Fall 2009

Primarily for Undergraduates

*Indian Studies 90r. South Asian Language Tutorials
Catalog Number: 0317
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 4
Individualized study of a South Asian language; emphasis on written expression, reading comprehension and oral fluency. Languages currently offered include Tamil and Bengali though others may be approved upon petition to the Director of Undergraduate Studies/Director of Graduate Studies.
Note: Not open to auditors.

Indian Studies 90r - Second Year Bengali (Intermediate Level)
W., Th. 11-12:30
One Bow Street, 3rd floor Lounge

Indian Studies 90r - First Year Tamil (Introductory Level)
Richard Frasca
Time: MWF 11-12 Noon (section 1), MWF 10-11 (section 2)
Location: 1 Bow St., Rm.317
This is an introductory course to the oldest of the Dravidian languages of South India. Tamil has a rich and well-developed literary tradition that ranges from ancient classical poetry and medieval devotional compositions and epics to the present-day where the modern novel, short story and drama coexist with vibrant traditions of folk poetry and folk drama. Students will be introduced to the Tamil script and to reading, writing, and speaking the Tamil language and to basic elements of grammar. Materials from popular culture and the folk tradition will supplement modern teaching materials.

Indian Studies 90r - Second Year Tamil (Intermediate Level)
Richard Frasca
Time: MWF 12-1
Location: 1 Bow St., Rm. 330
This is a course in Second Year Tamil that will focus on reading, writing, and speaking the Tamil language at an Intermediate Level. Students will read Tamil essays, short stories, and published literature as well as materials from the Tamil folk tradition. There will also be a significant emphasis on using spoken and written Tamil. Tamil cinema and audiovisual materials presenting contemporary and traditional Tamil culture will be used as supplementary class material.

Indian Studies 90r - Third Year Tamil (Advanced Level)
Richard Frasca
Time: MWF 1-2
Location: 1 Bow St., Rm. 317
This is a course in Third Year Tamil that will focus on reading, writing, and speaking the Tamil language at an Advanced Level. Students will begin the course with the reading of published short stories and essays and then move on to more advanced materials from journalistic, academic, and literary writing. Audiovisual materials from Tamil cinema, popular culture and the folk tradition will supplement modern teaching materials.

*Indian Studies 91r. Supervised Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 0247
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Supervised reading leading to a long term paper in a topic or topics not covered by regular courses of instruction.
Note: A graded course. Offered at the discretion of the individual instructors.

*Indian Studies 98r. Tutorial — Junior Year
Catalog Number: 4757
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Required of concentrators in the South Asian Studies option.

*Indian Studies 99. Tutorial — Senior Year
Catalog Number: 6111
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Full course. Hours to be arranged.
Note: Required of concentrators in the South Asian Studies option.
Primarily for Graduates

Indian Studies 218. Special Topics in Indian Philosophy
Catalog Number: 9297
Parimal G. Patil
Half course (fall term).

Indian Studies 218: Note: NO CLASS DURING THE WEEK OF 8/31/09

This course will meet for the first time during the week of 9/7/09. An introductory meeting will be held on THURSDAY 9/10 at 3PM in Barker 403.  If you are interested in taking this course but cannot make it on Thursday, please feel free to let the instructor know via email.

Graduate Courses of Reading and Research

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Pali 101a. Introductory Pali Introductory Meeting: Wednesday, September 2, 3:30 - 5pm One Bow Street, Lounge
Catalog Number: 4129
Michael Witzel and members of the Department
Half course (fall term).
Prerequisite: One year of Sanskrit.

Pali 102a. Intermediate Pali Introductory Meeting: Wednesday, September 2, 3:30 - 5pm One Bow Street, Lounge
Catalog Number: 8376
Michael Witzel and members of the Department
Half course (fall term).

(Thai will not be offered this year.)

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Urdu 101. Introductory Urdu-Hindi
Catalog Number: 4078
Richard S. Delacy
Full course (indivisible). Fall: M. through Th., (F.), at 11; M. through Th., (F.), at 3; Spring: M. through Th., (F.), at 10; M. through Th., (F.), at 3. EXAM GROUP: Spring: 3, 12
Sever Hall 206
An introduction to the lingua franca of the subcontinent in its "Hindustani” form. Students are introduced to both the Perso-Arabic and the Devanagari script systems. Conventional teaching materials are supplemented by popular songs and video clips from Bollywood.
Note: Not open to auditors.

Urdu 102. Intermediate Urdu-Hindi
Catalog Number: 2941
Naseem A. Hines
Full course (indivisible). M. through Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4, 13
One Bow Street, 330
Continuation of Urdu 101. Emphasis on written expression and texts in both Perso-Arabic and Devanagari script systems. Students are introduced to Urdu/Hindi fables, short stories, and various other genres of literature, including poetry.
Note: Not open to auditors.
Prerequisite: Urdu 101 or equivalent.

