Department of Central Eurasian Studies
Minor in Central Eurasian Studies with Language Certification
Students on Summer 2020, Fall 2020, or Spring 2021 requirements CEUSLNGMIN
Requirements
The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Language Electives. Six (6) credit hours:
- CEUS-T 201 Intermediate Finnish I
- CEUS-T 202 Intermediate Finnish II
- CEUS-T 203 Intermediate Estonian I
- CEUS-T 204 Intermediate Estonian II
- CEUS-T 211 Intermediate Uzbek I
- CEUS-T 212 Intermediate Uzbek II
- CEUS-T 231 Intermediate Uyghur I
- CEUS-T 232 Intermediate Uyghur II
- CEUS-T 241 Intermediate Hungarian I
- CEUS-T 242 Intermediate Hungarian II
- CEUS-T 251 Intermediate Persian I
- CEUS-T 252 Intermediate Persian II
- CEUS-T 261 Intermediate Mongolian I
- CEUS-T 262 Intermediate Mongolian II
- CEUS-T 271 Intermediate Tibetan I
- CEUS-T 272 Intermediate Tibetan II
- CEUS-T 281 Intermediate Turkish I
- CEUS-T 282 Intermediate Turkish II
CEUS-T 201 Intermediate Finnish I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 102 or CEUS-U 122 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Geared to students who know the basics of Finnish to communicate in situations related to study, work, and leisure, while learning specific issues of Finnish culture and history. Methods are learner centered, communicative and often problem-based.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 201 or CEUS-U 221.
CEUS-T 202 Intermediate Finnish II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 201 or CEUS-U 221 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Continues and reinforces language skills learned in CEUS-T 201 or CEUS-U 221.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 202 or CEUS-U 222.
CEUS-T 203 Intermediate Estonian I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 104 or CEUS-U 112 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Builds on skills acquired in introductory courses. First year topics are reviewed in more detail and new topics, such as seasons, holidays, traditions, and customs are added. Longer reading texts are introduced. Video materials train listening comprehension. Development of conversation skills beyond the structured exchanges of the introductory level.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 203 or CEUS-U 211.
CEUS-T 204 Intermediate Estonian II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 203 or CEUS-U 211 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Finishes covering Estonian structures (morphology and syntax) and develops skills by reading, conversation, discussion, oral presentations, a weekly journal and short essays, and listening. Materials used to introduce Estonian culture include current press sources (print and Internet), short fiction, poetry, documentaries, feature films, and news programs.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 204 or CEUS-U 212.
CEUS-T 211 Intermediate Uzbek I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 112 or CEUS-U 172 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Increases fluency in speaking and develops listening and reading skills. With extensive conversation and reading practice, students extend their vocabulary and grammar fundamentals in the literary language of Uzbekistan. Journals, newspapers and authentic materials supplied via Internet, email, and Oncourse illustrate modern life and language in Uzbekistan.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 211 or CEUS-U 271.
CEUS-T 212 Intermediate Uzbek II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 211 or CEUS-U 271 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Continues language skills of CEUS-T 211.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 212 or CEUS-U 272.
CEUS-T 231 Intermediate Uyghur I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 132 or CEUS-U 116 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Expands grammatical, lexical, and functional skills. Listening activities involve narratives, interviews from RFA (Uyghur Erkin Asiya Radiosi), and Uyghur TV. Contemporary Eastern Turkestan's society is introduced to facilitate effective situational communication.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 231 or CEUS-U 215.
CEUS-T 232 Intermediate Uyghur II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 231 or CEUS-U 215 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Further develops language skills and introduces contemporary Turkestan, its culture and mentality, so students communicate effectively. Also included are translation skills, partner work and discussions, authentic listening and video material. Independent work outside of class is essential.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one CEUS-T 232 or CEUS-U 216.
CEUS-T 241 Intermediate Hungarian I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 142 or CEUS-U 132 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Helps students converse more fluently about personal and simple academic topics, articulate feelings and opinions, read short literary and scholarly texts, and write for basic personal, business, and academic purposes. Authentic texts and video teach about the lifestyle and socio-historical facts of Hungary.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 241 or CEUS-U 231.
CEUS-T 242 Intermediate Hungarian II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 241 or CEUS-U 231 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Helps students converse more fluently about personal and simple academic topics, articulate their feelings and opinions, read short literary and scholarly texts, and write for basic personal, business, and academic purposes. Authentic texts and video teach about Hungary. Moderately complex grammatical forms are introduced.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 242 or CEUS-U 232.
CEUS-T 251 Intermediate Persian I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 152 or CEUS-U 178 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Covers a wide range of topics and intermediate to advanced grammar.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 251 or CEUS-U 277.
CEUS-T 252 Intermediate Persian II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 251 or CEUS-U 277 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Concentrates on complex grammatical structures and vocabulary acquisition with emphasis on reading and writing skills, and fluency in modern colloquial pronunciation (Tehran dialect). Studies texts drawn from modern Iranian publications, authentic materials, and Internet resources.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 252 or CEUS-U 278.
