GBP (Global Business Program)

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HIS200LA(史学 / History 200)
Intercultural Communication A

BARRIGA Maria

Class code etc
Faculty/Graduate school GBP (Global Business Program)
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Year 2023
Class code E1807
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Previous Class title
Term 秋学期授業/Fall
Day/Period 木2/Thu.2
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷
Classroom name 市富士‐F407
Grade 1~4
Credit(s) 2
Notes ※Only a certain number of students
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
Category 基礎科目/Liberal Arts Courses
言語教育分野/Language Education
リベラルアーツ科目/Upper Division Liberal Arts Courses

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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:
● Understand the historical development of Japan–U.S. relations from a global perspective.
● Critically read and analyze secondary scholarship on Japan-U.S. relations by incorporating the framework of global history

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 course consists of lectures, class discussions, group activities, 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

1) Self-introductions
2) Introduction of the course
3) Overview of the syllabus

2[対面/face to face]:Framing US-Japan relations within global history

Reading Assignment: Sebastian Conrad, “Introduction,” in What is Global History? (Princeton University Press, 2016), pp. 1-16.

3[対面/face to face]:US, Japan, and the Meiji Restoration

Reading Assignment: Noell Wilson, “Western Whalers in 1860sʼ Hakodate: How the Nantucket of the North Pacific Connected Restoration Era Japan to Global Flows,” in The Meiji Restoration: Japan as a Global Nation, edited by Robert Hellyer and Harald Fuess (Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, 2020).

4[対面/face to face]:The overlapping US and Japanese empires (early 20th century)

Reading Assignment: Mariko Iijima, “Coffee Production in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Establishment of a Japanese Diasporic Network in the Early 20th Century,” Journal of International Economic Studies 32 (2010 March): 75-88.

5[対面/face to face]:Japanese Americans during WWII

Film assignment (to be confirmed): Lorenzo Thione, director. Allegiance (Broadway and Sing Out Louise Productions, 2015), 130 minutes.

Reading Assignment (to be confirmed): Frank Odo, “Introduction: The Making of a Model Minority,” in No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawai`i during World War II ( Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004), pp. 1-8.

6[対面/face to face]:US in postwar Japan

Reading Assignment: Matthew R. Augustine, “The Limits of Decolonization: American Occupiers and the 'Korean Problem' in Japan, 1945-1948,” International Journal of Korean History 22 no. 1 (February 2017): 43-75.

7[対面/face to face]:Zanryū Nihonjin

Viewing Assignment (to be confirmed): "Abandoned: The Stories of Japanese War Orphans in the Philippines and China"

8[対面/face to face]:Pacific Empire Studies

Reading Assignment: articles in Amerasia Journal 42, no. 3 (2016).
In-class group work

9[対面/face to face]:Asia-Pacific War Histories

Reading Assignment: selected chapters of Perilous Memories: The Asia-Pacific War(s), edited by Takashi Fujitani, Geoffrey M. White, and Lisa Yoneyama (London: Duke University Press, 2001).
In-class groupwork

10[対面/face to face]:Militarization of the Asia-Pacific

Reading Assignment: selected chapters of Militarized Currents: Toward Decolonized Future in Asia and the Pacific, edited by Setsu Shigematsu and Keith Camacho (Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 2010).
In-class group work

11[対面/face to face]:Consultations

Consultation for the final presentation
Also: Submission of the mid-term paper

12[対面/face to face]:Final Presentations

Groups 1 & 2

13[対面/face to face]:Final Presentations

Groups 3 & 4

14[対面/face to face]:Final Presentations and Wrap up

Group 5 and summary of the course

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

Students are required to read all the assignments and be ready for class discussions and presentations. They will also write weekly one-page reaction papers. University guidelines suggest preparation and review should be around two hours a week for a two-credit course.

Textbooks

Weekly reading and viewing assignments will be made available in the reserve section of the library and/or uploaded to the course website (Hoppii – student information management system).

References

Eiichiro Azuma, In Search of Our Frontier: Japanese America and Settler Colonialism in the Construction of Japan's Borderless Empire (California: University of California Press, 2019).
Takashi Fujitani, Race for Empire: Koreans as Japanese and Japanese as Americans during World War II (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2011).

Book Selection for the Final Presentation:
These books are purposefully outside the realm of the history of US-Japan relations, but they reflect the impact of it in the Asia-Pacific region.
a) Camacho, Keith. Cultures of Commemoration: The Politics of War, Memory, and History in the Mariana Islands. Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press, 2011.
b) Dvorak, Greg. Coral and Concrete: Remembering Kwajalein Atoll between Japan, America, and the Marshall Islands. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2018.
c) Serizawa, Takamichi. Writing History in America’s Shadow: Japan, the Philippines, and the Question of Pan-Asianism. Kyoto: Kyoto University Press, 2020.
d) Chapman, David. The Bonin Islanders, 1830 to the Present. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2016.
e) Mire Koikari. Cold War Encounters in US-Occupied Okinawa: Women, Militarized Domesticity, and Transnationalism in East Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Grading criteria

10% - Class participation
50% - Short reaction papers
20% - Mid-term paper
20% - Final group presentation

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

Changes following student comments

n/a

Equipment student needs to prepare

Gadgets such as laptops and tablets to read and view the assignments, write short reaction papers, and prepare the final presentations

Others

Our class will most likely include students from different origins and speaking different languages. Please respect each other's cultures. Also, if the readings are difficult to understand due to differences in language proficiency, feel free to contact me.