Join the Department of Asian and Middle East Studies in any of our upcoming courses:

Fall 2026

  • ANTH 206D. 00 Seminar in Ethnomusicology 
  • ARHS 114.00 Introduction Asian Art
  • ARHS 114.01 Introduction Asian Art
  • ARHS 235.00 Art of China
  • AMES 101.00 Intro Asian & Middle East Studies
  • AMES 140D.00 Intro to the Islamic Tradition
  • HIST 161.00 Early East Asia
  • HIST 258.00 Ottoman Empire
  • CHNS 321.00 ADV Conversation & Composition
  • MUSC 206D.00 Seminar in Ethnomusicology
  • RLST 140 Intro to Islamic Tradition
  • RLST 160.00 Buddhist Thought and Practice 

Spring 2027

  • AMES 101.00 Intro Asian & Mid East Studies 
  • AMES 365.00 Ghosts, Jinn, Yokai
  • AMES 166D.00 Hist of the Islamicate World
  • ARHS 114.00 Introduction to Asian Art 
  • ARHS 115.00 Intro to Islamic Art & Architect 
  • CHNS 322.00 Chinese Language & Culture 
  • HIST 160.00 Modern East Asia 
  • HIST 345.00 History of the Indian Ocean 
  • MUSC 485.00 Asian Music Ensemble
  •  RLST 166.00 East Asian Religions
  • RLST 272.00 Modern Buddhism 
  • RLST 290.00 Seminar of Sufism 

Previous Course Listings

ARHS 114 Intro to Asian Art

ARHS 115 Intro to Islamic Art & Architecture

ARHS 240 History of Chinese Painting

HIST 160 Modern East Asia

HIST 166 History of the Islamicate World

HIST 291 ST: WGS in East Asia

CHNS 112Y Intensive Intro Chinese

CHNS 2114Y Intermediate Chinese

CHNS 322 Chinese Language & Culture

JAPN 112 Y Intensive Intro Mod Japanese

JAPN 214Y Intermediate Mod Japanese

JAPN 291 00 ST: Japn Lit Vis Culture (Eng)

JAPN 391 00 ST: Adv Japanese Lang & Culture

JAPN 322 Japanese Culture and Society RLST 265.01 Zen Buddhism

ANTH 254 Asian In/Through Pop Culture

ARHS 235.00 Art of China

ARHS 238.00 Modern Chinese Art

HIST 156.00 History of India

HIST 161.00 East Asia to 1800

HIST 191.00 ST: History of Southeast Asia

HIST 370.00 Women, Gender in Mod Mid East

ARBC 111Y.00 Intensive Intro Arabic

ARBC 213Y.00 Intermediate Arabic I

ARBC 291.00 ST: Contemp. Arab World (Eng)

ARBC 321.00 Advanced Arabic I

CHNS 111Y.00 Intensive Intro Chinese

CHNS 213Y.00 Intermediate Chinese

CHNS 251.00 Mod China Film & Fiction (Eng)

CHNS 323.00 Contemporary Issues in China

PSCI 475.00 China in the World

RLST 140 Intro to Islamic Tradition

AMES 101: Intro to Asian and Middle East Studies (Mendonca)

AMES 490: SR Sem: Asia in Comparative Perspective (Kilic-Schubel) 

ARHS 115: Introduction to Islamic Art and Architecture (Hostetler)

ARHS 114: Intro to Asian Art (Yu)

ARHS 291: Special Topic: Art and Politics in Modern Asia (Yu)

ARHS 376: Asian Art : Unesco & Beyond (Yu)

CHNS 322: Chinese Language & Culture (Bai)

ENG 367: The Global South Novel (Murthy)

ENG 370 Translational South Asia (Fernando)

HIST 163: Modern China (Hershey)

HIST 264: Modern Middle East (Kilic-Schubel)

HIST 365: Middle East: Film & Fiction (Kilic-Schubel)

HIST 345: History of the Indian Ocean (Hershey) 

JAPN 251 Japanese Visual Culture (Xie)

JAPN 322: Japanese Culture and Society (Ishida)

RLST 140:  Intro Islamic Tradition (Dugan)

Fall 2025 ARHS 239.00 Contemporary Chinese Art AMES 101.00 Intro Asian & Middle East Studies HIST 161.00 Early East Asia HIST 291.03 ST: Health, Dis, & Med E Asian HIST 391.00 ST: Mem & Hist WWII C War E Asian ARBC 111Y.00 Intensive Intro Arabic ARBC 213Y.00 Intermediate Arabic I ARBC 321.00 Advanced Arabic I CHNS 111Y.00 Intensive Intro Chinese CHNS 213Y.00 Intermediate Chinese CHNS 223.00 Masterpiece Mod Cns Lit (ENG) CHNS 321.00 Adv Conversation & Composition CHNS 323.00 Contemporary Issues in China JAPN 111Y.01 Intensive Intro Mod Japanese JAPN 213Y.00 Intermediate Mod Japanese JAPN 321.00 Adv Japanese Lang & Culture JAPN 352.00 Gender, Work, Education Japan RLST 140 Intro to Islamic Tradition

Spring 2026  AMES 101.00 Intro Asian & Mid East Studies AMES 490.00 SR.Sem: Asia Comprtv Perspective ANTH 254 Asians In/Through Pop Culture ARBC 291 ST: The Arab Renaissance HIST 160 Modern East Asia ARBC 112Y.00 Intensive Intro Arabic ARBC 214Y.00 Intermediate Arabic II ARBC 322.00 Advanced Arabic II CHNS 112Y Intensive Intro Chinese CHNS 2114Y Intermediate Chinese CHNS 322 Chinese Language & Culture HIST 291 History of the Japanese Empire: A Rising and Setting Sun JAPN 112 Y Intensive Intro Mod Japanese JAPN 214Y Intermediate Mod Japanese JAPN 291 00 ST: Japn Lit Vis Culture (Eng) JAPN 391 00 ST: Adv Japanese Lang & Culture JAPN 322 Japanese Culture and Society MLL 291 The Arab Renaissance: Race, Modernity, Colonialism RLST 291 Jews and Muslims: Their Contacts through the Ages RLST 295.00 Islam In North America