| 2015
704 |
Southeast
Asian Civilization
SEA CIV
Southeast Asian civilization as a product of the creative
cultural life of several different races and peoples in Southeast
Asia; the formation of various centers of early civilization
in Southeast Asia resulting from geographical conditions, inter-regional
and intra-regional contacts, cultural integration, and the rise
of urban communities; the conditions that maintained the existence
of each civilization center; the evolution of Southeast Asian
civilization. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
706 |
Modern
Southeast Asia: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Democratization
MOD SEA COL NA DEM
The unique character of modern Southeast Asia;
creative processes by which Southeast Asians have been adapting
their cultures to the world in change; factors influencing the
emergence and development of Southeast Asia, including climate
and ecology, science and technology, and intra-regional and
international contacts; the arrival of Western colonialism and
its impact on Southeast Asian economic, political and social,
systems; the rise of nationalism; the democratization process
in Southeast Asia. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
708 |
ASEAN
in Regional and Global Context
ASEAN REG GLO CONT
The emergence of ASEAN in Southeast Asia; ASEAN
and its connections to Southeast Asian and world politics during
and after the Cold War period; ASEAN and the problems of disunity
and national interests among the individual members; external
influences and internal resistances linked to the current status
and future of ASEAN in world politics. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
710 |
Research
Methodology in Southeast Asian Studies
RES METHOD SEA
Forms, methods, and direction of Southeast
Asian studies structured and developed by colonial scholars;
concept and ideology underlying noted works produced under
the context of nationalism during the anti-colonial era; form,
substance, and new direction of academic works on Southeast
Asia created by American scholars during the cold war period;
significant academic products of indigenous scholars after
the cold war period and the methodology which emphasizes internal
dimension. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
712 |
State
and Society in Mainland Southeast Asia
STA SOC MAIN SEA
Interrelationships between the state
and civil society in mainland Southeast Asia from the monarchic
period to after World War II; the struggle of local autonomy
against state authority with regard to the problems of self-governance,
the allocation of resources, and people's fundamental rights. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
714 |
Local
Autonomy in Southeast Asia
LOC AUTO SEA
The growth and development of local autonomy
in Southeast Asia; self-sufficiency and the emergence of local
autonomy; villages and towns in Southeast Asia as bodies of
local autonomy; various characteristics and dimensions of
local autonomy - both legal and illegal; local autonomy and
centralization; the impact of globalization on local autonomy
and identity in Southeast Asia. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
715 |
Southeast
Asian Arts and Culture
SEA ART CUL
An overview of the arts of Southeast Asia; Southeast Asian
arts in a socio-cultural context; underlying concepts of Southeast
Asian arts; major movements in Southeast Asian arts from the
19th century to the present. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
716 |
Ethnic
Politics in Southeast Asia
ETHN POL SEA
Diverse ethnic groups in Southeast Asia; the extent of the
integration of these ethnic groups in the context of a traditional
state; the change of status and roles of some ethnic groups
in the colonial period ; nation states after World War II and
the political roles of the ethnic groups in Southeast Asia. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
718 |
Regionalism
and Regional Organizations in Southeast Asia
REG ORG SEA
The rise and development of regionalism in Southeast Asia
from concept to practice; the geopolitical factors inducing
political groupings in Southeast Asia from the Pan-Malayan irredentist
movement of the 1930s to SEATO, Maphilindo, ASA and ASEAN. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
720 |
Ecology
and Nature in Mainland Southeast Asia
ECO NAT MAIN SEA
Persisting and changing views on nature ; representations
of nature in the world of Buddhism and animism in Southeast
Asia; the extent to which some animistic views have shaped particular
discourses on ecology and have influenced reqional movement
environmental conservation. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
721 |
Urbanization
in Southeast Asia
URBAN SEA
The emergence and development of urban communities in Southeast
Asia; urban -rural connections; colonialism and urban forms;
urbanization as part of modernization and industrialization;
urban and regional developments; expansion of metropolitan regions;
urban regimes and urban governance; slums and substandard housing;
urban infrastructure provision. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
722 |
Southeast
Asian Values and Worldview
SEA VAL WORLD
Folk and court explanations of the world order; cosmologies
and social hierarchy; values and taboos in Southeast Asian society;
ideas on man and social order in Southeast Asian life. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
724 |
Gender
in Southeast Asia
GENDER SEA
Gender relations and economic development in Southeast Asia
focusing on issues of industrialization, tourism, the environment
and sustainable development; sexuality and gender relations
including violence against women, and trafficking in women;
women's participation in and accessibility to politics and law;
women and health including reproductive rights, sexually transmitted
diseases and occupational health; women and socialization. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
726 |
Globalization
and Local Identity in Southeast Asia
GLO LOC IDENT SEA
The theory of globalization and modernity, colonialism and
orientalism; post-colonialism and the rise of the "third world"
as international political forces; developmentalism; nationalism;
the nation state and bureaucracy, communist movements and other
counter state movements; religious movements as counter monopolized
modernity; gender and class in Southeast Asia; popular culture
in Southeast Asia. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
727 |
Human
Rights in the Southeast Asian Context
HUM RIGHT SEA CONT
Human rights in the Southeast Asian context; development
of the ideas on human rights in connection with the adoption