Urdu 103a. Advanced Urdu-Hindi
Catalog Number: 0700
Amy Bard
Half course (fall term). M., W., Th., at 4. EXAM GROUP: 9, 18
One Bow Street, 317
Continuation of Urdu 102; covers topics in advanced grammar; designed to improve proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Prerequisite: Urdu 102 or equivalent.

Urdu 106r. Advanced Oral Proficiency in Urdu-Hindi - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 70789
Naseem A. Hines
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Fall: M., W., at 10. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 3
One Bow Street, 330
A course intended to raise levels of oral proficiency for advanced students and consolidate command over complex grammatical structures. By the end of the term, students will be expected to converse in a clearly participatory fashion, initiate, sustain and bring closure to a wide variety of communicative tasks using diverse strategies.
Prerequisite: Urdu 103 or Instructor’s permission.

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Nepali 103a. Advanced Nepali - (New Course)
Intoductory Meeting: Friday, September, 4, 3-5pm, One Bow Street, 318
Catalog Number: 19267
Michael Witzel and members of the Department
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.

Primarily for Undergraduates

Tibetan 91r. Supervised Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 2288
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Supervised reading of texts in Tibetan not covered by regular courses of instruction.
For Undergraduates and Graduates

Tibetan 101a. Elementary Classical Tibetan
NOTE TIME CHANGE: New Time: T., Th. 11:30 - 1pm
One Bow Street 317
Catalog Number: 4132
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term).

Tibetan 102a. Intermediate Classical Tibetan
NOTE TIME CHANGE: T., Th. 4 - 5:30pm - Barker 012
First Meeting Location: THURSDAY, September 3, 4PM, One Bow Street Street, Room 320
Catalog Number: 9088
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term). EXAM GROUP: 13, 14
An intermediate classical Tibetan course emphasizing reading and translation of various Tibetan texts covering different genres, such as religious history, biography of Tibetan masters and folk literature writings. Please check the course website for the most updated information.
Prerequisite: Tibetan 101a and 101b or equivalent courses.

Tibetan 104ar. Elementary Colloquial Tibetan
T., Th., 10-11:30
Catalog Number: 4158
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term).

Tibetan 105ar. Intermediate Colloquial Tibetan
T. Th .8:30-10
Catalog Number: 1314
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.

Tibetan 106ar. Advanced Colloquial Tibetan
There will be no Advanced Colloquial Tibetan this term.
Catalog Number: 7094
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisite: Tibetan 101 and 102, or equivalent.

Primarily for Graduates

Tibetan 219. Tibetan Religious Literature
Catalog Number: 9500
Janet Gyatso (Divinity School)
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30. EXAM GROUP: 12, 13
Divinity Hall, Room 320
This seminar will read an early Brug-pa treatise that attempted to conjoin mainstream tantric ideas about the enlightened buddha-body with Indian Ayervedic medical conception of the everyday secular body.
Note: Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 3892.
Prerequisite: At least one previous year of classical Tibetan is required.

Tibetan 231. Introduction to Tibetan Historiography - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 40575
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (fall term). Friday, 1-4pm
One Bow Street, 317
Readings will be excerpted from different Tibetan chronicles
Prerequisite: Tibetan 101 or equivalent.

Graduate Courses of Reading and Research

*Tibetan 300. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 0666
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp 1556

*Tibetan 302. Direction of AM Theses
Catalog Number: 6927
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp 1556

Spring 2010

Primarily for Undergraduates
*Indian Studies 90r. South Asian Language Tutorials
Catalog Number: 0317
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 4
Individualized study of a South Asian language; emphasis on written expression, reading comprehension and oral fluency. Languages currently offered include Tamil and Bengali though others may be approved upon petition to the Director of Undergraduate Studies/Director of Graduate Studies.
Note: Not open to auditors.

*Indian Studies 91r. Supervised Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 0247
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Supervised reading leading to a long term paper in a topic or topics not covered by regular courses of instruction.
Note: A graded course. Offered at the discretion of the individual instructors.

*Indian Studies 98r. Tutorial — Junior Year
Catalog Number: 4757
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Required of concentrators in the South Asian Studies option.

Primarily for Graduates

Indian Studies 201a. Introduction to Indology
Catalog Number: 5406
Michael Witzel and members of the Department
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Introduction to the basic tools of Indian Studies. Various approaches are discussed and selected sub-disciplines are discussed by Department members.
Note: Required for all Sanskrit-track PhD students.Open to Religion.

Indian Studies 219. Introduction to World Mythology
Catalog Number: 0133
Michael Witzel
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
The course discusses current and past approaches to comparative mythlogy and explores the new field of historical comparative mythology. Close interdisciplinary attention is given to genetics, linguistics and archaeology, and an outline of the development of mythologies from the late Stone Age until the rise of current world religions is presented.

