| Jonathan Dresner Office: Russ Hall 406F Office Hours: MWF 10-11, 1-2; TuTh 10-12 235-4315 |
| M (8/24) | First day of class: attitudes and expectations | Resource: A Painfully Short History |
| W (8/26) | Assignment: Online study, Quick reading | Yamakawa, “A Match Arranged by the Lord” (175-180) |
| F (8/29) | Cultural Roots: Shinto, Confucianism, Buddhism | Handout: Myths |
| M (8/31) | Last day to enroll or add without instructor permission.Last day for online enrollment.
Nara-Heian Culture |
Murasaki, Introduction |
| W (9/2) | Murasaki’s Life | Murasaki, all |
| F (9/4) | Murasaki, cont. | |
| M (9/7) | Labor Day holiday | |
| 9/8 | Last Day to drop without ‘W’ | |
| W (9/9) | Short Paper #1 Due | |
| F (9/11) | Late Classical Life
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Lady Nijo, Introduction and Book One |
| M (9/14) | Lady Nijo, Books Two and Three | |
| W (9/16) | Lady Nijo, Books Four and Five | |
| F (9/18) | Erev Rosh Hashanah | |
| M (9/21) | Last day for half tuition refund
Class and Gender: what about the rest of Japan? |
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| W (9/23) | Samurai in war and peace | |
| F (9/25) | Selectivity: Memory, class and theory | Yamakawa, introduction and “Notes on Late-Tokugawa Mito” (pp. 148-end) |
| M (9/28) | Yom Kippur (Instructor Absent) | |
| W (9/30) | Yamakawa, pp. 3-85 | |
| F (10/2) | Samurai Women and politics | Yamakawa, pp. 86-145 |
| M (10/5) | Short Paper #3 Due | |
| W (10/7) | Catch-up/Discussion | |
| F (10/9) | Class and Gender: what about the rest of Japan? | |
| M (10/12) | Columbus Day (not a holiday) | |
| W (10/14) | Geisha | |
| F (10/16) | Fall Break | |
| M (10/19) | Midsemester D/F Grades Due
Village Life in the modern age |
Smith and Wiswell, chaps. 1-4 |
| W (10/21) | no class | |
| F (10/23) | Outsiders and social scientists | Smith and Wiswell, chaps. 5-8 |
| 10/24 | Homecoming | |
| M (10/26) | Smith and Wiswell, chaps. 9-12 | |
| W (10/28) | Smith and Wiswell, chaps. 9-12 | |
| F (10/30) | Short Paper #4 Due Last day to apply for December graduation |
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| M (11/2) | Political, industrial lives | Hane, chaps. 1-4 |
| W (11/4) | Modernity and femininity | Hane, chaps. 5-7 |
| F (11/6) | Research Project: Bibliography and Outline | Resource: Bibliography of Japanese Womens History |
| M (11/9) | Short Paper #5 Due | |
| W (11/11) | Veteran’s day (not a holiday)
Internal v. External change |
Resource: 1947 Constitution |
| F (11/13) | Middle-class modernity | Bumiller, chaps. 1-4 |
| M (11/16) | Prosperity, stability, feminism | Bumiller, chaps. 5-8 |
| W (11/18) | Bumiller, chaps. 9-12 | |
| F (11/20) | Short Paper #6 due | |
| M (11/23) | Research Project: Draft | |
| W (11/24) | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| F (11/26) | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| M (11/30) | Preparation, Catch-up, other | |
| W (12/2) | Research presentations and discussion | |
| F (12/4) | Research presentations and discussion | |
| M (12/7) | Research presentations and discussion | |
| W (12/9) | Catch-up, discussion, etc. | |
| 12/10 | Last day to withdraw from entire term. | |
| F (12/11) | Last Day of Instruction | |
| 12/16, 9-10:50 | Final Exam Due |
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