🐻 Cornell Asian Studies unofficial reading list, fall 2026
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Buddhism ASIAN 2299
- The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
- The Foundations of Buddhism by Rupert Gethin
History, Theory & Methods in the Academic Study of Religion ASIAN 3049/6049
- Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology by Mary Douglas
- Fetishizing Tradition: Desire & Reinvention in Buddhist & Christian Narratives by Alan Cole
- Revelatory Events: 3 Case Studies of the Emergence of New Spiritual Paths by Ann Taves
- How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others by T.M. Luhrmann
East Asia
Elementary Japanese I JAPAN 1101
- Kanji Look and Learn by Banno et al.
- Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese v.1 by Banno et al.
Elementary Korean Reading and Writing I KOREA 1109
- Frog’s Tears & Other Stories by Hye-Sook Wang
- Integrated Korean: Beginning 1 by Cho et al.
Intermediate Japanese I JAPAN 2201
- Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese v.2 by Banno et al.
- Quartet: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills, v.1 by Sakamoto et al.
Intermediate Korean I KOREA 2201
- Integrated Korean: Intermediate 1 by Cho et al.
- Integrated Korean Workbook: Intermediate 1 by Park et al.
Medicine & Healing in China ASIAN 2262
- Chinese Medicine & Healing by Hinrichs & Barnes
- Early Chinese Medical Literature: The Mawangdui Medical Manuscripts by Donald Harper
High Intermediate Mandarin I CHIN 3301
- Eyes on China: An Intermediate-Adv. Reader of Modern Chinese by Dr. Jincheng Liu et al.
High Intermediate Japanese I JAPAN 3301
- Quartet: Intermediate Japanese Across the Four Language Skills, v.2 by Sakamoto et al.
High Intermediate Korean I KOREA 3301
- Integrated Korean: High Intermediate 1 by Chang et al.
Classical Japanese I: Grammar JPLIT 4406/6606
- Classical Japanese: A Grammar: Exercise Answers & Tables by Haruo Shirane
- Classical Japanese Reader & Essential Dictionary by Haruo Shirane
High Adv. Mandarin I CHIN 4427
- A Kaleidoscope of China: An Adv. Reader of Modern Chinese by Chou et al.
Southeast Asia
Elementary Indonesian I INDO 1121
- Indonesian Grammar in Context: Asyik Berbahasa Indonesia, v.1 by Rafferty et al.
- Let’s Speak Indonesian: Ayo Berbahasa Indonesia, v.1 by Rafferty et al.
Elementary Tagalog-Filipino I TAG 1121
- Pilipino through Self-Instruction, Part One by Wolff et al.
Intermediate Indonesian I INDO 2201
- *Let’s Speak Indonesian: Ayo Berbahasa Indonesia, v.2 by Rafferty et al.
- Indonesian Grammar in Context: Asyik Berbahasa Indonesia, v.3 by Rafferty et al.
Gamelan in Indonesian History & Cultures ASIAN 2245
- Music in Central Java: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture by Benjamin Brinner
High Intermediate Indonesian I INDO 3301
- Indonesian Grammar in Context: Asyik Berbahasa Indonesia, v.3 by Rafferty et al.
Monsoon Kingdoms: Pre-Modern Southeast Asian History ASIAN 3397/6697
- A History of Early Southeast Asia: Maritime Trade & Societal Development, 100–1500 by Kenneth R. Hall
- Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680: v.2, Expansion & Crisis by Anthony Reid
South Asia
Songs of Love & War: South Asian Lyrics ASIAN 1104
- They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing by Graff & Birkenstein
- Poems of Love & War: From the Eight Anthologies & the Ten Long Poems of Classical Tamil by A. K. Ramanujan
The Great Epic of India ASIAN 1106
- The Bhagavadgita in the Mahabharata
- The Mahabharata, v.1: The Book of the Beginning
- The Mahabharata, v.2: The Book of Assembly & the Book of the Forest
- The Mahabharata, v.3: The Book of the Virata & the Book of the Effort
South Asian Religions in Practice: The Healing Traditions ASIAN 2254
- The Indian Way: An Introduction to the Philosophies & Religions of India by John M Koller
- Shamans, Mystics & Doctors: A Psychological Inquiry into India & its Healing Traditions by Sudhir Kakar
- Medusa’s Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols & Religious Experience by Gananath Obeyesekere
- Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India by Diana Eck
- Given to the Goddess by Lucinda Ramberg
- In Amma’s Healing Room: Gender & Vernacular Islam in South India by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger
- Gabriel of Madness: Islamic Poetry & Ethics in an Age of Hindu Nationalism by Anand Vivek Taneja
- Mudpacks & Prozac: Experiencing Ayurvedic, Biomedical & Religious Healing by Murphy Halliburton
Mughal India & the Early Modern World, c. 1500-1800 ASIAN 2274
- A Short History of the Mughal Empire by Michael H. Fisher
- The Empires of the Near East & India: Source Studies of the Safavid, Ottoman & Mughal Literate Communities by Hani Khafipour
- The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince & Emperor
Partition: Violence, Citizenship & the Making of Modern South Asia ASIAN 3023
- The Partition of India by Haimanti Roy
- From Raj to Republic: Sovereignty, Violence & Democracy in India by Sunil Purushotham
- Munnu: A Boy from Kashmir by Malik Sajad