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070120 UE Guided Reading Contemporary History - Imperfect Justice (2020W)
The Pacifc War and its aftermath
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 02.09.2020 09:00 to Mo 21.09.2020 12:00
- Registration is open from Fr 25.09.2020 09:00 to We 30.09.2020 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 31.10.2020 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Please note: normal course dates until Christmas, and one Blockseminar (FR/SA) in January (film screening).
Please make sure, in case we need to switch to online classes due to the pandemia or a too large number of participants, that you will need a Laptop (with headphones), or smartphone to follow the class.
- Wednesday 14.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
- Wednesday 21.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Wednesday 28.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Wednesday 04.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Wednesday 11.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Wednesday 18.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Wednesday 25.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Wednesday 02.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Wednesday 09.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Wednesday 16.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
- Friday 15.01. 13:15 - 17:00 Digital
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
presenting a topic from the syllabus,
Preparation of readings, reading notes, discussions in class.
Preparation of readings, reading notes, discussions in class.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
presenting a topic from the syllabus,
Preparation of readings, reading notes, discussions in class.
Preparation of readings, reading notes, discussions in class.
Examination topics
presentation with ppt or handout
Reading list
Kerstin von Lingen (ed.): War Crimes Trials in the Wake of Decolonization and Cold War in Asia, 1945-1956. Justice in Times of Turmoil, Basingstoke: Palgrave 2017.Sandra Wilson, Robert Cribb, Beatrice Trefalt, Dean Askielowicz: Japanese War Criminals. The Politics of Justice after the Second World War, New York: Columbia 2017.Kerstin von Lingen (ed): Transcultural Justice: The Tokyo Tribunal and the Allied Struggle for Justice,1946-1948, Leiden: Brill, 2018.Yuma Totani: Justice in Asia and the Pacific Region, 1945-1952, Cambridge UP 2015.
Association in the course directory
AER: Zeitgeschichte.
BA Geschichte (Version 2012): PM Vertiefung, Guided Reading (4 ECTS).
BA Geschichte (Version 2019): M5 Vertiefung, UE Guided Reading, ZWM Berufsorientierung, ZWM Fremdsprachen in der GeWi (5 ECTS).
BEd UF GSP (Version 2014): UF GSP 03 Aspekte und Räume 1, Guided Reading zu Globalgeschichte (4 ECTS).
BA Geschichte (Version 2012): PM Vertiefung, Guided Reading (4 ECTS).
BA Geschichte (Version 2019): M5 Vertiefung, UE Guided Reading, ZWM Berufsorientierung, ZWM Fremdsprachen in der GeWi (5 ECTS).
BEd UF GSP (Version 2014): UF GSP 03 Aspekte und Räume 1, Guided Reading zu Globalgeschichte (4 ECTS).
Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:13
When the two first international tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo were opened in 1945 and 1946 respectively, the public hailed them as legal milestones. However, problems in the court room as well as political tensions due to the emerging Cold War (as reflected in the London Conference of August 1945, which set the frame for Nuremberg) soon made it visible that judging war criminals in international courts was not an easy task for the former Allies, especially in Asia.
We will focus not only on the International Military Tribunals at Tokyo, but also analyze selected cases of war crimes trials in Asia (for example on forced labour as a war crime/the Burma Siam railway, on crimes against women for sexual slavery/ "comfort women" issue, and on crimes against Allied Prisoners of War/ ‘Death marches). In conclusion, we will analyze films dealing with war crimes in Asia.