South Asia Program
130 Uris Hall
(607) 255-8493
einaudi.cornell.edu/programs/south-asia-program
Faculty
Sarah Besky, Director; H. Acharya, A. Banerjee, Al. Basu, Ar. Basu, K. Basu, A. Blackburn, D. Boucher, R. Chowdhury, J. Chusid, I. Dadi, J. Finkelstein, D. Ghosh, B. Herath, R. Kanbur, K. Kassam, N. Kudva, S. Kuruvilla, R. Lamba, W. Lodge, L. McCrea, A. McDonald, K. McGowan, S. Mehta, S. Mohanty, V. Munasinghe, P. Pingali, E. Prasad, N. Raheja, L. Ramberg, N. Rizvi, S. Singh, E. Tagliacozzo, S. Thompson, R. Travers, A. Vashistha, A. Willford, S. Wolf. Retired: B. Bledsoe, S. Feldman, D. Gold, M. Hatch, R. Herring, D. Holmberg, M. Katzenstein, M. Majumdar, K. March, B. Perlus, K.V. Raman, N. Uphoff, M. Woods.
Program
The South Asia Program coordinates research, teaching, and special campus events relating to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The program faculty include members from a variety of disciplines, including agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, anthropology, architecture, art, Asian studies, city and regional planning, classics, comparative literature, development sociology, ecology, economics, English, government, history, history of art, industrial and labor relations, information science, international agriculture, linguistics, literature, nutritional sciences, public administration, and religious studies. Undergraduates with a special interest in the region may major in Asian Studies with a South Asian concentration, or complete a South Asia minor with any other major. Graduate students may pursue the M.A. degree in Asian Studies with a concentration in South Asia.
Languages offered are Bangla, Hindi, Nepali, Pali, Persian, Punjabi (DL), Sanskrit, Sinhala, Tamil (DL), Tibetan (DL) and Urdu. Foreign Language and Area Studies scholarships are available to undergraduate and graduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Scholarships are available for undergraduates and graduate students studying intensive language in the summer at an intermediate or advanced level. Cornell is a member of the American Institutes of Bangladesh, Indian, Pakistan, and Sri Lankan Studies, and the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies. For details on the major, see the Department of Asian Studies listing in this volume. For courses available in South Asian studies and further information on South Asia-related activities on campus and outreach to schools and community, consult the South Asia Program and Department of Asian Studies websites.
Related Courses
South Asia Studies - Area
Code | Title | Hours |
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AAS 1100 | Introduction to Asian American Studies | 4 |
AAS 2620 | Introduction to Asian American Literature | 3 |
AAS 3020 | Asian Americans and Popular Culture | 4 |
AAS 3030 | Asians in the Americas: A Comparative Perspective | 3 |
AAS 4950 | Independent Study | 1-4 |
AEM 1300 | Introduction to Macroeconomic Theory and Policy | 3 |
AEM 3388 | The Asian Century: The Rise of China and India | 3 |
AEM 3390 | Research Methods in International Development | 3 |
AEM 4450 | Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries | 3 |
AEM 4545 | Money and Finance in the Digital Age | 3 |
