Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies | Course Type: Lecture

Selected Readings in Classical Japanese Literature

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Fall

Teacher: YUKAWA Shikiko

Course Code: JK15003

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. We will use well-known English translations of the Manyoshu, Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari and Tsurezuregusa, among other works, as our texts.

SocSci Research Methods in Education

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: SEG
Term: Fall

Teacher: KAWAI Junko

Course Code: JK17006

This course will examine various approaches and topics in the study of Japanese education, culture and society through reading sociological works on Japan.

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The Philosophy of Peter Winch

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Fall

Teacher: Michael CAMPBELL

Course Code: JK15004

Peter Winch (1926 – 1997) was one of the most important British philosophers of the post-War period.

Topics in Modern East Asian History

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR, SEG
Term: Fall

Teacher: TAKASHIMA Ko, MURAKAMI Ei, Kjell ERICSON

Course Code: JK21001

This course explores Modern East Asian History from transcultural perspectives.

Transcultural Problem Solving

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Fall

Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA
Course Code: JK15006

This class is intended as a venue for students to explore transcultural methods to solve problems encountered in their research projects.

Transnational Japanese History Seminar: Migration, Labor, and Environment

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: SEG
Term: Spring

Teacher: Kjell ERICSON

Course Code: JK35001

This seminar-style course introduces students to recent approaches to the transnational study of Japanese history.

Understanding Japan through Its Gaming Culture

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: VMC
Term: Fall

Teacher: YOSHIDA Hiroshi

Course Code: JK19005

This course aims to gain a general understanding of the contemporary Japanese culture and society through its gaming culture. It focuses on the points of contact and overlap between game studies and Japanese studies.

Welfare Regime and Cross-Border Migration in Asia: labor, marriage and evacuation

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: SEG
Term: Fall

Teacher: ASATO Wako

Course Code: JK17001

This course will discuss how welfare regimes intertwine with migration regimes in the process of rapid economic development and demographic change in Asian countries.