ALL DEPARTMENTS Archive for 2006 - 2007
Courses found: 168
AMST 322a, WGSS 371a Gender, Family, and Cultural Identity in Asia and the United States: A Dialogue Geentanjali Singh Chanda M,W   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM A cross-cultural dialogue focusing on family, gender, and identity. An exploration of how specific Asian countries and people approach issues of religion, dress, education, and food as identity markers; U.S. perceptions and reactions to similar issues. Requires permission of the DUS of East Asian Studies
ANTH 254a Japan: Culture, Society, Modernity Karen Nakamura M,W,F   10:30 AM - 11:20 PM Introduction to Japanese society and culture. The historical development of Japanese society; family, work, and education in contemporary Japan; Japanese aesthetics; and psychological, sociological, and cultural interpretations of Japanese behavior.
ANTH 256b, WGSS 366b Minorities and Sexualities in Modern Japan Karen Nakamura M,W,F   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM The image of Japan as a homogenous society confronted through an exploration of postcolonial, native, caste, and sexual minorities that have become vocal in the past century. Focus on the mechanisms by which minoritization occurs and the development of social protest movements.
ANTH 445b, EAST 401b Religion and Globalization in East Asia Gareth Fisher F   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM Examination of differing ways in which people of East Asian countries have turned to religion to mediate and adapt to rapid cultural changes brought about through recent globalization. Consideration of the role and impact of established religious traditions such as Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto; Western religions such as Christianity; and "cults" such as Aum Shinrikyo and the Falun Gong.
ANTH 941a Research Seminar in Japan Anthropology William Kelly TBA    This seminar offers professional preparation for doctoral students in Japan anthropology through systematic readings and analysis of the anthropological literature, in English and in Japanese. Permission of the instructor required.
ANTH 941b Research Seminar in Japan Anthropology William Kelly TBA    This seminar offers professional preparation for doctoral students in Japan anthropology through systematic readings and analysis of the anthropological literature, in English and in Japanese. Permission of the instructor required.
ANTH 943a Research Seminar: Historical Anthropology of China Helen Siu TBA    This seminar offers professional preparation for doctoral students in Chinese anthropology, history, and possibly other disciplines. Readings and analysis of the anthropological and historical literature are in English and in Chinese. Permission of the instructor required.
ANTH 943b Research Seminar: Historical Anthropolgy of China Helen Siu TBA    This seminar offers professional preparation for doctoral students in Chinese anthropology, history, and possibly other disciplines. Readings and analysis of the anthropological and historical literature are in English and in Chinese. Permission of the instructor required.
ANTH 944a Japan: Disability and Modernity Karen Nakamura TBA    The independent study will explore issues in contemporary Japan with a particular emphasis on the situation surrounding people with disabilities.
ARCG 212a, HSAR 351a Art and Archaeology in China Lillian Lanying Tseng M,W   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM A thematic introduction to art and archaeology in China from the Neolithic period to the ninth century, with emphasis on the negotiation between traditional practices and modern disciplines, and on the reconciliation between writing culture and material culture. Topics include the ambivalence of myth and history, and the interaction of center and periphery.
CHNS 115 Elementary Modern Chinese John Montanaro, Jianhua Shen, William Zhou M,T,W,Th,F   9:30 AM - 10:20 AM or 10:30 AM-11:20 AM or 11:30 AM-12:20 PM Intended for students with no background in Chinese. An intensive course with emphasis on spoken language and drills. Pronunciation, grammatical analysis, conversation practice, and introduction to reading and writing Chinese characters. To be followed by Chinese 130.
CHNS 118 Elementary Modern Chinese for Advanced Learners Ninghui Liang M,T,W,Th,F   9:30 AM - 10:20 AM First level of the advanced learner sequence. Intended for students with some background in Chinese. An intensive course with emphasis on spoken language and drills. Pronunciation, grammatical analysis, conversation practice, and introduction to reading and writing Chinese characters. To be followed by Chinese 133. Placement confirmed by placement test on first day of class and by instructors.
CHNS 130 Intermediate Modern Chinese Min Chen, Ling Mu M,T,W,Th,F   9:30 AM - 10:20 AM or 10:30 AM-11:20 AM or 11:30 AM-12:20 PM An intermediate course that continues the intensive training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and consolidates what students have achieved in the first year of study, allowing students to improve oral fluency, study more complex grammatical structures, and enlarge both reading and writing vocabulary. To be followed by Chinese 150. Prerequisite: Chinese 115 or equivalent.
CHNS 133 Intermediate Modern Chinese for Advanced Learners Peisong Xu M,T,W,Th,F   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM or 11:30 AM-12:20 PM The second level of the Chinese for advanced learner sequence. Intended for students with intermediate to advanced oral proficiency and elementary high reading and writing proficiency. Students receive intensive training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, supplemented by audio and video materials. The objective of the course is to balance these four skills and attain an advanced level in all of them. To be followed by Chinese 153. Prerequisite: Chinese 118 or equivalent.
CHNS 150 Advanced Modern Chinese I Rongzhen Li, Haiwen Wang M,T,W,Th,F   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM or 11:30 AM-12:20 PM Third level of the standard foundational sequence of modern Chinese language study in the areas of speech, listening, reading, and writing. Use of audio-visual materials, oral presentations, skits, and longer and more frequent writing assignments to assimilate more sophisticated grammatical structures. Introduction to a wide variety of written forms and styles. Use of both traditional and simplified forms of Chinese characters. After Chinese 130.
CHNS 153 Advanced Modern Chinese I for Advanced Learners Zhengguo Kang M,W,F   9:30 AM - 10:20 AM or 10:30 AM-11:20 AM Third level of the advanced learner sequence in Chinese. Intended for students with advanced speaking and listening skills (able to conduct conversations fluently on broad topics) but with high intermediate reading writing skills (able to write 1,000-1,200 characters). Readings on contemporary life in China and Taiwan, supplemented with authentic video and other selected reading materials. Class discussion, presentations, and regular written assignments. Texts in simplified characters with vocabulary in both simplified and traditional characters.
CHNS 154 Advanced Modern Chinese II Jianhua Shen M,W,F   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM or 11:30 AM-12:20 PM Fourth level of the standard foundational sequence of modern Chinese language study in the areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Readings in a wide range of subjects form the basis of discussion and other activities. Students consolidate their skills, especially speaking proficiency, at an advanced level. Materials use both simplified and traditional characters. After Chinese 150 or equivalent.
CHNS 155 Chinese through Film Zhengguo Kang M,W,F   1:30 PM - 2:20 PM A survey of Chinese films of the past twenty years, optimized for language teaching. Texts include plot summaries, critical essays, and some scripts. Discussions, screenings, presentations, and writing workshops consolidate the four language skills. After Chinese 150 or equivalent.
CHNS 156 Readings in Contemporary Chinese Texts Wei Su M,W   11:30 AM - 12:45 PM or T,Th 11:30 PM - 12:45 PM Selected readings in Chinese fiction, essays, and articles of the past twenty years. Lectures, discussions, and written work in Chinese aim at integrated mastery of the modern language. After Chinese 150 or equivalent.
CHNS 157 Readings in Modern Chinese Short Stories Wei Su M,W,F   9:30 AM - 10:20 AM An advanced language course designed to continue the development of students’ overall language skills through reading and discussion of modern short stories. Conducted in Chinese. After Chinese 150 or equivalent.
CHNS 160 Introduction to Literary Chinese Pieter "Paize" Keulemans M,W,F   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM Reading and interpretation of texts in various styles of literary Chinese (wen-yen), with attention to basic problems of syntax and literary style. After Chinese 133 or 150 or equivalent.
CHNS 170a, CHNS 570a Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese Literature Jing Tsu M,W   11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Close textual analysis of modern Chinese literature in the original language. Concentration on criticism, comprehension, and translations of selected texts from the 1960s to the present. Issues of narrative techniques, approaches toward reading, and the vicissitudes of Chinese literature in the contemporary period. After Chinese 154 or 156 or equivalent.
