{"id":26756,"date":"2025-05-12T11:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?page_id=26756"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:03:19","slug":"hist-3806a-japan-since-1945","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/hist-3806a-japan-since-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"HIST 3806A: Japan since 1945"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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HIST 3806A: Japan since 1945
Fall 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructor:<\/strong> Professor Jacob Kovalio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A<\/strong>. This very intensive class is about the evolution of Japan internally and in the international arena since 1945. In the domestic context, the peculiarities of Japan<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s language, religions, imperial institution, constitution, political system<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 as Asia\u2019s oldest constitutional monarchy (the line above the course title refers to the three postwar imperial eras),  the leading role of the Liberal Democratic Party<\/strong> [LDP] \u2013 the world\u2019s most successful Conservative party in postwar history- the bureaucracy and  the business elite; the socio-cultural and economic milieux: from education, the changing role of women, the major double challenge of low birth rates and high longevity<\/strong>, immigration, minorities, the hikikomori<\/em><\/strong> (social recluses) and soft power<\/strong> to the major economic and technological aspects. Japan\u2019s foreign policy combines genuine pacifism with the vital security alliance with the US and other world democracies in order to deal with totalitarian and aggressive China, Russia and North Korea.  The Free and Open Indo-Pacific<\/em><\/strong> (Abe Doctrine see below<\/strong>) is Japan\u2019s response and that of all democracies, to this challenging environment. In order to give all <\/strong>participants an adequate starting point, a brief review commencing with the Tokugawa<\/em> era [1603-1868] opens the course. Each class starts with the latest news from Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B<\/strong>. Students are strongly urged to attend classes regularly. Asking questions in class <\/strong>is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. However, Social Networking & Texting [thus the use of SMART PHONES and the EXTRACURRICULAR use of LAPTOPS] as well as Eating<\/em> are allowed ONLY  during breaks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

C<\/strong>. Grading<\/em><\/strong> includes two <\/strong>elements: 1 <\/strong>\u2013 One in-class identification and definition <\/strong>test worth 50% <\/strong>of the final grade. 2<\/strong> – One TYPEWRITTEN<\/em>, analytical research essay \u2013 worth the other 50%<\/strong> of the grade; it should include: <\/strong>1 \u2013 A cover page<\/strong>. 2 \u2013 A brief opening summary <\/strong>of the paper.3 \u2013 Footnotes <\/strong>as citation style. 4 \u2013 Around five sources<\/strong> \u2013 only ONE wikisource. <\/em>There is NO<\/strong> mandatory length and NO<\/strong> email submission. <\/em><\/strong>The main learning device is <\/strong>Japan since 1945 Learning Handbook<\/em>\u2013 <\/strong>the 2025 edition, <\/strong>byJacob Kovalio, <\/strong>which will be available in the Bookstore by early August. In addition, the traditional <\/em>text for the course<\/strong> is :Jeff, Kingston Japan in Transformation<\/em><\/strong> , 1945-2010, <\/em>Pearson Education, 2010, 2nd<\/sup> ed. Students are encouraged to access the instructor\u2019s freeandopenindopacific.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HIST 3806A: Japan since 1945Fall 2025 Instructor: Professor Jacob Kovalio A. This very intensive class is about the evolution of Japan internally and in the international arena since 1945. In the domestic context, the peculiarities of Japan\u2019s language, religions, imperial institution, constitution, political system \u2013 as Asia\u2019s oldest constitutional monarchy (the line above the course […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[216,213],"class_list":["post-26756","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-3000-level","cu_page_type-courses"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26757,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26756\/revisions\/26757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=26756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}