Asian Studies

Cornell University Announcements

Asian Studies

1974-76

DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN STUDIES

China-Japan Program and the East Language and Area Center— China, Japan

South Asia Program and the Language and Area Center— Bangladesh, , , ,

Southeast Asia Program and the Language and Area Center— Brunei, Burma, , Khmer Republic, , Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, , Vietnam

156 Rockefeller Hall, Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14850 Cornell University Announcements The Quadrangle In summer, home base Quadrangle are Olin Library, the University's lor sunbathers and outdoor readers. In the graduate and research library, and halls lor background are M orrill Hall, right, and Uris the humanities, various social sciences, Library with its McCraw Tower. Also on the , theatre arts, and music. Contents

1 Department of Asian Studies

3 Resources for Advanced Study and Research

6 Graduate School W ork in Asian Studies 7 Fellowships

8 Intensive Language Program (FALCON) 8 China-]apan Program

12 lapanese Studies The data in this Announcement provide a general description of the resources and the normal repertory of courses in Asian studies which 12 South Asia Program are usually available at Cornell. Most language and area courses and most seminars in Asian studies are offered regularly each academic year 14 Southeast Asia Program or, in some cases, in alternate years. However, changes do occur in the specific course offerings from year to year, and, particularly when 16 Summary of Requirements of the Graduate School faculty members are on leave, their courses may be temporarily omitted. 18 Undergraduate W ork in Asian Studies The prospective student may wish to consult the Announcement of the Graduate School: Course Descriptions, which indicates, under the spe­ 18 Concentration in Southeast Asia Studies cific Fields, those advanced courses scheduled in any particular year. Intensive Asian language courses are frequently given at Cornell in the 19 Courses of Instruction summer. The Announcement of the Summer Session should be con­ sulted for details. 19 Asia, General

21 C h in a CORNELL UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. Volume 65 of the Cornell 24 Japan University Announcements consists of twenty-one catalogs, of which this is num ber 8, dated June 20, 1973. Publication dates: tw enty-one 26 S o u th A sia times a year (four times in August; three times in March and July; twice in January, June, and October; once in April, May, September, Novem­ 28 Southeast Asia ber and December). Publisher: Cornell University, Sheldon Court, 420 College Avenue, Ithaca, New York 14850. Second-class postage paid at 33 R e giste r Ithaca, New York.

1 Between classes, students cross the A coffee break at Noyes Lodge, Noyes Lodge as seen from Quadrangle in front of Coldw/n where students in Asian Studies banks of Beebe Lake. Smith Hall and the statue of Andrew frequently get together for snacks Dickson W hite, Cornell's first president. and conversation. Cornell University

DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN STUDIES As a means of strengthening its work on these contiguous and interrelated regions, the University maintains three m ul­ tidisciplinary area and language programs of the Depart­ The Department of Asian Studies in the College of Arts ment of Asian Studies— teaching, research, and administra­ and Sciences serves to coordinate for the University diversi­ tive units. A primary aim of the China-Japan Program, the fied academic resources for instruction, training, research, South Asia Program, and the Southeast Asia Program is to and publication on Asia as these are developed in the sev­ make available to the entire student body extensive cover­ eral other departments and divisions of Cornell. The Uni­ age of these areas in a variety of discipline courses, sem­ versity offers no advanced degrees in Asian Studies as such inars, and tutorial work. Encouraged at the graduate level is (see p. 6). Specialized courses on Asia have been offered specialized interdisciplinary area and language training for since 1870, when the first Chinese language course was students concurrently mastering a discipline and with inter­ taught. Beginning with the standard liberal arts subjects, est in teaching, research, or other professional careers re­ Cornell has extended its interest in Asia to include: work lating to these regions. A further aim of the three programs on agricultural development in China, South Asia, and is to increase knowledge of these three Asian areas through Southeast Asia; applied work in linguistics and anthropology faculty and student research both on the campus and in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, the abroad. Related to these main objectives is the building up Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand; city and regional plan­ of teaching and research materials and the dissemination of ning and community development studies in India, Laos, knowledge beyond the Cornell community through publi­ and the Philippines; work in industrial and labor relations cations, off-campus consultantships, and lectures. in Japan, India, and Southeast Asia; research in nutrition In each of the three programs the specialized knowledge and public health in South Asia and Southeast Asia; studies and methods of a number of fields or disciplines are brought of educational development in modern China and of po­ together and focused on the history and contemporary af­ litical socialization in Communist China. These and other fairs of the peoples and cultures of the areas. The advanced interests in Asia have led to a systematically planned and student or research worker has readily available to him continuing University-wide organization of work which em­ faculty and staff from several different departments, as well phasizes three particular regions of the Orient. Since 1946 as the resources of special collections of library and museum Cornell has concentrated the intensive development of its materials. He also benefits from the intangible assets of scholarly resources in the Asian area on China, South Asia, experience and associations built up by the programs in and Southeast Asia. the three geographic areas and in academic and other insti­

1 tutions all over the world. In this area and language ap­ Japan, and Southeast Asia; in the history of Asian ; in proach, acquisition by the student of a general command the international relations of Asia; and in the literatures of of the scholarly tools and materials relating to his region of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Any student can readily specialization is stressed. At the same time he must deal draw on the resources of all the programs. The advanced with the area in terms of the pertinent methods and theory student w ill find the University's wealth of resources on all of the particular discipline in which he is majoring or taking three of these adjacent and closely related areas to be one his degree. The student's disciplinary training is not post­ of the great strengths of Cornell's system of Asian studies. poned while he spends all of his first few years of advanced The facilities and resources of the three area programs work on language and generalized area studies. Instead, the are described in a later section of this Announcement. In student in one of the Cornell programs pursues from the addition, and particularly in support of advanced studies start both discipline studies and language and area work on China or Southeast Asia, some area and language courses as mutually supporting aspects of an interdependent pro­ and library materials are available to scholars wishing to gram of study and research. Even at the undergraduate level study the Japanese language or Japan. the upper-class student majoring in Asian studies must con­ Introductory courses in Asian languages are taught at centrate on a sequence of discipline courses while working Cornell by intensive methods which were developed at the on an Asian area and language. University during World War II in a pioneering program Among the faculty members of the Department of Asian supported by the Army and the American Council of Studies are specialists in anthropology, archaeology, bib­ Learned Societies. This solid basis for language learning is liography, economics, government and international rela­ enhanced by the constant association, in small classes, of tions, history, , languages and linguistics, the students with a native speaker under the guidance of literature, philosophy, public administration, rural sociology, professional scholars who are the sole instructors in more and sociology. Other professors in the various divisions of advanced language work. Instruction is regularly offered the University who have a special knowledge of Asia also at Cornell in the following Asian languages: Burmese, Cam­ participate in the work of the Department. Some of them, bodian, Cebuano (Bisayan), Chinese (Cantonese, Hokkien, especially those in agricultural technology, nutrition, and and Mandarin), Hindi-Urdu, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, similar fields, have had years of valuable field experience Old Javanese, Malay, Pali, , Sinhalese, Tagalog, in Asia. Visiting experts, many from Asia or Europe, are Tamil, Telugu, Thai, and Vietnamese. Intensive summer brought regularly to the campus to supplement the work of courses in many of these languages are also offered pe­ the resident faculty. riodically at Cornell, at Columbia University, and elsewhere. Staff members of the three Asian area and language pro­ South Asian languages, particularly, are taught at summer grams work closely together. Students in each program are institutes held each year at various American universities. encouraged to take advantage of the opportunities offered In 1959 the federal government recognized all aspects of by the others. Notable cases in point are combinations of Asian studies work at Cornell as contributing to a national work in Sino-Vietnamese studies; in the , effort to increase knowledge and understanding of foreign

2 areas and languages. Under Title VI of the National Defense on whose initiative Cornell began to acquire what has be­ Education Act of 1958 three languages and area centers were come a comprehensive set of official Philippine documents. established at Cornell with government aid which has been Through participation in the Farmington Plan and an ac­ renewed each subsequent year. The Language and tive supplementary purchasing program, the Wason Collec­ Area Center deals with China and Japan; the South Asia tion annually acquires most of the important books and Center, with Sri Lanka (Ceylon), India, and Pakistan; and serials being published in Southeast Asia. Similarly, Cornell the Southeast Asia Center, with Brunei, Burma, , is one of a few American universities which regularly re­ Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thai­ ceive all important books published in Sri Lanka, India, and land, and Vietnam. Pakistan which are added, together with special purchases of older works, to the Libraries' already excellent holdings Resources for Advanced Study and Research of Hindi and other vernacular and Western language ma­ The most important continuing resource for scholarly terials on the countries of South Asia. work in Asian studies at Cornell is the outstanding Asian These collections are shelved in the John M. Olin Library collection of the Cornell University Libraries, one of the for graduate study and research. Here, too, are the Wason great university libraries in the country. The Wason Collec­ reading and conference rooms and the offices of the curator, tion, which was begun and endowed in 1918 by Charles W. bibliographers, and catalogers of the Asian collections, who Wason '76, includes a library of Western language books, serve as valuable resource persons for scholars in the Asian pamphlets, periodicals, and manuscripts on China and the field. In the same building are the Human Relations Area Chinese, unique in its size and scope and in the number Files containing systematically organized data, translations, of its rare items. A working library of more than 190,000 and bibliographies on many Asian societies. Much valuable volumes in Chinese and Japanese, particularly strong in re­ material on Asia is also found in special libraries on the cent and contemporary China, is being rapidly expanded by campus, such as the Albert R. Mann Library of the New York purchases and gifts. A notable gift came from the Academia State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and College Sinica as a memorial to its past head, the distinguished Cor­ of Human Ecology; and the libraries of the College of Archi­ nell alumnus, Dr. Hu Shih '14. tecture, Art, and Planning and the School of Industrial and Also housed in the Wason Collection is the most com­ Labor Relations. The holdings in all such specialized col­ prehensive library of vernacular and Western language ma­ lections, which are international in scope, are included in a terials on Southeast Asia found in this hemisphere. These general catalog in Olin Library. include not only the well-known Indonesian and Thai lan­ The work of the Department of Asian Studies on the cam­ guage holdings, which attract scholars from all over the pus, in Asia, and elsewhere is closely linked not only with world, but important materials on other parts of the region the activities of other departments and with the develop­ as well. Examples of the latter are the valuable personal ment of library resources, but also with the programs of a papers and books of Cornell's third president, Jacob Gould series of projects, at Cornell or other institutions, concerned Schurman, who headed the first Philippine Commission and wholly or in part with studies of Asian problems.

