Joint Degree Master in Transcultural Studies
Kyoto University | Graduate School of Letters
Interested students are invited to online Q&As on July 18, 2025, during which they can ask questions about the Transcultural Studies major and how to apply for a position in the joint degree program.
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The Transcultural Studies Division holds an intensive lecture course entitled “Aesthetics, Materiality, and Politics: An Intensive Introduction to Meiji Art” (Foundation I – Seminar (VMC)), taught by Dr. Katharina RODE-KAYA from Heidelberg University on August 4-8.
In this intensive course, we will approach the art and politics Japanese Meiji era (1868-1912), and navigate their complexity through separate case studies that are often transcultural in nature. While having absorbed visual and technical input from mainly China and Europe throughout the so-called closed (sakoku) Edo period, the availability of materials and contact to actual people from outside Japan propelled art-politico development from the 1880s onwards. To cater to various interests and the transcultural perspective of the program, we will explore five different aspects of the Meiji art world.
Date & Time: August 4-8, 9:00-12:00, 13:00-16:00
Location: Seminar Room 10, First Floor, Research Building No.2 (Map㉞)
Language: English
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The Transcultural Studies Division holds an intensive lecture course entitled “Learning the Power of Observation” (Foundation I – Seminar (VMC)), taught by Filmmaker, Kazuhiro Soda on July 28-31 and August 1.In this intensive course, he will explain how and why he takes his particular approach to documentary filmmaking, covering all phases of filmmaking from filming to editing to marketing. It will give students an opportunity to learn how a documentary filmmaker thinks and works. Examining actual day to day problems he faces, students will also learn and study various issues around documentary, such as ethics, economics, reality vs fiction, subjectivity vs objectivity, etc. At the end of the course, each student must write and submit a final paper which discusses such issues analyzing my films and methods.
Date & Time: July 28-31, August 1, 10:30-12:00, 13:15-14:45, 15:00-16:30
Location: Seminar Room 9, Basement Floor, Research Building No.2 (Map㉞)
Language: English and Japanese
Poster
Syllabus
Welcome all students who are interested in cinema and media studies.
Prior registration is required.
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If you have questions about it, you may contact Prof. Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano at wadamarciano.mitsuyo.6w[at]kyoto-u.ac.jp.
2-Day Interactive Workshop and Lecture in Kyoto (2024/11/27-28)
Workshop
November 27, 9:00-17:30
November 28, 9:00-16:30
Lecture & Reception
November 28, 17:00-20:00
Workshop
Kyoto University, Yoshida Izumidono
Lecture & Reception
Heidelberg University Office, Kyoto
Registration closes October 25. Language: English. Participation is free.
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Seminar and discussion with Dr. Riestra-Camacho (University of Oviedo, Spain).
Date and Time: November 1, 2024. 15:00-17:00
Location: Kyoto University, Faculty & Graduate School of Letters, Basement Meeting Room
Language: English.
Participation is free.
Interested students are invited to online Q&As on July 19, 2024, during which they can ask questions about the Transcultural Studies major and how to apply for a position in the joint degree program.
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Every year in February or March, the Graduate School of Letters sends a student delegation to its European partners in Strasbourg and Heidelberg to learn about exchange possibilities, participate in joint workshops, and get to know fellow students. This program is organised by the Division of the Joint Degree Master of Arts in Transcultural Studies, a collaborative degree program of Kyoto University and the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (HCTS). Graduate students in this program also join the workshops.
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The Transcultural Studies Division holds a special seminar entitled “Japan’s Ocean Borderlands: Nature and Sovereignty, offered by Professor Paul Kreitman from Columbia University on February 19, Monday.
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The Transcultural Studies Division holds an intensive lecture course entitled “Learning the Power of Observation” (Foundation I – Seminar (VMC)), taught by Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda on July 31 and August 1-4.
In this intensive course, he will explain how and why he takes his particular approach to documentary filmmaking, covering all phases of filmmaking from filming to editing to marketing. It will give students an opportunity to learn how a documentary filmmaker thinks and works. Examining actual day to day problems he faces, students will also learn and study various issues around documentary, such as ethics, economics, reality vs fiction, subjectivity vs objectivity, etc. At the end of the course, each student must write and submit a final paper which discusses such issues analyzing my films and methods.
Date & Time: July 31, August 1-4 10:30-12:00, 13:15-14:45, 15:00-16:30
Location: Lecture Room 9, Basement Floor, Research Building No.2 (Map㉞)
Language: English and Japanese
Poster
Welcome all students who are interested in cinema and media studies.
Prior registration is required.
Click here to register.
If you have questions about it, you may contact Prof. Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano at wadamarciano.mitsuyo.6w[a]kyoto-u.ac.jp.
Interested students are invited to online Q&As on July 14, 2023, during which they can ask questions about the Transcultural Studies major and how to apply for a position in the joint degree program.
Continue reading “Online Student Orientation (2023/07/14)”