*Indian Studies 98r. Tutorial — Junior Year
Catalog Number: 4757
Stephanie W. Jamison and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Required of concentrators in the Indian Studies option.
*Indian Studies 99. Tutorial — Senior Year
Catalog Number: 6111
Stephanie W. Jamison and members of the Department
Full course. Hours to be arranged.
Note: Required of concentrators in the Indian Studies option.
[Indian Studies 112. Major Themes in Modern Indian History ]
Catalog Number: 6068
Rena Fonseca
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A seminar on the history of India from 1947 to the present. Topics covered: competing visions of the idea of “India”; Partition; scholarly controversies surrounding the role of Gandhi and of Nehru; the rise of religious nationalism and communal violence; ethnic conflicts in Punjab and Kashmir; prospects for democracy and stability in the 21st century. Students will work with various sources, including memoirs, newspaper reports, television documentaries, film, political speeches and interviews, and occasionally a short piece of fiction.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Indian Studies 115. Voices of Indian Women in Literature and Film: Seminar
Catalog Number: 3821
Rena Fonseca
Half course (spring term). Th., 1–3 and a weekly film screening to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
The seminar examines major themes in the lives of Indian women through the dual lenses of literature - primarily memoirs and fiction - and film. Women occupy a complex, often contradictory place in Indian society, simultaneously deified and oppressed, able to wield real political power, but also routinely denied healthcare and basic nutrition. How has the diversity and paradox of women’s lives been explored in writings and films about, and by, women? Topics include: Partition and violence, women’s literacy and fertility, political identities, social activism, arranged marriage and the caste system, dowry deaths, AIDS and the flesh trades, Bollywood and media representations of women, and voices from the Indian diaspora. Students will read the works of Lahiri, Roy, Tendulkar, Desai and Devi, among others, and will view films by Satyajit Ray, Deepa Mehta, Mira Nair, Anand Patwardhan and Shyam Benegal.
[Indian Studies 203. Select Topics: Survey of Middle Indic Languages and Literatures]
Catalog Number: 3570
Stephanie W. Jamison
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Readings in and linguistic analysis of the range of Middle Indic languages, including early inscriptions, Pali, the Prakrits, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, and Apabhramsa. Emphasis on languages not ordinarily included in the curriculum.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: One year of Sanskrit.
Indian Studies 205a. South Asia as Understood Through Its Regions I: Seminar
Catalog Number: 0460
Michael Witzel
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 2, 3
Based on the premise that the diversity of South Asian civilizations can best be approached and understood through an in-depth study of a particular region. Discussion of geography, history, religion, language, literature, art, religion, anthropology, society, and politics of the chosen region. Relation and mutual influence between the region and the South Asian subcontinent and with the two supraregional divisions of South Asia, the North and the South. Kashmir and Nepal.
Indian Studies 205b. South Asia as Understood Through Its Regions II: Seminar
Catalog Number: 2317
Michael Witzel
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Indian Studies 205a.
[Indian Studies 206. Old Indian and Eurasian Creation Myths: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 0923
Michael Witzel
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An analysis of selected Old Indian (Rgvedic, Brahmana, Epic, Puranic) cosmogonic myths which are contrasted with comparable ones from other Indo-European and Asian traditions. The character and the position in the respective mythological system of the several myths treated are investigated, as well as possible interpretations and an emerging framework for their form, structure, and transmission in (pre-) historical times.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 3840.
