Courses

Study of Hindi language, with appropriate cultural background; development of listening, reading, speaking, and writing. Closed to native speakers of the language.

Continued study of Hindi language, with appropriate cultural background; development of listening, reading, speaking, and writing. Prereq: 1101. Not open to students with credit for 102.

This course examines histories, lived experiences, and artistic representations of citizenship and diaspora. Over the course of the semester, we will focus on South Asia, specifically India/Pakistan, and the Middle East, specifically Israel/Palestine, two societies in which citizenship and diaspora have been particularly significant and complex, as well as diasporic communities in the US. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for SAsia 3025. Cross-listed in SAsia.

A multi-disciplinary introduction to South Asia's geographical, political, cultural, and religious contexts and connections. Prereq: English 1110 or equiv. Not open to students with credit for CompStd 2220 or NELC 2220. GE culture and ideas and diversity global studies course. Cross-listed in CompStd.

The course shows how everyday life in South Asia where caste is a category of oppression compares to everyday life in the United States where race is a category of oppression. Everyday life will also introduce students to how race and caste as categories of oppression interact with gender and ethnicity in the United States and South Asia.

This course examines histories, lived experiences, and artistic representations of citizenship and diaspora. Over the course of the semester, we will focus on South Asia, specifically India/Pakistan, and the Middle East, specifically Israel/Palestine, two societies in which citizenship and diaspora have been particularly significant and complex, as well as diasporic communities in the US. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for NELC 3025. Cross-listed in NELC.

By way of examining literature, historical accounts, primary writings from known historical figures, and contemporary Indian film, this course engages students with a look at how citizenship is imagined in nation states, how it was imagined in colonial India, and how it is manifest in post-colonial South Asia.