South Asian Migrations

W 10-1, E51-063

Studies how and why South Asians, who have migrated to America, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East, are considered a model minority in some countries and unwanted strangers in others. Through literature, memoirs, films, music, and historical writing, follows migrants as they discovered the world beyond their countries of origin: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Students complete final projects on different aspects of MIT’s relationship with the Indian subcontinent including research on South Asian students and alumni.

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Offered Spring 2026

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS
21H.001	How to Stage a Revolution T 2-5, 4-265	Malick W. Ghachem Marjoleine Kars Craig Steven Wilder	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.152	Modern China MW 2:30-4, 3-133	Tristan Brown	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.154	Inventing the Samurai TR 9:30-11, 1-273	Hiromu Nagahara	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.156 21G.045	Global Chinese Food: A Historical Overview TR 1-2:30, 14E-310	Emma Teng	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.247	Looking East/Looking West R 2-5, E51-285	Hiromu Nagahara	Intermediate	HASS-H

Not Offered This Term

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.009	World History and Its Fault Lines Since 1800	Sana Aiyar Hiromu Nagahara	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.107 21G.043	From Yellow Peril to Model Minority: Asian American History to 1968	Emma Teng	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.144 21G.087	Introduction to Russian Studies	Elizabeth A. Wood Maria Khotimsky	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.151	Dynastic China	Tristan Brown	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.155	Modern Japan: 1600 to Present TR 9:30-11, 56-180	Hiromu Nagahara	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.157 STS.037	Modern South Asia MW 2:30-4, 56-191	Sana Aiyar Dwai Banerjee	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.185 12.386 STS.031	Environment and History Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Introductory	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.186 U 21H.976 G	Nature and Environment in China	Tristan Brown	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.242 21G.322	Frenchness in and Era of Globalization Not offered regularly; consult department	Catherine Clark	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.253 21G.075	Global Chinese Migration, 1567- Present Not offered regularly; consult department	Emma Teng	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.265	Humanitarianism in Africa: A Critical History	Kenda Mutongi	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.276 U	Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Global South (NEW) MW 2:30-4, E51-390	Tanalís Padilla	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.285 STS.025	Making the Modern World: The Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective	Merritt Roe Smith	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.352 21G.042	Three Kingdoms: From History to Fiction, Comic, Film, and Game TR 11-12:30, 14E-310	Emma Teng	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.354	World War II in Asia	Hiromu Nagahara	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.361	Echoes of Slavery: Recovering the Histories of Enslaved People	Marjoleine Kars	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.363 WGS.330	Abortion: Global and Historical Perspectives WF 11-12:30, 2-103	Lerna Ekmekcioglu	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.370 U 21H.970 G	The Laws of War in Global History (NEW) M 2-5, E51-385	Elena Kempf	Graduate Seminar	HASS-H
21H.383 U 21H.982 G	Technology and the Global Economy	Anne E. C. McCants	Graduate Seminar	HASS-S
21H.388 U 21H.988 G	Global Commodities, American Dreams	Megan A. Black	Graduate Seminar	HASS-H