CHIN 10100-10200-10300. Elementary Modern Chinese I-II-III.

This three-quarter sequence introduces the fundamentals of modern Chinese. By the end of Spring Quarter, students should have a basic knowledge of Chinese grammar and vocabulary. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are equally emphasized. Accurate pronunciation is also stressed. In Spring Quarter, students are required to submit a video project for the Chinese Video Project Award. The class meets for five one-hour sessions a week. A drill session with the TA is held one hour a week in addition to scheduled class time. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade. No auditors permitted. Two sections

CHIN 11100-11200-11300. First-Year Chinese for Bilingual Speakers I-II-III.

This three-quarter series is intended for bilingual speakers of Chinese. Our objectives include teaching students standard pronunciation and basic skills in reading and writing, while broadening their communication skills for a wider range of contexts and functions. The class meets for three one-hour sessions a week. Consultation with instructor encouraged prior to enrollment. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade

CHIN 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Modern Chinese I-II-III.

The goal of this sequence is to enhance students’ reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills by dealing with topics at an intermediate linguistic level. In addition to mastering the content of the textbook, students are required to complete two language projects each quarter. Chinese computing skills are also taught. The class meets for five one-hour sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade. No auditors permitted. Two sections

CHIN 20800-20900-21000. Elementary Literary Chinese I-II-III.

This course introduces the basic grammar of the written Chinese language from the time of the Confucian Analects to the literary movements at the beginning of the twentieth century. Students read original texts of genres that include philosophy, memorials, and historical narratives. Spring Quarter is devoted exclusively to reading poetry. The class meets for two eighty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade

CHIN 21100-21200-21300. Accelerated Modern Chinese for Bilingual Speakers I-II-III.

This three-quarter sequence offers texts from both Intermediate Modern Chinese (CHIN 20100-20200-20300) and Advanced Modern Chinese (CHIN 30100-30200-30300). Our goal is to help bilingual students further develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Extensive reading is encouraged, and writing is strongly emphasized. The class meets for five one-hour sessions a week

CHIN 30100-30200-30300. Advanced Modern Chinese I-II-III.

The goal of this sequence is to help students develop advanced proficiency in reading, listening, speaking, and writing. This sequence emphasizes more advanced grammatical structures. We begin with discussion in Chinese on topics relevant to modern China and then shift to authentic Chinese texts in an effort to better prepare students to deal with original Chinese source materials. Discussion in Chinese required. The class meets for five one-hour sessions a week

CHIN 31100-31200-31300. Business Chinese I-II-III.

This three-quarter sequence aims at improving overall language skills and introduces business terminology. Students learn about companies and their services and/or products, the stock market, real estate market, insurance, and e-commerce. The class meets for three ninety-minute sessions a week

CHIN 40800. Readings in Literary Chinese I. 100 Units.

This course involves advanced readings in classical Chinese with selections from philosophical and historical writings

Instructor(s): D. Harper     Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): CHIN 21000 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.

CHIN 41100-41200-41300. Fourth-Year Modern Chinese I-II-III.

This sequence introduces a range of influential literary works and scholarly essays on Chinese cultural and social issues from the 1920s to the 1990s. Students not only expand their vocabulary and knowledge of grammatical structures but also learn sophisticated speaking and writing skills through intensive readings and discussions. The class meets for three one-hour sessions a week

CHIN 41900. Early Chinese Texts and Sociological Research. 100 Units.

The use of texts for sociological and cultural inquiry. This year the seminar addresses the category of "sachprosa" or technical literature: textual material ranging from divination and ritual records to medical recipes and administrative documents

Instructor(s): D. Harper     Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): Advanced reading knowledge of Japanese

CHIN 42000-42100-42200. Fourth-Year Modern Chinese for Bilingual Speakers I-II-III.

This sequence introduces a range of influential literary works and scholarly essays on Chinese cultural and social issues from the 1920s to the 1990s. Students not only expand their vocabulary and knowledge of grammatical structures but also learn sophisticated speaking and writing skills through intensive readings and discussions. The class meets for three one-hour sessions a week

JAPN 10100-10200-10300. Elementary Modern Japanese I-II-III.

