East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Faculty of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Wilt L. Idema, Professor of Chinese Literature (Chair)
Ryuichi Abe, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions
Peter K. Bol, Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Eileen Cheng-yin Chow, Associate Professor of Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies
Edwin A. Cranston, Professor of Japanese Literature
Nara Dillon, Lecturer on Social Studies
Carter J. Eckert, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History (on leave spring term)
Mark C. Elliott, Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History (Director of Graduate Studies) (on leave spring term)
Shengli Feng, Professor of the Practice of Chinese Language (Director of the Chinese Language Program)
Binnan Gao, Preceptor in Chinese
Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History
Helen Hardacre, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society
Michael Hockx, Visiting Professor of Chinese (University of London)
Hui-Yen Huang, Preceptor in Chinese, Contin Ed/Spec Prog Instructor
Wesley M. Jacobsen, Professor of the Practice of Japanese Language (Director of the Japanese Language Program)
Yuko Kageyama-Hunt, Preceptor in Japanese
Adam L. Kern, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature
Mi-Hyun Kim, Preceptor in Korean
Sun Joo Kim, Associate Professor of Korean History
Shigehisa Kuriyama, Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History
Kening Li, Preceptor in Chinese
Wai-yee Li, Professor of Chinese Literature (Head Tutor)
Jonathan N. Lipman, Visiting Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations (Mount Holyoke College)
Satomi Matsumura, Senior Preceptor in Japanese
David McCann, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature
Melissa M. McCormick, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities
Binh Ngo, Senior Preceptor in Vietnamese (Director of the Vietnamese Language Program)
Abe Markus Nornes, Edwin O. Reischauer Visiting Professor of Japanese Studies (University of Michigan)
Sang-suk Oh, Senior Preceptor in Korean (Director of the Korean Language Program)
Harumi Ono, Preceptor in Japanese, Contin Ed/Spec Prog Instructor
Stephen Owen, James Bryant Conant University Professor
Michael J. Puett, Professor of Chinese History (on leave 2008-09)
Ethan Isaac Segal, Visiting Assistant Professor of Pre-Modern Japanese History (Michigan State University)
Lu lei Su, Preceptor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Michael A. Szonyi, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities (on leave spring term)
Xiaofei Tian, Professor of Chinese Literature
Wei-Ming Tu, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy and of Confucian Studies (on leave fall term)
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp, Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies
David Der-Wei Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature (on leave spring term)
Miaomiao Wang, Preceptor in Chinese
Qiuyu Wang, Preceptor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Xuedong Wang, Preceptor in Chinese
Melissa Wender, Visiting Lecturer on Japanese Studies
Emi Yamanaka, Preceptor in Japanese
Chen Zhang, Preceptor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Congmin Zhao, Preceptor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Other Faculty Offering Instruction in East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies (Divinity School)

Committee for the Social Science Program in East Asian Studies of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Theodore C. Bestor, Professor of Anthropology
Carter J. Eckert, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History (on leave spring term)
Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History
Alastair Iain Johnston, Governor James Albert Noe Sr. and Linda and Christel Noe Laine Kelley Professor of China in World Affairs
William C. Kirby, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies (FAS) and Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration (Business School), Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science
Elizabeth J. Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government
Susan J. Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics
James L. Watson, Harvard College Professor and John King and Wilma Cannon Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society (on leave fall term)

Courses listed under the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations begin with department tutorials and then are grouped by area: China, Japan, Korea, Manchu, Mongolia, Tibet, and Vietnam. Each area is divided into language, history, and literature courses, then “Graduate Courses of Reading and Research,” and concludes with cross-listings from other departments. Please note that courses under each heading are categorized as either “For Undergraduates and Graduates” or “Primarily for Graduates.”

The concentration draws upon faculty working on East Asian topics from the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and from other departments. It offers both a humanities track, in which the history, literature, philosophy, and religion of premodern and modern times are studied, and a social science track, stressing approaches to modern East Asia drawn from the social science disciplines.

Courses in the Language Programs are designed to be taken in sequence and cannot be taken out of order. There are no auditors permitted in the Language Programs and language courses must be taken for a grade. Independent study in languages will only be offered after completion of all courses in the sequence, and with permission of the Director of that language. Placement and admission to a course is at the discretion of the course head.

East Asian Studies

Primarily for Undergraduates

*East Asian Studies 91r. Supervised Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 0961
Wai-yee Li and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Open to students who have given evidence of ability to do independent reading and research. May be taken on an individual basis or by small groups of students interested in working on the same topic. Permission of the East Asian Studies Head Tutor required.

East Asian Studies 97ab. Introduction to East Asian Civilizations - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 2337
Wilt L. Idema, members of the Department, and other faculty.
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 12.
This course looks at some of the elements (philosophy and religion, art and literature, statecraft and technology) that are shared by the various regional cultures of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam), and the ways in which these vary in each of these cultures. We also look at the way in which the countries of East Asia have impacted each other in the process of modernization, and at their divergent paths towards globalization.
Note: Required of sophomore concentrators. Open to freshmen.

East Asian Studies 98a. Tutorial--Junior Year: State-Society Relations in Modern China
Catalog Number: 0964
Elizabeth J. Perry
Half course (spring term). Tu., at 2. EXAM GROUP: 16
Junior Tutorial for students in the China Social Science track.
Note: EAS 98a, 98b, 98d or a substitution approved by the Head Tutor is required for all EAS concentrators. Preference to EAS concentrators but open to Government concentrators.

East Asian Studies 98b. Junior Tutorial--State and Society in Contemporary Japan
Catalog Number: 8288
Susan J. Pharr
Half course (fall term). Tu., at 3.
Junior Tutorial for students in the Japan Social Science track.
Note: EAS 98a, 98b, 98d or a substitution approved by the Head Tutor is required for all EAS concentrators. Preference to EAS students but open to Government concentrators.

East Asian Studies 98d. Junior Tutorial--The Political Economy of Modern China - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 4800
Nara Dillon
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Junior Tutorial for students in the China Social Science track. After an introduction to the historical context of China’s development, this course will focus on the political economy of reform in the post-Mao period. Some of the topics covered include the one-child policy, foreign trade and investment, the role of labor, rural-urban migration, and the rise of inequality.
Note: EAS 98a, 98b, 98d or a substitution approved by the Head Tutor is required for all EAS concentrators. Preference to EAS students but open to Government concentrators.

*East Asian Studies 99. Tutorial — Senior Year
Catalog Number: 0384
Wai-yee Li and members of the Department
Full course. Hours to be arranged.
Thesis guidance under faculty direction.

Cross-listed Courses

Culture and Belief 11. Medicine and the Body in East Asia and in Europe - (New Course)
Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1162. Imagining Asian America - (New Course)

For Undergraduates and Graduates

East Asian Studies 140. Major Religious Texts of East Asia
Catalog Number: 0856
Ryuichi Abe
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4:30.
This course aims at enabling students to read and analyze in depth major religious texts of East Asia, representing diverse traditions and genres. The course encourages students to take up their reading of texts not only as ways to acquire knowledge on Asian religious traditions, but as practice, labor, and play in which their ordinary way of understanding/experiencing the world and themselves will be challenged, reaffirmed, and renewed.

East Asian Studies 160. Writing Asian Poetry
Catalog Number: 0327
David McCann
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30. EXAM GROUP: 12, 13
Readings in selected Chinese, Japanese, and Korean verse forms, and composition or imitation in English. Study of Li Po and Tu Fu (Chinese couplet), Basho (haiku and haibun mixed prose and poetry), Yun Sôn-do and other Korean poets (shijo), and composition/imitation. Final project, an extended suite of poems or mixed prose and poetry.
Note: No Asian language knowledge is required; all writing will be in English.

East Asian Studies 175. The History of Modern Science and Technology in East Asia - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 5317
Shigehisa Kuriyama
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
Historical examination of the adoption and transformations of modern science and technology in East Asia; the interaction of local traditions with global knowledge and techniques.

[East Asian Studies 180. Korea Wave]
Catalog Number: 9177
David McCann
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Cinema, music, television, dance, food, clothing, currency, and language: the present-day "waves" that seem one after another to sweep across East Asia’s borders and boundaries also have historical counterparts. The course will examine the seismic events and media, practices, and circulation systems that constitute the contemporary Korean culture scene, and then how these are linked to or disassociated from the past.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Primarily for Graduates

[East Asian Studies 200. The Uses and Meaning of the New Arts of Presentation]
Catalog Number: 6509
Shigehisa Kuriyama
Half course (fall term). M., 7–9:30 p.m.
Exploration of the new horizons of communication created by current media technology. The seminar’s prime focus will be practical: students will experiment, by crafting their own illustrated texts, podcasts, multimedia presentations, and documentary-style movies, with fresh and creative ways to convey ideas and research.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

[East Asian Studies 205. Approches to the Comparative History of Medicine and the Body]
Catalog Number: 2222
Shigehisa Kuriyama
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–4.
Research seminar devoted to the theory and methods, possibilities and challenges of cross-cultural studies in the history of medicine and the body.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: East Asian Studies 170, or other course in medical history or medical anthropology.

