Topics in Asian Studies:

SAME AS HIST-UA 565.

This class explores the intersection of modern media and modern warfare in East Asia. We will pay particular attention to the roles of photography, stereoscopy, and newsreels/documentary film in the framing, circulation, and consumption of armed conflict and East Asian “barbarity" and/or “civility.” Conflicts to be discussed include the Opium Wars, the Russo-Japanese War, World War II, and the Vietnam War.

Topics vary from semester to semester. A recent topic was postwar Japanese literature.