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DESCRIPTION:This paper explores how world history can be written and taught
  at a time marked by both deep global interconnection and the political re
 treat of globalization. Focusing on Japan\, it examines the tension betwee
 n globally oriented educational reforms and nationally bounded historical 
 narratives through the framework of “Open Studies on the Ancient Mediter
 ranean World History.”\n\nSince 2022\, Japan has introduced new high sch
 ool subjects—“Modern and Contemporary History\,” “Advanced World H
 istory\,” and “Advanced Japanese History”—which emphasize inquiry-
 based learning\, historical thinking\, and citizenship education. These re
 forms align with global educational models promoted by organizations such 
 as the OECD and the International Baccalaureate. However\, classroom pract
 ice often continues to assume a cohesive national “we\,” leaving insuf
 ficiently examined the questions of who defines this “we” and who is c
 onstructed as “others.”\n\nThe paper argues that “Open Studies on th
 e Ancient Mediterranean World History” provides a productive alternative
  by rethinking identity beyond the modern nation-state. It highlights Phoe
 nician identity as mobile\, relational\, and network-based rather than ter
 ritorially fixed. The Phoenicians illustrate a historical world structured
  by trade\, migration\, and cultural exchange without a single dominant po
 litical center—offering a valuable precedent for today’s interconnecte
 d yet fragmented world.\n\nThrough inquiry-based classroom practices that 
 bridge ancient and modern history\, students compare constructions of “w
 e” in modern Japanese history with identity formation in the ancient Med
 iterranean. By engaging with primary sources and competing narratives\, th
 ey critically examine how historical boundaries are formed\, whose voices 
 define the past\, and which perspectives are marginalized.\n\nThe paper co
 ncludes that world history education in a post-globalization era requires 
 models of connection that transcend national exceptionalism. Japan’s cro
 ss-temporal and cross-regional approach to the ancient Mediterranean contr
 ibutes meaningfully to reimagining the global past.
DTSTAMP:20260412T140125Z
LOCATION:Room 302 (Seats 48)
SUMMARY:Rethinking "We" and "Others" through Open Studies on the Ancient Me
 diterranean World History in Japan - Sota Maruono\, Ikuko Sato
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/BUHTXN/
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