CEUS-T 261 Intermediate Mongolian I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 162 or CEUS-U 142 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Expands the basic Mongolian conversation, grammar, reading, and writing skills mastered in first year. Introduces the most useful kinds of compound and complex sentences and develops skills to use them in conversation and writing. Furthers knowledge of Mongolian culture and tradition.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 162 or CEUS-U 142.
CEUS-T 262 Intermediate Mongolian II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 261 or CEUS-U 241 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Expands basic Mongolian conversation, grammar, reading, and writing skills. Introduces the most useful kinds of compounds and complex sentences and voice infixes in conversation and writing. Furthers knowledge of Mongolian culture and tradition.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 262 or CEUS-U 242.
CEUS-T 271 Intermediate Tibetan I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 172 or CEUS-U 152 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Further develops skills in Tibetan for effective communication. Speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills are developed throughout the course with attention to grammar. Special attention to classical Tibetan readings.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 271 or CEUS-U 251.
CEUS-T 272 Intermediate Tibetan II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 271 or CEUS-U 251 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Further develops skills with basic features of Tibetan language. Materials such as short stories and articles used for writing and reading assignments.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 272 or CEUS-U 252.
CEUS-T 281 Intermediate Turkish I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 182 or CEUS-U 162 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Expands communicative skills, grammar, and vocabulary skills. Class activities and homework involve listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Special attention paid to building richer vocabulary, developing competence in the vernacular, and improving reading. Recordings, films, handicrafts, and cartoons used in context.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 281 or CEUS-U 261.
CEUS-T 282 Intermediate Turkish II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 281 or CEUS-U 261 with a grade of C or higher
- Description
- Continues skills learned in CEUS-T 281.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-T 282 or CEUS-U 262.
- Non-Language Electives. Six (6) credit hours:
- CEUS-C 196 Introduction to Central Eurasian Language
- CEUS-R 110 Central Asia: Cultures and Customs
- CEUS-R 181 Language, Society and Culture in Turkey
- CEUS-R 191 Introduction to Central Eurasia
- CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
- CEUS-R 213 Islam in Central Asia
- CEUS-R 250 Introduction to the Ancient Near East
- CEUS-R 251 Post-Taliban Afghanistan and the War on Terror
- CEUS-R 252 Society and Politics in Contemporary Iran
- CEUS-R 260 The Great Wall of China
- CEUS-R 270 The Civilization of Tibet
- CEUS-R 281 Turkish Literature in Translation
- CEUS-R 290 Introduction to Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet
- CEUS-R 291 Inner Asian Religious Beliefs
- CEUS-R 292 Introduction to Turkic and Iranian Civilization
- CEUS-R 294 Introduction to Hungary, Estonia, and Finland
- CEUS-R 295 Contemporary East Central Europe
- CEUS-R 296 Nomads, Networks & Communities
- CEUS-R 297 China's Borderlands: Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia
- CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
- CEUS-R 302 Modern Finland
- CEUS-R 304 Hot Reads from a Cool Country: Contemporary Finnish Literature
- CEUS-R 305 Scandinavia Today
- CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic-Finnish Studies
- CEUS-R 310 Introduction to Central Asian History
- CEUS-R 311 Travelers and Explorers in Central Asia
- CEUS-R 312 Shrine and Pilgrimage in Central Asian Islam
- CEUS-R 313 Islam in Soviet Union and Successor States
- CEUS-R 314 Islamization in Inner Asia
- CEUS-R 315 Politics and Society in Central Asia
- CEUS-R 316 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
- CEUS-R 318 Labor and Migration in Central Asia
- CEUS-R 320 Central Asia in Soviet Times
- CEUS-R 321 Gender and Women in Central Asia
- CEUS-R 322 Jews of the Muslim East
- CEUS-R 323 Eurasian Firewalls, Borders and National Security
- CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies
- CEUS-R 330 Politics in Modern Xinjiang
- CEUS-R 331 Grave Robbers, Missionaries, and Spies: Foreign Adventurers in Chinese Turkestan
- CEUS-R 332 History of Xinjiang to 1911
- CEUS-R 333 Cultures and Civilization of Xinjiang
- CEUS-R 340 Introduction to Hungarian Studies
- CEUS-R 341 Hungary: Past and Present
- CEUS-R 342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture
- CEUS-R 345 War and Peace in Eastern Europe in the 20th Century
- CEUS-R 346 Movies and Culture in Hungary and Central Europe
- CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies
- CEUS-R 351 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization
- CEUS-R 352 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
- CEUS-R 354 Persian Literature in Translation
- CEUS-R 356 State and Faith in Iranian Societies: Sources, Scholarships, Research
- CEUS-R 359 Topics in Iranian Studies
- CEUS-R 360 Modern Mongolia
- CEUS-R 361 Mongolia's Middle Ages
- CEUS-R 362 Mongolian Civilization and Folk Culture
- CEUS-R 364 Shamanism and Folk Religion of the Mongols
- CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies
- CEUS-R 370 Introduction to the History of Tibet
