Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies | Module: Focus 1

An Introduction to Bioethics

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: KBR, SEG
Term: Spring

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.

Cinema and Media Studies Seminar: Reading Queer Theory and New Queer Cinema

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: VMC
Term: Spring

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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Cinematic Imaginations: Feminist and Queer Film Criticism

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: SEG, VMC
Term: Spring

Teacher: KANNO Yūka

Course Code: JK14001

This course engages major debates in feminist and queer film theory and criticism.

Japanese Philosophy and Environmental Ethics

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Spring

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.

Philosophy of Science in Japanese Context: Advanced Introduction to Philosophy of Science

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR, SEG
Term: Spring

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.

Polygraphing Japonisme: (Re)tracing the circulation of cultural imaginaries

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: VMC
Term: Spring

Teacher: INNAMI Fusako

Course Code: JK11002

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.

Russo-Japanese Cultural Dialogue Through Images

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: SEG, VMC
Term: Spring

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.

Tokusatsu films and TV shows: as a window to cultural transfers to and from Japan in the third quarter of the 20th century

Course Type: Lecture
Study Focus: KBR, VMC
Term: Spring

Teacher: HARIMOTO Kengo

Course Code: JK13001

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.