Overview
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) was one of the first academic departments devoted to the study of Asia established in the United States. Its history dates back to 1872 when one of the founders of the University of California, Edward Tompkins — convinced that the future of the state and its citizens lay not in the Atlantic 'old world' but in the Pacific — presented the then four-year-old institution with its first endowed chair, the Agassiz Professorship of Oriental Languages and Literature. More than a century later, the department continues to build upon its distinguished tradition of scholarship and service as an innovative and vibrant center for the teaching and research of East Asian languages, literatures, and cultures.
In 1901, the department began to develop a curriculum in Japanese to complement its initial strengths in Chinese, and in 1942, it became the first department in the country to offer instruction in Korean. By the 1960s — in the wake of an unprecedented expansion in the postwar era of Area Studies programs in the American academy — UC Berkeley and the department cemented its national preeminence in the study of East Asia and hosted many of the most renowned modern scholars of Chinese and Japanese linguistics, literature, and cultural history.
Today, the department offers a comprehensive curriculum in the East Asian humanities for both undergraduate and graduate students that encompasses modern and classical languages, literatures, philosophies, and cultures. Faculty research and teaching interests are diverse and interdisciplinary, running the gamut from premodern literary and artistic expression to contemporary writing and popular cultures.
East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) is also at the center of a lively campuswide community devoted to the study of East Asia, and EALC students benefit immensely from the expertise of over 50 Berkeley faculty members conducting research on China, Japan, and Korea in disciplines such as Anthropology, Architecture, Art History, Comparative Literature, Economics, Film, Geography, History, Journalism, Music, Political Science, and Sociology.
Language Exams
The department offers two types of language exams: placement and proficiency. Placement exams are for those students who plan to enroll in one of the language courses. Proficiency exams are for students who wish to waive a college major or foreign language requirement without taking a course.
Undergraduate Programs
Chinese Language
: BA, Minor
East Asian Religion, Thought, and Culture
: BA
Japanese Language
: BA, Minor
Korean Language
: Minor
Graduate Programs
Chinese Language
: PhD
Japanese Language
: PhD
Courses
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Chinese
CHINESE 220 Seminar in Philological Analysis of Ancient Chinese Texts 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Spring 2013, Spring 2009, Spring 2005
Readings vary from year to year and are drawn from a wide variety of philosophical and historiographical sources.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
CHINESE 221 Reading the Zhuangzi 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2014
This course sets out to examine a set of “focus chapters” from the Zhuangzi along several dimensions: 1) in the context of Warring States thought, 2) as independent stories that need to be puzzled through and read critically, and 3) tracing the influence of those chapters on subsequent periods of Chinese thought.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
CHINESE 222 Early Chinese Thought 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015
An analytical exploration of the central texts of Warring States (453-221 BCE) religion and philosophy.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: At least one year of Classical Chinese
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
CHINESE C223 Readings in Chinese Buddhist Texts 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2014
This seminar is an intensive introduction to various genres of Buddhist literature in classical Chinese, including translations of Sanskrit and Central Asian scriptures. Chinese commentaries, philosophical treatises, hagiographies, and sectarian works. It is intended for graduate students who already have some facility in classical Chinese. It will also serve as a tools and methods course, covering the basic reference works and secondary scholarship in the field of East Asian Buddhism. The content of the course will be adjusted from semester to semester to best accommodate the needs and interests of students.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Also listed as: BUDDSTD C223
CHINESE 230 Seminar in Chinese Literary History 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2012
Readings in major genres and authors of Chinese literature, with attention to relevant "nonliterary" (philosophical, scholarly, historiographical, etc.) sources where useful; period and thematic focus varies from semester to semester.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Good reading knowledge of classical Chinese and consent of instructor. Previous course work in classical Chinese literature is desirable
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
CHINESE 234 Texts on the Civilization of Medieval China 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Course content varies with interests of students.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
CHINESE 242 Genre and Method in Traditional Chinese Texts 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Introduction to the history of Chinese textual production. Detailed close reading of the texts and training in the methodologies of solving problems of lexicon, theme, structure, imagery, and metaphor.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: CHINESE 110B, and CHINESE 100B or CHINESE 100XB; or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: Chinese 242A
CHINESE 254 Chinese Literatures and Cultures in Global Context 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2002
This course explores relations of Chinese literature and culture to other parts of Asia, Africa, Latin America, or the West, ranging from specific global transactions to comparative perspectives, and ranging widely across different historical periods. Specific topics vary from year to year.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