- CEUS-R 371 Tibet and the West
- CEUS-R 372 Sino-Tibetan Relations
- CEUS-R 373 The Religions of Tibet
- CEUS-R 374 Contemporary Tibet
- CEUS-R 379 Topics in Tibetan Studies
- CEUS-R 380 Literature of the Ottoman Court in Translation
- CEUS-R 382 Cultural History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey
- CEUS-R 383 Ten Sultans, One Empire: Ottoman Classical Age, 1300-1600
- CEUS-R 385 Structure of Turkish
- CEUS-R 386 Islam, Islamism, and Modernity in Turkey
- CEUS-R 387 Contemporary Turkey
- CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies
- CEUS-R 392 Uralic Peoples and Cultures
- CEUS-R 393 The Mongol Century
- CEUS-R 394 Environmental Problems and Social Constraints in Northern and Central Eurasia
- CEUS-R 395 Politics of Identity in China and Inner Asia
- CEUS-R 397 Empires of the Silk Road: History of Central Eurasia
- CEUS-R 398 East Central Europe in International Politics
- CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
- CEUS-R 411 Ethnic History of Central Asia
- CEUS-R 412 Central Asia under Russian Rule
- CEUS-R 413 Islamic Central Asia, Sixteenth-Nineteenth Centuries
- CEUS-R 414 The Yasavi Sufis and Central Asian Islam
- CEUS-R 415 The Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition in Central Asia
- CEUS-R 416 Religion and Power in Islamic Central Asia
- CEUS-R 417 Oral History in Eurasia: Research Methods and International Experience
- CEUS-R 441 Art and Music of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Hungary
- CEUS-R 461 Mongolian Literature and Folklore
- CEUS-R 462 Modern Inner Mongolia
- CEUS-R 467 Mongolic Writing Systems
- CEUS-R 491 Capstone Seminar in Central Eurasian Studies
- CEUS-R 492 Language and Society in Central Eurasia
- CEUS-R 493 Theorizing Central Eurasia: The Problems of Nationalism
- CEUS-R 494 Uralic Linguistics
- CEUS-X 490 Advanced Readings in Central Eurasian Studies
CEUS-C 196 Introduction to Central Eurasian Language
- Credits
- 0
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Limited to off-campus participants in the IU-Australia National University language course exchange. Instruction in various less commonly taught languages using distance learning technology.
CEUS-R 110 Central Asia: Cultures and Customs
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Central Asia, including Xinjiang and Mongolia, and Central Asian peoples. Examines the fabled "Silk Road" and the diverse cultures, societies, and life-ways of this region: herders, farmers, caravan traders, and city-dwellers. Most of the population is Muslim and Turkic-speaking but other religions and languages are represented as well.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 181 Language, Society and Culture in Turkey
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course studies Turkey and the Turkish language and culture, focusing on the country's modern challenges, opportunities, and the historical roots of its current situation. Students learn about the country, its culture and language, and acquire a few helpful phrases in Turkish. Popular culture is also presented through Turkish songs, movies and newspapers.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SLcourseSummer 2024CASE SLcourse
CEUS-R 191 Introduction to Central Eurasia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Freshman or sophomore standing; or consent of department
- Description
- Introduction to the history of the traditional Central Eurasian ("Inner Asian") peoples through lecture and film. Topics include Proto-Indo-Europeans, Silk Road, Attila, steppe empires, Dalai Lama, Manchu and Russian relations, and the re-emergence of Central Eurasia in the late twentieth century. Extensive use of films.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 191 or CEUS-U 190.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for introductory topics in Central Eurasian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 199 and CEUS-U 320.
CEUS-R 213 Islam in Central Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course surveys the history and contemporary status of Islam in Central Asia, a region shaped by engagement with Islamic religion and civilization for over a millennium, and marked recently by the interaction of traditional patterns of Muslim religious life with the impact of Russian, Soviet, and Chinese rule.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 250 Introduction to the Ancient Near East
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian cultures. Begins with early farming communities around 8000 B.C. and includes the Bronze Age and Iron Age kingdoms of Assyria, Babylonia, Iran, and Central Asia and the spread of Hellenism. Architectural and textual information used with visual aids.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 250, CEUS-U 254, or NELC-N 245.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 251 Post-Taliban Afghanistan and the War on Terror
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The September 11th attacks prompted the on-going "War on Terrorism" against Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. This course examines this conflict while focusing on Afghanistan as a multi-ethnic, modern nation-state ravaged by a century of internal colonialism and most recently by foreign invasions, proxy wars, and global terrorism.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 251, CEUS-R 251, or NELC-N 251.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 252 Society and Politics in Contemporary Iran
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the major debates and discourses that define the study of Iran from the 1953 coup d'etat to present day. Examines the diverse cultural, political, and material worlds that shape collective life and individual subjectivity in Iran today.
