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3.00 Credits
PQ: Consent of instructor and senior adviser. Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
PQ: Consent of instructor and program chairman. Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form. Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring.
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PQ: Prior consent of instructor. These courses must be taken in sequence. This three-quarter sequence covers the basic grammar and vocabulary. Spoken by thirty-five million people in South Asia, Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and one of the official languages of India. Our text is C. M. Naim's Introductory Urdu, Volumes I and II. Students learn to read and write the Urdu script, as well as to compose/write in Urdu. We also emphasize aural skills (i.e., pronunciation, listening, speaking). E. Bashir. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
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PQ: These courses must be taken in sequence. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. This sequence introduces core themes in the formation of culture and society in South Asia from the early modern period until the present. The Winter Quarter focuses on Islam in South Asia, Hindu-Muslim interaction, Mughal political and literary traditions, and South Asia's early encounters with Europe. The Spring Quarter analyzes the colonial period (i.e., reform movements, the rise of nationalism, communalism, caste, and other identity movements) up to the independence and partition of India. M. Alam, Winter; R. Majumdar, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
PQ: Prior consent of instructor required; URDU 10300 recommended. This sequence is a continuation of URDU 10100-10200-10300. Depending on the students, readings can include selections from various original sources. E. Bashir. Autumn, Winter, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
This course approaches the concept of civilization from an emphasis on cross-cultural/societal connection and exchange. We explore the dynamics of conquest, slavery, colonialism-and their reciprocal relationships with concepts such as resistance, freedom, and independence-with an eye toward understanding their interlocking role in the making of the modern world. Our focus is on the processes and consequences of decolonization, both in the newly independent nations and the former colonial powers . D.Chakrabarty. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
PQ: Any 10000-level music course or consent of instructor. This course examines the music of South Asia as an aesthetic domain with both unity and particularity in the region. The unity of the North and South Indian classical traditions is treated historically and analytically, with special emphasis placed on correlating their musical and mythological aspects. The classical traditions are contrasted with regional, tribal, and folk music with respect to fundamental conceptualizations of music and the roles it plays in society. In addition, the repertories of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka, as well as states and nations bordering the region, are covered. Music is also considered as a component of myth, religion, popular culture, and the confrontation with modernity. This course typically is offered in alternate years. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
A look at societies in other parts of the world demonstrates that modernity in the realm of love, intimacy, and family often had a different trajectory from the European one. This course surveys ideas and practices surrounding love, marriage, and capital in the modern world. Using a range of theoretical, historical, and anthropological readings, as well as films, the course explore such topics as the emergence of companionate marriage in Europe and the connections between arranged marriage, dowry, love, and money. Case studies are drawn primarily from Europe, India, and Africa. J. Cole, R. Majumdar. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the Colonial period in South Asian History (c. 1757 to 1947), with a particular focus on the imperial technique of rule. D. Chakrabarty. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
PQ: Advanced standing and consent of instructor. Prior knowledge of appropriate history and secondary literature. The focus of this course is on the period of Mughal rule during the late sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, especially on selected issues that have been at the center of historiographical debate in the past decades. M. Alam. Spring.
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