Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures

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CHINA105 Beginning Classical Chinese, First Quarter The goal is develop students' reading knowledge of classical Chinese, including basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students will also learn concepts and ideas fundamental in Chinese culture involving family, human relationships, governance,...
CHINA106 Beginning Classical Chinese, Second Quarter Continue to develop students' reading knowledge of classical Chinese, including basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students will learn more concepts and ideas fundamental in Chinese culture involving family, human relationships, governance,...
CHINA107 Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter Goal is reading knowledge of classical Chinese. Basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students with no background in classical Chinese who are taking 127/207 to satisfy Chinese major requirements must begin with 125/205. Prerequisite: CHINLANG...
CHINA10SC The Cult of Happiness: Pursuing the Good Life in America and China The 2006 film "Pursuit of Happyness", an unabashed celebration of the American Dream, was enthusiastically embraced by Chinese audiences. It seems that the pursuit of happiness has become truly globalized, even as the American Dream is slipping away...
CHINA111 Literature in 20th-Century China (Graduate students register for 211.) How modern Chinese culture evolved from tradition to modernity; the century-long drive to build a modern nation state and to carry out social movements and political reforms. How the individual developed modern n...
CHINA112 Tiananmen Square: History, Literature, Iconography Multidisciplinary. Literary and artistic representations of this site of political and ideological struggles throughout the 20th century. Tiananmen-themed creative, documentary, and scholarly works that shed light on the dynamics and processes of mod...
CHINA115 Sex, Gender, and Power in Modern China Investigates how sex, gender, and power are entwined in the Chinese experience of modernity. Topics include anti-footbinding campaigns, free love/free sex, women's mobilization in revolution and war, the new Marriage Law of 1950, Mao's iron girls, po...
CHINA118 Humanities Core: Everybody Eats: The Language, Culture, and Ethics of Food in East Asia Many of us have grown up eating "Asian" at home, with friends, on special occasions, or even without full awareness that Asian is what we were eating. This course situates the three major culinary traditions of East Asia--China, Japan, and Korea--in...
CHINA146 Political Thought in Modern Asia The study of political theory in the United States has been accused of being Western-centric: We tend to focus on intellectual traditions from Plato to NATO, while ignoring the vast world of non-Western societies and the ways they think about politic...
CHINA151 The Use of Classical Antiquity in Modern China This course examines the roles played by classical antiquity--Greek, Roman, and Chinese--in China's modernization process. Central topics of discussion include: the relationship between tradition and modernity, the relationship between China and the...
CHINA151B The Nature of Knowledge: Science and Literature in East Asia "The Nature of Knowledge" explores the intersections of science and humanities East Asia. It covers a broad geographic area (China, Japan, and Korea) along a long temporal space (14th century - present) to investigate how historical notions about the...
CHINA155 The Culture of Entertainment in China Sophisticated, organized entertainment in China is evident at least as early as the second century B.C. in the court spectacles described in the early histories and in the depictions of jugglers, dancers and acrobats represented in tomb bas-reliefs....
CHINA155A Health, Politics, and Culture of Modern China One of the most generative regions for medical anthropology inquiry in recent years has been Asia. This seminar is designed to introduce upper division undergraduates and graduate students to the methodological hurdles, representational challenges,...
CHINA157S Tyranny and Resistance: East Asia's Political Culture and Tradition What is tyranny? When does political power cease to be legitimate and government become tyrannical? And what can individuals do in the face of tyranny? This course will explore East Asia's long political tradition through the problem of tyranny and i...
CHINA159A Maoism and the Chinese Communist Party This course offers a comprehensive overview of the history of the Chinese Communist Party with a particular focus on the Mao Zedong Thought and Mao's rise to power. Key topics in this course include the Soviet Union's influence on China, the Yan'an R...
CHINA161 Soldiers and Bandits in Chinese Culture Social roles and literary images of two groups on the margins of traditional Chinese society; historical and comparative perspectives.
CHINA163 Chinese Biographies of Women Generic and historical analysis of the two-millennia long biographical tradition inaugurated by Liu Xiang, ca. 79-8 B.C.E. Chinese women's history, intellectual history, historiography, and literary studies.
CHINA163A Looking for the Way (Dao) in East Asia This course looks at foundations of East Asian thought, including Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism as well as other cultural traditions. The ideologies were first articulated in ancient China (or India) and from there spread to Korea, Japan, and th...
CHINA166 Chinese Ci Poetry (Song Lyrics) Analysis of the entertainment song ("ci") in 11th and 12th centuries, known for its treatment of romantic love and the affections. How do male writers represent love as experienced by men and by women in entertainment songs? What happens when a woman...
CHINA168 The Chinese Family History and literature. Institutional, ritual, affective, and symbolic aspects. Perspectives of gender, class, and social change.
CHINA170 Chinese Language, Culture, and Society Functions of languages in Chinese culture and society, origin of the Chinese language, genetic relations with neighboring languages, development of dialects, language contacts, evolution of Chinese writing, language policies in Greater China. Prereq...
CHINA171 Utopia, Dystopia, and Technology in Science Fiction: A Cross-Cultural Perspective This course explores how science fiction (sf) narratives from East and West imagine the future of humanity and human-nature relations. The blind faith in technoscientific power has aggravated class disparity, eroded the social fabric, and undermined...
CHINA174 New Directions in the Study of Poetry and Literary Culture Inquiry into new approaches and interpretations of the poetic tradition in China in the context of cultural history. Readings in recent scholarship and criticism that situate poetry in print history, manuscript culture, gender studies, social history...
CHINA175 Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology Archaeological studies in contemporary East Asia share a common concern, to contribute to building a national narrative and cultural identity. This course focuses on case studies from China, Korea, and Japan, examining the influence of particular soc...
CHINA176 Emergence of Chinese Civilization from Caves to Palaces Introduces processes of cultural evolution from the Paleolithic to the Three Dynasties in China. By examining archaeological remains, ancient inscriptions, and traditional texts, four major topics will be discussed: origins of modern humans, beginnin...
