Below is a selection of our Fall 2024 courses. For a complete list, please visit Course Explorer
EALC/REL 225 Japanese Religions: Thought and Practice
Course Description:
Introduces the history and development of the varieties of Japanese religious thought, practice and cultural expression. It focuses primarily on the major traditions of Japan: Shinto and Buddhism, with some attention to Confucianism, and Christianity in Japan. Read alongside secondary literature for context and interpretation, we examine a number of primary materials in translation, such as historical documents, Shinto mythical narratives, Buddhist philosophical treatises, ritual manuals, Nō dramas, folk tales, a novel and several films.
Fall 2024 Instructor: Chris Callahan
T-TH 11:00-12:20 Location: 150 English Building
General Education Credit (3) in Cultural Studies (Non-West) and the Humanities and the Arts (Historical and Philosophical Perspectives). There are no pre-requisites for this course
EALC 250: INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE CULTURE
Anime, Buddhism, Haiku, Kurosawa, Manga, Samurai, Shinto, Sushi, Tea Ceremony, Ukiyo-e, and Zen, think you know what they are about, come find out and learn more in a fun course about Japanese Culture this Fall.
Fall 2024 Instructor: Chris Callahan
MW 11:00-11:50am Architecture Building 120
This course satisfies General Education requirements: Cultural
Studies Non-West; Social and Behavioral Sciences.
EALC 360 Seminar in Korean Studies: Performing Korean Diasporas (Korean and Korean American Experiences from the 20th Century to the Present)
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What is the relationship between Korean cultures and Korean American cultures? What is the role of theater and performance in documenting and generating Korean and Korean American histories? How have Korean American theater scenes emerged within the broader history of Asian American theaterʼs development? In this course, students will explore histories of the Koreans and
Korean Americans in the 20th century to the present using performance as our main framework of inquiry. Delving into the keyword of diaspora, we will discuss the formation and transformation of Korean and Korean American cultures by engaging with plays and performances that emerge from histories of immigration, war migration, Koreaʼs transition to democracy, and globalization. This course mixes lectures; small group discussions; written assignments; student presentations; and, public-facing, research-based multimedia projects as a final project. Graduate students are also welcome to enroll.
EALC/REL 485: Karma of Words: Buddhism, Language and the Literary Arts of Japan
Course Description:
This course explores the relation between Buddhism, Language and the Literary Arts of Japan. After introducing the ideas, motifs, paradigms and images of the Buddhist tradition and reading Buddhist scriptural texts (Buddhcarita, Vimalakirti Sutra, Lotus Sutra) from a literary perspective, we will then analyze how Buddhism was re-expressed and reshaped in Japanese literature through a close reading of court poetry, tales of karma and love, literary essays, noh drama, linked verse and haiku. In addition to these works of literature, we will examine two pivotal thinkers on Buddhism, Language and Literature in Japan: Kūkai and Dōgen.
Fall 2024 Instructor: Chris Callahan
Fridays 4:00-6:50pm Location: LCLB 1118
Upper level Seminar, no prerequisites but prior coursework in East Asian Culture and Religion is recommended