NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

ASI 410H (F) Democracy and Identity in Asia

Professor Jacques Bertrand

Monday 2-4

The course explores the ways in which identity has been empowered, represented, and institutionalized in Asia’s emerging democracies; how identity claims challenge historically notions of state and nation; various ways in which democracy is being shaped and challenged by demands for identity recognition. Thematic, cross-regional approach; EAST, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH ASIA.

ASI 420H (S) Asia and the New Global Economy

Professor Joseph Wong

Tuesday 2-4

This course explores the rise of Asia and its integration into the new global economy (labour, capitalism, knowledge economy, economic nationalism, inequality, gender, the meaning of capitalism, democracy, among others), exposing students to different disciplinary perspectives. Geographical coverage to include EAST, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH ASIA.

ASI 430H (S) Nationalism, Revolution and Reform in Asia: China in Comparative Perspective

Professor Yiching Wu

Wednesday 2-4

This course explores the far-reaching social, political, and cultural transformations in modern China. Focusing on China’s twentieth-century revolutionary history and its struggles to establish a modern nation-state, the course adopts a topical approach within a chronological and comparative framework to highlight major historical movements and theoretical issues significant to the Asian experience.