AEM 4880 | Global Food, Energy, and Water Nexus – Engage the US, China, and India for Sustainable Future | 3-4 |
AEM 4970 | Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management | 0.5-6 |
AEM 4990 | Undergraduate Research | 1-4 |
AEM 6600 | Natural Resources and Economic Development | 3 |
AEM 7620 | Microeconomics of International Development | 3 |
AEM 7900 | Graduate-Level Thesis Research | 1-12 |
AEM 8900 | Master's Level Thesis Research | 1-12 |
AEM 9900 | Doctoral-Level Thesis Research | 1-12 |
AMST 2620 | Introduction to Asian American Literature | 3 |
AMST 3025 | Asian Americans and Popular Culture | 4 |
AMST 3703 | Asians in the Americas: A Comparative Perspective | 3 |
AMST 6703 | Asians in the Americas: A Comparative Perspective | 3 |
ANSC 4880 | Global Food, Energy, and Water Nexus – Engage the US, China, and India for Sustainable Future | 3-4 |
ANTHR 1400 | Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology | 3 |
ANTHR 1520 | Tamil Conversation in Context | 2 |
ANTHR 2421 | Worlding Sex and Gender | 3 |
ANTHR 2546 | South Asian Religions in Practice: The Healing Traditions | 3 |
ANTHR 3000 | Introduction to Anthropological Theory | 3 |
ANTHR 3420 | Myth, Ritual, and Symbol | 3 |
ANTHR 3520 | Kingship and Statecraft in Asia: Angkor and Beyond | 3 |
ANTHR 3703 | Asians in the Americas: A Comparative Perspective | 3 |
ANTHR 4520 | Society and Culture in the Nilgiris: Engaged Research in Rural South India | 3 |
ANTHR 6020 | History of Anthropological Thought | 3 |
ANTHR 6403 | Ethnographic Field Methods | 3 |
ANTHR 6520 | Kingship and Statecraft in Asia: Angkor and Beyond | 3 |
ANTHR 6703 | Asians in the Americas: A Comparative Perspective | 3 |
ANTHR 7513 | Religion and Politics in Southeast Asia | 4 |
ANTHR 7530 | South Asia: Readings in Special Problems | 1-4 |
ANTHR 7540 | Problems in Himalayan Studies | 1-4 |
ANTHR 7900 | Department of Anthropology Colloquium | 1-4 |
ANTHR 7910 | Independent Study: Grad I | 1-4 |
ARCH 5402 | Architecture, Culture, and Society | 3 |
ARCH 5819 | Special Topics in the History of Architecture and Urbanism | 3 |
ARKEO 3520 | Kingship and Statecraft in Asia: Angkor and Beyond | 3 |
ARKEO 6530 | Kingship and Statecraft in Asia: Angkor and Beyond | 3 |
ART 5092 | Graduate Independent Studio in Art | 1-4 |
ARTH 2805 | Introduction to Asian Art: Material Worlds | 4 |
ARTH 3600 | Contemporary Art: 1960-Present | 3 |
ARTH 3611 | Art of South Asia, 1200-Present | 4 |
ARTH 4852 | Shadowplay: Asian Art and Performance | 3 |
ARTH 4855 | Threads of Consequence: Textiles in South and Southeast Asia | 3 |
ARTH 4858 | Dancing the Stone: Body, Memory, and Architecture | 4 |
ARTH 5991 | Supervised Reading | 1-4 |
ARTH 5992 | Supervised Reading | 1-4 |
ARTH 6101 | Proseminar: Introduction to Methods | 3 |
ARTH 6720 | Curating the British Empire | 3 |
ARTH 6852 | Shadowplay: Asian Art and Performance | 3 |
ARTH 6855 | Threads of Consequence: Textiles in South and Southeast Asia | 3 |
ASIAN 1111 | FWS: Literature, Culture, Religion | 3 |
ASIAN 2250 | Introduction to Asian Religions | 3 |
ASIAN 2254 | South Asian Religions in Practice: The Healing Traditions | 3 |
ASIAN 2274 | Mughal India and the Early Modern World, c. 1500-1800 | 4 |
ASIAN 2275 | History of Modern India | 4 |
