Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies
Kyoto University | Graduate School of Letters
Teacher: OCHIAI Emiko
Course Code: JK17002
To date, the research work of Asian scholars on their respective societies has typically been relayed to other areas of Asia through European and North American academic circuits.
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.
Teacher: HISANO Shuji
Course Code: JK17007
This course consists of two different, but mutually intersecting sessions.
Continue reading “Comparative Development Studies: Situating Sustainability within Development”
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.
Teacher: HISANO Ai, HISANO Shuji
Course Code: JK17003
This course examines the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of consumption broadly coneived.
Continue reading “Critical Consumption Studies”
Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR, VMC
Term: Fall
Teacher: YOSHII Hideo, SHIMOGAKI Hitoshi, TOMII Makoto, NAIKI Satoshi
Course Code: JK23001
Teacher: Mitsuyo WADA-MARCIANO
Course Code: JK19001
The search for a sustainable life is a pressing issue in Japan, especially after the Fukushima disaster.
Continue reading “Ecocinema: From Plastic Garbage to Art”
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).
Teacher: Kjell ERICSON
Course Code: JK21003
This seminar introduces students to issues related to the historical study of animals.
Continue reading “Historical Seminar: Animals and Borders”
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.
Continue reading “International Development Assistance Policy”