Japanese History II-E2
| Numbering Code | U-LAS01 10004 LE38 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | All students | Target Student | For all majors | |
| Language | English | Day/Period | Wed.2/Wed.3 | |
| Instructor name | KNAUDT，Till (Institute for Research in Humanities Associate Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | In class the participants will work on Japanese history from the time of US occupation until the “lost decade” of the 1990s. Special attention will be put on economic high growth’s impact on society, the environment, gender, and youth. Emphasizing Japan’s global entanglement, the course will introduce agents of socio-historical change in the late Showa period and early years of Heisei. | |||
| Course Goals | Knowledge of key phenomena and recent research perspectives of modern Japanese history after 1945. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
1 Introduction 2~4 Japanese society under US occupation (1945~1952) 5~7 The era of economic high growth (1952~1973) 8~10 Crisis and society in late industrial Japan (1973~1995) 11~13 Social movements after 1945 14 Conclusion 15 Feedback |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Evaluation will be based on written final report (100%). Students who are absent from three classes or more cannot pass. | |||
| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Knowledge of modern Japanese history in the Asian and global context is appreciated. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Reading materials will be handed out during class. | ||
| References, etc. | Reading materials will be handed out during class. | |||