East Asian Studies 210. Asia in the Making of the Modern World (Graduate Seminar in General Education) - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 2085
Shigehisa Kuriyama, Ian J. Miller, and Parimal G. Patil
Half course (spring term). M., 2–5. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8, 9
This seminar will spotlight familiar aspects of life in contemporary America, and show how a deeper understanding of them requires study of peoples and events in distant places and times. Using a variety of sources and methods, the course will explore how Asia and its past are in fact woven into the intimate fabric of life here and now. The seminar will design and develop a General Education course on these themes for undergraduates.

[East Asian Studies 211. Historical Theory and Methods]
Catalog Number: 3088
Michael J. Puett and Shigehisa Kuriyama
Half course (fall term). M., 1–3.
Theories and methods for research in East Asian history. Covers approaches to social, cultural, intellectual, and political history, analyzing significant works in each field and applications to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean materials.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

East Asian Studies 220r. Medieval Japanese Picture Scrolls
Catalog Number: 1685
Melissa M. McCormick
Half course (spring term). F., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Examines the rich tradition of medieval Japanese picture scrolls (emaki). Provides training in the reading of scroll texts (kotobagaki), the analysis of paintings, and the examination of the production contexts of important scrolls from the 12th to the 16th century. Aims to make picture scrolls available as a primary source for graduate research in many different disciplines within Japanese studies.

East Asian Studies 230r (formerly East Asian Studies 230). The History of East Asian Medicine: Seminar
Catalog Number: 0544
Shigehisa Kuriyama
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16, 17
In 2008-09, focus on original texts related to the history of forensic medicine.
Prerequisite: At least one year of classical Chinese.

East Asian Buddhist Studies

Primarily for Graduates

East Asian Buddhist Studies 240r (formerly East Asian Buddhist Studies 240). Japanese Buddhist Doctrine and Monastic Culture
Catalog Number: 3768
Ryuichi Abe
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
A graduate seminar aimed at improving students’ ability to read and analyze scriptural sources in the context of textual, artistic, and other cultural productions centered around large monasteries in premodern Japan.
Prerequisite: Classical Japanese and Kambun are required.

East Asian Buddhist Studies 245r (formerly East Asian Buddhist Studies 245). Ritual and Text in Japanese Buddhist Literature
Catalog Number: 7113
Ryuichi Abe
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines the way in which rituals are approached, described, and interpreted in primary Japanese Buddhist texts. Students will acquire skills allowing them to move freely in their reading of texts from diverse literary genres.
Prerequisite: Classical Japanese and Kambun.

Graduate Courses of Reading and Research

*East Asian Buddhist Studies 300. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 9811
Ryuichi Abe 4974 and Janet Gyatso (Divinity School) 4243

Cross-listed courses

Foreign Cultures 94. Buddhism and Japanese Culture
Religion 2710r. Buddhist Studies: Seminar
*South Asian Buddhist Studies 303. Reading and Research

China: Language Courses

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Chinese Aab. Intensive Elementary Modern Chinese
Catalog Number: 0625 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
Binnan Gao
Full course (fall term). M., through F., 1-3. EXAM GROUP: 7, 16
Intensive introduction to modern standard (Mandarin) Chinese pronunciation, grammar, conversation, reading, and writing.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.

Chinese Ba. Elementary Modern Chinese
Catalog Number: 4375
Qiuyu Wang and Shengli Feng
Half course (fall term). Sections Tu., Th., 9, 10, 12, or 2, and three additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 11
Nonintensive introduction to modern Chinese pronunciation, grammar, conversation, reading, and writing.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.

Chinese Bb. Elementary Modern Chinese
Catalog Number: 8714
Qiuyu Wang
Half course (spring term). Sections Tu., Th., 10, 11, 12, or 2, and three additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 12
Continuation of Chinese Ba.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Chinese Ba or equivalent.

*Chinese Bx. Elementary Chinese for Advanced Beginners
Catalog Number: 7066
Hui-Yen Huang
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10 or 2, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
For students with significant listening and speaking background. Introductory Modern Chinese language course, with emphasis on reading and writing. Covers in one term the equivalent of Chinese Ba and Bb.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail. Students must pass a test in listening and speaking to take the course.

[Chinese Ca (formerly Chinese 108a). Cantonese]
Catalog Number: 0223
Shengli Feng
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Non-intensive introduction to Cantonese dialect. Emphasizes basic pronunciation and colloquial usage.
Note: Expected to be given in 2010–11. Primarily intended for non-native speakers who will conduct research in a Cantonese-speaking locale.
Prerequisite: Two years formal study of Mandarin.

[Chinese Cb (formerly Chinese 108b). Cantonese]
Catalog Number: 0831
Shengli Feng
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Chinese Ca.
Note: Expected to be given in 2010–11. Primarily intended for non-native speakers who will conduct research in a Cantonese-speaking locale.
Prerequisite: Two years formal study of Mandarin and Chinese Ca or equivalent.

[Chinese 100. Mandarin Pronunciation and Grammar for Speakers of Cantonese Dialects]
Catalog Number: 7291
Shengli Feng
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An introduction to modern Chinese pronunciation. Offering a systematic contrast and comparison between the sound and syntactic systems of the two dialects, for students who are native speakers of Cantonese and have a strong background in reading. Those who wish to continue will be prepared for Chinese 142b, Advanced Conversational Chinese.
Note: Expected to be given in 2010–11.

Chinese 120a. Intermediate Modern Chinese
Catalog Number: 4283
Xuedong Wang
Half course (fall term). Sections Tu., Th., at 10, 12, or 2, and three additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 12
Modern texts, conversation, reading, and composition.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Chinese Bb or equivalent.

Chinese 120b. Intermediate Modern Chinese
Catalog Number: 1702
Xuedong Wang
Half course (spring term). Sections Tu., Th., at 10, 12, or 2, and three additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 12
Continuation of Chinese 120a.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Chinese 120a, or equivalent.

Chinese 123b. Intermediate Modern Chinese for Advanced Beginners
Catalog Number: 7034
Hui-Yen Huang
Half course (spring term). Sections M., W., F. at 10 or 2, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
Continuation of Chinese Bx. Covers in one term the equivalent of Chinese 120a and 120b.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Chinese Bx, or instructor’s permission.

Chinese 125ab. Intensive Intermediate Modern Standard Chinese
Catalog Number: 0977 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
Binnan Gao
Full course (spring term). M., through F., 1-3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 15
Continuation of Chinese Aab.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Chinese Aab, or Chinese Bb, or equivalent.

Chinese 130a. Advanced Modern Chinese
Catalog Number: 6724
Kening Li
Half course (fall term). Sections Tu., Th., at 10, 11, or 2, and three additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 12
A study of writings selected from modern Chinese literature, academic works and newspaper articles, aimed at enhancing and further developing the student’s proficiency in modern Chinese language.
Note: Conducted in Chinese. No auditors. May not be taken pass/fail.
Prerequisite: Two years of modern Chinese.

Chinese 130b. Advanced Modern Chinese
Catalog Number: 2917
Kening Li
Half course (spring term). Sections T., Th., at 10, 11, or 2, and three additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 12
Continuation of Chinese 130a.
Note: Conducted in Chinese. No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Chinese 130a.

Chinese 130xa. Advanced Modern Chinese for Heritage Students
Catalog Number: 9097
Congmin Zhao
Half course (fall term). Section I: M., W., F., at 10; Section ll: M., W., F., at 2. EXAM GROUP: 2
Designed for heritage learners and covers the equivalent of Chinese 130a and other materials for reading and writing.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Chinese 123b, Chinese 125ab, or with permission of instructor.

Chinese 130xb. Advanced Modern Chinese for Heritage Students
Catalog Number: 2437
Congmin Zhao
Half course (spring term). Sections I: M., W., F., at 10, and 2 additional hours to be arranged; Section II: M., W., F., at 2, and 2 additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
Designed for heritage learners and covers the equivalent of Chinese 130b and other materials for reading and writing.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Chinese 130xa.

Chinese 140a. Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese
Catalog Number: 1945
Miaomiao Wang
Half course (fall term). Sections M., W., F., at 10, or 2, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
Rapid reading of selections from books and articles.
Note: Conducted in Chinese. No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Chinese 130b.

Chinese 140b. Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese
Catalog Number: 6844
Miaomiao Wang
Half course (spring term). Sections: M., W., F., at 10, or 2, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
Continuation of Chinese 140a.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Chinese 140a.

[Chinese 142a. Advanced Conversational Chinese]
Catalog Number: 3900
Shengli Feng
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30, and one additional hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 12, 13
Spoken Chinese for advanced students.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail. No native speakers allowed. May not be used for citation.
Prerequisite: Chinese 140a or equivalent.

Chinese 142b. Advanced Conversational Chinese
Catalog Number: 1418 Enrollment: Limited to 12. per lecture section.
Shengli Feng
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30. One additional hour of speaking practice to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 12, 13
Spoken Chinese for advanced students.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail. No native speakers allowed. May not be used for citation.
Prerequisite: Chinese 130b or equivalent.

Chinese 150a. Formal Chinese Writing and Speaking
Catalog Number: 5621 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
Lu lei Su
Half course (fall term). Sections M., W., F., at 9, or 12, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 2
The purpose of this course is to enable students to acquire a comprehensive written grammar with sufficient formal vocabulary in modern Chinese. Formal patterns generated by combining single characters are used for the foundation of written grammar. This course also offers students authentic academic readings in order to improve their abilities in academic writing and formal speech. Students are required to write and present their essays in formal Chinese.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Chinese 140b or equivalent.

