HIST 265 - Postwar Japan

Fall (3) Han (CSI, GER 4B)

An examination of various aspects of post-World War II Japan. After an intensive look at politics and the economy, the course explores such topics as the popularity of new religions, changing attitudes toward sex and marriage, Japan’s new nationalism, Japan’s role in the larger Asian region and beyond, and the culture and life of Tokyo. Several documentaries and movies will be shown. (Open to all students, including freshmen and sophomores with AP history credit or exemptions.)