CHINA178 Lives of Confucius This course examines the transformation of the images of Confucius (551-479 BCE) from his own time to the present day. Major topics include: Confucius and his rivals / critics, the making of Confucius the "Uncrowned King," his apotheosis as China's c...
CHINA183 The Chinese Empire from the Mongol Invasion to the Boxer Uprising (Same as HISTORY 93. 193 is 5 units; 93 is 3 units.) A survey of Chinese history from the 11th century to the collapse of the imperial state in 1911. Topics include absolutism, gentry society, popular culture, gender and sexuality, steppe nomads, the...
CHINA183A China's Dynastic Founders This course examines the lives of China's dynastic founders, among whom we find the most influential, the most celebrated, the most complicated, and the most controversial rulers in premodern Chinese history. We seek to understand the ideas of leader...
CHINA185 Literary Translation, Chinese to English A study of the methods and practice of literary translation (broadly conceived, including historical, philosophical, and literary works), including prose and poetry, from Chinese to English, concentrating on premodern Chinese texts. The course will g...
CHINA190 Research in Chinese Linguistics This proseminar course introduces to graduate students and advanced undergraduate students in Chinese linguistics the standard practice in linguistic publications. In preparation for conducting research effectively in their own areas of interest, stu...
CHINA191 The Structure of Modern Chinese Introduce to students the basic grammar of Standard Modern Chinese in comparison to English. Students learn about the logic of the Chinese in communicating ideas and events without grammatical markers like plurality, definiteness, tense, subject/obje...
CHINA192 A History of Sinology A study of major works in the history of Sinology, covering both its 19th century European and 20th century North American branches. This is an introduction to the history of the study of traditional China in the Western world, including all fields (...
CHINA198C Senior Research (Capstone Essay) EALC students writing a Senior Capstone Essay who wish to do research with their adviser may enroll in this course for 1 unit, for one quarter. May be repeat for credit
CHINA198H Senior Research (Honors Thesis) EALC seniors or juniors pursuing honors research should sign up for this course under their faculty adviser for research credit.
CHINA199 Individual Reading in Chinese Asian Language majors only. Prerequisite: CHINLANG 103 or consent of instructor. Units by arrangement.
CHINA20 Humanities Core: Dao, Virtue, and Nature -- Foundations of East Asian Thought This course explores the values and questions posed in the formative period of East Asian civilizations. Notions of a Dao ("Way") are common to Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, but those systems of thought have radically different ideas about what...
CHINA200 Directed Reading in Chinese Independent studies under the direction of a faculty member for which academic credit may properly be allowed. Research will require in-person access to archival materials in Hoover Institution, Stanford's East Asia Library, and/or Branner Map Collec...
CHINA205 Beginning Classical Chinese, First Quarter The goal is develop students' reading knowledge of classical Chinese, including basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students will also learn concepts and ideas fundamental in Chinese culture involving family, human relationships, governance,...
CHINA206 Beginning Classical Chinese, Second Quarter Continue to develop students' reading knowledge of classical Chinese, including basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students will learn more concepts and ideas fundamental in Chinese culture involving family, human relationships, governance,...
CHINA207 Beginning Classical Chinese, Third Quarter Goal is reading knowledge of classical Chinese. Basic grammar and commonly used vocabulary. Students with no background in classical Chinese who are taking 127/207 to satisfy Chinese major requirements must begin with 125/205. Prerequisite: CHINLANG...
CHINA208 Advanced Classical Chinese: Philosophical Texts Prerequisite: CHINA 107/207 or equivalent.
CHINA209 Advanced Classical Chinese: Historical Narration Students must have taken CHINA 107/207, or have received permission from instructor or department to take this course.
CHINA21 Humanities Core: Love and Betrayal in Asia Why are lovers in storybooks East and West always star-crossed? Why do love and death seem to go together? For every Romeo and Juliet, there are dozens of doomed lovers in the Asian literary repertoires, from Genji's string of embittered mistresses,...
CHINA211 Literature in 20th-Century China (Graduate students register for 211.) How modern Chinese culture evolved from tradition to modernity; the century-long drive to build a modern nation state and to carry out social movements and political reforms. How the individual developed modern n...
CHINA212 Tiananmen Square: History, Literature, Iconography Multidisciplinary. Literary and artistic representations of this site of political and ideological struggles throughout the 20th century. Tiananmen-themed creative, documentary, and scholarly works that shed light on the dynamics and processes of mod...
CHINA215 Sex, Gender, and Power in Modern China Investigates how sex, gender, and power are entwined in the Chinese experience of modernity. Topics include anti-footbinding campaigns, free love/free sex, women's mobilization in revolution and war, the new Marriage Law of 1950, Mao's iron girls, po...
CHINA21Q Humanities Core: Love and Betrayal in Asia Why are lovers in storybooks East and West always star-crossed? Why do love and death seem to go together? For every Romeo and Juliet, there are dozens of doomed lovers in the Asian literary repertoires, from Genji's string of embittered mistresses,...
CHINA230 Image and Text in the Arts in China An examination of many types of interactions between images and texts in Chinese painting. These include poetic lines inscribed on paintings (as response or as a theme given to the artist to paint), paintings that emulate or transform ancient poetic...
CHINA24 Humanities Core: How to be Modern in East Asia Modern East Asia was almost continuously convulsed by war and revolution in the 19th and 20th centuries. But the everyday experience of modernity was structured more profoundly by the widening gulf between the country and the city, economically, poli...
CHINA246 Political Thought in Modern Asia The study of political theory in the United States has been accused of being Western-centric: We tend to focus on intellectual traditions from Plato to NATO, while ignoring the vast world of non-Western societies and the ways they think about politic...
CHINA251 The Use of Classical Antiquity in Modern China This course examines the roles played by classical antiquity--Greek, Roman, and Chinese--in China's modernization process. Central topics of discussion include: the relationship between tradition and modernity, the relationship between China and the...
