Asian Studies
Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary field grounded in current approaches to the varied regions of Asia. Seminars and lectures are offered on China, Japan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Indonesia. Courses explore Asian cultures, geographies, histories, societies, and religions. Visual and performing arts are included in the Asian Studies curriculum. Faculty, trained in languages of their areas, draw on extensive field experience in Asia. Their courses bridge humanities, social sciences, and global studies.
Students are encouraged to consider studying in Asia during their junior year. The Office of International Programs assists students in locating appropriate opportunities. Recent Sarah Lawrence College students have participated in programs of study in India, China, and Japan.
Asian Studies courses
- Body and Self in Asian Cultures
- Cataclysm and Catharsis: 20th-Century Chinese Fiction
- Chinese Religion and Politics
- First-Year Studies: Reform and Revolution: China’s 20th Century
- Holding Up Half the Sky: Chinese Women in History
- India and Orientalism
- Pilgrimage and Tourism: South Asian Practices
- Pre-Modern Chinese Literature: Ghosts, Bandits, and Lovers
- Readings in Daoism: The Zhuangzi and Movement
- Sacrifice
Vera Wang '71 addresses Class of 2013; photos, videos, media clips available on Commencement site