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Yonemoto, Marcia

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Research

research overview

  • Prof. Yonemoto teaches courses on Japanese history, women’s and family history, historical methodology, and global history at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research interests are in the cultural history of Japan’s early modern period (c. 1590-1868). She is the author of the books Mapping Early Modern Japan: Space, Place, and Culture in the Tokugawa Period (1603-1868) (University of California Press, 2003) and The Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan (University of California Press, 2016), and is co-editor, with Mary Elizabeth Berry, of What Is a Family? Answers from Early Modern Japan (University of California Press, 2019). She has also published numerous scholarly articles, and has received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Japan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, and other organizations. Her current research project is a history of adoption in Japan from 1700 to 1925.

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  • Cultural and social history of Japan in the early modern period (c. 1590-1868); history of women and gender; history of the family

Publications

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Teaching

courses taught

  • ASIA 4001 - Advanced Language Co-Seminar Arts and Humanities
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
    Acts as a Co-Seminar for advanced Asian Studies students.
  • GRAD 5100 - Graduate Training Course in Inclusive Excellence
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018
    Prepares graduate students in key areas of inclusive excellence relevant to teaching, research and professional conduct. Builds skills necessary to thrive in a multicultural environment and diverse workforce and strengthen the culture of inclusivity and diversity within academic units and the university. Provides unique opportunities for graduate student interaction and learning across the physical sciences, social sciences and humanities.
  • GRTE 5040 - Graduate Social Sciences for Teachers
    Primary Instructor - Summer 2021
    Addresses special topics in social sciences with an emphasis on building conceptual understanding of content and enhancing teacher's practice in teaching this content.
  • HIST 1708 - Japan from Clay Pots to Robots
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2024
    Surveys the history of Japan from earliest times through the 21st century. Topics may include: the origins of civilization in the Japanese archipelago, the development of religions such as Shinto and Buddhism, the writing of the world�s first novel, the rise of the samurai, the persecution of Christians, empire-building in Asia, World War II, occupation by the United States and its allies, J-pop, and contemporary headline news.
  • HIST 2500 - Fact and Fiction in History
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2021 / Spring 2023
    Examines history and historical sources through the alternating lenses of �fact� and �fiction� in order to think not only about what happened, but how we acquire information and knowledge, and how we use sources and evidence to construct our own understandings of the past and to write history. Considers how narratives found in novels, myths, movies, television, music, visual material, monuments, or public memories, represent the past and relate to historical accounts.
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