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South Asian Courses At Harvard

(Click on department heading for Registrar’s full list of courses)

CORE

FOREIGN CULTURES 12
Sources of Indian Civilization
Eck

FOREIGN CULTURES 70
Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Societies
Asani

HISTORICAL STUDY A-16 - Fall 2007
Modern South Asia in Global History
Bose

LITERATURE AND ARTS C-18 - Spring 2008
Hindu Myth, Image and Pilgrimage
Eck

SOCIAL ANALYSIS 36

Religion and Modernization: Cultural Revolutions and Secularism
Yalman

FRESHMAN SEMINARS

FRESHMAN SEMINAR 33G
The Hindu Temple
Chandra

FRESHMAN SEMINAR 34Z
Talking Animals, Human Gods and Eros: Readings in Buddhist, Hindu and Jain Literatures of India
Patil

FRESHMAN SEMINAR 44P
Contemporary India: Fact and Fiction - Fall 2007
Fonseca

FRESHMAN SEMINAR 45S
The Orient of the Occident: China and India in the Mirror of the West
Alexander

FRESHMAN SEMINAR 32X
Topics in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
van der Kuijp

ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTHROPOLOGY 1120 - Fall 2007
Mesopotamia-Egypt-The Indus Valley
Lamberg-Karlovsky

ANTHROPOLOGY 1628
Governing India: The Raj
Ahmed

ANTHROPOLOGY 1630
Anthropology of Religion
Lahiri

ANTHROPOLOGY 1690
Consuming Passions: Culture of Materialism in South Asia.
Lahiri

ANTHROPOLOGY 1840
Comparative Liberation Theologies
Subramanian

ANTHROPOLOGY 2675
Secularism, Religion, and Nation in Modern South Asia
Ahmed

ANTHROPOLOGY 2730 Postcoloniality and Ethnography
Lahiri

ANTHROPOLOGY 2780
Culture and Citizenship
Subramanian

ANTHROPOLOGY 2830
Mobility
Ho

ANTHROPOLOGY 2985
Sociocultural Space and Time
Ho

ECONOMICS

ECONOMICS 1392
Economic Development
Armendariz

ECONOMICS 2325
World Development
Williamson

ECONOMICS 2390B - Fall 2007
Development Economics I: Microeconomic Issues
Mullainathan

ECONOMICS 2390D
The Economic Growth and Development Workshop
Kremer

ENGLISH

ENGLISH 90UI
The Indian Novel in English
Sen

ENGLISH 165B
Conrad and V.S. Naipaul: Genealogies of the Global Imagination
Bhabha

ENGLISH 166X - Spring 2008
The Postcolonial Classic
Bhabha

ENGLISH 167P Postcolonial Narratives
Sen

GOVERNMENT

GOVERNMENT 90GS
Civil Society in Asia
Pharr

GOVERNMENT 90HH
International Migration and the Political Economy of Development
Kapur

 

 

HISTORY

HISTORY 90G
Comparative History: Major Themes in the World History:
Colonialism, Imperialism and Post-Colonialism
Mangan

HISTORY 1439
India and the British empire in the 18th Century: Conference Course
Travers

HISTORY 1895 - Spring 2008
The Indian Ocean in Comparative Perspective: Conference Course
Bose

HISTORY 1897
Nation, Reason and Religion in South Asia
Bose

HISTORY 2892
Colonial and Post-Colonial Histories of South Asia
Bose

HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE

HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE 12X
Introduction to Islamic Architecture
Necipoglu-Kafadar

HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE 12Y
Introduction to Islamic Art: Visual and Portable Arts in Context
Roxburgh

HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE 124Z
Architecture and Dynastic Legitimacy: The Early Modern Islamic Empires (1450-1650)
Necipoglu-Kafadar

HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE 184Y
Indian Miniature Painting
Chandra

LINGUISTICS

LINGUISTICS 170
Structure of Hindi
Dayal

LINGUISTICS 220AR
Advanced Indo-European
J. Jasanoff

LINGUISTICS 221R
Workshop in Indo-European
J. Jasanoff

MUSIC

Music 178R
Music Systems-Contexts-Performance: India, Iran, West Africa
Wolf

Music 190R
Music and Mediation in South Asia
Wolf

Music 190R
Music in Islamic Contexts: South and West Asia
Wolf

Music 190R
Vernacular Music of South Asia
Wolf

Music 190R
South Indian Classical Music
Wolf

Music 190R - Spring 2008
Topics in World Music: Proseminar
Danielson

Music 201B
Current Methods in Ethnomusicology
Wolf

Music 207R - Fall 2007
Ethnomusicology: Seminar
Stanyek

Music 207R
Ethnomusicology: Seminar
Wolf

Music 207R
The Ethnomusicology of Space and Time
Wolf

NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES AND CIVILIZATIONS

ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONS 241R - Fall 2007
Approaches to Studying Indo-Muslim Culture and South Asian Islam
Asani

ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONS 241R - Spring 2008
Approaches to Studying Indo-Muslim Culture and South Asian Islam
Asani

NEPALI

NEPALI 101A - Fall 2007
Introductory Nepali
Witzel

NEPALI 101B - Spring 2008
Introductory Nepali
Witzel

PALI

Pali 101A - Fall 2007
Introductory Pali
Patil

Pali 101B - Spring 2008
Introductory Pali
Patil

Pali 102A - Fall 2007
Intermediate Pali
Patil

Pali 102B - Spring 2008
Intermediate Pali
Patil

 

