Introductory Seminar – “Remembering the Asia-Pacific Wars”
Spring 2010
This discussion course will examine how memory either authorizes or represses specific histories. In exploring the politics of remembering and forgetting we will also pay attention to the ethical burden placed on the writing of history. We will look at theoretical and conceptual questions of history and memory, issues such as the Nanking Massacre, sexual slavery, and colonialism, concluding with the history and historical memory of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This is not a course on the war itself. Fulfills second semester writing requirement. Reading load will vary from week to week based on difficulty.