[Indian Studies 207a. Understanding Indian Ritual]
Catalog Number: 1214
Michael Witzel
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Investigates the indigenous theory and practice of Indian ritual, from its beginnings in the second millennium BCE (Rgveda) to present time. Stress on the development of the Agnihotra and Homa and Puja rituals, with materials from Vedic, Puranic, Tantric, and Buddhist sources, including their use in Bali, Tibet and Japan, and audio-vidual materials. Recent theories of ritual will also be discussed. Sanskrit texts are used in translation, while read in original in the tandem course, Sanskrit 214.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[Indian Studies 207b. Understanding Indian Ritual]
Catalog Number: 8416
Michael Witzel
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Indian Studies 207a.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[Indian Studies 211. Archaic Indian Religion: The Vedas. Seminar]
Catalog Number: 6441
Michael Witzel
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Overview of the oldest form of Indian religion, in the Vedic texts (c. 1500–500 B.C.E.): the mythological system of the Rgveda, the complex array of solemn srauta and domestic rituals (rites of passage), and the transcendental philosophy of the Upanisads. Stresses the coherent Weltanschauung underlying all aspects of Vedic thought.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Knowledge of Sanskrit not required.
[*Indian Studies 216 (formerly Indian Studies 102). Early History of South Asia]
Catalog Number: 4919
Michael Witzel and Richard H. Meadow
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines the archaeological and literary sources available for the understanding of the early period of Indian history, until ca. 150 B.C.E. Gives a synopsis of evidence relating to the Indus culture (2300–1900). The early Sanskrit and Pali literatures are scrutinized for the clues relating to history, state, and society of Northern India. The course takes into account recent discussions on rewriting early South Asian history from a nationalistic point of view.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
*South Asian Buddhist Studies 303. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 3517
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp 1556
*Sanskrit 98r. Tutorial — Junior Year
Catalog Number: 3117
Stephanie W. Jamison and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Required of concentrators in the Sanskrit Language and Literature option.
Sanskrit 101b. Elementary Sanskrit
Catalog Number: 6892
Stephanie W. Jamison
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
Continuation of Sanskrit 101a.
Sanskrit 102a. Intermediate Sanskrit I
Catalog Number: 4843
Stephanie W. Jamison
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
Selected readings in verse and prose, drawn primarily from the Epics (Mahabharata and Ramayana) and the Upanisads.
Sanskrit 102b. Intermediate Sanskrit II
Catalog Number: 4916
Stephanie W. Jamison
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
Continuation of Sanskrit 102a.
[Sanskrit 200br (formerly Sanskrit 200r). Advanced Poetic Sanskrit]
Catalog Number: 6510
Stephanie W. Jamison
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Sanskrit 201br (formerly Sanskrit 201ar). Philosophical Sanskrit
Catalog Number: 5965
Stephanie W. Jamison
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Sanskrit 204ar. Introduction to Vedic Sanskrit and Literature
Catalog Number: 6123
Michael Witzel
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Introduction to Vedic grammar. Selection of Vedic prose texts from the Yajurveda Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanisads. Builds on knowledge of elementary Sanskrit or Old Iranian.
Sanskrit 204br. Introduction to Vedic Sanskrit and Literature
Catalog Number: 8944
Michael Witzel
Half course (spring term). F., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Continuation of Sanskrit 204ar.
[Sanskrit 207b. Advanced Mantra Texts]
Catalog Number: 2333
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A continuation of Sanskrit 207a.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[Sanskrit 208r. Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit]
Catalog Number: 3997
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Selected readings in Buddhist Sanskrit narrative literature, with an emphasis on introducing varying degrees of “hybridity” in the language.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Two years of Sanskrit.
[Sanskrit 214. Ritual Sutras]
Catalog Number: 6626
Michael Witzel
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Reading and discussion of Sutras and Paddhatis. Selection for 2000-01: Agnihotra, Homa and Puja texts from the Vedas, Puranas, Tantras.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Sanskrit 215ar (formerly Sanskrit 215). Dharmasastra and Arthasastra
Catalog Number: 6599
Stephanie W. Jamison
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Readings in legal and political texts.
*Sanskrit 310. Direction of Doctoral Dissertations
Catalog Number: 4371
Diana L. Eck 4514 (on leave fall term), Stephanie W. Jamison 1657, P. Oktor Skjaervo 2869, and Michael Witzel 1602
[Pali 101b. Introductory Pali]
Catalog Number: 7320
Stephanie W. Jamison and assistant
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Pali 101a.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Given in alternate years.
