Asian Studies

Introduce the history of Chinese book collection and explain the genealogical editing style.

Introduce papermaking plants and traditional papermaking technology, and learn about papermaking plants on campus.

Introduce traditional Chinese paper and ink, printing technology, watermark printing techniques.

Teach traditional engraving techniques and create engravings (genealogy charts, library tickets).

Experience traditional papermaking in the paper workshop.

Lecture on traditional printing methods, printing works on homemade handmade paper.

Introduce traditional Chinese binding art, ancient book layout, and paper dyeing art.

This course explores China's domestic political and economic reform after Deng Xiaoping (1978 to present).  The course outlines China's political system and its evolution, discussing the social consequences of China's economic liberalization. 

This course has been specifically designed for students in the Department of Korean Language and Literature AND the University of California Education Abroad Program (UCEAP). It surveys modern Korean history through close readings of selected major literary works. Rather than offering a mere narrative of the peninsula’s history, it focuses on particular episodes, events, influences, and historical ruptures that have shaped how Korean writers have interpreted and understood their past. The course looks at the use of a form of writing (“the novel”) as a historical source. It examines the development of the long story form, the formalistic aspects of narrative, and its cultural impact. Major themes include the country’s opening to the West, its colonial experience and subsequent fratricidal war, and the divergent post-colonial paths of the two separate Koreas. Throughout, we address the tensions of Korean nationalism, authoritarianism, and industrialization in conjunction with the politics of gender and class. The latter half of the semester will focus primarily on the diaspora and migrant workers in South Korea.

This course examines contemporary Korean society, with special focus on social issues across various fields including sociology of religion. 

This course studies South Korea’s remarkable transformation since 1960. The course concentrates on three critical turning points: Park Chung Hee’s creation of the development state beginning in the early 1960s, democratization in 1987, and the genesis of and reaction to the 1997 economic crisis. This course offers a new view of how Korea was able to maintain a pro-development state with sustained growth by resolving repeated crises in favor of rebalancing and greater political and economic openness. 

This course discusses the diverse aspects of Korean culture and fashion. It studies the unique social, psychological, and political attributes of Korean culture and fashion; reviews Korean fashion and fashion industry; and analyzes success DNA of K-pop, K- movie, and K-fashion. 

This course familiarizes students with factual knowledge of technological developments in China from the Mao era onwards, as well as various scholarly insights into such developments. By the end of the course, students will be able to critically analyze China’s technological developments and policies based on their increased understanding of different political contexts under different Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership, and how the technological developments have impacted social norms, social institutions, and social classes in China.

The course has one hour of lecture and one hour of class discussion. Different forms of class discussion will be held, including paired discussion, small group discussions, large group discussion, and short debates.

This course examines the intersection of Asia and urbanization through the lens of development, broadly defined. It covers pollution, housing, labor, gender, mobility, and education. 

This course examines globalization and regional transformation in East Asia especially from the joint and distance lectures of the three Universities in Korea, China and Japan. (Yonsei, Fudan, and Keio). Topics include general information and history of globalization, globalization theory, anti-globalization, regionalism, global politics of regionalism, regional transformation, politics and security, economics and society, and culture, consciousness and identity. 

The course provides a detailed examination of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the Korean peninsula. It discusses the ways the DMZ affects the population, the effects on the local environment, and how people navigate the existence of the DMZ in their daily lives. It also looks at the controversies or tensions between the two sides in the zone and how the international community can help to create a more stable environment in the region.