This is the first year of a three-year program, which is intended to provide students with a thorough grounding in modern Japanese. Grammar, idiomatic expressions, and vocabulary are learned through oral work, reading, and writing in and out of class. Daily practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing is crucial. Students should plan to continue their language study through at least the second-year level to make their skills practical. The class meets for five fifty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade. No auditors permitted

JAPN 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Modern Japanese I-II-III.

The emphasis on spoken language in the first half of the course gradually shifts toward reading and writing in the latter half. Classes conducted mostly in Japanese. The class meets for five fifty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade. No auditors permitted

JAPN 21200-21300. Intermediate Modern Japanese through Japanimation I-II.

This course focuses on learning spoken Japanese that is aimed at native speakers. Our goals are to get students accustomed to that sort of authentic Japanese and to enable them to speak with high fluency. To keep the balance, writing and reading materials are provided. Students are encouraged to watch videos and practice their speaking

JAPN 29300. Introduction to Classical Japanese. 100 Units.

Introduction to the grammar and style of premodern Japanese through a variety of literary texts. Emphasis will be placed on extensive grammatical analysis and translation. Work with original manuscripts will also be introduced as the course progresses

Instructor(s): R. Jackson     Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): JAPN 39300

JAPN 30100-30200-30300. Advanced Modern Japanese I-II-III.

The third year marks the end of the basic modern language study. Our goal is to help students learn to understand authentic written and spoken materials with reasonable ease. The texts are all authentic materials with some study aids. Classes conducted in Japanese. The class meets for three eighty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade

JAPN 30800-30900-31000. Reading Scholarly Japanese I-II-III.

This course focuses on the reading of scholarly Japanese materials with the goal of enabling students to do independent research in Japanese after the course’s completion. The materials are selected from a wide range of disciplines covering the past three centuries

JAPN 34900-34901-34902. Pre-modern Japanese: Kindai Bungo I-II-III.

This course focuses on the reading of scholarly Japanese materials with the goal of enabling students to do independent research in Japanese after the course’s completion. Readings are from historical materials written in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

JAPN 40500-40600-40700. Fourth-Year Modern Japanese I-II-III.

This course is intended to improve Japanese reading, speaking, writing, and listening ability to the advanced high level as measured by the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Proficiency Guidelines. Weekly assignments require students to tackle modern Japanese texts of varying length and difficulty. Organized around a range of thought-provoking themes (from brain death and organ transplants to Japanese values on work and religion), reading assignments include academic theses in psychology and anthropology, literary texts, and popular journalism. After each reading, students are encouraged to discuss the topic in class. Videos/DVDs are used to improve listening comprehension skills. There are also writing assignments. The class meets for two eighty-minute sessions a week

KORE 10100-10200-10300. Introduction to the Korean Language I-II-III.

This introductory course is designed to provide a basic foundation in modern Korean language and culture by focusing on the balanced development of the four basic language skills of speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Students in KORE 10100 begin by learning the complete Korean writing system (Hangul), which is followed by lessons focusing on basic conversational skills and grammatical structures. To provide sufficient opportunities to apply what has been learned in class, there are small group drill sessions, weekly Korean television drama screenings, and a number of other cultural activities (e.g., Korean New Year’s game competitions). The class meets for five fifty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade

KORE 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Korean I-II-III.

As a continuation of KORE 10100-10200-10300, this course is intended to continue to build on students’ language skills with an emphasis on enhancing the speaking ability, presentational skills, composition writing skills, and usage of more complex constructions. Approximately 150 Chinese characters are introduced for the achievement of basic literacy and vocabulary expansion. The curriculum also includes media, authentic reading materials, and weekly Korean language table meetings to maximize cultural exposure and opportunities to apply Korean language skills in real life situations. The class meets for five fifty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade

KORE 20500. Accelerated Korean for Bilingual Speakers. 100 Units.