ASIAN 2285 | Introduction to Asian Art: Material Worlds | 4 |
ASIAN 2299 | Buddhism | 3 |
ASIAN 3309 | Temple in the World: Buddhism in Contemporary South and Southeast Asia | 3 |
ASIAN 3341 | Mahayana Buddhism | 3 |
ASIAN 3342 | History of Modern South Asia: 1526 to 1947 | 3 |
ASIAN 3344 | Introduction to Indian Philosophy | 3 |
ASIAN 3362 | Kingship and Statecraft in Asia: Angkor and Beyond | 3 |
ASIAN 3366 | Poetry of Classical India | 3 |
ASIAN 3368 | Imagining India, Home and Diaspora | 4 |
ASIAN 3376 | Digital Asia | 4 |
ASIAN 3380 | The Asian Century: The Rise of China and India | 3 |
ASIAN 3382 | Art of South Asia, 1200-Present | 4 |
ASIAN 3397 | Monsoon Kingdoms: Pre-Modern Southeast Asian History | 4 |
ASIAN 4401 | Asian Studies Honors Course | 4 |
ASIAN 4402 | Asian Studies Honors: Senior Essay | 4 |
ASIAN 4403 | Supervised Reading | 1-4 |
ASIAN 4404 | Supervised Reading | 1-4 |
ASIAN 4415 | The Body Politic in Asia | 4 |
ASIAN 4423 | The City: Asia | 3 |
ASIAN 4442 | Shadowplay: Asian Art and Performance | 3 |
ASIAN 4446 | Classical Indian Poetry and Comparative Poetics | 3 |
ASIAN 4449 | History, Theory, and Methods in the Academic Study of Religion | 4 |
ASIAN 4456 | Dancing the Stone: Body, Memory, and Architecture | 4 |
ASIAN 4475 | China and Asian Security | 4 |
ASIAN 4487 | Threads of Consequence: Textiles in South and Southeast Asia | 3 |
ASIAN 5505 | Methodology of Asian Language Learning and Teaching | 2 |
ASIAN 6615 | The Body Politic in Asia | 4 |
ASIAN 6623 | The City: Asia | 3 |
ASIAN 6644 | Threads of Consequence: Textiles in South and Southeast Asia | 3 |
ASIAN 6646 | Shadowplay: Asian Art and Performance | 3 |
ASIAN 6648 | Classical Indian Poetry and Comparative Poetics | 3 |
ASIAN 6652 | Kingship and Statecraft in Asia: Angkor and Beyond | 3 |
ASIAN 6680 | The Asian Century: The Rise of China and India | 3 |
ASIAN 6697 | Monsoon Kingdoms: Pre-Modern Southeast Asian History | 4 |
ASIAN 7703 | Directed Research | 1-4 |
ASIAN 7704 | Directed Research | 1-4 |
ASIAN 7713 | Religion and Politics in Southeast Asia | 4 |
ASRC 2674 | History of the Modern Middle East | 3 |
BSOC 4127 | The Body Politic in Asia | 4 |
CAPS 3387 | The Asian Century: The Rise of China and India | 3 |
CAPS 4127 | The Body Politic in Asia | 4 |
CAPS 4870 | China and Asian Security | 4 |
CHEME 4880 | Global Food, Energy, and Water Nexus – Engage the US, China, and India for Sustainable Future | 3-4 |
CLASS 2691 | Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics | 3 |
CLASS 3391 | Independent Study in Sanskrit, Undergraduate Level | 1-4 |
CLASS 3395 | Advanced Sanskrit I | 4 |
CLASS 3396 | Advanced Sanskrit II | 4 |
CLASS 3674 | Introduction to Indian Philosophy | 3 |
CLASS 7691 | Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics | 3 |
COGST 2801 | Game Theory: For Finance, Diplomacy and Everyday Life | 3 |
COML 2036 | Literature and the Elements of Nature | 3 |
COML 4423 | The City: Asia | 3 |
COML 4930 | Senior Essay | 3 |
COML 6159 | Literary Theory on the Edge | 3 |
COML 6221 | Postcolonial Theory: Then and Now | 3 |
COML 6623 | The City: Asia | 3 |
COML 6902 | Environmental Humanities: Theories and Methods | 3 |
CRP 3750 | Nilgiris Field Learning Center (NFLC) Preparatory Seminar | 1 |