CEUS-R 260 The Great Wall of China
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Everyone knows of the Great Wall of China, but few know the real role walls played in China's strategy and defense against the nomads of Mongolia. This class introduces students to when, how, and why the wall was built and to the complex relations between China and the nomads.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 270 The Civilization of Tibet
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the diverse aspects of Tibetan civilization. Making extensive use of slides and other audiovisual materials, the course covers such topics as Tibet's literature, art, religion, society, history, and language. Strongly recommended for undergraduates intending to take higher-level courses in Tibetan studies.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 270, CEUS-U 284, or INST-I 212.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 281 Turkish Literature in Translation
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Turkish literature in translation, including Ottoman court literature, Turkish epic and troubadour poetry, and modern and contemporary Turkish literature. No previous knowledge of the Turkish language or its literature is required, but familiarity with Turkish or Middle Eastern literary traditions is helpful.
CEUS-R 290 Introduction to Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet have a unique legacy in the world today: nomads, Silk Road, Islam, Buddhism, Russo-Chinese rivalry, Communism, and resistance. This course will provide a broad overview of trends and issues in this crossroads of cultures and civilizations through a combination of lectures, discussions, and guest presentations.
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- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 291 Inner Asian Religious Beliefs
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Describes the diverse religious beliefs of Inner Asia (oasis Central Asia, Turkic nomads, Mongolia, Tibet), focusing on Islam, Buddhism, and native religions. Topics include world religions on the Silk Road, Islamic and Buddhist conversions, native religions and "shamanism," revivalist and modernizing movements, Communist and post-Communist liberalization.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 291 or CEUS-U 292.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourse
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CEUS-R 292 Introduction to Turkic and Iranian Civilization
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the Turkic and Iranian peoples of Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. Introduces languages, literatures, and cultures; covers history, society, and economy with a focus on Islam and socio-political movements today. Includes guest lectures, films, museum visits, and musical and dance performances.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 294 Introduction to Hungary, Estonia, and Finland
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Hungary, Estonia, and Finland, three European nations whose peoples speak unique Uralic languages. Covers their culture and history as shaped by their Uralic heritage and by Germanic, Turkish, and Slavic conquerors. Focuses on national awakenings, independence, communism, and their role in Europe today.
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CEUS-R 295 Contemporary East Central Europe
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines East Central Europe within the context of the twentieth century's bitter legacy that left its shadow on the region. Analyzes how this legacy affected the post-1989 transition into pluralism and democracy. Includes discussion of the sovereignty of the newly independent states and the future of East Central Europe.
CEUS-R 296 Nomads, Networks & Communities
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines mobile lifestyles and the repercussions of human mobility, through the lens of actually-existing mobile pastoralism in Mongolia, Iran, Siberia, and the Tibetan plateau and romantic perceptions of nomadism. Topics include social organization, demography, migration, human-animal relations, diet, humans\' relationships to their environment, nomad-settler relations, and social change.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 296 or ANTH-A 255.
CEUS-R 297 China's Borderlands: Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Covers the history and culture of ethnically diverse China from the perspective of Xinjiang, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia - the three major Inner Asian regions of China - through film, documentaries, literature, and journalism.
CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for intermediate topics in Central Eurasian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 299 and CEUS-U 320.
CEUS-R 302 Modern Finland
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- In-depth study of modern Finnish history, stressing Russification; 1905 Revolution; independence; interwar period, the Winter War and the Continuation War; "Finlandization," economic miracle, and welfare state; changing role of women; Finland as part of Scandinavia; literature, art, and music; and membership in the European Union.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 304 Hot Reads from a Cool Country: Contemporary Finnish Literature
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to contemporary Finnish literature which leads students through its major developments over the last 30 years. Focuses on the major themes and trends of Finnish literature through selected representative works. Finnish texts will be read in translation, analyzed, and discussed.
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CEUS-R 305 Scandinavia Today
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Comparative survey of contemporary Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland) and its highly successful evolution in modern times, including exemplary democracies, rags-to-riches economies, egalitarian societies and a powerful welfare state, striking cultural achievements in numerous fields, and coming to terms with identity issues.
CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic-Finnish Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Baltic-Finnish studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 310 Introduction to Central Asian History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores Central Asia's role in world history, in Islam, and as a link between East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Readings in English translation.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 311 Travelers and Explorers in Central Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Charts the exploration of Central Asia from China to Iran in the eighth through the nineteenth centuries. Uses primary sources in English translation to evaluate these travelogues as sources, comparing and contrasting medieval and modern, from insider and outsider perspectives.
