Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies
Kyoto University | Graduate School of Letters
Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: Foundations
Term: Spring
Teacher: Kjell ERICSON
Course Code: JK07001
This course aims to develop the academic skills of students specializing in the humanities, and assist them in furthering their participation in research with an international audience. It will focus on reading, writing and discussion/ presentation in English.
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Teacher: KODAMA Satoshi
Course Code: JK12002
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.
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Course Type: Seminar (Tutorium)
Study Focus: Foundations
Term: Spring
Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK06001
This course introduces useful and essential skills of academic research to new students in the Joint Degree in Transcultural Studies program.
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Teacher: Mitsuyo WADA-MARCIANO
Course Code: JK11001
In this graduate seminar, we will read various queer theories and writings of queer cinema from the 1990s to present.
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This course engages major debates in feminist and queer film theory and criticism.
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Teacher: ASATO Wako
Course Code: JK04001
This course is to examine concepts representing Japanese society, economy and governance through previous research and fieldwork.
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Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA
Course Code: JK03001
This course is designed as a general introduction to the theory and practice of Indian aesthetics.
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Course Type: Lecture & Seminar (Tutorium)
Study Focus: Foundations, KBR, SEG, VMC
Term: Spring
Teachers: ASATO Wako, Björn-Ole KAMM, Somdev VASUDEVA, Mitsuyo WADA-MARCIANO
Course Code: JK01001 (JK02001)
Foundational lecture series that introduces students to diverse disciplinary approaches enabling them to frame their own studies of transcultural phenomena and perspectives.
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Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK05001
The focus of this practice-oriented and interactive seminar lies on theoretical concepts and analytical techniques useful to engage transculturality in the cross-disciplinary research fields of visual, material and media culture.
Continue reading “Japanese Contemporary Popular Culture: Media Practices in a Global Context”
Teacher: Roman PASCA
Course Code: JK09001
In this course, we will try to think together about the different understandings of “nature” and about the different ways in which we can engage with it.
Continue reading “Japanese Philosophy and Environmental Ethics”