Chinese 150b. Formal Chinese Writing and Speaking
Catalog Number: 8111 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
Lu lei Su
Half course (spring term). Section l: M., W., at 9; Section ll: M., W., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 2
Continuation of Chinese 150a.
Note: No auditors. May not be taken Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite: Chinese 150a.

Chinese 187. Art and Violence in the Cultural Revolution
Catalog Number: 1253
Xiaofei Tian
Half course (fall term). T., 1-3, and a weekly discussion section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Examines the cultural implications of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). We will examine how art was violent towards people and how violence was turned into an art. We will also consider the link between violence, trauma, memory and writing. Materials include memoir, fiction, essay, "revolutionary Peking Opera," and film.
Note: Most readings in Chinese. Discussions in Chinese. Count toward Language Citation in Modern Chinese. This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the Core area requirement for Literature and Arts C or Foreign Cultures, but not both.
Prerequisite: Four years of Mandarin or equivalent (with instructor’s permission).

[Chinese 188. Traditional Chinese Philology]
Catalog Number: 2801
Shengli Feng
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3.
Traditional Chinese philology consists of a set of principles and techniques in four major areas: paleography, historical phonology, exegesis, and historical syntax. Students will acquire proficiency in theories, principles, and techniques that enable them to decode the ancient language rationally and that facilitate their understanding and translation accurately.
Note: Expected to be omitted in 2008–09. Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Chinese 107b or equivalent.

[Chinese 190r. Traditional Philology: Study on Shuowen Jiezi]
Catalog Number: 6550
Shengli Feng
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 2:30–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
This course will focus on the sound-graph-and-meaning system of Shuowen Jiezi (the First Comprehensive Chinese Dictionary). The purpose of this course is to help students build a basic exegetic foundation through the study of graphic meaning, word meaning and cognate meaning. The 540 radicals with their cognate words and phonological categories will be examined. Students are expected to learn basic skills of how to solve ancient textual problems by using paleographic, exegetic and phonologic techniques.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Chinese 107b or equivalent.

Chinese 197. History of Chinese Language and Culture - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 0798
Shengli Feng
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
This course is an introduction to the history of Chinese language and its relevant cultures. This course will provide evidence regarding the comparative method, internal reconstruction of prehistoric stages of the Chinese language, as well as major developments in Chinese phonology and grammar from the Shang-Zhou Dynasty through the present day. It will also present an overview of some language-related cultural developments, such as the writing system and instruments, as well as language determined literary stylistic changes.
Note: This course is taught in Chinese (counts toward a Chinese language citation).
Prerequisite: Level of Chinese equivalent to Chinese 150 or above.

Literary Chinese Courses

Chinese 106a. Introduction to Literary Chinese
Catalog Number: 1185
Chen Zhang
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 11:30-1. EXAM GROUP: 13, 14
Basic grammar and the reading of simple historical narrative.
Note: An additional lecture slot may be added if enough students enroll, with times to be arranged.
Prerequisite: At least one year of modern Chinese, or familiarity with Chinese characters through knowledge of Japanese or Korean.

Chinese 106b. Introduction to Literary Chinese
Catalog Number: 3600
Chen Zhang
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 4–5:30. EXAM GROUP: 18
Introduction to pre-Qin philosophical texts.
Note: An additional lecture slot may be added if enough students enroll, with times to be arranged.
Prerequisite: Chinese 106a or permission of instructor.

Chinese 107a. Intermediate Literary Chinese
Catalog Number: 3343
Chen Zhang
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30, and an additional hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 12, 13
A second-year course designed to prepare students for reading and research using materials written in Literary Chinese. The focus in the fall semester will be prose from the Tang and Song dynasties.
Prerequisite: One year of literary Chinese (Chinese 106 or equivalent).

Chinese 107b. Intermediate Literary Chinese
Catalog Number: 6931
Chen Zhang
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30, and an additional hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 12, 13
A continuation of Chinese 107a, introducing more prose styles as well as poetry and lyric.
Prerequisite: Chinese 107a or equivalent.

Primarily for Graduates

[Chinese Linguistics 200. Introduction to Teaching of Modern Chinese Language]
Catalog Number: 5108
Shengli Feng
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Introduction to teaching Modern Standard Chinese as a second language at college level. Reviews concepts and publications relating to trends in second language teaching, pedagogical issues and materials concerned with teaching MSC, observation of teaching.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

China: History Courses

For Undergraduates and Graduates

[Chinese History 113. Society and Culture of Late Imperial China]
Catalog Number: 8264
Michael A. Szonyi
Half course (fall term). M., W. at 11, and a weekly discussion section W. at 10.
This course is a survey of the social and cultural history of China from the Song to the mid-Qing (roughly from 1000 to 1800). The main topics discussed include urbanization and commerce; gender; family and kinship; education and the examination system, and religion and ritual. The main goal of the course will be to explore the relationship between social and cultural chances and political and intellectual developments.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Chinese History 118. History of Relations between China and Inner Asia
Catalog Number: 6134
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
The interaction between sedentary and nomadic civilizations is one of the great themes of human history. This course focuses on the classic case of relations between China and Inner Asia from ancient times to the 20th century. Approaching the problem from historical and theoretical perspectives, the course addresses the political, economic, social, and cultural dimensions of the storied Great Wall frontier.
Note: This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the Core area requirement for Historical Study A.

Chinese History 150. Islams and Muslims in China - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 2708
Jonathan N. Lipman (Mount Holyoke College)
Half course (spring term). M., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7, 8
Introduction to the history and varieties of Muslim life in China over 1,200 years. The course will focus on the 15th-20th centuries, when Muslims lived almost everywhere in China, participating in its society, politics, and economy. We will also attend to connections between Muslims in China and the larger Muslim world, including Sufi orders and modernist movements. Students will undertake a secondary literature exercise, then define and complete a research paper.
Note: All required materials will be in English.

Cross-listed Courses

[Anthropology 1210. The Archaeology of Ancient China]
[Anthropology 1880. Chinese Culture and Society]
Foreign Cultures 48. The Cultural Revolution
[Foreign Cultures 79. Historical and Musical Paths on the Silk Road]
[Foreign Cultures 81. The Culture of Everyday Life in China]
Historical Study A-13. China: Traditions and Transformations
Historical Study A-89. The Chinese Overseas - (New Course)
*History 76b. Religion and State in Qing China - (New Course)
*History 86a (formerly *History 1828). Christianity and Chinese Society
History 1618. Telling Lives in Asia: Conference Course - (New Course)
History 1626. Modern Chinese History, 1644-1949 - (New Course)
Literature and Arts C-40. The Chinese Literati
[Moral Reasoning 40. Confucian Humanism: Self-Cultivation and Moral Community]
[Moral Reasoning 78. Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory]

Primarily for Graduates

[Chinese History 200. Spatial and Prosopographical Analysis of China’s History]
Catalog Number: 5606
Peter K. Bol
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4.
History takes place through the actions of people who livein time and space. The analysis of what large numbers of people spread across the landscape are doing and how their patterns of behavior change over time is made possible with modern computational techniques. This course explores the connections between China’s traditional biographical and geographical sources and the use of modern information systems for the collection and analysis of biographical and geographical data, in past and present. Separate labs will provide instruction in the use and design of prosopographical databases and geographic information systems (GIS).
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Chinese History 224. Introduction to T’ang and Sung Historical Sources
Catalog Number: 0673
Peter K. Bol
Half course (fall term). M., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7, 8
Introduction to the reading and interpretation of sources useful in the study of T’ang and Sung history. Recent scholarship and methodological issues are also discussed.
Prerequisite: One year of literary Chinese or equivalent.

[Chinese History 228. Introduction to Neo-Confucianism]
Catalog Number: 2130
Peter K. Bol
Half course (fall term). M., 1–4.
Introduces major Neo-Confucian texts for close reading and analysis. Selections from the writings and records of spoken instruction by Zhou Dunyi, Chang Zai, Cheng Yi, Cheng Hao, Zhu Xi, Liu Jiuyuan, and others.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

[Chinese History 232r (formerly Chinese History 232). Topics in Han History]
Catalog Number: 7542
Michael J. Puett
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–4.
Examines various topics in the history of the Han Dynasty.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

[Chinese History 235r (formerly Chinese History 235). Topics in Warring States History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 1499
Michael J. Puett
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3:30.
Close reading of texts from the Warring States period.
Note: Expected to be given in 2010–11.

[Chinese History 251. Confucian Ethics: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 2428
Wei-Ming Tu
Half course (spring term). M., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7, 8
An exploration of salient features in the Confucian mode of moral reasoning. Primarily for students in Chinese thought, religion and history.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 3857.

[Chinese History 252. The Conquest Dynasties]
Catalog Number: 6854
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines the history of northern "alien" regimes in comparative perspective. Attention is given to historiographical as well as theoretical issues of conquest, colonialism, law, identity, language, and gender.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of modern Chinese and/or Japanese required. Reading knowledge of classical Chinese recommended, but not required.

Chinese History 255. Popular Religion in Late Imperial China: Historiography
Catalog Number: 0337
Michael A. Szonyi
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16, 17
We will explore current writings on the relationship between Chinese popular religion and the Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian traditions since the Song dynasty. We will discuss religion and ritual as important aspects of social experience, which interact with and shed light on other aspects of social relations. Topics discussed will include: syncretism, state regulation and cultural integration; local cults and Daoism.