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CEUS-R 312 Shrine and Pilgrimage in Central Asian Islam
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys religious beliefs and activities involving shrines and pilgrimage to holy places in Muslim Central Asia, from beginning to present. Broadens understanding of how shrines served the religious needs of Central Asian Muslims and the relationship between shrine-centered religious life and "normative" religious practice.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 312 or CEUS-U 392.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourse
CEUS-R 313 Islam in Soviet Union and Successor States
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys Islam and Muslim communities in areas of the former U.S.S.R. After basic coverage of Islam, Russian expansion, and their interaction, the course focuses on the pressures experienced by and exerted by Islam as a religion and socio-cultural system, with attention to religious life's adaptations to the Soviet and post-Soviet context.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 313 or CEUS-U 394.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourse
CEUS-R 314 Islamization in Inner Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the distinctive character of Islam in Inner Asia, including religious change and "conversion," and geographic, ethnic, and political contexts. Explores cases of Islamization, emphasizing indigenous accounts and their significance in Islamic and Inner Asian patterns of religious meaning and ritual.
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CEUS-R 315 Politics and Society in Central Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to Central Eurasia, especially the former Soviet Union, focusing on the 1980s and beyond. Main topics are politics, society, and economy; others include demography, Islam, women, and foreign policy.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 315 or CEUS-U 395.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 316 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Anthropology of former Soviet Central Asia and adjacent areas of Iran and Afghanistan. Topics include ecology, ethnohistory, subsistence traditions; kinship, gender, identities; religion; transformations under Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, and the war on terrorism. No previous knowledge presumed; background in anthropology helpful.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 398, CEUS-R 316, or CEUS-U 398.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
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CEUS-R 318 Labor and Migration in Central Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Traces migration flows in Soviet and contemporary Central Asia, asking questions about labor economics, gender, culture and ethnicity in labor migration. Focuses on shifts from formal to informal labor.
CEUS-R 320 Central Asia in Soviet Times
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the Soviet experiment and its legacy in Central Asia through topics such as economic planning, nuclear testing, language policies, repression, and revival of Islam.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 321 Gender and Women in Central Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on gender and women in Central Asian societies, historically and now. Explores how culture and politics intersect in gender regimes. Topics include Tajik and Uyghur masculinities, women's activism in Afghanistan, bride-kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan and the Caucasus, Uzbek women's unveiling, Muslim women as religious leaders, and the impact of gender-in-development programs.
CEUS-R 322 Jews of the Muslim East
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of the fascinating history and culture of Jews in the Muslim world east of the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire, including Central Asia, Iran and Afghanistan, from antiquity to the present.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 323 Eurasian Firewalls, Borders and National Security
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The course examines contemporary border and national security mechanisms erected by eastern Eurasian states, with particular focus on electronic border and population control strategies, commonly known as \"firewalls.\" The course begins with brief survey of historical eastern Eurasian state relations as background and context for contemporary mechanisms.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Central Asian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 330 Politics in Modern Xinjiang
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of Xinjiang's politics from 1900 to the present, focusing on Islam, identity politics, immigration, language battles, cultural resistance, the Production and Construction Corps, political economy, and oil.
CEUS-R 331 Grave Robbers, Missionaries, and Spies: Foreign Adventurers in Chinese Turkestan
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- From the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, the mysteries of Xinjiang (Chinese Turkestan) lured outsiders: missionaries, archaeologists, treasure hunters, adventurers, scouts, officials, and outright spies. Fortunately, many left readable accounts of their discoveries through which readers can explore both the region's attraction to outsiders and outsider influence on the region.
CEUS-R 332 History of Xinjiang to 1911
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the tumultuous history of Xinjiang, geographically part of Central Asia, but now under Chinese rule. Covers cultural, ethnic, religious, and geopolitical changes to 1911. Topics include ecology and economy; Uyghur, Chinese, Mongol, and Manchu empires; Islamization; the Jihaddist movement; and stirrings of nationalism.
CEUS-R 333 Cultures and Civilization of Xinjiang
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys Xinjiang (Chinese Turkestan) from prehistory to today: material life, languages, literature, arts, and religion. Considers the "mummy controversy," Xinjiang on the so-called Silk Road, Islamization, and cultural diversity today. Themes include cultural borrowing, "clash of civilization," and the politics of multiculturalism.
CEUS-R 340 Introduction to Hungarian Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to major issues in Hungarian studies from the migration to the present. After a geographic survey, explores issues in Hungarian identity, with particular attention to issues of ethnicity, religion, and culture, both high and low.
CEUS-R 341 Hungary: Past and Present
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Offers a comprehensive overview of Hungary's history in the past 100 years, reflecting the worldwide turbulence of the past century. Explores war and revolution, dictatorship and democracy, victims and perpetrators, power and the individual, progress and decline, and the role of a weak state in international politics.
CEUS-R 342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Europe's largest minority, the so-called "Gypsies," more properly the Roma, have been killed, hunted, and reviled; yet the exotic flavoring of "Gypsiness" has fascinated writers, artists, and composers. Surveys Roma history and representations. No background in East European studies, music, or film is required; readings are in English.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 345 War and Peace in Eastern Europe in the 20th Century
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the causes of the two world wars, the Holocaust, Soviet domination and its collapse in East Central Europe and the subsequent quest to deal with an uncomfortable past construct democratic political systems and to finally reconcile with hostile neighbors.