This course is intended to meet unique needs of heritage language students who have already acquired some listening and speaking skills but have not developed their knowledge of formal grammar. We cover important grammatical structures from first- and second-year level Korean for the purpose of providing tools to build upon the existing level of each student's Korean language ability. Upon successful completion of the course, students may continue to upper-level Korean (e.g., KORE 30100). The class meets for three fifty-minute sessions a week

Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor

KORE 30100-30200-30300. Advanced Korean I-II-III.

This course introduces a wide selection of authentic reading materials from Korean newspaper articles, college-level textbooks, and literary prose as an entry point to discuss topics and issues in Korean society, culture, and history. The primary objective is further enhancement of advanced reading comprehension, composition writing, and presentational skills. In addition, Chinese character (Hanja) lessons are incorporated into each lesson with the purpose of expanding vocabulary to the advanced level. The class meets for two eighty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade

KORE 42100. Korean Contemporary TV and Language. 100 Units.

KORE 42100 is a content-based language course designed to meet the needs of high-advanced level students of Korean, including international/heritage language students who have studied in Korea up to the primary school levels. We study and analyze genres of Korean TV programs on the internet (e.g., such dramas as soap operas and sitcoms, entertainment talk shows, children's shows, news programs). Main discussion topics are sociolinguistics and socio-cultural issues (e.g., speech levels, honorifics and address terms, language and gender, pragmatics and speech acts, language and nationalism)

Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): KORE 30300 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Equivalent Course(s): KORE 22100

KORE 42200. Contemporary Korean Society and History through Fiction and Film. 100 Units.

KORE 42200 is a content-based language course designed to meet the needs of high-advanced level students of Korean, including international/heritage language students who have studied in Korea up to the primary school levels. We analyze cultural and historical issues in contemporary Korea through four contemporary short novels and related film and media. Other goals are to foster fluency, accuracy, and comprehension in reading authentic contemporary texts, as well as advancing language skills for formal presentation, discussion, and writing

Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): KORE 30300 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Equivalent Course(s): KORE 22200

KORE 42300. Changing Identity of Contemporary Korean through Film and Literature. 100 Units.

KORE 42300 is a content-based language course designed to meet the needs of high-advanced level students of Korean, including international/heritage language students who have studied in Korea up to the primary school levels. In particular, we deal with how contemporary Korean society can be understood through the diverse perspectives of emergent minority groups. Topics include Korean language and identity, gender and sexuality, and Korea as a multi-ethnic society. Class activities include watching contemporary films featuring minorities in Korea. We also read essays written by minorities (e.g., Korean-Japanese, Russian-Korean) and Korean social activists. Student are encouraged to foster their own views on contemporary social issues through diverse activities of discussion, debate, presentation, and writing

Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): KORE 30300 or equivalent or equivalent or consent of instructor
Equivalent Course(s): KORE 22300

EALC 10800-10900-11000. Introduction to the Civilizations of East Asia I-II-III.

Taking these courses in sequence is not required. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. This is a three-quarter sequence on the civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea, with emphasis on major transformation in these cultures and societies from the Middle Ages to the present

EALC 14403. Folk Authenticity in the Literature, Culture, and Politics of East Asia and the West. 100 Units.

The discovery of the folk and folklore by European intellectuals and artists in the wake of the Enlightenment and during the rise of Romanticism during the late-18th and early 19th centuries provided a rich new mode of thinking about the cultural foundations of modern society and the nation. The importance attached to folksong, folktales, and other such genres associated with orality and tradition, was to have lasting impact all over the world into the 20th century, as proof of cultural authenticity became essential to the legitimacy of the modern nation-state, the study of folklore became a prevalent academic endeavor and modern literature began emulating folk forms and themes. This course offers a survey of the key issues concerning the political, literary and cultural ideology of folk authenticity by comparing their development in the West with their significance in modern Japan, China and Korea. We will consider folkloric texts and performances and the various discourses that have arisen to understand them, as well as more recent intellectual efforts to deconstruct the notion of folk cultural authenticity

Instructor(s): M. Bohnenkamp     Terms Offered: Autumn

EALC 16806. Art of Asia: Japan. 100 Units.

