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Chinese Courses at Bryn Mawr
Chinese Courses at Haverford
Japanese Courses at Haverford

Bryn Mawr East Asian Studies Courses

This page displays the schedule of Bryn Mawr courses in this department for this academic year. It also displays descriptions of courses offered by the department during the last four academic years.

For information about courses offered by other Bryn Mawr departments and programs or about courses offered by Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges, please consult the Course Guides page.

For information about the Academic Calendar, including the dates of first and second quarter courses, please visit the College's master calendar.

Fall 2013

COURSE	TITLE	SCHEDULE/ UNITS	MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS	LOCATION	INSTRUCTOR(S)
EAST B131-001	Chinese Civilization	Semester / 1	Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW	Thomas Hall 116	Jiang,Y.
EAST B212-001	Introduction to Chinese Literature: The Films of Wong Karwai	Semester / 1	LEC: 12:45 PM- 2:15 PM TTH	Thomas Hall 251	Kwa,S.
			Screening: 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM W	Thomas Hall 224
EAST B216-001	China and the World: Implications of China's Rise	Semester / 1	LEC: 8:15 AM- 9:45 AM TTH	Dalton Hall 2	Oh,S.
EAST B260-001	The History and Rhetoric of Buddhist Meditation	Semester / 1	Lecture: 9:45 AM-11:15 AM TTH	Dalton Hall 6	Glassman,H.
EAST B263-001	The Chinese Revolution	Semester / 1	Lecture: 2:30 PM- 4:00 PM MW	Thomas Hall 116	Jiang,Y.
EAST B304-001	Disaster, War and Rebuilding in the Japanese City	Semester / 1	LEC: 1:00 PM- 3:30 PM TH	Carpenter Library 15	Hein,C.
EAST B336-001	Topics in City and Media: Popular Cultures in East Asia	Semester / 1	LEC: 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM M	Thomas Hall 118	Zhang,J.
EAST B380-001	Readings in Advanced Chinese: Literature and Revolution	Semester / 1	LEC: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW	Thomas Hall 118	Kwa,S.
EAST B398-001	Senior Seminar	Semester / 0.5	Lecture: 7:00 PM-10:00 PM M	Thomas Hall 129	Dept. staff, TBA

Spring 2014

COURSE	TITLE	SCHEDULE/ UNITS	MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS	LOCATION	INSTRUCTOR(S)
EAST B110-001	Intro to Chinese Literature (in English)	Semester / 1	Lecture: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM MWF	Thomas Hall 116	Kwa,S.
EAST B218-001	Topics in World Cities: Contemporary Chinese Urbanism	Semester / 1	LEC: 12:45 PM- 2:15 PM TTH	Thomas Hall 116	Zhang,J.
EAST B225-001	Topics in Modern Chinese Literature: Chinese Litr the 20th Century	Semester / 1	Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW	Thomas Hall 116	Kwa,S.
EAST B229-001	Topics in Comparative Urbanism	Semester / 1	Lecture: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW	Taylor Hall D	McDonogh,G.
EAST B264-001	Human Rights in China	Semester / 1	Lecture: 12:45 PM- 2:15 PM TTH	Thomas Hall 104	Jiang,Y.
EAST B267-001	The Development of the Modern Japanese Nation	Semester / 1	Lecture: 12:00 PM- 1:00 PM MWF	Dalton Hall 212A	Takenaka,A.
EAST B334-001	Three Faces of Chinese Power: Money, Might, and Minds	Semester / 1	Lecture: 7:00 PM-10:00 PM T	Dalton Hall 119	Oh,S.
EAST B352-001	China's Environment	Semester / 1	Lecture: 7:00 PM-10:00 PM T	Thomas Hall 104	Jiang,Y.
EAST B399-001	Senior Seminar	Semester / 0.5	Lecture: 7:00 PM-10:00 PM M	Thomas Hall 118	Dept. staff, TBA

Fall 2014

(Class schedules for this semester will be posted at a later date.)

Haverford East Asian Studies Courses

Fall 2012

COURSE	TITLE	SCHEDULE/UNITS	MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS	LOCATION	INSTRUCTOR(S)
EASTH120A01	Chinese Perspectives on the Individual and Society	Semester 1/1	TTh 2:30-4:00	Hall 107	Paul Smith
EASTH132A01	Japanese Civilization	Semester 1/1	MW 2:30-4:00	Hall 112	Erin Kelley
EASTH235A01	Early Chinese Philosophy	Semester 1/1	TTh 2:30-4:00	Gest 103	Kathleen Wright
EASTH242A01	Buddhist Philosophy in a Global Context	Semester 1/1	TTh 11:30-1:00	Gest 101	Ashok Gangadean
EASTH256A01	Zen Thought, Zen Culture, Zen History	Semester 1/1	TTh 1:00-2:30	Hall 107	Hank Glassman
EASTH310A01	Sex and Gender in Japanese Buddhism	Semester 1/1	T 7:30-10:00	Gest 103	Hank Glassman
EASTH399C01	Senior Conference	Semester 1/1	M 7:30-10:00	Gest 103	Hank Glassman