CRP 3850 | Special Topics in Planning | 1-4 |
CRP 5190 | Urban Theory | 4 |
CRP 8901 | M.R.P. Exit Project: Research | 1-4 |
CRP 8902 | M.R.P. Exit Project: Research Paper-Writing | 0-3 |
CRP 8904 | M.R.P. Exit Project: Professional Report-Writing | 0-9 |
CRP 8906 | M.R.P. Exit Project: Thesis-Writing | 2-9 |
EAS 7930 | Earth Science Seminar | 1 |
ECON 2801 | Game Theory: For Finance, Diplomacy and Everyday Life | 3 |
ECON 3545 | Money and Finance in the Digital Age | 3 |
ECON 4560 | Development Economics | 3 |
ECON 7300 | Applied Bayesian Time Series Methods | 1.5 |
ECON 7660 | Microeconomics of International Development | 3 |
ECON 7740 | Law and Economics: A Game-Theoretic Approach | 3 |
ENGL 2620 | Introduction to Asian American Literature | 3 |
ENGL 3530 | Imagining India, Home and Diaspora | 4 |
ENGL 6021 | Literary Theory on the Edge | 3 |
ENGL 6221 | Postcolonial Theory: Then and Now | 3 |
FDSC 4880 | Global Food, Energy, and Water Nexus – Engage the US, China, and India for Sustainable Future | 3-4 |
FGSS 2421 | Worlding Sex and Gender | 3 |
FGSS 3000 | Feminist Theory | 3 |
FGSS 3376 | Digital Asia | 4 |
FGSS 4127 | The Body Politic in Asia | 4 |
FGSS 4504 | The City: Asia | 3 |
FGSS 6127 | The Body Politic in Asia | 4 |
FGSS 6504 | The City: Asia | 3 |
FGSS 6880 | Proseminar in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | 3 |
GDEV 2010 | Population and Social Change | 3 |
GDEV 3700 | Comparative Social Inequalities | 3 |
GDEV 4450 | Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries | 3 |
GDEV 4880 | Global Food, Energy, and Water Nexus – Engage the US, China, and India for Sustainable Future | 3-4 |
GDEV 4990 | Independent Research in Global Development | 1-4 |
GDEV 8720 | Graduate Level Ind Study in Development Studies | 1-9 |
GOVT 2264 | Political Violence | 4 |
GOVT 2747 | History of the Modern Middle East | 3 |
GOVT 2803 | Game Theory: For Finance, Diplomacy and Everyday Life | 3 |
GOVT 3384 | The Asian Century: The Rise of China and India | 3 |
GOVT 3887 | International Human Rights in Theory and Practice | 4 |
GOVT 4877 | China and Asian Security | 4 |
GOVT 4949 | Honors Seminar: Thesis Clarification and Research | 4 |
GOVT 6109 | Field Methods | 4 |
GOVT 6384 | The Asian Century: The Rise of China and India | 3 |
GOVT 6857 | International Political Economy | 4 |
GOVT 6877 | China and Asian Security | 4 |
GOVT 7274 | Research Seminar in Political Violence | 4 |
HIST 1200 | FWS: Writing History | 3 |
HIST 2001 | Supervised Reading - Undergraduate | 2 |
HIST 2674 | History of the Modern Middle East | 3 |
HIST 2749 | Mughal India and the Early Modern World, c. 1500-1800 | 4 |
HIST 2750 | History of Modern India | 4 |
HIST 2760 | The British Empire | 4 |
HIST 3002 | Supervised Research - Undergraduate | 2-4 |
HIST 3420 | History of Modern South Asia: 1526 to 1947 | 3 |
HIST 3950 | Monsoon Kingdoms: Pre-Modern Southeast Asian History | 4 |
HIST 4127 | The Body Politic in Asia | 4 |
HIST 6127 | The Body Politic in Asia | 4 |
HIST 6634 | Curating the British Empire | 3 |
HIST 6950 | Monsoon Kingdoms: Pre-Modern Southeast Asian History | 4 |
HIST 8004 | Supervised Reading | 2-4 |
ILRGL 2350 | Work, Labor, and Capital in the Global Economy | 3 |
