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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A transcultural introduction to knowledge, belief, and religion

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Spring

Teacher: Patrick Stanley Dannis, MCCARTNEY
Course Code: JK09003

This course takes a transcultural approach to explore the Humanities and ways of understanding our worlds and our places in them.

An Introduction to Bioethics

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

Teacher: KODAMA Satoshi

Course Code: JK22002

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.

An Introduction to Esoteric Yoga

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Fall

Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA
Course Code: JK15006

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.

Buddhist Art and Manuscript Cultures along the Silk Road

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR
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 in a Global Context

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

Note: Not offered in fall term 2022 due to sabbatical.

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.