Spring 2013

COURSE	TITLE	SCHEDULE/UNITS	MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS	LOCATION	INSTRUCTOR(S)
EASTH201B01	Introduction to Buddhism	Semester 2/1	MW 2:30-4:00		Hank Glassman
EASTH218B01	Chinese Calligraphy As An Art Form	Semester 2/1	T 7:00-9:30		Ying Li
EASTH244B01	Anthropology of China	Semester 2/1	TTh 10:00-11:30		Rubie S. Watson
EASTH299B01	Modern Japanese Literature	Semester 2/1	MW 2:30-4:00		Erin Kelley
EASTH342B01	Zen Thought in a Global Context	Semester 2/1	TTh 11:30-1:00		Ashok Gangadean
EASTH347B01	War and Warriors in Chinese History	Semester 2/1	F 1:30-4:00		Paul Smith
EASTH370B01	Topics in Buddhist Studies: Visual Culture	Semester 2/1	M 7:30-10:00pm		Hank Glassman
EASTH399C01	Senior Conference	Semester 2/1	TBA	Gest 103	Hank Glassman

 

Bryn Mawr Chinese Language Courses

This page displays the schedule of Bryn Mawr courses in this department for this academic year. It also displays descriptions of courses offered by the department during the last four academic years.

For information about courses offered by other Bryn Mawr departments and programs or about courses offered by Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges, please consult the Course Guides page.

For information about the Academic Calendar, including the dates of first and second quarter courses, please visit the College's master calendar.

Fall 2013

COURSE	TITLE	SCHEDULE/ UNITS	MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS	LOCATION	INSTRUCTOR(S)
CNSE B003-001	Second-year Chinese	Semester / 1	Lecture: 9:00 AM-10:00 AM MWF	Thomas Hall 111	Chiang,T.
CNSE B003-002	Second-year Chinese	Semester / 1	Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM MWF	Thomas Hall 111	Chiang,T.
CNSE B007-001	First-Year Chinese Non-Intensive	Semester / 1	Lecture: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM MWF	Thomas Hall 111	Chiang,T.
CNSE B380-001	Readings in Advanced Chinese: Literature and Revolution	Semester / 1	LEC: 1:00 PM- 2:30 PM MW	Thomas Hall 118	Kwa,S.

Spring 2014

COURSE	TITLE	SCHEDULE/ UNITS	MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS	LOCATION	INSTRUCTOR(S)
CNSE B004-001	Second-Year Chinese	Semester / 1	Lecture: 9:00 AM-10:00 AM MWF	Thomas Hall 111	Chiang,T.
CNSE B004-002	Second-Year Chinese	Semester / 1	Lecture: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM MWF	Thomas Hall 111	Chiang,T.
CNSE B008-001	First Year Chinese (Non-intensive)	Semester / 1	Lecture: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM MWF	Thomas Hall 111	Chiang,T.

Fall 2014

(Class schedules for this semester will be posted at a later date.)

Haverford Chinese Language Courses

Fall 2012

COURSE	TITLE	SCHEDULE/UNITS	MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS	LOCATION	INSTRUCTOR(S)
H001A01	Intensive First-year Chinese	Semester 1/1.5	Master class @ Haverford  MWF 1:00-2:30 pm   Drills @ Haverford:  8:30-9:30 am   Drills @ Bryn Mawr:  MWF 10:00-11:00 am or MWF 11:00-12:00 noon	Hall 007	Master Class: Changchun Zhang   Drills: Tz'u Chiang
H001A01	Third-Year Chinese	Semester 1/1	Master class @ Haverford:  MW 12:30-2:00 pm	Gest 102	Changchun Zhang
H201A01	Adv Chinese: Music in Chinese Culture	Semester 1/	MW 2:30-4:00	Gest 102	Jingyu Zhao

Spring 2013

COURSE	TITLE	SCHEDULE/UNITS	MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS	LOCATION	INSTRUCTOR(S)
H002B01	Intensive First-year Chinese	Semester 2/1.5	Master class @ Haverford  MWF 1:00-2:30 pm   Drills @ Haverford:  8:30-9:30 am   Drills @ Bryn Mawr:  MWF 10:00-11:00 am or MWF 11:00-12:00 noon (All at BMC)		Changchun Zhang
H102B01	Third-Year Chinese	Semester 2/1	MW 12:30-2:00		Jingyu Zhao
H202B01	Adv Chinese: Food in Chinese Culture	Semester 2/1.5	TTh 11:30-1:00		Shizhe Huang

 

