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Yasuhira, Genji
Graduate School of Letters, Division of History Associate Professor
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Last Updated :2025/06/19
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yasuhira.genji.5y
kyoto-u.ac.jp
Professional Memberships
- THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF WESTERN HISTORY
- Societe franco-japonaise des Sciences historigue
- THE SOCIETY OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH
- Shigakukai (The Historical Society of Japan)
Academic Degree
Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)
- Tilburg University, School of Catholic Theology, Department of Biblical Sciences and Church History, Completion (Ph.D. cum laude)
- Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters, Division of History, Completion
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Research History
- From Apr. 2025, To PresentKyoto University, Graduate School of Letters Department of History, Associate Professor
- From Apr. 2023, To Mar. 2024Ritsumeikan University, College of Letters, Lecturer
- From Apr. 2023, To Mar. 2025Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters Department of History, Senior Lecturer / Junior Associate Professor
- From May 2020, To PresentOld Catholic Seminary (associated with Utrecht University), Research Affiliate (toegevoegd wetenschappelijk onderzoeker)
- From Sep. 2022, To Mar. 2023University College London, Social and Historical Sciences, Department of History, Affiliate Academic
- From Oct. 2019, To Mar. 2023Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS Research Fellow CPD (Cross-border Postdoctoral Fellow)
- From Sep. 2020, To Aug. 2022Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Guest Researcher
- From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021Rikkyo University, College of Arts, Lecturer
- From Apr. 2019, To Sep. 2019Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PD) (Musashi University)
- From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2019Tilburg University, School of Catholic Theology, Department of Biblical Sciences and Church History, PhD Candidate (External PhD Researcher / Adrianusfonds)
- From Sep. 2015, To Mar. 2017Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Guest Researcher
- From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2017Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow DC1
- From Sep. 1989兵庫県神戸市 生
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Research
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Papers
- Religious Coexistence in the Dutch Republic and France in the Seventeenth Century: Legal Systems, Sacred Spaces, and Minority Resilience in Utrecht and NîmesSukhwan Kang; Genji YasuhiraJournal of Early Modern Christianity, Dec. 2024, Peer-reviewed
- [Ph.D. dissertation] Civic Agency in the Public Sphere: Catholics' Survival Tactics in Utrecht, 1620s-1670sGenji YasuhiraTilburg University, Mar. 2019, Peer-reviewed
- The Interconfessional Relationship and the Function of Toleration: The Struggle for the Public Practice of Faith in Utrecht, 1670sGenji YasuhiraThe Proceedings of the Japanese-Korean Joint Conference on Western History in Kyoto, Mar. 2014
Misc.
- [book review] Rome and the Jansenist Controversy Through the Eyes of Dutch Catholic Ecclesiastics: A Review Essay (on Dick Schoon, Een aartsbisschop aangeklaagd in Rome. Dagboeken over het verblijf van Petrus Codde te Rome, 1700–1703 (Hilversum 2019))Genji YasuhiraInternationale Kirchliche Zeitschrift, Jun. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Invited
- [interview for an online newspaper article, titled] Why a Church in Amsterdam’s Red Light District was Hidden Even as Jewry FlourishedMatt Lebovic; Genji YasuhiraThe Times of Israel, Jun. 2023, Invited
- [Ph.D. dissertation summary] Catholics' Survival Tactics in Utrecht, 1620s-1670sGenji Yasuhira[web blog] Religious Matters in an Entangled World, Apr. 2019, Invited
- Book Review, Koichi Kabayama, Dawn of the European Modern Civilization: Depicted Dutch Golden Age (this title is translated from Japanese by the author of this page)Genji YasuhiraSeiyoshigaku (The Studies in Western History), Jun. 2017, Peer-reviewed, Invited
- Article Review, Tetsuya Tonai 'Jewish Migrations and Networks in Early Modern Italy'Genji YasuhiraFor New Historical Science, Oct. 2013, Invited
