JPNB36 Japanese International Relations

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tereza Bělecká (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! JAP131 Japanese Internat. Relations && ! NOWANY ( JAP131 Japanese Internat. Relations )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 131 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/131, only registered: 0/131, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/131
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims at introducing basic terms and theories of international relations and offer a perspective on Japanese modern history based on these.
Learning outcomes
Upon finishing this course, the students will be able: -to understand the Japanese standpoint in international relations from a historical point of view;
-to identify problematic field for Japan in the context of international relations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Tokugawa--Meiji
  • 3. Relations with the West.
  • 4. Modernisation in Japan.
  • 5. Pacific War.
  • 6. Cold War.
  • 7. Japanese International Relations after WWII.
  • 8. Japanese International Relations after Cold War.
  • 9. Nihonjinron.
  • 10. Territorial disputes.
  • 11. Fukushima aftermath.
  • 12. Japanese multilateralism.
  • 13. Revision.
Literature
  • Dowe, John. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, vydání první, 1999. ISBN 0393046869.
  • Hughes, Christopher W. Japan's Foreign And Security Policy Under the Abe Doctrine. London, New York and Shanghai: Palgrave Pivot, vydání první, 2015. ISBN 1137514248.
  • Hook, Glenn D. Japan's International Relations. Roulete, vydání druhé, 2005. ISBN 0415336384.
  • Seaton, Philip A. Japan’s Contested War Memories: The ‘memory rifts’ in historical consciousness of World War II. London and New York: Routledge, vydání první, 2007. ISBN 0203963741.
  • DRULÁK, Petr. Teorie mezinárodních vztahů. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2010, 220 s. ISBN 9788073677213. URL info
  • CRAIG, Albert M. Dějiny Japonska. Edited by Edwin O. Reischauer. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2003, 443 s. ISBN 8071063916. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and discussion.
Assessment methods
Final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught: every other week.
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