Subject Area: Japanese Studies<br/>This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Korean Studies & Asian Studies<br/><br/>Focuses on the relations between Japan and Korea from the late 19th century and the role of Japanese colonialism in the development of Korean cultural nationalism. Examines the context of Japan’s “opening” of Korea in 1876, including the intellectual frameworks by which Korean and Japanese thinkers defined cultural unity; debates among Korea’s cultural conservatives and those who advocated taking Japan as a model for social and cultural change; Japanese readings of Korean culture’s “defects” and early support for Korean self-strengthening movements;... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: 30 units of credit at Level 1
