE - Baird,Daniel

AALL 288 - MODERN CHINESE CINEMA - Baird,Daniel

 

For the AALL Major, in addition to AALL designated courses, acceptable literature/culture courses fall within the following departments.  See the list below of approved courses.  If there is a course that is not on the list, please contact your AALL advisor to request approval.

Art History

Cultural Anthropology

Dance

Drama/Theater

History

Literature

Music

Philosophy

Religion

 

Social Sciences courses do Not count as a culture/literature course for the AALL Major

Economics

Political Science

Sociology

 

Spring 2008 Literature & Culture Courses Outside AALL

Qualified for AALL Literature & Culture Major Requirements

 

Chinese Majors Only

Culanth 191ES – Global Envir/Pol Nature - Litzinger,Ralph A

Culanth 280S.03 – Sem Selected Topics: Environment/Health:China/India - Litzinger,Ralph A; Sachsenmaier,Dominic

History 110A/ Religion 110 – Religion in China - Nickerson,Peter

ICS 120A/ Religion 107A – Taoism/Chinese Religion - Nickerson,Peter

Phil 163 – Chinese Philosophy - Sarkissian,Hagop Sevag

 

Hindi Majors Only

Culanth 191ES – Global Envir/Pol Nature -  Litzinger,Ralph A

Culanth 280S.03 – Seminar Selected Topics: Environment/Health:China/India - Litzinger,Ralph A; Sachsenmaier,Dominic

Religion 167 – Ethics in South Asia - Prasad,Leela

Religion 185.02 - SPECIAL TOPICS: Classical Indian Rel. Imag - Need,David N

 

Japanese Majors Only

AAAS 199.04 -- Special Topic: Being Twenty in Tokyo - Smith,Stephen

Arthist 180B- Later Japanese Art - Weisenfeld,Gennifer

History 143B – Emergence Modern Japan - Partner,Simon C

History 262S – Japan Since 1945 - Partner,Simon C

Lit 298.01 – Special Topics i: Orientalism, Modernism, Japane - Yoda ,Tomiko

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall 2007

AALL Literature & Culture Courses

 

AALL 121 - Intro Asian/African Lit - Ching, Leo (X-list: AAAS 121,Lit 165C)

AALL 152 - Topics in Japanese Anime - Yoda, Tomiko (X-list: Lit 112F)  

AALL 158 - The Middle East in Pop Culture - Stein, Rebecca (X-list: Culanth 191AS, Lit 163MS)

AALL 172S - Chinese Lit in Translation – Baird, Daniel (X-list: Lit 165A)

AALL 184 - Music in East Asia - Kramer, Jonathan (X-list: Music 134, Religion 161E)

AALL 188 - Modern Chinese Cinema – Baird, Daniel (X-list: Lit 112J)

AALL 195.01 - Special Topics: The Israeli-Palestine Conflict - cooke, miriam / Ginsburg, Shai (X-list: Womenst150, Jewishst 197, Lit 162Z)

AALL 195.03 - Special Topics: Islam & Feminism: Inside & Out - McLarney, Ellen (X-list: WOMENST 150)

AALL 195S.01 - Special Topics: Korean Diaspora – Kim, Koonyong

AALL 195S.02 - Special Topics: Visual Culture Of South Asia -Freitag, Sandria

AALL 195S.03 - Special Topics: African Film and Music - Ndiaye, Bouna (X-list: AAAS 199S)

 

For the AALL Major, in addition to AALL designated courses, acceptable literature/culture courses fall within the following departments.  See the list below of approved courses.  If there is a course that is not on the list, please contact your AALL advisor to request approval.

Art History

Cultural Anthropology

Dance

Drama/Theater

History

Literature

Music

Philosophy

Religion

 

Social Sciences courses do Not count as a culture/literature course for the AALL Major

Economics

Political Science

Sociology

 

Fall 2007 Literature & Culture Courses Outside AALL

Qualified for AALL Literature & Culture Major Requirements

 

Arabic Majors Only

Culanth 135 - MUSLIMS IN THE WEST – Ewing, Katherine

History 106S-01 - SEM IN SELECTED TOPICS: The US & the Middle East – Miller, Ylana N

History 115B - HISTORY AND MODERN AFRICA – Ewald, Janet J                    

Religion 152B - ISLAM MYS:PERSO-IND/EAST – Lawrence, Bruce B

Lit 118 - PERFORMANCE TRAD MIDDLE EAST – Mottahedeh, Megar

Religion 185-04 - SPECIAL TOPICS: Arab & Mid. E. Xians in US – Van Rompay, Lucas

 

Chinese Majors Only

Dance 114 - T'AI CHI AND CHINESE THOUGHT – Staff

 

Hindi Majors Only

Religion 185-05 - SPECIAL TOPICS: Arts of Devotion in Hinduism – Prasad, Leela

 