CHINA251B The Nature of Knowledge: Science and Literature in East Asia "The Nature of Knowledge" explores the intersections of science and humanities East Asia. It covers a broad geographic area (China, Japan, and Korea) along a long temporal space (14th century - present) to investigate how historical notions about the...
CHINA254A Shaping the Theater: Two Foundational Plays of Early Chinese Drama In this class we are going to read the two earliest plays in the Chinese southern dramatic tradition (nanxi) for what they can tell us of the foundation idea of a theater. We will examine Top Graduate Zhang Xie and The Lute, two tales of ambitious fa...
CHINA255 The Culture of Entertainment in China Sophisticated, organized entertainment in China is evident at least as early as the second century B.C. in the court spectacles described in the early histories and in the depictions of jugglers, dancers and acrobats represented in tomb bas-reliefs....
CHINA255A Health, Politics, and Culture of Modern China One of the most generative regions for medical anthropology inquiry in recent years has been Asia. This seminar is designed to introduce upper division undergraduates and graduate students to the methodological hurdles, representational challenges,...
CHINA259A Maoism and the Chinese Communist Party This course offers a comprehensive overview of the history of the Chinese Communist Party with a particular focus on the Mao Zedong Thought and Mao's rise to power. Key topics in this course include the Soviet Union's influence on China, the Yan'an R...
CHINA261 Soldiers and Bandits in Chinese Culture Social roles and literary images of two groups on the margins of traditional Chinese society; historical and comparative perspectives.
CHINA263 Chinese Biographies of Women Generic and historical analysis of the two-millennia long biographical tradition inaugurated by Liu Xiang, ca. 79-8 B.C.E. Chinese women's history, intellectual history, historiography, and literary studies.
CHINA265 Major Figures in Classical Chinese Poetry This year the course will focus on Su Shi (Su Dongpo), the great 11th century writer. We will look into all the forms he wrote in (3 kinds of poetry, formal prose, informal notes on "things," miracle tales, letters to family and friends, etc.) to get...
CHINA266 Chinese Ci Poetry (Song Lyrics) Analysis of the entertainment song ("ci") in 11th and 12th centuries, known for its treatment of romantic love and the affections. How do male writers represent love as experienced by men and by women in entertainment songs? What happens when a woman...
CHINA268 The Chinese Family History and literature. Institutional, ritual, affective, and symbolic aspects. Perspectives of gender, class, and social change.
CHINA270 Chinese Language, Culture, and Society Functions of languages in Chinese culture and society, origin of the Chinese language, genetic relations with neighboring languages, development of dialects, language contacts, evolution of Chinese writing, language policies in Greater China. Prereq...
CHINA271 Utopia, Dystopia, and Technology in Science Fiction: A Cross-Cultural Perspective This course explores how science fiction (sf) narratives from East and West imagine the future of humanity and human-nature relations. The blind faith in technoscientific power has aggravated class disparity, eroded the social fabric, and undermined...
CHINA275 Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology Archaeological studies in contemporary East Asia share a common concern, to contribute to building a national narrative and cultural identity. This course focuses on case studies from China, Korea, and Japan, examining the influence of particular soc...
CHINA276 Emergence of Chinese Civilization from Caves to Palaces Introduces processes of cultural evolution from the Paleolithic to the Three Dynasties in China. By examining archaeological remains, ancient inscriptions, and traditional texts, four major topics will be discussed: origins of modern humans, beginnin...
CHINA277 Painting, Poetry, and Calligraphy: Word and Image Studies This course examines the rich interplay of word and image in Chinese culture. Topics include the coexistence of painting, poem, and calligraphy in a single work of art, paintings inspired by poems and visa versa, the ways calligraphy gets written abo...
CHINA278 Lives of Confucius This course examines the transformation of the images of Confucius (551-479 BCE) from his own time to the present day. Major topics include: Confucius and his rivals / critics, the making of Confucius the "Uncrowned King," his apotheosis as China's c...
CHINA279 For Love of Country: National Narratives in Chinese Literature and Film Explores the nation as it is constructed, deconstructed, and continuously contested in novels, short stories, films, and other media from the second half of the 20th century in mainland China and Taiwan. Asks how the trope of the nation and the ideol...
CHINA283 China's Dynastic Founders This course examines the lives of China's dynastic founders, among whom we find the most influential, the most celebrated, the most complicated, and the most controversial rulers in premodern Chinese history. We seek to understand the ideas of leader...
CHINA285 Literary Translation, Chinese to English A study of the methods and practice of literary translation (broadly conceived, including historical, philosophical, and literary works), including prose and poetry, from Chinese to English, concentrating on premodern Chinese texts. The course will g...
CHINA288 Modern China Studies: State of the Field This is a survey course designed to acquaint master¿s and doctoral students in East Asian Studies with the latest English-language scholarship on modern China, broadly defined, across the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Each time the cou...
CHINA290 Research in Chinese Linguistics This proseminar course introduces to graduate students and advanced undergraduate students in Chinese linguistics the standard practice in linguistic publications. In preparation for conducting research effectively in their own areas of interest, stu...
CHINA291 The Structure of Modern Chinese Introduce to students the basic grammar of Standard Modern Chinese in comparison to English. Students learn about the logic of the Chinese in communicating ideas and events without grammatical markers like plurality, definiteness, tense, subject/obje...
CHINA292B Chinese Legal History This undergraduate colloquium introduces students to the history of law in imperial China through close reading of primary sources in translation and highlights of Anglophone scholarship. We begin with legal perspectives from the Confucian and Legali...
CHINA295J Chinese Women's History The lives of women in the last 1,000 years of Chinese history. Focus is on theoretical questions fundamental to women's studies. How has the category of woman been shaped by culture and history? How has gender performance interacted with bodily disci...
CHINA299 Master's Thesis or Qualifying Paper A total of 5 units taken in one or more quarters.
CHINA354A Shaping the Theater: Two Foundational Plays of Early Chinese Drama In this class we are going to read the two earliest plays in the Chinese southern dramatic tradition (nanxi) for what they can tell us of the foundation idea of a theater. We will examine Top Graduate Zhang Xie and The Lute, two tales of ambitious fa...
