Asian Studies Diploma, 2018
Diploma Course in Studies on Asian, 2018
Video informative session


Objetive

The objective of this Diploma course is to present a general overview of the fundamental topics on East, South and Southeast Asia as well as the Middle East, through the following disciplines: Language and Culture; Geography, History and Religion, Economy, Sociology, Politics, and Law. All these contents will be studied from historical and contemporary perspectives.

The Diploma course will be taught by a specialized body of academics from different Mexican and foreign institutions.


Admission profile

Open to every kind of public.


General Coordination: Alicia Girón, Vania De la Vega Shiota and Javier Sacristán


PROGRAM

MODULE I. EAST ASIA

Coordinators: Ricardo Cornejo / Jenny Acosta

SUBMODULE: CHINA

  • Introduction to China. Flora Botton. February 13th
  • Ancient China: The Central Kingdom. Antonio Cervera. February 13th
  • Chinese economic reform. Teresa Rodríguez. February 20th
  • Chinese language. Liljana Arsovska. February 20th
  • Overview of contemporary china. Sergio Martínez. February 27th
  • Contemporary Chinese literature. Radina Dimitrova. February 27th
  • China's relations with Latin America. Marisella Conelly. March 6th
  • Influence of Chinese culture in Asia: The Chinese characters. Octavio Padilla. March 6th
  • China-Mexico bilateral relationship. Eugenio Anguiano. March 13th
  • Political system. Romer Cornejo. March 13th
  • Legal issues. Arturo Oropeza. March 20th
  • Cultural manifestations of the Chinese demonstration. Li Cheng. March 20th

SUBMODULE: KOREA

Coordinators: Alfredo Romero / Juan Felipe López Aymes

  • Heritage, culture, and national identity in Korea. Silvia Seligson. April 10th
  • Historical development of the Korean language. Andrii Rizhkov. April 10th
  • South Korean contemporary literature. León Plascencia. April 17th
  • Korean Popular Culture. Nayelli López. April 17th
  • South Korean economic development: trajectory, achievements, and challenges. Genevieve Marchini. April 24th
  • South Korean political development. Juan Felipe López Aimes. April 24th
  • Social policies and their promoting actors: an unknown face of South Korea. Enrique Valencia. May 8th
  • Korea Division. Civil or international war? Eduardo Roldán. May 8th
  • The economy in North Korea, between the utopia and the dystopia. Jose Luis León Manríquez. May 22th
  • The (de)construction of the North Korean political system. Eduardo Tadeo. May 22th

SUBMODULE: JAPAN

Coordinators: Carlos Uscanga / Vania de la Vega Shiota

  • End of the Tokugawa period, Meiji Era, political and economic processes in the interwar period. Martha Loaiza. May 29th
  • Strategies and actors in the economic development. Daniel Toledo. May 29th
  • The political model under the Liberal Democratic Party, the role of the bureaucracy, from Koizumi to Shinzo Abe. Virginia Valdivia. June 5th
  • Strategies and actors in economic development. Víctor López. June 5th
  • The most relevant social impacts after the tsunami and earthquake of March 11th, 2011. Maria Elena Romero. June 12th
  • Expansion of traditional and non-traditional markets and their economic, political, and social implications. Francisco Valencia. June 12th
  • Relations between Mexico and Japan. Jason Martínez. June 19th
  • Relations between Mexico and Japan. Yasushi Takase. June 19th
  • Introduction to Buddhism in Japan: Historical periods, main characters and peculiarities. Myriam Constantino. June 26th
  • Culture and popular art. Amaury García. June 26th

MODULE II. SOUTH OF ASIA

Coordinators: Juan José Ramírez/ Fernando Hernández

  • Indonesian culture. Fitra Ismu. Jul 31th
  • Southeast Continental Asia. Fernando Hernández. Jul 31th
  • Myanmar and Laos: between ostracism and the openness to the world / Thailand: modernization under the protection of the king and the military. Luisa González / Pablo Ramírez. August 7th
  • Insular region of Southeast Asia. Fernando Hernández. August 7th
  • Malaysia's economic development: lessons for Mexico / ASEAN, ASEAN + 3 and the ASEAN Regional Forum as keys to the geopolitical reality for the Asia Pacific of the 21st century. Dulce Moncada / Juan José Ramírez. August 14th
  • Philippines: political and geopolitical balance of the 'Duterte Effect'. Jaqueline Briceño. August 14th

  • Indonesia: the giant of Southeast Asia / Singapore: the 'Asian tiger' of Southeast Asia. Jimena Forcada / Juan José Ramírez. August 21th

  • Vietnam: from victory to economic reform. Flavio González. August 21th

  • ASEAN and its relevance as the axis of regional integration / Cambodia: from genocidal terror to hope for reconstruction. Sergio Ley / Mario Cruz. August 28th

  • International friction in the South China Sea. Fernando Hernández. August 28th

MODULE III. SOUTHEAST ASIA

Coordinators: Wendy Phillips / Yogendra Sharma

  • Understanding of South Asia through its geography, languages and scriptures. Wendy Phillips. September 4th
  • Hinduism: the vision of being and time. Yogendra Sharma. September 4th
  • Religious systems currently present in South Asia. Óscar Figueroa. September 11th
  • Buddhism and its three jewels: Buddha, sangha, and dhamma. Benjamín Preciado. September 11th
  • The British Empire. Fernanda Vázquez. September 18th
  • Sharia, Islamic law. Shekoufeh Mohammadi. September 18th
  • The relevance of Gandhi and his work. Hari Nair. September 25th
  • Main and latent trends in the India’s post-independence economy. Mario González. September 25th
  • Diasporas, interculturality, and the image of India in the media. Yogendra Sharma. October 2th
  • National and foreign policy. Muktesh K. Pardeshi. October 2th

MODULE IV. MIDDLE EAST

Coordinators: Hernán Taboada / Moisés Garduño

  • The ancient Middle East. Alejandra Gómez. October 9th
  • The ancient Middle East. Azul Ramírez. October 9th
  • Points of reflection in the history of Islam. Juan Carlos Castillo. October 16th
  • Artistic manifestations of the Middle East. Reynier Piñero. October 23th
  • Conflicts in the contemporary Middle East. Moisés Garduño. October 30th
  • Islam in Latin America. Hernán Taboada. November 6th


DURATION AND SESSIONS

From February 13th, 2018, to November 13th, 2018

Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m


RECOVERY FEES

Recovery fee (full course): $ 12,000.00 MXN

Payment in a single exhibition: $ 9,600.00 MXN

Module fees:

Module I: $ 6,193.00 MXN

Module II: $ 1,935.00 MXN

Module III: $ 1,935.00 MXN

Module IV: $ 1,935.00 MXN


CONTACT

Telephone: 5424 3785

Mail: diplomadoestudiosaiaticos@gmail.com


Notes:

* There will be readings in English throughout the Diploma course

** Limited availability