This course seeks to place the founding of history of ICU in the context of modern Japanese history.The course will trace the history of Christian higher education from the Meiji period and focus on the experience of ICU from its founding in the immediate postwar period to the present day.
ICU献学の理念とその歴史について近代日本社会の歩みの中でとらえる。明治以来のキリスト教の高等教育の歴史に始まり、冷戦時代に創設されたICUの現在までの経験を考察する。
Contents of Lectures 19 Lectures / 6 Videos
Apr 13 Lecture01 Introduction: ICU and Modern Japan
Bibliography
Fukuzawa, Encouragement of Learning, Chapter 15 (On Selective Doubt)
Related Links
MEXT website: http://www.mext.go.jp/english/minister/
Japan’s Fundamental Law Of Education (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_Law_of_Education
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 1948): http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml
Imperial Rescript on Education (1890): http://www.danzan.com/HTML/ESSAYS/meiji.html
Fukuzawa Yukichi (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuzawa_Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi, An Encouragement of Learning (Book 1) 1872: http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/136
Apr 20 Lecture03 Nishima Jo and the Founding of Doshisha Response Paper 1 due
Apr 23 Lecture04 Uchimura Kanzo and Christian Pacifism
Apr 30 Lecture06 ICU Dedication Day, April 29, 1952
Related Links
About the Ampo Demonstrations (Wikipedia in Japanese): https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E4%BF%9D%E9%97%98%E4%BA%89
About the Ampo Demonstrations (Ted Bestor) in English: http://www.willamette.edu/~rloftus/ampo.html
Ampo 1960: Days of Rage and Grief (MIT Visualizing Cultures): https://moodle.icu.ac.jp/27/mod/url/view.php?id=6641
Ampo Riots (Youtube) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggLGEFr-ZPk
Pacific Century, Japan Inc. Part 1 (10 min) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUi_6_z-6Gc
60th Anniversary Project
Instructor : OWADA, Yasuyuki 大和田康之
Professor Emeritus, Redlands University and Member of the ICU’s First Graduating Class
Instructor: STEELE‚ M. William | Language of Instruction: E
Major: History 歴史学 | Course ID: HST224 | Course Schedule: 4*/M, 4*/TH | Update: 2016.05.23 Category: Major Courses