CONN 386 | Imagining Homelands: Comparative National Identities in India, China and Japan

Using China, India, and Japan as comparative case studies, this course examines how nations are imagined, constructed, contested, and transformed by integrating the methods and perspectives of both the social sciences and humanities. Students explore nationalism in these three cases through the distinct perspectives of political science, history, political economy, sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies. Throughout the course, they identify how each discipline frames questions about the origins, development, and contemporary expression of national identity in China, India, and Japan.