Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA
Course Code: JK31001
This course is designed as a general introduction to the theory and practice of Indian aesthetics.
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Introduction to Transcultural Studies
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: 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.
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Teacher: TAKASHIMA Ko, MURAKAMI Ei, Kjell ERICSON
Course Code: JK21001
This course explores Modern East Asian History from transcultural perspectives.
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In this course, we adopt a critical view of monarchy in Japan, Asia and Europe and its relationship to modern society.
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Teacher: ISEDA Tetsuji
Course Code: JK12001
The aim of this special lecture is to introduce the participants into the field of philosophy of science through lectures focusing on classic and basic papers in the field.
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This course is aimed to develop your skills to read academic articles written in Japanese, including classical Japanese.
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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:
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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.
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Teacher: Nicolas Pierre TAJAN
Course Code: JK21004
Psychology and psychiatry have often been criticized for not considering cultural dimensions of mental distress. This course introduces transcultural psychiatry, a discipline that carefully questions taken-forgranted ways of organizing knowledge related to mental distress with respect to cultural differences.