Numbering Code	G-AAA03 53207 LJ31	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	1st & 2nd year students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Fri.2
Instructor name	OBIYA CHIKA (Center for Southeast Asian Studies Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	We will mainly focus on the former Soviet Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan), which is located in the center of the Eurasian continent. While its traditional culture is based on the Persian and Turkic languages and Islam, it is an extremely interesting region that was also strongly affected by Russian and Soviet culture and experienced Soviet socialism and modernization. Students are expected to gain basic academic viewpoints for better understanding of this region through looking back at its modern history.
Course Goals	Goals of this lecture are to understand basic points of the multilayered Central Asian culture, the changes and transformations which have occurred since the collapse of the USSR, and the characteristics of the new trends of Central Asian studies.
Schedule and Contents	This course includes 15 classes as follows: 1. The concept of Central Asia as a region, viewpoints on Central Asia 2-3. Imperial Russia’s conquest and integration of Central Asia 4. Central Asia and the Russian Revolution 5-6. Socialist modernization under the Soviet system 7. Perestroika, collapse of the USSR, and independence in Central Asia 8-9. Aspects of the new nationalism after independence in Central Asia 10. Islam in Central Asia 11-15.Literature reading, presentation, and discussion on Central Asia according to participants' interests
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Class participation and a report.
Course Requirements	Students should have an interest in Central Asia, or in some issues in other regions which can be comparable with Central Asia.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	It is recommended to read literatures on Central Asia as many as possible.