MA Pacific Asian Studies

Master

In City of London

£ 9,225 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The region known as "Pacific Asia" can be defined in various ways, but the "core" countries are China, Japan, Korea and the ASEAN nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and the Philippines). Together, they make up one of the most diverse and important regions in the world.

SOAS has more expertise in this part of the world than any other institution in Western Europe; indeed there are very few places anywhere in the world that can boast the same range of expertise.

This degree is a way of bringing together the large number of modules on Pacific Asia currently on offer in SOAS Masters programmes for Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, South East Asian Studies, and Korean Studies.

The modules chosen must cover all of the four regions of China and Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia.
Convenors
Dana Healy

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City of London (London)
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Subjects

  • Politics
  • Thai
  • IT
  • Economics
  • Art
  • Cinema
  • Culture
  • Asian
  • Archaeology
  • Pacific
  • Edo Period
  • Maritime
  • Silk Route

Course programme

Students take 180 credits, 60 of which are a dissertation and a 120 from taught modules. A maximum of 60 credits can be taken from one discipline and a minimum of three disciplines must be covered. For students opting to take two language acquisition modules, only one of these can be from an introductory level. The modules chosen must cover all of the four regions of China and Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia.

Anthropology
  • Culture and Society of China
  • Culture and Society of Japan
  • Culture and Society of South East Asia
  • Culture and Society of Taiwan
Art and Archaeology
  • (En)gendering Southeast Asia: Aesthetics and Politics of Sexual Difference
  • Issues in Contemporary Southeast Asian Art
  • Monuments and sculpture of Angkor
  • Southeast Asia's Art Histories
  • Modern and Contemporary Korean Art
  • Arts of Koryo and Chosen Korea
  • Sacred Art and Architecture of Ancient Korea
  • The Figure of the Buddha: Theory, Practice and the Making of Buddhist Art History
  • Buddhist and Hindu Art of the Maritime Silk Route
  • Illustrated Manuscript Cultures of Southeast Asia
  • Art And Religious Experience In Premodern Japan
  • Ceramics in Chinese Culture: 10th - 18th Centuries
  • Southeast Asia's Art Histories
  • Popular Practice in the Edo Period Arts
  • Shogunal Iconography in the Edo Period
Cinema
  • Genders and Sexualities in South East Asian Film
  • Modern Chinese Film and Theatre (MA)
  • Modern Film from Taiwan and the Chinese Diaspora
  • Japanese Transnational Cinema: From Kurosawa to Asia Extreme and Studio Ghibli
  • Japanese Post-War Film Genres and the Avant-Garde
  • Japanese Television since 1953
  • Cinema, Nation and Transcultural Asia
  • Post-crisis Thai Cinema (1997-2007)
  • (Post) Colonialism and Otherness in South East Asia on Screen
  • Vietnam on Screen (PG)
  • Indonesia on Screen(PG)
Economics
  • The economic development of South East Asia
Available as a minor only with the permission of the module convenor.
  • Economic problems and policies in modern China
  • Economic development of the Asia Pacific region
  • Economic development of the Asia Pacific region 2
  • China and World Development
  • China's Economic Transformation
  • Economic Development of Japan
Available as a major onlyHistory
  • Japanese Modernity I
  • Japanese Modernity II
  • Histories of Ethnicity and Conflict in South East Asia 1 - Making States and Building Nations
  • Histories of Ethnicity and Conflict in South East Asia 2 - Non-National Perspectives
  • Asian Wars: World War II and the End of Empire (1942-1960)
  • Nationhood and Competing Identities in Modern China
  • Knowledge and Power in Early Modern China
International Studies and Diplomacy
  • Energy Policy in the Asia-Pacific
Language (one language option as a minor only)
  • Chinese 1 (PG)
  • Chinese 2 (PG)
  • Chinese 3 (PG)
  • Chinese 4 (PG)
  • Elementary spoken Hokkien (Minnanyu, Taiwanese) (PG)
  • Elementary Spoken Cantonese (PG)
  • Chinese 6: Advanced Business Chinese (PG)
  • Chinese 5: Intermediate Business Chinese (PG)
  • Intermediate Modern Chinese Language: Grammar and Writing
  • Advanced Modern Chinese Language: Listening and Speaking
  • Styles of Modern Chinese Literary Language
  • Korean 1 (PG)
  • Korean 2 (PG)
  • Intermediate Korean (PG)
  • Korean Readings (PG)
  • Introduction to Mixed Script Korean (PG)
  • Advanced Korean Readings (PG)
  • Japanese 1 (PG)
  • Japanese 2 (PG)
  • Japanese 3 (PG
  • Japanese 4 (PG)
  • Japanese 5 (PG)
  • Burmese Language 1 (PG)
  • Indonesian Language 1 (PG)
  • Indonesian Language 2 (PG)
  • Indonesian Language 3 (PG)
  • Indonesian Language 4 (PG)
  • Khmer (Cambodian) Language 1 (PG)
  • Thai Language 1 (PG)
  • Thai Language 2 (PG)
  • Thai Language 3 (PG)
  • Vietnamese Language 1 (PG)
  • Vietnamese Language 2 (PG)
  • Directed Readings in a South East Asian Language
Law (minor only)
  • Law and Society in Southeast Asia
  • Islamic Law (MA/LLM)
Literature

Appropriate language skills are required.

Available as a minor only with the permission of the module convenor.
  • Jawi and the Malay Manuscript Tradition (Masters)
  • Classical Documentary Texts
  • Special Course in Chinese: Reading Classical and Literary Chinese (PG)
  • Readings in Korean Literature (Masters)
  • Directed readings in Korean Studies B
Literature

No language requirement.

  • The Urban/Rural Divide in South East Asian Literature
  • War, Revolution and Independence in South East Asia Literatures in Translation (Masters)
  • English Literatures of South East Asia
  • Under Western Eyes: European Writings on South East Asia (PG)
  • Traditional Chinese Literature in Translation
  • Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
  • Japanese Traditional Drama (Masters)
  • Modern Japanese Literature (Masters)
  • Trajectories of Modernity in Korean Literature (Masters)
  • Literary Traditions and Culture of Korea (Masters)
  • Directed readings in Korean Studies A
Available as a minor only with the permission of the module convenor.Music
  • Aspects of Music and Religion in South East Asia
Available as a minor only with the permission of the module convenor.
  • Pop and Politics in East Asia (Masters)
  • Musical Traditions of East Asia (Masters)
Politics
  • State and society in the Chinese political process
  • China and international politics
  • International politics of East Asia
  • Government and politics of modern South East Asia
  • Taiwan's politics and cross-strait relations
  • Northeast Asian politics: Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Religions and Philosophies
  • Chinese Buddhism in Pre-Modern Period
  • Chinese Religious Texts: A Reading Seminar
  • Religious Practice in Japan: Texts, Rituals and Believers
  • East Asian Buddhist Thought

This is the structure for 2018/19 applicants

If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.

Programme Specification
  • MA Pacific Asian Studies- Programme Specifications 2012/13 (pdf; 33kb)
  • South East Asia Pages from the SOAS 2017 Prospectus (pdf; 562kb)
  • MA Pacific Asian Studies - Programme Specifications 2017/18 (pdf; 339kb)
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Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules

MA Pacific Asian Studies

£ 9,225 + VAT