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ASI400Y1
Seminar in Asia-Pacific Studies (formerly ASI300Y1) [48L]

This seminar course examines diverse postwar experiences and realities of the Asia Pacific region, which comprises a range of countries that differ in cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, in levels of social and economic developments, and in political regimes. Unlike Europe, which has gone through a steady process of integration since WWII, regional links among Asia Pacific countries have been rather weak and often limited. Attempts to forge regional economic cooperation within the Asia Pacific region, such as ASEAN, have been fraught with political and historical tensions. As a result, much of the linkage has been limited to investment, trade, and production networks. This seminar will examine the various social, economic, and political experiences and realities of the countries in this region and their implications.
Prerequisite: POL215Y1 and enrolment in the Asia Pacific Studies major/permission of the Program Director

Exclusion: ASI300Y1
This is a Humanities or Social Science course.

ASI410H1
Democracy and Identity in Asia [24L]

The course explores the ways in which identity has been empowered, represented, and institutionalized in Asia's emerging democracies; how identity claims challenge historically notions of state and nation; various ways in which democracy is being shaped and challenged by demands for identity recognition. Thematic, cross-regional approach; pan-Asian (East, Southeast, South Asia).
This is a Humanities or Social Science course.

ASI420H1
Asia and the new Global Economy [24L]

Course explores the rise of Asia and its integration into the new global economy (labour, capitalism, knowledge economy, economic nationalism, inequality, gender, the meaning of capitalism, democracy, among others), exposing students to different disciplinary perspectives. Geographical coverage is pan-Asian, including East, Southeast and South Asia.
This is a Humanities or Social Science course.

ASI430H1
Nationalism, Revolution and Reform in Asia: China in Comparative Perspective [24L]

This course explores the far-reaching social, political, and cultural transformations in modern China. Focusing on China’s twentieth-century revolutionary history and its struggles to establish a modern nation-state, the course adopts a topical approach within a chronological and comparative framework to highlight major historical movements and theoretical issues significant to the Asian experience.
Exclusion: HIS328H1
This is a Humanities or Social Science course.