HISTORY OF JAPAN

Samurai, Ninja, Godzilla, Tsunami, Sushi, Nuclear bombs, Uniformity, Punctuality, Shrines, and Anime. For many people Japan is understood through a series of clichés rather than an appreciation of thousands of years of nearly unique complex development. This lecture series will explore Japan's history - from religion and geography, to war and peace, to the origin of many of these stereotypes and the nature of being an island nation on the edge of a region historically dominated by its East Asian cousins.

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