CHINESE 255 Late Imperial Fiction and Drama 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
This course examines the canonical texts of the late-imperial period, placing them in the context of literary culture of the Ming-Qing. The course focuses on a different set of texts each time it is taught; the aim is to introduce students to the primary issues in scholarship of late-imperial fiction and drama over a period of several years.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
CHINESE 257 Modern Chinese Literature 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Graduate seminar in modern Chinese literature. Topics vary from year to year.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Reading knowledge of modern Chinese
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
CHINESE 280 Modern Chinese Cultural Studies 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
Directed study of modern Chinese literary and media cultures. Course provides both historical coverage and a grounding in various theoretical problems and methodological approaches. Topics include print culture, cinema, popular music, and material culture; emphasis varies from year to year.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Reading knowledge of modern Chinese
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
CHINESE 298 Directed Study for Graduate Students 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Spring 2017
Special tutorial or seminar on selected topics not covered by available courses or seminars.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
3 weeks - 5-40 hours of independent study per week
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
CHINESE 299 Thesis Preparation and Related Research 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Spring 2017
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of thesis supervisor and graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
3 weeks - 5-20 hours of independent study per week
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
CHINESE 601 Individual Study for Master's Students 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Spring 2017
Individual study for the comprehensive or language requirements in consultation with the graduate adviser. Units may not be used to meet either unit or residence requirements for a master's degree.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
CHINESE 602 Individual Study for Doctoral Students 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Spring 2017
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare for various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Chinese/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
East Asian Languages
EA LANG 200 Proseminar: Approaches to East Asian Studies 2 or 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
This course is a pro-seminar required for all entering graduate students in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures no matter their particular areas of interest. Its purpose is to introduce graduate students in the program to the major theoretical concerns, academic issues, and interpretive methodologies relevant to humanistic studies more generally and to the study of East Asian literature, thought, religion, and culture in particular. Supervising faculty change from year to year, as does the focus of the seminar.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: East Asian Languages and Cultures/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
EA LANG 202 Close Reading Area Studies: China and Japan in the World 2 or 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2009
This course will consider alternative strategies and modes of close reading that can be relevant to the study of East Asia with a focus on China and Japan. As we concentrate on the historical role of philological research, translation studies, interdisciplinary scholarship and ask how "knowledge" about East Asia is produced in our fields, our readings on "close reading" will help us question the common sense of "civilization," culture," and "tradition," and explore new ways of asking questions about text and context, aesthetics and politics, cultural memory, historical narratives, and regimes of knowledge.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: East Asian Languages and Cultures/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: O'Neill
EA LANG 204 Topics in East Asian Studies 2 or 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2016
This course provides a place for graduate-level seminars in East Asian Studies that rely primarily on secondary scholarship and texts in translation. Content will vary between semesters but will typically focus on a particular theme. Themes will be chosen according to faculty and student interests, with an eye toward introducing students to the breadth of available western scholarship on that subject, from classics in the field to the latest publications.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: East Asian Languages and Cultures/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
EA LANG C220 Seminar in Buddhism and Buddhist Texts 2 or 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014
Content varies with student interests. The course will normally focus on classical Buddhist texts that exist in multiple recensions and languages, including Chinese, Sanskrit, and Tibetan.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: East Asian Languages and Cultures/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Also listed as: BUDDSTD C220/S,SEASN C220
EA LANG 291 Teaching East Asian Philosophy and Religion 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2015
This course is taught in parallel with the EA LANG 191 capstone course on the philosophies and religions of East Asia examined from multiple theoretical perspectives. It comprises several thematic units within which a short set of readings about theory are followed by chronologically arranged readings about East Asia. Themes will alternate from year to year but may include: ritual and performance studies; religion and evolution; definitions of religion and theories of its origins; and the role of sacrifice. Graduate students will additionally attend five “teaching East Asia thought” lectures and also produce an original syllabus in a related area of their interest.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: East Asian Languages and Cultures/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Japanese