3 Among such intramural links is that with the Cornell Cen­ opment in the area. ter for International Studies. Through the Center, students Cornell's interest in international agriculture has also in­ specializing in Asian studies are brought into association volved the University in a long-term association with the with a wide variety of local or outside programs which may College of Agriculture of the University of the Philippines. have relevance to their work. An illustrative sample of pro­ Elsewhere in Asia, and notably in Hong Kong, Indonesia, grams includes: a series of projects on low-income coun­ Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand, Cornell has established close tries such as the International Agricultural Development cooperative ties with learned societies and educational and Program, an international program in nutrition, the Interna­ research institutions. Cornell also maintains close relations tional Population Program, the interdisciplinary research with other American institutions: it collaborates with neigh­ seminars, and the colloquia of the Program on Structural boring universities and colleges in holding annual confer­ Change and Modernization, all carried on by various depart­ ences on Asian affairs and with the Library of Congress in a ments, schools, and colleges of the University; the Cornell purchasing and cataloging program which reciprocally in­ field projects in applied anthropology or industrial and labor creases the usefulness of the Asian holdings in both libraries. relations; and the Cornell studies of the Soviet Union and The many Cornell resources for advanced study and re­ its foreign policies. Study and research in the Asian field at search on Asia have been developed primarily by a faculty Cornell are also aided by the resources of the Statistics Cen­ actively interested in its own research projects and pro­ ter, the Office of Computer Services, and the Center for grams. But Asian research at Cornell, whether on the campus Aerial Photographic Studies, which has conducted important or abroad, is not conducted in isolation from teaching and surveys for natural resources development and regional plan­ training activities. Students at Cornell working on Asian ning in parts of Asia. Studies may participate in Cornell research projects whether In the South Asia field, Cornell is one of the small group in the library or in the field; the problems, methods, and of American universities which founded, helps maintain, results of the many interrelated Cornell research activities and participates in the work of the American Institute of are dealt with in courses and seminars and special training Indian Studies, organized to facilitate study and research in programs designed for students in these studies or for others India by Indian and American scholars specializing in various enrolled at Cornell who are planning to work in foreign aspects of Indian civilization and contemporary affairs. The cultures. One link between research and graduate training University also maintains close links with a number of re­ in Asian Studies at Cornell is the International Relations of search agencies, programs, and institutions of higher learn­ East Asia Project, begun in 1967. Combining the interna­ ing in India, such as the Deccan College Postgraduate Centre tional relations specialists of the China-Japan and Southeast for Research in Linguistics; the Central Institute of Indian Asia programs, I.R.E.A. sponsors a variety of seminars, visit­ Languages; Delhi, Osmania, and Annamalai Universities, and ing lecturers, documentary collections, and research projects the University of Sri Lanka; and agencies of the Indian gov­ designed to sustain advanced graduate training and faculty ernment, the United States Department of Agriculture, and research. Association with the Project is open to graduate foundations concerned with research in agricultural devel­ and undergraduate students of the China-Japan and South-

4 The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Above, center: An Asian Studies student Above, right: Giok Po Oey, Southeast houses the University's Asian art collection and campus visitor enjoy an exhibition of Asia librarian, and Mrs. Norma Charles and special exhibitions of general interest. the Eccentric Painters of China. The Indonesian assistant, confer on Wason The new structure, which rises from a George and Mary Rockwell Galleries of Collection acquisitions. beautiful landscape setting, was designed by Asian Art, in the Herbert F. Johnson Below: students in the Wason reading noted architect Ieoh Ming Pei. Museum, contains many fine examples of room of Cornell's Olin Library. , scrolls, , prints, and ceramics. east Asia Programs who have a strong interest in the con­ quire two minor subjects for doctoral programs while others temporary interstate politics of East Asia. require only one, but all Ph.D. Special Committees have Thus the international interests and activities of Cornell three members. The composition of the Special Committee University, combining on one campus an unusual range of may be changed at any time on the initiative of the student. disciplines and resources for intramural and extramural in­ The principal requirement of a candidate for an advanced struction, training, and research, provide a unique context degree at Cornell is to satisfy his Special Committee that his of stimulation and support for students pursuing Asian general and specialized knowledge of his major and minor Studies. subjects meets a high standard of excellence and that he is capable of conducting independent research and reporting on it as demonstrated by the completion of an original GRADUATE SCHOOL WORK IN research project and a thesis which are acceptable to his ASIAN STUDIES C o m m itte e . This committee system at Cornell provides a kind of The Graduate School of Cornell University is devoted to apprenticeship in which the student learns the skills of a developing creative scholars and scientists who w ill be pre­ scholar and scientist by practicing these skills under the pared for independent research, responsible teaching, or guidance of experienced persons. There are no set course other fully professional activities in their fields of specializa­ requirements in the Cornell Graduate School. The student, in tion. The faculty believes that this goal cannot be achieved consultation with his Special Committee, plans a program of simply by extension of the undergraduate system of formal courses, seminars, informal study, independent reading, and courses and course credits. Instead, the aim is to release the original research based upon his own background, interests, student from formal requirements as soon as he is sufficiently and objectives. Under this system faculty members and stu­ well-grounded in the fundamentals of his field so that, m oti­ dents get to know each other well so that the student may vated by his goals and interests, and aided by the advice be advised and his progress evaluated intelligently. The size and guidance of the faculty, he may pursue advanced of the graduate student body at Cornell is kept small. A studies. ratio of some two hundred graduate students, some of The most distinctive feature of the Cornell plan for gradu­ whom at any given time are doing field research abroad, ate study is the provision for supervision of each student's to about fifty faculty members is now maintained in Asian program of study by a Special Committee selected by the studies. student. Thus candidates for the Ph.D. degree choose areas Cornell University offers no advanced degrees in Chinese, of concentration or specialization in one major and one or South Asian, or Southeast Asian studies as such. A candidate two minor subjects in the Fields of the Graduate School. It is working in the Field of Asian studies for an advanced degree the privilege of the graduate student to ask any member of must do his major work in one of the relevant discipline the Graduate School Faculty who is in the Field of his major fields of the humanities, social sciences, or certain natural subject to serve as his chairman. Some Fields of study re­ sciences as recognized by the Graduate School. It is in this

6 major Field he receives his degree. The student may take a language work in addition to the full program of study in a major or minor in medieval or modern Chinese history, in discipline may lead graduate students in Asian studies to Southeast Asian history, in Oriental , or in Chinese devote one or more summers to intensive language study. literature, or a minor in Chinese, South Asian or Southeast Indeed, prospective graduate students who must begin the Asian linguistics; he may elect Asian studies as one of his study of an Asian language are strongly urged to take an two m inor subjects and concentrate his area study on China, intensive summer language course prior to their admission South Asia, or Southeast Asia; or he may in some cases to Cornell. concentrate on an Asian area within his major subject. The Courses in Asian studies are also open to graduate-level integration of discipline with area knowledge is to be dem­ students who are not candidates for degrees and who wish onstrated in his dissertation, written to satisfy the require­ to devote their entire time to area or language study. Par­ ments for his degree in a discipline Field, but on a topic ticularly welcome are those preparing for definite assign­ relating to his special area interest. ments in Asia, such as the foreign service officers who have The Ph.D. candidate working in the Field of Asian studies been coming to Cornell since 1946 for special training in will be examined on his specialized knowledge of China, Asian studies, and the various agricultural specialists and South Asia, or Southeast Asia. Details of the requirements are missionaries who have taken intensive work on China, South given in the description of the three Programs which follows. Asia, or Southeast Asia. For a Master of Arts candidate, less specialized knowl­ edge is expected, the amount of required reading is less, and the recommended courses are appreciably fewer. Study of Fellowships an Asian language is not mandatory for the M.A. degree except in Chinese literature. Information concerning financial assistance available to The language requirements for a graduate degree at Cor­ graduate students in Asian studies from funds at the disposal nell are determined by the Field. The candidate for a Ph.D. of the three Cornell Asian area and language programs will degree with an Asia area concentration ordinarily is ex­ be found in the following pages and in the Announcement pected to attain sufficient proficiency in an Asian language of the Graduate School. Graduate students in the Asian field so that he will be able to use it in his research and in the may also apply for other fellowships, scholarships, and preparation of his dissertation. Because of the special lan­ teaching and research assistantships offered by the Univer­ guage study and the field research frequently required, the sity and by its various departments Ph.D. candidate specializing in Asia often spends more than The attention of interested seniors and graduate students the stipulated minimum six terms in residence to complete who are American citizens or United States residents is also his training. The M.A. candidate frequently spends longer directed to the National Defense Foreign Language Fellow­ than the minimum two terms in residence, because candi­ ships offered for language study (NDFL Title VI Fellowships) dates often enter with inadequate preparation for advanced together with area and discipline work. Requests for appli­ work in Asian studies. The extra burden imposed by area and cation forms for these fellowships should be directed to the

7 Graduate School, Sage Graduate Center, Cornell University, aid R. DeGlopper, Richard Freeman, Eleanor H. Jorden, Ta- Ithaca, New York 14850. Also available to the same groups Chung Liu, John McCoy, Tsu-Lin Mei, David P. Mozingo, and to Canadian citizens are Foreign Area Training Fellow­ T. John Pempel, Charles A. Peterson, Harold Shadick, Robert J. ships administered by the Foreign Area Fellowship Program, Smith, Kam-ming Wong. 110 East 59th Street, New York, New York 10022. These are The China-Japan Program is at once a comprehensive area granted on a competitive basis for study or field research training institute and a sponsor of research on China. It overseas. Students should note, too, that United States gov­ brings together faculty members from eight Fields of the ernment awards under the Fulbright-Hays Act are available Graduate School to develop and coordinate the two activi­ to American citizens to support predoctoral research in ties. Students register in the Graduate School. Asian countries. Requests for application forms for awards To be eligible for a China-Japan Program Fellowship or under the Fulbright-Hays Act should also be made to the NDFL Title VI Fellowship a graduate student must undertake Graduate School. to fulfill the following conditions: (1) If majoring in anthro­ The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare also pology, economics, government, linguistics, or sociology, he offers Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowships, which are must either concentrate on China in his major or must take partially funded by the Fulbright-Hays Act, for full-tim e dis­ a minor in Asian Studies (China), modern Chinese history, sertation research abroad. Application forms for Doctoral East Asian linguistics (Chinese), Chinese literature, or O ri­ Dissertation Research Fellowships may be obtained from any ental art ( history); or he must major in medieval of the three Cornell area and language programs. or modern Chinese history; Chinese literature, or Oriental art (Chinese art history). (2) He must pass either an examina­ tion in written Chinese or an oral examination in one of the Intensive Language Program (FALCON) Chinese dialects during the course of his graduate study.

