Teacher: KAWASHIMA Takashi
Course Code: JK41001
In this class, we will discuss the story of “Heidi” (1880/81) by Johanna Spyri from the perspective of comparative literature.
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Historical Seminar: Animals and Borders
Teacher: Kjell ERICSON
Course Code: JK40002
This seminar introduces students to issues related to the historical study of animals.
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Teacher: Che Singh KOCHHAR-GEORGE
Course Code: JK38005
The course aims to enhance students’ understanding of immigration and refugee policies in Asia.
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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: Kjell ERICSON
Course Code: JK45001
When we conjure up “the environment” in our mind’s eye, what do we see?
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Teacher: SANO Mayuko
Course Code: JK38003
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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In this intensive course, I will explain how and why I take my particular approach to documentary filmmaking, covering all phases of filmmaking from filming to editing to marketing.
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Teacher: YUKAWA Shikiko
Course Code: JK37002
The aim of this course is to seek and discuss Japanese values, ideas and attitudes toward certain universal themes, such as love, death, human nature and aesthetic beauty through a close reading of selected representative works of classical Japanese literature.
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Teacher: KAWAI Junko
Course Code: JK38004
This course will examine various approaches and topics in the study of Japanese education, culture and society through reading sociological works on Japan.
Transcultural Problem Solving
Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA
Course Code: JK37005
This class is intended as a venue for students to explore transcultural methods to solve problems encountered in their research projects.
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