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HIS200LA(史学 / History 200)
Intercultural Communication A
History of Japan-U.S relations from a global perspective

Motoe SASAKI

Class code etc
Faculty/Graduate school ILAC Course
Attached documents
Year 2024
Class code E1807
Previous Class code E1807
Previous Class title Intercultural Communication A
Term 秋学期授業/Fall
Day/Period 木2/Thu.2
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name 市富士‐F304
Grade GBP/SCOPE/IGESS 1~4年(GO科目としての履修は2~4年)
Credit(s) 2
Notes 定員制
Open Program
Open Program (Notes)
Global Open Program
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers (Notes)
Class taught by instructors with practical experience
SDGs CP
Urban Design CP
Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium
Optional/Compulsory
Category (2018~) 2017年度以降入学者
ILAC科目
200番台 リベラルアーツ科目
4群(英語分野)
Category (2017)

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Outline and objectives

The course explores topics in the history of Japan-U.S relations from a global perspective. In recent years, global history has revealed complex interactions between goods, ideas, services, finance, and people across nation states and regions. By incorporating the framework of global history, the course will aim to reexamine the relationship between Japan and the U.S. by paying special attention to the interactions of individuals with different objectives and backgrounds in the Asia-Pacific region. 

Goal

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
① Understand the historical development of Japan – U.S. relations from a global perspective.
② Critically read and analyze both secondary scholarship and primary historical documents on Japan-U.S. relations by incorporating the framework of global history.

Which item of the diploma policy will be obtained by taking this class?

各学部のディプロマ・ポリシーのうち、以下に関連している。法学部・法律学科:DP3・DP4、法学部・政治学科:DP1、法学部・国際政治学科:DP1、文学部:DP1、経営学部:DP3、国際文化学部:DP1、人間環境学部:DP2、キャリアデザイン学部:DP1

Default language used in class

英語 / English

Method(s)(学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. )

The class consists of lectures, class discussions, and student presentations.

Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)

あり / Yes

Fieldwork in class

なし / No

Schedule

授業形態/methods of teaching:対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

1[対面/face to face]:Introduction

An overview of the course.

2[対面/face to face]:Whaling and the Meiji Restoration

Reading assignment: “Western Whalers in 1860s’ Hakodate: How the Nantucket of the North Pacific Connected Restoration Era Japan to Global Flows”

3[対面/face to face]:The Pacific at the Crossroads 1

Reading assignment: “The Emergence of Japan on the Global Stage, 1895–1908”

4[対面/face to face]:The Pacific at the Crossroads 2

Reading assignment: “Race, Language, and War in Two Cultures: World War II in Asia”

5[対面/face to face]:W.W.II and the Atomic Bomb

Reading assignment: “The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb”

6[対面/face to face]:Competing Capitalism between the U.S. and Japan

Reading assignment: “Competing Capitalisms”

7[対面/face to face]:Consuming Japan in the 1980s U.S. 1

Reading assignment: “A Medium but Not a Message: The VCR and Cultural Globalization”

8[対面/face to face]:Consuming Japan in the 1980s U.S. 2

Reading assignment: “Authenticity in a Hybrid World: Sushi at the Crossroads of Cultural Globalization”

9[対面/face to face]:The Practice of Analyzing Primary Sources and a Quiz

The Assigned primary documents

10[対面/face to face]:Presentation(s): Group or Individual 1

Theme: Japan-U.S. relations from a global perspective 1 – Immigration

11[対面/face to face]:Presentation(s): Group or Individual 2

Theme: Japan-U.S. relations from a global perspective 2 – Diplomacy and Politics

12[対面/face to face]:Presentation(s): Group or Individual 3

Theme: Japan-U.S. relations from a global perspective 3 – Culture

13[対面/face to face]:Presentation(s): Group or Individual 4

Theme: Japan-U.S. relations from a global perspective 4 – Economics

14[対面/face to face]:Wrap up

Summary of the course

Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)

Students are required to read the assignments and be ready for class discussions and presentations. University guidelines suggest preparation and review should be around two hours a week for a two-credit course.

Textbooks

There is no textbook for this course. All course materials are available online through the course website (Hoppii – student information management system).

References

◎Sebastian Conrad, What is Global History? (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017).
◎Pedro Iacobelli, Danton Leary, Shinnosuke Takahashi, eds, Transnational Japan as History: Empire, Migration, and Social Movements (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).
◎Robert Hellyer and Harald Fuess, The Meiji Restoration: Japan as a Global Nation (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020).
Brian McAllister Linn, Guardians of Empire: The U.S. Army and the Pacific, 1902–1940 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997).
◎Lon Kurashige ed., Pacific America: Histories of Transoceanic Crossings (University of Hawaii Press, 2017).
◎Andrew C. McKevitt, Consuming Japan: Popular Culture and the Globalizing of 1980s America (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017).

Grading criteria

1. Class participation 30%
2. In-class primary document analysis quiz 10%
3. Presentation 30%
4. Primary document analysis essay 30%

Based on the grading criteria set by the instructor, students who successfully achieve 60% or more of the course goals will earn a passing grade.

Changes following student comments

N/A

Equipment student needs to prepare

ITC devices such as laptops and tablets.