For those students desiring to accelerate their acquisition Requirements and Recommended Courses of Chinese or Japanese language, Cornell is offering a Full- Those majors and minors which may be chosen under the year Asian Language Concentration (FALCON). Students in China-Japan Program and their requirements are listed be­ this program w ill spend six hours a day for the full academic lo w . year studying nothing but language and thus w ill be able to compress approximately four years of study into one. MINOR IN ASIAN STUDIES (CHINA) For the Ph.D.: The candidate shall demonstrate in the Admission to Candidacy Examination a broad multidiscipli­ China-Japan Program nary knowledge of modern China. Ordinarily he will be expected to have taken a minimum of three one-semester Staff: Martie W. Young, director; Martin G. Bernal, Knight advanced courses or seminars on China (in at least two Biggerstaff, Nicholas C. Bodman, Sherman G. Cochran, Don- disciplines) and to have done additional reading in con­

8 sultation with the members of his Special Committee respon­ For the M.A.: Familiarity with the monographic literature sible for this minor. in Western languages, and an M.A. essay. Ordinarily three For the M.A.: The candidate ordinarily will take a min­ one-semester advanced courses or seminars on China, in­ imum of two one-semester advanced courses or seminars cluding one in another discipline, are recommended. o n C h in a . MINOR IN MODERN CHINESE HISTORY For the Ph.D.: The candidate shall demonstrate in the MAJOR IN MEDIEVAL CHINESE HISTORY Admission to Candidacy Examination a thorough knowledge (T'ANG-SUNG PERIODS) of the primary sources and monographic literature in West­ For the Ph.D.: A good working knowledge of the primary ern languages, and shall have written a research paper in sources; thorough knowledge of the secondary literature in modern Chinese history. Ordinarily he will be expected to Chinese and Western languages, and in some cases in have taken a minimum of three one-semester advanced Japanese; a m inimum of five one-semester advanced courses courses or seminars on China, including one not in history. or seminars on medieval Chinese history and related areas; For the M.A.: A minimum of two one-semester advanced the completion of a dissertation based on Chinese sources. courses in modern Chinese history. For the M.A.: Similar to the Ph.D. but requiring three seminars and an M.A. essay. MAJOR IN CHINESE LITERATURE Graduate work in Chinese literature assumes at least two MINOR IN MEDIEVAL CHINESE HISTORY years of Chinese language study (including Introduction to For the Ph.D.: Familiarity with the primary sources; thor­ Classical Chinese) prior to admission. ough knowledge of the secondary literature, including some For the Ph.D.: (1) Familiarity with representative works in of the basic works in Chinese or Japanese; a minimum of classical and vernacular Chinese and with critical studies in three one-semester advanced courses or seminars on medi­ Chinese; (2) broad knowledge of the available translations of eval Chinese history. Chinese literature and critical studies in other languages; (3) For the M.A.: A minimum of two advanced courses on the specialized knowledge of at least two subfields such as the s u b je c t. Confucian or Taoist classics, poetry, drama, fiction, classical prose, or twentieth-century writings; (4) writing of a disser­ MAJOR IN MODERN CHINESE HISTORY ta tio n . (NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES) For the M.A.: Roughly the same as 1 and 2 for the Ph.D. For the Ph.D.: Command of the primary sources and mon­ and an M.A. essay. ographic literature in Chinese and Western languages, and MINOR IN CHINESE LITERATURE completion of a dissertation using Chinese source materials. For the Ph.D.: Roughly the same as 1 and 2 for the Ph.D. O rdinarily a minimum of five one-semester advanced courses major in Chinese literature. or seminars on China, including one in medieval Chinese For the M.A.: At least two one-semester courses in classical history and one in another discipline, is recommended. texts.

9 A graduate student seminar on Thailand Upper left: A small group of language Above, right: Students are given help individually is led by Professor Lauriston Sharp students meets for instruction and in Japanese language by Professor John McCoy. and a visiting lecturer, Professor Thomas practice in Chinese. Frequent Kirsch, from Princeton University. opportunity is provided for Bottom, right: A class in Modern Chinese history conversation with native speakers. hears a lecture by Professor Knight Biggerstaff. MAJOR IN ORIENTAL ART (CHINESE ART HISTORY) Research and Field Training For the Ph.D.: (1) A comprehensive knowledge of the The China-Japan Program conducts research on China in major periods of Chinese art in the areas of , sculp­ the following discipline fields: (1) anthropology: fa m ily ture, and the related minor arts; (2) familiarity with the basic formation, Chinese associations and lineage groups; (2) h is ­ literature on Chinese art available in Western languages; tory of art: Ming and Ch'ing ; (3) e c o n o m ic s : (3) a demonstrated command of the critical literature on art national income and economic growth in the Republican in Chinese (in the case of a student who shows command of and Communist periods; (4) h is to ry : late T'ang and Sung such literature in Japanese, the requirement in Chinese ma­ institutional history; education during the late nineteenth terial w ill be reduced); (4) at least one advanced course on and early twentieth centuries; (5) linguistics: comparative China in a related discipline such as literature, history, studies of Chinese and Tibeto-Burman languages and of philosophy, or religion; (5) the completion of a dissertation. Chinese dialects, syntax of literary and colloquial Chinese, For the M.A.: Ordinarily the same as 1 and 2 for the Ph.D. and historical phonology of Chinese; (6) literature: classical major and an M.A. essay. and folk poetry, fiction, 20th century literature, literary criti­ MINOR IN ORIENTAL ART (CHINESE ART HISTORY) cism and philosophy; (7) government: the formation of For the Ph.D.: Normally the same as 1 and 2 for the Ph.D. national policy, central-regional relations, and China's for­ eign relations. major in Oriental art (Chinese art history). For the M.A.: A minimum of two advanced courses on Apart from the projects listed above, the staff in the social Chinese art. sciences and history is prepared to direct doctoral research on appropriate topics in medieval, late Ch'ing, Republican, MINOR IN EAST ASIAN LINGUISTICS (CHINESE) and Communist China. Students of the history of art and For the Ph.D.: The candidate shall demonstrate in the literature may specialize in any period or genre. Admission to Candidacy Examination a thorough knowledge Research under the China-Japan Program is carried on of the primary sources and monographic literature in West­ both at the University and in East Asia. Research work in ern languages, and shall have written a research paper on Ithaca makes use of the library resources of the Wason Chinese linguistics. Ordinarily he w ill be expected to have Collection on China and the Chinese, and of special docu­ taken a minimum of three one-semester advanced courses or mentary and field data collections. Field research has been seminars on Chinese linguistics. carried on under auspices of the China-Japan Program in For the M.A.: A minimum of two one-semester advanced Taiwan and Hong Kong and among Chinese communities courses in Chinese linguistics. in Southeast Asia. Instruction is regularly offered at Cornell in modern The policy of the Program is to emphasize direct contact Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hokkien) and in classical with Chinese society as valuable for all students of China. Chinese. China-Japan Program students are encouraged to From this the student of history, history of art, or literature develop a reading knowledge of Japanese. Four years of gains background knowledge and acquaintance with Chinese regular instruction in Japanese are available at Cornell. scholars, archives, museums, and libraries. The student of a

11 social science, in addition to benefiting in these various dents of China to have access to Japanese language material; ways, relies on direct contact with Chinese communities for Cornell provides superior facilities for the study of this lan­ the substantive data of his doctoral dissertation. guage. The ever-increasing economic, political, and cultural Foundation grants make it possible for members of the importance of Japan is reflected in the steady enlargement China-Japan Program, faculty, and advanced graduate stu­ of Japanese studies at Cornell— the faculty so far includes dents to spend extended periods of time in the field in order specialists in anthropology, art history, economics, govern­ to develop their specializations and to acquire a thorough ment, linguistics, and literature. At the graduate level minors familiarity with the area. The Program encourages formal can be taken in these fields with specialization on Japan. and informal contacts with other China specialists and uni­ The undergraduate with a major in Asian Studies may con­ versities, in this country and abroad. centrate on Japan and the Japanese language. Japanese studies are supported by the East Asia Language Fellowships and Assistantships and Area Center, and graduate students working on Japan NDFL Title VI Fellowship awards are offered each year are also eligible for National Defense Foreign Language Fel­ to graduate students beginning work toward an advanced lo w s h ip s . degree in Chinese studies under one of the discipline depart­ ments. These awards carry stipends of up to $2,700 plus tui­ tion and fees. In certain instances research assistantships are South Asia Program available to few selected students. Prospective graduate students of the China-Japan Program Staff James W. Gair, director, Douglas E. Ashford, Royal as well as students in residence may apply for various assis- D. Colle, Arch T. Dotson, Charles E. Elliott, Eugene C. Erick­ tantship, fellowship, and scholarship awards offered by son, Marvin D. Glock, Leighton W. Hazlehurst, Michael Cornell University and administered by the Graduate School Hugo-Brunt, Gerald B. Kelley, Kenneth A. R. Kennedy, J. and the academic departments. Additional information Bruce Long, Robert D. MacDougall, John W. Mellor, Gordon about the China-Japan Program may be obtained by writing W. Messing, Stanley J. O'Connor, Thomas T. Poleman. to: Director, China-Japan Program, 140 Uris Hall, Cornell The increasing importance of the peoples of the Indian University. Requests for application forms for admission and subcontinent and of the role they play in world affairs en­ financial aid should be addressed to the Graduate School, hances the need in America for training and research in the Sage Graduate Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York field of Indie studies. The South Asia Program at Cornell, 14850. dealing primarily with Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (Ceylon), is organized and equipped to help Japanese Studies meet this need. Since 1948 it has sponsored a series of re­ search projects on Sri Lanka and India, and it has trained The vast amount of Japanese scholarly work on Asia makes a distinguished group of younger American and South Asian it imperative for serious students of Asia and especially stu­ scholars in South Asian area and language studies. The pro­

