IN203, Honors Seminar: Global Haiku Traditions examines the origins and spread of Japanese poetics from Japan around the world, with a special focus on the adaptation of haiku into other cultures and languages.

Syllabus for Fall 2015 (doc file)

Students in Spring 2015 Global Haiku Tradition

Assignments Guide for Spring 2015

Final Exam: 2pm, May 14, Kirkland 128

A special feature of the spring course was that students conducted interviews by e-mail with leading contemporary haiku poets. We studied the history of haiku and related poetics in Japan, and then examined the contemporary internalization of haiku in various international cultures.

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Kukai Favorite Selections

Kukai 1 • Kukai 1 Favorites

Kukai 2 • Kukai 2 Favorites

Kukai 3 • Kukai 3 Favorites

Ekphrastic Kukai•Ekphrastic Favorites

Kukai 4 • Kukai 4 Favorites

Kukai 5 • Kukai 5 Favorites

Kukai 6 • Kukai 6 Favorites

Kukai 7• Kukai 7 Favorites

Kukai 8 • Kukai 8 Favorites

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Haiku Editing Sessions

Haiku to Edit 1 • Haiku to Edit Results

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Renku

Tan-renga 1 • Tan-renga Capped