[Chinese History 256r (formerly Chinese History 256). Popular Religion in Late Imperial China: Texts and Methods]
Catalog Number: 1081
Michael A. Szonyi
Half course (spring term). Th., 1–4.
This seminar introduces the different types of primary materials useful for study of popular religion in late imperial China. Course meetings are spent translating and discussing these materials.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Fluency in classical Chinese is required.

Chinese History 270. Sources on Islam in Modern China - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 1126
Jonathan N. Lipman (Mount Holyoke College)
Half course (spring term). W., 2–5. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8, 9
Survey of sources for the study of Islam and Muslims in China since 1600, from law codes to ethnographies, gazetteers to memorials. Participants’ language skills and interests will determine topics for final projects.
Prerequisite: Participants should be able to read Chinese, both modern and literary, with ease.

Cross-listed Courses

History 2300. Methods in Intellectual History: Proseminar - (New Course)
History 2622 (formerly History 2822). Readings on the 1949 Revolution in China: Seminar
[History 2623 (formerly History 2823). Readings in Modern Chinese History: Proseminar]
History 2624 (formerly History 2848a & History 2848b). Introduction to Archival Research in Chinese History: Seminar
History 2626. Society and Culture in Modern China: Seminar - (New Course)
History 2627. Violence in Modern Chinese History: Seminar - (New Course)

China: Literature Courses

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Chinese Literature 130. Screening Modern China: Chinese Film and Culture
Catalog Number: 7241
Eileen Cheng-yin Chow
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 15
How do Chinese films between the two fin-de-siècles create the spectacle of “China” at home and abroad? Course topics include: the cinematic histories of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong; the origins of early Chinese cinema; film’s relationship to literary and pop culture discourses; violence and the martial arts genre; history and spectacle (Nanjing Massacre, Beijing Olympics) in film and new media.
Note: Lectures and readings in English, plus weekly film screenings. No prior background in subject matter required. This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the Core area requirement for Foreign Cultures or Literature and Arts B, but not both.

Chinese Literature 132. Chinatowns
Catalog Number: 8316
Eileen Cheng-yin Chow
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Explores ways that “Chinatown” has circulated as ‘memory, fantasy, narrative, myth’ in the dominant cultural imagination the last century and a half, and how realities of overseas communities, Asian American history, and conceptions of ‘Chineseness’ have engaged with real and phantom Chinatowns. Though emphasis is on cultural and theoretical issues rather than socio-historical study of the “Chinatown” phenomenon, participants are encouraged to pursue multi-disciplinary approaches, such as studies in urban history, economics, or creative projects.
Note: Primarily for undergraduates; graduate students may enroll with permission of instructor.

[Chinese Literature 133. Representations of Women in Chinese Literature]
Catalog Number: 8565
Wai-yee Li
Half course (spring term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
This course uses images of women to explore major themes in Chinese literature: the relationship between self and society, individual and tradition, gender and political power. We also examine conceptions of desire, agency, and yin-yang polarity. Tropes that persist through different periods will be used to chart changes in literary history. Whenever feasible, we juxtapose representations of the same subjects by male and female writers. Readings are in English.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Chinese Literature 150. China’s Greatest Folktales: Old Tales in New Media - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 7777
Wilt L. Idema and David Der-Wei Wang
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
This class will look at China’s most famous traditional tales, such as Mulan, Meng Jiangnü, The White Snake and Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. We will study both the richness and variety of these tales in premodern times, and the way in which modern and contemporary artists and intellectuals have reflected on these tales in their essays and novels, and adapted them for the stage and the screen in their search conituity between the Chinese past and the Chinese present.
Note: This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the Core requirement for Foreign Cultures.

[Chinese Literature 158. Passion and Duty in Chinese Drama]
Catalog Number: 8085
Wilt L. Idema
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4.
Traditional and modern Chinese literature have a rich dramatic tradition. We will read (in translation) representative plays from the major dramatic genres from the 13th to the 20th century. Drawing upon existing scholarship and criticism, we emphasize the ways in which the conflict between passion (love, revenge) and duty (filial piety, loyalty to the state) is dealt with in each case.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Chinese Literature 160. Creating Modern China: Chinese Culture and Politics from the 1900s to the Present - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 4867
Michael Hockx (University of London)
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30. EXAM GROUP: 12, 13
Surveys the links between works of modern Chinese literature and film and the political movements that have pervaded China’s modern history. Students will be introduced to the huge political significance of culture in modern China, and to the problematic Chinese search for an indigenous, yet modern, cultural identity. All course readings will be in English and all viewings will have English subtitles. Students who know Chinese will be encouraged to do additional reading in Chinese.

Cross-listed Courses

For related courses, see also China: Language Courses section.
[Foreign Cultures 67. Popular Culture in Modern China]
Foreign Cultures 68. Authority and the Claims of the Individual in Chinese Literary Culture
*Freshman Seminar 35m. The Story of the Stone
[Literature and Arts A-63. Women Writers in Imperial China: How to Escape from the Feminine Voice]
[Literature and Arts A-90. Forbidden Romance in Modern China]
Literature and Arts C-40. The Chinese Literati

Primarily for Graduates

Chinese Literature 201a. History of Chinese Literature: Beginnings through Song
Catalog Number: 0165
Xiaofei Tian
Half course (fall term). M., W., 11:30–1. EXAM GROUP: 4, 5
In-depth, scholarly introduction to history of Chinese literature and literary culture from antiquity through 1400. Also examines state of the field and considers issues for future research. Includes bibliography. Essential for generals preparation.

Chinese Literature 201b. History of Chinese Literature: 900-1900
Catalog Number: 1760
Wilt L. Idema
Half course (spring term). W., 2–5. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8, 9
Continuation of Chinese Literature 201a. Provides an in-depth overview of the development of Chinese literature during the late imperial period, with special (but not exclusive) emphasis on the development of vernacular literature.

[Chinese Literature 205. Issues in the Study of Chinese Vernacular Fiction]
Catalog Number: 8394
Wilt L. Idema
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4.
General introduction to the study of traditional vernacular fiction, including its origin and later development, as well as traditional and modern Chinese approaches to this body of literature. Special attention paid to available reference works.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Chinese Literature 210. Diaspora and Transnationalism - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 9477
Eileen Cheng-yin Chow
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Examines the way in which historical and cultural notions of nations, diasporas, and homes intersect with new economic and social arrangements that have created transnational flows of people across the globe.
Note: Also open to qualified undergraduates.

Chinese Literature 224r. Chinese Film Studies
Catalog Number: 4997
Eileen Cheng-yin Chow
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Primarily generals preparation for those who are interested in taking a field in film and visual studies, with a special focus on Chinese cinema. This year’s special topic will be the history of cinema on Taiwan, with special emphasis on the work of Edward Yang.

[Chinese Literature 225. Visual Evidence]
Catalog Number: 7222
Eileen Cheng-yin Chow
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4.
Through texts and investigations into visual practices, explores interactions of social context, technology, and culture in Qing and Republican China, and the role material media plays in changing epistemological formations, and in defining the “modern."
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Advanced command of modern Chinese; ability to read classical Chinese.

Chinese Literature 227r (formerly Chinese Literature 227). Early Chinese Narrative: Zuozhuan
Catalog Number: 3773
Wai-yee Li
Half course (fall term). W., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7, 8
Uses the Zuozhuan to study early Chinese conceptions of morality, politics, rhetoric, narrative, history, and interpretation. Readings are in Chinese but a new complete and annotated translation will be available.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of classical Chinese.

[Chinese Literature 228. Asian Modernities: An Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theories]
Catalog Number: 7357
Eileen Cheng-yin Chow
Half course (spring term). W., 1–3.
We look at the place of theory and criticism in the study of ‘Asia’ in the academy today. We engage in topics such as the construction of ‘literature’, literary traditions, and national cultures in a comparative context; articulations of internationalism and cosmopolitanism as counter-discourses; recent debates on nationalism and modernity, cultural studies, gender studies, translation and travel, and the proliferation of ‘post-’ studies (postmodern, post-colonial, post-ethnic) as they pertain to our research and writing.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. Graduate seminar; qualified undergraduates require permission of instructor. Knowledge of one Asian literary or cultural tradition helpful.

Chinese Literature 229r. Literature and Culture of Early Medieval China - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 6099
Xiaofei Tian
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16, 17
Survey of literature and culture of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (317-589). Major issues include travel, landscape, visualization, pursuit of transcendence and sagehood, construction of "South" and North," and implications of manuscript culture.

Chinese Literature 230. The Vernacular Short Story (huaben xiaoshen): Historical and Critical Approaches - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 6322
Wilt L. Idema
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Deals with the development of the vernacular short story, focusing on Feng Menglong’s Sanyan (1620-1627), a compilation of 120 stories old and new. This course also looks at vernacular narratives of the Tang as found in Dunhuang and follows the development of the genre throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.

[Chinese Literature 231. Late-Ming Literature and Culture]
Catalog Number: 2770
Wai-yee Li
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–4.
Surveys writings from second half of sixteenth century until fall of Ming, including prose (including “informal essays”), poetry, drama, fiction. Examines late-Ming literary-aesthetic sensibility (and questions how such a category may be justified.)
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of classical and pre-modern vernacular Chinese required.