12 gram faculty includes members from the disciplines of and institutions of higher learning, such as the Deccan Post­ agricultural economics, anthropology, architecture, com­ graduate Centre for Research in Linguistics, the Central munication arts, education, government, history of art, hu­ Institute of Indian Languages; Delhi, Osmania and Anna- man development and family studies, business and public malai Universities, and the University of Sri Lanka. Staff administration, rural sociology, and languages and lin­ members of these institutions have provided valuable assis­ guistics. Hindi, Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhalese, Tamil, Telugu, and tance to Cornell students working in South Asia. Opportuni­ Urdu are languages regularly offered at Cornell. Arrange­ ties exist for graduate students to become associated with ments may be made for the intensive study of other South Cornell-sponsored research on South Asia or to carry on Asian languages at summer institutes held each year at independent research abroad. Every effort is made by the various American universities. Program staff to help qualified students obtain financial sup­ Qualified graduate students who are interested in spe­ port for field training or to work on a research project in cializing in the South Asian Field will minor in Asian studies one of the countries of the area. with concentration on South Asia, or in Oriental art (South Research interests of the members of the South Asia Pro­ Asian art history), or in South Asian linguistics. Advanced gram are wide and range from a focus on recent or con­ degree requirements for this minor are roughly comparable temporary developmental problems of the countries of the in terms of South Asian materials to those for the Southeast area to investigations of traditional religion and value sys­ Asia concentrations given below. The doctoral candidate tems. For example, a great deal of continuing work has been should have a reading knowledge of Hindi or some other carried out, particularly in agricultural economics, on the important language of South Asia, depending upon the sub- development of the entire agricultural section of the Indian area of his specialization. economy. Other works, to name a few, are being carried out in South Asian religious systems and interplay with Research and Field Training social organization; in peasant architecture and its relation The doctoral dissertations of students in the South Asia to contemporary and social organization, and traditional Program are normally based on research done in Bangladesh, texts; on style and symbol in Indian civilization; on the India, Nepal, Pakistan, or Sri Lanka. A student's field research sociology of development; on the communications and the may benefit from the advice and guidance of a Program staff media; and in physical anthropology of both Sri Lanka and member in the field. At least one member of the faculty of India. Additionally, Cornell is making special studies of the the South Asia Program has been in South Asia for each of Sinhalese language and of linguistic problems of Sri Lanka, the last several years. Cornell is a charter member of the a nation so far much neglected by American scholars. American Institute of Indian Studies, organized to facilitate W ith Ford Foundation support, Cornell was instrumental study and research in India by advanced American students in developing the Department of Linguistics at the Univer­ and faculty specializing in various aspects of Indian civiliza­ sity of Delhi and maintains its interest in such problems of tion and contemporary affairs. The University also maintains applied projects. The nations of South Asia present so many close links with a number of research agencies, programs, problems for study that the areas of inquiry open to students

13 and staff members are lim ited only by availability of research revolutionary changes taking place in the region lying m eans. between China, India, and requires special knowl­ edge and guided field experience in the area. Much funda­ Fellowships and Assistantships mental and pioneering research remains to be done there, Students in the South Asia Program are also eligible for and a need continues for students trained in Southeast assistantships in their major discipline departments, for fel­ Asian studies in both academic and nonacademic profes­ lowships and scholarships offered by the Cornell Graduate sions. The Cornell Southeast Asia Program is well organized School, for National Defense Foreign Language Fellowships, and equipped to help meet such needs. and for Foreign Area Training Fellowships. Additional infor­ The candidate for a graduate degree who is interested in mation on financial aid may be obtained by writing to the specializing in Southeast Asia will major in a discipline Director, South Asia Program, 130A Uris Hall, Cornell Uni­ (e.g., agricultural economics, anthropology, business and versity, Ithaca, New York 14850. public administration, economics, education, government, languages and linguistics, nutrition, rural sociology, or so­ ciology) and will take one of his minors in Asian studies Southeast Asia Program (with concentration on Southeast Asia). The only exceptions to this are those who major in history or the history of art. Staff: Frank H. Golay, director; Benedict R. Anderson, If the candidate's interest is in Southeast Asian history or M ilton J. Barnett, Arch T. Dotson, John M. Echols, Alexander Oriental art history (Southeast Asia), he may major or minor B. Griswold, D. G. E. Hall, Franklin E. Huffman, Robert B. in either one. If he majors in one, he may choose a minor Jones, Jr., George McT. Kahin, A. Thomas Kirsch, Stanley J. in Asian studies only if his minor concentration is on China O'Connor, Robert A. Poison, Lauriston Sharp, James T. Siegel, or South Asia rather than Southeast Asia. In all cases, it w ill John U. W olff, O. W. Wolters, David K. Wyatt. be noted, the applicant is accepted as a candidate for a de­ The Southeast Asia Program was established in 1951 for gree only in a discipline Field of the Graduate School. A the further development of instruction and research on candidate who is accepted for major work in Southeast Southeast Asia as a region and on the individual countries Asian history, for Oriental art history (Southeast Asia), or for of the area: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, major work in other than these and who has a minor in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Asian studies (with concentration on Southeast Asia) and Substantial facilities for study and research enable the Pro­ writes his thesis on Southeast Asia automatically becomes a gram to offer both the undergraduate and graduate student member of the Southeast Asia Program. exceptional opportunities for general or specialized work on all of Southeast Asia in various fields of the social sci­ Requirements and Recommended Courses ences, the humanities, social studies, and some natural The Ph.D. candidate in the Southeast Asia Program is ex­ sciences, as well as in interdisciplinary area courses and pected to develop a general knowledge of the cultures and seminars. An understanding of the revolutionary and non­ history of the area; a specialized knowledge of one or more

14 Southeast Asian countries; and, except in special circum­ tural stability and change, and especially the consequences stances, a reading knowledge of a language of the area. The of modern Western influences, including developments re­ M.A. candidate is expected to develop a substantial but less sulting from various American, United Nations, or other extensive knowledge of the area and one of its countries, technical aid programs in the region; (2) political behavior and is not required to have a knowledge of one of its lan­ and political organization; (3) international relations be­ guages. tween Southeast Asia and the Chinas, India, the Soviet The student normally prepares himself to meet these re­ Union, and the United States; (4) economic history and de­ quirements by taking: (1) Asian Studies 501-502 (Southeast velopment; (5) economic nationalism; (6) comparative lin­ Asia) in which the countries of the region are studied in the guistics of Southeast Asia; (7) the organization and role of view of several disciplines, both in depth with a single­ the major Asian minorities in the region, particularly the country focus and comparatively; (2) other seminars or Chinese; (8) tribal peoples and their acculturation; (9) his­ courses in which the student follows a specialized discipline tory and art history; and (10) linguistic studies of Cebuano, approach to the area; and (3) appropriate language work. Indonesian, Yao Miao, Thai, Meo, and Akha. A number of It is expected that the dissertation of the candidate for the seminars at Cornell and research projects in the field the Ph.D. degree and the essay of the M.A. candidate will are concerned with one or another of these areas of inquiry. be substantially concerned with Southeast Asia or one or The work of students and staff members, however, is by no more of its component countries. The number of area sem­ means restricted to these problems. The Program has spon­ inars to be taken is decided in consultation with the stu­ sored long-term interdisciplinary research projects on Indo­ dent's Special Committee, but the Ph.D. candidate usually takes no less than three semesters of such work, including nesia, the Philippines, and Thailand, and on the area's ethnic Asian Studies 501 or 502, and the M.A. candidate no less and social minorities. At the same time, staff members or than two, including Asian Studies 501 or 502. students of the Program have done field work in every Instruction is regularly offered at Cornell in the following Southeast Asian country. important languages of the region: Burmese, Cambodian, Field Training Cebuano (Bisayan), Chinese (Cantonese, Hokkien, and Man­ darin), Indonesian, Javanese, Malay, Tagalog, Thai, and Viet­ The advanced graduate student in the Southeast Asia Pro­ namese. Also taught at Cornell are Dutch, Portuguese, and, gram w ill usually go to one of the Southeast Asian countries by special arrangement, such other living languages of to carry out research for his doctoral thesis. Such field ex­ Southeast Asia as Lao, Waray, or some of the Tibeto-Burman perience is considered an essential part of the student's edu­ languages. cation as well as a demonstration of his ability to combine his training in a discipline with his Southeast Asia area and Research language knowledge. The Program maintains cordial and Research activities under the Southeast Asia Program have close relations with universities, learned societies, research been and continue to be concerned primarily with (1) cul­ institutions, and government agencies in Southeast Asia.

15 Fellowships and Assistantships The primary purpose of the Southeast Asia Program A limited number of Southeast Asia Program fellowships awards is to encourage graduate students to acquire a sub­ are offered each year to incoming or established graduate stantial knowledge of Southeast Asia while majoring in one students undertaking work in residence in the Southeast of the discipline Fields of the Graduate School. Accordingly, Asia Program. The fellowships carry stipends up to $3,500 they are offered only to students who, while working in plus tuition and fees. Fellowships are open only to qualified such a Field, participate fully in the Southeast Asia Program. The recipient of a fellowship may be asked to devote up to candidates who have been admitted for an advanced degree six hours each week under faculty supervision to work con­ at Cornell. They may be awarded to Americans or Cana­ nected with the Program. dians, nationals of Southeast Asian countries, or, in excep­ Prospective graduate students of the Southeast Asia Pro­ tional cases, nationals of other countries. There are special gram as well as students in residence may apply for various fellowships for students concentrating on Indochinese assistantship, fellowship, and scholarship awards offered by studies. Cornell University and administered by the Graduate School In all cases these awards will be made only to applicants and the academic departments. Additional information and who are able to demonstrate a serious scholarly interest in application forms for Southeast Asia Program fellowships Southeast Asian studies, who show the greatest promise of may be obtained by writing to: Director, Southeast Asia becoming qualified Southeast Asian regional experts with Program, 120 Uris Hall, Cornell University. Requests for ap­ specialization in a relevant discipline of the humanities, plication forms for admission and other financial aid should social sciences, or certain natural sciences, and who are be addressed to the Graduate School, Sage Graduate Center, admitted to the Cornell Graduate School for advanced work Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850. in such a discipline. Previous experience in Southeast Asia or in the study of that area is not necessarily required. It is Summary of Requirements of the Graduate School important that the applicant be able to show that advanced Candidates for a graduate degree may not major in Asian work in a major subject offered at Cornell, combined with stu d ie s (See p. 6). Applicants for graduate work in the Field work in the Southeast Asia Program, will make his future of Asian Studies must file with the Graduate School the professional activities more effective. This requirement is regular application form supplied by the Graduate School particularly important for a student in the natural sciences. together with the required transcripts and recommendations. Fellowships are offered only for study in residence at Cor­ Applicants in some Fields are asked to submit their scores nell and cannot be held while the student is in the field. on the Graduate Record Examination. Although Asian studies Reappointment is subject to reapplication and review. is an acceptable Field of concentration for noncandidates, A student under the Program at Cornell will be given degree candidates must major in one of the regular disci­ every assistance in preparing applications to foundations or pline Fields of the Graduate School which include Chinese other sources for grants-in-aid to help finance his period of literature, Chinese and Southeast Asian history, and Oriental field training and research in Southeast Asia. art history.

