Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies

A transcultural introduction to knowledge, belief, and religion

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Spring

Teacher: Patrick Stanley Dannis, MCCARTNEY
Course Code: JK09003

This course takes a transcultural approach to explore the Humanities and ways of understanding our worlds and our places in them.

An Introduction to Esoteric Yoga

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Fall

Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA
Course Code: JK15006

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.

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.