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A Brief Exploration of Japanese Poetry Robert Steed
Pilar Barrera
General Humanities East Asian Studies
Japan
Poetry
A Cultural History of Anime Robert Steed General Humanities Anime
East Asian Studies
History
Japan
An Intensive Reading of the Tao Te Ching/Daode jing 道德經 Part II General Humanities China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ecocriticism
History
Japan
Le Guin
Magic
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
An Intensive Reading of the Zhuangzi/Chuang Tzu 莊子 General Humanities Anime
China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ethics
Fantasy
History
Japan
Le Guin
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
A Sip of Tea and Tea Culture Robert Steed General Humanities China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Food
History
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
Beginning Japanese Series of 12 Robert Steed Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Beginning Japanese 1 First in the Series Robert Steed Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Beginning Japanese 10 Continuing Series Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
December 2024
Beginning Japanese 11 Continuing Series Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
January 2025
Beginning Japanese 12 Continuing Series Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Beginning Japanese 2 Continuing Series Robert Steed Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Beginning Japanese 3 Continuing Series Robert Steed Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Beginning Japanese 4 Continuing Series Robert Steed Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Beginning Japanese 5 Continuing Series Robert Steed Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Beginning Japanese 6 Continuing Series Robert Steed Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Beginning Japanese 7 Continuing Series Robert Steed Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Beginning Japanese 8 Continuing Series Robert Steed Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Beginning Japanese 9 Continuing Series Robert Steed Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Book Club: A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro or A Study of Memory NOT PUBLIC Pilar Barrera General Humanities British Literature
Japan
Women's Studies
Conversational Japanese for Daily Life Sam Roche Language Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Discovering, Understanding, and Loving Haiku NOT PUBLIC Pilar Barrera
Robert Steed
General Humanities Creative Writing
East Asian Studies
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
Eating Our Way Through Anime Nancy "Anni" Foasberg
Bronwyn Rivera
Fantasy Studies Anime
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Food
History
Japan
Oct Showcase 2023
October 2023
Encountering the Japanese Weird through Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan NOT PUBLIC Pilar Barrera
Robert Steed
Fantasy Studies Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Japan
May Showcase 2023
Monsters
Expanding and Practicing Japanese Vocabulary 1 NOT PUBLIC Pilar Barrera
Robert Steed
Language Conversational Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Exploring Mob Psycho 100 Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fantasy
Japan
Exploring Mushi Shi 蟲師 NOT PUBLIC Robert Steed Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Japan
Monsters
Religious Studies
Travel Literature
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends Non-Sequential Series Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Japan
Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends: Part 1 Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fall Survey 2023
Fantasy
Japan
Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends: Part 2 NOT PUBLIC Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Japan
Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends: Part 3 NOT PUBLIC Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Japan
Monsters
Exploring Violet Evergarden Nancy "Anni" Foasberg
Bronwyn Rivera
Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fantasy
Japan
Travel Literature
Exploring Water Margin 水滸傳 NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Anime
China
Classical Literature
East Asian Studies
Food
History
Japan
The Middle Ages
Exploring Japanese Picturebooks NOT PUBLIC Pilar Barrera
Robert Steed
General Humanities Children’s Literature
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Japan
Exploring Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book 枕草子 Robert Steed General Humanities Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
History
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Women's Studies
March 2025
Exploring The Analects 論語 of Confucius NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Ancient East Asia
China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ethics
History
Japan
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Exploring the Themes of Miyazaki Hayao through Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away NOT PUBLIC Robert Steed General Humanities Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
Fairy Tales Studies: Exploring Fairy Tales from Around the World and from Different Authors Fantasy Studies Adaptation Theory
British Literature
Children’s Literature
Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Japan
Magic
Monsters
Worldbuilding
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: Redemption Keli Fancher Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: Sin Keli Fancher Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
Gojira, Then and Now NOT PUBLIC Joshua Sosa Fantasy Studies Ecocriticism
Film Studies
Japan
Science Fiction
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Non-Sequential Series NOT PUBLIC Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Fantasy Studies Anime
Comedy
Fall Survey 2023
Japan
Kaguya-sama: Love is War! (Part 1) NOT PUBLIC Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Fantasy Studies Anime
Comedy
Japan
Kaguya-sama: Love is War! (Part 2) NOT PUBLIC Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Fantasy Studies Anime
Comedy
Japan
Introduction to Japanese Religions Series General Humanities Anime
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ethics
History
Japan
Magic
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Introduction to Japanese Religions I First in the Series General Humanities Anime
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ethics
History
Japan
Magic
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Introduction to Japanese Religions II Continuing Series General Humanities Anime
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ethics
History
Japan
Magic
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Introduction to Vajrayana Buddhism Robert Steed General Humanities China
East Asian Studies
Japan
