Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies

A History of Tantric Yoga

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Fall

Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA

Course Code: JK16001

This class has a twofold aim. [1.] It introduces the main authors, scriptures, commentaries, and exegetical works describing the practices and theories of systems of Tantric yoga.

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Actors, Processes, and Networks: Studying (Sub-) Cultural Practices

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: SEG, VMC
Term: Fall

Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM

Course Code: JK26001

With the example practice-as-network often abridged as role-playing games, this course introduces students to a (trans-) cultural studies approach of practices, actors and processes.

An Introduction to Bioethics

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: KBR, SEG
Term: Fall

Teacher: KODAMA Satoshi

Course Code: JK22001

This course introduces students to bioethics as an interdisciplinary field of study that looks into ethical, legal, and social implications of life sciences and health care.

Buddhist Art and Manuscript Cultures along the Silk Road

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Fall

Teacher: Tao PAN
Course Code: JK15005

This course is designed for the study foci “Knowledge, Belief and Religion” (KBR) and “Visual, Media and Material Cultures” (VMC) and consists of the following three parts:
I. Silk Road in and between Asia and Europe;
II. Buddhist Art as Cultural Entanglement;
III. Manuscript Cultures as Transformative Creativity.

Comparative Development Studies: Situating Sustainability within Development

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: SEG
Term: Fall

Teacher: HISANO Shuji

Course Code: JK17007

This course consists of two different, but mutually intersecting sessions.

Contemporary Japanese Philosophy in a Global Context

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Fall

Teacher: KAIDA Daisuke

Course Code: JK15001

This course explores various aspects of contemporary Japanese philosophy (Post-World War II Japanese philosophy) by reading Japanese primary sources in English translation, and discussing them in English.