Japan and the Western countries

(School of Foreign Studies)

Objective
   The purpose of the course is to familiarize the students with "the differences" and "the similarities" between the Western countries and Japan, by presenting the instructor's culture-specific views, episodes or experiences, and to exchange opinions as to the cultural factors conducive to harboring them.

Course Content
   The course is expected to contribute to enhancing mutual understanding among the participants. The students are encouraged to actively participate in the class activities and express their opinions as well as their own experiences. 1. 2010/4/15 Yasuyuki NOMURA: "Introduction"
   2. 2010/4/22 Mika WASEDA: Hungarian language and culture
   3. 2010/5/6 Stefan VOGL: The Reception of German Law in Japan
   4. 2010/5/13 Fergus O'Dwyer: The Way We View Universals
   5. 2010/5/20 Margarita KAZAKEVICH: The Encounter of Russian God and Japanese Kami - The Orthodox Church in Japan
   6. 2010/5/27 Akira KONO: Portuguese-Japanese Language Contact
   7. 2010/6/3 Maya H. GELBTUCH: What's It All About? ~ Life in Britain and Japan, and Beyond!
   8. 2010/6/10 Liva HYTTEL-S?RENSEN: "Democratic Monarchies on Opposite   Sides of the World - Denmark and Japan, Differences and Similarities"
   9. 2010/6/17 Einar KORPUS: "Popular culture in Sweden and Japan (preliminary)"
   10. 2010/6/24 Giulio BERTELLI: to be announced later
   11. 2010/7/1 J. --M. --L. --L. JEANMOUGIN-GOODE: French Images of Japan
   12. 2010/7/8 NO CLASS
   13. 2010/7/15 Simpen I WAYAN: Indonesian culture and language
   14. 2010/7/22 Cabezas J. MORALES: to be announced later
   15. 2010/7/29 Rogerio A. Dezem: to be announced later
  

Textbook
   There is no assigned textbook.

Grading
   1. Students taking this course for credit are required to attend the class regularly.
   2. There are no exams, but students are required to submit one short paper as attached file (Word or PDF) to ysyknmr@gmail.com
   Format: A4 (paper size), 5 - 6 pages, 40 rows/p.
   Language: English
   3. Style Guide:
   Subject: International Exchange Subject, spring 2010
   Your name and e-mail address:
   Lecture(s) or talk(s) which you were interested in:
   Your commentary:�@
   4. Due date: August 05�@
   5. Grades: S, A, B, C, or F