JAPAN C225 Readings in Japanese Buddhist Texts 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014
This seminar serves as an introduction to a broad range of Japanese Buddhist literature belonging to different historical periods and genres, including liturgical texts; monastic records, rules, and ritual manuals; doctrinal treatises; biographies of monks; and histories of Buddhism in Japan. Students are required to do all the readings in the original languages, which are classical Chinese (Kanbun) and classical Japanese. It will also serve as a tools and methods course, covering basic reference works and secondary scholarship in the field of Japanese Buddhism. The content of the course will be adjusted from semester to semester to accommodate the needs and interests of the students.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Japanese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Also listed as: BUDDSTD C225
JAPAN 230 Seminar in Classical Japanese Poetry 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
Topics run from Japan's earliest extant poetic anthologies in Chinese (Kaifuso) or Japanese (Man'yoshu) to medieval linked verse (renga) and Edo haikai.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Two semesters of classical Japanese
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Japanese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
JAPAN C231 Japanese Studies: Past, Present... and Future? 2 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
Offers an overview of the history and current state of the field in Japanese studies, with faculty presentations, selected readings, and orientation sessions with East Asian Library staff to acquaint participants with relevant resources for research. Requirements will include completion of course readings and preparation of a research prospectus.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Japanese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Also listed as: HISTORY C231
JAPAN 232 Japanese Bibliography 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
An introduction to research tools for Japanese studies. The course gives primary consideration to literary sources but also presents an overview of basic texts and web sites dealing with bibliographical citation, lexicography, history, religion, fine arts, geography, personal names, biographies, genealogies, and calendrical calculation. Internet access is required.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Reading ability in modern Japanese; classical Japanese helpful but not required
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Japanese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
JAPAN 234 Seminar in Classical Japanese Drama 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Spring 2013, Fall 2004, Fall 2002
Topics may include examples from the Noh, Kyogen, Joruri, or Kabuki theaters.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Two semesters of classical Japanese
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Japanese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
JAPAN 240 Seminar in Classical Japanese Texts 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2010, Fall 2008, Spring 2008
Topics may include works of Heian fiction such as The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) and memoirs such as The Pillow Book (Makura no soshi).
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Two semesters of classical Japanese
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Japanese/Graduate
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
JAPAN 255 Seminar in Prewar Japanese Literature 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Reading and critical evaluation of selected texts in prewar (roughly the 1860s though the 1940s) Japanese literature and literary and cultural criticism. Texts change with each offering of the course.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Japanese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
JAPAN 259 Seminar in Postwar Japanese Literature 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014
Reading and critical evaluation of selected texts in postwar (roughly the 1940s through the present) Japanese literature and literary and cultural criticism. Texts change with each offering of the course.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Japanese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
JAPAN 298 Directed Study for Graduate Students 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Spring 2017
Special tutorial or seminar on selected topics not covered by available courses or seminars.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
3 weeks - 5-40 hours of independent study per week
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
10 weeks - 1.5-12 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Japanese/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
JAPAN 299 Thesis Preparation and Related Research 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2017
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of thesis supervisor and graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Japanese/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
JAPAN 601 Individual Study for Master's Students 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Spring 2017
Individual study for the comprehensive or language requirements in consultation with the graduate adviser. Units may not be used to meet either unit or residence requirements for a master's degree.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Japanese/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
JAPAN 602 Individual Study for Doctoral Students 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Spring 2017
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare for various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Japanese/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Korean
KOREAN 200 Special Topics in Korean Literature for Graduate Students 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2007, Fall 2004
