Fabian Drixler
Professor of History
203-432-1388
Address:
320 York Street, Room 261, New Haven, CT 06511
Areas of interest :
Tokugawa and Meiji Japan; Demographic, Social, and Cultural History; Infanticide and its Ethical Underpinnings; Stillbirths and the State in Modern Japan; Buddhist Networks and Internal Migration; History of Sustainability, Famine, and Risk Management in Early Modern Japan.
Region:
Japan
Courses
HIST 307, EAST 301
The Making of Japan's Great Peace, 1550-1850
Examination of how, after centuries of war in Japan and overseas, the Tokugawa shogunate built a peace that lasted more than 200 years. Japan’s urban revolution, the eradication of Christianity, the Japanese discovery of Europe, and the question whether Tokugawa Japan is a rare example of a complex and populous society that achieved ecological sustainability.
Term: Spring 2024
Day/Time: T,Th 11:35 AM - 12:25 PM
HIST 878
Readings in Japanese History to 1900
A critical introduction to debates in the history of Japan up to about 1900, with particular emphasis on the Tokugawa period but some coverage of earlier times as well.
Term: Fall 2023
Day/Time: W 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM