Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies
Kyoto University | Graduate School of Letters
The research modules build on the theoretical, methodological, and regional competences acquired in the first year of study and allows for further specialization in line with the individual study goals of the students in preparation for their master’s thesis.
In this seminar, students will be introduced to major debates in queer film theory and criticism while exploring critical concepts in fields such as feminist and queer aesthetics and politics, realism, autobiography, cinematic modernism, and New Queer Cinema.
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Teacher: YUKAWA Shikiko
Course Code: JK37002
The aim of this course is to seek and discuss Japanese values, ideas and attitudes toward certain universal themes, such as love, death, human nature and aesthetic beauty through a close reading of selected representative works of classical Japanese literature.
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Teacher: KAWAI Junko
Course Code: JK38004
This course will examine various approaches and topics in the study of Japanese education, culture and society through reading sociological works on Japan.
Teacher: Mitsuyo WADA-MARCIANO
Course Code: JK39003
The theme of the Transcultural Cinema Forum in the second semester of 2024 is “New Film History from Women‘s Documentaries. ” The objective of this course is to examine Japanese documentary film history from the perspective of women through study of films of women such as Oda Kaori, Komori Haruka, and Toda Hikaru, who have worked as directors without learning filmmaking from “men.”
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Teacher: Somdev VASUDEVA
Course Code: JK37005
This class is intended as a venue for students to explore transcultural methods to solve problems encountered in their research projects.
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This course will introduce graduate students to different approaches to the craft of historical writing in English.
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現代日本に居住する私たちの身の回りには、ひとりではとうてい網羅できないほど、多種多様なマンガの雑誌や単行本があふれている。二十世紀、とりわけ戦後の日本社会を考察する上で、マンガは避けて通れない視覚表現・メディアと言えよう。
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Teacher: Till KNAUDT
Course Code: JK38001
日本の左翼は、社会変革の過程において、社会的・思想的な影響力を持つ存在であった。
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Teacher: TANIGUCHI Fumikazu
Course Code: JK39004
多くの人が身近に慣れ親しんでいるという意味で、音楽はポピュラーな文化の一つである。
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