HIST 6861 - [Readings in Japanese Historiography]

(crosslisted)
(also ASIAN 6686)

Fall. 4 credits.

Next offered 2014-2015.

K. Hirano.

The course explores various methodologies and historical perspectives (ranging from Marxism to cultural studies) used by historians in Japan. We will read important historical works produced from the 1940s to the present in Japanese (some in English translation), and discuss how they could help us to envision new historical writings.