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講義概要/Course description
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This class will survey how war memories have influenced Japanese identity and vice versa in twentieth-century and twenty-first century Japan. The class will also examine the impact of Japanese and international politics on the relationship between war memories and Japanese identity.
Lecture includes the explanation about diverse frameworks and functions of individual, collective, and public memory.
Lectures and class discussions are based on weekly readings.
Course lecture includes explanations about Japanese society and culture as background knowledge.
Students will make class presentation based on the topic of their choice. Presentation schedule might be changed depending on class size.
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達成目標/Course objectives
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Students are expected to grasp the history of Japan's involvement in wars during the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras.
They also seek to understand the frameworks and functions of individual, collective, and public memory. Furthermore, students should be able to explain how the war memories of the Asia-Pacific War have influenced Japanese national identity and vice versa and to explain how domestic and international politics have influenced the relationship between the war memories and national identity.
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学部・研究科のディプロマポリシー（卒業認定・学位授与の方針）に基づき、当該科目を履修することで身につく能力 / Abilities to be acquired by completing the course in accordance with the faculty and graduate school diploma policy (graduation certification and degree conferral)
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学部・研究科のディプロマポリシー（卒業認定・学位授与の方針）/ Undergraduate and Graduate Diploma Policy (Graduation Certification and Degree Conferral)
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履修条件（事前に履修しておくことが望ましい科目など）/Prerequisite
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It is desirable to have the basic knowledge of Japanese history in the twentieth century.
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授業計画/Lecture plan
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1
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Only the first session is an online lecture.【On-Demand】
Course Introduction
Explanation of lecture plan and reading assignments
Explanation of reaction paper, class presentation, and final paper.
Basic explanation of war memory in modern Japan. |
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2
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Topic: Early post-war period--surrender and Victims
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3
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Topics: Early post-war period--exhaustion and despair |
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4
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Topic: Tenno and U.S.-Japan post-war relations
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5
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Topic: The unnameable memories
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6
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Topic: The Anti-Security Treaty and the Representation of Trauma in the late 1960s
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7
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Review of session 1-6 |
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8
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Topic: Former Servicemen in Postwar Japanese Film |
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9
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Topic: Struggles of former servicemen in postwar Japan |
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10
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Topic: Auschwitz
Class Presentation |
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11
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Topic: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Class Presentation |
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12
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Topic: History on Trial
Class Presentation |
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13
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Topic: The Issue of Comfort Women
Class Presentation
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14
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Topics: Air Raid Survivors and Yasukuni
Class Presentation |
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15
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| 事前学習/Preparation |
Read weekly reading assignments.
Identify the sections you could not understand and the points you want to elaborate on in class discussion. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review class notes. |
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授業方法/Method of instruction
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| 区分/Type of Class |
対面授業 / Classes in-person
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| 実施形態/Class Method |
通常型 / regular |
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成績評価方法/Evaluation
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平常点 In-class Points
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60%
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Attitudes towards learning
Reaction papers as the occasion demands.
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その他 Others
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10%
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Class Presentation
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レポート Report
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30%
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Final paper
Writing guidelines will be explained in class.
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教科書/Textbooks
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Reading assignments will be announced on Course Power.
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参考書/Reference books
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Author | タイトル
Title | 出版社
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Yoshikuni Igarashi
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Bodies of Memory: Narratives of War in Postwar Japanese Culture, 1945-1970
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Princeton University Press
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2000
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Yoshikuni Igarashi
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Homecomings: The Belated Return of Japan’s Lost Soldiers
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Columbia University Press
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2016
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Andrew E. Barshay
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The Gods Left First: The Captivity and Reparation of Japanese POWs in Northeast Asia, 1945-1956
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University of California Press
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2013
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John W. Dower
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Embracing Defeat
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W.W.Norton & Company/The New Press
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1999
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W.G. Beasley
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The Rise of Modern Japan
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Charles E. Tuttle Company
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1990
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Takafusa Nakamura
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A History of Showa Japan
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University of Tokyo Press
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1998
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Ian Buruma
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Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan
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New York Review Books (Reprint)
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2015
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Victor E. Frankl
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Man's Search For Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy
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Beacon Press
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2006
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Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman
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Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath
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Picador
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2010
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Sarah Kovner
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Prisoners of the Empire: Inside Japanese POW Camps
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Harvard University Press
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2020
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Part Yuha
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Comfort Women of the Japanese Empire: Colonial Rule and the Battle over Memory
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Routledge
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2024
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キーワード/Keywords
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Memory, National Identity, Apology, Reconciliation, Victimhood
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