[Chinese Literature 232. Early Qing literature and Culture]
Catalog Number: 8447
Wai-yee Li
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3:30.
Examines works in Qing prose, poetry, fiction, and drama. Focuses on memory and representation of the fall of the Ming in early Qing. Explores how this preoccupation merges and co-exists with developments in this period.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of classical and pre-modern vernacular Chinese required.

Chinese Literature 239. Gender and Power in Chinese Literature
Catalog Number: 7569
Wai-yee Li
Half course (spring term). M., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7, 8
Uses conceptions of gender and representations of women to examine shifting paradigms of virtues and vices, notions of rhetoric and agency, ideas about politics, power and historical explanations, and boundaries of supernatural realms and religious transcendence.

[Chinese Literature 242. From Fiction into History]
Catalog Number: 2949
David Der-Wei Wang
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4.
This seminar deals with the dialogics between historical dynamics and literary manifestation at select moments of twentieth century China. It focuses on two themes: history and representation; modernity and monstrosity.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

[Chinese Literature 247. Chinese Lyricism and Modernity]
Catalog Number: 8098
David Der-Wei Wang
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4.
Explores lyricism as an overlooked discourse in modern Chinese literature and culture. Looks into lyrical representations in poetic, narrative, and performative terms and re-defines the polemics of "the lyrical" in the making of Chinese modernities.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Chinese Literature 248. Modern Chinese Literature: Theory and Practice - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 9486
David Der-Wei Wang
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Survey of the concepts, institutions, canons, debates, experiments, and actions that gave rise to, and continually redefined, modern Chinese literature. Equal attention given to theories drawn from Chinese and Western traditions.

[Chinese Literature 251. Liaozhai Zhiyi: Editions and Adaptations]
Catalog Number: 6657
Wilt L. Idema
Half course (spring term). W., 2–5.
Examines stories from Pu Songling’s masterwork, focusing on development of the text. Compares the author’s handwritten copy to later manuscripts and the earliest printed versions; and examines annotated editions, and adaptations.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

[Chinese Literature 255. Readings in Yuan Drama]
Catalog Number: 3239
Wilt L. Idema
Half course (fall term). Tu 2-4.
This course will focus in class on the close reading and translation of a small number of selected plays, which will illustrate the textual development of the genre.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Chinese Literature 267r. Topics in Tang Literature
Catalog Number: 8521
Stephen Owen
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–5. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17, 18
Survey of Tang poetry considering both its evolving social function and that aspect of the art that resisted social function
Prerequisite: Two years of literary Chinese or equivalent.

[Chinese Literature 270. From History into Fiction]
Catalog Number: 3474
David Der-Wei Wang
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4.
A seminar on how literature helped to "emplot" modern Chinese history from the late Qing era to the Cultural Revolution. Discussion focuses on the fictional making of a national history, gendered subjectivity, and nativist vision.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Chinese Literature 275. Literary Life in Modern China - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 9154
Michael Hockx (University of London)
Half course (spring term). Th., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Combines a general introduction to the sociology of literature with specific investigations into primary sources related to modern Chinese literary practices and communities. Covers the Republican period, the socialist era and the postsocialist present.

Cross-listed Courses

Comparative Literature 277. Literature and Diaspora - (New Course)

Graduate Courses of Reading and Research

*Chinese 300. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 4849
Peter K. Bol 8014, Eileen Cheng-yin Chow 2308, Mark C. Elliott 3329 (on leave spring term), Wilt L. Idema 2511, Wai-yee Li 3357, Stephen Owen 7418, Michael J. Puett 1227 (on leave 2008-09), Michael A. Szonyi 4842 (on leave spring term), Xiaofei Tian 3746, Wei-Ming Tu 7233 (on leave fall term), and David Der-Wei Wang 5190 (on leave spring term)
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Tu., 1–4.

Japan: Language Courses

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Japanese Ba. Elementary Japanese
Catalog Number: 2014
Yuko Kageyama-Hunt
Half course (fall term). Sections M., W., F., at 9, 10, or 1, and two additional hours to be arranged for Tu. and Th. EXAM GROUP: 2
This course aims to develop a basic foundation in modern Japanese leading to proficiency in the four language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing. Emphasis is placed on the use of these skills to communicate effectively in authentic contexts of daily life. Mastery of hiragana, katakana, and 29 Kanji (Chinese characters.)

Japanese Bb. Elementary Japanese
Catalog Number: 8728
Yuko Kageyama-Hunt
Half course (spring term). Sections M., W., F., at 9, 10, or 1, and two additional hours to be arranged for Tu. and Th. EXAM GROUP: 2
Continuation of Japanese Ba, with an additional 151 Kanji.
Prerequisite: Japanese Ba or equivalent.

Japanese 106a. Classical Japanese
Catalog Number: 1492
Edwin A. Cranston
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Introduction to classical grammar and texts.
Prerequisite: Japanese 130b.

[Japanese 106b. Kambun]
Catalog Number: 2602
Edwin A. Cranston
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11.
Introduction to Kambun.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Japanese 106a or equivalent.

Japanese 106c. Later Classical Japanese
Catalog Number: 7307
Edwin A. Cranston
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Post-Heian writings in Classical Japanese.
Prerequisite: Japanese 106a or equivalent.

Japanese 120a (formerly Japanese 101a). Intermediate Japanese I
Catalog Number: 8152
Harumi Ono
Half course (fall term). Sections M., through F., at 9, 10, or 1. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
Second-year intermediate level course aimed at consolidation of the basic grammatical patterns of Japanese and development of reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills to the level necessary for communication in everyday life in Japanese society. Introduction of approximately 300 Chinese characters beyond those introduced in Bb.
Prerequisite: Japanese Bb or equivalent.

Japanese 120b (formerly Japanese 101b). Intermediate Japanese I
Catalog Number: 6433
Harumi Ono
Half course (spring term). Sections M., through F., at 9, 10, or 1. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
Continuation of Japanese 120a. Approximately 300 additional Chinese characters.

Japanese 130a (formerly Japanese 103a). Intermediate Japanese II
Catalog Number: 4855
Satomi Matsumura
Half course (fall term). M., through F., at 9 or 1. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
Third-year intermediate advanced course. Development of skills in reading authentic materials from contemporary Japanese media and fiction and in aural comprehension of contemporary television news and drama with decreased reliance on pedagogical aids. Development of speaking and writing skills to an increasingly sophisticated level. Introduction of approximately 300 additional Chinese characters beyond those introduced in 120b.
Prerequisite: Japanese 120b or equivalent.

Japanese 130b (formerly Japanese 103b). Intermediate Japanese II
Catalog Number: 6904
Satomi Matsumura
Half course (spring term). M., through F., at 9 or 1. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
Continuation of Japanese 130a. Approximately 300 additional Chinese characters.

Japanese 140a (formerly Japanese 104a). Advanced Modern Japanese
Catalog Number: 3688
Emi Yamanaka
Half course (fall term). Sections: M. through Th., at 10 or 1. EXAM GROUP: 3, 12
Readings of modern texts in both rapid and in-depth modes. Comprehension of media news and drama. Advanced conversation and composition on topics related to the preceding.
Prerequisite: Japanese 130b.

Japanese 140b (formerly Japanese 104b). Advanced Modern Japanese
Catalog Number: 8551
Emi Yamanaka
Half course (spring term). Sections: M., through Th., at 10 or 1. EXAM GROUP: 3, 12
Continuation of Japanese 140a.

Japanese 150a (formerly Japanese 110a). Readings and Discussion in Japanese Social Sciences
Catalog Number: 4693
Emi Yamanaka
Half course (fall term). M.,W., F. at 9. EXAM GROUP: 2
Selected readings and discussion in contemporary Japanese on topics in social studies, culture, education, politics, business, economy, psychology, and anthropology, supplemented by selections from audiovisual materials on current social issues.
Note: Conducted in Japanese.
Prerequisite: Japanese 140b.

Japanese 150b (formerly Japanese 110b). Readings and Discussion in Japanese Social Sciences
Catalog Number: 0984
Emi Yamanaka
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 9. EXAM GROUP: 2
Continuation of Japanese 150a.
Prerequisite: Japanese 150a.

Cross-listed Courses

[Linguistics 174. Tense and Aspect in Japanese]
[Linguistics 176. History and Prehistory of the Japanese Language]

Primarily for Graduates

Japanese 210a (formerly Japanese 209a). Reading Scholarly Japanese for Students of Chinese and Korean
Catalog Number: 9182
Wesley M. Jacobsen
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., 9, and an additional 90 minutes weekly to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 2
Development of skills in reading and translating academic genres of Japanese, with special attention to Japanese scholarship on Chinese and Korean studies. Introduction to old kana usage and classical forms commonly used in scholarly writing.
Prerequisite: Japanese 120b, and graduate standing in some field of Chinese or Korean studies.

Japanese 210b (formerly Japanese 209b). Reading Scholarly Japanese for Students of Chinese and Korean
Catalog Number: 8918
Wesley M. Jacobsen
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 9. EXAM GROUP: 2
Continuation of Japanese 210a.
Prerequisite: Japanese 210a.

