Numbering Code	U-LAS01 10002 LE38	Year/Term	2022 ・ First semester
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 the course of modern Japanese history from the last years of the early modern period to the end of World War II in Asia. Special attention will be payed to questions of Meiji nation building and political representation, post-World War I industrialization and its social impact, and politics and culture in Japanese Empire in times of peace and total war.
Course Goals	Knowledge on key phenomena and research perspectives in prewar modern Japanese history.
Schedule and Contents	1 Introduction 2 The end of the Tokugawa period (1850s~1868) 3~5 Nation building and representation in the Meiji period (1868~1912) 6~8 Industrialization, social movements and imperialism in Taisho; and prewar Showa Japan (1912~1937) 9 Colonialism 10-13 Politics and culture in times of total war (1937~1945) 14 Conclusion 15 Feedback
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Evaluation will be based on written final report. 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.