HJAK0001EU Meiji Japan in Global Perspective
Curriculum for BA program in Asian Studies with specialisation in Indology, Japanese Studies, Chinese Studies, Korean Studies, South East Asian Studies and Tibetology, 2010
Curriculum for BA program in Asian Studies with specialisation in Indology, Japanese Studies, Chinese Studies, Korean Studies, South East Asian Studies and Tibetology, 2015
Curriculum for BA elective program in Japanese Studies, 2017
Curriculum for MA program in Asian Studies, 2008
2018 marks the 150th anniversary of what is commonly known as the “Meiji Restoration” (Meiji ishin, or “Meiji renewal” in Japanese). This event is commonly treated as the beginning of modern Japan. It is a rewarding period to study because Japan in a short period of time assimilated a foreign civilization and changed rapidly and profoundly. The knowledge gained in this course should help you understand contemporary Japan better by adding a historical dimension. You will also see that many things we (and the Japanese themselves) regard as ‘ancient’ traditions were in fact invented in the Meiji period.
Particular emphasis will be given to global events and developments in what is sometimes described as the “long” nineteenth century.
The aim of the course is twofold:
1. To examine the Meiji period from the perspective of the historian (rather than from an exclusively “Japanese studies” perspective).
2.To provide an introduction to the study of history by examining some of the prevalent ideas about history, the role of theory in the study of history, but also methods and practical questions about “doing history”.
BA 2010-studieordning:
Japansk Realia 3 (Fagelemntkode HJAB00761E)
BA 2015-studieordning:
Japanstudier realia 1 (fagelementkode HJAB00831E)
Japanstudier realia 2 (fagelementkode HJAB00871E)
Japanstudier realia 3 (fagelementkode HJAB00891E)
BA-tilvalg 2017-studieordning:
Japansk Realia 1 (Fagelementkode HJAB10131E)
Japansk Realia 2 (Fagelementkode HJAB10151E)
KA 2008-studieordning:
Tekstbaseret Emne (Fagelementkode HJAK03042E)
Emnekursus A (Fagelementkode HJAK03051E)
Emnekursus B (Fagelementkode HJAK03101E)
Details to be announced. Required introductory readings
If you have not yet done so, please read before the course starts:
Gordon, Andrew. A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present: Oxford University Press, 2014 (2009, 2003 – the older editions are can also be used for the pre-1945 period).
It is also advisable to read an introduction to the study of history, such as:
Jordanova, Ludmilla. History in Practice (2nd ed.), London: Hodder Arnold, 2006.
Kjeldstadli, Knut. Fortiden er ikke hvad den har været: en indføring i historiefaget, Frederiksberg: Roskilde Universitets Forlag, 2002.
Basic knowledge of the modern history of Japan, for example from Andrew Gordon’s book cited above
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 56
- Preparation
- 356,5
- Total
- 412,5
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- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Other
Criteria for exam assesment
Curriculum in Danish:
http://hum.ku.dk/uddannelser/aktuelle_studieordninger/japanstudier/
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- HJAK0001EU
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Level
- BachelorBachelor choice,Full Degree Master,Full Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- Se skemalink nedenunder
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
Contracting department
- Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
Course Coordinators
- Margaret Dorothea Mehl (4-71696c70446c7971326f7932686f)
Lecturers
Margaret Mehl, mehl@hum.ku.dk