Programme

This course focuses on the contemporary history of international relations in East Asia. Particular attention will be devoted to the positions occupied by Japan and China during the Cold War years, as well as to their interactions both with the other regional actors, the two superpowers and Europe. The analysis of the factors generated by the bipolar order will facilitate the identification of continuity and discontinuity moments in the broader context of the globalization.

Core Documentation

Syllabus for attending students:

1) Best, Hanhimaki, Maiolo, Schulze, Storia delle relazioni internazionali. Il mondo nel XX secolo e oltre, UTET 2014 (capitoli: 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 e 15).
2) Frattolillo, Il Giappone tra Est e Ovest, FrancoAngeli 2014.
3) Mazzei, Volpi, Asia al centro, EGEA 2014, seconda edizione, (capitoli: 2, 3, 4, 10 e 12).


Syllabus for non-attending students:

1) Best, Hanhimaki, Maiolo, Schulze, Storia delle relazioni internazionali. Il mondo nel XX secolo e oltre, UTET 2014 (capitoli: 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 e 15).
2) Frattolillo, Il Giappone tra Est e Ovest, FrancoAngeli 2014.
3) Mazzei, Volpi, Asia al centro, EGEA 2014, seconda edizione (per intero).
4) R. Lim, Geopolitics of East Asia, Routledge 2005 (come strumento di consultazione).
5) Un testo a scelta tra i seguenti:
- Frattolillo, Diplomacy in Japan-EU Relations, Routledge 2013;
- Frattolillo, Interwar Japan beyond the West, Cambridge SP 2012;
- Frattolillo, L’etica dell’interessere, Mimesis 2013.

Type of delivery of the course

The course is based on the active participation of students during the classes with their own presentations of work (both oral and written) and periodic learning checks.

Attendance

Attendance is not compulsory but is highly recommended, given the interactive approach of the course.

Type of evaluation

The assessment of the students will take into account their performance throughout the course, and will be based on written and oral evaluation moments.