Japanese Majors Only

Art History 181B - CONTEMP JAPANESE VIS CULTURE – Weisenfeld, Gennifer

History 143A - ANCIENT/EARLY MOD JAPAN – Partner, Simon C

 

Spring 2007 AALL Culture & Literature Courses

 

AALL 49S – First Year Seminar Topic: Fullness of Being – Khanna

AALL 135 – Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma – Khalsa

AALL  137 -  Contemporary Culture in South Asia – Cook

AALL 156S/AALL 256 – Representing the Holocaust – Ginsburg (X-list Lit.165B, Rel 161K, Jewishst 130)

AALL 160 – Civilizations of South Asia – Freitag (X-list Culanth 101, His 193, Rel 144)

AALL 162/AALL 262 – The World of Japanese Pop – Ching (X-list Lit 162Z)

AALL 165/265 – Arabic Culture & 9/11 – Cooke

AALL 167/AALL 267 – Trauma & Passion – Korean Culture – Kim (X-list Lit 165F, ICS 120C)

AALL 171/271 – Japanese Cinema –Yoda (X- list Lit 112H)

AALL 172S - Chinese Literature in Translation - Hong (X - list Lit 165A)

AALL 173S – Women in Arabic Literature – cooke (X-list Lit 165K S)

AALL 176 - Gender in Dance and Theatre – Shah (X-list Dance 175,Wst 111, Theatrst 132, Culanth 149A

AALL 191- Research Independent Study

AALL 195S .01 – Special Topics: Politics of Culture in SE Asia – Harms (X-list Culanth 180S)

AALL 195S.05 – Special Topics: African Film & Music – Ndiaye (X-list AAAS 199S)

AALL 199 – Honors Seminar - Liu

AALL 250S – Chinese Media & Pop Culture - Liu

AALL 252.01 – Special Topics – Histgrphy of East Asian Cinemas - Hong (X-list Lit 294)

AALL 252.02– Special Topics – Reorienting Sexualities – Metzger (Eng 288E, Lit 283)

 

 

Spring 2007 Culture & Literature Courses Outside AALL

Qualified for AALL Culture & Literature Major Requirements

 

For Arabic Majors ONLY

Religion 185.02 - Special Topics: Muslim-Xian Relations/Lit. - Staff

Religion 196S.02 - Jr/Sr Seminars -Topic: Islamic Law and Ethics - Moosa 

Religion 254 - Justice/Law/Commer Islam - Moosa

 

For Chinese Majors ONLY

Art History 170 - Chinese Buddhist Art - Abe

Art History 272S - Topics Chinese Art - Abe

Culanth 264S - Millennial Capitalisms - Joo

English 158/Theatrst 132A - Asian American Theatre - Metzger

History 100E - Duke in China: Topics - Staff

History 104.08- Special Topics - Political Ideologies in Chinese & Europe - Sachsenmaier

History 110A -Religion in China - Nickerson

History 196S.15 – Jr/Sr Seminar Special Topics:Chinese Visions of the West - Sachsenmaier 

Religion 107A - Taoism/Chinese Religion - Nickerson

Religion 110 - Religion in China - Nickerson

Religion 162S - Buddhist Meditation - Jaffe

Religion 185S.03 - Special Topics: Tibetan Buddhism - Need

 

For Hindi Majors ONLY

Religion 131- Sacred Space in South Asia - Prasad

Religion 162S- Buddhist Meditation - Jaffe

 

For Japanese Majors ONLY

Culanth 264S - Millennial Capitalisms - Joo

English 158/Theatrst 132A - Asian American Theatre - Metzger

History 143B -Emergence Modern Japan - Partner

History 262S- Japan Since 1945 - Partner

Religion 162S- Buddhist Meditation - Jaffe

 

For Korean Minors ONLY

Culanth 264S - Millennial Capitalisms - Joo

English 158/Theatrst 132A - Asian American Theatre - Metzger

 

 

 

Spring 2006 AALL Culture & Literature Courses

 

AALL 49S – Film and Visual Culture - Hong

AALL 135 – Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma – Khalsa (X-list Dance 155, Rel 161H, ICS 170H)

AALL 156S/AALL 256 – Representing the Holocaust – Ezrahi (X-list Lit.165B, Rel 161K, Jewishst 130)

AALL 165 S - Modern Arabic Literature Culture - Abd al-Sattar Jawad

AALL 167/AALL 267 – Trauma & Passion(Korean Culture) – Kim (X-list Lit 165F, ICS 120C)

AALL 165S - Modern Arabic Literature and Culture - Jawad

AALL 170 – Indian Cinema – Khanna (X-list Lit 112E)

AALL 173S – Arabic Women's Literary Salons – Khaldi (X-list Lit 165K S)

AALL 179/AALL 279 – Melodrama East and West – (X-list Lit 151J, Womenst 179)

