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75879-01 - Block seminar: The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for Nihon Hidankyō as a Case for Interdisciplinary Japanese Global Studies (3 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2025 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Toshiki Mogami (toshiki.mogami@unibas.ch)
Ralph Weber (ralph.weber@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The Nobel Peace Prize 2024 went to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyō (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, 日本原水爆被害者団体協議会), which is a group formed in 1956 representing survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In this seminar, we study the conferral of the Nobel Peace Prize and Nihon Hidankyō as a case for an interdisciplinary approach to Japanese Global Studies. Taken as a global case, we examine the media coverage of the event, the historical background of the Nobel Peace Prize and the politics that go with it and adopt an International Relations perspective to discuss proposals for a world free of nuclear arms before turning to philosophical questions such as to whether or not nuclear arms are morally acceptable. Taken as a Japanese case, we turn to the histories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and conceptualize Nihon Hidankyō as a memory keeper, a national social movement and an international norm giver. This brings us to issues of international law and politics and the statement of one of the Nihon Hidankyō prize winners that he thought that “those fighting hard for peace in Gaza would deserve it,” comparing the situation in Gaza to “Japan 80 years ago.” |
| Bibliography | Will be announced later. |
| Weblink | https://europa.unibas.ch/en/ |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| unregelmässig | See individual dates | ||
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 07.04.2025 | 10.00-17.00 | Riehenstrasse 154, Seminarraum 00.022 |
| Monday 12.05.2025 | 10.00-17.00 | Riehenstrasse 154, Seminarraum 00.022 |
| Modules |
Modul: Areas: Europa Global (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Module: Europeanization and Globalization (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Module: Migration, Mobility and Transnationalism (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Specialization Module Global Europe: Peace and Conflict Studies (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master's degree subject: History) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Students are required to participate actively and submit short texts throughout the semester. The seminar itself will be taught as a bloc seminar on two days. Every participant will have to write a seminar paper. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,5 |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Europainstitut |