Instructor

Professor Vinayak Bharne teaches at the USC School of Architecture where he conducts seminars on global urbanism and heritage conservation and coordinates international studios on urban design. His research explores contemporary urbanism in Asia, specifically the urbanism of indigenous habitats, informal settlements and sacred territories. He is the author/editor of five books including The Emerging Asian City: Concomitant Urbanities and Urbanisms, and Zen Spaces and Neon Places: Reflections of Japanese Architecture and Urbanism. His latest book is Urbanism Beyond 2020, Reflections During the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Requirements

You can view seminar requirements here. 

Reading assignments and pre-recorded lectures for each week will be available iin this forum and are to be completed prior to the discussion sessions.

Please note that you can only miss one session and still be eligible to receive credit for the course. You will need to make up the missed session by attending an online event (lecture/meeting/discussion panel, etc.) that focuses on issues related to East Asia and submiting a 150-200 word summary of what you learned, and post it in make-up thread of the forum. The U.S.-China Institute offers at least one public event each month.

Seminar Schedule

Online discussions (via Zoom) will be each Tuesday, 4-5pm Pacific Time. Please join us with your camera on, but your microphone muted. We look forward to your questions and comments.