JAPN195
MOVEMENTS & MARGINS JAPN FILM
- Department
- Japanese
- Terms offered
- 2
- Data refreshed
- Jun 27, 2026
Description
This course aspires to unsettle dominant frameworks of race, gender, and class in Japan from postwar to present by attending to the experiences of marginal subjects in Japanese film and fiction. Using "movement" as our interpretive lens, we will consider how these subjects have navigated experiences of migration, itinerancy, and precariousness, and how they have forged social and political solidarities in the process. Students will study films by Matsumoto Toshio, Hayakawa Chie, and Kore-eda Hirokazu alongside works of fiction by Y Miri, Nakagami Kenji, and others. In so doing, we will ask: If Japan's margins are fundamentally mobile and ever-shifting, how might they shift our understanding of the center in turn?
Syllabi
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Offering history & forecast 2024–2025
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Intersession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2030 Fall: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 fall terms since 2018. | 2030 Spring: 21% chance, low confidence. Offered in 2 of 3 spring terms since 2024. Department course count falling about 3% per year. Department faculty is about 16% below its recent average. | 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. | 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. |
| 2029 | 2029 Fall: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 fall terms since 2017. | 2029 Spring: 30% chance, low confidence. Offered in 2 of 3 spring terms since 2024. Department faculty is about 11% below its recent average. | 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. | 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2028 | 2028 Fall: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 fall terms since 2016. | 2028 Spring: 33% chance, low confidence. Offered in 2 of 3 spring terms since 2024. Department faculty is about 10% below its recent average. | 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. | 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2027 | 2027 Fall: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 fall terms since 2015. | 2027 Spring: 39% chance, low confidence. Offered in 2 of 3 spring terms since 2024. | 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. | 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2025 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2024 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.
Meeting times
Most recent first- Tue, Thu, 10:25 AM–11:40 AM BP220 2025
| Term | Professor | Type | Credits | Enrollment | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2025 | Jack W. Traphagan | Lecture | 1 | 19 of 19 enrolled | 33147 |
| Spring 2024 | Alexander S. Murphy | Lecture | 1 | 17 of 19 enrolled | 33147 |