This course surveys the arts of the Japanese archipelago through the study of selected major sites and artifacts. We consider objects in their original contexts and in the course of transmission and reinterpretation across space and time. How did Japanese visual culture develop in the interaction with objects and ideas from China, Korea, and the West? Topics include prehistoric artifacts, the Buddhist temple, imperial court culture, the narrative handscroll, the tea ceremony, folding screens, and early modern prints

Instructor(s): C. Foxwell     Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): Consent of program coordinator and submission of a formal proposal
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 16800

EALC 17107. Chinese Calligraphy. 100 Units.

If the invention of writing is regarded a mark of early civilization, the practice of calligraphy is a unique and sustaining aspect of Chinese culture. This course introduces concepts central to the study of Chinese calligraphy from pre-history to the present. We discuss materials and techniques; aesthetics and communication; copying/reproduction/schema and creativity/expression/personal style; public values and the scholar's production; orthodoxy and eccentricity; and official scripts and the transmission of elite culture through wild and magic writing by "mad" monks

Instructor(s): P. Foong     Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): Consent of program coordinator and submission of a formal proposal
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 17107

EALC 17110. Sinotopos: Chinese Landscape Representation and Interpretation. 100 Units.

This course surveys major areas of study in the Chinese landscape painting tradition, focusing on the history of its pictorial representation during pre-modern eras.  Areas for consideration may include: first emergence and subsequent developments of the genre in court and literati arenas; landscape aesthetics and theoretical foundations; major attributed works in relation to archaeological evidence.  Emphasis is on artistic options and the exercise of choice within the context of social, political, religious, and economic forces.  Students are expected to gain skills in formal analysis through looking with reading, and a critical perspective on the processes of art historical placement and interpretation based on assigned readings in secondary literature

Instructor(s): P. Foong     Terms Offered: Winter

EALC 17211. Arts of Medieval Japan. 100 Units.

Japan between 1400 and 1600 saw intermittent warfare and profound challenges to the authority of the emperor, the shogun, and the most powerful Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. Yet this was also a period in which finely constructed objects and environments were afforded considerable thought, effort, and value. Competing centers of power used visual displays to elaborate their respective positions or to seek release from everyday hardships. This course explores the surviving arts of the period through three thematic lenses: the status of the artist, the political and aesthetic roles of reclusion, and the construction of sacred precincts

Instructor(s): C. Foxwell     Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): Consent of program coordinator and submission of a formal proposal

EALC 20101. Skills and Methods in Chinese Painting History. 100 Units.

This course aims to provide groundwork skills for conducting primary research in Chinese painting history.  Emphasis will be on sinological tools and standard resources relevant to the study of early periods, especially the Song and Yuan Dynasty.  To develop proficiencies in analyzing materials (silk, paper, mounting, ink, color) and investigating provenance (identifying seals, inscriptions). To gain familiarity with the scholarship on issues of connoisseurship, authenticity and quality judgment.  Weekly task-based reports.  Final research paper

Instructor(s): P. Foong     Terms Offered: Winter

EALC 20450. Peking Opera. 100 Units.

Peking opera (jingju) is the one nationally prominent form of traditional performing arts in China.  This course will introduce concepts and methods that can be applied to the study of Peking opera.  Emphasis will be put on understanding artistic elements essential to the living tradition of performance – the visual aspects including stylized stage gesture and movement, sets and costumes, and colors; the music and oral transmission.  Topics for discussion include “realism," alienation, time and space, connoisseurship, and film.  Students will not only engage with scholarly literature that cuts across different disciplines, but also be introduced to a rich body of sources ranging from gramophone recordings, to photographs, opera films and documentaries.  Motivated students will also learn some basics of singing and moves.  Field trips to Chinese community Peking opera troupes may be arranged

Instructor(s): P. Xu     Terms Offered: Autumn
Note(s): Mandarin a plus but not a prerequisite.
Equivalent Course(s): TAPS 28490

EALC 22030. Bread and Roses: Literature of Protest in Japan and Elsewhere. 100 Units.

