{"id":10501,"date":"2026-02-19T20:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/?p=10501"},"modified":"2026-02-24T07:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:16:45","slug":"south-asia-center-course-list-spring-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/news\/south-asia-center-course-list-spring-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"South Asia Center Course List | Spring 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

This\u00a0list<\/span> contains courses explicitly on a South Asian topic and\u00a0<\/i>courses with an international or relevant thematic focus taught by South Asia Center affiliated faculty. Always double-check the UW\u00a0Time Schedule<\/a>\u00a0for the most current\u00a0course<\/span> information.<\/p>\n

AREA COURSES<\/strong><\/p>\n

JSIS A 207 Asian Civilizations: Traditions<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Deborah Porter<\/span>
\nAsynchronous Online<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H, SSc) | SLN: 15594<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nInterdisciplinary introduction to the civilizations of Asia, particularly those of India, China, Japan, and Korea. Explores the religion, philosophy, literature, art, and social and political thought of these civilizations from ancient times to the seventeenth century.<\/span><\/p>\n

JSIS 201: The Making of the Twenty-First Century<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Scott L. Montgomery<\/span>
\nMWF | 11:30 – 12:20 | RAI 121\u00a0<\/span>
\nMW | 1:30 – 2:20 | SAV 164<\/span>
\nTTh | 10:30 – 11:20 | THO 202<\/span>
\nTTh | 11:30 – 12:20 | CMU 243<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc, W) | SLN 15562, 15563, 15564, 15565\u00a0<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nProvides a historical understanding from the mid-twentieth century to major global issues today. Focuses on interdisciplinary social science theories, methods, and information relating to global processes, and on developing analytical and writing skills to engage complex questions of causation and effects of global events and forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

JSIS 202 Culture and Power in International Studies<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Sara R Curran<\/span>
\nTTh | 11:30 – 12:50 | KNE 210<\/span>
\nMW | 9:30 – 10:20 | MUS 219<\/span>
\nMW | 10:30 – 11:20 | CLK 316<\/span>
\nMW | 10:30 – 11:20 | SAV 168<\/span>
\nMW | 11:30 – 12:20 | THO 334<\/span>
\nMW | 12:30 – 1:20 | THO 331<\/span>
\nMW | 12:30 – 1:20 | CLK 316<\/span>
\nMW | 1:30 – 2:20 | SAV 157<\/span>
\nMW | 2:30 – 3:20 | THO 235<\/span>
\n5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN 15566, 15567, 15568,15569, 15570, 15571, 15572, 15573, 15574\u00a0<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nDives into how power, violence, and development shape the world, focusing on diverse cultures and histories. Explores how economic, political, and social backgrounds influence interactions and identities internationally. Students think critically about culture, examining how different groups use it today. Through case studies and social science methods, students gain new perspectives on how diversity plays a role in addressing global challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n

JSIS 203 Rise of Asia<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Tabitha G Mallory<\/span>
\nMW | 3:30 – 5:20 | SMI 102<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc) | 15575<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nKey themes in the study of Asia, with focus on the present. Topics include: the notion of “Asia;” cultural and religious similarities and differences; comparison of colonial experiences under Western and Asian powers; World War II and liberation; postwar patterns of economic and political development; social patterns and issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

S ASIA 498 Special Topics in Languages and Cultures of South Asia\/GLITS 313 Literature Across Places<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: <\/span>Jennifer Dubrow<\/span>
\nTTh | 2:30 – 4:20 | SAV 156<\/span>
\n1-5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 19422, 14840<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nTopics vary\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

S ASIA 498 Special Topics in Languages and Cultures of South Asia<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Sravanthi Kollu\u00a0<\/span>
\nMW | 2:30 – 4:20 | SMI 313<\/span>
\n1-5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 19423<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>
\nTopics vary\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

JSIS A 409\/HSTAS 404 History of Twentieth-Century India<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Anand A Yang<\/span>
\nMW | 1:30 – 3:20 | SMI 115<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc, W) | SLN: 15608, 15115<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAnalysis of the problems in the fields of social life, international and domestic politics, education, economics, and other areas that confront India today.<\/span><\/p>\n