Haverford Japanese Language Courses

Fall 2012

COURSE	TITLE	SCHEDULE/UNITS	MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS	LOCATION	INSTRUCTOR(S)
H001A01	First-year Japanese (Intensive)	Semester 1/1.5	Master Class: MWF 8:30-9:30   Drills: TTH 8:30-10:00 or TTH 10:00-11:30	Stokes 207	Yoko Koike
H001A02	First-year Japanese (Intensive)	Semester 1/1.5	Master Class: MWF 9:30-10:30   Drills: TTH 8:30-10:00 or TTH 10:00-11:30	Stokes 207	Yoko Koike
H003A01	Second-Year Japanese	Semester 1/1	Master Class: MWF 8:30-9:30   Drills: TTh 10:00-11:30 or TTh 11:30-1:00	Stokes 014	Kimiko Suzuki
H003A02	Second-Year Japanese	Semester 1/1	Master Class: MWF 10:30-11:30   Drills: TTh 10:00-11:30 or TTh 11:30-1:00	Stokes 014	Kimiko Suzuki
H101A01	Third-Year Japanese	Semester 1/1	Master Class: MWF 11:30-12:30   + one hour of drills TBA	Stokes 014	Kimiko Suzuki
H201A01	Advanced Japanese I	Semester 1/1	MF 12:30-2:00		Tomoko Hanawai

Spring 2013

COURSE	TITLE	SCHEDULE/UNITS	MEETING TYPE TIMES/DAYS	LOCATION	INSTRUCTOR(S)
H002A01	Second-year Japanese (Intensive)	Semester 2/1.5	Master Class: MWF 8:30-9:30   Drills: TTH 8:30-10:00 or TTH 10:00-11:30		Yoko Koike
H002A02	Second-year Japanese (Intensive)	Semester 2/1.5	Master Class: MWF 9:30-10:30   Drills: TTH 8:30-10:00 or TTH 10:00-11:30		Yoko Koike
H004A01	Second-Year Japanese	Semester 2/1	Master Class: MWF 8:30-9:30   Drills: TTh 10:00-11:30 or TTh 11:30-1:00		Kimiko Suzuki
H004A02	Second-Year Japanese	Semester 2/1	Master Class: MWF 10:30-11:30   Drills: TTh 10:00-11:30 or TTh 11:30-1:00		Kimiko Suzuki
H102A01	Third-Year Japanese	Semester 2/1	Master Class: MWF 11:30-12:30   + one hour of drills TBA		Tomoko Hanawa
H202A01	Advanced Japanese II	Semester 2/1	MF 12:30-2:00		Kimiko Suzuki

 

Bryn Mawr East Asian Studies Courses

2013-14 Catalog Data

EAST B110 Intro to Chinese Literature (in English) Spring 2014 Students will study a wide range of texts from the beginnings through the Qing dynasty. The course focuses on the genres of poetry, prose, fiction and drama, and considers how both the forms and their content overlap and interact. No knowlege of Chinese is assumed or expected. Division III: Humanities Critical Interpretation (CI)

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EAST B131 Chinese Civilization Fall 2013 A broad chronological survey of Chinese culture and society from the Bronze Age to the 1800s, with special reference to such topics as belief, family, language, the arts and sociopolitical organization. Readings include primary sources in English translation and secondary studies. Division I or Division III Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Inquiry into the Past (IP) Cross-listed as HIST B131

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EAST B200 Major Seminar: Methods and Approaches in East Asian Studies Not offered 2013-14 This course introduces current and prospective majors to the scope and methods of East Asian Studies. It employs readings on East Asian history and culture as a platform for exercises in critical analysis, bibliography, cartography and the formulation of research topics and approaches. It culminates in a substantial research essay. Required of East Asian Studies majors, but open to others by permission, the course should be taken before the senior year. Prerequisite: One year of Chinese or Japanese. Division I or Division III

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EAST B210 Topics in Chinese Cultural History
Section 001 (Fall 2012): The Chinese Visual Imagination Not offered 2013-14 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Inquiry into the Past (IP) Cross-listed as HART B209

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EAST B212 Introduction to Chinese Literature
Section 001 (Fall 2013): The Films of Wong Karwai Fall 2013 This is a topics course. Topics may vary.
Current topic description: This semester, the course will focus on all of the full-length feature films of Hong Kong director Wong Karwai, beginning with the 1988 film As Tears Go By and ending with the 2013 film The Grandmaster. Some topics that will be discussed include translation; brotherhoods, violence and criminality; nostalgia; the use of music; dystopia; translingualism; post-colonialism; and post-humanism. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts toward Film Studies

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EAST B216 China and the World: Implications of China's Rise Fall 2013 In the 20th Century, China's rise has been one of the most distinctive political affairs changing the landscape of regional and world politics. Especially, China's breathtaking growth has challenged the foundations and limits of the market economy and political liberalization theoretically and empirically. This course examines the Chinese economic and political development and its implications for other Asian countries and the world. This course has three aims: 1) to facilitate an in-depth understanding of the Chinese Economic development model in comparison to other development models, 2) to conduct a comprehensive analysis of political and socio-economic exchanges of China and its relations with other major countries in East Asia, and 3) to construct a thorough understanding of challenges and opportunities for China from its extraordinary economic growth. Division I: Social Science Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Cross-listed as POLS B216

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EAST B218 Topics in World Cities
Section 001 (Spring 2014): Contemporary Chinese Urbanism Spring 2014 An introduction to contemporary issues related to the urban environment. This is a topics course. Course content varies.
Current topic description: This course surveys a wide range of issues in urban China. We explore family and gender relations, economic activities, people at the margins, urban spatial and architectural transformation, and political activities that contest the reproduction of the state. Division I: Social Science Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Cross-listed as CITY B218

