History 224 - Colloquium: Mind, Body, and Medicine in East Asia

Colq:MindBodyMedicineE.Asia

Fall
2026
01
4.00
Yujie Pu

W 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM; M 3:05 PM - 4:20 PM

Smith College
HST-224-01-202701
ypu@smith.edu
This course examines how ideas about the mind and body changed over time in East Asian societies from the premodern period to the modern era. Focusing primarily on China, with comparative perspectives on modern Japan and colonial Korea, the course introduces students to different historical ways of understanding health, disease, and mental disorder. By emphasizing the role of medicine in broader social and political contexts, the course uses medicine as a lens to show how knowledge about the body and mind shaped lived experiences of illness, care, and responsibility in different historical moments. Enrollment limited to 18.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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