This seminar provides in-depth discussions on a topic germane to Korean and other East Asian literary and cultural studies. Students in the Group in Asian Studies with research interests in Korean literature, intellectual history, and popular culture are particularly recommended to take this course. Students in Chinese and Japanese may take this course for the purpose of comparative examination with the student's main area of research. The course is open to graduate students in all fields, but students should consult with the instructor to determine the viability of this course for the student's overall program of studies. Topics will vary.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Korean/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
KOREAN 298 Directed Study for Graduate Students 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Spring 2017
Special tutorial or seminar on selected topics not covered by available courses or seminars.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Korean/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
KOREAN 299 Thesis Preparation and Related Research 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Spring 2017
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of thesis supervisor and graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Korean/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
KOREAN 601 Individual Study for Master's Students 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Spring 2017
Individual study for the comprehensive or language requirements in consultation with the graduate adviser. Units may not be used to meet either unit or residence requirements for a master's degree.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Korean/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
KOREAN 602 Individual Study for Doctoral Students 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Spring 2017
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare for various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Korean/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Tibetan
TIBETAN C214 Seminar in Tibetan Buddhism 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2012
This course provides a place for graduate-level seminars in Tibetan Buddhism that rely primarily on secondary sources and Tibetan texts in translation. Content will vary between semesters but will typically focus on a particular theme. Themes will be chosen according to student interests, with an eye toward introducing students to the breadth of available western scholarship on Tibet, from classics in the field to the latest publications.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Tibetan/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Dalton
Also listed as: BUDDSTD C214/S ASIAN C214
TIBETAN C224 Readings in Tibetan Buddhist Texts 2 or 4 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
This seminar provides an introduction to a broad range of Tibetan Buddhist texts, including chronicles and histories, biographical literature, doctrinal treatises, canonical texts, ritual manuals, pilgrimage guides, and liturgical texts. It is intended for graduate students interested in premodern Tibet from any perspective. Students are required to do all of the readings in the original classical Tibetan. It will also serve as a tools and methods for the study of Tibetan Buddhist literature, including standard lexical and bibliographic references, digital resources, and secondary literature in modern languages. The content of the course will vary from semester to semester to account for the needs and interests of particular students.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Tibetan/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Dalton
Also listed as: BUDDSTD C224/S ASIAN C224
TIBETAN 298 Directed Study for Graduate Students 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Special tutorial or seminar on selected topics not covered by available courses or seminars.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Tibetan/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
TIBETAN 299 Thesis Preparation and Related Research 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of thesis supervisor and graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Tibetan/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
TIBETAN 601 Individual Study for Master's Students 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Individual study for the comprehensive or language requirements in consultation with the graduate adviser. Units may not be used to meet either unit or residence requirements for a master's degree.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Tibetan/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
TIBETAN 602 Individual Study for Doctoral Students 1 - 8 Units
Offered through: East Asian Languages and Cultures
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare for various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Tibetan/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Faculty and Instructors
Faculty
Jinsoo An, Assistant Professor.
Robert Ashmore, Associate Professor. China, lyric poetry, Chinese literature, Chinese culture, poetic theory.
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Weihong Bao, Assistant Professor.
Mark L. Blum, Professor. Buddhism, Japan, culture and society, modernization.
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Mark Csikszentmihalyi, Professor. Early China, Confucianism, Taoism, Daoism, Comparative Religion.
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Jacob Dalton, Associate Professor. Religion, ritual, Tibet, Buddhism, Tantra, Dunhuang.
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Yoko Hasegawa, Professor. Pragmatics, syntax, east asian languages and cultures, acoustic phonetics, semantics, sociolinguistics of Japanese, cognitive linguistics.
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H. Mack Horton, Professor. Performativity, east asian languages and cultures, classical poetry, diary literature, cultural context, anthology of vernacular poetry, Man'yôshû, poetry and poetics.
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Andrew Jones, Professor. East asian languages and cultures, Chinese popular music, sonic culture, media technology, modern Chinese fiction, children's literature, literary translation.
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Ling Hon Lam, Assistant Professor.
Daniel C. O'Neill, Associate Professor. Modern Japanese Literature, East Asian Cinema, Global Modernism, visual studies.