CHNS 200a, CHNS 500a, LITR 172a Man and Nature in Chinese Literature Kang-i Sun Chang T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM An exploration of the concepts of man and nature in traditional Chinese literature, with special attention to aesthetic and cultural meanings. Topics include the centrality of Taoism and lyricism; Buddhism and poetry; body and sexuality; contemplation and self-cultivation; travel in literature; landscape and the art of description; images of Utopian communities as compared to the Western notion of Utopia; ideas of self-identity; dream, nature, and passion. No knowledge of Chinese required.
CHNS 210b, CHNS 572b, LITR 174b Chinese Visions of Violence in The Outlaws of the Marsh Pieter "Paize" Keulemans M,W   2:30 PM - 3:45 PM A study of The Outlaws of the Marsh, one of the most important Chinese premodern vernacular novels. Focus on the moral, political, and literary questions surrounding violence, a central theme of the work. No knowledge of Chinese required.
CHNS 250a, CHNS 574a Modern Chinese Literature: Persons, Places, and Things Jing Tsu T,Th   11:30 AM - 12:45 PM An introduction to modern Chinese literature from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth. Questions of humanism, race, nationalism, travel, literary modernity, and cosmopolitanism. Works by Liu E, Wu Jianren, Li Boyuan, Lu Xun, Ba Jin, Ding Ling, Yu Dafu, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Xiao Hong, Zhang Ailing, Zhu Tianwen, Xi Xi, and Yu Hua.
CHNS 255b, CHNS 575b Literary Diaspora and the Idea of China Jing Tsu M,W   11:30 AM - 12:45 PM A study of the Chinese literary diaspora and sinophone literature, with a focus on the contemporary period. Survey of works from mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, France, England, and the United States through the lenses of cultural exile, sojourn, immigration, transnationalism, and nativism. No knowledge of Chinese required.
CHNS 360a Contemporary Beijing Culture Charles Laughlin TBA    An introduction to literature and the visual and performing arts in Beijing from the 1990s to the present, with an emphasis on global influences and local debates. Readings of literary works in translation and English language studies of contemporary arts and letters. Field trips to museums, theaters, performance spaces, and music venues. Offered in Beijing, China at the Peking University-Yale University Joint Undergraduate Program in Beijing. For application procedures, please visit http://www.yale.edu/iefp/pku-yale/overview.html.
CHNS 360b Contemporary Beijing Culture Charles Laughlin TBA    An introduction to literature and the visual and performing arts in Beijing from the 1990s to the present, with an emphasis on global influences and local debates. Readings of literary works in translation and English language studies of contemporary arts and letters. Field trips to museums, theaters, performance spaces, and music venues. Offered in Beijing, China at the Peking University-Yale University Joint Undergraduate Program in Beijing. For application procedures, please visit http://www.yale.edu/iefp/pku-yale/overview.html.
CHNS 400b, CHNS 590b Materials and Methods for Research in Chinese Studies Chi-Wah Chan W   3:30 PM - 5:20 PM Lectures, discussion, and written exercises designed to develop skills in using traditional Chinese research materials. Prerequisite: Chinese 150 or equivalent.
CHNS 470a Independent Tutorial Christopher Hill TBA    For students with advanced Chinese language skills who wish to engage in concentrated reading and research on literary works in a manner not otherwise offered in courses. The work must be supervised by a specialist and must terminate in a term paper or its equivalent. Ordinarily only one term may be offered toward the major or for credit toward the degree. Permission to enroll requires submission of a detailed project proposal by the end of the first week of classes and its approval by the EALL Director of Undergraduate Studies.
CHNS 471b Independent Tutorial Christopher Hill TBA    For students with advanced Chinese language skills who wish to engage in concentrated reading and research on material not otherwise offered in courses. The work must be supervised by an adviser and must terminate in a term paper or its equivalent. Ordinarily only one term may be offered toward the major or for credit toward the degree. Permission to enroll requires submission of a detailed project proposal and its approval by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
CHNS 500a, CHNS 200a, LITR 172a Man and Nature in Chinese Literature Kang-i Sun Chang T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM An exploration of the concepts of man and nature in traditional Chinese literature, with special attention to aesthetic and cultural meanings. Topics include the centrality of Taoism and lyricism; Buddhism and poetry; body and sexuality; contemplation and self-cultivation; travel in literature; landscape and the art of description; images of Utopian communities as compared to the Western notion of Utopia; ideas of self-identity; dream, nature, and passion. No knowledge of Chinese required.
CHNS 570a, CHNS 170a Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese Literature Jing Tsu M,W   11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Close textual analysis of modern Chinese literature in the original language. Concentration on criticism, comprehension, and translations of selected texts from the 1960s to the present. Issues of narrative techniques, approaches toward reading, and the vicissitudes of Chinese literature in the contemporary period. After Chinese 154 or 156 or equivalent.
CHNS 572b, CHNS 210b, LITR 174b Chinese Visions of Violence in The Outlaws of the Marsh Pieter "Paize" Keulemans M,W   2:30 PM - 3:45 PM A study of The Outlaws of the Marsh, one of the most important Chinese premodern vernacular novels. Focus on the moral, political, and literary questions surrounding violence, a central theme of the work. No knowledge of Chinese required.
CHNS 574a, CHNS 250a Modern Chinese Literature: Persons, Places, and Things Jing Tsu T,Th   11:30 AM - 12:45 PM An introduction to modern Chinese literature from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth. Questions of humanism, race, nationalism, travel, literary modernity, and cosmopolitanism. Works by Liu E, Wu Jianren, Li Boyuan, Lu Xun, Ba Jin, Ding Ling, Yu Dafu, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Xiao Hong, Zhang Ailing, Zhu Tianwen, Xi Xi, and Yu Hua.
CHNS 575b, CHNS 255b Literary Diaspora and the Idea of China Jing Tsu M,W   11:30 AM - 12:45 PM A study of the Chinese literary diaspora and sinophone literature, with a focus on the contemporary period. Survey of works from mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, France, England, and the United States through the lenses of cultural exile, sojourn, immigration, transnationalism, and nativism. No knowledge of Chinese required.
CHNS 590b, CHNS 400b Materials and Methods for Research in Chinese Studies Chi-Wah Chan W   3:30 PM - 5:20 PM Lectures, discussion, and written exercises designed to develop skills in using traditional Chinese research materials. Prerequisite: Chinese 150 or equivalent.
CHNS 601a Chinese Literary Criticism from the Second to the Sixth Century Kang-i Sun Chang T   2:30 PM - 4:30 PM A study of texts in literary criticism from the Han to the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Particular attention to the relationship between the critical and poetic traditions; the interactions of gender and cultural values; and emerging concept of literary immortality. Texts include the Wenxin Dialong, Shipin, Renwu zhi, and Lienu zhuan.
CHNS 686b Literature, Popular Culture, and History in China, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Jing Tsu T   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM This seminar examines the emergence of modern China in the world through questions of westernization, literature, conceptions of novelty and sensationalism, universalism, utopia, race, sexuality, pseudoscience, revolution, globalization, and popular culture since the Opium War. We examine a variety of materials from political tracts to fiction, journals to handbooks. Some of our guiding questions include: How did nineteenth-century cultural sensibilities undergo a drastic change with the formation of new fields of knowledge such as the physical sciences and technology? In what ways did this influence the articulation of nationalism and Chinese cultural identity in the twentieth century? What can we make of literature in light of history, and history in light of fiction?
CHNS 825a Literature and Print Culture in Late Imperial China Pieter "Paize" Keulemans W   2:30 PM - 4:20 PM How does knowledge of printing and reading practices, fonts and illustrations change our understanding of late imperial literature? We answer this question by looking at some of the major works from the late imperial opera and vernacular fiction tradition, including The Dream of the Western Chamber, The Peony Pavilion, The Peach Blossom Fan, Feng Menglong’s vernacular short stories, The Jin Ping Mei, and The Dream of the Red Chamber. Readings are in English and Chinese. Knowledge of Chinese (classical and modern) required.