ILRGL 3375 | Labor Practices in Global Supply Chains: Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives | 3 |
ILRGL 3380 | The Asian Century: The Rise of China and India | 3 |
ILRGL 4260 | ILR Global Engaged-Learning Pre-Departure | 1.5 |
ILRGL 5375 | Labor Practices in Global Supply Chains: Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives | 3 |
ILRGL 5380 | The Asian Century: The Rise of China and India | 3 |
ILRGL 7380 | Anthropology of Work | 3 |
KANAD 1100 | Elements of Kannada Language and Culture | 1 |
LAW 3887 | International Human Rights in Theory and Practice | 4 |
LAW 7084 | Asian Americans and the Law | 2 |
LAW 7740 | Law and Economics: A Game-Theoretic Approach | 3 |
LGBT 2421 | Worlding Sex and Gender | 3 |
LING 2261 | Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics | 3 |
LING 6261 | Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics | 3 |
LING 6635 | Indo-European Workshop | 4 |
LING 7701 | Directed Research | 1-4 |
MEDVL 4858 | Dancing the Stone: Body, Memory, and Architecture | 4 |
MUSIC 1701 | FWS: Sound, Sense and Ideas | 3 |
NES 2674 | History of the Modern Middle East | 3 |
NES 3325 | Literary Reading and Writing in Advanced Urdu | 3 |
NES 3535 | Religions of Iran | 3 |
NS 2061 | Site-Specific Preparation for Engaged Learning in Global and Public Health Sciences | 1-2 |
NS 3060 | Nutrition and Global Health | 3 |
NS 4000 | Directed Readings | 1-4 |
NS 4010 | Empirical Research | 1-4 |
NS 4020 | Supervised Fieldwork | 1-4 |
NS 4030 | Teaching Apprenticeship | 1-5 |
NS 4060 | Experiential Learning in Global and Public Health Sciences | 1 |
NS 4450 | Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries | 3 |
NS 6000 | Special Problems for Graduate Students | 1-9 |
NTRES 4150 | Conservation with Communities for One Health | 2 |
NTRES 6330 | Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge | 4 |
PE 1427 | Ashtanga Yoga Foundations | 1 |
PE 1429 | Vinyasa Yoga | 1 |
PHIL 2540 | Introduction to Indian Philosophy | 3 |
PHIL 2835 | Game Theory: For Finance, Diplomacy and Everyday Life | 3 |
PMA 3420 | Asian Americans and Popular Culture | 4 |
PMA 4358 | Dancing the Stone: Body, Memory, and Architecture | 4 |
PMA 4504 | The City: Asia | 3 |
PMA 6421 | Literary Theory on the Edge | 3 |
PUNJB 1122 | Elementary Punjabi II | 4 |
PUNJB 2202 | Intermediate Punjabi II | 4 |
RELST 2250 | Introduction to Asian Religions | 3 |
RELST 2299 | Buddhism | 3 |
RELST 2546 | South Asian Religions in Practice: The Healing Traditions | 3 |
RELST 3309 | Temple in the World: Buddhism in Contemporary South and Southeast Asia | 3 |
RELST 3341 | Mahayana Buddhism | 3 |
RELST 3344 | Introduction to Indian Philosophy | 3 |
RELST 3420 | Myth, Ritual, and Symbol | 3 |
RELST 3536 | Religions of Iran | 3 |
RELST 4449 | History, Theory, and Methods in the Academic Study of Religion | 4 |
SANSK 3301 | Advanced Sanskrit I | 4 |
SANSK 3302 | Advanced Sanskrit II | 4 |
SHUM 2805 | Introduction to Asian Art: Material Worlds | 4 |
SHUM 4127 | The Body Politic in Asia | 4 |
SHUM 4455 | Threads of Consequence: Textiles in South and Southeast Asia | 3 |
SINHA 1100 | Elements of Sinhala Language and Culture | 1 |
SNLIT 6601 | Topics in Sanskrit Literature I | 4 |
SNLIT 6602 | Topics in Sanskrit Literature II | 4 |
