South Asian Studies

Chairperson of Undergraduate Studies: Lloyd Rudolph, P 422A, 702-8056

Program of Study

The Bachelor of Arts program in South Asian studies offers students an opportunity to study a major world civilization from the perspective of the social sciences. At the same time, humanities courses constitute a significant part of the program: students are required to take at least one year of a South Asian language and are required to take the South Asian civilization sequence; students may include humanities and Divinity School courses either as required or as elective courses. Although advanced work in the program (upper-level course work and B.A. paper) is expected to be oriented to social science concerns and methodologies, today's permeable boundaries between the social sciences and the humanities open the way to course work and B.A. projects that integrate the two perspectives.

Program Requirements

The concentration program requires eleven courses and a B.A. paper. Required courses include (1) the South Asian civilization sequence (Social Sciences 230-231-232); (2) three courses in a South Asian language, the level depending on previous achievement and on how the Common Core requirement is met; (3) three courses in the social sciences, preferably from a single discipline; and (4) two electives, preferably courses that strengthen the disciplinary emphasis or reading courses for the B.A. paper. Students should discuss their choice of an appropriate language sequence with the chairperson early in their program of study.

Summary of Requirements

3 SocSci 230-231-232

3 courses in a South Asian language

3 approved social sciences courses (the South Asian and Divinity School

courses on the following list may be

used to meet this requirement)

2 approved electives

- B.A. paper

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Bachelor's Paper. All candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree in South Asian studies are required to write a bachelor's paper of approximately thirty pages in length. Although they may choose to begin their project earlier, students must initiate work on their B.A. paper no later than the beginning of autumn quarter of their senior year. Students are expected to work with a faculty supervisor and to consult the chairperson of undergraduate studies about the suitability of their project.

Grading. The nine nonelective courses in the South Asian studies program must be taken for quality grades.

Honors. The decision of the award of honors is not made on the basis of any formal program. Students who wish to compete for honors should consult the concentration chairperson.

Faculty

ARJUN APPADURAI, Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Professor, Departments of Anthropology and South Asian Languages & Civilizations

HOMI K. BHABHA, Chester D. Tripp Professor, Departments of English Language & Literature and Art History and the College

PHILIP V. BOHLMAN, Associate Professor, Department of Music and the College

CAROL BRECKENRIDGE, Senior Lecturer, Division of the Humanities

DIPESH CHAKRABARTHY, Professor, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations

BERNARD S. COHN, Professor Emeritus, Departments of Anthropology and History

STEVEN COLLINS, Associate Professor, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations

JOHN E. CRAIG, Associate Professor, Department of Education and the College

NORMAN J. CUTLER, Associate Professor, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations, Chairperson, Committee on South Asian Studies

WENDY DONIGER, Mircea Eliade Professor, the Divinity School, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations, Committee on Social Thought, and the College

PAUL J. GRIFFITHS, Associate Professor, the Divinity School and Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations

KATHRYN HANSEN, Visiting Professor, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations

RONALD B. INDEN, Professor, Departments of History and South Asian Languages & Civilizations, and the College

D. GALE JOHNSON, Eliakim Hastings Moore Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics and the College; Chairperson, Economics Program in the College

MATTHEW KAPSTEIN, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations

JOHN D. KELLY, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and the College

MCKIM MARRIOTT, Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College

UDAY MEHTA, Visiting Faculty, Department of Political Science

MITHILESH MISHRA, Lecturer, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations

HESHMAT MOAYYAD, Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

KATHLEEN MORRISON, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology

D. R. NAGARAJ, Visiting Faculty, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations

C. M. NAIM, Associate Professor, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations

RALPH W. NICHOLAS, Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College; Director, Center for International Studies; President, International House

JAMES H. NYE, Bibliographer, Southern Asian Collection, Joseph Regenstein Library

JOHN R. PERRY, Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

SHELDON POLLOCK, George V. Bobrinskoy Professor, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations and the College; Chairperson, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations

FRANK E. REYNOLDS, Professor, the Divinity School, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations, and the College

LLOYD I. RUDOLPH, Professor, Department of Political Science and the College; Chairperson, South Asian Studies

SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH, William Benton Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Political Science and the College; Director, South Asian Language & Area Center

CLINTON BOOTH SEELY, Associate Professor, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations

RICHARD A. SHWEDER, Professor, Department of Psychology (Human Development and Mental Health), Committee on South Asian Studies, and the College

