Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies | Study Focus: Knowledge, Belief and Religion (KBR)

A History of Tantric Yoga

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Fall

Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA

Course Code: JK16001

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.

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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.

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.

Buddhist Art and Manuscript Cultures along the Silk Road

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR, VMC
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.

Contemporary Japanese Philosophy (Post-Wolrd War II Japanese Philosophy)

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.

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.

East Asian Origins: Ancient History and Material Culture

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

Teacher: YOSHII Hideo, SHIMOGAKI Hitoshi, TOMII Makoto, NAIKI Satoshi
Course Code: JK23001

Franz Kafka and East Asian culture

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Fall

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).

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