A Selection of Courses in SJS
Multicultural Collaboration
Instructors: OTSU Tomomi, ITO Katsuhiro, ABE Shin, Iris HAUKAMP
This is a course in which Japanese and international students collaborate during fieldwork, etc. and give presentations on the results. Students with diverse backgrounds work in a group using English and Japanese on a theme chosen by the group members themselves. The goal is to acquire language competency and the ability to act and communicate in a multilingual and multicultural environment.
-
Fieldwork in the Local Community: Planning and Implementation of Exchange Meetings with Partner Schools
Instructor: YUKIMATSU Hanae
We will visit our partner schools or invite students from there to engage in exchange activities. Through planning and implementing events to promote interaction with local high school and junior-high school students, students will develop such skills as planning ability, organizational skills, and creativity. Assigned the task of explaining about the research in the field of “Global Japanese Studies” and its appeal to middle-school students, students will also have the opportunity to reflect on their own learning at SJS.
-
Survey of Japanese Literature and Culture 2: Literature and Culture in Japan
Instructor: TSUCHIDA Kosuke
The Chinese character, “Wa” (和), means not only the country of Japan (やまと) but also softening something (やわらげる). The Japanese have adopted other cultures since ancient times, but cultural reception is not a pure imitation but a process of adaptation. Thus, “Wa” can be interpreted as a word referring to how the Japanese adopted and “Japanized” (or “softened”) other cultures. In this lecture, we will consider how the Japanese have reworked other cultures into their own – a “softened” culture – in each era by looking at various cases.
Theories of Multicultural Society: Understanding Cross-Cultural Issues of Collective Memory: The "History Issue" in East Asia
Instructor: Philip SEATON
The “history problem” (the aftereffects of imperialism and war in East Asia) is a major challenge in the relationship between Japan, China, and South Korea. This debate-style class consider