ARAB 4620 - Asian Medicine: Tradition, Contexts, and Modernity

This course introduces students to three large rational Asian medical traditions of East Asia, South Asia, and the Islamicate world. As a survey course it will explore concepts of identity, body, and medicine and constantly draw a parallel to the contemporary lived medical experience. Cross-listed and taught in English but research using Arabic-language sources required for ARAB section and Japanese-language sources required for JAPAN section.