Colloquy on Asia in the Era of Globalization (CAEG)
BOUNDARIES
A TWO-YEAR GENERATIVE PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Spring 2005
HIST 597C, CMLIT 597C, RL ST 597C
Islam's Orient: Islam, Nationalism, and Ethnic Violence in China
Professor David Atwill
FALL 2004
Seminar in Orientalism and Visual Culture: History, Theory and Prospects
Professor Paul Lavy
SPRING 2004
CMLIT 496G/596G, THEA 497G/597G
Reconsidering the Asian Canon: Modern Asian Dramatic Literature
Professor Richard Nichols
One jointly-taught graduate seminar each semester (4 over the 2-year time-span) will be developed, encouraging interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Possible seminar topics include "Religious Currents and Recent Politics [Islam, New Religions, etc.]," The Economics of Globalization in Asia," "The Inter-Asia Arena in Historical and Political Perspective," "East Asian Music and Cultural Movements," "The Asian Diaspora in the Americas," "The Asian Diaspora in Europe," "Demography and Family in the Asian Diaspora," and Women's Roles in Asia." The seminars will be taught jointly by members of different departments. Though enrollment will appear independently with separate listings in each department, the collaborative environment will ensure exposure of students to interdisciplinary avenues of research and study.
We will draw upon our experience in two prior courses that partly meet this model (though not formally listed as coordinated courses): Reiko Tachibana's Spring 2002 Asian Diaspora course, and Cathy Steblyk's Fall 2002 graduate seminar "Images of Asia," both taught with faculty participation from several departments.
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