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Class number:
3315
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Title: Mapping Disasters in Japan |
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Department: History |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 15 |
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Current enrollment: 15 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 23, 2026 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM, LSC - 137 |
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Instructor(s): Mall, Shatrunjay |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements |
Course Description:
This discussion-based seminar delves into issues of preparedness, destruction, reconstruction, and resilience that emerge from calamities caused by human and non-human factors. Beginning with early modern conceptions of disasters, we make our way through moments of profound transformation in Japanese history. Notably, we explore the memories and representations of the 1855 Ansei Edo Earthquake and the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake that shook the country's capital, and conclude with the ongoing impact of the triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown) that hit northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011. With a diversity of readings across disciplines, you will acquire new insights not only in cultural historical methods, but also anthropology, architecture, and media studies. |