Knowledge of Japanese not required. "Bread and Roses" is a slogan associated with the 1912 women textile workers' strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The history of industrialization is a history of social as well as technological transformation, at once radically liberatory and radically oppressive. It is a history rich in expressions of protest—economic and political analysis, spontaneous and organized action, and in a variety of cultural forms, including songs, visual art, literature, and theater. In this course, we focus on protest literature produced around the world with Japan as a core. We consider such questions as what it means to produce a literature for a political movement and how racial, ethnic, and gender identity relate to a class struggle construed to be general and international

Instructor(s): N. Field     Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): Consent of program coordinator and submission of a formal proposal

EALC 22470. Survey of Chinese Texts in Archaic Scripts. 100 Units.

This course will provide a survey of Chinese textual materials from oracle-bone inscriptions of the Shang dynasty through bamboo and silk manuscripts of the Han dynasty. The focus will be to become familiar with the range of texts and kinds of scripts available, not mastery of any particular type

Instructor(s): E. Shaughnessy     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 32470

EALC 22500. The Rise of Writing in East Asia. 100 Units.

This course will survey the uses to which writing has been put in East Asia (China, Korea and Japan) through the end of the first millennium of the common era, essentially down to the time of the onset of printing.  We will be concerned both with the mechanics of writing itself and with its role in society.  All readings will be in English, but we will look at Chinese, Korean and Japanese texts as appropriate to see what they looked like, if nothing else; no familiarity with any of these languages is required

Instructor(s): E. Shaughnessy     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 32500

EALC 24110. Buddhism and the West. 100 Units.

Buddhism is a transnational phenomenon and as such can be found in vast array of cultures and times.  This course, focusing on East Asian Buddhism, looks at Buddhist history in China, Korea and Japan and the interpretation and reception of these traditions by and in "the West."  Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to, orientalism, occidentalism, esoteric and exoteric traditions, Chan/Son/Zen, problems of translation, the roles of culture, history, nation and nationalism in religion, etcetera

Instructor(s): P. Copp     Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 24110,HIST 34110

EALC 24210. Oral History and the Politics of Memory in Socialist China. 100 Units.

Perhaps more than most other national histories, the history of China has been shaped by selective remembering and forgetting. This course will look at how history was and is produced in China. We will look at official sites of memory (museums and memorials) and at official historiography. At the same time, we will ask to which extent local, unofficial memories can be recovered. We will look not only at the methodology of oral history interviewing but also at the interface of written and oral cultures: who wrote, and why? What was written down and what is not? How did transcription and ritualized retelling affect memory? We will look at the numerous collections and sound recordings of oral texts and memories produced in twentieth century China: recorded folk songs and folk stories in the Republican era; the Maoist “Four Histories” of families, villages, communes, and factories; the memoir literature of the 1980s; the systematic cataloging and appropriation of local “cultural heritage” in the last decade. The course should also provoke self-critical reflections about how our work as historians differs from state attempts to permanently fix memories for administrative and political purposes

Instructor(s): J. Eyferth     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 34210,HIST 24710,HIST 34710

EALC 24250. China in Revolution. 100 Units.

Rather than starting with the customary date of 1949, this course looks at continuities and changes across the 1949 divide. We will compare China’s rival revolutionary regimes – the Nationalist Guomindang and the CCP – with each other and with other “late modernizing” regimes. What were the similarities and differences in their attempts to modernize China’s economy and transform its social structures? How did they extend their power into villages, factories, and families? How did they mobilize and organize the population? We will look at GMD social policies and industrialization strategies before moving on to CCP political campaigns in the 1950s and 1960s. We will also ask in how far Maoist policies after 1958 represented a break with the top-down developmentalism that characterized earlier CCP and GMD approaches. All readings are in English and will be available on CHALK

Instructor(s): J. Eyferth     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 24205,HIST 34205

EALC 24255. Everyday Maoism: Work, Daily Life, and Material Culture in Socialist China. 100 Units.

