MJHA Research Exchange Seminar

The Modern Japan History Association's Research Exchange Seminar is a manuscript workshop that creates a forum for Japanese-language and English-language researchers to exchange ideas in a bilingual environment. Anyone is welcome to participate while speaking in either English or Japanese - whichever they feel most comfortable with. Short, article- or chapter-length papers (in English) are pre-circulated around a week in advance, and all participants are expected to read the paper prior to the start of the event.

⽇本語圏研究者の研究紹介と同時に、英語論⽂出版に向けてのワークショップを開催します。要登録ですがどなたでも参加可です。前もって送付される論⽂原稿(英⽂)を読んだ上でご参加ください。発表、コメント、質疑応答は⽇本語、英語どちらでも⾃由にお使いいただけます。同時通訳はありません。また、今後論⽂原稿のワークショップをしてみたい⽅はモデレーターにご相談ください。

2024-2025 Events


Friday, July 5, 2024 | 9:00-10:30 PM JST | 8:00-9:30 AM EDT | 1:00-2:30 PM BST

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Research Exchange Seminar #2

"What is 'Nazism' for Japan Today?"


Presenters: Onodera Takuya (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) & Tano Daisuke (Konan University)

Moderator: Sayaka Chatani (National University of Singapore)


In July 2023, an Iwanami booklet titled Did Nazis Do ‘Good Things’ as Well? was published in Japan. It immediately became a bestseller and won the Kinokuniya award for the most sold humanities book in 2024. Why is “Nazism” so significant for Japanese society today, and what role does it play in Japanese people’s historical consciousness? Has the importance of “Nazism” for the Japanese shifted in recent times? We have invited the authors and modern German historians, Drs. Onodera Takuya and Tano Daisuke, to this research exchange seminar to explore these questions.

The seminar will be held in Japanese, but comments and questions in English are welcome (the moderator will assist with translation).


日本の今にとって「ナチズム」とはなにか

小野寺 拓也 & 田野 大輔

モデレーター 茶谷さやか

岩波ブックレット『検証 ナチスは「良いこと」もしたのか?』は2023年7月の出版直後より多くの反響を呼び、紀伊國屋で人文系書籍一位(じんぶん大賞2024)を獲得しました。なぜこれほど「ナチス」が現在の日本社会で関心をもたれるのか、「ナチス」の歴史が日本人自身の歴史認識にとってどのような意味を持つのか、またそれが昨今の国際情勢で変わってきているのか、著者のお二人でありドイツ現代史の専門家である小野寺拓也先生と田野大輔先生にお話をうかがいます。トークは日本語で行われます。

質問が英語の場合、モデレーターが通訳をお手伝いします。



Monday, February 17, 2025 | 8:00-9:30 PM JST | 6:00-7:30 AM EDT | 11:00 AM-12:30 PM BST

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Research Exchange Seminar #3

高校歴史教育のこれから

The Future of High School History Education in Japan


Presenters:

川島啓一(同志社高校教諭)Mr. Kawashima Keiichi, Doshisha High School

成田龍一(日本女子大学名誉教授)Prof. Narita Ryuichi, Emeritus Professor, Nihon Women's University

Moderator:

茶谷さやか(シンガポール国立大学准教授)Sayaka Chatani, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore


2022年より日本の高校で、日本史と世界史を融合した、また主に近現代史に特化する『歴史総合』の科目が必修となりました。新たな歴史教育を目指し、積極的にカリキュラム研究や情報発信をしていらっしゃる二人の専門家をお招きし、高校歴史教育のこれからの可能性と問題点を話し合います。イベントは日本語です。


Beginning in 2022, a "general history" course that combines Japanese history and world history and focuses mainly on modern history became compulsory in Japanese high schools. In order to better understand this new direction in history education, we have invited two experts who are actively researching curriculum and disseminating information to discuss the future possibilities and problems of high school history education in Japan. The event will be in Japanese.




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