CHINA365 Major Figures in Classical Chinese Poetry This year the course will focus on Su Shi (Su Dongpo), the great 11th century writer. We will look into all the forms he wrote in (3 kinds of poetry, formal prose, informal notes on "things," miracle tales, letters to family and friends, etc.) to get...
CHINA369 Late Imperial Chinese Fiction Primary works examined include Jin Ping Mei, Xingshi yinyuan zhuan, Hongloumeng, Qilu deng, Rulin waishi, and Ernu yingxiong zhuan. Secondary readings focus on social dimensions of the Chinese novel (ca. 1600-1850), but students may explore other asp...
CHINA371 Politics, Aesthetics, Critical Ecology: Artworks and the Environment Climate change and environmental crises have given rise to critique and reflection. This class will bring together issues of aesthetics, politics, and artworks around environmental issues. The introductory phase will involve students with key issues...
CHINA374 New Directions in the Study of Poetry and Literary Culture Inquiry into new approaches and interpretations of the poetic tradition in China in the context of cultural history. Readings in recent scholarship and criticism that situate poetry in print history, manuscript culture, gender studies, social history...
CHINA376 Methods, Theories, and Practice in Chinese Archaeology This course is designed for graduate students who are interested in Chinese archaeology. We will discuss the current issues in the discipline, particularly related to archaeological research on food and foodways. We will conduct experimental study an...
CHINA377 Painting, Poetry, and Calligraphy: Word and Image Studies This course examines the rich interplay of word and image in Chinese culture. Topics include the coexistence of painting, poem, and calligraphy in a single work of art, paintings inspired by poems and visa versa, the ways calligraphy gets written abo...
CHINA379 For Love of Country: National Narratives in Chinese Literature and Film Explores the nation as it is constructed, deconstructed, and continuously contested in novels, short stories, films, and other media from the second half of the 20th century in mainland China and Taiwan. Asks how the trope of the nation and the ideol...
CHINA380 Survey in Sinophone Literature A survey of Sinophone novels, short stories, poetry, plays, reportage, and films from the 20th and 21st centuries from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and overseas. Emphasis on close reading of original Chinese-language texts. Selections to be det...
CHINA388 Modern China Studies: State of the Field This is a survey course designed to acquaint master¿s and doctoral students in East Asian Studies with the latest English-language scholarship on modern China, broadly defined, across the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Each time the cou...
CHINA390 Practicum Internship On-the-job training under the guidance of experienced, on-site supervisors. Meets the requirements for curricular practical training for students on F-1 visas. Students submit a concise report detailing work activities, problems worked on, and key...
CHINA391 Seminar in Chinese Syntax May be repeated for credit.
CHINA392 A History of Sinology A study of major works in the history of Sinology, covering both its 19th century European and 20th century North American branches. This is an introduction to the history of the study of traditional China in the Western world, including all fields (...
CHINA392B Law and Society in Late Imperial China Connections between legal and social history. Ideology and practice, center and periphery, and state-society tensions and interactions. Readings introduce the work of major historians on concepts and problems in Ming-Qing history.
CHINA393 Frontier Expansion and Ethnic Statecraft in the Qing Empire The legacy of the Qing dynasty in the territorial boundaries claimed by the People's Republic of China including the frontier zones that lie outside China proper. How the Qing acquired and ruled its frontier territories. Growth and migration of the H...
CHINA393A State, Society, and Economy in Qing Dynasty China Historical scholarship on China during the Qing period, including the gentry, civil examinations, and the debate about social mobility; merchants, cities, and the debate about civil society/public sphere; taxation, local security, and famine relief;...
CHINA395 Gender and Sexuality in Chinese History No Description Set
CHINA399 Dissertation Research Independent studies under the direction of a faculty member for which academic credit may properly be allowed. Research will require some in-person access to archival materials in Hoover Institution, Stanford's East Asia Library, and/or Branner Map C...
CHINA430 Image and Text in the Arts in China An examination of many types of interactions between images and texts in Chinese painting. These include poetic lines inscribed on paintings (as response or as a theme given to the artist to paint), paintings that emulate or transform ancient poetic...
CHINA495A Qing Legal Documents (Same as LAW 5037.) How to use Qing legal documents for research. Winter: sample documents that introduce the main genres including: the Qing code and commentaries; magistrates' handbooks and published case collections; and case records from Chinese...
CHINA495B Qing Legal Documents How to use Qing legal documents for research. Winter: sample documents that introduce the main genres including: the Qing code and commentaries; magistrates' handbooks and published case collections; and case records from Chinese archives. Spring: cl...
CHINA70N Animal Planet and the Romance of the Species Preference to freshmen.This course considers a variety of animal characters in Chinese and Western literatures as potent symbols of cultural values and dynamic sites of ethical reasoning. What does pervasive animal imagery tell us about how we rela...
CHINA801 TGR Project No Description Set
CHINA802 TGR Dissertation No Description Set
CHINA93 The Chinese Empire from the Mongol Invasion to the Boxer Uprising (Same as HISTORY 193. 93 is 3 units; 193 is 5 units.) A survey of Chinese history from the 11th century to the collapse of the imperial state in 1911. Topics include absolutism, gentry society, popular culture, gender and sexuality, steppe nomads, th...
EALC170 Where the Wild Things Are: The Ecology and Ethics of Conserving Megafauna Under conditions of global environmental change and mass extinction, how will humanity share the planet with wildlife? This course invites undergraduate students to consider this question under the guidance of two biologists and a literary scholar. W...
EALC179 Rebalancing Economic Systems in a World Driven by Tech: Quality-of-Life in Socio-Cultural Context This course examines the need for, and approaches to, rebalancing models of innovation-driven economic growth in the broader context of society and sustainability. After an overview of the historical outcomes of previous industrial revolutions, we ex...
EALC198 Senior Colloquium Students research, write, and present a capstone essay or honors thesis. All EALC undergraduate majors must take this course, be it for the senior capstone essay or honors thesis.
