History

This course places the founding of history of International Christian University (ICU) in the context of modern Japanese history. It traces the history of Christian higher education from the Meiji period and focuses on the experience of ICU from its founding in the immediate postwar period to the present day. 

This course introduces students to nineteenth- and twentieth-century French history through the lens of the Woman Question. Gender profoundly shaped the most urgent political controversies of this period, from the question of citizenship to the increasing liberalization of the way of life. Drawing upon recent scholarly debates concerning gender, this course demonstrates the continuing significance of women's participation in diverse aspects of social and economic life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Each unit sheds light on women's place in the socio-political sphere by focusing on the actions of influential figures such as Olympe de Gouges or Louise Michel. By studying historical documents and using interactive media, the course examines the relationship between the history of France and the history of its women.

This course offers a panoramic view of the history of France. While in Bordeaux, students confront the names of historical figures through Bordeaux and French toponymy. This historical background makes it possible to better understand actuality and the press. Learning takes place by encountering historical characters from prehistory, antiquity, the middle ages, the renaissance, modern times, and the contemporary period.

The archives associated with King George III held at Windsor Castle are exceptionally rich and voluminous and in many cases largely unexplored. King’s College London is currently working with the Royal Household to digitize these archives and make them more widely accessible through the Georgian Papers program. This course gives students an extraordinary opportunity to experience this project and learn how scholars in a range of disciplines engage with an archive and help interpret it to both scholarly and wider public audiences. During the course they learn about the history of George’s reign from a range of expert scholars, in preparation for themselves selecting, and then editing and preparing an edition of a document from the archive. Throughout the course students receive training and guidance on how to prepare an edition to a high scholarly standard and have the opportunity to practice these techniques in a group project before embarking on their chosen assignment.