Japan: History Courses

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Japanese History 111a. Ancient and Medieval Japan
Catalog Number: 3616
Ethan Isaac Segal (Michigan State University)
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
This course explores major developments in pre-1600 political, economic, social and cultural history, including gender and foreign relations. Students use primary sources (in translation) to analyze how pre-modern Japanese described their own worlds. Although modern popular culture emphasizes the role of the samurai in pre-modern Japan, this course also highlights the important contributions of emperors and nobles, peasants and poets, women and priests in the creation of Japanese traditions.

Japanese History 115. Religion and Society in Edo and Meiji Japan
Catalog Number: 5756
Helen Hardacre
Half course (fall term). W., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
Examination of religion and society in Japan from 1600-1912, beginning with an era of state control over religious institutions and religious affiliations of the populace, followed by the demise of the Edo-period system and diversification of religious practice in context of rapid social change, modernization, and imperialism during the Meiji period. Separate section for students able to utilize primary sources in Japanese will explore the Maruzen Meiji Microfilm collection in the Harvard-Yenching Library.
Note: Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 3957.
Prerequisite: General knowledge of Japanese history and religion is helpful.

Japanese History 120. Religion and Society in Twentieth-Century Japan
Catalog Number: 4903
Helen Hardacre
Half course (spring term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
An examination of religion and society from the end of the Meiji period (1912) to the present. This course explores the meaning of the modern in Japanese religions, the development of the public sphere and religion’s relations with it, religion and nationalism, and the interconnections of religion and social change with materialism, consumerism, pacifism, and spiritualism.
Note: Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 3958.
Prerequisite: General knowledge of Japanese history and religion is helpful. Enrollment in Japanese History 115 recommended but not required.

[Japanese History 125. Japanese Religious Traditions: Spirituality and Popular Culture]
Catalog Number: 0725
Ryuichi Abe
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 2–3:30.
An introductory course designed for students to understand some central values in Japanese religious culture. It first observes popular religious ceremonies, festivals, and rituals and studies their historical transformation; then investigates the interaction between Buddhism and native Japanese religion; and finally studies the permeating influence of religion on traditional Japanese art and literature. The concluding section considers wide-ranging contemporary and traditional religious issues in Japanese popular culture.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Japanese History 126. Shinto: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 3097
Helen Hardacre
Half course (spring term). W., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
An examination of Shinto, emphasizing its concepts of deity (kami), patterns of ritual and festival, shrines as religious and social institutions, political culture and interactions with party politics, and its contribution to contemporary youth culture.
Note: General knowledge of Japanese history and religion is helpful. Japanese language is not required, but several meetings will be held for students able to use Japanese-language sources. Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 3960.

[Japanese History 130. Edo Japan in the History of Curiosity]
Catalog Number: 4445
Shigehisa Kuriyama
Half course (spring term). M., 2–5.
Edo culture considered through the prism of the comparative history of curiosity. Topics include the vogue of natural history, collections of curiosities, erotic art, travel and tourism, monsters and ghosts, optical devices, anatomy.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

[Japanese History 131. Constitutions and Civil Society in Japanese History]
Catalog Number: 6179
Helen Hardacre
Half course (spring term). W., 4–6.
An examination of civic engagement in the processes of formulating and revising the Japanese constitution, from the 1880s to the present, in comparative perspective.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. Requirements: Regular attendance and meaningful participation in discussion. One term paper, 25-30 pages. Presentation of work-in-progress on the term paper at a Course Conference.
Prerequisite: None.

Cross-listed Courses

[Foreign Cultures 84. Tokyo]
Historical Study A-14. Japan: Tradition and Transformation
[*History 76a (formerly *History 1858). Japanese Imperialism]
*History 86b (formerly *History 1843). Imperial Japan and the US
[History 1623 (formerly History 1851). 20th-Century Japan]
History of Art and Architecture 18k. Introduction to Japanese Art

Primarily for Graduates

Japanese History 201. Readings in Pre-Meiji History - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 7415
Ethan Isaac Segal (Michigan State University)
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Intensive reading and discussion of secondary scholarship. Discussion will engage current debates as well as historiographical issues; topics will include intellectual and economic history; women and gender; religious institutions and thought; and more. Some prior familiarity with Japanese history expected.

Japanese History 202. Introduction to Heian and Medieval Historical Sources - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 6780
Ethan Isaac Segal (Michigan State University)
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Introduction to the reading and interpretation of kanbun sources useful in the study of pre-1600 Japanese history. Materials explored include letters, diaries, and legal documents along with illustrated and other non-traditional sources. Recent scholarship and methodological issues are also discussed.
Prerequisite: Familiarity with classical Japanese and kanbun.

[Japanese History 213. Sesshu]
Catalog Number: 0769
Melissa M. McCormick
Half course (fall term). F., 1–3.
Examines the artistic output, biography, and reception history of the Zen-monk painter Sesshu (1420-1506), Japan’s most famous premodern artist. In addition to Sesshu’s landscape paintings, portraits, and Buddhist figure paintings, topics for consideration will include the historical milieu in Kyoto and the western provinces during the Onin War (1467-77), the political power of the Ouchi clan (Sesshu’s patrons), Sesshu’s relationship with other monks and Zen institutions, and his eventful trip to Ming China (c. 1467).
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

[Japanese History 224. Teaching Japanese Religions: Pedagogical Issues and Course Design]
Catalog Number: 6117
Helen Hardacre
Half course (fall term). W., 10–12.
This course offers practical experience in the design and implementation of courses in Japanese religions. Students will compile syllabi, plan discussion sessions, compose examination exercises, and consider relevant multi-media material, as well as conducting practice lectures and classes.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 3803.

Japanese History 255. Topics in the Study of Shinto
Catalog Number: 9448
Helen Hardacre and Melissa M. McCormick
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
An examination of Shinto arts in religious and historical context. Topics to be explored include the Kasuga cult and its material and visual culture; the art of kami worship and syncretic visual systems; the forms and functions of shrine-temple architectural complexes; and the relationship between Buddhist relics and Shinto deities.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of modern Japanese.

Japanese History 260r. Topics in Japanese Cultural History
Catalog Number: 4539
Shigehisa Kuriyama
Half course (fall term). M., 2–5. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8, 9
Focus for 2008-09: study of advertisements, posters, and other ephemera from late Edo-early Meiji times, with special attention to materials from the Yenching Library collection.
Prerequisite: Advanced Japanese with some acquaintance with (or at least concurrent study of) bungo and kambun.

Cross-listed Courses

*History 2651 (formerly *History 2851). Japanese History: Seminar
History 2653 (formerly History 2853). Historiography of Modern Japan: Proseminar

Japan: Literature Courses

For Undergraduates and Graduates

[Japanese Literature 121a. History of Japanese Literature]
Catalog Number: 5891
Adam L. Kern
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A broad overview of some of the most consequential, absorbing, and exquisitely wrought works of Japanese literature of the classical, medieval, and early modern periods (up to 1868), available in English translation.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Japanese Literature 121b. Modern Japanese Literature
Catalog Number: 1069
Melissa Wender
Half course (fall term). M., W., at 10, and an additional hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
This class surveys the prose fiction of Japan from the Meiji Restoration (1868) to the present. We ask how certain works of literature came to be part of the canon of modern Japanese literature while others were excluded, and thus consider the relationships among modernity, the nation, and literature. Readings include fiction by Nobel prizewinners Kawabata and Oe and the bestselling Murakami Haruki as well as lesser-known writers.

Japanese Literature 123. Manga
Catalog Number: 7021
Adam L. Kern
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 15
Surveys the manga—the Japanese comicbook, comic strip, and graphic novel—from its precursors in classic picturescrolls, pasquinades, and woodblock-printed art and literature; through its progenitors in Meiji newspapers and magazines; to its modern and contemporary manifestations in subgenres like mecha and shôjo. Draws upon critical writings on popular culture, visual culture, cultural studies, literary history, cartoon art, and the poetics of visual-verbal narrative.
Note: Japanese not required.

[Japanese Literature 124. The Tale of Genji in Word and Image ]
Catalog Number: 2181
Melissa M. McCormick
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4.
This undergraduate seminar introduces students to The Tale of Genji, often called the world’s first novel, authored by the court lady Murasaki Shikibu around the year 1000 CE. In addition to a close reading of the tale, topics for examination include Japanese court culture, women’s writing, and Genji’s afterlife in painting, prints, and the Noh theater. The class will include visits to art collections and the viewing of a Noh performance.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Japanese Literature 125. Haiku - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 8062
Adam L. Kern
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 15
Close readings in English translation of Japanese haiku and related forms (verse capping, haiku-embedded prose, haiku-style ink painting, comic haiku, and dirty haiku) by women as well as by men.
Note: Japanese not required.

Japanese Literature 133 (formerly Japanese Literature 250r). Gender and Japanese Art
Catalog Number: 2144
Melissa M. McCormick
Half course (fall term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Examines the role of gender in the production, reception, and interpretation of visual images in Japan from the twelfth through the twenty-first centuries. Topics include Buddhist conceptions of the feminine and Buddhist painting; sexual identity and illustrated narratives of gender reversals; the dynamics of voyeurism in Ukiyo-e woodblock prints; modernization of images of "modern girls" in the 1920s; and the gender dynamics of girl culture in manga and anime.