CHNS 837b, HIST 856b Histories and Fiction in Early China Annping Chin Th   3:30 PM - 5:20 PM The course explores writings from early China where the line between facts and fiction is often blurred. Readings in Chinese include selections from the Hanfeizi, Sima Qian’s Shiji, and Liu Xiang’s Lienu zhuan and Shuoyuan.
CHNS 900 Directed Readings Staff TBA    Offered by permission of instructor and DGS to meet special needs not met by regular courses.
CHNS 990 Directed Research Staff TBA    Offered as needed with permission of instructor and DGS for student preparation of dissertation prospectus.
EALL 201a, RLST 133a, RLST 570a Japanese Religions Koichi Shinohara T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1 HTBA A thematic introduction to Japanese religions. Study of selected aspects of Japanese religious life, including how they have shaped Japanese society and culture. Exploration of why Japanese people have found these practices attractive enough to continue going back to them over long periods of time.
EALL 210b, LITR 255b Literary Modernization in Japan and Korea John Treat M,W   2:30 PM - 3:45 PM A survey of how Japanese and Korean literature met the challenges of modernization from the time of the Opium Wars in the mid-nineteenth century to the start of the Second World War. Enrollment limited. No knowledge of Japanese or Korean required.
EALL 215a, EAST 403a, FILM 319a East Asian Cinema and Transnational Tropes Jinhee Choi M   3:30 PM - 5:20 PM Screenings T 7:00-9:00 PM Examination of the mechanisms and conditions that facilitate and enhance transnational cultural flows in Asia. Focus on three major areas in cultural exchanges: film genre and style, coproduction strategies, and the star system.
EAST 201b, HSAR 354b Introduction to Korean Art Youngsook Pak T,Th   2:30 PM - 3:45 PM An introduction to the arts of Korea, designed for students with minimal prior knowledge of East Asian art. Presentation of a diverse range of artifacts, topics, and techniques, including methods of distinguishing Korean art from that of neighboring countries.
EAST 205b, ECON 324b The Economics of East Asia Marcus Noland T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM This course surveys contemporary economic developments in East Asia. The main purposes of this course are to provide an overview of these economies and their positions in the world economy, to examine the commonalities and differences in the economic development strategies undertaken in these countries, and to identify the implications of these developments for the rest of the world, including the United States. Completion of an introductory economics course is a prerequisite.
EAST 401b, ANTH 445b Religion and Globalization in East Asia Gareth Fisher F   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM Examination of differing ways in which people of East Asian countries have turned to religion to mediate and adapt to rapid cultural changes brought about through recent globalization. Consideration of the role and impact of established religious traditions such as Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto; Western religions such as Christianity; and "cults" such as Aum Shinrikyo and the Falun Gong.
EAST 402a, HIST 485a Japan and Korea: A Transnational History Nicole Cohen F   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM The history of Japanese-Korean interaction from early times through the present. Topics include cultural, economic, political, and diplomatic exchange; cross-cultural images of “self” and “other”; changing borders; and conflict and conciliation.
EAST 403a, EALL 215a, FILM 319a East Asian Cinema and Transnational Tropes Jinhee Choi M   3:30 PM - 5:20 PM Screenings T 7:00-9:00 PM Examination of the mechanisms and conditions that facilitate and enhance transnational cultural flows in Asia. Focus on three major areas in cultural exchanges: film genre and style, coproduction strategies, and the star system.
EAST 404b, HSAR 488b Art and Religion in Korea Youngsook Pak W   3:30 PM - 5:20 PM Consideration of ways that the visual arts in Korea were influenced by different religious systems, namely shamanism, Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.
EAST 408a, SOCY 395a Wealth and Poverty in Modern China Deborah Davis T   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM Discussion of how access to property, capital, education, and political power have affected poverty and the distribution of wealth in China since 1911, with emphasis on contemporary inequality and social stratification. Extensive use of documentary and online sources. Optional discussion section conducted in Chinese.
EAST 480a One -Term Senior Essay Consult DUS (EAS) TBA    Preparation of a one-term senior essay under the guidance of a faculty adviser. Students must receive the prior agreement of the director of undergraduate studies and of the faculty member who will serve as the senior essay adviser. Students must arrange to meet with that adviser on a regular basis throughout the term.
EAST 480b One -Term Senior Essay Consult DUS (EAS) TBA    Preparation of a one-term senior essay under the guidance of a faculty adviser. Students must receive the prior agreement of the director of undergraduate studies and of the faculty member who will serve as the senior essay adviser. Students must arrange to meet with that adviser on a regular basis throughout the term.
EAST 491 Senior Research Project Consult DUS (EAS) TBA    Two-term directed research project under the supervision of a ladder faculty member. Students should write essays using Chinese- or Japanese-language materials when possible. Essays should be based on primary material, whether in Chinese or Japanese or English. Summary of secondary material is not acceptable.
EAST 501, SOCY 507 Social Science Workshop on Contemporary China Deborah Davis M   12:00 PM - 1:00 PM This is a yearlong course for one credit. Students must register for and complete both terms. This workshop examines contemporary Chinese development from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, economics, law, political science, and sociology. At each session, Yale faculty, visitors, and advanced graduate students deliver short presentations of current works in progress, circulated in advance, for group discussion and critique. This format is designed to educate participants about particular topics, provide constructive feedback on developing works of scholarship, and generally foster interdisciplinary dialogue and perspectives among the broad community of social scientists focusing on China at Yale. One unit of course credit is available to students who attend the colloquium in both the fall and spring terms and submit a thirty-page paper. Permission of instructors required.
EAST 510b, ECON 475b, INRL 579b The Economics of The Korean Peninsula Marcus Noland W   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM This course surveys economic developments on the Korean peninsula. The main purposes of this course are to provide an overview of the North and South Korean economies, to examine the commonalities and differences in their economic development strategies, and to analyze the prospects for and implications of national unification. Completion of an introductory economics course is a prerequisite.
ECON 120a Introduction to China’s Economy Dong Chen TBA    3HTBA An overview of the current Chinese economy, whose rapid growth in the past two decades drew worldwide attention, as well as of the challenges it faces. The cultural and political background of the economy, China’s market transition, manufacturing and financial sectors, foreign trade, FDI and technology transfer, and the reform of SOEs are among the topics addressed. Offered in Beijing, China at the Peking University-Yale University Joint Undergraduate Program in Beijing. For application procedures, please visit http://www.yale.edu/iefp/pku-yale/overview.html.
ECON 324b, EAST 205b The Economics of East Asia Marcus Noland T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM This course surveys contemporary economic developments in East Asia. The main purposes of this course are to provide an overview of these economies and their positions in the world economy, to examine the commonalities and differences in the economic development strategies undertaken in these countries, and to identify the implications of these developments for the rest of the world, including the United States. Completion of an introductory economics course is a prerequisite.
ECON 429a, ECON 802a Economic Development of Japan Koichi Hamada T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Economic performance and economic institutions of Japan, mainly since World War II. Focus on changes in output, economic structure, labor, capital, technology, standard of living and income distribution, foreign trade and investment, government policy, and United States-Japanese economic relations. After two terms of introductory economics or with permission of instructor.
ECON 475b, EAST 510b, INRL 579b The Economics of The Korean Peninsula Marcus Noland W   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM This course surveys economic developments on the Korean peninsula. The main purposes of this course are to provide an overview of the North and South Korean economies, to examine the commonalities and differences in their economic development strategies, and to analyze the prospects for and implications of national unification. Completion of an introductory economics course is a prerequisite.
ECON 802a, ECON 429a Economic Development of Japan Koichi Hamada T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Economic performance and economic institutions of Japan, mainly since World War II. Focus on changes in output, economic structure, labor, capital, technology, standard of living and income distribution, foreign trade and investment, government policy, and United States-Japanese economic relations. After two terms of introductory economics or with permission of instructor.