Prerequisite: One year of Sanskrit.
[Pali 102a. Intermediate Pali]
Catalog Number: 8376
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[*Pali 102b. Intermediate Pali]
Catalog Number: 7748
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Pali 102a.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Pali 102a or equivalent.
[Pali 103r. Readings in Pali]
Catalog Number: 6985
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Urdu 102. Intermediate Urdu-Hindi
Catalog Number: 2941
Ali S. Asani
Full course (indivisible). M., W., F., at 3. EXAM GROUP: 8
Continuation of Urdu 101. Emphasis on written expression and texts in both Perso-Arabic and Devanagari script systems. Students are introduced to Urdu/Hindi fables, short stories, and various other genres of literature, including poetry.
Note: Not open to auditors.
Prerequisite: Urdu 101 or equivalent.
Urdu 103a. Advanced Urdu-Hindi
Catalog Number: 0700
Ali S. Asani
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 4. EXAM GROUP: 18
Continuation of Urdu 102; covers topics in advanced grammar; designed to improve proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Prerequisite: Urdu 102 or equivalent.
Urdu 103b. Advanced Urdu-Hindi
Catalog Number: 4615
Shafique Nizarali Virani
Half course (spring term). M., W., at 4. EXAM GROUP: 9
Continuation of Urdu 103a.
Urdu 104. The Classical Urdu Ghazal and Its Symbolism
Catalog Number: 0927
Naseem Akhtar Hines
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 18
A survey of the popular literary genre including selections from poets such as Wali Dakkani, Siraj Aurangabadi, Mir Dard, Haidar Ali Atish, Mirza Ghalib and others. Special attention to religious and mystical symbolism.
Note: Expected to be omitted in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Urdu 102 or equivalent.
Urdu 105r (formerly Urdu 103r). Topics in Urdu-Hindi Literature
Catalog Number: 5963
Ali Asani and assistant
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A course for students with native or near-native proficiency with readings in a variety of genres from Urdu and/or Hindi literature based on student interest.
Tibetan 101b (formerly Tibetan 132). Elementary Classical Tibetan
Catalog Number: 5299
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and assistant
Half course (spring term). F., 10–12, Tu., 3:30–5. EXAM GROUP: 3, 4, 17, 18
Note: This is a prerequisite for Tibetan 102 and 103.
Prerequisite: Tibetan 101a.
[Tibetan 102a. Intermediate Classical Tibetan]
Catalog Number: 1964
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and assistant.
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Tibetan 101a and Tibetan 101b, or equivalent.
[Tibetan 102b. Intermediate Classical Tibetan]
Catalog Number: 5886
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and assistant.
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Tibetan 101a and 101b, Tibetan 102a, or equivalent.
[Tibetan 103. Introduction to Pre-Classical Tibetan]
Catalog Number: 7031
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Tibetan 101a and 101b.
[Tibetan 104a. Elementary Colloquial Tibetan]
Catalog Number: 4158
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and assistant
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[Tibetan 104br (formerly Tibetan 104b). Elementary Colloquial Tibetan]
Catalog Number: 7026
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and assistant
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Tibetan 104a.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Tibetan 105a (formerly Tibetan 124). Intermediate Colloquial Tibetan
Catalog Number: 1314
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and assistant
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
Tibetan 105b (formerly Tibetan 134). Intermediate Colloquial Tibetan
Catalog Number: 1151
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and assistant
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
[Tibetan 106a. Advanced Colloquial Tibetan]
Catalog Number: 7094
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and assistant
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Tibetan 101 and 102, or equivalent.
[Tibetan 106b. Advanced Colloquial Tibetan]
Catalog Number: 5352
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and assistant
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Tibetan 101 and 102, or equivalent.