CEUS-R 346 Movies and Culture in Hungary and Central Europe
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Presents films related to or important in the history of Hungary and Central Europe. Films explore National Socialism, the Holocaust, Communism, and other issues pertinent to the history and culture of this region. Explores the ways filmmakers represent the past and historical events, whether through pursuing accuracy or intentional distortion.
CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Hungarian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 351 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Traces the history of Iranians from ancient times through the Arab conquest to today. Focuses on institutions, religious, secular and ecclesiastic hierarchies, minorities, devotional and communal change, and Iranian influences on Islam. Visual and archaeological aids used. No previous knowledge of subject matter required.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 351 or CEUS-U 311.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 352 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Ethnographic survey examines the social institutions and cultural forms in contemporary Middle Eastern societies (i.e., the Arab world, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan). Topics include ecology; Islam; pastoral nomadism; agriculture and cities; colonialism and nation-states; tribalism, ethnicity, and gender; and modernization, oil wealth, labor migration, and social unrest.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 397, CEUS-R 352, CEUS-U 397, or NELC-N 397.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 354 Persian Literature in Translation
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected readings from Persian literature in English translation. May concentrate on a particular theme, period, or author. Special attention paid to the historical and cultural contexts of the works, as well as problems in translation, critical analysis, and interpretation.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CEUS-R 354, CEUS-U 372, and NELC-N 380.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourse
CEUS-R 356 State and Faith in Iranian Societies: Sources, Scholarships, Research
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the bases, permutations, and administrative, societal, economic, literary, and diplomatic developments and ramifications of the relationship between politics and religion in greater Iran.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 359 Topics in Iranian Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Iranian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 359 and CEUS-U 399.
CEUS-R 360 Modern Mongolia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines Mongolia's turbulent history from independence from China's last dynasty in 1911 through theocracy, revolution, and communism to today's market democracy. Also focuses on social, economic, cultural, and demographic changes. No prerequisite.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 360 or CEUS-U 469.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 361 Mongolia's Middle Ages
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of Mongolia's "middle ages" between the Mongol world empire and the modern era, 1350 to 1850. Topics include the nobility, Oirats, Buddhist conversion, Manchu-Chinese rule, and Buriats and Kalmyks in Russia. Readings include modern histories and sources in translation.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 362 Mongolian Civilization and Folk Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Mongolian traditional civilization: material culture (dwelling, clothing, food, warfare, hunting, animal husbandry, crafts, agriculture,), social and spiritual life (kinship, wedding, birth, names, childhood, races, medicine, death, folk religion, Buddhism, shamanism, values and taboos, omens), folk arts (music, oral literature, dance). Knowledge of Mongolian not required.
CEUS-R 364 Shamanism and Folk Religion of the Mongols
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of shamanism and its role in Mongol communities. Is it a religion? What is its relation to folk beliefs and world religions? Who becomes a shaman or what defines shamaness? What skills, tools, and techniques are necessary? Knowledge of Mongolian not required.
CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Mongolian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 370 Introduction to the History of Tibet
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of Tibet's history from its beginning to present. Studies facets of Tibet's history including the Tibetan empire of the seventh to ninth centuries, the impact of Buddhism, Tibet's relations with neighboring peoples, the rise of the Dalai Lama, and current issues of Tibet.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 370 or CEUS-U 483.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 371 Tibet and the West
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines Western perception of Tibet during the past 700 years and compares Tibetan civilization with popular conceptions that prevailed in the West during corresponding periods. Subjects include Tibet as "Shangri-La," reflected in such novels and films as 'Lost Horizon', along with Tibetan perceptions of Westerners and Western civilization.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 371 or CEUS-U 489.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 372 Sino-Tibetan Relations
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys interaction between Tibet and China from beginnings to the present, touching on political, cultural, economic, and religious links. Areas explored include the rise of Tibet as a dynamic empire competing with Tang China, religious links between Tibetan hierarchs and Chinese rulers, and conflict over Tibet's incorporation into China.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 372 or CEUS-U 490.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 373 The Religions of Tibet
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys the history of Tibetan religions and their impact on Tibetan society and culture. Considers interactions between religions and politics and how they shaped public lifestyles, inspired movements, and molded identity through the centuries. Coverage is both chronological and thematic.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 373 or CEUS-U 484.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourse
CEUS-R 374 Contemporary Tibet
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to Contemporary Tibet highlighting the unique physical, historical, and cultural characteristics of the land and its people. Begins with His Holiness The Dalai Lama\'s flight into India in 1959, then explores modern Tibet and the Tibetan Diaspora, Tibet in the news, human rights, forgotten histories, and memory.
