Course Overview

日本研究に関する基礎的知識と研究方法について、参考文献や地域資料の講読を通じて、日本史(文化史・社会史)の視点から考察する。日本史における通史を意識しつつ、I.日本をめぐる歴史認識と思想情況(第1~3回)、II.日本史を視る眼(第4~7回)、III.日本研究と「事実」(第8~10回) に関する論点を検討する。

Learning Achievement

Students will learn not only about Japanese social and cultural history but also learn how to research.(By Japanese)

Competence

Ability for critical and creative thinking, Broad perspective and international character, Understanding of cultural events, International independence

Course prerequisites

Nothing.

Grading Philosophy

Papers (40%), Review and Journals (60%)

Course schedule

Japan as a modern nation-state
Education and modern Japan
Marxism and Nationalism in Japanese history
Senses of noble birth: the History of Nitta^Genji in early modern Japan
Senses of noble birth: the case of Cat-Baron, Iwamatsu-shi
Royalism and the veneration of NITTA Yoshisada in the end of the Edo era
Senses of noble birth: the case of Cat Painter, NITTA Sadayasu
Text critic in humanities
Facts and Sources in Japanese history
False documents in historical researches
Final exam

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Yamasawa Manabu

Other information

In order to respect for other students, I will define classroom conduct and decorum for learning excellence, latenss, permission to leave the classroom in the midst of the coursework.

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university