Transregional
Directed reading and research on a topic approved by the DGS and advised by a faculty member (by arrangement) with expertise or specialized competence in the chosen field. Readings and research are done in preparation for the required master’s thesis.
The martial arts film has not only been a central genre for many East Asian cinemas, it has been the cinematic form that has most defined those cinemas for others. Domestically, martial arts films have served to promote the nation, while on the international arena, they have been one of the primary conduits of transnational cinematic interaction, as kung-fu or samurai films have influenced films inside and outside East Asia, from The Matrix to Kill Bill. Martial arts cinema has become a crucial means for thinking through such issues as nation, ethnicity, history, East vs. West, the body,...
Analysis of urban life in historical and contemporary societies. Topics include capitalist and postmodern transformations; class, gender, ethnicity, and migration; and global landscapes of power and citizenship.
Peoples of the steppe zone, stretching from Eastern Europe to Mongolia, have played a pivotal role in Old World prehistory, though much about their societies and lifeways is still shrouded in mystery. The archaeology of this macro-region has developed rapidly since the 1990s, and this course presents an overview of major topics and debates in the region based on what archaeologists currently know about Eurasian steppe societies of the past.
Historical and contemporary movements of people, goods, and cultural meanings that have defined Asia as a region. Reexamination of state-centered conceptualizations of Asia and of established boundaries in regional studies. The intersections of transregional institutions and local societies and their effects on trading empires, religious traditions, colonial encounters, and cultural fusion. Finance flows that connect East Asia and the Indian Ocean to the Middle East and Africa. The cultures of capital and market in the neoliberal and postsocialist world.
Examination of peoples of the steppe zone that stretches from Eastern Europe to Mongolia. Overview of what archaeologists know about Eurasian steppe societies, with emphasis on the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron, and medieval ages. Attention both to material culture and to historical sources. Topics range from the domestication of the horse to Genghis Khan’s world empire, including the impact these events had on neighboring civilizations in Europe and Asia.
Yale University School of Medicine and PIER/MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies Present a Teacher Workshop National refugee experts will review mental health problems in refugee youth. Speakers will present innovative programs around the country designed to enhance mental health and promote community integration of refugee youth. The workshop will provide opportunities for interactive discussions with leaders of these programs. Refugee families will also share personal stories of the journeys out of their home countries. For Teachers of All Disciplines and Professionals Who...
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This TWO DAY workshop is an interdisciplinary meeting that considers the notion of Himalayan Studies writ large, foregrounding connections between academic disciplines, local geographies, and trajectories of study over time. The keynote panel, from 5:30-7pm on Saturday March 9th in the Luce Hall Auditorium, will bring together in conversation Professor Charles Ramble (Ecole pratique des hautes Etudes, Sorbonne) and Professor James Scott (Yale University) on the theme of High Asian Connections. The workshop is being organized in conjunction with the Everyday Religion and Sustainable...
The United States and the West did not change their policy of isolating Burma because of concerns about democracy and human rights. It was “the China factor”. Burma was becoming a vassal of China which was seen as a threat to the status quo and regional stability. At the same time, Burma’s military was also concerned about China’s growing influence and realized that it has to reach out to the West to avoid being absorbed by Chinese political, economic and strategic interests. But in order to “woo the West” they also realized that they had to liberalize the country’s rigid political system -...
8:30 BREAKFAST, WELCOME 9:00-11:00 Thinking about Transcendence and Materiality Chair: Stanley Insler Robert Sharf, University of California, Berkeley “The Gap Between Buddhist Scholastic Philosophy and Material Culture” Phyllis Granoff, Yale University The Perfect Body of the Jina and his Imperfect Image Gérard Colas, CNRS Paris “The world and other bodies of Brahman-Viṣṇu: Rāmānuja on transcendence and matter” Usha Colas-Chauhan, Independent scholar ” Degrees of transcendence and materiality in Dualist Åšaivism” 11:00-11:15 BREAK 11:15- 12:45 Thinking about Transcendence and...
The Visualizing Cultures project at M.I.T. and the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University are pleased to announce an academic conference focused on the relationship between visual imagery and social change in modern Asia entitled, “Visualizing Asia in the Modern World.” This will be the forth in a series of academic conferences devoted to “image-driven scholarship” and teaching about Asia in the modern world. All conference sessions are free and open to public. We have selected scholars of history, art history, history of photography, and history of technology specializing in China...
This paper dwells on the exile experience of the Sikh rebel Nihal Singh (aka Bhai Maharaj Singh) and of his disciple Kharak Singh, in Singapore in the mid-nineteenth century. It tracks their story from Punjab to Calcutta to Singapore to highlight the lived experiences of political prisoners, especially in relation to those of the transmarine convicts who lived alongside of them in very different circumstances in the outposts of the British Empire in Southeast Asia. For More Information...
Two-day workshop organized by William W. Kelly and J. A. Mangan Members of the Yale and New Haven communities are invited to all sessions and reception. DAY 1: Room 202, Henry R. Luce Hall1:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Welcoming remarks, William W. Kelly 2:00 p.m. to 2:35 p.m. | J. A. Mangan (Cairns Institute, James Cook University), Singapore, Imperialism and Post-Imperialism, Part One: Cultural Imperialism, Curricular Control and Moral Mandate: Athleticism as Ideological Intent. 2:40 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. | Peter Horton (Cairns Institute, James Cook University), Singapore, Imperialism and Post-...
Professor J.A. Mangan is a world-renown scholar of sport history whose work has inspired a generation of historians and social scientists across the globe. His seminal book on athleticism and imperialism commanded attention and applause, opening new horizons of inquiry and providing the field with a richly perceptive study of hegemony and patronage, of cultural assimilation and adaptation, and of the ways that power elites used sport for socialization, acculturation and social control. His later works continued to pose critical, sometimes controversial, questions and offered fresh insights...
Come enjoy the festivities from 4:00 to 6:00 PM as the Council on East Asian Studies kicks off the fall term and welcomes our new students, postdocs, and scholars!
DAY ONE: Beyond Smithian Growth: Revisiting the Economic History of Early Modern Japan and ChinaPrior to the opening of the treaty ports in the mid-19th century, both Japan and China were dependent on peasant economies. And, yet, they were to follow very different paths of economic development after that point. In order to make sense of this difference, it is necessary for us to look beyond simple notions of Smithian growth, and examine the nature of exchanges that took place among peasant households. Paying attention not only to the division of labour among households by vocation or...
This talk covers the remarkable impact of Chinese vernacular narratives on literary practice in Korea and Japan (17th-19th centuries). Chinese vernacular had a unique role in Korea and Japan as a language that partook of the authority of the Chinese tradition, but that also described the most quotidian aspects of daily life and employed extremely vernacular expressions. For this reason, Chinese vernacular literature suggested to readers in Korea and Japan that vernacular narrative, not only Chinese, but also indigenous, could also be considered as literature and taken seriously as a means of...
In this paper based on a work in progress, Jaeeun Kim examines the migration careers, settlement patterns, and legalization strategies of ethnic Korean migrants from northeast China (Korean Chinese henceforward) to the United States. As colonial-era migrants from the Korean peninsula, Korean Chinese remained concentrated in their ethnic enclaves in northeast China throughout the Cold War era. Yet since the late 1980s, labor migration to and long-term settlement in other cities inside and outside China have become a major strategy with which Korean Chinese have weathered China’s drastic...
The panelists will first analyze the geographic disputes that have dominated the news this past summer and fall: the Kuril Islands, Dokdo/Takeshima, Senkaku/Diaoyutai, and the South China Sea, before discussing the conflicts more generally and answering questions from the audience.
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