ASIA ENCHANTED: GHOSTS, GODS, AND MONSTERS

ASIAN 357

Surveys Japanese ghost stories in translation from a range of eras and media, including theater and film. Considers historical origins and reception, with particular emphasis on storytelling and adaptation across formats.

FOLKLORE/RELIGST 326

Explores evidence of belief in the supernatural in the modern world as it appears in the context of folk religion, folk medicine, legends, folk drama, ritual and custom, and media accounts and presentations. Surveys scholarly approaches to the topic. Course not available to students with credits for Folklore 415 before Fall 2023.

ASIAN 630

Advanced topics in Asian studies.

ASIAN/RELIGST 405

Introduces some of the most important deities of South Asia through visual representation, mythical narratives and rituals of worship. Topics include the development of iconographic forms and concepts, masculine and feminine aspects of the divine, the belief in human embodiments of divinities, the phenomenon of possession, modes of domestic and public worship and the symbolism of the temple structure.

ASIAN 300

Selected topics in the study of Asian Languages and Cultures.