ASA07001 Special Topics in Area Studies A

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code ASA07001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 地域文化研究特論Ａ

Subject Name
（Katakana）チイキブンカケンキュウトクロンA

Subject Name in
English Special Topics in Area Studies A

Instructor MISHINA HIDENORI

Instructor
(Katakana) ミシナ　ヒデノリ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  Intensive

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (Int) Inte

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face

lecture-based: Resumes will be distributed during lectures.

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 07 : History

Eligible Students

Keywords nation-state, national army, conscription, universal suffrage, total war, socialism, revolution

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
・Knowledge and understanding of "Japanese and Japanese culture"  and "foreign languages and foreign culture" which are prerequisite abilities for communication with peoples in different culture and areas.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline What process did the nations and societies we see today go through to be formed? And how are they currently changing? This lecture will examine these questions by providing an overview of the establishment of modern nations (sovereign states), their transformation into nation-states, and the formation and dissolution of the total war regime. Videos will also be used appropriately to aid understanding. The purpose of this lecture is to understand historical concepts that are essential for understanding the present from a historical perspective.

Class Schedule ①Guidance
②The Establishment of Sovereign States and the Development of Nation-States
③The world in the late 19th century and the beginning of the era of total war
④World War I on film
⑤The structure of premodern Japanese society and the creation of a nation-state and total war system
⑥The structure of premodern Chinese society and the construction of the nation-state
⑦The interwar world
⑧The Road to World War II
⑨The Asia-Pacific War and the Japanese State and Society
⑩The Second Sino-Japanese War for Chinese Society
⑪Total War and the Cold War
⑫The Cold War and the Nuclear Weapons on film
⑬New Developments in the Cold War: Focusing on the 1950s and 1960s
⑭The End of the Cold War and the Future of Total War: Globalization, Socialism, and the Welfare State
⑮State and Society in the Post-Total War Era: The Movement Towards a "Small Government"

Once all lectures have been completed, you will be asked to submit a report.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Reference books for each class will be listed in the lecture notes distributed in class. Reference books for the entire course will refer to Japanese syllabus.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Handouts, Visual Materials, Other (see [More Details])

(More Details) DVD、PC (Use PowerPoint for some explanations)

Learning techniques to be incorporated

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Refer to Japanese syllabus.

Requirements

Grading Method Grades will be assessed based on a comprehensive assessment of class participation and reports submitted after all lectures are completed.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message The nations and societies that you see today are not historically unchanged. What kind of countries and societies existed in the past, and how have they changed to become the countries and societies we know today? Please attend class with this historical perspective in mind.

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	ASA07001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	地域文化研究特論Ａ
Subject Name （Katakana）	チイキブンカケンキュウトクロンA
Subject Name in English	Special Topics in Area Studies A
Instructor	MISHINA HIDENORI
Instructor (Katakana)	ミシナ　ヒデノリ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, Intensive
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(Int) Inte
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
lecture-based: Resumes will be distributed during lectures.
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	07 : History
Eligible Students
Keywords	nation-state, national army, conscription, universal suffrage, total war, socialism, revolution
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Arts and Sciences （Knowledge and Understanding）・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework. ・Knowledge and understanding of "Japanese and Japanese culture" and "foreign languages and foreign culture" which are prerequisite abilities for communication with peoples in different culture and areas. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	What process did the nations and societies we see today go through to be formed? And how are they currently changing? This lecture will examine these questions by providing an overview of the establishment of modern nations (sovereign states), their transformation into nation-states, and the formation and dissolution of the total war regime. Videos will also be used appropriately to aid understanding. The purpose of this lecture is to understand historical concepts that are essential for understanding the present from a historical perspective.
Class Schedule	①Guidance ②The Establishment of Sovereign States and the Development of Nation-States ③The world in the late 19th century and the beginning of the era of total war ④World War I on film ⑤The structure of premodern Japanese society and the creation of a nation-state and total war system ⑥The structure of premodern Chinese society and the construction of the nation-state ⑦The interwar world ⑧The Road to World War II ⑨The Asia-Pacific War and the Japanese State and Society ⑩The Second Sino-Japanese War for Chinese Society ⑪Total War and the Cold War ⑫The Cold War and the Nuclear Weapons on film ⑬New Developments in the Cold War: Focusing on the 1950s and 1960s ⑭The End of the Cold War and the Future of Total War: Globalization, Socialism, and the Welfare State ⑮State and Society in the Post-Total War Era: The Movement Towards a "Small Government" Once all lectures have been completed, you will be asked to submit a report.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Reference books for each class will be listed in the lecture notes distributed in class. Reference books for the entire course will refer to Japanese syllabus.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Visual Materials, Other (see [More Details])
(More Details)	DVD、PC (Use PowerPoint for some explanations)
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Refer to Japanese syllabus.
Requirements
Grading Method	Grades will be assessed based on a comprehensive assessment of class participation and reports submitted after all lectures are completed.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	The nations and societies that you see today are not historically unchanged. What kind of countries and societies existed in the past, and how have they changed to become the countries and societies we know today? Please attend class with this historical perspective in mind.
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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