SOC-STD 98li - Ethnic and Religious Conflict in East and South Asia

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Harvard University

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Description:

The course will examine cultural, social, and political manifestations of difference and its contexts in confrontation by examining cases of ethnic and religious conflict from East, Southeast, and South Asia. We will examine dominant understandings of difference in these regions, and then read appropriate ethnographic work from the region. This will bring our attention to recent issues of ethno-religious discord in Sri Lankan civil war; communal violence in India and Pakistan; ethnic wars in Burma (Myanmar); discord among the Muslim, Tibetan, and Han Chinese; ethnoreligious violence in Indonesia; and Muslim "insurgency" in southern Thailand. The course will bring critical attention to bear on the issues of ethnicity, religion, and conflict in a trajectory from imperial/colonial to national settings across Asia.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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