Asian Studies

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. 

This course is for international students receiving undergraduate education in Fudan University. This course is designed to help international students in China better understand all aspects of China by introducing the current situation and history. Through various classroom activities, students are encouraged to collect, read and sort out materials in Chinese, so as to improve their ability to summarize, understand, discuss and reflect in Chinese, and train their academic application of Chinese. Through the combination of theory and practice, students are encouraged to understand China and the Chinese people on the basis of understanding, and to have dialogues with China and the Chinese people, so as to cultivate a broad perspective, an open, inclusive mentality and a global perspective.

This course examines sports in Hong Kong from personal development to the impact on society. It will first introduce different areas of sports, including medicine, the technologies involved in increasing and maintaining performance, and an overview of sports in Hong Kong. Following this, local elite athletes will share their experience in professional training and international events so that students can better understand strategies about how to tackle difficulties to reach the top of a profession and apply these principles to their own experience. 

This course explores the phenomenon of K-Wave and its impact on international consumer insight. It discusses how K-Wave has been initiated, developed, and proliferated and how it has earned business and marketing power on the other industries, cultures, and countries.