The history of Maoist China is usually told as a sequence of political campaigns: land and marriage reform, nationalization of industry, anti-rightist campaign, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, etc. Yet for the majority of the Chinese population, socialism was as much about material changes as about politics: about the two-story brick houses, electric lights and telephones (loushang louxia, diandeng dianhua) that the revolution had promised; about new work regimes and new consumption patterns – or, to the contrary, about the absence of such change. If we want to understand what socialism meant for different groups of people, we have to look at the "new objects" of  socialist modernity, at changes in dress codes and apartment layouts, at electrification and city planning. We have to analyze workplaces and labor processes in order to understand how socialism changed the way people worked. We also have to look at the rationing of consumer goods and its effects on people's daily lives. The course has a strong comparative dimension: we will look at the literature on socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, to see how Chinese socialism differed from its cousins. Another aim is methodological. How can we understand the lives of people who wrote little and were rarely written about? To which extent can we read people's life experiences out of material objects?

Instructor(s): J. Eyferth     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 34255, HIST 24507,HIST 34507

EALC 24500. Reading Qing Documents. 100 Units.

This course is a reading and discussion of historical political documents (e.g., memorials, decrees, local gazetteers, diplomatic communications, essays) from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Instructor(s): G. Alitto     Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): Reading knowledge of modern Chinese
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 34500,HIST 24500,HIST 34500

EALC 24607. Chinese Independent Documentary Film. 100 Units.

This course explores the styles and functions of Chinese independent documentary since 1989, with particular attention to the institutional, social, economic, and political contexts that underpin its flourishing. We will discuss the ways in which recent Chinese documentaries challenge current theories of the genre, how they redefine the relationship between fiction and non-fiction, and the problems of form, political intervention, and ethics of representation that they pose. We will look at their channels of circulation in Asia and elsewhere, and will discuss the political implications and limits of “independent” documentary in the wake of intensified globalization. In addition, we will consider recent influential feature films characterized by a “documentary style.” Readings will include theorizations of the documentary genre in relation to other visual media and narrative forms, analyses of specific works, and overviews of recent transformations in Chinese media

Instructor(s): P. Iovene     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): CMST 24607,HIST 34607

EALC 24706. Edo/Tokyo: Society and the City in Japan. 100 Units.

This course will explore the cultural and cultural history of Edo/Tokyo form its origins in the early 17th century through c.1945. Issues to be explored include he configuration of urban space and its transformation over time in relation to issues of status, class, and political authority, the formation of "city person" as a form of identity, a d the tensions between the real city of lived experience and the imagined city of art and literature.  We will pay particular attention to two periods of transformation, the 1870s when the modernizing state made Tokyo its capital, and the period of reconstruction after the devastating earthquake of 1923. Assignments include the writing of a final research paper of approximately 15-18 pages

Instructor(s): S. Burns     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 24706

EALC 24710. Japan and the World in 19th Century Art. 100 Units.

This seminar will explore artistic interaction between Japan and the West in the late 19th century. Topics include: changing European and American views of Japan and its art, the use of Japanese pictorial “sources” by artists such as Monet and Van Gogh, Japan's invocation by decorative arts reformers, Japanese submissions to the world’s fairs, and new forms of Japanese art made for audiences within Japan. Class sessions and a research project are designed to offer different geographical and theoretical perspectives and to provide evidence of how Japonisme appeared from late 19th-century Japanese points of view

Instructor(s): C. Foxwell     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 24710,ARTH 34710

EALC 24720. The Japanese Empire and Nation Formations in East Asia. 100 Units.

The rise and fall of the Japanese colonial empire in the first half of the twentieth century is an event of singular important in the history of modern Japan as well as its concurrent East Asia. This course surveys the imperial or colonial roots of the formation of modern East Asian nations—mainly Japan but also Taiwan, Korea, and China—with a focus on the complex interplays between nationalism and imperialism or colonialism. By examining several key issues of colonial studies, we will look at the intertwinement and tensions between empire-building and nation-forming. All readings are in English

Instructor(s): W. Chen     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 24111

EALC 25305. Dream of the Red Chamber and the Culture of Late Imperial China. 100 Units.

