Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies

Actors, Processes, and Networks: Studying (Sub-) Cultural Practices

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: SEG, VMC
Term: Fall

Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM

Course Code: JK26001

With the example practice-as-network often abridged as role-playing games, this course introduces students to a (trans-) cultural studies approach of practices, actors and processes.

Advanced Skills for Humanities Research in English

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: Foundations
Term: Spring

Teacher: Kjell ERICSON
Course Code: JK07001

This course aims to develop the academic skills of students specializing in the humanities, and assist them in furthering their participation in research with an international audience. It will focus on reading, writing and discussion/ presentation in English.

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An Introduction to Bioethics

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: KBR, SEG
Term: Spring

Teacher: KODAMA Satoshi

Course Code: JK12002

This course introduces students to bioethics as an interdisciplinary field of study that looks into ethical, legal, and social implications of life sciences and health care.

Basic Research Skills (Tutorium)

Course Type: Seminar (Tutorium)
Study Focus: Foundations
Term: Spring

Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK06001

This course introduces useful and essential skills of academic research to new students in the Joint Degree in Transcultural Studies program.

Book Reading and Discussion on Japanese Thoughts and Culture: Japanese Traditional Drama, Two Plays by Chikamatsu Monzaemon

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: KBR, VMC
Term: Fall

Teacher: HAYASE Atsushi

Course Code: JK24002

This Book Reading and Discussion course explores various aspects of Japanese thoughts and culture by reading Japanese Classics in English translation and discussing them in English.

Cinema and Media Studies Seminar: Reading Queer Theory and New Queer Cinema

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: VMC
Term: Spring

Teacher: Mitsuyo WADA-MARCIANO

Course Code: JK11001

In this graduate seminar, we will read various queer theories and writings of queer cinema from the 1990s to present.

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Cinematic Imaginations: Feminist and Queer Film Criticism

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: SEG, VMC
Term: Spring

Teacher: KANNO Yūka

Course Code: JK14001

This course engages major debates in feminist and queer film theory and criticism.

Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan: A Labelling Approach

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: SEG, VMC
Term: Fall

Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM

Course Code: JK26001

With the spread of manga and anime around the world, many have adopted the Japanese term ‘otaku’ to identify fans of such media. This course questions , however, the naturalization of ‘otaku’ by examining the historical contingency of the term.

Decisions, Orderings, and the Nation: Japan at Play

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

Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK21002

The focus of this interactive seminar lies on theoretical concepts and analytical techniques useful to study transcultural phenomena such as nation-branding from a perspective of cultural ordering and power relations.