Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR, VMC
Term: Fall
Teacher: YOSHII Hideo, SHIMOGAKI Hitoshi, TOMII Makoto, NAIKI Satoshi
Course Code: JK23001
East Asian Origins: Ancient History and Material Culture
Ecocinema: From Plastic Garbage to Art
Teacher: Mitsuyo WADA-MARCIANO
Course Code: JK19001
The search for a sustainable life is a pressing issue in Japan, especially after the Fukushima disaster.
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Teacher: Steve IVINGS
Course Code: JK17009
This course aims to provide students with the overview of economic and business history from global
perspectives.
Franz Kafka and East Asian culture
Teacher: KAWASHIMA Takashi
Course Code: JK15002
The culture of East Asia enjoyed a great popularity in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century. Also the Prague author Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who wrote “The Great Wall of China” (1917) and other stories set in China, loved Chinese poetry and identified himself with great poets like Li Po (Li Bai) and Thu Fu (Du Fu).
Historical Seminar: Animals and Borders
Teacher: Kjell ERICSON
Course Code: JK21003
This seminar introduces students to issues related to the historical study of animals.
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Teacher: Tsilavo RALANDISON
Course Code: JK17008
This semi-intensive course provides students with a diverse overview of Japan’s international development assistance policy and practice of the Japanese government, business actors, and civil society organizations based on actual cases.
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East Asia has various types of economies, for example transitional economy, planning economy, development economy and market economy.
Japan at Play: Cultural Orderings of Leisure and Asobi
Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK21002
The focus of this interactive seminar lies on theoretical concepts and analytical techniques useful to study transcultural phenomena such as nation-branding from a perspective of cultural ordering and power relations.
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Teacher: SANO Mayuko
Course Code: JK17005
This course aims to explore Japanese diplomacy during the last decade of the Tokugawa Shogunate, through in-depth readings of documents (such as memoirs, diaries, and diplomatic correspondences) written by people who worked on the ground during that time.
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Teacher: TAKASHIMA Ko, MURAKAMI Ei, Kjell ERICSON
Course Code: JK21001
This course explores Modern East Asian History from transcultural perspectives.
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