of western culture; the role of writers and journalists in the
campaign for human rights; student movements and the spread
of the ideas of human rights; the awareness of social and legal
problems concerning human rights. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
728 |
Multilingualism
in Southeast Asia
MULTILING SEA
The significance of multi-languages used in Southeast Asia,
including standard languages; regional languages, dialects,
minority languages, and foreign languages; the attitudes of
the Southeast Asian people towards other languages; language
changes in Southeast Asia as a result of social and cultural
changes. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
730 |
Southeast
Asian Landscape and Society
SEA LAND SOC
Physical geography and its effect on politics, the economy
and society of each country and the region as a whole; human
and cultural geography of Southeast Asia; peasant society; the
spatial dimension related to various types of conflicts and
cooperation in the region; ASEAN border conflicts. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
731 |
Literature
and Society in Southeast Asia
LIT SOC SEA
An analysis of Southeast Asian literature in relation to
social, political and cultural aspects; historical and social
contexts of authors and the reading public; the use of concepts
of literary criticism, history, politics, sociology and other
related disciplines. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
732 |
Folklore
in Southeast Asia
FOLKLORE SEA
Various kinds of folklore, including folk songs, folk performances,
riddles, proverbs, folk art, folk beliefs and rituals in Southeast
Asia; the use of folklore data as a means of understanding Southeast
Asian thoughts, values and cultures. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
734 |
Southeast
Asian Theatre and Film
SEA THEATRE FILM
Development of theatre and films in Southeast Asia; the
relationship between traditional culture and local theatre and
film production; western influence on Southeast Asian theatre
and films; the interrelationship between theatre and films and
politics and society. |
|
| 2015
735 |
The
Politics of the Narcotics Trade in Southeast Asia
POL NARCO TRAD SEA
Narcotic plants in Southeast Asia; opium and opium trading
from the colonial period to World War II; the narcotics trade
and its network, including production bases and trading routes
in various areas, especially in the Golden Triangle; the narcotics
trade and political conflicts in Southeast Asia after World
War II. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
736 |
Islam
in Southeast Asia
ISLAM SEA
The spread of Islam in Southeast Asia and its impact upon
local societies; the politicization of Islam; Islam and conflicts
in Southeast Asian politics and societies. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
738 |
Vietnam
from the Colonial Period to the Present
VIET COL PRESENT
Different aspects of Vietnamese history from the second
half of the 19th century up to the present, with emphasis on
French colonial rule and its repercussions on Vietnamese society;
the rise of Vietnamese nationalism; communism in Vietnamese
society; Vietnam during World War II; post-war Vietnam and the
division of the country; Vietnam and the Indochinese wars; the
socialist transformation of South Vietnam after the unification
of the country in 1975; the reform of the country in the 1980s
and its impacts. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
739 |
Vietnamese
Communism
VIET COM
Acceptance and implementation of communism into different
aspects of Vietnamese society, with emphasis on the history
of communism in Vietnam; the transformation of Vietnamese
society into a socialist/communist society; the transformation
processes and problems in some particular aspects, including
arts, literature, social organizations, education and historical
explanations. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
740 |
Traditionalism,
Revolution, and Consolidation in Cambodia
TRAD REV CONSO CAM
Conflicts between traditionalism and modernity in Cambodian
internal politics; politics during the Cold War and its aftermath;
revolution and government under the Khmer Rouge; Vietnamese
politics within Cambodia; revolution and development of independence
movements. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
742 |
Myanmar
as a Militaristic State
Myanmar MILITAR
Bases of Myanmar politics; the military and struggle for
independence; monarchicism and militarism; the military and
the Myanmar way to socialism; the military, religion and politics
in Myanmar; the Myanmar militaristic state in the age of globalization
and the New World Order. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
743 |
Buddhism
and Spiritualism in Myanmar
BUD SPIRIT Myanmar
Buddhism and spiritualism as the core of the Myanmar worldview;
connection of Buddhism and spiritualism to the Myanmar way of
life; the spheres of Buddhism and spiritualism in Myanmar society;
current changes within Myanmar Buddhism and spiritualism. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
744 |
External
Impact and Cultural Integration in the Making of the Laotian
State
IMP CUL INTE LAO
The Laotian State in regional politics; the inteference
of external powers and the internal conflicts among the Lao
elites of Luang Pra Bang, Vientiane and Champasak; Laos under
French-colonial rule; the external impact duing the Cold War
period; identity in diversity and the impact of interference
from Thailand, Vietnam and the world powers both before and
after World War II. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
746 |
Islamic
Tradition, Modernization and Race Relations in Malaysia
ISLAM MOD MALAY
Impacts of Islam on Malay cultural beliefs and society;
the roles of Islam in modernization; alienation in social relationships
in Malaysian society. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
747 |
Current
Research on Southeast Asia
CURRENT RES SEA
Interesting issues in current research on Southeast Asia. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
748 |
Seminar
on Southeast Asia
SEM SEA
Selected issues on Southeast Asia. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
750 |
Individual
Study
INDIV STUD
A specific topic of research according to each student's
interest. |
3(0-0-12) |
| 2015
751 |
Directed
Reading on Southeast Asia
DIR READ SEA
Supervised reading of assigned works in Southeast Asian
Studies. |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
752 |
Special
Topics on Southeast Asia SPEC TOP SEA
Special topics on Southeast Asia |
3(3-0-9) |
| 2015
811 |
Thesis |
12
credits |