16 To be considered for admission to the Graduate School, In some Fields a qualifying examination is given at an early an applicant must (1) hold a baccalaureate degree granted date to determine the student's fitness for undertaking ad­ by a faculty or university of recognized standing or have vanced study and to enable the Special Committee to plan a completed studies equivalent to those required for a bac­ program which will make him familiar with the requisite calaureate degree at Cornell, (2) have adequate preparation knowledge and techniques for his chosen field of study. for graduate study in his chosen Field of instruction, (3) have Tuition is $1,590 each term for students in Fields within fluent command of the English language, and (4) present the endowed colleges.* Tuition totals $775 each term for evidence of promise in advanced study and research. For students registered in the Graduate School whose major admission in the fall term, an application should be filed chairman is on the faculty of the statutory divisions of the before February 1, although later application does not neces­ University (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College sarily bar admission. of Ftuman Ecology, or School of Industrial and Labor Rela­ The m inimum residence requirement for a master's degree tions), or of the Graduate School of Nutrition, the Field of is two units of residence. The language requirement for the Education, or the Division of Biological Sciences. Tuition master's degree is determined by each Field of study. Re­ totals $975 each term if the major chairman is on the faculty quirements for the M.A. degree include work in a major of the New York State Veterinary College. and one minor subject, the writing of a thesis acceptable An application fee of $20 must be paid by every applicant to the candidate's Special Committee, and the passing of a for admission (other than foreign students not resident in the final examination conducted by the same Committee. Under United States) and a registration fee of $50 is required after certain conditions this examination may be combined with the applicant has received notice of acceptance, unless the the Admission to (Ph.D.) Candidacy Examination. candidate has previously matriculated as a student at Cornell The minimum residence requirement for the Ph.D. degree University. This fee is used at the time of the first registration is usually six units of residence. A candidate must pass such to pay the matriculation fee, for a chest X ray, and examina­ language examination(s) as his Field requires. Additional tion-book charge, and it covers certain expenses incident to requirements include work in a major and one or two minor graduation if the student receives a degree. subjects, and the successful passage of two examinations: It is the policy of Cornell University actively to support 1. a comprehensive Admission to Candidacy Examination for equality of educational opportunity. No student shall be formal admission to doctoral candidacy (normally taken denied admission to the University or be discriminated in the second or third year after two units of residence against otherwise because of race, color, creed, religion, credit have been accumulated; followed by two terms of national origin, or sex. Prospective applicants should consult residence credit) th e Announcement of the Graduate School, which may be 2. a final examination, which is primarily concerned with the obtained by writing to the Graduate School, Sage Graduate doctoral dissertation •Tuition is for the academic year 1973-74 and may be changed by the The candidate for the doctoral degree must complete a University Board of Trustees to take effect at any time without previous thesis which must be accepted by his Special Committee. notice.

17 Center, or to Cornell University Announcements, Day Hall, He must also maintain an average of B in courses in the De­ Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850. partment. In his senior year, the Honors candidate w ill take a two-term graduate seminar selected from among those listed below in consultation with his adviser. Normally such a seminar relates to the area in which the candidate's studies UNDERGRADUATE WORK have been concentrated. IN ASIAN STUDIES The Honors candidate will also take the Honors course (Asian Studies 401) in which he writes his Honors paper. He An important function of the Department of Asian Studies may wish to enroll in Asian Studies 402 in the spring semes­ is to offer general and specialized courses open to under­ ter of his senior year, but this course is not required of him. graduates in the languages, history, cultures, and contem po­ At the end of his junior year, the student should consult with rary developments of the countries of East, South, and the professor with whom he plans to write his paper to ob­ Southeast Asia. Approximately 25 percent of the undergrad­ tain permission to register for the Honors course. There w ill uates registered in the College of Arts and Sciences elect at be a comprehensive written examination in May of his senior least one of these courses, as do many students from other year, administered by the supervisor of his Honors work. colleges and schools of the University. A few students each year are accepted as majors in Asian Concentration in studies. The applicant for admission to the major must have completed at least one course elected from among those Southeast Asia Studies listed in this Announcement and be recommended by the instructor in charge of that course. He must have received a A candidate for the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Sci­ minimum grade of C in this and all other courses taken in ence degree at Cornell may take a Concentration in South­ the Department. east Asia Studies by completing fifteen hours of course work, The candidate for the Bachelor of Arts with a major in including a history course, and three courses or seminars at Asian studies is required to complete at least eighteen hours the intermediate or advanced level, two of which may be in one of the Asian languages offered at Cornell. The major Southeast Asian language courses. Students taking a Concen­ consists of at least thirty additional hours (which may include tration in Southeast Asia Studies are members of the South­ further language work), selected by the student in consulta­ east Asia Program and are assigned an adviser from the Pro­ tion with his adviser from among the courses listed under gram faculty. Such students are encouraged to begin work the Department of Asian Studies and numbered 300 and on a Southeast Asian language and to take adavntage of over. Majors normally concentrate in one of the following summer intensive language training. areas: China, Japan, South Asia, or Southeast Asia. For details of tuition and fees, the student should consult The candidate for Honors must maintain a cumulative th e Announcement of the Cornell University school or col­ average of B in courses in the humanities and social sciences. lege in which he is or w ill be enrolled.

18 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION COMPARATIVE MASS MEDIA (Communication Arts 526, Agriculture and Life Sciences) R. D. C olie. Asia, General A study of the mass media in several national settings with particular attention to the structure, controls, audience, and content of press and telecommunications. ECONOMICS OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (Agricultural Economics 464, Agriculture and Life Sciences) APPLICATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY TO DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS J. W. Mellor. (Rural Sociology 528, Agriculture and Life Sciences) An examination of the processes of economic development in the J. W. Converse. developing nations, and their interactions with United States policy. Consideration of problems of implementing change strategies at Rural development policy w ill receive primary attention because (1) the national, regional, and institutional levels, especially as they relate to bulk of developing nations have a dominant agricultural sector, (2) rural development. Attention will focus on institutional obstacles to in­ agriculture has a key role to play in the overall economic transforma­ creasing the amount of wealth generated and retained within a system, tion of these economies, and (3) interactions of United States Agricul­ and existing patterns of wealth distribution— how these can be changed tural policy is a major component of total United States policy with through developmental programs and processes. An examination of the respect to developing nations. emerging literature on societal or developmental change as contrasted to social or evolutionary change. Consideration of the different contexts FOOD, POPULATION, AND EMPLOYMENT within which developmental change occurs and the power balances (Agricultural Economics 560, Agriculture and Life Sciences) between different actors in international and national systems. T. T. Poleman. CULTURAL CHANGE: URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY Designed to introduce students in the social and biological sciences (A nth rop ology 113) to the relationships linking employment, food, and population growth R. J. Smith. in developing countries. Food economics is taken as the cornerstone: An examination of sociocultural structure and process in urban set­ examined are human food requirements; the major food groups and their tings, with emphasis on the role of rural migrants, the relationship of economic characteristics (including least-cost diet analysis and historical urbanism to political and economic development, the role of voluntary trends in food consumption); techniques of national fool accounting associations, and the adjustment of family and kinship groups to urban (including data collection and evaluation); the projection of demand; life. Emphasis on Asian, African, and Latin American urban centers. and the disaggregation of data for analysis of particular problem groups and areas (notably the burgeoning number of urban dwellers and COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS peasants bypassed by technological change). In treating the historical (A nth rop ology 122) relationships between food and population, emphasis is placed on em­ A. T. Kirsch. ployment, income generation, and effective demand. Students are given A survey of anthropological approaches to the study of myth, ritual, ample opportunity to work with SAMI and other vital-rate monitoring and world view taken as symbolic systems. The general characteristics devices. A term paper is expected. of symbol systems, how they are perpetuated and elaborated, and their role in shaping social life w ill be explored. The social and psychological COMMUNICATION IN THE DEVELOPING NATIONS functions of myth and ritual in primitive and complex societies will be (Communication Arts 524, Agriculture and Life Sciences) compared. An attempt will be made to discover what conditions are R. H. Crawford. conducive to or inhibit radical symbolic transformations and what the An examination of existing communication patterns and systems and implications of such changes might be. their contributions to the development process. Special attention is CULTURAL PROCESSES: ROLE "THEORY" AND CULTURAL CHANGE given to the interaction between communication development and (A nth rop ology 618) national development in primarily agrarian societies. L. Sharp.

19 ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING IN THE ORIENT egies and roads to power. Ordinarily an oral final examination w ill be (Architecture 435-UPD 602, Architecture, Art, and Planning) given at the close of the course. M. Hugo-Brunt. THE UNITED STATES A N D ASIA An introduction to the evolution of architecture and urbanization in (G overnm ent 387) India, China, Thailand, Cambodia, and Japan. G. McT. Kahin. INTRODUCTION TO An analysis of the relations of the United States with the major states (Asian Studies 201) of Asia and with those smaller countries (especially Vietnam) with J. B. Long. which it is particularly concerned; attention is also given to the relation­ A study of the development of the various systems of thought and ship of American policy to the Asian policies of France, Great Britain, institutions in Buddhist India, China, and Japan. and Soviet Russia.