- Book Review, Koichi Horikoshi et al. (eds.), Medieval European History in 15 Themes (this title is translated from Japanese by the author of this page)Genji YasuhiraSeiyoshigaku (The Studies in Western History), Jun. 2013, Invited
Presentations
- Beyond Toleration: Catholic Survival Through the Language of Citizenship in the Dutch RepublicGenji YasuhiraHistory Crossing: 17th-Century Europe and 20th-Century East Asia, 10 Jun. 2025, Invited
- Concealment of Religiosity among Catholic Female Teachers in the Early Modern Dutch RepublicGenji Yasuhira4th Conference of the group project ‘Concealment, Ambiguity and Casuistry about the “Legitimacy" in the Medieval and Early Modern Christianity’, 15 Mar. 2025, Invited
- Being a Catholic and a Citizen of the Dutch Republic: Jansenist Discourses of Self-Representation and Toleration as a Governing StrategyGenji Yasuhira2024年度西洋史研究会大会, 17 Nov. 2024, Invited
- Intercultural Trade in the Persian Gulf and the Dutch East India Company: Comments from the Viewpoint of Early Modern Dutch Religio-Social HistoryGenji YasuhiraSugar, Wine and Jawi Documents: Shaping a Cultural Landscape, 1600–1900, 09 Nov. 2024, Invited
- Coping with Religious Diversity: Regulating Catholic Citizens and Huguenot Refugees in the Dutch RepublicGenji YasuhiraDiversity and Exchange in the Dutch Republic, 15 Jul. 2024, Invited
- Encountering an Unknown World: Researching at Universities, Researching in the WorldGenji YasuhiraX-academy 2024, 26 Jun. 2024, Invited
- Catholics, Citizenship and Religious Coexistence in the Dutch Republic, 1672–1750Genji YasuhiraEarly Modern and Reformation Seminar, St Andrews, 07 Mar. 2024, Invited
- Schoolmistresses of a Multiconfessional City: Catholic Women as Agents of Coexistence in Post-Reformation UtrechtGenji YasuhiraTolerance and Intolerance in the Early Modern World, 27 Jan. 2024, Invited
- Comments on Stereotypes and Stereotyping in Early Modern EnglandGenji YasuhiraReview Symposium on Koji Yamamoto (ed.), Stereotypes and Stereotyping in Early Modern England (Manchester University Press, 2022), 05 Oct. 2023, Invited
- Comments on the Panel Session ‘Christianity and East Asia: Conflicts and Fusion of Religions and Cultures in Japan and Europe’Genji Yasuhira4th Colloquium of Musashi University Society for East-West Cultural Studies, 23 Jun. 2023, Musashi University Society for East-West Cultural Studies, Invited
- Concluding Remarks on the Round-Table Session ‘Concept and Reality of the European “Reformation” in the Western World and Japan’Genji Yasuhira73rd Conference of the Japanese Society of Western History, 21 May 2023, Invited
- Citizenship, the Utrecht Schism and Catholic Charitable Activities in the Dutch Republic, c. 1650–1750Genji YasuhiraIHR Low Countries History Seminar, 28 Oct. 2022, Invited
- Walking around Utrecht: Traces of Early Modern Catholic Survival in the City’s Urban Space TodayGenji YasuhiraWorkgroup on Dutch Studies, 03 Jul. 2022, Invited
- Workshop on How to Write Academic Articles in Foreign LanguagesRyosuke Yokoe; Ai Hisano; Shigeto Kikuchi; Genji Yasuhira72nd Conference of the Japanese Society of Western History, 21 May 2022, Invited
- Evangelization and Accommodation in the Early Modern Dutch HistoryGenji YasuhiraMeeting for a Joint Review of Evangelization and Accommodation: Catholic Global Mission of the Early Modern Period, 20 Mar. 2022, Invited
- Catholic Women in the Dutch Republic: Ontembare Daughters in the Protestant StateGenji YasuhiraVon Siebold Association, 26 Sep. 2021, Invited
- From the Ashes of the Disaster Year: Reformed Governing Strategies and Catholic Survival Tactics in Utrecht, 1674–1700Genji YasuhiraUCEMS (Utrecht Centre for Early Modern Studies) Lunch Meeting, 22 Sep. 2021
- Precarious Coexistence: Catholic Citizens vis-à-vis Huguenot Refugees in the Dutch RepublicGenji YasuhiraColloquium Early Modern History Munich, 21 Jun. 2021, Invited
- Unwelcome Newcomers? Catholic Immigrants in Post-Reformation UtrechtGenji Yasuhira27th Annual Conference of the Society for Reformation Studies: “The Reformation, Migration and Exile”, 08 Apr. 2021
- The Dutch Reformed Language of 'Idolatry': Catholicism and Japanese Buddhism in Johannes Hoornbeeck (1616–1666)Genji Yasuhira4th Research Colloquium of Monsoon Project, 13 Mar. 2021, Invited
- Charity and Catholics in Utrecht, 1578–1746Genji YasuhiraBijeenkomst Werkgezelschap Oud-Katholiek Seminarie (Meeting Research Colloquium Old Catholic Seminary), 08 Feb. 2021, Invited