EALC200 Directed Readings in Asian Languages For Chinese, Japanese, and Korean literature. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (Staff)
EALC200A International Technology Management Independent Study Independent work under the direction of a faculty member; written report or written examination required. Letter grade given on the basis of the report; if not appropriate, student should enroll in 390. May be repeated for credit.
EALC200B International Technology Management Independent Study Independent work under the direction of a faculty member; written report or written examination required. Letter grade given on the basis of the report; if not appropriate, student should enroll in 390. May be repeated for credit.
EALC201 Proseminar in East Asian Humanities I: Skills and Methodologies Bibliographic, pedagogical, and research methods in East Asian Humanities.
EALC202 Proseminar in East Asian Humanities II: Current Scholarship Research presentations by EALC faculty and advanced graduate students and invited speakers.
EALC203 Proseminar in East Asian Humanities III: Theories and Paradigms Major trends in literary and cultural theory and critical practice.
EALC211 East Asian Humanities Workshop I Workshop in East Asian Humanities.
EALC212 East Asian Humanities Workshop II Workshop in East Asian Humanities.
EALC213 East Asian Humanities Workshop III Workshop in East Asian Humanities.
EALC279 Rebalancing Economic Systems in a World Driven by Tech: Quality-of-Life in Socio-Cultural Context This course examines the need for, and approaches to, rebalancing models of innovation-driven economic growth in the broader context of society and sustainability. After an overview of the historical outcomes of previous industrial revolutions, we ex...
EALC36 Dangerous Ideas Ideas matter. Concepts such as equality, tradition, and Hell have inspired social movements, shaped political systems, and dramatically influenced the lives of individuals. Others, like race and urban renewal, play an important role in contemporary d...
EALC402A Topics in International Technology Management Autumn 2022 Theme: "New Business in Asia Driven by Climate-Tech and Sustainability." Guest speakers from industry and academia present examples of problem-driven innovation for environmental sustainability, climate change amelioration and mitigation,...
EALC402T Entrepreneurship in Asian High Tech Industries Distinctive patterns and challenges of entrepreneurship in Asia; update of business and technology issues in the creation and growth of start-up companies in major Asian economies. Distinguished speakers from industry, government, and academia.
EALC9R Humanities Research Intensive Everyone knows that scientists do research, but how do you do research in the humanities? This seven-day course, taught over spring break, will introduce you to the excitement of humanities research, while preparing you to develop an independent summ...
JAPAN118 Humanities Core: Everybody Eats: The Language, Culture, and Ethics of Food in East Asia Many of us have grown up eating "Asian" at home, with friends, on special occasions, or even without full awareness that Asian is what we were eating. This course situates the three major culinary traditions of East Asia--China, Japan, and Korea--in...
JAPAN121 Translating Japan, Translating the West Translation lies at the heart of all intercultural exchange. This course introduces students to the specific ways in which translation has shaped the image of Japan in the West, the image of the West in Japan, and Japan's self-image in the modern pe...
JAPAN123 Critical Translation Studies This course does not teach students how to translate, but rather how to incorporate translation into their critical thinking. Critical translation studies comprises wide-ranging ruminations on the complex interplay between languages, cultures, power,...
JAPAN125 Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Beyond: Place in Modern Japan From the culturally distinct urban centers of Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka to the sharp contrasts between the southernmost and northernmost parts of Japan, modern Japanese literature and film present rich characterizations of place that have shaped Japane...
JAPAN126 Japanese Functional Objects This course focuses on the creation of objects at the boundary between the aesthetic allure of fine art and the utilitarian practicality of everyday life. It is also about how we value the objects with which we surround ourselves, connected to issues...
JAPAN138 Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture This class introduces key literary texts from Japan's modern era (1868-present), locating these works in the larger political, social, and cultural trends of the period. The goal of the class is to use literary texts as a point of entry to understand...
JAPAN141 Japanese Performance Traditions Japanese performance traditions present a distinct challenge to modern Western concepts of gender, performance, self-expression, and even the human body itself. This course introduces the socio-historical underpinnings of these traditions, and invite...
JAPAN151 Japanese Business Culture and Systems This is an English-language course about Japanese group dynamics in industrial and corporate systems, negotiating styles, decision making, and crisis management, as well as about strategies for managing intercultural differences. Includes team projec...
JAPAN151B The Nature of Knowledge: Science and Literature in East Asia "The Nature of Knowledge" explores the intersections of science and humanities East Asia. It covers a broad geographic area (China, Japan, and Korea) along a long temporal space (14th century - present) to investigate how historical notions about the...
JAPAN157S Tyranny and Resistance: East Asia's Political Culture and Tradition What is tyranny? When does political power cease to be legitimate and government become tyrannical? And what can individuals do in the face of tyranny? This course will explore East Asia's long political tradition through the problem of tyranny and i...
JAPAN158 A Critical and Historical Survey of Classical Japanese Literature This course presents a broad survey of classical Japanese literature in English translation, with particular emphasis on prose fiction and poetry. We will make use of multiple, complementary modes of literary criticism, beginning with historicism and...
JAPAN159 The Paranormal in Premodern Japan This course will explore the various stories of gods, ghosts, demons, and monsters that appear throughout the Premodern period in Japan. The course will use the concept of the paranormal to explore the ways these beings are depicted as living alongsi...
JAPAN162 Japanese Poetry and Poetics Heian through Meiji periods with emphasis on relationships between the social and aesthetic. Works vary each year. This year's genre is the diary. Prerequisites: 246, 247, or equivalent.
JAPAN163 Japanese Performance Traditions Major paradigms of gender in Japanese performance traditions from ancient to modern times, covering Noh, Kabuki, Bunraku, and Takarazuka.
JAPAN163A Beauty and Renunciation in Japan Is it okay to feel pleasure? Should humans choose beauty or renunciation? This is the main controversy of medieval Japan. This course introduces students to the famous literary works that created a world of taste, subtlety, and sensuality. We also re...