SOC 2202 | Population and Social Change | 3 |
SOC 3710 | Comparative Social Inequalities | 3 |
STS 4127 | The Body Politic in Asia | 4 |
STS 6127 | The Body Politic in Asia | 4 |
STS 6634 | Curating the British Empire | 3 |
STS 6902 | Environmental Humanities: Theories and Methods | 3 |
TIBET 1111 | Elementary Modern Tibetan I | 4 |
TIBET 1112 | Elementary Modern Tibetan II | 4 |
TIBET 2201 | Intermediate Classical Tibetan I | 4 |
TIBET 2202 | Intermediate Classical Tibetan II | 4 |
TIBET 3311 | Advanced Modern Tibetan I | 3 |
TIBET 3312 | Advanced Modern Tibetan II | 3 |
URDU 3325 | Literary Reading and Writing in Advanced Urdu | 3 |
VISST 2805 | Introduction to Asian Art: Material Worlds | 4 |
VISST 3600 | Contemporary Art: 1960-Present | 3 |
VISST 4852 | Shadowplay: Asian Art and Performance | 3 |
VISST 4855 | Threads of Consequence: Textiles in South and Southeast Asia | 3 |
VISST 4858 | Dancing the Stone: Body, Memory, and Architecture | 4 |
VISST 6855 | Threads of Consequence: Textiles in South and Southeast Asia | 3 |
South Asia - Language
Code | Title | Hours |
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BENGL 1121 | Elementary Bangla-Bengali I | 4 |
BENGL 1122 | Elementary Bangla-Bengali II | 4 |
BENGL 2201 | Intermediate Bangla-Bengali I | 3 |
BENGL 2202 | Intermediate Bangla-Bengali II | 3 |
BENGL 3301 | Advanced Bangla-Bengali I | 3 |
BENGL 3302 | Advanced Bangla-Bengali II | 3 |
BENGL 4431 | Directed Study | 1-4 |
BENGL 4432 | Directed Study | 1-4 |
CLASS 1331 | Elementary Sanskrit I | 4 |
CLASS 1332 | Elementary Sanskrit II | 4 |
CLASS 2351 | Intermediate Sanskrit I | 3 |
CLASS 2352 | Intermediate Sanskrit II | 3 |
HINDI 2201 | Intermediate Hindi I | 3 |
HINDI 2202 | Intermediate Hindi II | 3 |
HINDI 2203 | Intermediate Hindi Reading and Writing for Heritage Students I | 3 |
HINDI 2204 | Intermediate Hindi Reading and Writing for Heritage Students II | 3 |
HINDI 3301 | Advanced Hindi I | 3 |
HINDI 3302 | Advanced Hindi II | 3 |
HINDI 4431 | Directed Study | 1-4 |
HINDI 4432 | Directed Study | 1-4 |
NEPAL 4431 | Directed Study | 1-4 |
NEPAL 4432 | Directed Study | 1-4 |
NES 1312 | Introduction to Urdu Script | 3 |
NES 2201 | Intermediate Urdu Reading and Writing I | 3 |
NES 2202 | Intermediate Urdu Reading and Writing II | 3 |
PERSN 1320 | Elementary Persian-Farsi I | 4 |
PERSN 1321 | Elementary Persian-Farsi II | 4 |
PERSN 1322 | Intermediate Persian-Farsi I | 3 |
PERSN 2322 | Intermediate Persian-Farsi II | 3 |
SANSK 1131 | Elementary Sanskrit I | 4 |
SANSK 1132 | Elementary Sanskrit II | 4 |
SANSK 2251 | Intermediate Sanskrit I | 3 |
SANSK 2252 | Intermediate Sanskrit II | 3 |
SANSK 4431 | Directed Study | 1-4 |
SANSK 4432 | Directed Study | 1-4 |
SINHA 1121 | Elementary Sinhala I | 4 |
SINHA 4431 | Directed Study | 1-4 |
SINHA 4432 | Directed Study | 1-4 |
TAMIL 1121 | Elementary Tamil I | 4 |
TAMIL 1122 | Elementary Tamil II | 4 |
TAMIL 2201 | Intermediate Tamil I | 4 |
TAMIL 2202 | Intermediate Tamil II | 4 |
THAI 2201 | Intermediate Thai I | 3 |
URDU 1125 | Introduction to Urdu Script | 3 |
URDU 2225 | Intermediate Urdu Reading and Writing I | 3 |
URDU 2226 | Intermediate Urdu Reading and Writing II | 3 |
URDU 4431 | Directed Study | 1-4 |
URDU 4432 | Directed Study | 1-4 |