EALC 550

Fall 2016

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Credit: 4 hours.

Seminar on selected topics. Topic varies with instructor.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
61297
Lecture-Discussion
B
12:30PM -3:20PM
T
316S Mumford Hall
Wilson, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/16-12/07/16
Section Title:
Historiography Mod Japn
Section Info:
Topic: Historiography of Modern Japan. In this course, we will explore a variety of global phenomena as they played out in early modern and modern Japan. Divided into two parts, this course begins with a focus on the English-language scholarship from the 1950s to the present with the aim of exploring how "Japan" has been constituted in as a discrete field of study. The second part of the course is organized around reading recent articles and books that are shaping modern Japanese history by answering the following kinds of questions: What roles did the performance of politics, crime and punishment, and institutional religion (Buddhism and Shinto) play in the exercise of power by the early modern and modern states? How did Japan become an imperial power and how does "Japanese" imperialism compare with other forms of modern imperialism? What roles did race and ethnicity play in Japanese imperialism and the Asia Pacific War? Following Japan’s defeat in that disastrous war, how did Japanese people respond to the U.S.-led occupation of their country? And, how has modern culture and capitalism shaped people’s experience of the natural world and their place within Japanese society during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries? While this course is designed to provide a grounding in modern Japanese history, its primary aim is to help students develop their bibliographic and historiographic knowledge of modern Japanese history for the purpose of further research and future teaching in East Asian and global history. Knowledge of the Japanese language is welcome, but not required for this course.
67432
Lecture-Discussion
GPP
3:00PM -5:50PM
F
1018 Foreign Languages Building
Persiani, G
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/16-12/07/16
Section Title:
Itineraries in Waka Culture
Section Info:
Itineraries in waka culture: genre・texts・ritual・performance・art The course explores the incredibly rich and varied range of practices associated with waka (classical Japanese poetry). We will start by reviewing the canons of the genre at one of its times of maximum thriving (ca. 800-1200 C.E.), and then move on to consider ways of recording, disseminating, and displaying poems through letters, poetry collections, paintings, etc. We will explore waka’s deep connections with visual culture (calligraphy, screens, poet portraiture, illustrated books) and trace the emergence of poetic criticism through poetry contests (uta-awase) and poetic treatises (karon). We will also consider cases of cross-genre contamination, specifically with poetry in Chinese and Buddhist discourse. Throughout the course we will devote equal attention to the texts of the tradition and to its material aspects (vocalization, script, book formats, paintings). The course will be of interest to students of literature, art history, and religion. No knowledge of Japanese is required. This class meets with EALC 398 GPP.
41748
Lecture-Discussion
JP
2:00PM -4:20PM
T
1024 Foreign Languages Building
Packard, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/16-12/07/16
Section Title:
Seminar in Chinese Linguistics
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