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  • 1001 Asian Film and Animation [AH, GP]
  • 1201 Arrow, Fist, and Sword: Conceptions of the Hero in Asian Cultures [GP, LITR]
  • 1601 Culture and Fashion in India
  • 1806 Modern Arab Cultures and Societies
  • 1911W Mind and Muscle: Philosophy and the Martial Arts
  • 1912 Fashioning Islam in Literature and Culture
  • 3001 Reading Asian Cultures
  • 3232W “Short” Poetry in China and Japan [WI]
  • 3265W The Fantastic in East Asia: Ghosts, Foxes, and the Alien [LITR, WI]
  • 3336 Revolution and Modernity in Chinese Literature and Culture [LITR, GP]
  • 3337 Contemporary Chinese Literature and Popular Culture [LITR, GP]
  • 3351 Martial Arts in Chinese Literature and Film
  • 3356W Chinese Film [AH, WI]
  • 3362 Women Writers in Chinese History
  • 3372/HIST 3469 History of Women and Family in China, 1600-2000
  • 3373/HIST 3466 Religion and Society in Imperial China
  • 3374 Patterns in Chinese Cultural History
  • 3377 A Thousand Years of Buddhism in China: Beliefs, Practices, and Culture
  • 3433W Traditional Japanese Literature in Translation [LITR, WI]
  • 3436 Postwar Japanese Literature in Translation [LITR]
  • 3437 The Japanese Novel [LITR, GP]
  • 3441W Japanese Theater [AH, WI]
  • 3442 Performing Arts in Japan and Their Cultural Backgrounds [GP]
  • 3456 Japanese Film [GP]
  • 3458 Japanese Animation [GP]
  • 3467 Science Fiction, Empire, Japan
  • 3468 Environment, Technology and Culture in Modern Japan [ENV]
  • 3478/HIST 3471 Modern Japan: Meiji to the Present (1868-2000) [HIS]
  • 3536 Modern Korean Literature [LITR, GP]
  • 3556 Korean Film [AH, GP]
  • 3576 Language and Society of the Two Koreas
  • 3586 Cold War Cultures in Korea
  • 3636 South Asian Women Writers
  • 3637W Modern Indian Literature [LITR, GP, WI]
  • 3638 Islam and Modernity South Asia
  • 3651 Ghosts of India [GP]
  • 3672 Buddhism [GP]
  • 3679 Religion and Society in Modern South Asia
  • 3772 Hmong Language and Culture Immersion in China
  • 3773 Hmong Language and Culture Immersion in Thailand [GP]
  • 3776/HIST 3483 Hmong History Across the Globe
  • 3820 Topics in Arab Culture (topics vary)
  • 3832 The Politics of Arabic Poetry [LITR, GP]
  • 3856W Palestinian Literature and Film [WI, GP]
  • 3866/AAS 3866 Arab American Experiences
  • 3867 Orientalism and the Arab World
  • 3868 Culture and Society of the Arabian Peninsula
  • 3900 Topics in Asian Literature (topics vary)
  • 3920 Topics in Asian Culture (topics vary)