Courses

Visiting Professor Shozo Sato
Spring 2008 Courses


Art Theory & Practice 290, Speical Topics : The Art of Sumi-e

Art Theory & Practice 390, Special Topics: Japanese Woodblock Printing

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Summer Courses:

HISTORY 384-1 Sec. 26
History of Modern Japan 1860-1943
6 weeks, EVAN, 6/23 - 7/30
MW 9-11am
Shuji Otsuka

This course surveys the major developments in the history of modern Japan, beginning with its transition from a feudal society to a nation-state, its subsequent colonization of Korea and the establishment of a puppet state in Northeast China, its immersion in mass culture and mass consumerism, and its embrace of "total war."  In addition to historical works by both Japanese and American scholars, we will use period films, color slides, editorial cartoons, and other forms of visual art to reconstruct and assess the cultural changes or the "invented traditions" of modern Japan.