Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies
Kyoto University | Graduate School of Letters
This study focus investigates the production, proliferation, and reception of images and objects as well as their collection, display, and reconfiguration with a view to the human agency involved.
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.
Continue reading “Actors, Processes, and Networks: Studying (Sub-) Cultural Practices”
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.
Continue reading “Book Reading and Discussion on Japanese Thoughts and Culture: Japanese Traditional Drama, Two Plays by Chikamatsu Monzaemon”
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.
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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This course engages major debates in feminist and queer film theory and criticism.
Continue reading “Cinematic Imaginations: Feminist and Queer Film Criticism”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.
Continue reading “Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan: A Labelling Approach”
Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR, VMC
Term: Fall
Teacher: YOSHII Hideo, SHIMOGAKI Hitoshi, TOMII Makoto, NAIKI Satoshi
Course Code: JK23001
Teacher: Mitsuyo WADA-MARCIANO
Course Code: JK19001
The search for a sustainable life is a pressing issue in Japan, especially after the Fukushima disaster.
Continue reading “Ecocinema: From Plastic Garbage to Art”
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.
Continue reading “Introduction to Transcultural Studies”
Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK05001
The focus of this practice-oriented and interactive seminar lies on theoretical concepts and analytical techniques useful to engage transculturality in the cross-disciplinary research fields of visual, material and media culture.
Continue reading “Japanese Contemporary Popular Culture: Media Practices in a Global Context”