F&ES 011a China's Environmental Issues Gordon Geballe T,Th   9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Investigation of issues concerning water, air, and agriculture in China today. A rapidly expanding economy contrasted with a deteriorating environment in a country containing one-sixth of the world’s human population. Enrollment limited to freshmen.
F&ES 80041b Comparative Environmental Law in Global Legal Systems Lye Lin Heng, Nicholas Robinson M,T,W,Th   4:00 PM - 9:00 PM F 2:00PM - 4:00PM This course examines environmental law in the various legal systems of the world—from the common and civil law traditions to socialist laws, customary law, and Islamic law. In particular, environmental law and case studies from a number of countries are examined, including Australia, Canada, China, Europe, New Zealand, the United States, Singapore, and the states of Southeast Asia. The objective is to understand the scope and evolution of national environmental law through the patterns of legislative, administrative, and judicial decision making in the various legal regimes. The systems of central/unitary governments are contrasted with those of federal systems. As corporations engage in the same manufacturing activities around the world, it is important that corporate managers and their legal advisers understand how these activities are regulated in the different legal systems. Additionally, as earth’s natural systems are integrated throughout the biosphere, the effectiveness of one nation’s environmental laws is complemented or undermined by the efficacy of another nation’s comparable laws. Students are examined by a written paper that is a comparative study of some aspect of environmental law, involving at least two jurisdictions.
F&ES 80071b, REL 817b, RLST 280b, RLST 872b World Religions and Ecology: Asian Religions Mary Evelyn Tucker T,Th   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM 1 HTBA This course explores the various ways in which religious ideas and practices have contributed to cultural attitudes and human interactions with nature. Examples are selected from Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. The course examines such topics as symbols, images and metaphors of nature in canonical texts, views of the divine as transcendent to the world, the indwelling of the sacred in the earth, the ethics of using and valuing nature, ritual practices that link humans to the natural world, and cosmology as orienting humans to the world and embedding them in place.
F&ES 83064a Energy Issues in Developing Countries Robert Bailis T   10:00 AM - 12:50 PM This graduate seminar is designed to provide students with an opportunity to explore the interrelationships among energy, environment, economic development, and social welfare in developing countries. Throughout the course, we consider the role that people, industries, and state institutions play in supplying and consuming energy-based resources in countries of sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and much of Asia. The goal of the course is to understand the many ways in which energy is used by the majority of the world’s population and to examine some of the tensions that exist among environmental sustainability, economic growth, and quality of life within the context of non-Western, non-industrialized, and/or industrializing populations. Class meetings consist of a short lecture followed by discussion; therefore reading and participation are critical components of the course and students are evaluated based on their contributions to the discussion. Students are strongly encouraged to have prior knowledge of basic energy issues. F&ES 86025a or equivalent is recommended. Enrollment limited to fifteen students.
F&ES 90108b Seminary in Industrial Ecology: Topic to Be Announced Thomas Graedel M   2:30 PM - 5:20 PM A capstone course to explore industrial ecology topics in clinical settings. Students work on specific projects that blend industrial ecology with related topics in environmental science, policy, and management. Past themes explored industrial ecology in China, urban sustainability, emerging technologies, and multi-scale industrial ecology. Limited enrollment based on clinical assignments. One three-hour class per week.
FILM 315b, KREN 251b Korean Cinema After 1961 Seungja Choi T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1 HTBA Exploration of Korean national cinema from the early 1960s to the present. Study of cinematic representations in the context of such themes as history, nationhood, gender, identity, and traditional culture. Attention to formal aspects of the films, including film styles and cinematography. No knowledge of Korean required. Discussion section conducted in Korean available for students who have completed Korean 150 or equivalent.
FILM 319a, EALL 215a, EAST 403a East Asian Cinema and Transnational Tropes Jinhee Choi M   3:30 PM - 5:20 PM Screenings T 7:00-9:00 PM Examination of the mechanisms and conditions that facilitate and enhance transnational cultural flows in Asia. Focus on three major areas in cultural exchanges: film genre and style, coproduction strategies, and the star system.
FILM 442a, LITR 403a, RUSS 325a The City in Literature and Film Katerina Clark TBA    Consideration of the architecture, town planning, and symbolic functions of a variety of cities in Europe, Latin America, the United States, and East Asia. Discussion of the representation of these cities in literature and film. Texts include five films about Chinese cities, including older Soviet and Chinese films about Shanghai and contemporary films about Hong Kong and Beijing. Offered in Beijing, China at the Peking University-Yale University Joint Undergraduate Program in Beijing. For application procedures, please visit http://www.yale.edu/iefp/pku-yale/overview.html.
HIST 003a Classics of World History Valerie Hansen M,W   2:30 PM - 3:45 PM An introduction to the historical traditions of Greece and Rome, Islam, and China. Focus on Polybius, Herodotus, al-Tabari, Masudi, Sima Qian, and Sima Guang. Particular attention to their treatment of people and events outside their borders. Enrollment limited to freshmen.
HIST 261a, PLSC 176a The Cold War John Gaddis M,W   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1 HTBA The Cold War from beginning to end, viewed from the perspective of all its major participants, with particular emphasis on recently released Soviet, East European, and Chinese sources. Not open to freshmen. Counts toward either European or U.S. distributional credit within the major. Requires permission of the DUS of East Asian Studies
HIST 302a Japan Since 1600 Hoi-eun Kim M,W   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
HIST 314b Early Sources in Chinese Intellectual Traditions Annping Chin M,W   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1 HTBA Readings in translation of the basic texts of Confucianism, Taoism, and legalism. Examination of what the early Chinese thought about the world and themselves, how they articulated what they thought and organized what they knew, and how they explored the irrational and issues such as fairness and moral appropriateness.
HIST 315a History of Traditional China to 1600 Valerie Hansen M,W   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM 1 HTBA A survey of Chinese history from the introduction of oracle bone writing in c. 1200 b.c to a.d. 1600, and the effects of the discovery of the New World on China. Philosophical, religious, and literary texts in translation as well as archaeological and art-historical evidence used to explore Chinese civilization.
HIST 316b History of Modern China, 1600-2007 Jonathan Spence M,W   11:30 AM - 12:20 PM 1 HTBA The rise and fall of the Qing (1644–1912), China’s last dynasty. Traditional Chinese values, and the effect of foreign ideas and technologies on those values. China’s first Republic (1912–1949) and the impact of foreign imperialism and communism. The People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, and China’s changing economic and political structures.
HIST 319b The Japanese Colonial Empire Hoi-eun Kim T,Th   11:30 AM - 12:20 PM 1 HTBA This course examines the rise and fall of the Japanese colonial empire. In doing so, it pays equal attention to both metropole (Japan) and colonies (mainly Korea, yet other locations as well), and therefore seeks to highlight the reciprocal relationship between them. Beginning from the political, social, and economic conditions in Japan, through the event of "colonial modernity" in Korea, to the demise of empire, this course endeavors to tie metropole and colonies together in a unitary field of analysis.
HIST 479b Rewriting Japanese History in a Global Age Hoi-eun Kim W   3:30 PM - 5:20 PM Examination of new theoretical approaches to history that transcend conventional nation–state boundaries and bring new perspectives to modern Japanese history. Readings in major theoretical works and historical studies based on these new methodologies.
HIST 481b Travel on the Silk Road Valerie Hansen T   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM Examination of expeditions to the Xinjiang region of China sponsored by the Swedish, British, French, German, and Japanese in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Special attention to reconstructing the travel experiences of monks and merchants in the first millennium.
HIST 483b, HIST 881b, HSHM 447b, HSHM 680b History of Chinese Science William Summers Th   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM A study of the major themes in Chinese scientific thinking from antiquity to the twentieth century. Emphasis on non–Western concepts of nature and the development of science in China, East–West scientific exchanges, and China’s role in modern science.
HIST 485a, EAST 402a Japan and Korea: A Transnational History Nicole Cohen F   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM The history of Japanese-Korean interaction from early times through the present. Topics include cultural, economic, political, and diplomatic exchange; cross-cultural images of “self” and “other”; changing borders; and conflict and conciliation.
