Modern Japan: 1600 to Present

TR 9:30-11, 56-180

Surveys Japanese history from the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603 to the present and explores the local and global nature of modernity in Japan. Highlights key themes, including the emergence of a modern nation-state, the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire, the development of mass consumer culture and the middle class, and the continued importance of historical memory in Japan today.

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Offered Spring 2026

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21H.152	Modern China MW 2:30-4, 3-133	Tristan Brown	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.154	Inventing the Samurai TR 9:30-11, 1-273	Hiromu Nagahara	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.156 21G.045	Global Chinese Food: A Historical Overview TR 1-2:30, 14E-310	Emma Teng	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.247	Looking East/Looking West R 2-5, E51-285	Hiromu Nagahara	Intermediate	HASS-H
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Not Offered This Term

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21H.107 21G.043	From Yellow Peril to Model Minority: Asian American History to 1968	Emma Teng	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.151	Dynastic China	Tristan Brown	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.157 STS.037	Modern South Asia MW 2:30-4, 56-191	Sana Aiyar Dwai Banerjee	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.186 U 21H.976 G	Nature and Environment in China	Tristan Brown	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.253 21G.075	Global Chinese Migration, 1567- Present Not offered regularly; consult department	Emma Teng	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.352 21G.042	Three Kingdoms: From History to Fiction, Comic, Film, and Game TR 11-12:30, 14E-310	Emma Teng	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.354	World War II in Asia	Hiromu Nagahara	Seminar	HASS-H