Graduate Certificate In Asian and American Studies The Program in Asian and Asian American Studies supports the study of Asia and transoceanic, transnational Asian diasporas of the world with emphasis on: studies of Asian histories, languages, and cultures within Asia as geographically defined; studies of Asian diasporas, with particular focus on Asians of the Americas. The program encourages work that is interdisciplinary, comparative, or global in methodology and theory, as well as work that is specialized locally or regionally. The program also supports work that examines the study of "Asia" and Asian diasporas as complex nexuses of socio/geo/political regions, economies, histories, and ideas, across national and oceanic boundaries. The present membership of affiliated faculty benefits from the cross-national work and research agendas of Asianists and Asian Americanists in productive dialogue. Program Requirements: Certificate students will be required to take a minimum of three graduate courses in Asian and Asian American Studies. Because the program is global in perspective, students will be required to take courses in both Asian studies and Asian American studies to obtain a certificate. A maximum of one independent study course with appropriate program faculty may count towards the certificate. Program Goals and Learning Objectives: 1) The program expands both the conceptual and methodological approaches regarding Asia. The program seeks to produce research and scholarship that engages “Asia Across the World” in its many forms, including considerations of hybridities, transnationalisms, and global/local tensions. 2) The program supports learning that is interdisciplinary and engages cultural and social politics in multi-national and comparative contexts, as well as area-specific contexts. 3) The certificate will provide an opportunity for graduate students of all disciplines who wish to enhance their studies with a focus on topics related to Asia and Asian diasporas of the world as well as those who wish to specialize in Asian and Asian American Studies and would be likely to complete their dissertations in this area. List of Seminars: Students may choose from a list of seminars that are currently offered. It is anticipated that more will be created, both by our joint faculty hires and by other BU faculty who have joined or who have indicated an interest in joining the Program. Some seminars, designated with an asterisk below, will count towards the certificate even though they lack a specific Asian or Asian American focus; however, students will have to write their seminar/research paper on Asians or Asian Americans in order for it to count. Herbert Bix HIST 50lL/SOC 690T Comparative State Formations, 1890-present John Chaffee HIST 576C Women and Family in Chinese History HIST 576D Modern China Colloquium HIST 576B Imperialism in East Asia Manas Chatterji IBUS 581A Globalization and International Management Fa-ti Fan HIST 576E Nationalisms in East Asia Charles Goodman PHIL 605L Buddhist Ethics Ravi Palat SOC 690X Political Economy of Contemporary Asia SOC 690Y: Asia in World-Historical Perspective Mahua Sarkar SOC 690 Seminar on Nationalism* SOC 626 Seminar on Postcoloniality* Lisa Yun ENG 593R Postcoloniality and Hybridity List of Graduate Faculty (Program faculty in departments with graduate programs) Herb Bix (History/Sociology) John Chaffee (History) Manas Chatterji (SOM) Arleen deVera (History/AAASP) Fred Deyo (Sociology) Fa-ti Fan (History) Charles Goodman (Philosophy/AAASP) Ravi Palat (Sociology) Mahua Sarkar (Sociology) Nancy Um (Art History) Lisa Yun (English) To apply, click here. TOP