JSIS B 458 Energy and International Security<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Debamanyu Das<\/span>
\nMW | 2:30 – 4:20 | THO 202<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc, W) | SLN: 21435<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nExplores the future of energy and its impact on global power. Dives into the world of critical minerals, clean tech, and the countries racing to control them. From energy inequality to the fate of oil states, students analyze real cases from the Global South and North and learn how innovation, finance, and policy shape a rapidly changing energy landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n

ANTH 345\/GWSS 345\/JSIS B 345 Women and International Economic Development<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Priti Ramamurthy<\/span>
\nTTh | 10:30 – 12:20 | ECE 125<\/span>
\n5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 10310, 14876, 15650<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nQuestions how women are affected by economic development in the Third World and celebrates redefinitions of what development means. Introduces theoretical perspectives and methods to interrogate gender and development policies. Assesses current processes of globalization and potential for changing gender and economic inequalities.<\/span><\/p>\n

ANTH 369 A Special Problems in Anthropology\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Radhika Govindrajan<\/span>
\nMW | 9:30 – 11:20 | CMU 230<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 10313<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nDelineation and analysis of a specific problem or related problems in sociocultural anthropology.<\/span><\/p>\n

GWSS 460 Feminist Oral History Research Methodology<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Priti Ramamurthy<\/span>
\nMW | 1:30 – 3:20 | GLD 436<\/span>
\n5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 14892<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nHow to create feminist oral histories. Gain practical and technical skills. Includes preparing an interview guide, conducting interviews, learning to transcribe, contextualize, and move from the transcript to interpretation and analysis. Addresses issues of consent, research protocols, and archiving feminist oral histories.<\/span><\/p>\n

JSIS B 331 Political Economy of Development<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Debamanyu Das<\/span>
\nMW | 10:30 – 12:20 | CMU 226<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc, W) | SLN: 15644<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>
\nExamines development challenges, analyzing why some countries are poorer than others and how to address these challenges. Outlines the roles of state and non-state actors in development and explores how global political factors shape government policies, power dynamics, and economic development worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n

ART H 414\/514 Topics in South Asian Art<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Akshaya Tankha<\/span>
\nT | 1:30 – 4:20 | ART 317<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H, SSc) | SLN: 10502, 10510<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/strong>
\nExplores topics on the art and visual culture of South Asia with a particular focus on India. Critical appraisal of the principle research methods, theories, and types of literature dealing with the art of South Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n

CHID 250C: Icons and Idols: India’s Image Controversies<\/strong><\/a>
\nInstructor: Sudhir Mahadevan<\/span>
\nMW | 12:30-2:20 | MGH 030<\/span>
\n(5 credits \u00a0SSc) | SLN: 12168<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sacred and secular icons are pervasive in India\u2019s visual landscapes, as bazaar calendar pictures, giant cutouts on the streets, and in the movies. Yet contests over their meanings and uses are equally longstanding. How do Indians understand what an image is? This undergraduate course introduces students to India’s \u2018image wars\u2019, ranging from disputatious medieval events to modern media controversies. Students learn the contexts that make images meaningful; learn concepts key to the study of any visual culture; and acquire an understanding of the politics of iconoclasm (the destruction of images and ideas) and iconophilia (the love of images) in one of the world\u2019s most populous countries.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The topics covered in this course include: the place of sacred icons in everyday life in India; the function of images in picturing nation and national identity; the role of film stars as public icons, secular gods, and political idols; the destruction and restoration of monuments in shaping conceptions of heritage and history; censorship and protest around cinematic representations of family, gender, and sexuality; and the role played by print, photography,\u00a0 commercial cinema, and digital media in shaping India’s image controversies.<\/div>\n
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COM 383 Qualitative Communication Research Methods<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Anis Rahman<\/span>
\nTTh | 12:30 – 2:20 | CMU 104<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 12359<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nIntroduces students to a range of qualitative research methods for analyzing communication. Students design and execute a qualitative communication research project.<\/span><\/div>\n

COM 422 Money and Power in International Communications<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Anis Rahman<\/span>
\nTTh | 3:30 – 5:20 | CMU 104<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 12362<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nExplores emerging issues in international communications through a critical political economy lens, with a focus on the geopolitical and infrastructural aspects of media, communication, and digital platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n

