Professor: Cynthia Packert (program director, art history); Associate Professor: Ian Barrow (history); Sujata Moorti (women's and gender studies); Yumna Siddiqi (English); William Waldron (religion); Other affiliated faculty: Febe Armanios (history), Colin Mackenzie (art history), Ellen Oxfeld (sociology and anthropology), Sunder Ramaswamy (economics); Program Coordinator: Carolann Davis.
This program offers a minor in South Asian Studies to students who complete the following requirements:
(1) Two of the following core courses which focus primarily on South Asia or the religions of South Asia:
- ENAM 0270 Postcolonial Literature: 20th-Century South Asia
- ENAM 0310 Postcolonial Studies and Politics
- HARC 0203 Introduction to Indian Art
- HARC 0227 Poetry, Piety & Power: Indian Painting 1200-Present
- HIST 0238 Ancient and Medieval India
- HIST 0239 Modern India
- HIST 0414 Gandhi
- HIST 0415 Colonialism
- RELI 0140 Hindu Traditions of India
- RELI 0150 The Islamic Tradition
- RELI 0220 Buddhist Traditions in India
- RELI 0224 Tibetan Tantric Traditions
- RELI 0391 Seminar on Women and Religion (when offered as Goddesses of South Asia)
- Winter Term Modern Sri Lanka
(2) Two courses, chosen from group 1 (above) or from the following courses, which include significant course materials on South Asia or Islam:
- HARC 0103 Intro to Asian Art
- HARC 0204 Approaches to Islamic Art
- HIST 0108 The Early History of Islam and the Middle East
- HIST 0109 The History of Islam and the Middle East
- INTL 0449 Imperialism and Culture
- RELI 0120 Intro to Asian Religions
- RELI 0255 Islam in the Modern World
- RELI 0320 Seminar in Buddhist Philosophy
- WAGS/ FMMC 0347 Remote Control: Global TV Culture
(3) One advanced, relevant 0400-level course (including those listed above in group 1) or an independent 0500-level project.
NOTE: Other courses offered during the fall and spring semesters, or during the winter term, or at universities in South Asia, may substitute for courses in category 2 at the discretion of the program director. The director or minor adviser will also approve courses to count in category 3.
There are many possibilities for study at universities in South Asia. Contact the Office of Off-Campus Study for details.