This course is designed to introduce students to the history,teachings,and practice of Zen Buddhism in China,Japan, Korea and the United States. The course will discuss Zen from a variety of perspectives but will center around the question of the meaning of history. Zen is a tradition of Buddhism that claims to have inherited and to pass on, in an unbroken historical transmission from patriarch to patriarch, the living experience of the Buddha's enlightenment. The course will discuss how Zen's conception of its history is related to its identity as a special tradition within Buddhism, as well as its basic teachings on the primacy of enlightenment, the role of practice, the nature of the mind, and the limitations of language.

This course offers an interdisciplinary approach to East Asia in modern and contemporary times--its recent histories, evolving cultures, languages, and literatures. China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula have undergone dramatic cultural, political, and social changes since the advent of modernity. How did these changes take place, and how did they help shape the global, multicultural East Asia we know today? This course explores these new approaches to modern life, sparked by transnational flows of people and ideas, and invites students to discover how historical East Asian practices and beliefs adapted and transformed to meet new challenges of modern life. We will approach these questions through a variety of interactive projects and activities, class discussions, lectures, films, and new media.

What would it be like to visit China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula in premodern times? What is East Asian Studies? This course offers an introduction to the histories, cultures, languages and scripts, religions, and literatures of traditional East Asia. It also invites students to participate in the interdisciplinary knowledge production that is East Asian Studies. While we explore what has been historically shared among these East Asian societies, our emphasis is on how East Asia has always been diverse and heterogeneous. We encourage students to debunk the popular myths about East Asia--particularly premodern East Asia--as an exotic and homogeneous place. This will not only inform our understanding of today's East Asia in its historical context, it will also prompt us to actively address the historical legacy of orientalism.

Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.

This course provides an introductory overview of the field of Asian Pacific American Studies. Through lectures, film screenings, readings, group exercises, and discussions, the course will cover a wide range of issues and problems that APA communities encounter. Topics include Asian Pacific American history, literature, identity, and activism.

The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.

Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.

Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.

This course will explore the social, historical, and linguistic aspects of the languages and cultures of East Asia and how they have changed over time, drawing from anthropology, linguistics, sociology, and history.

Although the countries of East Asia and many of those in Southeast Asia have very distinct cultures, languages, and national identities today, they share one important thing: all have been heavily influenced throughout their history by the world view known as Confucianism. This course is designed to examine Confucianism in Asia through education, and the importance of ritual and propriety. Beginning at the beginning, with the life of Confucius in the 6th century BCE and the principle text that bears his name, the Analects, we will explore the central ideas of Confucianism and their adoption and adaptation by different Asian societies at different times. We will end with a consideration of issues in contemporary Asia and among the Asian-American population in the U.S. that demonstrate the continued importance of this way of thought.