HIST 549a Trade, Cuisine, and Exotic Products in the Middle Ages Paul Freedman T   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM Long-distance travel, especially exchanges between Europe and Asia, seen in terms of demand as well as supply. Attention is given to the appetite for imported luxuries, changes of taste and fashion in cuisine, as well as the real and imagined contacts with the East.
HIST 610b, SOCY 590b Early Modern Empires: Theory and History Julia Adams, Steven Pincus Th   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM This co-taught graduate seminar explores the dynamics of early modern empires, as well as the relevant theoretical literature that addresses problems of colonialism and empire more generally. Why and where were the successive early modern empires built; how and why did they cohere and come apart? What differentiates them from contemporary or ancient colonialism and empire? Our readings range over varied intersecting historical colonial contexts, including the first wave of overseas empire of the western European states; the Ottoman Empire; and imperial orders in Asia and the Americas. Students write a primary-source-based research paper at the close of the course.
HIST 856b, CHNS 837b Histories and Fiction in Early China Annping Chin Th   3:30 PM - 5:20 PM The course explores writings from early China where the line between facts and fiction is often blurred. Readings in Chinese include selections from the Hanfeizi, Sima Qian’s Shiji, and Liu Xiang’s Lienu zhuan and Shuoyuan.
HIST 861a Issues in Tang, Song, and Yuan History Valerie Hansen T   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM An introduction to the secondary literature in English about the major issues in Chinese history, 600–1400. Permission of instructor required.
HIST 866a China and the West, 1580-1950 Jonathan Spence M   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM This course explores the broad outlines of the many ways China interacted with the West from the early Jesuits to the founding of the People’s Republic. Topics to be covered include the sciences, the military, religion and philosophy, literature, narcotics, political structures, and law. Reading and discussion. Chinese not required.
HIST 867b Social History of Chinese Silk Routes Valerie Hansen W   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM An introduction to artifacts and documents excavated from the most important sites on the Northern and Southern Silk Routes in China, including Niya, Kizil, Turfan, and Dunhuang. All assigned readings in English, but given sufficient student interest, a separate section can be formed for those wishing to read documents in classical Chinese from Turfan and Dunhuang
HIST 873b China, the Qing and Republic, 1620-1950 Jonathan Spence Th   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM This course examines the period of China’s last dynasty and the history of the first republic prior to the communist takeover. Topics to be explored include the structure and scope of Manchu empire-building, the nature of rural society, change in women’s social and labor practices, the growth of new types of cities, the impact of foreign powers, changes in education and culture, the imposition of single-party rule, the course of World War II in China, and the dynamics of the communist victory. Reading and discussion. Chinese not required.
HIST 881b, HIST 483b, HSHM 447b, HSHM 680b History of Chinese Science William Summers Th   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM A study of the major themes in Chinese scientific thinking from antiquity to the twentieth century. Emphasis on non–Western concepts of nature and the development of science in China, East–West scientific exchanges, and China’s role in modern science.
HIST 930a, HSHM 701a Introduction to the History of Medicine and Public Health John Harley Warner M   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM An examination of the variety of approaches to the social and cultural history of medicine and public health, taking as a focus nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America. Readings are drawn from recent literature in the field, sampling writings on health care, illness experiences, and medical cultures in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia from antiquity to the twentieth century. Topics include the role of gender, class, ethnicity, race, region, and religion in the experience of sickness and health care; the multiple meanings of science in medicine; the intersection of lay and professional understandings of the body; and the role of the marketplace in shaping professional identities and patient expectations.
HSAR 350b Chinese Art and the Modern World Lillian Lanying Tseng M,W   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM 1 HTBA A thematic introduction to Chinese art from the fifteenth century to the present, with special attention to its interaction with the rest of the world. Media include architecture, painting, porcelain, print, and installations. Topics include Chinese gardens in the West, Chinese watercolors for international trade, realism and socialist realism, and ink play and abstract expressionism.
HSAR 351a, ARCG 212a Art and Archaeology in China Lillian Lanying Tseng M,W   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM A thematic introduction to art and archaeology in China from the Neolithic period to the ninth century, with emphasis on the negotiation between traditional practices and modern disciplines, and on the reconciliation between writing culture and material culture. Topics include the ambivalence of myth and history, and the interaction of center and periphery.
HSAR 354b, EAST 201b Introduction to Korean Art Youngsook Pak T,Th   2:30 PM - 3:45 PM An introduction to the arts of Korea, designed for students with minimal prior knowledge of East Asian art. Presentation of a diverse range of artifacts, topics, and techniques, including methods of distinguishing Korean art from that of neighboring countries.
HSAR 363a Survey of Japanese Art Mimi Yiengpruksawan T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Japan from 1800 through 1950, with emphasis on social, historical, and ideological concerns in the Japanese visual cultures of modernism and its critiques.
HSAR 363b Survey of Japanese Art Mimi Yiengpruksawan T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Japan from 1800 through 1950, with emphasis on social, historical, and ideological concerns in the Japanese visual cultures of modernism and its critiques.
HSAR 438b, HUMS 379b, RNST 421b Silk Road Renaissance Anne Dunlop TBA    The European Renaissance placed in a global context, focusing especially on artistic exchange along the Silk Road. Topics include the use and reception of Eastern and New World objects and materials in European art; the response to European artists and artworks at Muslim and Chinese courts; and the development of art theory and criticism in China and Europe. Offered in Beijing, China at the Peking University-Yale University Joint Undergraduate Program in Beijing. For application procedures, please visit http://www.yale.edu/iefp/pku-yale/overview.html.
HSAR 481b Art and Architecture of the Forbidden City in China Lillian Lanying Tseng T   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM An examination of the Forbidden City from the Mongol Yuan dynasty to the present. Special attention to the interaction between art and politics as revealed by the city planning, architecture, and visual culture of this highly symbolic complex. Case studies include the Altar to Heaven, the Yuanming Garden, the Tiananmen Square, and the Palace Museum.
HSAR 488b, EAST 404b Art and Religion in Korea Youngsook Pak W   3:30 PM - 5:20 PM Consideration of ways that the visual arts in Korea were influenced by different religious systems, namely shamanism, Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.
HSAR 789a Materiality of Death in Chinese Art Lillian Lanying Tseng T   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM This seminar examines how the abstract notion of death was materialized in early China, focusing on major archaeological discoveries in the second half of the twentieth century. Special attention is given to the analysis of burial context and funerary furnishing to address how a tomb can be read as a place. Issues developed from case studies include replication, ritual, body, fantasy, gender, and patronage. Chinese is not required.
HSAR 801a The Image of the Geisha in Modern Visual Culture Mimi Yiengpruksawan W   3:30 PM - 5:20 PM The evocative image of the geisha has figured in Euro-American and East Asian visual culture for more than a century of international engagement and identity formation. The seminar examines what might be termed the image discourse of the geisha in modernism with specific attention to the role of fantasy and imagination in its development.
HSHM 447b, HIST 483b, HIST 881b, HSHM 680b History of Chinese Science William Summers Th   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM A study of the major themes in Chinese scientific thinking from antiquity to the twentieth century. Emphasis on non–Western concepts of nature and the development of science in China, East–West scientific exchanges, and China’s role in modern science.
HSHM 680b, HIST 483b, HIST 881b, HSHM 447b History of Chinese Science William Summers Th   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM A study of the major themes in Chinese scientific thinking from antiquity to the twentieth century. Emphasis on non–Western concepts of nature and the development of science in China, East–West scientific exchanges, and China’s role in modern science.
HSHM 701a, HIST 930a Introduction to the History of Medicine and Public Health John Harley Warner M   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM An examination of the variety of approaches to the social and cultural history of medicine and public health, taking as a focus nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America. Readings are drawn from recent literature in the field, sampling writings on health care, illness experiences, and medical cultures in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia from antiquity to the twentieth century. Topics include the role of gender, class, ethnicity, race, region, and religion in the experience of sickness and health care; the multiple meanings of science in medicine; the intersection of lay and professional understandings of the body; and the role of the marketplace in shaping professional identities and patient expectations.