CEUS-R 379 Topics in Tibetan Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Tibetan studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 380 Literature of the Ottoman Court in Translation
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Reading and analysis of representative literary texts of the Ottoman court--both poetry and prose. Introduction to various literary forms, such as gazel, kaside, mesnevi, tezkire and others, used by Ottoman authors. Uses the classical Ottoman canon as well as modern and contemporary theoretical approaches for interpretation.
CEUS-R 382 Cultural History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the rich and varied cultures of Turkey, from Ottoman times to present. Considers issues such as literary and vernacular languages, women, Kemal Atatürk, Turkish Islams, education, Kurdish nationalism, and Turkey’s relations with Europe. Turkish films and visual materials used with readings.
CEUS-R 383 Ten Sultans, One Empire: Ottoman Classical Age, 1300-1600
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Traces the Ottoman Empire from its beginnings to its height under Suleyman the Magnificent. Themes include Turks before the empire, Asia Minor before the Turks, rival principalities, centralization, Ottomans as European and Middle Eastern, economy, society, religion, law, learning, ethnic/cultural diversity, and the "classical age" as a concept.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 385 Structure of Turkish
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 103, LING-L 203, or consent of instructor
- Description
- Introduces the linguistic features of Turkish (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics) within the framework of recent linguistic models. Focuses on phonology and syntax. Also examines topics in the morphology and semantics of Turkish, as well as some language acquisition data within the context of linguistic typology and language universals. No prior knowledge of Turkish required.
CEUS-R 386 Islam, Islamism, and Modernity in Turkey
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the complex relationship between Islam and politics, and Islamism's predicament with modernity and democracy. Although it concentrates on Turkey and its Ottoman past, a comparative approach examines developments throughout the Muslim Middle East and other parts of the world affected by the phenomena of political Islam and jihadist discourses and activities.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
CEUS-R 387 Contemporary Turkey
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the political, social, and cultural history of modern Turkey.
CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Turkish studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 392 Uralic Peoples and Cultures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys the Uralic (Finno-Ugric and Samoyed) peoples of northern Europe and Siberia. Topics include their origins and history, traditional and modern cultures, ethnic and national identity, development and modernization, and political independence and Russian rule. Also covers interrelations among Uralic peoples in the modern era.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 392 or CEUS-U 370.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 393 The Mongol Century
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- In-depth exploration of Chinggis Khan's Mongol Empire from its origins in the twelfth century in the continent-wide breakdown of the 1330s-1370s. Primary sources (Mongolian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and European) in translation, including many of the medieval era's greatest histories and travelogues.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 393 or CEUS-U 368.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 394 Environmental Problems and Social Constraints in Northern and Central Eurasia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analyzes environmental and social conditions in the immense region of Northern and Central Eurasia (former Soviet Union). Covers general environmental and political situations; environmental transformation under Soviet rule; environmental and health problems; conclusions on current trends.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 394 or CEUS-U 374.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 395 Politics of Identity in China and Inner Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Challenges the assumption that terms such as "Chinese," "Taiwanese," or "Kazakh" represent straightforward concepts. Via theories of identity, and careful attention to the history of China and Inner Asia, explores and explodes the association of identity and descent, language and ethnicity, citizenship and nationality.
CEUS-R 397 Empires of the Silk Road: History of Central Eurasia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- History of the Central Eurasian heartland of the Old World, which dominated Eurasia until Modern times. Focuses on the unique social, political, religious, and economic structures of the major nations and their achievements in intellectual and artistic fields, from the Proto-Indo-Europeans to the present.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 398 East Central Europe in International Politics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on history of international politics in East Central Europe from 1914-present from the perspective of the weak states in the region as well as from the perspective of the great powers. Covers the two world wars, the Cold War, the transition of 1989/1990, and the post-communist era.
CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topic in Central Eurasian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 399 and CEUS-U 320.