Japanese Literature 160. The Pacific War through Film - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 0843
Abe Markus Nornes (University of Michigan)
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 10, and weekly film screenings F 10-1. EXAM GROUP: 12
Examines some of the most innovative and disturbing propaganda ever created. Analyzes the conflicting images of films produced by Japan and America in World War II and their effectiveness in defining public perceptions of the enemy. Will also show the power of visual imagery to exacerbate racial tensions and enforce both positive and negative stereotypes.

Cross-listed Courses

[Foreign Cultures 85. Japan Pop: From Basho to Banana]
*Freshman Seminar 31g. The Pleasures of Japanese Poetry: Reading, Writing, and Translation

Primarily for Graduates

Japanese Literature 200. Modern Japanese Women Writers: Seminar
Catalog Number: 0987
Melissa Wender
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 11:30–1. EXAM GROUP: 13, 14
This course is an introduction to literature by women in Japan, with a focus on works written in the modern era. In addition to fiction, poetry, and essays by Japanese women, we will read secondary historical, anthropological and theoretical works. Topics will include women’s relationship to literary tradition, to industrial modernity, to militarist imperialism, and to capitalist globalization.

Japanese Literature 201. Re-writing Modern Japanese Literature: A Seminar in Translation - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 8255
Melissa Wender
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4.
This seminar focuses on the translation of Japanese literature. In addition to reading and translating works of fiction, we read theoretical texts to help us consider the broader meanings of the practice of translation.
Prerequisite: Open to students who have completed fourth-year Japanese or with permission of the instructor.

Japanese Literature 233r. Nara and Heian Court Literature
Catalog Number: 8614
Edwin A. Cranston
Half course (spring term). W., 2–5. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8, 9
Topic to be decided.
Prerequisite: Japanese 106a or equivalent.

Japanese Literature 242. Survey of Early Modern Japanese Literature
Catalog Number: 0324
Adam L. Kern
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Rapid readings of excerpts from major works across several genres of popular literature, including kanazôshi, hyôbanki, ukiyozôshi, dangibon, sharebon, kibyôshi, and kokkeibon.
Prerequisite: Japanese 106a or equivalent.

Japanese Literature 244. Haikai - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 1070
Adam L. Kern
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Close readings in Japanese, and translation into English, of haikai and related forms (haibun, maekuzuke, haiga, senryu, bareku), by women as well as by men, from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.
Prerequisite: Japanese 106a or equivalent.

Japanese Literature 250. Remembering War and Empire in Postwar Japanese Fiction: Seminar - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 3249
Melissa Wender
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
This seminar examines postwar Japanese fiction about war, empire, and their legacies. Using biographical, historical, and theoretical works, students will consider the role of literature in Japanese debates about historical responsibility.

Japanese Literature 260. Japanese Cinema - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 7044
Abe Markus Nornes (University of Michigan)
Half course (spring term). W., 2-5, and weekly film screenings F 10-1. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8, 9
Explores the history of Japanese cinema and its theoretical significance for film studies, beginning with the benshi and ending with anime.
Note: No knowledge of Japanese required. Open to qualified undergraduates.

Cross-listed Courses

Comparative Literature 277. Literature and Diaspora - (New Course)

Graduate Courses of Reading and Research

*Japanese 300. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 4627
Ryuichi Abe 4974, Mikael Adolphson 1878, Harold Bolitho 1176 (on leave 2008-09), Edwin A. Cranston 1186, Andrew Gordon 1891, Helen Hardacre 3191, Wesley M. Jacobsen 3443, Adam L. Kern 4195, Shigehisa Kuriyama 5269, Satomi Matsumura 2665, Melissa M. McCormick 5331, Ethan Isaac Segal (Michigan State University) 6196 (spring term only), and Melissa Wender 5920

Korea: Language Courses

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Korean Ba. Elementary Korean
Catalog Number: 8739
Sang-suk Oh
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 4
Introduction to modern Korean: basic grammar, reading of simple texts, conversational skills, and writing short letters. After successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to handle a limited number of interactive, task-oriented, and social situations and to have sufficient control of the writing system to interpret written language in areas of practical needs.

Korean Bb. Elementary Korean
Catalog Number: 8718
Sang-suk Oh
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 4
Continuation of Korean Ba.
Prerequisite: Korean Ba or equivalent.

Korean Bxa (formerly Korean Bx). Elementary Korean for Advanced Beginners
Catalog Number: 0120
Sang-suk Oh
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 9, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 2
Designed for students with significant listening and speaking background, either from prior formal learning or previous exposure to a Korean speaking community. Introductory Korean course, with emphasis on reading and writing. After successful completion of this course, students are expected be able to understand main ideas and/or some facts from the simple connected texts dealing with basic personal and social needs and to be able to meet a number of practical writing needs.

Korean Bxb (formerly Korean 102x). Elementary Korean for Advanced Beginners
Catalog Number: 3031
Sang-suk Oh
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10, and two additional hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Korean Bxa.

Korean 120a (formerly Korean 102a). Intermediate Korean
Catalog Number: 5884
Mi-Hyun Kim
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
Continuation of elementary Korean to consolidate students’ knowledge of the fundamental grammatical structures of Korean with an aim to increase their abilities to communicate using Korean in a wide range of daily-life transactional situations. After successful completion of second-year Korean, students are expected to handle most uncomplicated communicative tasks and social situations and read consistently with understanding of simple connected texts dealing with personal and social needs.
Prerequisite: Korean Bb or equivalent.

Korean 120b (formerly Korean 102b). Intermediate Korean
Catalog Number: 8590
Mi-Hyun Kim
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
Continuation of Korean 120a.
Prerequisite: Korean 120a or equivalent.

Korean 130a (formerly Korean 103a). Pre-advanced Korean
Catalog Number: 2071
Mi-Hyun Kim
Half course (fall term). W., F., at 2, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 7
Continuation of intermediate Korean, to consolidate the student’s knowledge of the grammatical structures of Korean with an aim to increase their abilities to communicate using Korean in a wide range of familiar and everyday topics, current societal events, and factual and concrete topics relating to personal interests. After successful completion of third-year Korean, students are expected to be able to describe and narrate about concrete and factual topics of personal and general interest.
Prerequisite: Korean 120b or equivalent.

Korean 130b (formerly Korean 103b). Pre-advanced Korean
Catalog Number: 2662
Mi-Hyun Kim
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 9; F., 2, and one additional hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 7
Continuation of Korean 130a.
Prerequisite: Korean 130a or equivalent.

Korean 140a (formerly Korean 104a). Advanced Korean
Catalog Number: 5723
Sang-suk Oh
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4; Tu., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Development of skills in reading materials from contemporary Korean media and fiction and in aural comprehension of contemporary television news and drama with decreased reliance on pedagogical aids. After successful completion of fourth-year Korean, students should be able to satisfy the requirements of various everyday, school, and work situations and follow essential points of written discourse which are abstract and linguistically complex, and also to write about a variety of topics in detail with precision.
Prerequisite: Korean 130b or equivalent.

Korean 140b. Advanced Korean
Catalog Number: 3011
Sang-suk Oh
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 2–4.
Continuation of Korean 140a.
Prerequisite: Korean 140a or equivalent.

Korean 150a (formerly Korean 110a). Readings in Cultural Studies
Catalog Number: 1936
Sang-suk Oh
Half course (fall term). Th., 4–7 p.m. EXAM GROUP: 18
Selected readings in contemporary Korean on topics in art, film, drama, and cultural studies, supplemented by selections from audio-visual media on traditional and current cultural events. After completion of Korean 150a and 150b, students are expected to be able to participate in most formal and informal conversations on practical, social, professional, and abstract topics and read with almost complete comprehension and at normal speed expository prose on unfamiliar subjects and a variety of literary texts.
Prerequisite: Korean 140b or equivalent.

Korean 150b (formerly Korean 110b). Readings in Cultural Studies
Catalog Number: 1282
Sang-suk Oh
Half course (spring term). Th., 3–6. EXAM GROUP: 17, 18
Continuation of Korean 150a.
Prerequisite: Korean 140b or equivalent.

Korea: History Courses

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Korean History 111. Traditional Korea
Catalog Number: 3709
Sun Joo Kim
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Survey of the history of Korea, from earliest times to the 19th century. Examines various interpretive approaches and issues in the political, social, economic, intellectual, cultural, and diplomatic history of premodern Korea.

[Korean History 118. Social History of Premodern Korea]
Catalog Number: 3231
Sun Joo Kim
Half course (spring term). M., 1–4.
Reading and discussion of Chosôn society and culture. We will try to understand social and political structures and institutions by examining the daily life of various groups of people from top to bottom.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Cross-listed Courses

Foreign Cultures 80. Korea at 2100
*Freshman Seminar 43w. History, Nationalism, and the World: the Case of Korea
*Freshman Seminar 48v. North Korea as History and Crisis
[Historical Study A-75. The Two Koreas]

Primarily for Graduates

Korean History 230r. Readings in Premodern Korean History
Catalog Number: 4497
Sun Joo Kim
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
A study of social, political, economic, and intellectual history of premodern Korea reviewing major scholarship in the field. Designed primarily for graduate students preparing for the general examination. All readings are in English.
Prerequisite: Korean History 111 or equivalent.

[Korean History 235r. Historical Research in Korea ]
Catalog Number: 7886
Sun Joo Kim
Half course (spring term). F., 1–3.
Explores current historical research in the field of premodern Korea by reviewing major publications in the field in Korean.
Note: Expected to be given in 2010–11.
Prerequisite: Korean History 111 or equivalent and proficiency in Korean.

