Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2003
Asian Studies (ASIA)

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ASIA 232   RELIGIONS FROM INDIA                     Credits 3.00  Spring 03
This course will survey the four major religions which originate in India,
namely Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.  Emphasis will be placed on the
study of scriptures of these traditions and their continuing global relevance,
particularly in American history and culture.  Also offered as RELI 232/500.
001 HUM 328 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM     Kripal, Jeffrey           Enr: 3 Max: NA

ASIA 240   GENDER AND POLITICIZED RELIGION          Credits 3.00  Spring 03
This course examine the emergence of religion-based politics in various Asian
countries-particularly Hindu and Muslim-focusing on the women participants in
these movements as well as the movements' concern with gender roles in society.
We will investigate, for instance, the extent to which women participants have
been willing or able to reshape the central ideas of such movements. Also
offered as WGST 240.
001 RH 106 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM      Shehabuddin, Elora        Enr: 2 Max: NA

ASIA 330   INTRODUCTION TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE POET Credits 3.00  Spring 03
The most elite literary form in classical Chinese literature, traditional
poetry also enjoys large readership among common folks. This seeming
contradiction emerges from its terse, single-syllabic language and rich,
perceptible imagery that offer easy access to highly condensed messages. This
course seeks to decode enchanting features of traditional Chinese poetry
through examining the transformation of poetic genres, the interaction between
poetic creation and political, social, and cultural changes, and the close
association of poetry with art. In this sense, this course also serves to
understand Chinese culture and history through poetic perspectives. All
readings in English translation. No previous knowledge of Chinese literature or
language required.  Also offered as CHIN 330.
001 RH 106 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM      Qian, Nanxiu              Enr: 7 Max: 0

ASIA 340   GENDER AND POLTICIZED RELIGION (enriched Credits 3.00  Spring 03
This course examine the emergence of religion-based politics in various Asian
countries-particularly Hindu and Muslim-focusing on the women participants in
these movements as well as the movements' concern with gender roles in society.
We will investigate, for instance, the extent to which women participants have
been willing or able to reshape the central ideas of such movements. Also
offered as WGST 340.
001 RH 106 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM      Shehabuddin, Elora        Enr: 1 Max: NA

ASIA 354   APOCALYPTIC AND MILLENARIAN MOVEMENTS IN Credits 3.00  Spring 03
This course will focus upon the rich and neglected apocalyptic and millennarian
tradition of Asia, discussing Hinduism, Buddhism, Zoroasterianism, Manichaeism
and Eastern Christianity as each of these faiths interact with and react to
each other. Readings will be from scriptures and translations covering
approximately the period between the first and nineteenth centuries. Also
offered as RELI 354.
001 HUM 226 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM     Cook, David               Enr: 1 Max: 0
                                        Gray, David

ASIA 360   TRANSNATIONAL CHINA: CHINA AND THE CHINE Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Exploration of the political, economic, and social forces changing the lives of
nearly a quarter of humanity, the 1.4 billion people of Mainland China, Taiwan,
Hong Kong, Singapore and the diasporic Chinese communities of East and
Southeast Asia.  Topics include political and economic liberalization,
nationalism and urban identity, privatization and consumerism, environmentalism
and public goods, and the globalization of communication technologies and
Chinese cultural media.
001 RH 305 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM      Lewis, Steven W.          Enr: 11 Max: 0

ASIA 399   WOMEN IN CHINESE LITERATURE              Credits 3.00  Spring 03
This course examines women's roles in Chinese literature as writers, readers,
and characters, focusing particularly on the tension between women's lived
bodily experiences and the cultural experiences inscribed on the female body
and how, in the process, women have contrarily gendered patriarchal culture
into their own.  It will also touch on Chinese women's incorporation of the
Western Tradition.  Also offered as WGST 399.
001 FL 412 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM      Qian, Nanxiu              Enr: 2 Max: 0

ASIA 402   INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits   Spring 03
Reading or research project to be determined by discussions between student(s)
and faculty member(s).
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 1 Max: 0

ASIA 470   VISUAL CULTURE IN REVOLUTIONARY & POSTRE Credits 3.00  Spring 03
Exploration of the deployment of socialist, critical, and avant-garde art in
modern Chinese visual culture. The course will cover a wide range of materials
from painting and installation art to propaganda posters and film. Issues
addressed will include: the notion of the avant-garde (social and aesthetic),
the structure of authoritarian art, art as a social movement, and the paradox
of counter-discourse. The course will maintain a global and comparative frame
of analysis, drawing on scholarship on Soviet and Nazi Germany visual cultures.
Also offered as HART 470. Enrollment is limited to 15.
001 SH 307 - TH 01:00PM - 04:00PM       Staff                     Enr: 1 Max: 7

ASIA 489   MIGRATIONS & DIASPORAS IN THE INDIAN OCE Credits 3.00  Spring 03
The Indian Ocean World presents an enormously varied arena of cultural exchange
and interaction spanning coastal regions of Africa, the Middle East, South and
Southeast Asia and Australia. This seminar course introduces students to this
fascinating region by examining societies and empires shaped by voyages of
exploration, religious pilgimages, trading diasporas and forced migration. Also
offered as HIST 489. Enrollment is limited.
001 TBA - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM           Ward, Kerry               Enr: 0 Max: 5