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Lanchih Po, Associate Adjunct Professor.
Robert H. Sharf, Professor. East asian languages and cultures, medieval Chinese buddhism, Chan buddhism, Japanese buddhism, Zen buddhism, Tantric buddhism, buddhist art, ritual studies, methodological issues in the study of religion.
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Alan Tansman, Professor. Modern Japanese Literature, literary and cultural theory, aesthetics and politics, Comparative Responses to Violence, literary history.
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Paula Varsano, Associate Professor. Phenomenology, translation, comparative literature, aesthetics, epistemology, classical Chinese poetry and poetics (3rd-11th centuries), traditional Chinese literary theory.
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Sophie Volpp, Associate Professor. East asian languages and cultures, history of performance, gender theory, the history of sexuality, material culture, material objects in late-imperial literature.
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Lecturers
Yasuko Konno Baker, Lecturer. Japanese language.
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Brian Baumann, Lecturer. Mongolian language.
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Weisi Cai, Lecturer. Chinese language.
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Yuriko Caltabiano, Lecturer. Japanese language.
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Seung-Eun Chang, Lecturer. Korean language.
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I-Hsuan Chen, Lecturer. Chinese language.
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Damien Donnelly, Lecturer. Chinese language.
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Kayoko Imagawa, Lecturer. Japanese language.
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Wakae Kambara, Lecturer. Japanese language.
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Boyoung Kim, Lecturer. Korean language.
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Jiyoung Kim, Lecturer. Korean language.
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Kyung-Ah Kim, Lecturer. Korean language.
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Minsook Kim, Lecturer. Korean language.
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Noriko Knickerbocker, Lecturer. Japanese language.
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Kijoo Ko, Lecturer. Korean language.
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Yumi Konishi, Lecturer. Japanese language.
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Meehyei Lee, Lecturer. Korean language.
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Soojin C. Lee, Lecturer. Korean language.
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I-Hao Li, Lecturer. Chinese language.
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Hsin-yu Lin, Lecturer. Chinese language.
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Li Liu, Lecturer. Chinese language.
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Mayu Kondo Loffgren, Lecturer. Japanese language.
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Sanjyot Mehendale, Lecturer. Near Eastern studies, Central Asia, Central Asian studies, archaeology and art history.
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Michaela Mross, Lecturer. Buddhist studies.
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Hyun Suk Park, Lecturer. Korean language.
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Junghee Park, Lecturer. Korean language.
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Jann M. Ronis, Lecturer. Buddhist studies.
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Chika Shibahara, Lecturer. Japanese language.
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Maki Takata, Lecturer. Japanese language.
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Chen-Hui Tsai, Lecturer. Chinese language.
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John R. Wallace, Lecturer. Japanese language.
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Noriko Komatsu Wallace, Lecturer. Japanese language.
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Xianghua Wu, Lecturer. Chinese language.
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Chunhong Xie, Lecturer. Chinese language.
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Lihua Zhang, Lecturer. Chinese language.
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Visiting Faculty
Youngmin Kwon, Visiting Professor. Korean literature.
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Emeritus Faculty
Haruo Aoki, Professor Emeritus.
Cyril Birch, Professor Emeritus.
James E. Bosson, Professor Emeritus.
Kun Chang, Professor Emeritus.
Hung-Nin Samuel Cheung, Professor Emeritus. East asian languages and cultures, East Asian studies, vernacular Chinese literature and linguistics.
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John C. Jamieson, Professor Emeritus.
Lewis Lancaster, Professor Emeritus. East asian languages and cultures, East Asian studies, east asian buddhism.
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Susan Matisoff, Professor Emeritus. Japanese literature, performing arts and folklore.
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Jeffrey Riegel, Professor Emeritus. East asian languages and cultures, ancient Chinese poetry and prose, early Chinese thought, Confucian classics, paleography, recently-excavated manuscripts.
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Pang-Hsin Ting, Professor Emeritus.
Stephen H. West, Professor Emeritus.
Contact Information
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
3413 Dwinelle Hall
Phone: 510-642-3480
Fax: 510-642-6031