Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies
Kyoto University | Graduate School of Letters
This study focus explores issues of Society, Economy and Governance from an explicitly transcultural and historical perspective.
Teacher: ASATO Wako
Course Code: JK32001
This class will cover social research methods, mainly qualitative research. In view of the relaxed restrictions on movement under COVID-19, we are also planning to conduct fieldwork.
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Teacher: KAWAI Junko
Course Code: JK38004
This course will examine various approaches and topics in the study of Japanese education, culture and society through reading sociological works on Japan.
This course will introduce graduate students to different approaches to the craft of historical writing in English.
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Teacher: ASATO Wako
Course Code: JK38002
This course will discuss how welfare regimes intertwine with migration regimes in the process of rapid economic development and demographic change in Asian countries.
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Teacher: Kjell ERICSON
Course Code: JK10001
Although national borders typically structure academic research, historical change extends beyond individual nation-states.
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