This course will be built around a careful reading of Cao Xueqin’s Honglou meng (The Dream of the Red Chamber). In the process, we will examine some of the range of texts, images, and issues across various literary and cultural genres in late-imperial China that this immensely complex novel draws on. The hope is that in doing so we will gain a deeper appreciation both of the novel itself and of the culture of late-imperial China.  We will read about and discuss such topics as gender, erotic desire, relations between text and commentary, the world of theater and performance, as well as dimensions of material culture, and theories of medicine and illness. Screenings from the 80’s Chinese TV soap opera Honglou meng will also be incorporated into class discussions. All required readings are in English. Depending on class interest, arrangements may be made to explore issues related to the Chinese text

Instructor(s): Y. He     Terms Offered: Winter
Note(s): Prior knowledge of Chinese language and literature is not required.
Equivalent Course(s): FNDL 24314

EALC 25811. Chinese Buddhism. 100 Units.

An introduction to the history and culture of Buddhism in premodern China, examined through lenses of philosophy, texts, and art.  We will examine the major currents of Chinese Buddhist thought and practice, stretching from the earliest days of the religion in China through around the 13th century, giving special consideration to major textual and artistic monuments, such as scriptures, Chan literature, and the cave-shrines of Dunhuang

Instructor(s): P. Copp     Terms Offered: Winter

EALC 26201. Medicine and Culture in Modern East Asia. 100 Units.

This course will focus on the cultural history of medicine in China, Japan, and Korea from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1980s. We will be concerned with tracing the circulation of new medical knowledge and understanding its cultural and social implications. Topics to be explored include the introduction of "Western medicine" and its impact for "traditional" medicine, the struggles over public health, gender, medicine, and modernity, consumer culture, and medicine

Instructor(s): S. Burns     Terms Offered: Spring
Note(s): No knowledge of an East Asian language is required, but those with reading skills will be encouraged to utilize them.
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 36201,HIST 24206,HIST 34206

EALC 26206. The Yi Jing. 100 Units.

In this course, we will survey the creation and development of the I Ching or Yi Jing, one of the most unique classics in world literature. Originally used as a divination manual, the Yi Jing came to be viewed as the paramount wisdom text in the Chinese intellectual tradition.  We will pay equal attention to how the text was first created and to how it came to be interpreted over the course of Chinese history. All readings will be in English, though students taking the course for graduate credit will be encouraged to extend their readings to Chinese sources

Instructor(s): E. Shaugnessy     Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 36206

EALC 27105. Concentrator's Seminar: Issues in East Asian Civilization. 100 Units.

Religion and Politics of East Asia

Instructor(s): D. Harper     Terms Offered: Spring

EALC 27605. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Beyond. 100 Units.

Knowledge of Japanese not required. This course considers the history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki through literature, film, photo essays, and nonfiction writing. We grapple with the shifting understanding of the bomb and continued nuclear testing, both within and without Japan during the cold war and to the present. We also study what many consider the current and ongoing form of nuclear war in the widespread deployment of depleted uranium in war zones and military bases—and its contested impact on civilians, soldiers, spouses, and children. In this examination, we compare nuclear bombing with other forms of bombing, on the one hand, and with its putative peaceful use as a source of energy

Instructor(s): N. Field     Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): Introductory Chinese art course
Equivalent Course(s): HMRT 25400

EALC 29300. Books, Prints, and Texts in Late-Imperial China. 100 Units.

The specific dynamics of production, marketing, and circulation of printed materials, along with the various modes of their reception and use, are central to our understanding of late imperial Chinese culture. In this course we will read a wide range of popular texts and images against the specific conditions of the book trade and other forms of textual circulation during the period. We will address issues such as the culture and technology of printing, the dialogue between page and stage, texts as physical artifacts and aesthetic objects, and the values, life styles, and tastes Chinese books and prints came to reflect and embody. We will also consider relevant scholarship on the history of books in general and the history of Chinese books in particular, including the field of banben studies

Instructor(s): Y. He     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 39300

EALC 29500-29600. Senior Thesis Tutorial I-II.

