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HIS 372 / 572,
THE HISTORY OF EARLY MODERN JAPAN

CLASS SCHEDULE

BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE LAUNCH PAD

Tuesday, January 15, 2008:
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE OF STUDY
BASIC COURSE CONCEPTS AND THEMES

Thursday, January 17, 2008:
JAPAN TODAY: AN ILLUSTRATED OVERVIEW
IDENTIFYING INTERESTS

Since our in-class attention was focsued on several illustrative studies of the Japanese people, you might want to expand your inquiries into the nature of contemporary Japanese life by examining the built environment as explored in Osaka 2001: at the Dawn of a New Millennium. [As suggested in the Introduction, be sure to print out and complete the first part of the survey BEFORE beginning to explore the various portions of the web site.]

As you examine these sets of photographs, think particularly about how they might be changing your preconceptions and ideas about Japan.

A more up-to-the-minute impressionistic view of contemporary Japanese life can also be found in a series of travel reports direct from the scene filed beginning in 1999 by Dr. Makela during annual visits to this island nation.

ATTITUDE SURVEY DUE
ASSUMPTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS EMAIL DUE

KISSATEN DISCUSSION: Impressions of Japan

Tuesday, January 22, 2008:
PHYSICAL AND HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY

VISUAL LITERACY EXERCISE ASSIGNMENT DUE

KISSATEN DISCUSSION:
The Role of Geography in Japanese Historical Development

Thursday, January 24, 2008:
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS: SHINTO AND BUDDHISM

AN INTRODUCTION TO JAPAN ASSIGNMENT DUE

Tuesday, January 29, 2008:
FAMILIAL JAPAN AND THE NATIVE TRADITION

JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT ONE DUE
THE NATIVE TRADITION ASSIGNMENT DUE

KISSATEN DISCUSSION:
Premodern Patterns of Historical Development in Japan Before 1600

Thursday, January 31, 2008:
ARISTOCRATIC JAPAN AND THE RULE OF TASTE

THE RULE OF TASTE ASSIGNMENT DUE

Tuesday, February 5, 2008:
MILITARY ARISTOCRATIC JAPAN AND THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR

THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR ASSIGNMENT DUE

Thursday, February 7, 2008:
A THEMATIC CHARACTERIZATION OF TRADITIONAL JAPANESE LIFE AND CULTURE BEFORE 1600

JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE
This site has been prepared by Lee A. Makela (l.makela@csuohio.edu) for the use of students at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, who are enrolled in HIS 372/572, The History of Early Modern Japan during the Spring Semester of the 2007 - 2008 Academic Year; please contact him with any comments.  
 Last revised: January 15, 2008