POLITICS AND MODERNIZATION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE (G overnm ent 338) (BUSINESS AN D PUBLIC AD M IN ISTR ATIO N 631) A. T. Dotson. (G overnm ent 537) A comparative study of the political development of "Third W orld" Critical analysis of the relationship between socioeconomic change nations. Particular attention is given to selected cases. The political and the emergence of political institutions in new states. Emphasis w ill implications of the growing gap between advanced and backward states be on issues of participation, redistribution of power, and policy forma­ is examined critically. tion relating to developmental goals. The major theories of political development will be reviewed in the light of developing countries. DEMOCRACY IN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY (G overnm ent 348) COMPARATIVE LOCAL POLITICS T. J. Pempel. (BUSINESS A N D PUBLIC AD M IN ISTR ATIO N 562) The course will attempt to assess the differing means taken by several (Government 544) societies in industrializing and the problems posed for democracy by D. E. Ashford. such concomitants of industrialization as: large-scale organization, social An analysis of how subnational policy processes and political struc­ class changes, nationalism, and human alienation. Additionally, some tures relate to national politics. Particular attention is given to how attention w ill be paid to both the future direction of industrial societies participation and party activity at the local level may or may not influ­ and possible alternative notions of "democracy." ence local policies, and the extent to which citizens may or may not exercise policy control. A comparative approach w ill be used involving POLITICAL ROLE OF THE MILITARY England, France, and several developing countries. (G overnm ent 349) B. R. Anderson. COMPARATIVE COMMUNISM Comparative study of selected modern states and types of political (G overnm ent 548) systems in which the military have played a major role in domestic D. P. M ozingo and M. Rush. politics. Attention will be given to the social and ideological character An investigation into the similarities and differences between Com­ of the "politicized" military and various forms of military government. munist regimes, with particular emphasis on the Soviet Union and Communist China. COMPARATIVE REVOLUTIONS (Government 350) SEMINAR IN THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF ASIA D. P. M ozingo. (Government 577) An analysis of major revolutionary movements since World War II G. McT. Kahin. (China, Indonesia, Cuba, Algeria, Vietnam); their social-political origins, An examination of great power interests and involvement with the ideology, and organization; with special emphasis on contrasting strat­ states of Southeast Asia with reference to the policies of China, the

2 0 Soviet Union, the United States, and Japan, with some consideration of tion to major currents of Buddhist thought. Lectures, discussion, and Britain's changing roie. individual reports. INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS: ORIGINS TO 1600 PROBLEMS IN ASIAN ART (H istory 190) (H istory of A rt 580) C. A. Peterson and O. W. Wolters. S. J. O'Connor. Examination of central topics in the histories of China, Japan, India, SUPERVISED READING and Southeast Asia, including indigenous beliefs and their development, (History of Art 591-592) often under outside influence; the political entities formed—their kinds Staff. and evolution; bases for social distinctions; relations with neighboring cultures; and general characteristics on the eve of extensive contact 401. ASIAN STUDIES HONORS COURSE with the West. Staff. Intended for seniors who have been admitted to the Honors program. IN TR O D U C TIO N TO ASIAN C IVILIZATIO N S: FROM 1600 Supervised reading and research on the problem selected for Honors (H istory 191) w ork. D. K. Wyatt and K. Biggerstaff. A survey of central themes in the modern histories of China, Japan, 402. ASIAN STUDIES HONORS: SENIOR ESSAY India, and Southeast Asia. After general consideration of the intrusion Staff. of European imperialism, the course focuses attention upon the intel­ The student who has been admitted to the Honors program will lectual, social, political, and economic transformations of the region prepare, under faculty dire ction, an H onors essay. prior to World War II, and the consequences which followed the war. 403-404. ASIAN STUDIES SUPERVISED READING SUPERVISED READING Staff. (History 703-704) Provides the opportunity for majors and other qualified students to Staff. read intensively under the direction of a member of the staff. For graduate students only.

INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY: ASIAN TRADITIONS (H istory o f A rt 280) China S. J. O'Connor. Designed to introduce students to the varied responses of the Asian Area Courses artist in differing times and geographical contexts, the course will in­ TRADITIONAL CHINESE SOCIETY AND CULTURE clude material on the Buddhist tradition, the Hindu temple, miniature (A nthropology 143) paintings, Chinese Age art, and the development of Chinese D. R. D eG lopper. . Chinese society in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is considered as a complex, premodern society. Major topics include: OF ASIA family and kinship; villages and their integration into local systems; (H istory o f A rt 482) voluntary and formal organizations; social stratification and mobility; S. J. O'Connor. and religion, ideology, and values. STUDIES IN MODERN CHINESE SOCIETY (H istory o f A rt 483) (A nth rop ology 344) S. J. O'Connor. D. R. D eG lopper. Studies of the arts in the service of Buddhism. The development and The emphasis is on changes in Chinese society and culture, both spread of characteristic types of Buddhist art will be examined in rela­ among the overseas Chinese and in .

21 CHINA student will prepare a substantial research paper on some aspect of (Anthropology 643) contemporary Chinese politics. D. R. DeG lopper. COMMUNIST CHINA IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL LITERATURE (G overnm ent 583) (Asian Studies 371) D. P. Mozingo. T. L. M ei. An analysis of major problem areas in the Chinese People's Republic Readings in English translation of Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist external relations, with special emphasis on Chinese foreign policy works. strategy and doctrine. CHINESE IM AGINATIVE LITERATURE HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION PRIOR TO (Asian Studies 372) THE NINETEENTH CENTURY K. M . W ong. (H istory 393) Readings in English translation of poetry, classical prose, fiction, and C. A. Peterson. drama. Consideration of major issues in the history of China from earliest TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHINESE LITERATURE times to the late imperial period. (Asian Studies 373) HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION: NINETEENTH AND K. M . W ong. TWENTIETH CENTURIES A study of the modern vernacular that has reflected and promoted (History 394) political, social, and cultural change in China. S. G. Cochran. INTRODUCTION TO THE ECONOMY OF CHINA An analysis of the modernization of Chinese civilization under the (Economics 369) impact of the West. After a brief examination of early nineteenth- A survey of modern Chinese economic development with special century China, the Western political, economic, and intellectual inva­ emphasis on the policies, performance, and problems of the mainland sion is considered, followed by a more thorough study of the revolu­ econom y since 1949. tionary changes that have taken place during this century. THE ECONOMY OF CHINA THE MEDIEVAL CHINESE W ORLD (Economics 676) (H istory 492) C. A. Peterson. THE FOREIGN POLICY OF C H IN A Analytic study of and society between the seventh (G overnm ent 390) and thirteenth centuries. D. P. M ozingo. CHINESE HISTORIOGRAPHY AND SOURCE MATERIALS An analysis of Chinese concepts of foreign relations and the policy­ (History 691) making process in the People's Republic of China. Emphasis will be C. A. Peterson. placed on such topics as the contemporary Chinese view of their position in the international community and a comparison of the MODERNIZATION OF CHINA making and implementation of contemporary Chinese policies with (History 693-694) respect to such areas as the Soviet bloc, Afro-Asian countries, and the S. G. Cochran. West. SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL CHINESE HISTORY POLITICS OF CHINA (H istory 791-792) (G overnm ent 547) C. A. Peterson. M. G. Bernal. SEMINAR IN MODERN CHINESE HISTORY A seminar on the post-1949 Chinese political system, with particular (H istory 793-794) attention to the problems and tensions confronting the regime. Each S. G. Cochran.

22 ART OF CHINA CANTONESE BASIC COURSE (H istory o f A rt 383) (Chinese 111-112) M. W. Young. J. McCoy. A consideration of the major achievements of the Chinese artists, ELEMENTARY HOKKIEN CHINESE including the early bronze casters, Buddhist sculptors, ceramic potters, (Chinese 131-132) and landscape painters. The course will begin with an examination of N. C. Bodman. the archaeological background for our knowledge of the beginnings of Chinese civilization and will then analyze the impact of , INTERMEDIATE CHINESE I , and finally Buddhism in shaping the aesthetic expression (Chinese 201-202) of China up to the golden age of the T'ang Dynasty in the ninth cen­ INTERMEDIATE CANTONESE tury. The second half of the course will focus mainly on painting, (Chinese 121-122) especially the development of landscape painting, and will end with J. McCoy. analysis of the seventeenth century individualists and eccentric painters. CHINESE CONVERSATION Intended as a general introduction to Chinese art, culture, and history, (Chinese 203-204) no previous experience with China or with art history is required. The course will consist principally of lectures with assigned readings and INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL CHINESE papers, but there will be occasional opportunities for discussion meet­ (Chinese 213-214) ings and for working with the museum collection of Chinese art. K. M. Wong. Systematic analysis of basic patterns in classical Chinese; study of texts; exercises in composition and in translation. (H istory o f A rt 385) M. W. Young. INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II (Chinese 301) The course w ill focus on painting in the post-Sung periods, but some attention will be given to the development of earlier theories of paint­ Readings and drill in modern expository Chinese. ing. The response of Chinese artists to social and political conditions INTERMEDIATE CHINESE III of the Yuan, Ming, and Ch'ing Dynasties will be discussed in detail. (Chinese 302) Section A Readings in modern Chinese with social science context; PROBLEMS IN CHINESE ART Section B Readings in modern Chinese with humanities context. (H istory o f A rt 584) M. W. Young. CHINESE CONVERSATION— INTERMEDIATE (Chinese 303-304) STUDIES IN CHINESE PAINTING Guided conversation and oral composition and trahslation; corrective (H istory o f A rt 586) pronunciation drill. M. W. Young. CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL TEXTS Other courses dealing extensively with China are Anthropology 113, (Chinese 314) 122, 129; G overnm ent 338, 348, 349, 350, 387, 548, 577; H istory 190, 191; T. L. M ei. H istory of A rt 280, 482, 483, 580; A rchitecture 435-UPD 602 (College of Architecture, Art, and Planning). T'ANG A N D SUNG POETRY (Chinese 320) T. L. M ei. Language Courses HISTORY OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE BASIC COURSE (Chinese 401—402) (Chinese 101-102) N. C. Bodman.

23 LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF CHINESE: PHONOLOGY READINGS IN FOLK LITERATURE AND MORPHOLOGY (Chinese 430) (Chinese 403) J. McCoy. N. C. Bodman. SEMINAR IN CHINESE POETRY A N D POETICS LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF CHINESE: SYNTAX (Chinese 503) (Chinese 404) T. L. M ei. J. McCoy. SEMINAR IN CHINESE FICTION CHINESE DIALECTS (Chinese 505) (Chinese 405) K. M. W ong. N. C. Bodman. CHINESE DIALECT SEMINAR READINGS IN MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE (Chinese 507) (Chinese 411-412) SEMINAR IN CHINESE FOLK LITERATURE P. S. Ni. (Chinese 509)

CLASSICAL CHINESE PROSE ADVANCED DIRECTED READING (Chinese 413) (Chinese 521-522) H. Shadick. SINO-TIBETAN LINGUISTICS PRE-TANG POETRY (Linguistics 662) (Chinese 416) T. L. M ei.

CHINESE POETIC DRAMA Japan (Chinese 419) Area Courses K. M . W ong. JAPANESE CULTURE A N D SOCIETY TRADITIONAL FICTION (A nthropology 145) (Chinese 420) R. J. Smith. K. M . W ong. A survey of the social structure of Japan and a discussion of trends DIRECTED STUDY in urban and rural life during the past century. Topics to be emphasized (Chinese 421-422) include the family, ancestor worship, community and social organiza­ J. McCoy, T. L. Mei, and K. M. Wong. tion, and urbanism and modernization.

