Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Asian Studies

Meeting: 1:00PM - 2:15PM TR (25-AUG-2025 - 5-DEC-2025) 

Part of Term: Full Term

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Method of Instruction: Face to Face

Credit Hours: 3

 

Section Max Enrollment: 25

Section Enrolled: 6

Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 25

Total Cross-list Enrolled: 7

Waitlisted: 0 (Max 198) 

Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.

Enrollment data as of: 20-APR-2025 3:27PM

 

 

Final Exam: Scheduled Final Exam-OTR Room

 

Description: This course explores the intertwining history of medicine and empire-building from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. With a focus on experiences in Asia, we will delve into questions such as: How has medicine played a role in colonial expansion and imperial politics? What is “colonial” about colonial medicine? How to study medicine and empire during the global turn? We will examine a variety of subjects, including epidemic disease outbreaks, science and medicine as “civilizing missions,” ideas of race and racism in science and medicine, and the historical roots of the modern global health movement. We will also examine colonial medicine as a vibrant field of historical research and analysis, exploring the various methodologies and source materials that historians use to dissect the complex relationship between medicine, empire, and global expansion. Cross-list: MDHM 307.