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SISSA 200 South Asia Today (5) I&S Dhavan
Interdisciplinary introduction to the field of South Asian Studies. Overview of the topographic, social, and linguistic geography and history of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Examines politics, economy, social structure, religion, cultural production and the arts, popular culture, and transnationalism.
Instructor Course Description:
Charu Gupta
Ramya Sreenivasan
SISSA 202 Introduction to South Asian History, 1500 - present (5) I&S
The Islamic impact, British conquest, and contemporary India. Emphasis on the rise of nationalism, social organization, and contemporary life and history. Offered: jointly with HSTAS 202.
SISSA 303 Divided Lands/Divided Lives: An Environmental History of South Asia (5) I&S
Focuses on the mobilization of South Asian tribal, peasant, and ethnic communities around ecological issues to secure social equity in the colonial and post-colonial period. Examines how the complex interactions of states and peoples have changed the ways in which nature itself is conceptualized. Offered: jointly with HSTAS 303.
Instructor Course Description:
Purnima Dhavan
SISSA 316 Modern South Asia (5) I&S
Twentieth-century history and society of Indian subcontinent. Topics include nationalism, rural and urban life, popular culture gender and environmental politics. Offered: jointly with ANTH 316.
Instructor Course Description:
Cabeiri Debergh Robinson
SISSA 339 Social Movements in Contemporary India (5) Ramamurthy
Covers issues of social change, economic development, and identity politics in contemporary India studied through environmental and women's movements. Includes critiques of development and conflicts over forests, dams, women's rights, religious community, ethnicity, and citizenship. Offered: jointly with WOMEN 339/ANTH 339.
SISSA 340 Government and Politics of South Asia (5) I&S Kale
Comparison of problems of national integration and political development in India, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Offered: jointly with POL S 340.
Instructor Course Description:
Virginia Vandyke
SISSA 341 Political Violence and the Post-Colonial State in South Asia (5) I&S
Examines theoretical approaches to the analysis of collective, state, and anti-state violence in post-colonial South Asia through the study of specific cases of political violence in modern India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Offered: jointly with ANTH 341.
SISSA 343 Comparative Geographies of Youth (5) I&S Jeffrey
Examines how three key global processes - rising levels of formal education, changing health regimes , and environmental transformation - are shaping youth in the US and South Asia. Examines ways young people rework broader structures, paying particular attention to their economic livelihoods, cultural practices, and political engagements. Offered: jointly with GEOG 343; A.
SISSA 399 Study Abroad: South Asian Studies (1-5, max. 15) I&S
For participants in study abroad program. Specific course content varies. Courses do not automatically apply to major/minor requirements.
SISSA 417 Political Economy of India (5) I&S
Analysis of relationships among processes of economic change, political institutions, and structures of political power in contemporary India. Includes contrasting approaches to Indian economic development, land reform, radical and agrarian political movements, and role of foreign aid. Offered: jointly with POL S 417.
SISSA 434 International Relations of South Asia (5) I&S
Interrelationships of domestic, interstate, and extraregional forces and their effects upon the resolution or expansion of interstate conflicts in South Asia. Offered: jointly with POL S 434.
SISSA 436 Social and Political Geographies of South Asia (5) I&S Jeffrey
Introduces the social and political geographies of South Asia through reference to agrarian change in India. Outlines key concepts related to the reproduction of inequality in the region, particularly theories of caste, class, gender, and religious communalism, and examines the mechanisms through which these inequalities are reproduced in South Asia. Offered: jointly with GEOG 436, Sp.
SISSA 490 Special Topics (1-5, max. 15) I&S
Topics vary.
Instructor Course Description:
Jane Dyson
Kunwar P Singh
Keith Snodgrass
Ramya Sreenivasan
SISSA 494 Ramayana in Comparative Perspective (5) VLPA Pauwels
Examines and compares different versions (mainly South Asian) of the Ramayana, including the widely popular television version. Focuses on some famous and controversial passages, with special attention to gender issues. Incorporates background readings from the most recent research. Offered: jointly with ASIAN 494.
SISSA 498 Undergraduate Colloquium on South Asia (5) I&S
Interrelationship of the various social science disciplines in the study of South Asian history and culture.
SISSA 499 Undergraduate Research (1-5, max. 15)
SISSA 510 Interdisciplinary Study of South Asia I (5)
Examines key themes and debates about the development of South Asian cultural and political formations. Examines how different scholarly disciplines, particularly those in the humanities, have approved and analyzed the past in South Asia.
SISSA 511 Interdisciplinary Study of South Asia II (5) Jeffrey, Kale
Examination of key themes and debates about the development of South Asian cultural and political formations. Examines how different scholarly disciplines, particularly those in the social sciences, analyze political transitions, social change, and cultural transformations in South Asia through the twentieth century. Offered: W.
SISSA 512 South Asian Studies Research Design Seminar (5) Robinson
Interdisciplinary seminar for graduate students in which research and writing on individual research topics are critically developed. Designed to provide each student with an opportunity to synthesize his or her studies on South Asia. Prerequisite: SISSA 510; SISSA 511 or permission of graduate program coordinator.
SISSA 536 Advanced Research Seminar on South Asian Geographies (5) Jeffrey
Examines geographies of social inequality in South Asia through reference to how space, place, and the environment are shaping practices of political struggle in the region. Considers how liberalization, democratization and religious communalization are changing the political geography of South Asia. Offered jointly with GEOG 536, Sp.
SISSA 539 Social Movements in Contemporary India (5) Ramamurthy
Covers issues of social change, economic development, and identity politics in contemporary India studied through environmental and women's movements. Includes critiques of development and conflicts over forests, dams, women's rights, religious community, ethnicity, and citizenship. Offered: jointly with WOMEN 539/ANTH 539.
SISSA 590 Special Topics (2-5, max. 10)
Seminar. Course content varies. Offered occasionally by visitors or resident faculty.
SISSA 600 Independent Study or Research (*)
SISSA 700 Master's Thesis (*)
