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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
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 1 First in the Series Robert Steed Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
March 2024
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
Beginning Japanese Series 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 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 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
April 2024
Encountering the Japanese Weird through Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan 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 Pilar Barrera
Robert Steed
Language Conversational Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Exploring Japanese Picturebooks NOT PUBLIC Pilar Barrera
Robert Steed
General Humanities Children’s Literature
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Japan
Exploring Mushi Shi Robert Steed Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Japan
Monsters
Religious Studies
Travel Literature
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends 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) Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Japan
Monsters
Exploring Natsume’s Book of Friends (Part 3) Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Japan
Monsters
Exploring Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book Robert Steed General Humanities Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
History
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Women's Studies
Exploring The Analects 論語 of Confucius 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 Robert Steed General Humanities Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
Exploring Violet Evergarden Nancy "Anni" Foasberg
Bronwyn Rivera
Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fantasy
Japan
Travel Literature
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 Joshua Sosa Fantasy Studies Ecocriticism
Film Studies
Japan
Science Fiction
Introduction to Vajrayana Buddhism Robert Steed General Humanities China
East Asian Studies
Japan
Religious Studies
Japanese Classical Theater: Noh, Bunraku, Kyogen, and Kabuki 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 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 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
January 2024
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 for Beginners Series Series Pilar Barrera Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese: From Zero Series Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
Fall Survey 2023
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 1 First in the Series Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
Japan
Language Modules - First in the Series
Linguistics
May Showcase 2023
Japanese: From Zero - 2 Continuing Series Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 3 Continuing Series Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 4 Continuing Series Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 5 Continuing Series Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese: From Zero - 6 Continuing Series Sam Roche Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Japanese Historical Archetypal Characters: Samurai, Ninja, Monks, Miko, Yakuza 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 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
Japanese Through Lyrics Sam Roche Language Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Music
Kaguya-sama: Love is War! (Part 1) First in the Series Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Fantasy Studies Anime
Comedy
Japan
Kaguya-sama: Love is War! (Part 2) Continuing Series Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Fantasy Studies Anime
Comedy
Japan
Kaguya-sama: Love is War Series Series Nancy "Anni" Foasberg Fantasy Studies Anime
Comedy
Fall Survey 2023
Japan
Miyazaki: Recovery of Innocence Keli Fancher Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
Japan
Miyazaki: The Beginning Keli Fancher Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
Miyazaki: The Continuation Keli Fancher Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
Miyazaki: The Fame Keli Fancher Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
Nature and Shinto in Anime 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 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
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
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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