Spring 2012 Courses

Photo: Kamakhya temple near Gawahati in Assam, India z(Vikash Yadav).

Here is a list of courses for the Spring semester which count towards the major/minor in Asian Studies at HWS.  Please check the course catalog for details about pre-requisites.

Language Courses

Chinese

CHIN 102  Beginning Chinese II

Zhou; 2 Sections: MWF 9:05 - 10:00 or MWF 10:10 - 11:05

CHIN 202  Inter. Chinese II

CHIN 302  Advanced Chinese II

CHIN 450  Independent Study

Japanese

JPN  101  Beginning Japanese I

JPN  201  Inter. Japanese I

JPN  301  Advanced Japanese I

JPN  450  Independent Study

Hindi

SILP 132  Beginning Hindi II

Vietnamese

SILP 163  Beginning Vietnamese III

Non-Language Courses 

ANTH 213  Cultures of India

Rodriguez; TuTh 1:30 - 2:55

ARTH 103  Asian Art Survey

Blanchard; MWF 11:15 - 12:10

ARTH 253 Buddhist Art & Archit.

Blanchard; MWF 10:10 - 11:05

ARTH  336 Landscapes & Gardens

ARTH  436 Landscapes & Gardens

Blanchard; MW 1:25 - 2:50

ASN 101  Asian Civilizations 

Yadav & Yoshikawa; TuTh 3:05  - 4:30

ASN 210 Buddhism & Taoism

Huang; TuTh 11:55 - 1:20

ASN 215  Env. & Develop. in E.Asia

Magee & Lewis; TuTh 11:55 - 1:20

ASN 231 Tibetan Mandala Painting

Yignyen; TuTh 10:20 - 11:45

ASN 340  Water & Energy in China

Magee; [See Instructor]

ECON 233  Comparative Econ.

Khan; TuTh 3:05 - 4:30

EDUC 302 Disability in China

McCabe; TuTh 10:20 - 11:45

ENG  Globalization & Literature

Basu; MWF 12:20 - 1:15

ENV 234  Sustainable China

Magee; [See Instructor]

HIST 324  Qing and Tokugawa

TuTh 11:55 - 1:20

POL 180  Intro. to Int’l. Relations

Lee; 8:35 - 10:00

POL 202  Politics of Afghanistan

Yadav; TuTh 8:45 - 10:10

POL 246  Politics of East Asia

Lee; MWF 11:15 - 12:10

POL 254  Globalization

Lee; MW 1:25 - 2:50

REL 226  Religion & Nature

Botham; TuTh 3:05 - 4:30

REL 242  Islamic Mysticism

Anwar; MW 1:25 - 2:50

REL 255  Peace & Violence in the Quran

Kafrawi; TuTh 8:45 - 10:10

REL 280  Negotiating Islam

Kafrawi; TuTh 11:55 - 1:20

Fall Faculty Gathering 2011

Asian Studies faculty gathered at Ventosa Vineyard for a welcome back party.

SASS Lecture: Pakistan Army Operations in Swat

The South Asia Speaker Series presents:


"Pakistan Army Operations in Swat in the Aftermath of Insurgency and Floods"


Jawad Khan
University of Northern Virginia


When: September 16, 2011 @ 11:15am
Where: Geneva Room, Library

In 2009 the Pakistan Army carried out a major counter-insurgency operation--Operation Toar Tander--in Swat District against the Pakistani Taliban.  Widely acknowledged, even by Pakistan’s critics, as militarily effective in pushing out the Taliban, the counter-insurgency operation was just one part of a broader civil-military effort to regain the area from the Pakistani Taliban.  Jawad will speak about both the Pakistan Army’s counter-insurgency campaign and the civil administrations attempts to rebuild an area devastated by Taliban rule, heavy fighting and the horrendous floods of 2010. 

If you are interested in what is going on in Northern Pakistan, FATA and the Pakistan Army’s counter-insurgency operations policy, and wonder if the ‘experts’ you saw on TV actually knew what they were talking about, this talk is for you!  Currently a doctoral candidate at the U. of Northern Virginia, Jawad Khan is a former Pakistan Army officer with extensive service in the area, a Masters in War Studies from Kings College London and a graduate of the British Ministry of Defense’s Joint Services Command and Staff College.