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EAST B225 Topics in Modern Chinese Literature
Section 001 (Spring 2014): Chinese Litr the 20th Century
Section 001 (Spring 2013): Modernity in China Spring 2014 This a topics course. This course explores modern China from the early 20th century to the present through its literature, art and films, reading them as commentaries of their own time. Topics vary.
Current topic description: This course explores fiction from Mainland China in the twentieth-century, from the novels and short stories of the Republican era into the years after Tiananmen. Through an exploration of modern and contemporary Chinese fiction, we will consider the rapid cultural and literary transformations undergone during this incredibly eventful century. Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Critical Interpretation (CI)

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EAST B229 Topics in Comparative Urbanism
Section 001 (Spring 2013): Building China
Section 002 (Spring 2013): Building China Spring 2014 This is a topics course. Course content varies.
Current topic description: Comparative Urbanism insists that our understanding of cities must incorporate systematic analysis, testing theory and practice. This year, the class explores questions raised about cities through crime literature, ranging from depictions of criminality (across race, class and gender) to visions of form and movement. The key cities for comparison this year will be Barcelona, Los Angeles, Havana, Buenos Aires and Shanghai. Readings will include literary sources, films and social histories. Division I: Social Science Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Inquiry into the Past (IP) Cross-listed as CITY B229 Cross-listed as SOCL B230 Cross-listed as HART B229 Counts toward Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures

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EAST B250 Topics: GrowthOrg of Cities Not offered 2013-14 An introduction to growth & spatial organization of cities. Topics vary. Division I: Social Science Inquiry into the Past (IP) Cross-listed as CITY B250

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EAST B260 The History and Rhetoric of Buddhist Meditation Fall 2013 While Buddhist meditation is often seen as a neutral technology, free of ties to any one spiritual path or worldview, we will examine the practice through the cosmological and soteriological contexts that gave rise to it. This course examines a great variety of discourses surrounding meditation in traditional Buddhist texts. Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Inquiry into the Past (IP)

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EAST B263 The Chinese Revolution Fall 2013 Places the causes and consequences of the 20th century revolutions in historical perspective, by examining its late-imperial antecedents and tracing how the revolution has (and has not) transformed China, including the lives of such key revolutionary supporters as the peasantry, women, and intellectuals. Division I: Social Science Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Inquiry into the Past (IP) Cross-listed as HIST B262

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EAST B264 Human Rights in China Spring 2014 This course will examine China's human rights issues from a historical perspective. The topics include diverse perspectives on human rights, historical background, civil rights, religious practice, justice system, education, as well as the problems concerning some social groups such as migrant laborers, women, ethnic minorities and peasants. Division I or Division III Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Inquiry into the Past (IP) Cross-listed as HIST B260

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EAST B267 The Development of the Modern Japanese Nation Spring 2014 An introduction to the main social dimensions central to an understanding of contemporary Japanese society and nationhood in comparison to other societies. The course also aims to provide students with training in comparative analysis in sociology. Division I: Social Science Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as SOCL B267 Cross-listed as ANTH B267

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EAST B304 Disaster, War and Rebuilding in the Japanese City Fall 2013 Natural and man-made disasters have destroyed Japanese cities regularly. Rebuilding generally ensued at a very rapid pace, often as a continuation of the past. Following a brief examination of literature on disaster and rebuilding and a historical overview of architectural and urban history in Japan, this course explores the reasons for historical transformations large and small. It specifically argues that rebuilding was mostly the result of traditions, whereas transformation of urban space occurred primarily as a result of political and socio-economic change. Focusing on the period since the Meiji restoration of 1868, we ask: How did reconstruction after natural and man-made disasters shape the contemporary Japanese landscape? We will explore specifically the destruction and rebuilding after the 1891 Nobi earthquake, the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake that leveled Tokyo and Yokohama, the bombing of more than 200 cities in World War II and their rebuilding, as well as the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake that destroyed Kobe and its reconstruction. In the context of the long history of destruction and rebuilding we will finally explore the recent disaster in Fukushima 2011. Through the story of disaster and rebuilding emerge different approaches to permanence and change, to urban livability, the environment and sustainability. Inquiry into the Past (IP) Cross-listed as CITY B304

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EAST B315 Spirits, Saints, Snakes, Swords: Women in East Asian Literature & Film Not offered 2013-14 This interdisciplinary course focuses on a critical survey of literary and visual texts by and about Chinese women. We will begin by focusing on the cultural norms that defined women's lives beginning in early China, and consider how those tropes are reflected and rejected over time and geographical borders (in Japan, Hong Kong and the United States). No prior knowledge of Chinese culture or language necessary. Division III: Humanities Counts toward Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts toward Film Studies

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EAST B325 Topics in Chinese History and Culture
Section 001 (Fall 2012): Underneath It All: Bodies, Clothes, Costumes Not offered 2013-14 This is a topics course. Course content varies. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as HIST B326