- The Language of 'Idolatry': Othering and European Confessionalism in the Early Modern Globalising WorldGenji YasuhiraResearch Colloquium of the Research Institute for Philosophy and Religious Studies at Utrecht University, 27 Jan. 2021
- Foreword Towards Historicising the Historiography on (Early) Modern ReligionsGenji YasuhiraHistoriography on (Early) Modern Religions, 10 Dec. 2020
- Citizenship in the Multi-Confessional Age: Catholics and the Civic Community in Post-Reformation UtrechtGenji YasuhiraResearch Colloquium on the Reformation History, 29 Feb. 2020, Invited
- Catholic Survival Through Spatial Practices in Seventeenth-Century UtrechtGenji YasuhiraColloquium on Medieval and Early Modern Religious History, 28 Feb. 2020, Invited
- Catholic women in Seventeenth-Century Utrecht: Their Roles in the Restoration of the Confessional CommunityGenji YasuhiraWomen and Society in Early Modern Europe + Prophecy, Miracle, and Magic in Early Modern German Speaking Areas, 13 Dec. 2019, Invited
- Catholics' Survival Tactics in the Dutch RepublicGenji YasuhiraWorkshop sponsored by the Institute of Medieval Thought at Sophia University and the Workgroup on History of Theology and Philosophy, 19 Nov. 2019, Invited
- For the Sake of her Faith: Catholic Women in Post-Reformation UtrechtGenji YasuhiraSixteenth Century Society & Conference (50th Anniversary Conference), 19 Oct. 2019
- The Glorious Revolution in the Dutch Context: Political Discourses, Local Patronage, and CatholicsGenji YasuhiraThe Glorious Revolution and William III, 14 Oct. 2019, Invited
- Transforming the Urban Space: Spatial Practices and Catholic Survival in Post-Reformation UtrechtGenji YasuhiraColloquium on Early Modern European History at Political Economy Tokyo Seminar, 20 Sep. 2019, Invited
- Spatial Practices and Catholic Survival in Post-Reformation UtrechtGenji YasuhiraPolitical Economy Tokyo Seminar, 24 Jul. 2019, Invited
- Material Religion in the Dutch Reformed Protestantism: Japan Image of Johannes Hoornbeeck (1617–1666)Genji YasuhiraJapan and the Ottoman Empire in the Eye of the European Beholder: A Comparison, 02 Jun. 2019
- Trans-Formations of the Urban Space: Catholics' Survival in Post-Reformation UtrechtGenji YasuhiraEarly Modern Re-Formations, 11 Jun. 2018
- Citizenship and Limits of Toleration: Catholics' Self-Representations in Seventeenth-Century UtrechtGenji YasuhiraReligious Minorities' Self-Representations: Claims of Difference and Sameness in the Politics of Belonging, 11 Oct. 2017
- Lay Perceptions of the Utrecht Schism (1723): Through Debates on Orphans in the Catholic Chamber of Charity in Eighteenth-Century UtrechtGenji YasuhiraGlobal Reformations: Transforming Early Modern Religions, Societies, and Cultures, 29 Sep. 2017
- Limits of Toleration and Catholics' Tactics for Survival: Confessional Conflicts in the Mid-17th Century UtrechtGenji Yasuhira67th Conference of the Japanese Society of Western History, 21 May 2017
- Narrating Histories in the Post-Truth Age: A Meta-Historical Comparison of the Historical Narratives on 'Dutch' Catholics in the 'Year of Disaster' (1672)Genji YasuhiraBijeenkomst Werkgezelschap Oud-Katholiek Seminarie (Meeting Research Colloquium Old Catholic Seminary), 12 Jan. 2017, Invited
- Delimitation of the "Public" and the Limit of Toleration: Trials Against Catholics in the Mid-17th Century UtrechtGenji Yasuhira2016 Autumn Conference of the Dutch Association for the Study of Religion (NGG): "Public Religions and their Secrets, Secret Religions and their Publics", 28 Oct. 2016
- Confessional Coexistence and Financial Problems in a Multiconfessional Civic Community: Catholics’ Agency in Negotiations in the 17th Century UtrechtGenji YasuhiraInternationaler Arbeitskreis Altkatholizismusforschung (International Working Group on Old Catholic Studies), 16 Apr. 2016, Invited
- Delimitation of the “Public” in the Early Modern Netherlands: Reviewing Existing Models and Showing an AlternativeGenji YasuhiraResearch Colloquium of the Research Institute for Philosophy and Religious Studies at Utrecht University, 02 Feb. 2016, Invited
- Confessional Coexistence and Financial Problems of the City: From the Viewpoint of the Catholic Community in the 17th Century UtrechtGenji YasuhiraBijeenkomst Werkgezelschap Oud-Katholiek Seminarie (Meeting Research Colloquium Old Catholic Seminary), 18 Jan. 2016, Invited
