75722 - History of Eastern Asia (1) (LM)

Academic Year 2015/2016

  • Docente: Sonia Favi
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: L-OR/23
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in History and Oriental Studies (cod. 8845)

    Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in History and Oriental Studies (cod. 8845)

Course contents

The course aims at analyzing, from a critical perspective, Japanese political, economical and social history in the context of East Asia, from the mid-nineteenth century up to the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Readings/Bibliography

Recommended readings:

- Rosa Caroli, Francesco Gatti, Storia del Giappone, Roma, Bari: Laterza, 2004 (o 2006). [chapters V-X]

-  Marco Del Bene, Noemi Lanna, Toshio Miyake, Andrea Revelant, Il Giappone moderno e contemporaneo : Stato, media, processi identitari, Bologna : I libri di Emil, 2012 [chapter 1.2.]

- Joshua A. Fogel (ed.), The teleology of the Modern Nation-State (Japan and China), Philadelphia, Penn.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005 [chapters 3, 5, 7]

- Cooney Kevin, Japan's Foreign Policy Since 1945, New York, M.E. Sharpe, 2006 (o 2007) [chapters 1, 2, 3, 8, 9]

Futher non compulsory readings will be suggested during the lectures.

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures.

Assessment methods

Oral exam and discussion of a written essay (the contents of which will be agreed upon during the lectures).

Non-attending students should contact the professor, with at least a month of advance, so as to discuss the contents of their essay.

Teaching tools

Powerpoint presentations.

Office hours

See the website of Sonia Favi