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EAST B334 Three Faces of Chinese Power: Money, Might, and Minds Spring 2014 China's extraordinary growth for the past 30 years has confirmed the power of free markets, while simultaneously challenging our thoughts on the foundations and limits of the market economy. Moreover, China's ever-increasing economic freedom and prosperity have been accompanied by only limited steps toward greater political freedom and political liberalization, running counter to one of the most consistent patterns of political economic development in recent history. This course examines China's unique economic and political development path, and the opportunities and challenges it accompanies. This course has three aims: 1) to facilitate an in-depth understanding of the political and economic development with Chinese characteristics, 2) to conduct a comprehensive analysis of three dimensions of Chinese economic, political and cultural power, and 3) to construct a thorough understanding of challenges and opportunities for China from its extraordinary developmental path. Division I: Social Science Cross-listed as POLS B334

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EAST B336 Topics in City and Media
Section 001 (Fall 2012): Popular Cultures in East Asia
Section 001 (Fall 2013): Popular Cultures in East Asia Fall 2013 Mass media raises ever-changing global issues in study and praxis in Cities. This advanced seminar looks closely at media through a limited lens - the mediation of a single city (Hong Kong, Philadelphia, Los Angeles), questions of genre (cinema, television, web) or around particular theoreticians and questions (Barthes and myth; Marxism and media). Topics will vary. Prerequisite: Advanced standing in Cities Major.
Current topic description: Looking at TV drama, animation, pop music, fashion and fast food, this course investigates how popular culture works and how it shapes people's lives in East Asian countries. Seeing popular culture as terrains of power struggles and articulation, we explore how class, gender and national identities are constructed and contested through pop culture that is in turn shaped by these social relationships in specific political and historical context Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Critical Interpretation (CI) Cross-listed as CITY B335 Cross-listed as ANTH B335

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EAST B352 China's Environment Spring 2014 This seminar explores China's environmental issues from a historical perspective. It begins by considering a range of analytical approaches , and then explores three general periods in China's environmental changes, imperial times, Mao's socialist experiments during the first thirty years of the People's Republic, and the post-Mao reforms. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Division I: Social Science Cross-listed as HIST B352 Counts toward Environmental Studies

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EAST B362 Environment in Contemporary East Asia: China and Japan Not offered 2013-14 This seminar explores environmental issues in contemporary East Asia from a historical perspective. It will explore the common and different environmental problems in Japan and China, and explain and interpret their causal factors and solving measures in cultural traditions, social movements, economic growth, political and legal institutions and practices, international cooperation and changing perceptions. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or above. Division I or Division III Counts toward Environmental Studies

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EAST B380 Readings in Advanced Chinese
Section 001 (Fall 2013): Literature and Revolution Fall 2013 This course prepares advanced readers of Chinese for the practice of reading, translating and analyzing primary source texts in early-modern and modern Chinese literature. This class is conducted in English, and all readings and screenings are in the original language. The course assumes advanced reading knowledge of Chinese and requires successful completion of 3rd year Chinese or equivalent as a prerequisite. Majors are strongly encouraged to take this course.
Current topic description: The May Fourth and New Culture Movements. This semester we will be reading the essays, short stories and novels written around the May 4th Movement, a period that revolutionized and transformed literature in Chinese. We will address questions of freedom and democracy, modernity and native folk tradition, cosmopolitanism and nationalism, and how they relate to changes political, literary, social and otherwise. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as CNSE B380

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EAST B398 Senior Seminar A research workshop culminating in the writing and presentation of a senior thesis. Required of all majors; open to concentrators and others by permission.

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EAST B399 Senior Seminar A research workshop culminating in the writing and presentation of a senior thesis. Required of all majors; open to concentrators and others by permission.

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EAST B403 Supervised Work

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Haverford East Asian Studies Courses

EAST H120 Chinese Perspectives on the Individual and Society

A survey of philosophical, literary, legal, and autobiographical sources on Chinese notions of the individual in traditional and modern China . Particular emphasis is placed on identifying how ideal and actual relationships between the individual and society vary across class and gender and over time. Special attention will be paid to the early 20th century, when Western ideas about the individual begin to penetrate Chinese literature and political discourse. (Smith)

EAST H129 The Lotus Sutra: Text, Image, and Practice

An exploration of the Lotus Sutra, arguably the most important text in the history of East Asian Buddhism. We will examine its narrative and doctrinal dimensions, study artistic representations of its stories, and explore the practice and cult of the text. (Glassman, Division III; cross-listed in Writing Program and Religion.)

EAST H132 Japanese Civilization

A broad chronological survey of Japanese culture and society from the earliest times to the present, with special reference to such topics as belief, family, language, the arts and sociopolitical organization. Readings include primary sources in English translation and secondary studies. (Kelley, Division I or III)

EAST H201 Introduction to Buddhism

Focusing on the East Asian Buddhist tradition, the course examines Buddhist philosophy, doctrine and practice as textual traditions and as lived religion. (Glassman, Division III)

EAST H218 Chinese Calligraphy as an Art Form

Studio art course. Students learn fundamental techniques of the art of Chinese calligraphy. Considers its impact on Western artists. Students create art projects inspired by Chinese calligraphy. No knowledge of the Chinese language is necessary. Cross listed in Fine Arts. (Li, Division III)