- Reorganization of the Fiction: Catholics and the Public Sphere in Utrecht during the 1670sGenji Yasuhira"No man is an island" NOSTER Master Class and Seminar on Dutch Calvinisms and Catholicisms in their Global Contexts, 13 Nov. 2015, Invited
- Confessionalization and Confessional Coexistence: The Catholic Community and the Financial Problem in Utrehct during the 1670sGenji Yasuhira14th Conference of Association of Historians, 28 Jun. 2015
- The "Public" and the Limit of Toleration: Catholic Clandestine Churches in Utrecht In the Mid-17th CenturyGenji Yasuhira253rd Conference of The Modern Social History Workshop (Kyoto), 21 Mar. 2015
- Proposals from Younger Generation Part 2: Intellectual History of the Narrative on Western History in Korea and JapanGenji YasuhiraThird Meeting of Korean-Japanese Forum of Western History, 23 Feb. 2015, Invited
- Interconfessional Relations and the Function of Toleration: The Struggle for the Public Practice of Faith in Utrecht during the 1670sGenji Yasuhira82nd Annual Meeting of the KUDEH Alumni Association (The Almni Association of the Department of European History, Kyoto University), 03 Nov. 2014
- What is the Western History in the Age of Globalization?: Relativization of the Narrative on the Dutch National History in the Age of NationalizationGenji Yasuhira5th Flying University of Transnational Humanities: “Globalization and Health: East and West”, 26 Jun. 2014
- The Interconfessional Relationship and the Function of Toleration: The Struggle for the Public Practice of Faith in Utrecht, 1670sGenji YasuhiraJapanese-Korean Joint Conference on Western History in Kyoto, 15 Dec. 2013
- Article Review, Tetsuya Tonai, 'Jewish Migrations and Networks in Early Modern Italy'Genji YasuhiraConference of Kyoto Historical Science Association (Kyoto Minka Rekishi Bukai), 12 Jan. 2013, Invited
Books and Other Publications
- Medieval and Early Modern History of ChristianityTakashi Jinno; Tomoji Odori, Contributor, Toleration and Religious Diversity: Ideas, Governing Strategies, and Survival Tactics (pp. 257-277)Minerva Shobo, Apr. 2025, Not refereed
- [open access] Catholic Survival in the Dutch Republic: Agency in Coexistence and the Public Sphere in Utrecht, 1620–1672Genji Yasuhira, Single workAmsterdam University Press, Jun. 2024, Refereed
- Medieval Japanese History Overseas: Intersections of ‘Japanese History’, One’s Own History and Foreign HistoryXiaolong Huang; Yasufumi Horikawa, Contributor, On Historiography of the Early Modern Dutch Religious History (pp. 218-229)Benseisha, Oct. 2023, Not refereed
- Nog meer wereldgeschiedenis van NederlandLeo Lucassen; Lex Heerma van Voss; Marjolein ’t Hart; Manon van der Heijden; Nadia Bouras, Contributor, 1592: Hollandse Zending en katholieke vernieuwing (pp. 167-173)Ambo Anthos (Amsterdam), Oct. 2022, Refereed
- Utrechts Staaltje. Vriedenbundel ter gelegenheid van de 75e verjaardag van Casper StaalTon Meijers; Arnold Smeets, Contributor, The Mariahoek in Utrecht, the Stronghold of Outlawed Catholicism in the Dutch Republic (pp. 76-88)Stichting Utrechts Religieus Erfgoed (Utrecht), Aug. 2022, Not refereed
External funds: Kakenhi
- Concealment, Ambiguity and Reservation of the Sence of "Justice" in the Medieval and Early Modern Christian SocietyGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Basic Section 03040:History of Europe and America-relatedUniversity of Yamanashi皆川 卓From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2027, Granted隠蔽;曖昧;心裡留保;キリスト教;私的自治の成立
- Confessional Coexistence in the Dutch Republic: Catholic Survival Tactics and the Citizenship Reformulation in the Early Eighteenth CenturyGrant-in-Aid for Early-Career ScientistsBasic Section 03040:History of Europe and America-relatedKyoto University安平 弦司From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2029, Granted共存;市民権;カトリック;近世;オランダ
- Concealment, ambiguity and casuistry about the "legitimacy" in the medieval and early modern ChristianityGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Basic Section 03040:History of Europe and America-relatedHosei University;University of Yamanashi皆川 卓From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2027, Granted情報統制と政治的共存;教義と個人情報の妥協;隠蔽と情報伝達手段;「正しい」行動としての隠蔽;情報「主権」と私的領域の形成;異教・異端との共存の「隠蔽」;コミュニケーションの秘密化;封緘状;宮廷社交術;宗派マイノリティの生存戦略;教義の政治的読み替え;非キリスト教文化の隠蔽;個人の情報主権;隠蔽;曖昧;心裡留保;キリスト教;私的自治の成立
