| 担当者 | ﾐｼｭﾗﾝ ﾌﾗﾝｸ教員紹介 | |
|---|---|---|
| 単位・開講先 | 選択 2単位 [自己啓発支援科目] | |
| 科目ナンバリング | JPH-102 | |
The broad topic of this class will be "A History of Japan: Japan and the World". During this semester, we will talk about the history of Japan during the twentieth century. More precisely, the period chosen will start with the Russo-Japanese War (1905) and end with the end of Shōwa era (1989). This class will be intended for students who have no prior knowledge of Japanese history. We will try to help the foreign students to understand the historical background of today's Japanese society.
Every week, after having read together a passage of a book, we will talk about the main historical facts of the weekly topic. A presentation about one of the topics addressed in class will be asked to the students.
This class being the continuation of the first semester's class students who attended it to continue their attendance during the second semester. However, students who would not have attended the class during the first semester will be welcome.
①Grasping the flow of Japanese history through the basic knowledge of the main historical facts.
②Understanding Japanese history as a dynamic process through the study of the relations between Japan and the world.
③Being able to understand the influence of the past on today's Japanese society.
Participation 20％, presentation 40%, final exam: 40％
In the case of 5 absences without justification, the student will be considered having failed to get the credit.
| 種別 | 書名 | 著者・編者 | 発行所 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 教科書 | Japan and the Shackles of the Past, 2014. | R Taggart Murphy | Oxford University Press |
| 参考文献 | The Invention of Tradition | Eric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger (ed.) | Cambridge University Press |
| 参考文献 | The Making of Modern Japan | Marius B. Jansen | Belknap Press |
| 参考文献 | The Pacific War: World War II and the Japanese, 1931-1945 | Saburō Ienaga | Pantheon Books |
| 参考文献 | Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II | John W. Dower | W. W. Norton & Company |
| 参考文献 | The American Occupation of Japan: The Origins of the Cold War in Asia | Michael Schaller | Oxford University Press |
The passage used the class will have to be read by the students before attending the class. The students will also have to know the basic dates and facts concerning the weekly topic by reading one of the books prescribed, or any other valuable support. Studying in the library will be strongly recommended.
The past being linked to the present, it is necessary for the students to be aware of the main news in Japan, Asia, and the world. Then, reading the newspaper of any other valuable information media will be recommended. The students are encouraged to take "Japanese History I" during the spring semester.
| 回 | 授業内容 |
|---|---|
| 第1回 | Presentation of the class, introduction to the class The class will be done in the classroom |
| 第2回 | Tradition and modernity The class will be done in the classroom |
| 第3回 | Japan at the dawn of the twentieth century The class will be done in the classroom |
| 第4回 | The breaking point of the Russo-Japanese War The class will be done in the classroom |
| 第5回 | Taishō: World War I and democracy The class will be done in the classroom |
| 第6回 | A deceived power The class will be done in the classroom |
| 第7回 | The turn of Shōwa The class will be done in the classroom |
| 第8回 | The Manchurian problem Short test The class will be done in the classroom |
| 第9回 | The Shōwa crisis The class will be done in the classroom |
| 第10回 | The road to the war The class will be done in the classroom |
| 第11回 | Defeat and ashes The class will be done in the classroom |
| 第12回 | A new era The class will be done in the classroom |
| 第13回 | Japan and the Cold War The class will be done in the classroom |
| 第14回 | Japan as number one The class will be done online (the teaching material will have to be downloaded from the LMS) |
| 第15回 | Japan in the twenty-first century Final test The class will be done in the classroom |