EAST H228 The Logos and the Tao

This course challenges the postmodern construction of " China " as the (feminine) poetic " Other " to the (masculine) metaphysical " West " by analyzing postmodern concepts of word, image and writing in relation to Chinese poetry, painting and calligraphy. (Wright)

EAST B229 Comparative Urbanism: Colonial and Postcolonial Cities

This course exams the issues of colonialism, postcolonialism, and urbanism in a Chinese context. As Chinese society transformed in the 19th and early 20th centuries, cities were at the forefront of change, becoming symbols of both the promise and the discontents of modernity. At the same time, Chinese cities maintained their roles as centers of economic, political, and religious activity. How did these shifts affect urban life? We will consider answers to these questions with reference to hygiene, markets, military bases, crime, imperialism and labor. (McDonogh, Division I; cross-listed as CITY B229, ANTH B229, and HART B229) Not offered in 2009-10.

EAST H235 Early Chinese Philosophy
An introduction to the lively and sharp disputes between competing schools of philosophy in ancient Chinese philosophy, that is, philosophy in the pre-Han period prior to the syncretism that marks “Confucianism,” neo-Confucianism, and most recently New Confucianism. (Kathleen Wright)

Prerequisite: One 100-level course in philosophy or EAST 131 Chinese Civilization or by permission of the instructor
Enrollment limited to 25 students.

EAST H240 Economic Development and Transformation: China vs. India

A survey of the economic development and recent transitional experience in China and India, giant neighboring countries, accounting for roughly one third of total world population. The course will examine the economic structure and policies in the two countries, with a focus on comparing China and India's recent economic successes and failures, their development policies and strategies, institutional changes, and factors affecting the transformation process in the two countries. (Jilani, Division I; cross-listed as Economics H240)

EAST H242 Buddhist Philosophy

An introduction to classical Indian Buddhist thought in a global and comparative context. The course begins with a meditative reading of the classical text -- The Dhamapada -- and proceeds to an in depth critical exploration of the teachings of Nagarjuna, the great dialectician who founded the Madhyamika School. (Gangadean)

EAST H244 Anthropology of China
Recent work on the anthropology of China will be the focus of this course. Readings and discussion will emphasize issues of socio-cultural, economic, and political change from the early decades of the twentieth century to the present. Special attention will be given to family and gender, religious practice and belief, revolution and reform, migration, consumption and materialism, and individualism and civil society. Students will be asked to reflect on the relationship between political-economic change and changes in social formations. Cross-listed in Anthropology. Prerequisite: One course in ANTH or EAST or consent. (Watson)

 

EAST H256 Zen Thought, Zen Culture, Zen History
What are we talking about when we talk about Zen? This course is an introduction to the intellectual and cultural history of the style of Buddhism known as Zen in Japanese. We will examine the development and expression of this religious movement in China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam. (Glassman)

EAST H261 Mid-Imperial China, 1600-1900

Surveys Chinese culture and society at the height of the imperial era through the 18th century and the ensuing political and cultural crises catalysed by institutional decline and Western imperialism in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Cross-listed in History. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and one course in either History or East Asian Studies. (Smith)

EAST H262 Chinese Social History: Gods, Ghosts and Ancestors in Traditional Chinese Society

Surveys a rotating series of topics in the Chinese social and cultural history. (Smith, Division III; cross-listed as History H262)

EAST H265 Modern Japan

Explores selected topics in the rise of modern Japan from the late-16th century to the Pacific War, including the creation of the centralized Tokugawa state, the urban culture of the 17th and 18th centuries, the Meiji Restoration and modernization in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, and the sources and consequences of Japanese imperialism. (Walsh, Division III; cross-listed as History H265)

EAST H282 Structure of Chinese

This course is designed to provide an overview of the historical development of the Chinese language and its structures in terms of phonetics/phonology, syntax and semantics. Students of linguistics will have an opportunity to enrich and broaden their understanding of linguistic theories and methodologies, and to develop skills in analyzing a non-Indo-European language, while students who have completed at least second-year Chinese will be exposed to systematic analyses of the language to learn the general patterns. Prerequisites: at least two of the following three: Introduction to Syntax, Introduction to Semantics or second-year Chinese or above; or consent of the instructor. (Huang)

EAST H299 Modern Japanese Literature and Its Encounter with the West

Agnes Chen Memorial Lectureship in East Asian Studies, established in honor of his sister by Francis J. Chen '40. One of the defining features of Japanese literature is an absorption of styles and concepts drawn from the West; yet Japanese aesthetics and literary techniques have deep roots and continue to be fertile in the literary soil of Japan . We will explore some of the cross-cultural phenomena, such as the aesthetic ambitions of imported romanticism; intellectualism and anti-intellectualism; and the agonies of forging new literary traditions in the wake of a cataclysmic world war. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or above. (Kelley)

EAST H310 Sex and Gender in Premodern Japanese Literature

In this seminar we will examine the intersection of religion & gender in Japanese literature from the 8th to the 16th centuries. The course assumes no prior academic experience in gender, literature, religion, or Japanese culture. It does require openness, curiosity, and a willingness to talk and listen. In this seminar we will examine the intersection of religion & gender in Japanese literature from the 8th to the 16th centuries. The course assumes no prior academic experience in gender, literature, religion, or Japanese culture. It does require openness, curiosity, and a willingness to talk and listen. (Glassman, Division III; cross-listed as Religion H310)

