Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies
Kyoto University | Graduate School of Letters
Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK33001
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: Michael CAMPBELL
Course Code: JK09002
In this course we will consider issues around the understanding and evaluation of other cultures.
Continue reading “Morality, Culture and Relativism”
Teacher: ISEDA Tetsuji
Course Code: JK12001
The aim of this special lecture is to introduce the participants into the field of philosophy of science through lectures focusing on classic and basic papers in the field.
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Teacher: Anastasia FEDOROVA
Course Code: JK14002
This course explores the rich history of cultural encounters between Japan and Russia, starting in the Edo period and leading to the two countries’ latest attempts at co-producing animated films.
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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:
Continue reading “Scripts, Languages and Buddhist Scriptures”
What is modern Japanese architecture and when did it begin? How were ideas coming from abroad domesticated and further expanded?
Continue reading “Transcultural Dialogues in Modern Japanese Architecture”
This seminar centers on three points for considering the difference between rural and urban from gender perspectives.
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Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: Foundations
Term: Spring
Teacher: TANAKA Sōta
Course Code: JK08001
This course is aimed to help students to have a basic knowledge and understanding about translation of Japanese in terms of Japanese linguistics and history of Japanese.
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Teacher: Kjell ERICSON
Course Code: JK10001
This course allows students to examine the methods, assumptions, and findings of recent historical work that can be variously classified as “global,” “transnational,” and “transcultural.”
Continue reading “What Is Transcultural History?”