HUMS 379b, HSAR 438b, RNST 421b Silk Road Renaissance Anne Dunlop TBA    The European Renaissance placed in a global context, focusing especially on artistic exchange along the Silk Road. Topics include the use and reception of Eastern and New World objects and materials in European art; the response to European artists and artworks at Muslim and Chinese courts; and the development of art theory and criticism in China and Europe. Offered in Beijing, China at the Peking University-Yale University Joint Undergraduate Program in Beijing. For application procedures, please visit http://www.yale.edu/iefp/pku-yale/overview.html.
INRL 579b, EAST 510b, ECON 475b The Economics of The Korean Peninsula Marcus Noland W   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM This course surveys economic developments on the Korean peninsula. The main purposes of this course are to provide an overview of the North and South Korean economies, to examine the commonalities and differences in their economic development strategies, and to analyze the prospects for and implications of national unification. Completion of an introductory economics course is a prerequisite.
INTS 336a, PLSC 445a The Political Economy of Greater China Pierre Landry T,Th   2:30 PM - 3:40 PM Overview of the politics of economic reform in China since 1978, including the interaction between the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Recommended preparation: PLSC 116b or a survey course on China.
JAPN 115 Elementary Japanese Yoshiko Maruyama, Michiaki Murata, Hiroyo Nishimura, Mari Stever M,T,W,Th,F   9:30 AM - 10:20 AM or 10:30 AM-11:20 AM An introductory course in spoken Japanese. Drills in pronunciation and conversation; lectures on grammar; and an introduction to reading and writing, including hiragana, katakana, and 200 kanji.
JAPN 140 Intermediate Japanese Yoshiko Maruyama, Michiaki Murata, Masahiko Seto M,T,W,Th,F   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM or 11:30 AM-12:20 PM Emphasis on continued development in both written and spoken Japanese with reinforcement of previously learned patterns and structures. Besides the text, teaching materials include audio- and videotapes for listening comprehension and speaking practice, as well as multimedia materials. Prerequisite Japanese 115 or equivalent.
JAPN 150 Advanced Japanese I Mari Stever M,W,F   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM or 2:30 PM-3:45 PM An advanced Japanese language course designed to continue the development of students’ proficiency in aural and reading comprehension, as well as speaking and writing skills. Reading and discussion of short stories, essays, and journal articles. Listening to and discussion of television and radio broadcasts. Writing practice includes a diary, letters, essays, and criticism. After Japanese 140 or equivalent.
JAPN 157 Advanced Japanese II Koichi Hiroe M,W,F   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Close reading of modern Japanese writings in current affairs, social science, cultural history, and modern literature. Students develop their speaking, listening, and writing skills through discussion and written exercises. Conducted in Japanese. After Japanese 150 or equivalent.
JAPN 160a, JAPN 560a Introduction to Literary Japanese Edward Kamens M,W   2:30 PM - 3:45 PM Introduction to the grammar and style of the premodern literary language (bungotai) through a variety of texts. Prerequisite: JAPN 150 or equivalent.
JAPN 161b, JAPN 561b Readings in Literary Japanese Edward Kamens M   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM Close analytical reading of a selection of texts from the Nara through Tokugawa period: prose, poetry, and various genres. After Japanese 160a/560a or equivalent.
JAPN 162b Advanced Japanese III Koichi Hiroe T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Further development of skills used in academic settings, including public speaking, formal presentations, and expository writing based on research. Materials include lectures, scholarly papers, criticism, fiction, and films. After Japanese 157 or equivalent; recommended to be taken after or concurrently with Japanese 160a.
JAPN 200a, LITR 175a The Japanese Classics Edward Kamens T,Th   2:30 PM - 3:45 PM Prose narratives, poetry collections, and plays from the eighth through the nineteenth centuries. Topics include the relation of gender to modes of writing, recurring themes of nature, love, warfare, and the supernatural, and the place of Japanese literature within the scope of world literature. No knowledge of Japanese required.
JAPN 250a, JAPN 578a, LITR 260a Modern Japanese Fiction Christopher Hill T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM An introduction to Japanese fiction from the 1890s to the 1980s. Novels and stories by such writers as Natsume Soseki, Tanizaki Jun’ichiro, and Oe Kenzaburo; discussion of major trends such as modernism and writing by women. No knowledge of Japanese required.
JAPN 251b, JAPN 581b, LITR 251b Japanese Literature after 1970 John Treat T,Th   11:30 AM - 12:45 PM A continuation of Japan 250a/578a. Study of Japanese literature published between 1970 and the present. Writers may include Murakami Ryu, Maruya Saiichi, Shimada Masahiko, Nakagami Kenji, Yoshimoto Banana, Yamada Eimi, Murakami Haruki, and Medoruma Shun. No knowledge of Japanese required.
JAPN 260b, JAPN 582b, LITR 252b Imagining Space in Japanese Fiction and Film Christopher Hill T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Representations of space in modern fiction and selected films. Aesthetic forms as they establish social and psychological space; urbanization, wartime destruction, and rural transformations as they affect the representation of space. Writers and directors include Kawabata, Enchi, Oe, Murakami, and Miyazaki. No knowledge of Japanese required.
JAPN 470a Independent Tutorial Christopher Hill TBA    For students with advanced Japanese language skills who wish to engage in concentrated reading and research on material not otherwise offered in courses. The work must be supervised by an adviser and must terminate in a term paper or its equivalent. Ordinarily only one term may be offered toward the major or for credit toward the degree. Permission to enroll requires submission of a detailed project proposal and its approval by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
JAPN 471b Independent Tutorial Christopher Hill TBA    For students with advanced Japanese language skills who wish to engage in concentrated reading and research on material not otherwise offered in courses. The work must be supervised by an adviser and must terminate in a term paper or its equivalent. Ordinarily only one term may be offered toward the major or for credit toward the degree. Permission to enroll requires submission of a detailed project proposal and its approval by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
JAPN 560a, JAPN 160a Introduction to Literary Japanese Edward Kamens M,W   2:30 PM - 3:45 PM Introduction to the grammar and style of the premodern literary language (bungotai) through a variety of texts. Prerequisite: JAPN 150 or equivalent.
JAPN 561b, JAPN 161b Readings in Literary Japanese Edward Kamens M   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM Close analytical reading of a selection of texts from the Nara through Tokugawa period: prose, poetry, and various genres. After Japanese 160a/560a or equivalent.
JAPN 578a, JAPN 250a, LITR 260a Modern Japanese Fiction Christopher Hill T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM An introduction to Japanese fiction from the 1890s to the 1980s. Novels and stories by such writers as Natsume Soseki, Tanizaki Jun’ichiro, and Oe Kenzaburo; discussion of major trends such as modernism and writing by women. No knowledge of Japanese required.
JAPN 581b, JAPN 251b, LITR 251b Japanese Literature after 1970 John Treat T,Th   11:30 AM - 12:45 PM A continuation of Japan 250a/578a. Study of Japanese literature published between 1970 and the present. Writers may include Murakami Ryu, Maruya Saiichi, Shimada Masahiko, Nakagami Kenji, Yoshimoto Banana, Yamada Eimi, Murakami Haruki, and Medoruma Shun. No knowledge of Japanese required.
JAPN 582b, JAPN 260b, LITR 252b Imagining Space in Japanese Fiction and Film Christopher Hill T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Representations of space in modern fiction and selected films. Aesthetic forms as they establish social and psychological space; urbanization, wartime destruction, and rural transformations as they affect the representation of space. Writers and directors include Kawabata, Enchi, Oe, Murakami, and Miyazaki. No knowledge of Japanese required.
JAPN 702b Readings in Heian Period Prose and Poetry Edward Kamens F   9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Close reading of works in various genres and styles from the eighth through twelfth century; research in traditional commentaries and contemporary criticism. In spring 2007 the seminar focuses on readings in monogatari and waka.
