SAST 361 - Memory,History & Religion in South Asia

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University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Staff. This course explores academic and social debates about memory and history, highlighting the role of religion, trauma, and narrative in dividing these two modes of recollection. We will examine how the various nations of South Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, primarily) remember their ownpast and their relationship with their neighbor-nations. Important historical moments such as colonialism, independence, partition, wars, subnational and secessionist movements, riots and insurgencies, will be explored through the the lenses of memory, history, and religion. Materials for the course include films, television serials, plays, novels, academic scholarship, poetry, visual culture, architecture, and the Internet.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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