NANCY STOKEY, Frederick H. Prince Professor, Department of Economics and the College

RICHARD P. TAUB, Paul Klapper Professor of Social Sciences in the College; Professor, Departments of Sociology and Human Development; Chairperson, Public Policy Studies in the College; Research Associate, Ogburn/Stouffer Center for the Study of Population & Social Organization at the National Opinion Research Center; Director, South Arkansas Rural Development Study

ROBERT TOWNSEND, Charles E. Merriam Professor, Department of Economics and the College

ALOK YADAV, Assistant Professor, Department of English Language & Literature and the College

Courses

For descriptions of the following courses, consult the relevant concentration section of the catalog or the professional school.

Anthropology

Anthro 211. Classical Readings: Myth and Ritual. R. Nicholas. Winter.

Anthro 212/321. Intensive Study of a Culture: Hindu (=SocSci 256). M. Marriott. Autumn.

Anthro 237/337. Capitalism, Colonialism, and Nationalism in the Pacific. J. Kelly. Not offered 1997-98; will be offered 1998-99.

Anthro 259. South Asia before the Buddha. K. D. Morrison. Not offered 1997-98; will be offered 1998-99.

Anthro 323. Ethnopsychology: Hindu. M. Marriott. Autumn.

Anthro 407. Ethnography of South Asia: Social Organization. M. Marriott. Autumn.

Divinity

Div 201/347. Hindu Mythology. W. Doniger. Winter.

Div 323. Buddhist Sastras. P. Griffiths. Winter.

Economics

Econ 265. Environmental Economics (=EnvStd 265). Staff. Winter.

Econ 293. Topics in Economic Growth and Development. G. Tsiang. Spring.

Econ 296. Problems of Economic Policy in Developing Countries (=PubPol 286/375). L. Sjaastad. Winter.

Econ 355. Topics in Economic Growth. L. Jones. Not offered 1997-98; will be offered 1998-99.

Econ 356. Insurance, Credit, and Factor Markets in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence. R. Townsend. Not offered 1997-98; will be offered 1998-99.

Education

Educ 225/425. Education and Social Change: Third World Colonialism and Schooling. J. Craig. Autumn.

History

Hist 376. South Asian Identities (=SoAsia 280). R. Inden. Not offered 1997-98; will be offered 1998-99.

Hist 379. Diasporas and Subcultures: Asian Migration in the Modern World. Staff. Not offered 1997-98; will be offered 1998-99.

Hist 618. Modernity and Empire (=SoAsia 411). PQ: Consent of instructor. C. Breckenridge. Winter.

Music

Music 237/337. Music of South Asia. P. Bohlman. Not offered 1997-98; will be offered 1998-99.

Political Science

PolSci 245/359. Gandhi. L. Rudolph. Spring.

PolSci 253/363. State, Society, and Economy in South Asia. S. Rudolph. Winter.

PolSci 383. Political Economy for Post-Moderns. L. Rudolph. Autumn.

PolSci 422. Liberalism and Empire. U. Mehta. Not offered 1997-98; will be offered 1998-99.

Psychology

Psych 230. Cultural Psychology (=HumDev 310). R. Shweder. Autumn.

Social Sciences

SocSci 230-231-232. Introduction to the Civilization of South Asia I, II, III (=Anthro 308-1,-2,-3; SocSci 230-231-232; SoAsia 200-201-202). PQ: Must be taken in sequence. This course fulfills the Common Core requirement in civilizational studies. R. Inden, Staff, Autumn, Winter; C. Breckenridge, Staff, Spring.

SocSci 291. Individual Study in the Social Sciences. Staff. Spring.

Sociology

Sociol 220/309. Social Change. W. Parish. Autumn.

South Asian Studies

SoAsia 200-201-202. Introduction to the Civilizations of South Asia I, II, III (=Anthro 308-1,-2,-3). R. Inden, C. Breckenridge. Autumn, Winter, Spring.

SoAsia 214. Muslim South Asia: Readings. C. Naim. Spring.

SoAsia 283. Politics of Religion and Gender in South Asia (=Hist 380). C. Breckenridge. Autumn.

SoAsia 286. Approaches to the Study of Nationalism. D. Chakrabarthy. Autumn.

SoAsia 311. Global Issues in Health and Environment (=Anthro 305). C. Breckenridge. Spring.