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Harvard - Bollywood and Beyond: Commercial Cinema, Language and Culture in South Asia.

This course examines concepts of personhood, community and culture in South Asia as expressed in contemporary film and literature. Works in Hindi-Urdu and in translation will be examined with emphasis on language as an index of cultural difference and of broad social shifts, notably the transformation of audiences from citizens to culture-consumers. Knowledge of Hindi-Urdu is not required. However, there will be a section for students with intermediate proficiency utilizing language materials.
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Harvard - Indian Philosophy: Advanced Introduction

Discusses selected topics in Indian epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, and metaphysics. We pay particular attention to the philosophical content of sectarian debates between Buddhist, Hindu, and Jaina philosophers and attempt to assess their arguments. Readings for the course include translations of primary texts, and some selected secondary material.
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Harvard - Introduction to World Mythology

The course discusses current and past approaches to comparative mythlogy and explores the new field of historical comparative mythology. Close interdisciplinary attention is given to genetics, linguistics and archaeology, and an outline of the development of mythologies from the late Stone Age until the rise of current world religions is presented.
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Harvard - Materials and Methods of Indian Studies: Proseminar

Introduction to the basic tools of Indian Studies. Various approaches are discussed and selected sub-disciplines are discussed by Department members.
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Harvard - Reading and Research

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Harvard - Reading and Research

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Harvard - South Asia as Understood by its Regions

Topic: Kashmir
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Harvard - South Asian Language Tutorials

Individualized study of a South Asian language; emphasis on written expression, reading comprehension and oral fluency. Languages currently offered include Tamil and Bengali though others may be approved upon petition to the Director of Undergraduate Studies/Director of Graduate Studies.
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Harvard - South Asian Language Tutorials

Individualized study of a South Asian language; emphasis on written expression, reading comprehension and oral fluency. Languages currently offered include Tamil and Bengali though others may be approved upon petition to the Director of Undergraduate Studies/Director of Graduate Studies.
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Harvard - Special Topics in Indian Philosophy

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Harvard - Supervised Reading and Research

Supervised reading leading to a long term paper in a topic or topics not covered by regular courses of instruction.
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Harvard - Supervised Reading and Research

Supervised reading leading to a long term paper in a topic or topics not covered by regular courses of instruction.
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Harvard - Tutorial - Junior Year

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Harvard - Tutorial - Junior Year

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Harvard - Tutorial - Senior Year

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Harvard - Understanding Indian Ritual

Continuation of Indian Studies 207a.
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Harvard - Understanding Indian Ritual

Investigates the indigenous theory and practice of Indian ritual, from its beginnings in the second millennium BCE (Rgveda) to present time. Stress on the development of the Agnihotra and Homa and Puja rituals, with materials from Vedic, Puranic, Tantric, and Buddhist sources, including their use in Bali, Tibet and Japan, and audio-vidual materials. Recent theories of ritual will also be discussed. Sanskrit texts are used in translation, while read in original in the tandem course, Sanskrit 214.
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