JAPN 835b Modernity and Culture in Imperial Japan Christopher Hill Th   3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Formations of modernity in Japan from the late Meiji to the early Shôwa period and their political and economic contexts. Materials include literature, essays, philosophy, and other sources such as visual texts according to student interest.
JAPN 885a Modern Japanese Novel John Treat W   10:00 AM - 12:00 PM A seminar primarily designed as a three-year course in which graduate students specializing in Japanese literature are required to read major works of modern Japanese fiction in the original.
JAPN 900 Directed Readings Staff TBA    Offered by permission of instructor and DGS to meet special needs not met by regular courses.
JAPN 990 Directed Research Staff TBA    Offered as needed with permission of instructor and DGS for student preparation of dissertation prospectus.
KREN 115 Elementary Korean Staff , Angela Lee-Smith M,T,W,Th,F   9:30 AM - 10:20 AM A beginning course in modern Korean. Pronounciation, lectures on grammar, conversation practice, and introduction to the writing system (Hankul).
KREN 130 Intermediate Korean Staff , Seungja Choi M,T,W,Th,F   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM After Korean 115 or equivalent. Continued development of skills in modern Korean, spoken and written, leading to intermediate-level proficiency. After Korean 115 or equivalent.
KREN 133 Intermediate Korean for Advanced Learners Staff , Angela Lee-Smith M,T,W,Th,F   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM Intended for students with some oral proficiency but little or no training in Hankul. Focus on grammatical analysis, the standard spoken language, and intensive training in reading and writing.
KREN 150 Advanced Modern Korean Seungja Choi, and Staff T,Th   11:30 AM - 12:45 PM An advanced course in modern Korean. Reading of short stories, essays, journal articles, and introduction of 400 Chinese characters. Students develop their speaking and writing skills through discussions and written exercises. Conducted in Korean. After Korean 135 or equivalent.
KREN 251b, FILM 315b Korean Cinema After 1961 Seungja Choi T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1 HTBA Exploration of Korean national cinema from the early 1960s to the present. Study of cinematic representations in the context of such themes as history, nationhood, gender, identity, and traditional culture. Attention to formal aspects of the films, including film styles and cinematography. No knowledge of Korean required. Discussion section conducted in Korean available for students who have completed Korean 150 or equivalent.
KREN 470a Independent Tutorial Christopher Hill TBA    For students with advanced Korean language skills who wish to engage in concentrated reading and research on material not otherwise offered in courses. The work must be supervised by an adviser and must terminate in a term paper or its equivalent. Permission to enroll requires submission of a detailed project proposal and its approval by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
KREN 471b Independent Tutorial Christopher Hill TBA    For students with advanced Korean language skills who wish to engage in concentrated reading and research on material not otherwise offered in courses. The work must be supervised by an adviser and must terminate in a term paper or its equivalent. Permission to enroll requires submission of a detailed project proposal and its approval by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
LITR 172a, CHNS 200a, CHNS 500a Man and Nature in Chinese Literature Kang-i Sun Chang T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM An exploration of the concepts of man and nature in traditional Chinese literature, with special attention to aesthetic and cultural meanings. Topics include the centrality of Taoism and lyricism; Buddhism and poetry; body and sexuality; contemplation and self-cultivation; travel in literature; landscape and the art of description; images of Utopian communities as compared to the Western notion of Utopia; ideas of self-identity; dream, nature, and passion. No knowledge of Chinese required.
LITR 174b, CHNS 210b, CHNS 572b Chinese Visions of Violence in The Outlaws of the Marsh Pieter "Paize" Keulemans M,W   2:30 PM - 3:45 PM A study of The Outlaws of the Marsh, one of the most important Chinese premodern vernacular novels. Focus on the moral, political, and literary questions surrounding violence, a central theme of the work. No knowledge of Chinese required.
LITR 175a, JAPN 200a The Japanese Classics Edward Kamens T,Th   2:30 PM - 3:45 PM Prose narratives, poetry collections, and plays from the eighth through the nineteenth centuries. Topics include the relation of gender to modes of writing, recurring themes of nature, love, warfare, and the supernatural, and the place of Japanese literature within the scope of world literature. No knowledge of Japanese required.
LITR 251b, JAPN 251b, JAPN 581b Japanese Literature after 1970 John Treat T,Th   11:30 AM - 12:45 PM A continuation of Japan 250a/578a. Study of Japanese literature published between 1970 and the present. Writers may include Murakami Ryu, Maruya Saiichi, Shimada Masahiko, Nakagami Kenji, Yoshimoto Banana, Yamada Eimi, Murakami Haruki, and Medoruma Shun. No knowledge of Japanese required.
LITR 252b, JAPN 260b, JAPN 582b Imagining Space in Japanese Fiction and Film Christopher Hill T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Representations of space in modern fiction and selected films. Aesthetic forms as they establish social and psychological space; urbanization, wartime destruction, and rural transformations as they affect the representation of space. Writers and directors include Kawabata, Enchi, Oe, Murakami, and Miyazaki. No knowledge of Japanese required.
LITR 255b, EALL 210b Literary Modernization in Japan and Korea John Treat M,W   2:30 PM - 3:45 PM A survey of how Japanese and Korean literature met the challenges of modernization from the time of the Opium Wars in the mid-nineteenth century to the start of the Second World War. Enrollment limited. No knowledge of Japanese or Korean required.
LITR 260a, JAPN 250a, JAPN 578a Modern Japanese Fiction Christopher Hill T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM An introduction to Japanese fiction from the 1890s to the 1980s. Novels and stories by such writers as Natsume Soseki, Tanizaki Jun’ichiro, and Oe Kenzaburo; discussion of major trends such as modernism and writing by women. No knowledge of Japanese required.
LITR 403a, FILM 442a, RUSS 325a The City in Literature and Film Katerina Clark TBA    Consideration of the architecture, town planning, and symbolic functions of a variety of cities in Europe, Latin America, the United States, and East Asia. Discussion of the representation of these cities in literature and film. Texts include five films about Chinese cities, including older Soviet and Chinese films about Shanghai and contemporary films about Hong Kong and Beijing. Offered in Beijing, China at the Peking University-Yale University Joint Undergraduate Program in Beijing. For application procedures, please visit http://www.yale.edu/iefp/pku-yale/overview.html.
PHIL 210a Eastern Philosophy Quang Phu Van T,Th   1:30 PM - 2:20 PM 1 HTBA An introduction to Eastern philosophy through the study of philosophical and religious texts. Topics include reality and illusion, knowledge, self, right and wrong, nonattachment, meditation, aesthetics, meaning of life, and death. Limited enrollment.
PLSC 176a, HIST 261a The Cold War John Gaddis M,W   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1 HTBA The Cold War from beginning to end, viewed from the perspective of all its major participants, with particular emphasis on recently released Soviet, East European, and Chinese sources. Not open to freshmen. Counts toward either European or U.S. distributional credit within the major. Requires permission of the DUS of East Asian Studies
PLSC 379a Japanese Politics and Political Economy Frances Rosenbluth W   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM Examination of Japan's political institutions and the way these affect the policy-making process. Consideration of Japan's emerging role in the world political economy.
PLSC 445a, INTS 336a The Political Economy of Greater China Pierre Landry T,Th   2:30 PM - 3:40 PM Overview of the politics of economic reform in China since 1978, including the interaction between the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Recommended preparation: PLSC 116b or a survey course on China.
PLSC 787a Japanese Politics Frances Rosenbluth W   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM This course places Japanese politics in historical, theoretical, and comparative perspectives. After comparing conceptual frameworks, we examine the organization and functioning of political parties, factions, and local electoral machines. The latter portion of the course takes a close look at the government’s decision-making process in the area of economic regulation and social policies. Finally, we consider recent changes in Japanese politics and their implications for Japan’s global role.
REL 817b, F&ES 80071b, RLST 280b, RLST 872b World Religions and Ecology: Asian Religions Mary Evelyn Tucker T,Th   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM 1 HTBA This course explores the various ways in which religious ideas and practices have contributed to cultural attitudes and human interactions with nature. Examples are selected from Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. The course examines such topics as symbols, images and metaphors of nature in canonical texts, views of the divine as transcendent to the world, the indwelling of the sacred in the earth, the ethics of using and valuing nature, ritual practices that link humans to the natural world, and cosmology as orienting humans to the world and embedding them in place.