Primarily for Undergraduates

*Sanskrit 91r. Supervised Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 5497
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Supervised reading of texts in Sanskrit not covered by regular courses of instruction.
Note: A graded course. Offered at the discretion of the individual instructors.

*Sanskrit 98r. Tutorial — Junior Year
Catalog Number: 3117
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Required of concentrators in the Sanskrit Language and Literature option.

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Sanskrit 101b. Elementary Sanskrit
Catalog Number: 6892
Guy Kendall Leavitt
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
Continuation of Sanskrit 101a.

Sanskrit 102b. Intermediate Sanskrit II
Catalog Number: 4916
Guy Kendall Leavitt
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
Continuation of Sanskrit 102a.

Sanskrit 201br. Advanced Philosophical Sanskrit
Catalog Number: 5965
Parimal G. Patil
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Topic to be announced

Sanskrit 204ar. Introduction to Vedic Sanskrit and Literature
Catalog Number: 6123
Michael Witzel
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Introduction to Vedic grammar. Selection of texts from the Atharvaveda.
Prerequisite: At least one year of Sanskrit.

*Sanskrit 301. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 2158
Francis X. Clooney (Divinity School) 1785, Diana L. Eck 4514, Anne E. Monius (Divinity School) 4489, Parimal G. Patil 4478, and Michael Witzel 1602

*Sanskrit 310. Direction of Doctoral Dissertations
Catalog Number: 4371
Francis X. Clooney (Divinity School) 1785, Diana L. Eck 4514, Anne E. Monius (Divinity School) 4489, Parimal G. Patil 4478, and Michael Witzel 1602

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Pali 101b. Introductory Pali
Catalog Number: 7320
Michael Witzel and members of the Department
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Pali 101a.
Prerequisite: One year of Sanskrit.

*Pali 102b. Intermediate Pali
Catalog Number: 7748
Michael Witzel and members of the Department
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Pali 102a.
Prerequisite: Pali 102a or equivalent.

Pali 103r. Readings in Pali
Catalog Number: 6985
Michael Witzel and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.

(Thai will not be offered this year.)

For Undergraduates and Graduates

*Hindi 101ab. Intensive Introductory Hindi - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 55682 Enrollment: Limited to 10.
Naseem A. Hines
Full course (spring term). M. through Th., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9, 17, 18
A complete first year course in one term. Provides an introduction to Hindi and Devanagari script, encompassing all four skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Note: Not Open to auditors. Cannot be taken Pass/Fail.

Urdu 103b. Advanced Urdu-Hindi
Catalog Number: 4615
Amy Bard
Half course (spring term). M., W., Th., at 4. EXAM GROUP: 9, 18
Continuation of Urdu 103a.

Urdu 105r. Topics in Urdu-Hindi Literature
Catalog Number: 5963
Ali S. Asani and Naseem A. Hines
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A course for students with native or near-native proficiency with readings in a variety of genres from Urdu and/or Hindi literature based on student interest.

Urdu 106r. Advanced Oral Proficiency in Urdu-Hindi - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 70789
Naseem A. Hines
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Fall: M., W., at 10. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 3
A course intended to raise levels of oral proficiency for advanced students and consolidate command over complex grammatical structures. By the end of the term, students will be expected to converse in a clearly participatory fashion, initiate, sustain and bring closure to a wide variety of communicative tasks using diverse strategies.
Prerequisite: Urdu 103 or Instructor’s permission.

*Urdu 300. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 2131
Ali S. Asani 7739 (on leave fall term)

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Nepali 103b. Advanced Nepali
Catalog Number: 85896
Michael Witzel
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Urdu and Hindi

Primarily for Undergraduates

Tibetan 91r. Supervised Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 2288
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Supervised reading of texts in Tibetan not covered by regular courses of instruction.

Tibetan 101b. Elementary Classical Tibetan
Catalog Number: 5299
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisite: Tibetan 101a.

Tibetan 102b. Intermediate Classical Tibetan
Catalog Number: 8580
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 4–5:30. EXAM GROUP: 18
Continuation of 102a.
Prerequisite: 101a, 101b or equivalent courses.

Tibetan 104br. Elementary Colloquial Tibetan
Catalog Number: 7026
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Continuation of Tibetan 104ar.

Tibetan 105br. Intermediate Colloquial Tibetan
Catalog Number: 1151
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.

Tibetan 106br. Advanced Colloquial Tibetan
Catalog Number: 5352
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp and members of the Department
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisite: Tibetan 101 and 102, or equivalent.

Primarily for Graduates

Tibetan 230. Readings in the Life of the Kashmirian Scholar Shakyashribhadra - (New Course)
Catalog Number: 92097
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp 1556
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Various Tibetan biographies of the life of this influential scholar will be examined and special problem areas will be analyzed in full detail.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Tibetan.

Graduate Courses of Reading and Research

*Tibetan 300. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 0666
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp 1556