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South Asian Courses At Harvard

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

CORE

FOREIGN CULTURES 70
Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Societies
Ali S. Asani

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

HISTORICAL STUDY A-88
The British Empire
Sheila Jasanoff

LITERATURE AND ARTS A-92
Love in a Dead Language: Classical Indian Literature and Its Theorists
Parimal G. Patil

MORAL REASONING 80 The Good Life In Classical India
Parimal G. Patil

SOCIAL ANALYSIS 70 Food and Culture
Theodore C. Bestor

ETHICAL REASONING 20 Self, Serenity, and Vulnerability: East and West
Michael J. Puett and Roberto Mangabeira Unger


FRESHMAN SEMINARS

FRESHMAN SEMINAR 32X
Topics in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp


ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTHROPOLOGY 1020
Archaeology, Politics and Society in South Asia: Seminar
Richard Meadow

ANTHROPOLOGY 1040
Origins of the Food We Eat
Ofer Bar-Yosef and Richard Meadow

ANTHROPOLOGY 1628
Governing India: The Raj
Asad A. Ahmed

ANTHROPOLOGY 1630
Other People's Beliefs: The Anthropology of Religion
Smita Lahiri

ANTHROPOLOGY 1660
What is Islam? Anthrpological Perspectives
John S. Schoeberlein

ANTHROPOLOGY 805
Does Lakshmi Speak English? The Political Economy of Language in India
Smita Lahiri

ANTHROPOLOGY 1815
Empire, Nation, Diaspora: Asians in the U.S.
Ajantha Subramanian

ANTHROPOLOGY 2630
Power, Belief, and Practice: Topics in teh Anthrpology of Religion
Smita Lahiri

ANTHROPOLOGY 2678
The Anthropology of Secularism
Asad A. Ahmed


ECONOMICS

ECONOMICS 2390B
Development Economics I: Microeconomic Issues
Sendhil Mullainathan and Richard A. Hornbeck

ECONOMICS 2390C
Development Economics II: Macroeconomic Issues
Michael Kremer and Rohini Pande

ECONOMICS 2390D
The Economic Growth and Development Workshop
S. Mullainathan, P. Aghion, R. Hanna, A. Khwaja, M. Kremer, R. Pande


ENGLISH

ENGLISH 166X
The Postcolonial Classic
Homi K. Bhabha


GOVERNMENT

GOVERNMENT 90VK
Islam in Central and South Asia: Comparative Hegemonies and Liberations
Thomas Simmons

GOVERNMENT 98DL
Analyzing Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice of International Relations
Majari Chatterjee Miller

GOVERNMENT 98GS
Globalization and Civil Society
Susan J. Pharr

GOVERNMENT 1255
The Politics of India
Prerna Singh

 

HISTORY

HISTORY 72A
The Rise of the British Empire, 1757-1857
Maya Jasanoff

HISTORY 76C
Major Themes in the World History:
Colonialism, Imperialism and Post-Colonialism
Hue-Tam Ho Tai

HISTORY 76D
Asian and African Encounters with Empire
Raja Adal

HISTORY 86D
The Indian Ocean in Comparative Perspective
Sugata Bose

HISTORY 86E
Nation, Reason and Religion in South Asia
Sugata Bose

HISTORY 2692
Colonial and Post-Colonial Histories of South Asia: Seminar
Sugata Bose

HISTORY 2805
Gender and Sexuality: Comparative Historical Studies of Islamic Middle East, North Africa and South Asia: Seminar
Afsaneh Najmabadi


HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE

HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE 12M
Monuments and Cities of the Islamic World: An Introduction
David J. Roxburgh

HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE 226E
Cross-Cultural Artistic Exchanges: Islamic and European Courts
Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar


MUSIC

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

Music 190 RS
South Indian Music
Richard Wolf

Music 201B
Current Methods in Ethnomusicology
Richard Wolf

Music 207R
Ethnomusicology: Seminar
Richard Wolf


NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES AND CIVILIZATIONS

ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONS 241R
Approaches to Studying Indo-Muslim Culture and South Asian Islam
Ali S. 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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