JAPAN164 Introduction to Premodern Japanese Readings from Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, and early Edo periods with focus on grammar and reading comprehension. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 129B or 103, or equivalent.
JAPAN165 Readings in Premodern Japanese Edo and Meiji periods with focus on grammar and reading comprehension. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 246 or equivalent.
JAPAN170 The Tale of Genji and Its Historical Reception Approaches to the tale including 12th-century allegorical and modern feminist readings. Influence upon other works including poetry, Noh plays, short stories, modern novels, and comic book ( manga) retellings. Prerequisite for graduate students: JAPA...
JAPAN188 The Japanese Tea Ceremony: The History, Aesthetics, and Politics Behind a National Pastime This course on the Japanese tea ceremony ('water for tea') introduces the world of the first medieval tea-masters and follows the transformation of chanoyu into a popular pastime, a performance art, a get-together of art connoisseurs, and a religious...
JAPAN189B Honors Research Open to senior honors students to write thesis.
JAPAN192 Analyzing Japanese Text and Talk Are there reasons why certain words, phrases, sentences and prosody are chosen by language speakers and writers in specific contexts? What linguistic and extra-linguistic elements give the hearers and readers the impression that certain utterances a...
JAPAN193 Acquisition of Japanese as a Second Language This course provides students with a broad overview of second language acquisition (SLA) research and introduces recent SLA studies on Japanese as a second language (L2). It covers six topics: (1) the evolution of the field, (2) approaches to underst...
JAPAN197 Points in Japanese Grammar (Formerly JAPANLIT157/257) The course provides practical but in-depth analyses of selected points in Japanese grammar that are often difficult to acquire within the limited hours of language courses. We consider findings from linguistic research, foc...
JAPAN198C Senior Research (Capstone Essay) EALC students writing a Senior Capstone Essay who wish to conduct research with their adviser may enroll in this course for 1 unit, for 1 quarter.
JAPAN198H Senior Research (Honors Thesis) EALC juniors or seniors pursuing honors research should sign up for this course under their faculty adviser for research credit.
JAPAN199 Individual Reading in Japanese Asian Languages majors only. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: JAPANLNG 129B or 103, and consent of instructor.
JAPAN20 Humanities Core: Dao, Virtue, and Nature -- Foundations of East Asian Thought This course explores the values and questions posed in the formative period of East Asian civilizations. Notions of a Dao ("Way") are common to Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, but those systems of thought have radically different ideas about what...
JAPAN200 Directed Reading in Japanese "Independent studies under the direction of a faculty member for which academic credit may properly be allowed. Research will require some in-person access to archival materials in Hoover Institution, Stanford's East Asia Library, and/or Branner Map...
JAPAN21 Humanities Core: Love and Betrayal in Asia Why are lovers in storybooks East and West always star-crossed? Why do love and death seem to go together? For every Romeo and Juliet, there are dozens of doomed lovers in the Asian literary repertoires, from Genji's string of embittered mistresses,...
JAPAN217 Music and Sound in Buddhism "This course will explore the musical cultures and soundscapes of Buddhism, ranging from monastic chants to classical music to modern pop music. We will study how sounds support practitioners in their personal cultivation and how music helps to commu...
JAPAN21Q Humanities Core: Love and Betrayal in Asia Why are lovers in storybooks East and West always star-crossed? Why do love and death seem to go together? For every Romeo and Juliet, there are dozens of doomed lovers in the Asian literary repertoires, from Genji's string of embittered mistresses,...
JAPAN221 Translating Japan, Translating the West Translation lies at the heart of all intercultural exchange. This course introduces students to the specific ways in which translation has shaped the image of Japan in the West, the image of the West in Japan, and Japan's self-image in the modern pe...
JAPAN223 Critical Translation Studies This course does not teach students how to translate, but rather how to incorporate translation into their critical thinking. Critical translation studies comprises wide-ranging ruminations on the complex interplay between languages, cultures, power,...
JAPAN225 Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Beyond: Place in Modern Japan From the culturally distinct urban centers of Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka to the sharp contrasts between the southernmost and northernmost parts of Japan, modern Japanese literature and film present rich characterizations of place that have shaped Japane...
JAPAN226 Japanese Functional Objects This course focuses on the creation of objects at the boundary between the aesthetic allure of fine art and the utilitarian practicality of everyday life. It is also about how we value the objects with which we surround ourselves, connected to issues...
JAPAN235 Academic Readings in Japanese I Strategies for reading academic writings in Japanese. Readings of scholarly papers and advanced materials in Japanese in students' research areas in the humanities and social sciences. Prerequisites: JAPANLNG 103, 129B, or equivalent; and consent of...
JAPAN238 Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture This class introduces key literary texts from Japan's modern era (1868-present), locating these works in the larger political, social, and cultural trends of the period. The goal of the class is to use literary texts as a point of entry to understand...
JAPAN239 Modern Japanese Short Stories This course explores the postwar Japanese short story. We will read representative works by major authors, such as Ishikawa Jun, Hayashi Fumiko, Abe Kobe and Murakami Haruki. Attention will be devoted to both accurate reading of the Japanese prose a...
JAPAN24 Humanities Core: How to be Modern in East Asia Modern East Asia was almost continuously convulsed by war and revolution in the 19th and 20th centuries. But the everyday experience of modernity was structured more profoundly by the widening gulf between the country and the city, economically, poli...
JAPAN241 Japanese Performance Traditions Japanese performance traditions present a distinct challenge to modern Western concepts of gender, performance, self-expression, and even the human body itself. This course introduces the socio-historical underpinnings of these traditions, and invite...
JAPAN251 Japanese Business Culture and Systems This is an English-language course about Japanese group dynamics in industrial and corporate systems, negotiating styles, decision making, and crisis management, as well as about strategies for managing intercultural differences. Includes team projec...
JAPAN251B The Nature of Knowledge: Science and Literature in East Asia "The Nature of Knowledge" explores the intersections of science and humanities East Asia. It covers a broad geographic area (China, Japan, and Korea) along a long temporal space (14th century - present) to investigate how historical notions about the...