EAST B325 Topics in Chinese History and Culture: China’s Environment:History, Policy, and Rights

Most commentators link China’s environmental issues to the country’s post-1978 economic growth and overlook the historical roots of many of these ecological problems. This course will investigate key topics in the environmental history of China over the last three thousand years. We will begin by considering a range of analytical approaches, including environmental history, institutional politics, human rights, and political ecology, and will then explore three general periods in China’s environmental changes: imperial times, Mao’s socialist experiments, and the post-Mao reforms. (Jiang, Division III; cross-listed as HIST B326)

EAST H342 Topics in Asian Philosophy: Buddhism in a Global Context

This advanced seminar focuses on the development of Zen (Japanese) Buddhism culminating in the work of Nishida and his influential Kyoto School of Zen Philosophy. The background in the Indian origins of Madhyamika dialectic introduced by Nagarjuna is traced through the Zen Master Dogen and into the flourishing of the modern Kyoto School founded by Nishida. The seminar focuses on texts by Dogen and on selected writings in the Kyoto School: Nishida, Nishitani and Abe. Nishida's thought is developed in dialogue with thinkers such as Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Husserl, Sartre and Heidegger, Nagarjuna and others. (Gangadean)

EAST H347 Topics in East Asian History
Topic: China at the Center. An exploration of China's place in the current world history from the 1st through the late 19th centuries, with equal focus on theoretical debates and primary-source observations. Prerequisite: Upper-class standing. Recommended for junors and seniors with prior courses in history. Recommended for junors and seniors with prior courses in history. Cross-listed in History and Comparative Literature(Smith)

EAST H349 The Medieval Transformation of Eurasia, circa 1000-1400
This course surveys the nature of and linkages between changes in Europe, the Islamic world, China and Japan , with a primary focus on such literary sources as The Canterbury Tales (Europe), The Arabian Nights (Middle East), Tale of the Heike (Japan) and The Story of the Western Wing (China). (Smith)

EAST H370 Topics in Buddhist Studies: The Lotus Sutra

The purpose of this course is to give students with a basic background in Buddhist Studies deeper conversancy with a particular textual, thematic, or practice tradition in the history of Buddhism. Cross-listed in Religion. Prerequisite: EAST 201 or PHIL 242 or permission. (Glassman)

EAST H382 Syntax and Semantics of Mandarin Chinese

An examination of the core issues in the study of Chinese syntax and semantics, such as phrase structure, modification structure, quantification, or event semantics. The aim is to examine a rich array of data as analyzed by specialists and study the inner workings of the language and its theoretical implications. Prerequisite: Intro to Syntax & Intro to Semantics. Cross-listed in Linguistics.

EAST H415 Theory and Experience

This advanced research seminar is about Chinese material culture in its historical and contemporary manifestations. Particular attention will be paid to Chinese ceramics. Students will design & complete individual research projects centered on objects, architectural installations, and other manifestations of Chinese material culture available in the Philadelphia area. (Gillette; cross-listed as Anthropology H415)

Bryn Mawr Chinese Language Courses

2013-14 Catalog Data

CNSE B001 Intensive First-Year Chinese Not offered 2013-14 An intensive introductory course in modern spoken and written Chinese. The development of oral-aural skills is integrated through grammar explanations and drill sessions designed to reinforce new material through active practice. Six hours a week of lecture and oral practice plus one-on-one sessions with the instructor. This is a year-long course; both semesters are required for credit. (Offered at Haverford) Language Level 1

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CNSE B002 Intensive First Year Chinese Not offered 2013-14 An intensive introductory course in modern spoken and written Chinese. The development of oral-aural skills is integrated through grammar explanations and drill sessions designed to reinforce new material through active practice. Six hours a week of lecture and oral practice plus one-on-one sessions with the instructor. This is a year-long course; both semesters are required for credit. (Offered at Haverford) Language Level 1

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CNSE B003 Second-year Chinese Fall 2013 Second-year Chinese aims for further development of language skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Five hours of class plus individual conference. This is a year-long course; both semesters (CNSE 003 and 004) are required for credit. Prerequisite: First-year Chinese or a passing score on the Placement Exam. Language Level 2

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CNSE B004 Second-Year Chinese Spring 2014 Second-year Chinese aims for further development of language skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Five hours of class plus individual conference. This is a year-long course; both semesters (CNSE 003 and 004) are required for credit. Prerequisite: First-year Chinese or a passing score on the Placement Exam. Language Level 2

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CNSE B007 First-Year Chinese Non-Intensive Fall 2013 This course is designed for students who have some facility in listening, speaking, reading and writing Chinese but have not yet achieved sufficient proficiency to take Second Year Chinese. It is a year-long course that covers the same lessons as the intensive First Year Chinese, but the class meets only three hours a week. Prerequisite: Chinese Language Placement exam. Language Level 1

