Course Schedule
Spring 2025
JPN
JPN 462C – The History of Modern Japan, Meiji to the Present
Cross Listed · Writing Emphasis Course
This course offers students an in-depth look at the history and historiography of Modern Japan (1868-Present), with a special emphasis on the relationship between empire and everyday life in Japan's modern experience. The course is divided into four chronological units spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and students will have the opportunity to crowdsource their reading materials from a list of recommended and representative books within each unit. Class discussions will provide an overview of the latest English-language scholarship on Japan's modernity to familiarize advanced undergraduates and graduate students with the styles of research and interpretation that inform our understanding of history today.
This course offers students an in-depth look at the history and historiography of Modern Japan (1868-Present), with a special emphasis on the relationship between empire and everyday life in Japan's modern experience. The course is divided into four chronological units spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and students will have the opportunity to crowdsource their reading materials from a list of recommended and representative books within each unit. Class discussions will provide an overview of the latest English-language scholarship on Japan's modernity to familiarize advanced undergraduates and graduate students with the styles of research and interpretation that inform our understanding of history today.
Section
001
Days
Mo
Time
03:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Date
Jan 15 - May 7
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
3 / 20
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- Section: 001
- Instructor: Schlachet, Joshua
- Days: Mo
- Time: 03:30 PM - 06:00 PM
- Dates: Jan 15 - May 7
- Status: Open
- Enrollment: 3 / 20