JAPAN253 Japanese Graduate Seminar: Translation Theory & Premodern Literature Translation Theory & Premodern Literature course
JAPAN258 A Critical and Historical Survey of Classical Japanese Literature This course presents a broad survey of classical Japanese literature in English translation, with particular emphasis on prose fiction and poetry. We will make use of multiple, complementary modes of literary criticism, beginning with historicism and...
JAPAN259 The Paranormal in Premodern Japan This course will explore the various stories of gods, ghosts, demons, and monsters that appear throughout the Premodern period in Japan. The course will use the concept of the paranormal to explore the ways these beings are depicted as living alongsi...
JAPAN262 Japanese Poetry and Poetics Heian through Meiji periods with emphasis on relationships between the social and aesthetic. Works vary each year. This year's genre is the diary. Prerequisites: 246, 247, or equivalent.
JAPAN263 Japanese Performance Traditions Major paradigms of gender in Japanese performance traditions from ancient to modern times, covering Noh, Kabuki, Bunraku, and Takarazuka.
JAPAN264 Introduction to Premodern Japanese Readings from Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, and early Edo periods with focus on grammar and reading comprehension. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 129B or 103, or equivalent.
JAPAN265 Readings in Premodern Japanese Edo and Meiji periods with focus on grammar and reading comprehension. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 246 or equivalent.
JAPAN270 The Tale of Genji and Its Historical Reception Approaches to the tale including 12th-century allegorical and modern feminist readings. Influence upon other works including poetry, Noh plays, short stories, modern novels, and comic book ( manga) retellings. Prerequisite for graduate students: JAPA...
JAPAN279 Research in Japanese Linguistics This proseminar introduces Japanese linguistics research to graduate students and advanced undergraduate students. Through readings and discussions, students will familiarize themselves with materials and references in both English and Japanese in p...
JAPAN287 Pictures of the Floating World: Images from Japanese Popular Culture Printed objects produced during the Edo period (1600-1868), including the Ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) and lesser-studied genres such as printed books (ehon) and popular broadsheets (kawaraban). How a society constructs itself through ima...
JAPAN288 The Japanese Tea Ceremony: The History, Aesthetics, and Politics Behind a National Pastime This course on the Japanese tea ceremony ('water for tea') introduces the world of the first medieval tea-masters and follows the transformation of chanoyu into a popular pastime, a performance art, a get-together of art connoisseurs, and a religious...
JAPAN292 Analyzing Japanese Text and Talk Are there reasons why certain words, phrases, sentences and prosody are chosen by language speakers and writers in specific contexts? What linguistic and extra-linguistic elements give the hearers and readers the impression that certain utterances a...
JAPAN293 Acquisition of Japanese as a Second Language This course provides students with a broad overview of second language acquisition (SLA) research and introduces recent SLA studies on Japanese as a second language (L2). It covers six topics: (1) the evolution of the field, (2) approaches to underst...
JAPAN296 Modern Japanese Literature Advanced readings in modern Japanese literature. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 213.
JAPAN297 Points in Japanese Grammar (Formerly JAPANLIT157/257) The course provides practical but in-depth analyses of selected points in Japanese grammar that are often difficult to acquire within the limited hours of language courses. We consider findings from linguistic research, foc...
JAPAN298 The Theory and Practice of Japanese Literary Translation Theory and cultural status of translation in modern Japanese and English. Comparative analysis of practical translation strategies. Final project is a literary translation of publishable quality. Prerequisite: fourth-year Japanese or consent of instr...
JAPAN299 Master's Thesis or Qualifying Paper A total of 5 units, taken in one or more quarters.
JAPAN317 Music and Sound in Buddhism "This course will explore the musical cultures and soundscapes of Buddhism, ranging from monastic chants to classical music to modern pop music. We will study how sounds support practitioners in their personal cultivation and how music helps to commu...
JAPAN381 Topics in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis Naturally occurring discourse (conversational, narrative, or written) and theoretical implications. Discourse of different age groups, expressions of identity and persona, and individual styles. May be repeated for credit.
JAPAN382 Research Projects in Japanese Linguistics For advanced graduate students with specific research projects in Japanese linguistics. Consent of instructor is required before enrollment.
JAPAN383 Language and Aging in Japan A seminar examining multifaceted issues found in the intersection of language and aging. The primary focus is given to the language uses and people in Japan.
JAPAN389 Seminar in Premodern Japanese Literature This graduate seminar examines the major texts, genres, and conceptual developments in the field of premodern Japanese literary studies. It combines three approaches: 1) Reading seminar covering texts in the original Japanese in annotated print editi...
JAPAN396 Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature Works and topics vary each year. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: fourth-year Japanese or consent of instructor.
JAPAN399 Dissertation Research For doctoral students in Japanese working on dissertations.
JAPAN52 Global Humanities: The Grand Millennium, 800-1800 How should we live? This course explores ethical pathways in European, Islamic, and East Asian traditions: mysticism and rationality, passion and duty, this and other worldly, ambition and peace of mind. They all seem to be pairs of opposites, but as...
JAPAN60 Asian Arts and Cultures An exploration of the visual arts of East and South Asia from ancient to modern times, in their social, religious, literary and political contexts. Analysis of major monuments of painting, sculpture and architecture will be organized around themes th...
JAPAN801 TGR Project No Description Set
JAPAN802 TGR Dissertation No Description Set
JAPAN82N Joys and Pains of Growing Up and Older in Japan What do old and young people share in common? With a focus on Japan, a country with a large long-living population, this seminar spotlights older people's lives as a reflectiion of culture and society, history, and current social and personal change...
KOREA101N Kangnam Style: K-pop and the Globalization of Korean Soft Power For over a decade now, South Korea has established itself as a tireless generator of soft power, the popularity of its pop-culture spreading from Asia to the rest of the world. This class will look into the economic engine that moves this "cultural...
