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Faculty Messages & Course Highlights 📷

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Hear from our professors as they share their insights, experiences, and highlights from Global Asian Studies courses.

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📚💭AAS 301: Economic Inequality and Political Trauma and explore how trauma is shaped not only by war and violence, but also by capitalism, inequality, and political power

🕒 MW 11:20–12:50
📍 LPC In Person
🔁 Cross-listed with GEO 301
👩‍🏫 Instructor: Maureen Sioh

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🌏 AAS 290: Topics in Asian American Studies 🌏

This Autumn Quarter’s sections include:
🪶 Persian Sufi Poetry
🪷 Buddhist Religious Worlds
🕌 Islamic Cultures and Societies

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🪷✨ AAS 287: Introduction to Asian Philosophy ✨🪷What does it mean to live a good life? How should we understand happiness, virtue, desire, and our relationship with society and the world?

🕑 MW 2:40–4:10
🏛️ Domain: PI
🔁 Cross-listed w/ PHL 287
👨‍🏫 Instructor: Stephen Walker

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⚔️🏯 AAS 264: Japan, ca. 1200–1800 🏯⚔️

This course explores the political, social, and intellectual foundations that shaped Japanese history for centuries. 📜🇯🇵

🕐 TuTh 1:00–2:30
🏛️ Domain: HI
🔁 Cross-listed w/ HST 264
👩‍🏫 Instructor: Ross, Kerry

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🎌✨ AAS 262: Japanese Popular Culture ✨🎌

Japanese popular culture continues to shape global imagination and challenge how we think about identity, technology, performance, and even what it means to be human. 🎮

🕚 TuTh 11:20–12:50
🏛️ Domain: SCBI
👩‍🏫 Instructor: Hibino, Aiko

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🌈AAS 261 explores the lives, struggles, resistance, and representation of LGBTQ communities in modern Japan through literature, film, visual culture, and contemporary politics.

⏰ TuTh 4:20–5:50
💻 Online Synchronous
🔁 Cross-listed with JPN 244E
👩‍🏫 Instructor: Miho Matsugu

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🌏 From the decline of the Mughal Empire to the rise and fall of the British Raj, AAS 254 explores the political, cultural, and social transformations that shaped modern South Asia between 1707–1947.

⏰ TuTh 11:20–12:50
🔁 Cross-listed with HST 153
👨‍🏫 Instructor: Rajit Mazumder

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✍️ AAS 248: Chinese Calligraphy introduces students to the artistic traditions, techniques, and cultural meanings behind one of East Asia’s most influential art forms.
No prior background in Chinese language.

🖌️ AAS 248 — Chinese Calligraphy
⏰ MW 2:40–4:10 PM

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🐉AAS 244: Traditions of Chinese Popular Culture explores the diverse beliefs and practices that shaped everyday religious life in Chinese history 🏮

🗓 Autumn Quarter 2026
💻 Online Async
👨‍🏫 Instructor: Dr. Nan Ouyang
📖 Cross-listed with REL 246

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🪷AAS 243: Buddhist Thought in Cultural Context introduces students to the intellectual and cultural traditions of Buddhism across South, Southeast, and East Asia 🌏📚

🗓 Autumn Quarter 2026
⏰ TuTh 9:40–11:10 & 2:40–4:10
👨‍🏫 Instructor: Yi Ding
📖 Cross-listed with REL 243

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📚 AAS 242: Literature & Religion in China

Explore the relationship between Chinese literature, religion, mythology, and culture through famous literary works across history ✨

🗓 Autumn Quarter 2026
⏰ TuTh 2:40–4:10
📍 In Person LPC
👨‍🏫 Instructor: Graham Chamness

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📚🇯🇵 Explore the world of modern Japanese literature through history, culture, and storytelling.

🕑 Tu/Th 2:40–4:10 PM
🏫 In Person (LPC)
👩‍🏫 Instructor: Bowen-Struyk, Heather

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🎬🇰🇷 From Parasite to modern Korean cinema — explore how film reflects Korean society, culture, history, and global issues through the lens of cinema!

🕕 Thursdays 6:00–9:15 PM
💻 Online Sync
👨‍🏫 Instructor: Choi, Yang Hwan

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🌿 Join AAS 230: International Environmental Conservation this Autumn Quarter 2026 and explore how society, natural resources, and environmental policy intersect across the world.

🕒 MW 2:40–4:10
👩‍🏫 Instructor: Maureen Sioh
🔁 Cross-listed with GEO 210

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🎤�� Join AAS 219: K-Pop & Its Global Cultural Influence this Autumn Quarter 2026 and dive into the worldwide impact of Korean pop culture!

⏰ TuTh 9:40–11:10
💻 Modality: Online Sync
📚 Domain: SCBI
👨‍🏫 Instructor: Choi, Yang Hwan

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🎥 Movie Night is here!

Join us for a special screening of Ne Zha — a visually stunning and action-packed animation inspired by Chinese mythology 🔥🐉

📅 May 15 (Fri)
🕓 4:00–6:00 PM
📍 Student Center, Room 312

🍪 Light refreshments provided!

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🎨 From ancient bronzes to contemporary works, AAS 216: Chinese Art explores how art in China has evolved and interacted with cultures around the world 🌏

📅 Autumn Quarter 2026
🕒 TuTh 9:40–11:10
👩‍🏫 Instructor: Lu, Yun-Chen
📚 Cross-listed with HAA 215

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🪷Join AAS 211: Buddhist Art and dive into painting, sculpture, architecture, and more across South, Southeast, and East Asia 🌏

📍 Cross-listed with HAA 220
🕒 Section 101: MW 11:20–12:50 (Hansman)
🕒 Section 102: TuTh 1:00–2:30 (Lu)

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Explore art and architecture across Asian cultures 🎨🌏
From South Asia to East Asia — painting, sculpture, gardens, and more
Take AAS 210: Asian Art with Prof. Hansman

🗓 MW 2:40–4:10
📍 In-person at LPC
📚 Domain: AL | Cross-listed with HAA 115

Autumn Quarter 2026 🍁