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: 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.
Continue reading “A transcultural introduction to knowledge, belief, and religion”
This course engages major debates in feminist and queer film theory and criticism.
Continue reading “Cinematic Imaginations: Feminist and Queer Film Criticism”
Teacher: Michael CAMPBELL
Course Code: JK09002
In this course we will consider issues around the understanding and evaluation of other cultures.
Continue reading “Morality, Culture and Relativism”
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.
Continue reading “Philosophy of Science in Japanese Context: Advanced Introduction to Philosophy of Science”
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.
Continue reading “Russo-Japanese Cultural Dialogue Through Images”
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:
Continue reading “Scripts, Languages and Buddhist Scriptures”
What is modern Japanese architecture and when did it begin? How were ideas coming from abroad domesticated and further expanded?
Continue reading “Transcultural Dialogues in Modern Japanese Architecture”
This seminar centers on three points for considering the difference between rural and urban from gender perspectives.
Continue reading “Transcultural Rural Gender Studies”
Teacher: Kjell ERICSON
Course Code: JK10001
This course allows students to examine the methods, assumptions, and findings of recent historical work that can be variously classified as “global,” “transnational,” and “transcultural.”
Continue reading “What Is Transcultural History?”