READINGS IN SHORTER WORKS OF FICTION JAPANESE LITERATURE BEFORE 1603 (Chinese 423) (Asian Studies 375) K. M. Wong. To be appointed. A study of short stories, classical and vernacular, with emphasis Readings in English translation. Early poetry and prose; court diaries, stylistic features. Pillow Book o f Sei Shonagon, Tale o f Ge n ji; war epics, No drama, linked-verse. READINGS IN LITERARY CRITICISM (Chinese 424) JAPANESE LITERATURE FROM 1603 TO THE PRESENT T. L. M ei. (Asian Studies 376)

24 To be appointed. (with special emphasis on painting and the art of the tea ceremony), Readings in English translation. Popular novels, puppet and Kabuki garden , the great decorative tradition in screen paintings, lac­ plays, and “ haiku" of the Tokugawa period (1603-1867); Meiji and later quer and the minor arts, folk arts, and later paintings and prints of the Western-influenced novels and poetry. "floating world." Designed as an introduction to . No previous experience with Japan or with art history is required. JAPANESE DRAM A (Asian Studies 377) MASTERS OF JAPANESE PRINTS To be appointed. (H istory of A rt 481) Readings in English translation. No, Kabuki, and puppet plays. Lectures M. W. Young. and discussions. A detailed examination of U kiyo-e or art of the "floating world" as revealed in the woodblock prints of such masters as Moronobu, Haru- FRESHMAN SEMINAR ON JAPANESE STUDIES nobu, Hokusai, and . The factors which gave rise to the (G overnm ent 133) popular art of Tokugawa Japan, along with other forms of aesthetic T. J. Pempel. expression, will be discussed. The print collection of the Herbert F. An interdisciplinary seminar devoted to an analysis of modern Japan Johnson Museum of Art w ill be utilized as a source of study. as seen through history, art, politics, literature, and film. Guest lectures O ther courses dealing extensively w ith Japan are A nthropo lo gy 113, by specialists w ill be included. 122, 129; G overnm ent 348, 349, 387, 577; H istory 190, 191; H istory o f POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN A rt 280, 482, 483, 580; and A rchitecture 435-UPD 602 (College o f A rch i­ (G overnm ent 346) tecture, Art, and Planning). T. J. Pempel. The focus w ill be on the political, social, and economic delimiters of Language Courses policy making in postwar Japan, with some particular attention given to BASIC COURSE ideological conflict, political parties and elections, bureaucracy, the (Japanese 101-102) consumer's movement, student protest, defense policy, and economic penetration of Southeast Asia. INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE (Japanese 201-202) M O D E R N IZA TIO N A N D THE JAPANESE EXPERIENCE (G overnm ent 576) JAPANESE CONVERSATION T. J. Pempel. (Japanese 203-204) The concern of the seminar will be twofold: (1) the relevance of the various theoretical analyses of modernization in understanding Japan INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE II between the late Tokugawa period and World War II, and (2) the (Japanese 301-302) implications of the concrete Japanese experience both for abstract E. H. Jorden theory and for nation-states now undergoing modernization. The main JAPANESE CONVERSATION— INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE historical focus will be Meiji Japan and the Militarist period of the (Japanese 303-304) 1930s. E. H. Jorden. ART OF JAPAN IN TR O D U C TIO N TO LITERARY JAPANESE (H istory o f A rt 384) (Japanese 305-306) M. W. Young. To be appointed. A general survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Buddhist period through the development of national style to the mod­ ADVANCED JAPANESE ern age in Japan. Buddhist art and architecture will be considered in (Japanese 401-402) the first part of the course. Lectures w ill concentrate on medieval Japan To be appointed.

25 LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF JAPANESE PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY: SOUTH ASIA (Japanese 404) (A nthropology 678) E. H. Jorden and J. McCoy. K. A. R. Kennedy. INTERMEDIATE LITERARY JAPANESE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE IN DESIGN (Japanese 405-406) (Architecture 731-732) To be appointed. SEMINAR ON THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF A HISTORICAL DIRECTED READINGS TRADITION—WITH REFERENCE TO INDIA (Japanese 421-422) (Society fo r the H um anities 426) To be appointed. R. Thapar.

INTRO DUCTION TO JAPANESE READING FOR STUDENTS INTRODUCTION TO OF CHINESE (Asian Studies 201) (Japanese 431-432) J. B. Long. E. H. Jorden and J. McCoy. An introduction to the beliefs and practices in Hinduism from the INTENSIVE COURSE beginning to the present time. (Falcon 161-162) ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN INDIAN THOUGHT (Asian Studies 405) J. B. Long. South Asia An analysis of the primary conceptions of man, God, and the world in some of the central Hindu texts: Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Area Courses Shankara, and Ramanuja. SEMINAR ON AGRICULTURE AND ECONOMIC PLANNING MODELS PATHS OF LIBERATION IN THE BHAGAVAD GITA (Agricultural Economics 669, Agriculture and Life Sciences) (Asian Studies 406) J. W. Mellor. J. B. Long. The seminar will deal with planning models as applied to less de­ An investigation through readings and discussions of some of the veloped economies and will emphasize the interaction between the central religious ideas informing the Bhagavad Gita—the nature of man, agricultural and nonagricultural sectors. God, the world, and the paths to liberation. CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN SOUTH ASIA MYTHS AND SYMBOLS IN INDIAN RELIGION (A nthropology 141) (Asian Studies 407) L. W. Hazlehurst. J. B. Long. A study of the mythological, legendary, and historical sources of An investigation into the nature of myth per se and an analysis of the South Asian civilization and their representation in social and cultural major mythic traditions in Hinduism—, Krishna, Shiva, and the life. goddess. SOUTH ASIA WARFARE AND CIVILIZATION IN THE MAHABHARATA (Anthropology 640) (Asian Studies 408) L. W. Hazlehurst. J. B. Long. SOUTH ASIA: READINGS IN SPECIAL PROBLEMS A study of the narrative, mythological, and didactic portions of this (Anthropology 641-642) great epic with particular emphasis on the role of the warrior class in L. W. Hazlehurst. the formation of culture.

26 STUDIES IN INDIAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART A rt 280, 380, 386, 482, 483, 580; A gricultu ral Economics 464, 560; C om ­ (H istory of A rt 386) munication Arts 524, 526; and Rural Sociology 528 (College of Agricul­ S. J. O'Connor. ture and Life Sciences); Architecture 435-UPD 602 (College of Archi­ The course w ill focus on major developments in : the Indus tecture, Art, and Planning), civilization, early Buddhist painting and sculpture, the Hindu temple, and Rajput miniature painting. Some monuments in Southeast Asia will Language Courses also be examined with reference to the assimilation and adaptation of Indian traditions in the art of that region. BASIC COURSE (Hindi-Urdu [101-102]) INDIA AS A LINGUISTIC AREA (Linguistics 341) HINDI READING J. W . G air and G. B. Kelley. (H indi [201-202]) DRAVIDIAN STRUCTURES COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION (Linguistics 440) (Hindi [203-204]) G. B. Kelley. READINGS IN H IN D I LITERATURE INDO-ARYAN STRUCTURES (Hindi [301-302]) (Linguistics 442) ADVANCED COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION J. W. Gair. (H indi [303-304]) COMPARATIVE INDO-EUROPEAN LINGUISTICS ADVANCED HINDI READINGS (Linguistics 631-632) (H indi [305-306]) G. M. Messing and J. F. Vigorita. HISTORY OF HINDI ELEMENTARY PALI (H indi [401]) (Linguistics 640) J. W. Gair. SEMINAR IN HINDI LINGUISTICS (H indi 700 [600]) ELEMENTARY SANSKRIT (Linguistics 641-642) BASIC COURSE (Sinhalese 101-102) COMPARATIVE INDO-ARYAN (Linguistics 644) SINHALESE READING J. W. Gair. (Sinhalese 201-202)

COMPARATIVE DRAVIDIAN COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION (Linguistics 646) (Sinhalese 203-204) G. B. Kelley. BASIC COURSE SEMINAR IN SOUTH ASIAN LINGUISTICS (Tamil 101-102) (Linguistics 700) BASIC COURSE DIRECTED RESEARCH (Linguistics 701-702) (Telugu 101-102) Other courses dealing extensively with South Asia are Anthropology TELUGU READING 113, 122, 618; G overnm ent 338, 387, 577; H istory 190, 191; H istory o f (Telugu 201-202)

27 A survey of the literatures of Southeast Asia with special attention to Southeast Asia several masterpieces. Area Courses SOUTHEAST ASIA SEMINAR: CONTEMPORARY BURMA (Asian Studies 601, Section 1) ETHNOLOGY OF ISLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA J. H. Badgley. (Anthropology 134) J. T. Siegel. SOUTHEAST ASIA SEMINAR: VIETNAM An attempt to understand the nature of the postcolonial societies of (Asian Studies 601, Section 2) Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia. Attention will be focused on G. C. Hickey. social and political organization and forms of cultural expression with the aim of evaluating the adequacy of anthropological efforts to com­ SOUTHEAST ASIA SEMINAR: LAOS prehend these cultures. (Asian Studies 602, Section 1) D. K. W yatt. ETHNOLOGY OF (A nthropology 135) THE MUSLIM IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY L. Sharp. (Asian Studies 602, Section 2) A comparative study of selected cultural systems in Burma, Thailand, C. A. M ajul. Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam; the role of ethnic traditions in the modernization of these complex societies under the influence of Indian, SOUTHEAST ASIA RESEARCH TR AINING SEMINAR Chinese, Moslem, and Western civilizations. (Asian Studies 676) Open only to advanced graduate students preparing for fieldwork in CONCEPTUAL SYSTEMS IN ANTHROPOLOGY Southeast Asia. (Anthropology 617) A. T. Kirsch. ECONOMIC POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (Economics 365) POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: HISTORIOGRAPHY OF F. H. Golay. NON-WESTERN PEOPLES Survey of colonial policy and development and current processes of (A nthropology 628) economic growth in Southeast Asia. Examination of the role of the J. T. Siegel. state in capital formation, agricultural development, monetary man­ SOUTHEAST ASIA: READINGS IN SPECIAL PROBLEMS agement, and economic planning. Interaction of cultural and techno­ (Anthropology 634-635) logical change, role of international specialization, and the potential A. T. Kirsch and L. Sharp. for outside participation in Southeast Asian economic development are emphasized. INDOCHINA (Asian Studies 304) (Government 331) ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SOUTHEAST ASIA G. McT. Kahin. (Economics 678) The political development of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos from F. H. Golay. World War II to the present. Close consideration will be given to the GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA impact of the United States and other powers on this process. The major (G overnm ent 344) focus w ill be on Vietnam. B. R. Anderson. SOUTHEAST IN TRANSLATION Analysis of the organization and functioning of the political systems (Asian Studies 379) of Southeast Asia, with special attention to the problems of postcolonial J. M . Echols. social and political development.

