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Overview

  1. Introduction: Japanese History and the Transitions of the 19th Century
  2. Entering the World Stage and Building an Empire
  3. Authority, Ethnography, and Assimilation
  4. The Idea of Colonial Modernity and its Distortions
  5. Settler Colonialism and Migration in the Empire
  6. ILW
  7. Imperial Innovation in Manchuria
  8. The Development of Pan-Asianism and the Kōminka Movement
  9. Japan's Invasion of China
  10. The Empire in Southeast Asia and Dying for the Emperor
  11. The Aftermaths of War and Decolonisation

Key Details

Lecturer: Konrad M. Lawson Email: kml8@st-andrews.ac.uk
Meets: Fall, 2023 - Tue 13:00-15:00 Location: St. Katharine's Lodge 1.10
Office: St. Katharine's Lodge B3 Office Hours: Tue 11-12 (On Teams/in person; Sign Up )

Description

This module traces the history and contradictions of Japan's empire from the first debate over how to “punish” Korea in 1873 and through to consider the early postwar aftermath of Japanese defeat in 1945. We will compare Japanese colonialism in Taiwan, Korea and Okinawa to that of Western empires, the important role of the Sino-Japanese war, and the development of nationalist and pan-Asian ideals.

Assessment Summary

100% Coursework

  • 50% Long Essay 5,000 Words
  • 15% Long Essay Prospectus (500 Words), Argument, and Indicative Bibliography (2 Drafts)
  • 15% Presentation (5 minutes)
  • 20% 4 Reflective Posts (2,500 words)
  • 3 Reading Handouts (Required; no grade)

Deadline Dates

9 Oct 23:59 - First Draft of Prospectus, Argument, and Indicative Bibliography - Post on Moodle
23 Oct 23:59 - Revised Draft of Prospectus, Argument, and Indicative Bibliography - MMS submission
21 Nov 23:59 - Submit Reflective Posts to MMS
4 Dec 23:59 - Long Essay Due - MMS submission

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand how imperialism was translated and transformed by Japan
  • Assess the role of Japanese empire on the development of China, Japan, and southeast Asia
  • Analyse the creative responses in Japan and throughout Asia to ideas of modernity as seen through the rise of pan-Asianism and competing resistance nationalisms

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