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Education
Teaching subject(s)
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (Letters, English)B-E1HA03, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (Letters, English)A-E1HA02, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026Master's ThesisM990, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 0
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026Graduation Thesis9990, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 12
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026European History (Seminars)M322, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 4
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026European History (Seminars)6947, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 4
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026European History (Special Lectures)6931, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026European History (Special Lectures)6931, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026European History (Seminars)6973, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026European History (Seminars)6973, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026European History (Seminars)6960, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026European History (Special Lectures)6931, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026European History (Special Lectures)6931, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026European History (Seminars)6973, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026European History (Seminars)6973, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (Letters, English)A-E1HA02, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (Letters, English)B-E1HA03, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025Master's ThesisM990, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 0
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025Graduation Thesis9990, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 12
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025European History (Seminars)M322, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 4
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025European History (Seminars)6947, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 4
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025European History (Seminars)6973, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025European History (Seminars)6960, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025European History (Special Lectures)6931, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025European History (Seminars)6973, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025European History (Special Lectures)6931, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025European History (Special Lectures)6931, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025European History (Special Lectures)6931, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025European History (Seminars)6973, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025European History (Seminars)6973, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024Master's ThesisM990, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 0
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024Graduation Thesis9990, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 12
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024European History (Seminars)M322, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 4
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024European History (Seminars)6947, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 4
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024European History (Seminars)6973, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024European History (Special Lectures)6931, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024European History (Seminars)6973, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024European History (Seminars)6973, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024European History (Seminars)6960, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024European History (Special Lectures)6931, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024European History (Seminars)6973, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