28 POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA STUDIES IN INDIAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART (G overnm ent 644) (H istory o f A rt 386) G. McT. Kahin. S. J. O'Connor. The course will focus on major developments in Indian art: the Indus SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY civilization, early Buddhist painting and sculpture, the Hindu temple, (H istory 395) and Rajput miniature painting. Some monuments in Southeast Asia will O. W. Wolters. also be examined with reference to the assimilation and adaptation of SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY Indian traditions in the art of that region. (H istory 396) TR AD ITIO N AL ARTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA D. K. W yatt. (H istory o f A rt 488) An analytic survey of Southeast Asian states and societies and the S. J. O'Connor. changes which have transformed them. After a brief examination of An examination of several complexes of artifact and idea—the keris, the classical order of the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries, the Wayang, megaliths, the temple, and divine image—that played an im­ course considers, in depth, the economic, intellectual, and political portant role in the societies of Southeast Asia. The persistence of impact of the West in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the tradition will be emphasized. Lectures, discussion, and individual search for meaningful modernization in the twentieth century. reports. OLD JAVANESE UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (Linguistics 651-652) (H istory 397) J. M. Echols. D. K. W yatt. SEMINAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES A seminar investigating the social and political dimensions of selected (Linguistics 653-654) conflicts involving Southeast Asian states and Western powers, utilizing R. B. Jones. primary documents in translation. MALAYO-POLYNESIAN LINGUISTICS UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY (Linguistics 655-656) (H istory 498) J. U. W olff. O. W. Wolters. SEMINAR IN MON-KHMER LINGUISTICS Systematic consideration of selected problems and episodes in South­ (Linguistics 657) east Asian history, utilizing indigenous historical sources in translation F. E. Huffman. and relevant secondary sources. DIRECTED RESEARCH SUPERVISED READING (Linguistics 701-702) (History 611-612) Staff. O. W. Wolters and D. K. Wyatt. THAI DIALECTOLOGY (Linguistics 751) THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF SOUTHEAST ASIA R. B. Jones. (History 695-696) COMPARATIVE THAI O. W. Wolters and D. K. Wyatt. (Linguistics 752) SEMINAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY TIBETO-BURMAN LINGUISTICS (History 795-796) (Linguistics 753) O. W. Wolters and D. K. Wyatt. R. B. Jones.

29 Other courses dealing extensively with Southeast Asia are Anthro­ BASIC COURSE pology 113, 122, 129, 618; G overnm ent 338, 348, 349, 350, 387, 577; (Cebuano [Bisayan] 101-102) History 190, 191; H istory o f A rt 280, 380, 482, 483, 580, 596; A gricultural J. U. W olff. Economics 464; Communication Arts 524, 526 (College of Agriculture BASIC COURSE and Life Sciences); and Architecture 435-UPD 602 (College of Architec­ (Indonesian 101-102) ture, Art, and Planning). INDONESIAN READING Language Courses (Indonesian 201-202) J. U. W olff. BASIC COURSE (Burmese 101-102) COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION (Indonesian 203-204) BURMESE READING J. U. Wolff. (Burmese 201-202) R. B. Jones. READINGS IN INDONESIAN AND MALAY (Indonesian 301-302) COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION J. M. Echols. (Burmese 203-204) R. B. Jones. ADVANCED INDONESIAN CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION (Indonesian 303-304) ADVANCED BURMESE READING J. M. Echols. (Burmese 301-302) R. B. Jones. ADVANCED READINGS IN INDONESIAN AND MALAY LITERATURE (Indonesian 305-306) BASIC COURSE J. M. Echols. (Cambodian 101-102) LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF INDONESIAN CAMBODIAN READING (Indonesian 403) (Cambodian 201-202) J. U. W o lff. F. E. Huffman. ELEMENTARY JAVANESE COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION (Javanese 131-132) (Cambodian 203-204) INTERMEDIATE JAVANESE F. E. Huffman. (Javanese 133-134) ADVANCED CAMBODIAN J. U. W olff. (Cambodian 301-302) BASIC COURSE F. E. Huffman. (Tagalog 101-102) LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF CAMBODIAN TAGALOG READING (Cambodian 404) (Tagalog 201-202) F. E. Huffman. J. U. Wolff. DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF TAGALOG (Cambodian 405-406) (Tagalog 403) F. E. Huffman. J. U. W olff.

30 BASIC COURSE (Thai 101-102) THAI READING (Thai 201-202) R. B. Jones. COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION (Thai 203-204) R. B. Jones. ADVANCED THAI (Thai 301-302) R. B. Jones. THAI LITERATURE (Thai 305-306) R. B. Jones. Reading of selections from contemporary literature. DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY (Thai 405-406) R. B. Jones. BASIC COURSE (Vietnamese 101-102) VIETNAMESE READING (Vietnamese 201-202) F. E. Huffman. COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION (Vietnamese 203-204) F. E. Huffman. ADVANCED VIETNAMESE (Vietnamese 301-302) F. E. Huffman. DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY (Vietnamese 405-406) F. E. Huffman. Sumarsam, Javanese gamelan instructor from the Konservatori Seni Karawitan, Indonesia, and Martin Hatch, a member of the Cornell Southeast Asia Program, and director of the Cornell Camelan Ensemble. Charles E. Elliott, Assistant Professor of Linguistics REGISTER Eugene C. Erikson, Associate Professor of Rural Sociology Richard Freeman, Assistant Professor of Economics O f f i c e r s James W. Gair, Associate Professor of Linguistics Marvin D. Glock, Professor of Educational Psychology Dale R. Corson, President of the University Frank H. Golay, Professor of Economics; Director, Robert A. Plane, University Provost Cornell-Philippines Project Paul J. Leurgans, Acting Dean of the Graduate School Alexander B. Griswold, Visiting Professor of Southeast Asian Alfred E. Kahn, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Art History and Archaeology Tsu-Lin Mei, Chairman, Department of Asian Studies D. G. E. Hall, Visiting Professor of Southeast Asian History M artie W. Young, Director, China Program; Director, Leighton W. Hazlehurst, Associate Professor of Anthropology East Asia Language and Area Center James W. Gair, Director, South Asia Program; Director, Gerald C. Hickey, Visiting Associate Professor of Anthropology South Asia Language and Area Center Franklin E. Huffman, Associate Professor of Linguistics Frank H. Golay, Director, Southeast Asia Program; Director, Michael Hugo-Brunt, Associate Professor of City and Regional Southeast Asia Language and Area Center P la n n in g Robert B. Jones, Jr., Professor of Linguistics Eleanor H. Jorden, Professor of Linguistics F a c u l t y George McT. Kahin, Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor of International Studies and Government; Director, Modern Benedict R. Anderson, Associate Professor of Government Indonesia Project Douglas E. Ashford, Professor of Government, and Business Gerald B. Kelley, Professor of Linguistics and Public Administration Kenneth A. R. Kennedy, Associate Professor of Anthropology John A. Badgley, Visiting Associate Professor of Asian Studies A. Thomas Kirsch, Associate Professor of Anthropology M ilton J. Barnett, Professor of Rural Sociology Ta-Chung Liu, Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics M artin G. Bernal, Associate Professor of Government Knight Biggerstaff, Professor of Chinese History, Emeritus J. Bruce Long, Assistant Professor of Asian Religions Nicholas C. Bodman, Professor of Linguistics Robert D. MacDougall, Assistant Professor of Architecture Sherman G. Cochran, Assistant Professor of Chinese History Cesar A. M ajul, Visiting Associate Professor of Asian Studies Royal D. Colie, Associate Professor of Communication Arts John McCoy, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Literature Donald R. DeGlopper, Instructor of Anthropology Tsu-Lin Mei, Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and Arch T. Dotson, Professor of Government P h ilo s o p h y John M. Echols, Professor of Linguistics and Literature; John W. M ellor, Professor of Agricultural Economics Associate Director, Southeast Asia Program Gordon M. Messing, Professor of Classics and Linguistics

33 David P. Mozingo, Associate Professor of Government; Chungling M u, Associate Librarian (Chinese) Director, International Relations of East Asia Project Giok Po Oey, Southeast Asia Librarian Stanley J. O'Connor, Professor of History of Art Etain Osiochain, Assistant Librarian (Chinese) T. John Pempel, Assistant Professor of Government Cri Lakshmi Sari Devi Suprapto, Assistant Librarian (Thai) Charles A. Peterson, Associate Professor of Chinese History Raden Mas Suprapto, Assistant Librarian (Indonesian) Robert A. Poison, Professor of Rural Sociology, Emeritus Etsuko Terasaki, Research Associate, China-Japan Program Harold Shadick, Professor of Chinese Literature, Emeritus Tjeng Sioe The, Assistant Librarian (Indonesian) Lauriston Sharp, Goldwin Smith Professor of Anthropology, A. Van Marie, Research Associate, Southeast Asia Program E m eritus James T. Siegel, Associate Professor of Anthropology Robert J. Smith, Professor of Anthropology John U. W olff, Associate Professor of Linguistics O. W. W olters, Professor of Southeast Asian History Kam-ming W ong, Assistant Professor of Chinese Literature David K. W yatt, Associate Professor of Southeast Asian History; Associate Director, Southeast Asia Program M artie W. Young, Professor of History of Art; Curator of Asian Art, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

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Gerald H. Anderson, Senior Research Associate, Southeast Asia Program Jack Chen, Senior Research Associate, China-Japan Program Paul P. W . Cheng, East Asia Librarian Jane R. Hanks, Research Associate, Thailand Project Lucien M. Hanks, Senior Research Associate, Thailand Project Tom Harrisson, Senior Research Associate, Southeast Asia Program Richard C. Howard, Curator, Wason Collection Mei-chen Hung, Assistant Librarian (Chinese) Ved Kayastha, Associate Librarian (South Asia) U Myo Lwin, Assistant Librarian (Burma)

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