Module: Introduction to Transcultural Studies

Basic Research Skills (Tutorium)

Course Type: Seminar (Tutorium)
Study Focus: Foundations
Term: Spring

Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK06001

This course introduces useful and essential skills for academic research to new JDTS students.

Introduction to Indian Aesthetics

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: KBR
Term: Spring

Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA
Course Code: JK31001

This course is designed as a general introduction to the theory and practice of Indian aesthetics.

Introduction to Transcultural Studies

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.

Play, Transcultural: Interdisciplinary Game Studies 101

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: VMC
Term: Spring

Teacher: Björn-Ole KAMM
Course Code: JK33001

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 field of game studies.

Qualitative Research and Community Fieldwork in and around Kyoto

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: SEG
Term: Spring

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.

Transcultural Cinema Forum 2025

Course Type: Seminar
Study Focus: VMC
Term: Spring

Teacher: Mitsuyo WADA-MARCIANO

Course Code: JK36001

The Transcultural Cinema Forum in 2025 will consider what “cinema” means: the cinema, born at the end of the 19th century and regarded as the king of entertainment throughout the 20th century, is undergoing a major transformation in its form with the advent of the Internet in the 21st century. The purpose of this course is to reconsider the question “What Is cinema?” from the perspective of the year 2025.