KOREA111 From Colonialism to K-pop: Race and Gender in South Korean Culture Some may associate South Korea with the following: BTS, North Korean nukes, Samsung, Hyundai, Squid Games. Some may repeat what South Korea has said about itself: that it is racially homogenous, an ethnic community that can trace their ancestry back...
KOREA118 Humanities Core: Everybody Eats: The Language, Culture, and Ethics of Food in East Asia Many of us have grown up eating "Asian" at home, with friends, on special occasions, or even without full awareness that Asian is what we were eating. This course situates the three major culinary traditions of East Asia--China, Japan, and Korea--in...
KOREA120 Narratives of Modern and Contemporary Korea This introductory survey will examine the development of South and North Korean literature from the turn of the 20th century until the present. The course will be guided by historical and thematic inquiries as we explore literature in the colonial pe...
KOREA121 Doing the Right Thing: Ethical Dilemmas in Korean Film Ethics and violence seem to be contradictory terms, yet much of Korean film and literature in the past five decades has demonstrated that they are an intricate and in many ways justifiable part of the fabric of contemporary existence. Film exposes ti...
KOREA151 The Nature of Knowledge: Science and Literature in East Asia "The Nature of Knowledge" explores the intersections of science and humanities East Asia. It covers a broad geographic area (China, Japan, and Korea) along a long temporal space (14th century - present) to investigate how historical notions about the...
KOREA157S Tyranny and Resistance: East Asia's Political Culture and Tradition What is tyranny? When does political power cease to be legitimate and government become tyrannical? And what can individuals do in the face of tyranny? This course will explore East Asia's long political tradition through the problem of tyranny and i...
KOREA158 Korean History and Culture before 1900 This course serves as an introduction to Korean culture, society, and history before the modern period. It begins with a discussion of early Korea and controversies over Korean origins; the bulk of the course will be devoted to the Chos'n period (139...
KOREA190X North Korea in a Historical and Cultural Perspective North Korea has been dubbed secretive, its leaders unhinged, its people mindless dupes. Such descriptions are partly a result of the control that the DPRK exerts over texts and bodies that come through its borders. Filtered through foreign media, Nor...
KOREA198C Senior Research (Capstone Essay) EALC students writing a Senior Capstone Essay who wish to conduct research with their adviser may enroll in this course for 1 unit, for 1 quarter.
KOREA198H Senior Research (Honors Thesis) EALC seniors or juniors pursuing honors research should sign up for this course under their faculty adviser for research credit.
KOREA20 Humanities Core: Dao, Virtue, and Nature -- Foundations of East Asian Thought This course explores the values and questions posed in the formative period of East Asian civilizations. Notions of a Dao ("Way") are common to Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, but those systems of thought have radically different ideas about what...
KOREA200 Directed Readings in Korean Directed Reading in Korean Studies, requires instructor consent before enrolling.
KOREA21 Humanities Core: Love and Betrayal in Asia Why are lovers in storybooks East and West always star-crossed? Why do love and death seem to go together? For every Romeo and Juliet, there are dozens of doomed lovers in the Asian literary repertoires, from Genji's string of embittered mistresses,...
KOREA21Q Humanities Core: Love and Betrayal in Asia Why are lovers in storybooks East and West always star-crossed? Why do love and death seem to go together? For every Romeo and Juliet, there are dozens of doomed lovers in the Asian literary repertoires, from Genji's string of embittered mistresses,...
KOREA220 Narratives of Modern and Contemporary Korea This introductory survey will examine the development of South and North Korean literature from the turn of the 20th century until the present. The course will be guided by historical and thematic inquiries as we explore literature in the colonial pe...
KOREA221 Doing the Right Thing: Ethical Dilemmas in Korean Film Ethics and violence seem to be contradictory terms, yet much of Korean film and literature in the past five decades has demonstrated that they are an intricate and in many ways justifiable part of the fabric of contemporary existence. Film exposes ti...
KOREA222 From Colonialism to K-pop: Race and Gender in South Korean Culture Some may associate South Korea with the following: BTS, North Korean nukes, Samsung, Hyundai, Squid Games. Some may repeat what South Korea has said about itself: that it is racially homogenous, an ethnic community that can trace their ancestry back...
KOREA24 Humanities Core: How to be Modern in East Asia Modern East Asia was almost continuously convulsed by war and revolution in the 19th and 20th centuries. But the everyday experience of modernity was structured more profoundly by the widening gulf between the country and the city, economically, poli...
KOREA250 More Real than Fiction: Perspectives of History and Theory in Modern Korean Literature The past two decades have brought about a significant reassessment and new theoretical engagements with colonial and postcolonial Korean fiction. Colonial fiction has typically been read in binary terms: modernist/realist, resistant/collaborative, an...
KOREA251 The Nature of Knowledge: Science and Literature in East Asia "The Nature of Knowledge" explores the intersections of science and humanities East Asia. It covers a broad geographic area (China, Japan, and Korea) along a long temporal space (14th century - present) to investigate how historical notions about the...
KOREA258 Korean History and Culture before 1900 This course serves as an introduction to Korean culture, society, and history before the modern period. It begins with a discussion of early Korea and controversies over Korean origins; the bulk of the course will be devoted to the Chos'n period (139...
KOREA290X North Korea in a Historical and Cultural Perspective North Korea has been dubbed secretive, its leaders unhinged, its people mindless dupes. Such descriptions are partly a result of the control that the DPRK exerts over texts and bodies that come through its borders. Filtered through foreign media, Nor...
KOREA301 Korean Studies Pedagogy Workshop on Korean studies pedagogy and course design. Requires consent of instructor to enroll.
KOREA350 More Real than Fiction: Perspectives of History and Theory in Modern Korean Literature The past two decades have brought about a significant reassessment and new theoretical engagements with colonial and postcolonial Korean fiction. Colonial fiction has typically been read in binary terms: modernist/realist, resistant/collaborative, an...
KOREA355 History and Historiography of "Premodern" Korea This seminar serves as an orientation to the history of ¿premodern¿ Korea through an examination of its historiography. It interrogates how scholars have situated their research questions within existing historiography and the *problématiques* that e...