[*Tibetan 107. Introduction to the History of Tibetology: Readings in the Secondary Literature ]
Catalog Number: 4272
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. This course is required of all students in the Tibetan and Himalayan Studies Ph.D. Program.
[Tibetan 108 (formerly Tibetan 106). Buddhism in Tibet: Traditional Learning and the Experience of Enlightenment]
Catalog Number: 5604
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. All readings are in English translation.
[Tibetan 201. Introduction to Philosophical Tibetan]
Catalog Number: 7507
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and assistant
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Readings in Tibetan grub mtha’ literature.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Tibetan 202. Readings in Advanced Philosophical Tibetan
Catalog Number: 7601
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (spring term). W., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7, 8
This course focuses on the analyses of conceptual knowledge in early Tibetan philosophical texts (1100-1250).
[Tibetan 203a. Readings in Canonical Buddhist Tibetan]
Catalog Number: 7770
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and assistant
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[Tibetan 204a. Readings in Tibetan Administrative Documents]
Catalog Number: 0254
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisite for Tibetan 204b
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[Tibetan 204b. Readings in Tibetan Administrative Documents]
Catalog Number: 7255
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Tibetan 204a
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[Tibetan 205a. Readings in Bilingual Tibetan-Mongol Buddhist Literature ]
Catalog Number: 3816
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisite for 205b
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[Tibetan 205b. Readings in Bilingual Tibetan-Mongol Buddhist Literature ]
Catalog Number: 9070
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Tibetan 205a
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[Tibetan 207a. Readings in Classical Tibetan Scientific Literature]
Catalog Number: 7945
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Indigenous Tibetan grammatical treatises.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[*Tibetan 210. Tibetan Epigraphy and Edicts]
Catalog Number: 7374
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and assistant
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Readings in selected inscriptions from Ladakh, Central Tibet, and Tibeto-Mongol edicts from 1240–1368.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
[Tibetan 212. Introduction to Tibetan Philology and Textual Criticism]
Catalog Number: 7162
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Tibetan 215. Introduction to Madhyamika
Catalog Number: 9232
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (fall term). W., 9–12. EXAM GROUP: 2, 3, 4
Tibetan 215b. Introduction to Madhyamika
Catalog Number: 0397
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (spring term). W., 9–12. EXAM GROUP: 2, 3, 4
Continuation of Tibetan 215.
Prerequisite: Tibetan 215.
Tibetan 216. Tibetan Literature Survey
Catalog Number: 5913
Janet Gyatso (Divinity School) and Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (spring term). W., 4:30–6:30. EXAM GROUP: 9
This course will introduce students to a wide range of genres and primary resources for the study of history, religion, and literature in Tibetan language. This will include materials that fall outside the rubric of Buddhism.
Note: Offered at the Divinity School as 3564.
[*Tibetan 302. Direction of A.M. Theses]
Catalog Number: 6927
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp 1556
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
*Tibetan 305. Tibetan and Himalayan Studies — Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 4377
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp 1556
[Thai 101b. Introductory Thai II]
Catalog Number: 6557
Michael Witzel and assistant
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. Given in alternate years.
Thai 102a. Intermediate Thai I
Catalog Number: 8582
Michael Witzel and assistant
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 5–6:30. EXAM GROUP: 18
A two-term continuation of the study of Thai at the intermediate level. Students will build on acquired proficiency at the elementary level (or its equivalent) towards achieving more fluency in reading, speaking, writing, and listening comprehension of standard Thai, as well as in cultural-social skills. Class time will introduce new vocabulary and grammar through communicative tasks and text readings. The situational-communicative methodology will be used to help students become more fluent in the use of Thai language in communicative situations.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Elementary Thai (or equivalent) is required. Continuing students who did not take Introductory Thai, as well as new students, should not be intimidated but are encouraged to talk to the instructor prior to registration.
Thai 102b. Intermediate Thai II
Catalog Number: 3751
Michael Witzel and assistant
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 5–6:30.
Prerequisite: Thai 102a.