Religious Studies
Japanese Classical Theater: Noh, Bunraku, Kyogen, and Kabuki NOT PUBLIC Robert Steed General Humanities Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
Drama
East Asian Studies
Japan
The Middle Ages
Japanese Fairy Tales and Children's Literature Pilar Barrera Fantasy Studies Children’s Literature
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fall Survey 2023
Japan
Japanese for Advanced Beginners Series of 11 Pilar Barrera Language Beginning Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese for Advanced Beginners 1 First in the Series Pilar Barrera Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Advanced Beginners 10 Continuing Series Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Advanced Beginners 2 Continuing Series Pilar Barrera Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Advanced Beginners 3 Continuing Series Pilar Barrera Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Advanced Beginners 4 Continuing Series Pilar Barrera Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Advanced Beginners 5 Continuing Series Pilar Barrera Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Advanced Beginners 6 Continuing Series Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Advanced Beginners 7 Continuing Series Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Advanced Beginners 8 Continuing Series Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Advanced Beginners 9 Continuing Series Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Beginners Series of 6 Pilar Barrera Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Beginners 1 First in the Series Pilar Barrera Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Language Modules - First in the Series
Japanese for Beginners 2 Continuing Series Pilar Barrera Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Beginners 3 Continuing Series Pilar Barrera Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Beginners 4 Continuing Series Pilar Barrera Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Beginners 5 Continuing Series Pilar Barrera Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese for Beginners 6 Continuing Series Pilar Barrera
Sam Roche
Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese: From Zero Series of 17 Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 1 First in the Series Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Language Modules - First in the Series
Linguistics
May Showcase 2023
May 2023
Japanese: From Zero - 10 Continuing Series Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 11 Continuing Series Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 2 Continuing Series Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 3 Continuing Series Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 4 Continuing Series Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 5 Continuing Series Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 6 Continuing Series Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 7 Continuing Series Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 8 Continuing Series Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 9 Continuing Series Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese Historical Archetypal Characters: Samurai, Ninja, Monks, Miko, Yakuza NOT PUBLIC Robert Steed General Humanities Anime
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
History
Japan
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Japanese History for Fans of Japanese Media NOT PUBLIC Robert Steed General Humanities Anime
Classical Literature
Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
Drama
East Asian Studies
History
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Time Travel
Travel Literature
Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT): N5 Test Prep Robert Steed
Pilar Barrera
Nancy "Anni" Foasberg
Language East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
Japan
Test Preparation
November 2024 (2)
Japanese Through Culture Series of 7 Language Anime
Conversational Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Literacy
Video Games
Japanese Through Culture 1 First in the Series Language Anime
Conversational Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Literacy
May Showcase 2024
Video Games
May 2024
Japanese Through Culture 2 Continuing Series Language Anime
Conversational Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Literacy
Video Games
Japanese Through Culture 3 Continuing Series Language Anime
Conversational Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Literacy
Video Games
Japanese Through Culture 4 Continuing Series Language Anime
Conversational Languages
Japan
Linguistics
Literacy
Video Games
Japanese Through Culture 5 Continuing Series Language Anime
Conversational Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Literacy
Video Games
Japanese Through Culture 6 Continuing Series Language Anime
Conversational Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Literacy
Video Games
January 2025
Japanese Through Culture 7 Continuing Series Language Anime
Conversational Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Literacy
Video Games
Japanese Through Lyrics Sam Roche Language Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Music
Miyazaki: Recovery of Innocence NOT PUBLIC Keli Fancher Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
Japan
Miyazaki: The Beginning NOT PUBLIC Keli Fancher Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
Miyazaki: The Continuation NOT PUBLIC Keli Fancher Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
Miyazaki: The Fame NOT PUBLIC Keli Fancher Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
Nature and Shinto in Anime NOT PUBLIC Robert Steed General Humanities Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
Religious Studies
The Anime of Everyday Life: Hobbies, Romance, Sports, Slice-of-Life, Iyashikei, Educational Anime, and More NOT PUBLIC Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
The Fantastic in East Asia Robert Steed Fantasy Studies China
East Asian Studies
Japan
Oct Showcase 2023
October 2023
The Films of Hosoda Mamoru 細田守 Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Film Studies
Japan
The Films of Shinkai Makoto 新海誠 Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Film Studies
Japan
Science Fiction
Spotlight December 2024
Video Game Studies Wesley Schantz General Humanities Adaptation Theory
Anime
Children’s Literature
Digital Humanities
Fall Survey 2023
Film Studies
History
Japan
Monsters
Music
Philosophy
Poetry
Science Fiction
Video Games
November 2022
Yōkai and Legends: Exploring the Weird in Japanese and Latin American Cultures Fantasy Studies Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Japan
Latin American Studies
Magic
Monsters
Zen History and Thought: An Overview Robert Steed General Humanities China
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
History
Japan
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
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