1. Prof. Tatu TR 3 - 4:15 Moore 423 ASAN 310 Asian Humanities South and Southeast Asia

2. Instructor: Robin Tatu Office: 411 Moore Tel.: 956-2676 email: rtatu@hawaii.edu or rtatu@yahoo.com Office Hours: TR 1- 2:30 pm Research interests: Balinese and Southeast Asian historiography, literature, performance; gender in Southeast Asia, South and Southeast Asian religious practice

3. Focus: -- pre-modern South and Southeast Asian -- spiritual beliefs, literature, music, visual arts, histories --ongoing contested, representations of past -- global connections Issues: identity, religious belief/practice, gender relations, political power Topics: (e.g.) cultural exchange, Ramayana performance, ritual practice, and politics of representation Humanities, interdisciplinary. different ways of knowing: intellectual, emotional, spiritual, experiential.

4. Get to know the blog: http://uhsea.wordpress.com/ Get to know the blog: http://uhsea.wordpress.com/

5. . Laulima: https://laulima.hawaii.edu/portal -- Announcements -- resources: syllabus, powerpoints, maps Check your UH email and Laulima for announcements, material Check your UH email and Laulima for announcements, material

6. Course Objective Course Outline: Section One: The Global World Section Two: Ramayana Worlds Section Three: Buddhism & Classical SEA Section Four: Expressions of Identity Section Five: Re/Membering the Past

7. Interpretations: Many Ramayanas

8. Coming up Thursday: 1)Read GI Intro & chap. 1 2) Consider: what were the most important items traded? Why did people relate stories of travelers?

9. The Argument “Why Henry Kissinger Was Wrong” -- not“a world apart”...“oblivious of either the comings or going” of other peoples --“complex [civilizations] involved in myriad types of exchanges ”

10. What do you do with an Asian Studies degree? -- Director of International Studies, Thailand -- US Embassy, Cambodia -- JAG Air Force, deployed to France -- Fitness Center, China -- Fish Farming, Vietnam -- UH BA, MA, now in PhD political science -- MA, now in theater dept -- advanced military officers’ training -- JET program, Japan -- import-export company, China

11. South Asia 1. Afghanistan 2. Pakistan 3. India 4. Nepal 5. Bhutan 6. Bangladesh 7. Sri Lanka 8. Maldives

12. Southeast Asia Myanmar (Burma) Thailand Cambodia Laos Vietnam Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Brunei Philippines East Timor (Timor Loro Sae)