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CNSE B008 First Year Chinese (Non-intensive) Spring 2014 This course is designed for students who have some facility in listening, speaking, reading and writing Chinese but have not yet achieved sufficient proficiency to take Second Year Chinese. It is a year-long course that covers the same lessons as the intensive First Year Chinese, but the class meets only three hours a week. Prerequisite: CNSE B007 Language Level 1

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CNSE B101 Third-Year Chinese: Readings in the Modern Chinese Short Story and Theater Not offered 2013-14 A focus on overall language skills through reading and discussion of modern short stories, as well as on students facility in written and oral expression through readings in modern drama and screenplays. Readings include representative works from the May Fourth Period (1919-27) to the present. Audio- and videotapes of drama and films are used as study aids. Prerequisite: Second-Year Chinese or consent of instructor. (Offered at Haverford) Language Level 2

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CNSE B102 Third-Year Chinese: Readings in the Modern Chinese Short Story and Theater Not offered 2013-14 A focus on overall language skills through reading and discussion of modern short stories, as well as on students facility in written and oral expression through readings in modern drama and screenplays. Readings include representative works from the May Fourth Period (1919-27) to the present. Audio- and videotapes of drama and films are used as study aids. Prerequisite: Second-Year Chinese or consent of instructor. (Offered at Haverford) Language Level 2

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CNSE B201 Advanced Chinese Not offered 2013-14 Development of language ability by readings in modern Chinese literature, history and/or philosophy. Speaking and reading skills are equally emphasized through a consideration of the intellectual, historical and social significance of representative works. May be repeated as topics vary. Prerequisite: Third-year Chinese or permission of instructor. (Offered at Haverford) Division III: Humanities Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC)

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CNSE B380 Readings in Advanced Chinese
Section 001 (Fall 2013): Literature and Revolution Fall 2013 This course prepares advanced readers of Chinese for the practice of reading and using primary source texts in early-modern and modern Chinese literature. Students will engage in critical reading and analysis of Chinese texts in class discussion and writing assignments. Part of each class meeting will be dedicated to reading and translating from the text to discuss issues of translation and grammar. This class is conducted in English, and all readings and screenings are in the original language. The course assumes advanced reading knowledge of Chinese and requires successful completion of 3rd year Chinese as a prerequisite. Majors are strongly encouraged to take this course. Prerequisites: Successful completion of 3rd-year Chinese or equivalent.
Current topic description: The May Fourth and New Culture Movements. This semester we will be reading the essays, short stories and novels written around the May 4th Movement, a period that revolutionized and transformed literature in Chinese. We will address questions of freedom and democracy, modernity and native folk tradition, cosmopolitanism and nationalism, and how they relate to changes political, literary, social and otherwise. Division III: Humanities Cross-listed as EAST B380

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CNSE B403 Supervised Work

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Haverford Chinese Language Courses

CNSE H003, H004 Second-year Chinese

Second-year Chinese aims for further development of language skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Five hours of class plus one-on-one sessions with the instructor. This is a year-long course; both semesters are required for credit. (Chiang, Zhang, Language Level 2)

CNSE H201 Advanced Chinese: Music in Chinese Culture
Development of language ability in the areas of modern Chinese literature, history and/or philosophy. Speaking and reading skills are equally emphasized through a consideration of the intellectual, historical and social significance of representative works. Pre-requisites: Third-year Chinese or permission of instructor. ( Zhao)

CNSE H202 Advanced Chinese: Food in Chinese Culture

Development of language ability in the areas of modern Chinese literature, history and/or philosophy. Speaking and reading skills are equally emphasized through a consideration of the intellectual, historical and social significance of representative works. (Huang)

Haverford Japanese Language Courses

JPNSE H001, H002 First-year Japanese (Intensive)

An intensive introduction to the four basic skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening), with special emphasis on the development of conversational fluency in sociocultural contexts. Six hours per week of lecture and oral practice. This is a year-long course; both semesters are required for credit. (Koike)

JPNSE H003, H004 Second-year Japanese

A continuation of first-year Japanese, with a focus on the further development of oral proficiency, along with reading and writing skills. Five hours per week of lecture and oral practice. Prerequisite: First-year Japanese or equivalent. (Suzuki)

JPNSE H101, H102 Third-year Japanese

A continuation of language study with further development of overall Japanese proficiency. Emphasis on reading and discussing texts. Advanced study of grammar and kanji; introduction to composition writing. Three hours of class, one hour of oral practice. Prerequisite: Second-year Japanese or equivalent and consent of the instructor. (Suzuki, Hanawa)

JPNSE H201, H202 Advanced Japanese I & II

Advanced Japanese language training with a focus on reading. The course will be theme-based, such as business and culture. The content of the class will not be repeated for two years, so that students can take this course for two consecutive years if they wish. Students will learn many new kanji, will be introduced to classical Japanese grammar, will watch movies and films dealing with contemporary topics, and will continue to deepen their understanding of the Japanese language. Prerequisite: Third-year Japanese or equivalent and consent of the instructor. (Hanawa, Suzuki)

JPNSE H480 Independent Study
Modern urban Japan: advanced readings in Japanese and English.