One quarter of this sequence may be counted for credit in the major

EALC 40431. Noh Drama. 100 Units.

An in-depth investigation of Noh drama and criticism from the 14th century to the present. Emphasis will be placed on close-reading of plays and dramaturgical treatises, as well as analysis of performances. We will read a variety of plays from different historical periods, paying attention to the cultural and ideological contexts in which the plays and critical discourses surrounding them function. A range of analytical approaches from  literary and performance studies will be developed over the course of the seminar

Instructor(s): R. Jackson     Terms Offered: Autumn

EALC 40450. Pre-Modern Japanese Bodies. 100 Units.

This graduate seminar will explore representations of the body and notions of embodiment in the context of pre-modern Japanese cultural production. Emphasis on reading original materials in conjunction with contemporary scholarship on embodiment and performance in Japanese and English

Instructor(s): R. Jackson     Terms Offered: Winter

EALC 42512. The Painter's Project in Japan, 1750-1930. 100 Units.

This course examines the varied and changing positions of the painter in Japan from the 18th through early 20th centuries. We will consider approaches to the negotiation of artistic selfhood, historical consciousness, copying and the archive, tropes of originality and eccentricity, as well as limitations placed on painters based on gender, socioeconomic background, and region. Painters under investigation include Jakuchu, Hokusai, Takahashi Yuichi, Kyosai, Uemura Shoen, Foujita, Kishida Ryusei, and early Japanese-American artists. Students interested in pursuing comparative work between Japan and another region are encouraged to do so

Instructor(s): C. Foxwell     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 42512

EALC 42610. Imperial Collections of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy. 100 Units.

This course looks at imperial art collections of painting and calligraphy and the institutions that administered them.  We will survey approaches in secondary scholarship on collections amassed for the court by members of the court: emperors, empresses, clansmen, eunuchs, scholars.  Readings will focus on the great collections of Emperors Tang Taizong, Li Houzhu, Song Huizong, and Yuan Wenzong (Tugh Temür), but research topics can be chosen from later dynastic periods.  Weekly reports, discussion, and final projects may investigate extant works by addressing issues such as: art catalogs as courtly enterprise; the relationship between art and library collections; emperor as private collector/public patron; expatriated collections and imperial identity under foreign rulers, and so on

Instructor(s): P. Foong     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 42610

EALC 44622. Keywords in Chinese Literary and Cultural Criticism. 100 Units.

An investigation of the key concepts in 20th Century Chinese literary and cultural criticism, and of the ways in which they have been transformed over time. Concepts to be discussed may include "science," "world," "modern," in their various Chinese renditions

Instructor(s): P. Iovene     Terms Offered: Winter
Note(s): Some of the course readings will be in Chinese.

EALC 44630. The Contemporary Chinese Novel. 100 Units.

In this course we will open up these three terms--contemporary, Chinese, and novel—to investigation and discussion. We'll read a wide range of related criticism and will conduct close readings of major works of fiction of the last decades

Instructor(s): P. Iovene     Terms Offered: Spring
Note(s): Some of the texts will be in Chinese, but arrangements can be made for those who don't read it.

EALC 45820. Chinese Buddhist Texts and Thought. 100 Units.

This course is intended as an introduction to the major textual and philosophical currents of Chinese Buddhism for Ph.D. students of Chinese art, history, and literature (though it is in principle open to anyone who can read literary Chinese).  We will read sections from important scriptures such as the Vimalakirti, Lotus, and Heart sutras, as well as from Chan literature, with the primary goal of understanding basic Buddhist doctrines (such as "expedient means," "emptiness," "conditioned arising," "Buddha-nature," etc), as well as to gain familiarity with the language and styles of Chinese Buddhist texts and thought

Instructor(s): P. Copp     Terms Offered: Winter
Note(s): A companion course dealing with basic texts and doctrines of Daoism will be offered in alternate years.