South Asian Studies

The South Asian Studies Interdisciplinary Minor at Davidson

South Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary minor focusing on an important region of the nonwestern world including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

Almost twenty-five percent of the world’s people live in South Asia, and they offer us a rich tapestry of culture, history and socioeconomic contexts.

South Asian Studies courses offer students the opportunity to explore this vibrant mosaic through offerings in many disciplines and the opportunity to study abroad.

Courses You Might Take

REL 370 Asian Meditation Texts

This course offers a study of the religious significance, ideals, and practice of meditation in selected Buddhist and Hindu traditions. Readings center on translations of primary texts but also include pertinent indigenous commentaries and modern interpretive works.

REL 378 Islam in the Modern Age: Tradition, Fundamentalism and Reform

The course looks at Islam and modernity as two units of intellectual, cultural, and historical formations and analyzes their development and interaction from the Age of European Expansion into the Islamic world to the present.

MUS 242 Music of Asia

This course examines indigenous classical and folk music of China, Japan, Korea, and India. The course includes vocal and instrumental music, as well as prominent dance and theatre forms, and considers aspects of musical systems, aesthetics, and performance practice.

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Arab Studies Economics History Middle East Studies Music Religious Studies

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