AALL 191- Research Independent Study

AALL 195S.01 – Special Topics: Imaging Jerusalem – Ezrahi (X-list Lit 162Z S, Rel 185S, Jewishst 198 S)

AALL 195S.12 – Special Topics: Writing Race/Nation:  S. Africa – Makhulu (X-list AAAS 199S, ICS 140, Lit 162Z S)

AALL 199 – Honors Seminar - Liu

AALL 250S – Chinese Modernism Post-Mao - Liu

AALL 252S – Special Topics: Black Women Writers – Baker (X-list Eng 271E S,AAAS 299 S)

 

For the AALL Major, in addition to AALL designated courses, acceptable literature/culture courses fall within the following departments.  See the list below of approved courses.  If there is a course that is not on the list, please contact your AALL advisor to request approval.

Art History

Cultural Anthropology

Dance

Drama/Theater

History

Literature

Music

Philosophy

Religion

 

Social Sciences courses do Not count as a culture/literature course for the AALL Major

Economics

Political Science

Sociology

 

Spring 2006 Culture & Literature Courses Outside AALL Qualified for AALL Culture & Literature Major Requirements 

 

For Arabic Majors ONLY

History 102G – Islamic Civilization – Zulfikar (X-List Rel 147,Culanth 148, Medren 147A

History 196S.07 – Jr/Sr Seminar Special Topics:  Palestinian/Arab Israeli Conflict - Miller

 

For Chinese Majors ONLY

Art History 164 – Chinese Visual Culture - Abe

History 172C – China Antiquity to 1400 - Mazumdar

History 196S.12 – Jr/Sr Seminar Special Topics: Women in Globalization - Mazumdar (X-List AAAS 199S, Womenst 150S)

Religion 107A – Taoism/Chinese Religion – Nickerson (X-List ICS 120A)

 

For Hindi Majors ONLY

History 139B – Modern South Asia – Kaiwar (X-List ICS 170F)

Religion 185.04 – Special Topics - Lecture: Religion & the Body in India – Need

 

For Japanese Majors ONLY

History 143B – Emergence of Modern Japan

History 196S.02 – Japanese Imperialism: Global

 

 

Fall 2005 AALL Culture & Literature Courses

 

AALL 121 - Intro Asian/African Lit – Voices of War – cooke (X-list AAAS 121, Lit 165C)

AALL 125S - Bilingualism – Kim (X-list Linguist 125S)
AALL 137 - Contemporary Culture In S. Asia – Vaishnava
AALL 149 - Dance/Dance Theater of Asia – Shah (X-list Dance 149,Culanth 149, Rel161C)
AALL 155 S - Intro to Israeli Culture – Ezrahi (X-list Religion 161 P, Lit 163)
AALL 162 - Mod JPN Lit/Culture (Top) – The World of Japanese Pop – Ching (X-list Lit 162Z)
AALL 169 - China and the West – Mazumdar (X-list History 172B)
AALL 172 S - Chinese Literature in Translation – Hong (X-list Lit 165A)
AALL 175 S - Korean Cinema – Kim (X-List Lit 112)
AALL 185 - Music in South Asia – Kramer (X-list Music 135)
AALL 191 - Research Independent Study
AALL 195S – Special Topics - cooke/Ezrahi (X-list Rel 185S,WS150S, Lit 162 ZS)
AALL 250S - Chinese Modernism Post-Mao – Media and Popular Culture in China – Liu
AALL 252 - Special Topics – Histography of East Asian Cinemas - Hong (X-list Lit 294)


Fall 2005 Culture & Literature Courses Outside AALL Qualified for AALL Culture & Literature Major and Minor Requirements

For Arabic Majors ONLY
CULANTH 126 S – Muslim World
HISTORY 101G – Islamic Civilization (X-list Religion 146; Culanth 147; Medren 146A )
HISTORY 103 – 911, Iraq and War on Terror
RELIGION 185 S – Arab/Israel Conflict (X-list AALL 195S, WS 150 S & Lit 162 ZS)

For Chinese Majors ONLY
ART HISTORY 170 – Chinese Buddhist Art
CULANTH 121 – Culture/Politics-China
DANCE 114 – T’ai Chi and Chinese Thought
HISTORY 172 B – China and the West
HISTORY 299 S – Critical Intro Asian Studies
PHILOSOPHY 163 – Chinese Philosophy
RELIGION 114 – T’Ai Chi and Chinese Thought (X-List Dance 114)

For Hindi Majors ONLY
RELIGION 185-01 SPECIAL TOPICS – Hinduism, Txts, Pcts & Performance

For Japanese Majors ONLY
CULANTH 108 – Fantasy/Media/Pop
HISTORY 299S – Critical Intro Asian Studies

For Hebrew Minors ONLY
RELIGION 207 – Hebrew Prose Narrative

AALL Minor – Literature Track (Korean Language) ONLY
LITERATURE 165E – Korean Lit in Translation

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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