|
Lecturer(s)
|
|
|
|
Course content
|
Topics: Neolithic cultures in Japan Contacts with the Asian continent in the first millenium Civil and military governments, the role of the army in the Japanese history Land keeping and agriculture Japanese system of monarchy, comparison with constitutional monarchies Religious and ideological systems in Japan Laws and constitutions in Japanese history Japanese and revolutions Forming the border of the Japanese state, territorial conflicts in present
|
|
Learning activities and teaching methods
|
|
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
|
|
Learning outcomes
|
This seminar is focused on cross-sectional topics of Japanese history (until Meiji period), emphatically the political development of the modern state and international relations.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will have an enhanced knowledge of individual periods of Japanese history, and will be able to analyse the topics on the basis of historical context.
|
|
Prerequisites
|
Knowledge of Japanese history on the Bachelor´s programme level.
|
|
Assessment methods and criteria
|
Student performance, Seminar Work
Reading (cca 400 pages), oral presentation, written report
|
|
Recommended literature
|
-
(1998). Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture and Nationalism. New York and London.
-
(1964). Sources of Japanese Tradition. Vol. 1-2. New York.
-
Reischauer, E.O.;Craig, A.M. (2000). Dějiny Japonska. Praha.
|