HSTCMP 221 Global Environmental History, Feast and Famine<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Purnima Dhavan<\/span>
\nMW | 10:30 – 12:20 | CDH 139<\/span>
\nF | 9:30 – 10:20 AM | SAV 132<\/span>
\nF | 11:30 – 12:20 | SAV 137<\/span>
\n5 credits (DIV, SSc, W) | SLN: 15121, 15122, 15123<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nExamines how consumption in societies such as China, India, Japan, Africa, Europe, and the Americas developed from 1500 to the present. Broad patterns of global history and how they fit into debates about environmental history.<\/span><\/p>\n

G H 593 Rethinking Global Health<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Deepa Rao, Keshet Ronen<\/span>
\nM | 2:30 – 3:50 | HST T498<\/span>
\n1 credit | SLN: 14646<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nFocuses on building a global health Master of Public Health cohort with a sense of camaraderie, confidence, and communication skills to participate effectively in future work in global health. Topics covered include social injustice, inequity, and a deep examination of our roles as public health professionals within the field of global health. We use an open forum for exchange of viewpoints. Students are considered co-developers of the course.<\/span><\/p>\n

LANGUAGE COURSES<\/strong><\/p>\n

HINDI 103 Elementary Hindi<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Amruta M Chandekar\u00a0<\/span>
\nMTWThF | 9:30 – 10:20 | MGH 248<\/span>
\n5 credits | SLN: 15001<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nModern literary Hindi. Reading, writing, and conversation. Introduction to Devanagari script. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n

HINDI 203 Intermediate Hindi<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Amruta M Chandekar<\/span>
\nMTWThF |10:30 – 11:20 | SMI 111<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 15002<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSystematic expansion of vocabulary and grammar. Intermediate-level prose and poetry readings. Oral drills. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n

HINDI 324 Advanced Hindi Third Year: Drama<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Heidi R Pauwels<\/span>
\nTTh | 1:30 – 3:20 | MGH 074<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 15003<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nDevelopment of drama in Hindi, with readings of representative texts and discussion of historical and cultural contexts.<\/span><\/p>\n

HINDI 431 Advanced Conversational Hindi<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Amruta M Chandekar<\/span>
\nMW | 11:30 – 12:50 | SMI 109<\/span>
\n3 credits (A&H) | SLN: 15005<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nConversational practice in contemporary Hindi.<\/span><\/p>\n

SNKRT 103\/SNKRT 513 Elementary Sanskrit<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: David Fowler<\/span>
\nMTWThF | 9:30 – 10:20 | SAV 140\u00a0<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 19510, 19514<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nBasic grammar and vocabulary of the classical language. Reading of elementary texts from the epic or Puranic literature. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n

SNKRT 203\/SNKRT 523 Intermediate Sanskrit<\/a><\/strong>
\nMWF | 11:30 – 12:50 | SAV 167<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 19511, 19515<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nFurther study of classical grammar; introduction to classical literature and Vedic language and texts. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n

SNKRT 313\/SNKRT 533 Advanced Sanskrit<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Heidi R Pauwels<\/span>
\nTTh | 3:30 – 5:20 | SAV 132<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 21257, 21258<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>
\nReading and analysis of classical texts, chosen according to students’ interests. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n

SNKRT 205 Essential Sanskrit for Yoga and Meditation<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Joseph Marino<\/span>
\nTTh | 1:30 – 2:50 | SMI 313<\/span>
\n1-5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 19512<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nIntroduction to Sanskrit via South Asian contemplative traditions like yoga and Buddhist meditation. Learn script, pronunciation, basic writing\/reading, while reading texts in English. May only be taken for credit once.<\/span><\/p>\n

URDU 103 Elementary Urdu<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Jameel Ahmad<\/span>
\nMTWThF | 9:30 – 10:20 | MGH 074<\/span>
\n5 credits | SLN: 21046<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nModern literary Urdu. Reading, writing, conversation, and listening comprehension. Introduction to Perso-Arabic script. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n

URDU 203 Intermediate Urdu<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Jameel Ahmad<\/span>
\nMTWThF | 10:30 – 11:20 | MGH 282<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 21047<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSystematic expansion of vocabulary and grammar. Intermediate-level prose and poetry readings. Expansion of skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n

URDU 324 Advanced Urdu Third Year: Drama<\/a><\/strong>
\nInstructor: Heidi R Pauwels<\/span>
\nTTh | 1:30 – 3:20 | MGH 074<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 21048<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nDevelopment of drama in Urdu with readings of representative texts and discussion of their historical and cultural contexts.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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