Courses: Southeast Asia


Course #	Course Title	Department
Asia 460	Sex, Crime and Corruption in East and Southeast Asia	Asian Studies
	A political economy and comparative approach to crime and corruption in Asia, seeking to understand linkages and relationships between corruption and development in changing political, social, and economic contexts.
Asia 461	The Political Economy of Southeast Asia	Asian Studies
	The course examines critical linkages between economic policy and processes and political decisions — neoclassical, institutionalist, dependency/world-systems and structuralist approaches. These theories are applied to contemporary Southeast Asia.
Asia 147	Lost in Translation: Understanding Western Experience in East and Southeast Asia	Asian Studies
	An examination of the experiences of western travelers in East/Southeast Asia, from both fictional and nonfictional accounts in print and film.
Viet 252	Introduction to Vietnamese Culture through Music and Narrative	Asian Studies
	This course shows how Vietnamese music and historical legends define, reinforce, and transmit core values, concepts, figures of speech, and modes of behavior in Vietnamese culture.
Cmpl 252	Popular Culture in Modern Southeast Asia	English and Comparative Literature
	This course examines popular culture in Southeast Asia as a response to colonialism, nationalism, modernization, the state, and globalization. Topics include: theater, film, pop songs, television, rituals, and the Internet.
Cmpl 151	Literature and Society in Southeast Asia	English and Comparative Literature
	This course is an introduction to the societies of Southeast Asia through literature. Background materials and films will supplement the comparative study of traditional works, novels, short stories, and poems.
Reli 285 Asia 285	The Buddhist Tradition: Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka	Religious Studies
	This course explores the Theravada school of Buddhism and themes in the social, cultural, and political lives of the Theravada Buddhist countries of Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka.
Geog 267	Tropical Asia	Geography
	The cultural diversity and regional organization, emphasizing the spatial structure and contemporary dynamics of population, agriculture, urbanization, and economic development, primarily of the nations of Southeast Asia.
Hist 131	Southeast Asia to the Early Nineteenth Century	History
	The history of Southeast Asia from prehistory to "high imperialism." Long-term political, economic, social, and religious developments, including Indianization, the impact of China, and the first contacts with Europeans.
Hist 132	Southeast Asia Since the Early Nineteenth Century	History
	Comparative colonialism, nationalism, revolution, and independence movements. Topics include: Indonesia and the Dutch, Indochina under French rule, United States involvement in the Philippines and Vietnam, communist and peasant movements, Cambodian revolution.
Hist 539	The Economic History of Southeast Asia	History
	This course is intended as a broad overview of Southeast Asian economic history from premodern times to the present day.
Hist 570 Asia 570	The Vietnam War	History
	A wide-ranging exploration of America's longest war - from nineteenth-century origins to 1990s legacies, from village battlegrounds to the Cold War context, from national leadership to popular participation and impact.
Musc 240 Asia 240	Gongs, Punks and Shadows: Performance in Southeast Asia	Music
	The study and comparison of contemporary Southeast Asian performance genres (music, theatre, dance, ritual) in historical and cultural contexts.
Soci 265 Geog 266	People and Environment in Southeast Asia	Sociology
	Sociological, biophysical, and geographical elements are integrated to examine interactions of population and environment in Thailand and neighboring countries. Diverse data sources and perspectives will be used to examine local to global issues.
Anth 578	Chinese Diaspora in the Asia Pacific	Anthropology
	Examination of the histories, social organizations, and cultures of the Chinese diaspora in the Asia Pacific region, focusing on contemporary issues in the cultural politics and identities of "overseas Chinese."
Anth 429 Asia 429	Culture and Power in Southeast Asia	Anthropology
	The formation and transformation of worldviews, identities, and expressive forms in southeast Asia over time, including the impact of global/national interests. Sources include translations of texts. Special focus on insular Southeast Asia.
Anth 52	Asian Cultures, Asian Cities, Asian Modernities	Anthropology
	Introduction to the processes of cultural productions and the making of social diversity in large Southeast Asian cities, as they have experienced modernity and globalization during the last thirty years.

Please note that not all courses are offered each semester