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HIS 373/573,
CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

CLASS SCHEDULE

The course meets on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons between 1:30 p.m. and 2:35 p.m. in Rhodes Tower (RT) 318 from Wednesday, January 19, 2000 through Wednesday, May 3, 2000 following the schedule outlined below.  
  
All assignments are noted under the dates on which they are due; assigned readings noted in the schedule under a particular date should be completed BEFORE coming to class.
 
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 WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT JAPAN 
(ELEVEN CLASS SESSIONS)
Wednesday, January 19, 2000 - Monday, February 14, 2000
 
EXPLORATIONS OF JAPANESE SOCIETY 
(NINE SESSIONS)
Wednesday, February 16, 2000 - Monday, March 13, 2000
 
ASPECTS OF JAPANESE POPULAR CULTURE 
(FOUR SESSIONS)
Wednesday, March 15, 2000 - Wednesday, March 22, 2000
 
JAPAN'S CULTURAL HERITAGE 
(SIX SESSIONS)
Friday, March 24, 2000 - Wednesday, April 5, 2000
 
THE POSTMODERN COMES TO JAPAN 
(THREE SESSIONS)
Friday, April 7, 2000 - Wednesday, April 12, 2000
 
EDUCATION, THE ECONOMY AND POLITICS IN TODAY'S JAPAN 
(FOUR SESSIONS)
Friday, April 14, 2000 - Friday, April 21, 2000
 
CONCLUDING THE COURSE OF STUDY
(FOUR SESSIONS)
Monday, April 24, 2000 - Wednesday, May 3, 2000 


This site has been prepared by Lee A. Makela for the use of students at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, who are enrolled in HIS 373/573, Contemporary Japan in Historical Perspective during the Spring Semester of the 1999 - 2000 Academic Year; please contact him with any comments by email at l.makela@csuohio.edu.  
 Last revised: January 19, 2000