RLST 133a, EALL 201a, RLST 570a Japanese Religions Koichi Shinohara T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1 HTBA A thematic introduction to Japanese religions. Study of selected aspects of Japanese religious life, including how they have shaped Japanese society and culture. Exploration of why Japanese people have found these practices attractive enough to continue going back to them over long periods of time.
RLST 180a Buddhism in Tibet Jacob Dalton T,Th   2:30 PM - 3:45 PM Chronological and thematic survey of Tibetan Buddhism. Study of Buddhism from its initial arrival into Tibet through to the present day. Themes include “treasure” (gter ma) revelation, hidden valleys, the Dalai Lamas, and exile.
RLST 182b Death, Dreams, and Visions in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism Jacob Dalton W   2:30 PM - 4:20 PM Examination of how Tibetan Buddhists have turned the act of dying toward the realization of basic philosophical concepts of Buddhism. Topics include the transitional state between birth and death as an opportunity for transformation, and how this transformation is enacted through harnessing the dream state; how the Buddhist practitioner prepares for the crucial moment of death through tantric meditation practices, and how funerary rituals work to assist the dead to this end; how Western fascination with the Tibetan Book of the Dead has led to creative interpretations of this obscure text.
RLST 183a, RLST 561a Introduction to Classical Tibetan Texts Jacob Dalton W   2:30 PM - 4:20 PM Study of the classical Tibetan language, which has served as the liturgical language of Tibet, the Chinese court, and much of Central Asia. Introduction to the alphabet and grammar of classical Tibetan, followed by selected readings from Buddhist texts in Tibetan. Some attention to the religion and culture of Tibet.
RLST 280b, F&ES 80071b, REL 817b, RLST 872b World Religions and Ecology: Asian Religions Mary Evelyn Tucker T,Th   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM 1 HTBA This course explores the various ways in which religious ideas and practices have contributed to cultural attitudes and human interactions with nature. Examples are selected from Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. The course examines such topics as symbols, images and metaphors of nature in canonical texts, views of the divine as transcendent to the world, the indwelling of the sacred in the earth, the ethics of using and valuing nature, ritual practices that link humans to the natural world, and cosmology as orienting humans to the world and embedding them in place.
RLST 554b Religious Histories of Tibet Jacob Dalton T   3:30 PM - 5:20 PM This course is designed for students wishing to learn about the traditional historical accounts of Tibet. Class time focuses on close readings of original sources in the classical Tibetan language. Further historical background for the readings is also provided in class.
RLST 558a Lotus Sutra: The Scripture, Commentaries, and Miracle Stories Koichi Shinohara W   10:30 AM - 12:20 PM A close reading of the Lotus Sutra in the light of a variety of Chinese commentaries and stories that developed around this scripture in East Asia. The course is open both to students who can read the original Chinese sources with ease and to those who do not read Chinese. Students who do not read Chinese are asked to read more broadly in Mahâyâna literature translated into English.
RLST 561a, RLST 183a Introduction to Classical Tibetan Texts Jacob Dalton W   2:30 PM - 4:20 PM Study of the classical Tibetan language, which has served as the liturgical language of Tibet, the Chinese court, and much of Central Asia. Introduction to the alphabet and grammar of classical Tibetan, followed by selected readings from Buddhist texts in Tibetan. Some attention to the religion and culture of Tibet.
RLST 570a, EALL 201a, RLST 133a Japanese Religions Koichi Shinohara T,Th   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1 HTBA A thematic introduction to Japanese religions. Study of selected aspects of Japanese religious life, including how they have shaped Japanese society and culture. Exploration of why Japanese people have found these practices attractive enough to continue going back to them over long periods of time.
RLST 872b, F&ES 80071b, REL 817b, RLST 280b World Religions and Ecology: Asian Religions Mary Evelyn Tucker T,Th   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM 1 HTBA This course explores the various ways in which religious ideas and practices have contributed to cultural attitudes and human interactions with nature. Examples are selected from Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. The course examines such topics as symbols, images and metaphors of nature in canonical texts, views of the divine as transcendent to the world, the indwelling of the sacred in the earth, the ethics of using and valuing nature, ritual practices that link humans to the natural world, and cosmology as orienting humans to the world and embedding them in place.
RNST 421b, HSAR 438b, HUMS 379b Silk Road Renaissance Anne Dunlop TBA    The European Renaissance placed in a global context, focusing especially on artistic exchange along the Silk Road. Topics include the use and reception of Eastern and New World objects and materials in European art; the response to European artists and artworks at Muslim and Chinese courts; and the development of art theory and criticism in China and Europe. Offered in Beijing, China at the Peking University-Yale University Joint Undergraduate Program in Beijing. For application procedures, please visit http://www.yale.edu/iefp/pku-yale/overview.html.
RUSS 325a, FILM 442a, LITR 403a The City in Literature and Film Katerina Clark TBA    Consideration of the architecture, town planning, and symbolic functions of a variety of cities in Europe, Latin America, the United States, and East Asia. Discussion of the representation of these cities in literature and film. Texts include five films about Chinese cities, including older Soviet and Chinese films about Shanghai and contemporary films about Hong Kong and Beijing. Offered in Beijing, China at the Peking University-Yale University Joint Undergraduate Program in Beijing. For application procedures, please visit http://www.yale.edu/iefp/pku-yale/overview.html.
SOCY 395a, EAST 408a Wealth and Poverty in Modern China Deborah Davis T   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM Discussion of how access to property, capital, education, and political power have affected poverty and the distribution of wealth in China since 1911, with emphasis on contemporary inequality and social stratification. Extensive use of documentary and online sources. Optional discussion section conducted in Chinese.
SOCY 507, EAST 501 Social Science Workshop on Contemporary China Deborah Davis M   12:00 PM - 1:00 PM This is a yearlong course for one credit. Students must register for and complete both terms. This workshop examines contemporary Chinese development from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, economics, law, political science, and sociology. At each session, Yale faculty, visitors, and advanced graduate students deliver short presentations of current works in progress, circulated in advance, for group discussion and critique. This format is designed to educate participants about particular topics, provide constructive feedback on developing works of scholarship, and generally foster interdisciplinary dialogue and perspectives among the broad community of social scientists focusing on China at Yale. One unit of course credit is available to students who attend the colloquium in both the fall and spring terms and submit a thirty-page paper. Permission of instructors required.
SOCY 590b, HIST 610b Early Modern Empires: Theory and History Julia Adams, Steven Pincus Th   1:30 PM - 3:20 PM This co-taught graduate seminar explores the dynamics of early modern empires, as well as the relevant theoretical literature that addresses problems of colonialism and empire more generally. Why and where were the successive early modern empires built; how and why did they cohere and come apart? What differentiates them from contemporary or ancient colonialism and empire? Our readings range over varied intersecting historical colonial contexts, including the first wave of overseas empire of the western European states; the Ottoman Empire; and imperial orders in Asia and the Americas. Students write a primary-source-based research paper at the close of the course.
WGSS 366b, ANTH 256b Minorities and Sexualities in Modern Japan Karen Nakamura M,W,F   10:30 AM - 11:20 AM The image of Japan as a homogenous society confronted through an exploration of postcolonial, native, caste, and sexual minorities that have become vocal in the past century. Focus on the mechanisms by which minoritization occurs and the development of social protest movements.
WGSS 371a, AMST 322a Gender, Family, and Cultural Identity in Asia and the United States: A Dialogue Geentanjali Singh Chanda M,W   1:00 PM - 2:15 PM A cross-cultural dialogue focusing on family, gender, and identity. An exploration of how specific Asian countries and people approach issues of religion, dress, education, and food as identity markers; U.S. perceptions and reactions to similar issues. Requires permission of the DUS of East Asian Studies