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Week 1 Course Introduction Week 2: Why are there so many versions of history? Reading 1: Carr, E. H. (2008). What Is History. Penguin. [Chapter 1] Reading 2: Wolfgang von Leyden. (1984). “Categories of Historical Understanding.” Week 3: Memory & History “WW2 to me” (Student prepare 1 photo and 1 story to talk about in class) Reading 1: Maria Paula Nascimento Araújo and Myrian Sepúlveda dos Santos. (2009) “History, Memory and Forgetting: Political Implications” Reading 2: Thongchai Winichakul. (2020) Moments of Silence: The Unforgetting of the October 6, 1976, Massacre in Bangkok [Chapter 2] After-Class Reflection #1: Memory & History Week4: Who was Japan during the WW2?: Confirming the Timeline, complicating the Storyline -Reading 1: Walter S. Jones. (1991). The Logic of International Relations (7th Edition). Harper Collins, pp. 93-102. -Reading 2: Shoji Jun’ichiro’s. (2003). “Historical Perception in Post War Japan: Concerning the Pacific War.” Week 5: Politicization of War Memory in Post-war Japan -Reading 1: Fujiwara, K. (2020). 12. Hiroshima, Nanjing, and Yasukuni: Contending Discourses on the Second World War in Japan. -Reading 2 : Bukh, A. (2007). "Japan’s history textbooks debate: National identity in narratives of victimhood and victimization". After-Class Reflection #2: historical perceptions in Japan Week 6: “Distortion” of History: Debates over Nanjing Atrocity -Reading 1: Yang, Daqing. (2012). “The Nanjing Atrocity: Is Constructive Dialogue Possible?”. -Reading 2: Brook, Timothy. (2001). “The Tokyo Judgment and the Rape of Nanking.” Week 7: The Judgement of History: Wang Jingwei’s Collaboration and Resistance -Reading 1: Liu Jie. (2012). “Wang Jingwei and the ‘Nanjing Nationalist Government’: Between Collaboration and Resistance". -Reading 2: Brook, Timothy. ”Hesitating before the Judgment of History.” -Reading 1: Alison Adcock Kaufman. (2010). The “Century of Humiliation,” Then and Now: Chinese Perceptions of th Week 8: Century of Humiliation in China’s “Never Again Mentality”e International Order. -Reading 2: Carrai, M. A. (2020). Chinese Political Nostalgia and Xi Jinping’s Dream of Great Rejuvenation. Week 9: Comfort Women in Korean’s Historical Perceptions -Reading 1: Varga, Aniko. (2009). "National Bodies: The ‘Comfort Women’ Discourse and its Controversies in South Korea". -Reading 2: Kimura Kan. (2011). “Why Are the Issues of ‘Historical Perceptions’ between Japan and South Korea Persisting?.” Week 10: Democratization and the Changing of War Narrative in Taiwan -Reading 1: Huang, Chih-Huei. (2003). “The Transformation of Taiwanese Attitudes toward Japan in the Post-colonial Period” -Reading 2: Asano Toyomi. (2012). “Historical Perceptions of Taiwan’s Japan Era.” Week 11: War Memories and Nation-Building in Southeast Asia: Forgiveness or Amnesia? -Reading 1: Blackburn Kevin. (2010). “War Memory and Nation-building in South East Asia.” -Reading 2: Lam, Peng Er (2015). “Japan’s Postwar Reconciliation with Southeast Asia”. Week 12: Romancing the War: A Beloved Japanese Soldier in Thai Memory -Reading 1: Reynolds, E. B. (1990). “Aftermath of Alliance: The Wartime Legacy in Thai-Japanese Relations.” -Reading 2: Raymond, G. V. (2018). “Mnemonic hegemony, spatial hierarchy and Thailand’s official commemoration of the Second World War.” Week 13: The Nuclear Bomb from the Eyes of the “Enemy” -Reading 1: Crawford Keith. (2003). “Re-visiting Hiroshima: The Role of US and Japanese History Textbooks in the Construction of National Memory.” -Reading 2: Goldberg, Stanley. (1999). “The Enola Gay Affair: What Evidence Counts When We Commemorate Historical Events?.” Final Presentation Week14: Final Presentation Week 15: Final Presentation

The primary format for this course is a participatory seminar. This is a discussion-based course. Pre-class 1) The instructor will provide weekly study materials which include academic papers and stimulus for discussion 2) Students will be asked to read the materials, research the given topics, connect the new information with their previous knowledge, prepare presentations, and come up with questions for discussion each week. In class 3) Members of the seminar will be asked to read weekly materials and come to class prepared to discuss them. After class 4) Students will be asked to write a short reflection (approximately 600 words) after class 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, then the students will grade each other

Active Participation 20% Student-led Presentation and Discussion 20% Writing Assignment 60% Reflection+Peer-grading 8 points x 5 times= 40% Final Assignment=20%

Textbook will be announced in class

Reference will be announced in class

Students will be asked to read the materials, research the given topics, connect the new information with their previous knowledge, prepare presentations, and come up with questions for discussion each week.