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HIS300GA(史学 / History 300)
Approaches to Transnational History

Eri KITADA

Class code etc
Faculty/Graduate school Faculty of Intercultural Communication
Attached documents
Year 2023
Class code C1053
Previous Class code
Previous Class title
Term 秋学期授業/Fall
Day/Period 水2/Wed.2
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name 市富士‐F310
Grade 1~4
Credit(s) 2
Notes
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
Duplicate Subjects Taken Under Previous Class Title
Capacity/Selection/Rondom
Frequency 毎年開講

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Outline and objectives

This course is designed for students who are interested in learning about the production of historical narratives on different scales: national, global, and in particular, transnational. By exploring various kinds of cross-cultural encounters facilitated by the movement of people, ideas, goods, services, capital, and technology in the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions, students will be introduced to the basic concepts and methods of transnational history. Students will discuss how diverse approaches to transnational history are connected to the issues of colonialism, the development of capitalism, and the formation and spread of the nation-state, thus ultimately to the idea of modernity.

* This syllabus can be updated.

Goal

By the end of this course, students will be able to
● To understand critically and broadly the concepts of and methods to national, global, and transnational histories and modernity.
● To historicize seemingly universal ideas.
● To express their own opinions by analyzing both primary and secondary sources as evidence.
● To acquire knowledge and skills beyond class contents.

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

国際文化学部のディプロマポリシーのうち、「DP1」「DP2」「DP3」「DP4」に関連。

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.

In case enrollment exceeds the classroom capacity, students will be selected by Week 1 through the course website (Hoppii – student information management system). The details of selection will be uploaded to Hoppii.

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。

Week1[対面/face to face]:Introduction

An overview of national, global, and transnational history

Week2[対面/face to face]:National History

How and why are nation-states and history co-constitutive?

Week3[対面/face to face]:Global History 1

Indigenous settlements in the Americas

Week4[対面/face to face]:Global History 2

Atlantic slavery

Week5[対面/face to face]:Transnational History 1

European migration in the United States

Week6[対面/face to face]:Transnational History 2

Latinx migration in the United States

Week7[対面/face to face]:Transnational History 3

Asian migration in the United States

Week8[対面/face to face]:Transnational History 4
Mid-Term Paper

American missionaries in China

Week9[対面/face to face]:Transnational History 5
Group Project Kick-off

Japan’s internal colonialism

Week10[対面/face to face]:Transnational History 6

Japan’s overseas expansion

Week11[対面/face to face]:Film Screening
Group Project Proposal

Film: “Abandoned: The Stories of Japanese War Orphans in the Philippines and China.” (dir. Hiroyasu Obara, 2020)

Week12[対面/face to face]:Film Screening: Discussion

WWII, U.S. and Japanese empires, Japanese diaspora, and Philippine colonial history

Week13[対面/face to face]:Group Project Presentation

Presentation and Q&A

Class14[対面/face to face]:Wrap Up

Summary of the course, Refugees

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.
Students will write 4 responses, contribute to 6 discussion forums, and submit 1 mid-term paper, all based on class materials.

Textbooks

Weekly reading assignments are uploaded to the course website (Hoppii – student information management system).

References

● Akira Iyrie, Global and Transnational History: The Past, Present and Future
(Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).
● Pierre-Yves Saunier, Transnational History (Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).
● Motoe Sasaki, Redemption and Revolution: American and Chinese New Women in the Early Twentieth Century (Cornell University Press, 2016).

Grading criteria

● Preparation for and participation in class discussions 22%
● Daily Assignment 28%: 4 Responses (4*4 points=16), 6 Discussion Forums (6*2points =12)
● Mid-term paper 20%
(4-page analysis of topics discussed from 9/27 to 11/8 by using primary and secondary sources that are assigned as homework or in the classroom. The paper must be submitted electronically via Hoppii – Student Information Management System by Nov. 14.)
● Group Presentation 30%: Proposal 10%, Presentation 20%
(10-15 min presentation scheduled on Dec. 20)

Changes following student comments

Group members will be shuffled several times in the semester to allow for more interaction.

Equipment student needs to prepare

ITC devices such as laptops and tablets.