Pali 103R - Fall 2007
Intermediate Pali
Patil

PERSIAN

Persian A
Elementary Persian
Yasharpour

 

RELIGION

All courses cross-listed at Divinity School (HDS course numbers in brackets)

RELIGION 11 [HDS 3220]
World Religions: Diversity and Dialogue
Eck

Religion 1063 [HDS 3925] - Spring 2008
South Asian Religious Aesthetics: Seminar
Monius

RELIGION 1069 [HDS 3922]
Christianity in India: Seminar
Monius

Religion 1585 [HDS 3625]
Islam in South Asia: Religion, Culture and Identity in South Asian Muslim Societies
Asani

RELIGION 1600 [HDS 3404]
Introduction to the Hindu Traditions of India
Monius

RELIGION 1625 [HDS 3405]
Indian Religions through their Narrative Structure
Monius

RELIGION 1627 [HDS 3404]
Hindu Ethics: Seminar
Monius

RELIGION 1631 [HDS 3406]
Hindu Traditions of Devotion
Monius

RELIGION 1640 [HDS 3924]
The Study of Hinduism in the Post-Modern, Post-Colonial World: Seminar
Monius

RELIGION 1650 [HDS 3877]
Modern Hindu Movements: Seminar
Eck

RELIGION 1670 [HDS 3927]
Approaching Hinduism: Theories, Texts and Practices
Patil

RELIGION 1700 [HDS 3558]
Introduction to Buddhism, in Theory and Practice [HDS 3558]
Gyatso

RELIGION 1704 [HDS 3531]
South Asian Buddhism: Studies in Indian Buddhism
Patil

RELIGION 1706 [HDS 3536]
South Asian Buddhism: Dharmas, Emptiness, and Idealism
Patil

RELIGION 1708 [HDS 3889]
Issues in Buddhist Philosophy
Gyatso

RELIGION 1801 (formerly RELIGION 1551) [HDS 3887]
For the Love of God and His Prophet: Literary and Artistic Expressions of Muslim Devotional Life: Seminar
Asani

RELIGION 1802 (formerly RELIGION 1555) [HDS 3620]
Introduction to Islamic Mysticism: The Sufi Tradition]
Asani

RELIGION 1820 - Fall 2007
Islam in South Asia: Religion, Culture, and Identity in South Asian Muslim Societies
Asani

RELIGION 2710 [HDS 3888]
Buddhist Studies: Seminar
Gyatso

RELIGION 2760 [HDS 3876]
Buddhism and its Critics
Patil

RELIGION 3601 [HDS 3869]
Readings in Hindu Myth, Image, and Pilgrimage: Seminar
Eck

SANSKRIT AND INDIAN STUDIES

INDIAN STUDIES 107
Tradition and Modernity in the Urdu-Hindi Short Story
Hines

INDIAN STUDIES 110
History of South Asia to 1200 CE
Witzel

INDIAN STUDIES 112
Major Themes in Modern Indian History
Fonseca

INDIAN STUDIES 115
Voices of Indian Women in Literature and Film: Seminar,
Fonseca

 

INDIAN STUDIES 117
Early History of South Asia
Witze and Meadow

INDIAN STUDIES 118
Indian Philosophy: Advanced Introduction
Patil

INDIAN STUDIES 201
Materials and Methods of Indian Studies: Proseminar
Witzel and SIS Faculty

INDIAN STUDIES 203
Select Topics: Survey of Middle Indic Languages and Literatures
Witzel

INDIAN STUDIES 205A and 205B
South Asia as Understood Through Its Regions I: Seminar
Witzel

INDIAN STUDIES 206
Old Indian and Eurasian Creation Myths: Seminar
Witzel

INDIAN STUDIES 207A - Fall 2007
Understanding Indian Ritual
Witzel

INDIAN STUDIES 207B - Spring 2008
Understanding Indian Ritual
Witzel

INDIAN STUDIES 211
Archaic Indian Religion: The Vedas. Seminar
Witzel

SANSKRIT 101A - Fall 2007
Elementary Sanskrit
Patil

SANSKRIT 101B -Spring 2008
Elementary Sanskrit
Patil

SANSKRIT 102A - Fall 2007
Intermediate Sanskrit
Patil

SANSKRIT 102B -Spring 2008
Intermediate Sanskrit
Patil

SANSKRIT 201AR - Fall 2007
Advanced Philosophical Sanskrit
Patil

SANSKRIT 201BR - Spring 2008
Advanced Philosophical Sanskrit
Patil

SANSKRIT 214 - Fall 2007
Ritual Sutras
Witzel

URDU/HINDI

Urdu 101
Introductory Urdu-Hindi
Asani, Delacy, Hines

Urdu 102
Intermediate Urdu-Hindi
Delacy

Urdu 103A
Advanced Urdu-Hindi
Hines

Urdu 103B
Advanced Urdu-Hindi
Hines

Urdu 105R
Topics in Urdu-Hindi Literature
Asani

Urdu 106R
Advanced Oral Proficiency in Urdu-Hindi
Hines

WOMEN, GENDER AND SEXUALITY

WGS 1001
Feminist Theory: Postcolonial Perspectives Gopinath

HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL

PED-204
New Approaches to Industrial Policy in Developing Countries
Khwaja

PED-302
Transforming Globalization: Towards Comprehensive Security, Sustainable Development, and Good Governance.
Khagram

PED-375
The Informal Sector and the Global Economy
Chen

 

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL

Law and Religion in India: Seminar
Mansfield

NB: Harvard students are also allowed to cross register into MIT and Tufts Fletcher School of Diplomacy.

 

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