Korean History 240r. Selected Topics in Premodern Korean History: Seminar
Catalog Number: 9837
Sun Joo Kim
Half course (fall term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Reading and research of selected primary sources and secondary works on premodern Korean history.
Prerequisite: Korean History 111 or equivalent and reading proficiency in Korean. Reading ability in classical Chinese and Japanese helpful.

Korean History 253r. Modern Korean History: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 0365
Carter J. Eckert
Half course (fall term). W., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
An introduction to some of the current issues in modern Korean history through selected readings. Designed primarily for entering graduate students.

[*Korean History 255r. Modern Korean History: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 0713
Carter J. Eckert
Full course (indivisible). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: Spring: 16, 17
Reading and research in modern Korean history. Students are required to write a seminar paper based largely on primary materials.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Korean History 253r or equivalent, and reading proficiency in Korean.

[Korean History 260r (formerly Korean History 260hfr). Readings in Modern Korean History]
Catalog Number: 5372
Carter J. Eckert
Full course (indivisible). Th., 2–4.
Explores the history of the field through an examination of major scholarship. Designed primarily for graduate students preparing for the general examination.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Korea: Literature Courses

Primarily for Graduates

Korean Literature 210r. Pre-Modern Korean Literature
Catalog Number: 6342
David McCann
Half course (fall term). Th., 1–3.
Close reading in a number of literary forms, including the essay, histories, prose fiction, songs, poetry, and p’ansori.
Note: Readings in English and Korean.
Prerequisite: Korean Literature 132 or equivalent.

[Korean Literature 212. Modern Korean Poetry]
Catalog Number: 5627
David McCann
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3.
Major and minor voices in 20th and 21st-century Korean poetry. Attention to the practices of reading and translation, and to the political contexts of modern Korean poetry.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10. Readings in English and Korean.
Prerequisite: Korean Literature 132 or equivalent.

Cross-listed Courses

Comparative Literature 277. Literature and Diaspora - (New Course)

Graduate Courses of Reading and Research

*Korean 300. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 8122
Carter J. Eckert 1178 (on leave spring term), Sun Joo Kim 3821, David McCann 3635, and Sang-suk Oh 3856

Manchu: Language Courses

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Manchu A. Elementary Manchu
Catalog Number: 8961
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30.
Introduction to Manchu grammar with elementary readings in Manchu script.

Manchu B. Elementary Manchu
Catalog Number: 1625
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30.
Readings in a variety of historical and literary texts with emphasis on Manchu documentary sources, with and without diacritical marks.

[Manchu 120a (formerly Manchu C). Intermediate Manchu]
Catalog Number: 4190
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Readings in a wide variety of Manchu texts. English to Manchu translation exercises.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

[Manchu 120b (formerly Manchu D). Advanced Manchu]
Catalog Number: 1414
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Intensive reading in Manchu archival materials, other historical texts and literary texts. Some texts in pre-diacritical form. English to Manchu translation exercises.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Primarily for Graduates

[Manchu 210a. Introduction to Sources for Manchu Studies]
Catalog Number: 5638
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Introduces a range of Manchu and Chinese texts used for research in Manchu studies. After reviewing the history and present state of Manjuristics, we will consider different source materials each week. Students will present oral reports and write a bibliographic essay on a topic of potential research interest.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Ability in literary Chinese and Manchu, background in Qing history. Reading ability in Japanese strongly preferred but not required.

[Manchu 210b. Introduction to Sources for Manchu Studies]
Catalog Number: 4146
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Research papers prepared on the basis of primary sources.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.
Prerequisite: Manchu 210a.

Graduate Courses of Reading and Research

*Manchu 300. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 8735
Mark C. Elliott 3329 (on leave spring term)

Mongolian: Language Courses

For Undergraduates and Graduates

[Mongolian A. Elementary Written Mongolian]
Catalog Number: 2965
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30.
Study of classical Mongolian grammar, with introduction to pre-classical and classical Mongolian texts.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

[Mongolian B. Elementary Written Mongolian]
Catalog Number: 8489
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 8:30–10.
Continuation of Mongolian A.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Mongolian 120a (formerly Mongolian C). Intermediate Written Mongolian
Catalog Number: 0810
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Readings in classical and modern Mongolian texts.

[Mongolian 120b (formerly Mongolian D). Advanced Written Mongolian]
Catalog Number: 4032
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Mongolian 120a.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Graduate Courses of Reading and Research

*Mongolian 300. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 1345
Mark C. Elliott 3329 (on leave spring term)
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.

Tibetan and Himalayan Studies

Cross-listed Courses

Tibetan 91r. Supervised Reading and Research
Tibetan 101b. Elementary Classical Tibetan
Tibetan 102b. Intermediate Classical Tibetan - (New Course)
Tibetan 104br. Elementary Colloquial Tibetan
Tibetan 202r. Readings in Advanced Philosophical Tibetan
Tibetan 203. Readings in Madhyamaka/Dbu ma - (New Course)
Tibetan 219. Tibetan Religious Literature
[Tibetan 227. History of Tibetology: Seminar]
*Tibetan 300. Reading and Research
*Tibetan 302. Direction of AM Theses

Uyghur: Language Courses

For Undergraduates and Graduates

[Uyghur A. Elementary Uyghur]
Catalog Number: 8767
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 8:30–10.
Introduction to Uyghur, the Turkic language spoken in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and throughout Central Asia. Course covers grammar, reading and writing (in the modified Arabic alphabet adopted in the PRC), and conversation practice.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

[Uyghur B. Elementary Uyghur]
Catalog Number: 5271
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 8:30–10.
Continuation of Uyghur A. Completion of basic Uyghur grammar, listening and speaking practice with the aid of audio-visual materials, selected readings from Uyghur literature and academic prose.
Note: Expected to be given in 2009–10.

Uyghur 120A. Intermediate/Advanced Uyghur - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 9312
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 8:30–10. EXAM GROUP: 10, 11
Additional training in modern Uyghur, with attention to improvement of spoken fluency and comprehension. Extensive readings in a range of genres, including historical writing and academic prose as well as religious texts.
Prerequisite: Uyghur B or consent of instructor.

Uyghur 120B. Intermediate/Advanced Uyghur - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 4234
Mark C. Elliott
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 8:30–10. EXAM GROUP: 10, 11
Continuation of Uyghur 120A.
Prerequisite: Uyghur 120A or consent of instructor.

*Uyghur 300. Readings in Uyghur Language and Literature - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 5357
Mark C. Elliott 3329 (on leave spring term)
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Guided readings in advanced Uyghur-language texts. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: Uyghur 120B or consent of instructor.

Vietnam: Language Courses

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Vietnamese Ba. Elementary Vietnamese
Catalog Number: 3873
Binh Ngo
Half course (fall term). M. through F., at 9. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
Surveys the fundamentals of Vietnamese phonetics, grammar, and vocabulary to provide students with basic ability to understand, speak, read, and write Vietnamese. Conversational ability is stressed through an interactive, communication-oriented approach.

Vietnamese Bb. Elementary Vietnamese
Catalog Number: 9940
Binh Ngo
Half course (spring term). M. through W., at 10, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3, 12
Continuation of Vietnamese Ba, with introduction of additional Vietnamese texts and advertisements to enhance reading skills.
Prerequisite: Vietnamese Ba or permission of the instructor.

Vietnamese 120a. Intermediate Vietnamese
Catalog Number: 3276
Binh Ngo
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 9
Further development of speaking, reading, writing, and aural comprehension. Texts on Vietnamese geography, history, culture, and customs will be used, as well as audiotapes and videos. Students are expected to speak Vietnamese in all class discussions.
Note: Conducted entirely in Vietnamese.
Prerequisite: Vietnamese Bb or permission of the instructor.

Vietnamese 120b. Intermediate Vietnamese
Catalog Number: 6178
Binh Ngo
Half course (spring term). M., 4-6 pm, and two additional hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Vietnamese 120a.
Note: Conducted entirely in Vietnamese.
Prerequisite: Vietnamese 120a or permission of the instructor.

Vietnamese 130a. Advanced Vietnamese
Catalog Number: 6287
Binh Ngo
Half course (fall term). M., W., F. at 11, and two aditional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 4
Development of high proficiency in Vietnamese. Introduction of complex grammar and vocabulary, using authentic Vietnamese texts, audiotapes, videos, and translation of English news articles into Vietnamese. Discussions focus on selected short stories and poems.
Note: Conducted entirely in Vietnamese.
Prerequisite: Vietnamese 120b or permission of the instructor.

Vietnamese 130b. Advanced Vietnamese
Catalog Number: 3968
Binh Ngo
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11, and two additional hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 4
Continuation of Vietnamese 130a.
Note: Conducted entirely in Vietnamese.
Prerequisite: Vietnamese 130a or permission of the instructor.

Vietnam: History Courses

Cross-listed Courses

Foreign Cultures 60. Individual, Community, and Nation in Vietnam
[Historical Study B-68. America and Vietnam: 1945-1975]
History 1618. Telling Lives in Asia: Conference Course - (New Course)
History 1619 (formerly History 1820). Premodern Vietnam
History 1620 (formerly History 1821). Modern Vietnam

Graduate Courses of Reading and Research

*Vietnamese 300. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 7211
Binh Ngo 1383