Steffi Richter ist Professorin für Japanologie an der Universität Leipzig. / Steffi Richter ist Professorin für Japanologie an der Universität Leipzig.

PrefaceSteffi RichterIntroduction: De-nationalising and Re-nationalising the PastYonson AhnI. Contexts of Historical RevisionismHistorical Revisionism in East Asia: What Does Politics Have to Do with It?Daqing YangHistorical Revisionism in Contemporary JapanSteffi RichterWhen History Matters: Reconstructing South Korea's National Memory in the Age of DemocracyKoen De CeusterHistorical Narratives and Trans-nationalism in East AsiaPrasenjit DuaraII. Academic HistoriographyA Review of Research on Late Qing History: On the "Basic Lines" of Modern Chinese HistoryLei YiRe-imagining Community from Different Shores: Nationalism, Post-colonialism and Colonial Modernity in Taiwanese HistoriographyChang Lung-chihThe Colonial Past in Post-colonial South Korea: Colonialism, Modernity and GenderYonson AhnEast Asia Discourses in Contemporary KoreaEun-Jeung LeeIII. History TextbooksThe Antagonistic Complicity of Nationalisms - On "Nationalist Phenomenology" in East Asian History TextbooksLim Jie-HyunRevising the Past, Contesting the Future: Reforming History Education in post-Mao ChinaAlisa JonesNational Fortresses Besieged: History Textbooks in Contemporary Mainland China, Taiwan, and JapanClaudia SchneiderWriting History Textbooks in East Asia: The Possibilities and Pitfallsof "History that Opens the Future"Iwasaki Minoru and Narita Ry?ichiIV. Popular CultureHistorical Adventures of a Post-historical Medium: Japan's Wartime Past as Represented in MangaJaqueline BerndtManga, Manhwa and Historical Consciousnes: Trans-national Popular Media and the Narrative De/Construction of Japanese-Korean HistoryYamanaka ChieReinterpreting Late Qing History in Historical Movies and Television Dramas: The Case of the 1898 ReformsLi Fan and Wang XiaojingRevising and Televising the Past in East Asia: "History Soaps" in Mainland ChinaMatthias NiedenführV. Conclusion: Possibilities for Mutual UnderstandingHistory Textbooks in Post-war and Post-conflict Societies: Preconditions and Experiences in Comparative PerspectiveWolfgang HöpkenLost Memories: Historical Reconciliation and Cross-Border Narratives in Northeast AsiaTessa Morris-SuzukiList of contributors / Preface
Steffi Richter

Introduction: De-nationalising and Re-nationalising the Past
Yonson Ahn

I. Contexts of Historical Revisionism

Historical Revisionism in East Asia: What Does Politics Have to Do with It?
Daqing Yang

Historical Revisionism in Contemporary Japan
Steffi Richter

When History Matters: Reconstructing South Korea's National Memory in the Age of Democracy
Koen De Ceuster

Historical Narratives and Trans-nationalism in East Asia
Prasenjit Duara

II. Academic Historiography

A Review of Research on Late Qing History: On the "Basic Lines" of Modern Chinese History
Lei Yi

Re-imagining Community from Different Shores: Nationalism, Post-colonialism and Colonial Modernity in Taiwanese Historiography
Chang Lung-chih

The Colonial Past in Post-colonial South Korea: Colonialism, Modernity and Gender
Yonson Ahn

East Asia Discourses in Contemporary Korea
Eun-Jeung Lee

III. History Textbooks

The Antagonistic Complicity of Nationalisms - On "Nationalist Phenomenology" in East Asian History Textbooks
Lim Jie-Hyun

Revising the Past, Contesting the Future: Reforming History Education in post-Mao China
Alisa Jones

National Fortresses Besieged: History Textbooks in Contemporary Mainland China, Taiwan, and Japan
Claudia Schneider

Writing History Textbooks in East Asia: The Possibilities and Pitfallsof "History that Opens the Future"
Iwasaki Minoru and Narita Ry?ichi

IV. Popular Culture

Historical Adventures of a Post-historical Medium: Japan's Wartime Past as Represented in Manga
Jaqueline Berndt

Manga, Manhwa and Historical Consciousnes: Trans-national Popular Media and the Narrative De/Construction of Japanese-Korean History
Yamanaka Chie

Reinterpreting Late Qing History in Historical Movies and Television Dramas: The Case of the 1898 Reforms
Li Fan and Wang Xiaojing

Revising and Televising the Past in East Asia: "History Soaps" in Mainland China
Matthias Niedenführ

V. Conclusion: Possibilities for Mutual Understanding

History Textbooks in Post-war and Post-conflict Societies: Preconditions and Experiences in Comparative Perspective
Wolfgang Höpken

Lost Memories: Historical Reconciliation and Cross-Border Narratives in Northeast Asia
Tessa Morris-Suzuki

List of contributors