Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies
Kyoto University | Graduate School of Letters
This module builds upon the qualifications the students have acquired through the introductory module.
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.
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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.
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Teacher: Roman PASCA
Course Code: JK09001
In this course, we will try to think together about the different understandings of “nature” and about the different ways in which we can engage with it.
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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 aims to approach Japonisme not only as a visually oriented “Japanese/Eastern craze” but as a critical whole-body engagement, with depictions and representations of “other” cultures in literature, visual culture, and performance.
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Teacher: Anastasia FEDOROVA
Course Code: JK14002
This course explores the rich history of cultural encounters between Japan and Russia, starting in the Edo period and leading to the two countries’ latest attempts at co-producing animated films.
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This course aims to introduce students to the transculturality of twenty-five years of post-WWII Japan by means of Tokusatsu films and TV shows represented by Godzilla movies and the Ultraman series.
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The aim of this course is to provide a survey of major developments in Japanese popular music since 1945 to this day.
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Teacher: Mitsuyo WADA-MARCIANO
Course Code: JK14003
This research seminar will discuss cutting-edge transcultural approaches in international and area studies history.
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