CEUS-R 411 Ethnic History of Central Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of the formation of major ethnic groups inhabiting Central Asia and their traditional cultures. Examines how nomadic migrations, imperial policies, and nationalism have affected inter-ethnic relations as background to current ethnic issues in Central Asia.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 411 or CEUS-U 496.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 412 Central Asia under Russian Rule
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of Russia and Central Asia's complex relations, covering Russian expansion in the sixteenth century, Russian conquest in the nineteenth century, socio-political developments, and the emergence of modern nations in the 1920s. Themes include mechanism of Empire, dynamics between conqueror and conquered, and colonial administration of Islamic peoples.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 412 or CEUS-U 494.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 413 Islamic Central Asia, Sixteenth-Nineteenth Centuries
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys Islamic Central Asia from the sixteenth century to the Russian conquest, especially Chinggisid Uzbek states and the "tribal" dynasties, but also East Turkestan to 1755, and nomadic Qasaqs, Qirghiz, Turkmens. Themes include political institutions, legitimation, nomads and sedentaries; ethnic developments; religion and culture; sources and historiography.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 413 or CEUS-U 493.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 414 The Yasavi Sufis and Central Asian Islam
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys the Yasavi Sufi tradition, famous for the magnificent shrine complex built by Timur and the collection of Turkic mystical poetry ascribed to Ahmad Yasavi. There is much more to the Yasavi tradition, however, and it is an unparalleled window on the religious history of Islamic Central Asia.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 414 or CEUS-U 393.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
CEUS-R 415 The Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition in Central Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of Sufism in Central Asia, challenges under Mongol rule, early founding figures, doctrinal profile and practices, and the subsequent history of the Naqshbandi communities in the modern era.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
CEUS-R 416 Religion and Power in Islamic Central Asia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of the roles of religious figures and institutions in sanctioning, exercising, and/or undermining political authority in Islamic Central Asia. Focuses on the political influence wielded by the local representatives of Islam's spiritual ideal, especially Sufi shaykhs and how they used their extraordinary socio-economic and political power.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 416 or CEUS-U 498.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 417 Oral History in Eurasia: Research Methods and International Experience
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor
- Notes
- R: Working knowledge of a language of Eurasia
- Description
- Focuses on developing an oral history research project concerning a cultural/historical theme in Central Eurasia. Includes instruction and practice in the methods and best practices of oral history, such as conducting interviews and analyzing them as sources for understanding research themes. Sometimes includes an international learning component.
CEUS-R 441 Art and Music of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Hungary
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw the birth of Hungary's greatest artists and musicians, the development of national institutions in the arts, and debates over tradition versus innovation and Hungarian folk elements versus integration into Europe's artistic mainstream. Surveys these major developments in Hungarian visual art and music.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourse
CEUS-R 461 Mongolian Literature and Folklore
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 262 or CEUS-T 364 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Overview of traditional Mongolian historiography and other Mongolian historical sources: secular and religious chronicles, genealogies, biographies, works, inscriptions, edicts, letters, and more, from Chinggis Khan's time to the early twentieth century. A selection of sources of various genres are read, translated, and analyzed, and their interpretations discussed.
CEUS-R 462 Modern Inner Mongolia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of Inner Mongolia's history from 1850 to present. Themes include Inner Mongolia as a bi-ethnic borderland, demography, the "New Schools Movement," pan-Mongolism, land reform, development, and the environment. Includes issues of ethnicity, state-building, and globalization in both Inner Asian and Chinese contexts.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 467 Mongolic Writing Systems
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 364 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Examines the writing systems used by medieval and modern Mongolic peoples; the origins, functions, and classifications of scripts and their relation to religion and statehood. Introduction to the Kitan, Uyghur, 'Phags-pa, Galik, Oirat, and other scripts, and to Mongolic in Manchu, Tibetan, Latin, Cyrillic, and Arabic alphabets.
CEUS-R 491 Capstone Seminar in Central Eurasian Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- CEUS major; senior standing; and consent of supervising faculty
- Description
- Requires the preparation of an original thesis or research project that brings together the student's interests, region, and language of specialization and demonstrates accumulated training in the field. The project must be produced under the supervision of a faculty member.
CEUS-R 492 Language and Society in Central Eurasia
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This seminar explores how language is used to accomplish economic, political, and sociocultural ends in Central Eurasia. Topics covered include multilingualism; regional ethnolinguistic categories; the relationship between language policy and nationalities policy; gendered language; code choice in interactions; the politics of translation; poetics; standardization; and language shift, endangerment, and revitalization.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-L 410 or CEUS-R 492.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourseSummer 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 493 Theorizing Central Eurasia: The Problems of Nationalism
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to nationalism in Central Eurasia, and to its key works and questions. How are nations related? Are nations imagined and invented or ancient and enduring? Are nationalism, communism, and religiosity necessarily opposed? Are indigenous nationalisms more authentic than "official nationalisms"? Is Central Eurasian nationalism a "derivative discourse," imported from somewhere?
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourseSummer 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 494 Uralic Linguistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Studies linguistics of the Uralic language family (Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, and other languages in Russia), beginning with the proto-Uralic and relationships among Uralic languages. Focus is on topics such as agglutination, vowel harmony, complex locative case systems, and sociolinguistics of Uralic languages in Russia.
CEUS-X 490 Advanced Readings in Central Eurasian Studies
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Independent, directed study of an advanced topic in Central Eurasian Studies that covers multiple areas or does not fit comfortably in any specific area. Readings may include work on demanding classical texts or a survey of the secondary literature on a topic.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 490 and CEUS-X 490.
- Electives. Additional credit hours, as needed, to fulfill remaining requirements:
- Additional courses from the Language Electives list
- Additional courses from the Non-Language Electives list
- Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
- Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
Minor Area Courses
Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
This program of study cannot be combined with the following:
- Bachelor of Arts in Central Eurasian Studies (CEUSBA1)
- Minor in Central Eurasian Studies (CEUSMIN)
Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.