Department of Japanese History

The Department of Japanese History offers all those interested in the historical development of Japan and its impact on the present the opportunity to engage in research and teaching on a wide range of topics across the ages. There is a certain focus on the early modern and modern period (from around 1600), but other periods, from prehistory and early history to the Middle Ages, are also included in the study of Japan. Research focuses on social, economic, political and religious history.

Within the scope of our, in this form no doubt unique, Faculty of East Asian Studies many possibilities to pursue the history of Japan in the context of East Asia and to complement it through offers of other professorships (for example Chinese History and Philosophy, Korean Language and Culture, Religions of East Asia, Politics of East Asia, and Society and Culture of East Asia) are provided. The same goes for the offers of the Faculty of Historical Science, with which the Department cooperates in many areas.

The basic education of the B.A. takes place in collaboration with the Department of Japanese Language and Literature.