Japan and the Atomic Bomb
HIST 381
Fall 2008 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
SISP 381, EAST 384, DANC 384 |
| Certificates: International Relations |
This course consists of two required parts: a classroom seminar, held on Monday afternoons, and a movement lab, held on Tuesday evenings.
The seminar focuses on the scientific, cultural, and political origins of the bombs; their use in the context of aerial bombings and related issues in military history; the decisions to use them; the human cost both to those on whom they were dropped and those who dropped them; and their place in history, culture, and identity politics to the present. Sources will include works on the history of science; military, political, and cultural history; literary and other artistic interpretations; and a large number of primary source documents, mostly regarding U.S. policy questions.
The movement lab will provide occasion for students, through an embodied approach, to ask the following questions: What is it to forget, remember, mourn, and pray? How do we transcend violence and loss? How does being or becoming a mover affect our emotional rigor and creativity in learning and understanding?
The course will be team taught. The other instructor's name is Eiko Otake. Prof Johnston will teach at the 1:10 - 4:00 time on Monday, Eiko will teach Tuesday 7:30 - 9:30. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1.5 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(CEAS-MN)(CEAS)(CEAS-Arcp/Hist)(DANC-MN)(ENVS-MN)(ENVS)(STS) |
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