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HAVC 28Ghosts, Haunting, Memory, and Erasure in the Films of Asia

5 creditsGE CCUndergraduateStudent Option

Explores the theme of memory, haunting, ghosts and the politics of erasure and remembrance in films made by Asian filmmakers and contemporary artists in Asia. Examines the intersecting themes of haunting, memory, and ghosts and how selected filmmakers and visual artists in Asia go about framing and unframing this topic in their work. The goal of the course is to see, through a comparative lens, how these selected filmmakers and artists treat the topic of specter and the politics of memory and erasure in their respective films from a national and transnational perspective.

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When it runs

Fall 2025Open Fall 2025

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 5:20pm–6:55pm
Oakes Acad 105B. J. LyClosed 138/0

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Boreth LY4.0 / 52.7 / 576%28

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