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History 1023. Japan 101: Japan in Asia and the World

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Prof. David Howell Prof. Andrew Gordon Japan is a collection of islands, but its past and present unfolds through continuous interaction with wider worlds. This course places Japan in contexts of Asian and global history. It begins with the people...

History 1023. Japan in Asia and the World

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Prof. Andrew Gordon Japan is a collection of islands, but its past and present unfolds through continuous interaction with wider worlds. This course places Japan in contexts of Asian and global history. It begins with the people, institutions, and ideas...

Oceanic Japan: The Archipelago in Pacific and Global History

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Japan’s oceans demand our attention. Violent, prolific, and changeful, they define life and death on the archipelago: pushing the shore under the rush of tsunami, charging typhoon circulation, feeding millions, and seeding conflicts over territory and...

Andrew Gordon - What's Happened to Japan?

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February 5, 2016 Prof. Andrew Gordon reflects on Japan's "lost decades".

East Asian Studies 98B. Junior Tutorial - Japan and the World

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Prof. Susan Pharr Junior Tutorial option for EAS. Open to Government and other concentrators. For students with an interest in the society, economy, politics, and popular culture of contemporary Japan and its place in the world. EAS 98a, 98b, 98d, 98g or...

What Animated Artificial Humans in Interwar Japan? (Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies)

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2026 November 13 (Fri) 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | (In-Person) | Kang Room Room (S050), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street What Animated Artificial Humans in Interwar Japan? Speaker: CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR, Reischauer...

Japanese Literature 162. Girl Culture: Media and Japan

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Prof. Tomiko Yoda In contemporary Japan, girls and girl culture are considered to be among the most significant sources of popular cultural trends. For instance, the girly aesthetics of “cute” ( kawaii ) has animated broad areas of Japanese culture since...

Japanese Literature 162. Girl Culture--Media and Japan

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Prof. Tomiko Yoda In contemporary Japan, girls and girl culture are considered to be among the most significant sources of popular cultural trends. For instance, the girly aesthetics of “cute” ( kawaii) has animated broad areas of Japanese culture since...

East Asian Film and Media Studies 204. Three Times Plus One: Transitional Moments in Film and Media Culture in Japan

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Prof. Alexander Zahlten This seminar will focus on transitional moments in the history of film and media culture in Japan. We will explore the deep transformations of the years 1927, 1963, and 1995––with an additional focus on 1968––and their connections...

Haunted Archipelago: Snakes, Serpents, and Dragons in the Eco-Social Imaginary of Japan (Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies)

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2026 October 16 (Fri) 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | (In-Person) | Kang Room (S050), Concourse Level, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St. Haunted Archipelago: Snakes, Serpents, and Dragons in the Eco-Social Imaginary of Japan Speaker: HARUO SHIRANE, Shincho...

Book Talk on Sacred Journeys and Institutional Rivalries: Pilgrimage Mandalas and the Art of Fundraising in Medieval Japan (Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies)

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2026 October 21 (Wed) 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Online Event: Zoom Book Talk on Sacred Journeys and Institutional Rivalries: Pilgrimage Mandalas and the Art of Fundraising in Medieval Japan Speaker: TALIA ANDREI, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies and...

Alexander Zahlten - Electricity, Circuits, and Film in Japan

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April 5, 2019