2023 S Semester

Core Courses

Research Workshop

Elective Courses

Day
Hours

Course Objectives/Overview

SAKASAI Akito

Tue.2

This seminar‐style course will explore recent development of critical theories. The schedule and specific topics to becovered will be decided as the semester progresses based on the interests of the students and teacher. Possible topics
include: posthumanism, ecocriticism, postcolonialism, gender/feminism. Because of the teacher's interest in East Asia,
there will be many East Asian topics.

Normative Basis of Global Society

O'DEA John

This course surveys recent work in philosophy and psychology which highlights and discusses ways in which human
psychology is imperfect. Naturally, humans fall short of many ideals: we are not always rational; there are gaps in ourWed. 3
self‐knowledge; there are limitations to how freely we act, and how ethically. It is important to try to understand not
only that we are limited creatures, but also where we are limited and why.

Research Workshop I ‐ III (Onlyfor Program Students)

GSP Head of Program

Course Title

Social and Cultural Diversity

Theory of International
Interdependence Ⅱ

Theory of InternationalInterdependence Ⅳ

History of International
Interdependence Ⅲ

Theory of Transnational Markets
and Civil Society Ⅲ

Theory of Normativity in Global
Society Ⅰ

Comparative Studies of theNormative Basis of Civil Society
Ⅰ

Comparative Studies of theNormative Basis of Civil SocietyⅣSpecial Lecture on Global Society
Ⅲ

Seminar on Global Society Ⅱ

Instructor

Tue. 5To be announced in class.

Tue.3

In this course, we’ll critically examine the books and articles relevant to migrants and refugees’ education andtransition from education to work in the field of sociology and educational studies. The topics we’ll cover are (i)identity, culture and sense of belonging, (ii) social stratification, and (iii) schools and teachers, then an essay question
will be provided for each topic.

Fri.3

This course aims to understand current streams on comparative regionalism. Regions have been increasingly
important units for analyzing international security and economic phenomena. In this course, we read relevant books
and articles to learn comparative perspectives. It covers a wide range of issues on comparative regionalism such as
regional economic integration, regional security, and roles of regional organizations.

BAXTER Joshua

Thu.3

This course examines violence not as a spectacle, but rather in its operation through the everyday. It seeks tounderstand how violence relates to the very institutions that govern modern life and how that forms the basis of how
we ‘see’ violence. Using the three categories of populations, logistics and violence, students will be asked to engage
various theoretical texts in order to explore and push the limits of how they conceptualize violence in the world today.
Critical theorists such as Paul Virilio, Deborah Cowen, Walter Benjamin, Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler,Achille Mbembe, Karl Marx, and Slavoj Zizek, will help to frame class discussions. Students are encouraged to engage
the material through their own academic interests. To facilitate this, a third of the course will be devoted to casestudies in order to allow students the opportunity to articulate how the concept of violence relates to their own
research.

LUM, Soon May

The objective of this seminar is to prepare PhD or MA students of Cultural Anthropology in communicating theirresearch to the international community. The seminar covers various aspects of communication, including writing e‐Wed. 3
mails and various types of academic papers, book and peer reviews, and presentation of papers at internationalconferences.

TAKAHASHI Fumiko

SUZUKI SanaeThu. 2This course introduces qualitative research methods and provides hands on opportunities to experience research
practice, focusing on five major qualitative research approaches (narrative approach, phenomenology, groundedtheory, ethnography, case study). It involves thorough discussions of qualitative research methodology including its
nature, design, data collection procedures, and conceptualization. The course further familiarizes students with andguides them through the process of conducting their own pilot study related to each student s discipline and interests.

Thu. 5Fri. 3

Described as one of the most intriguing developments in legal theory and practice today, Transnational Law invites afundamental reflection on the place, ability and direction of legal regulation as far as flows of humans, data, viruses,goods, services, capital and other risks are concerned. Adopting interdisciplinary techniques and using case studies
from around the world, this course provides an exploration of the role played by Transnational Law in normative
worlds beyond both domestic and international realms. By considering the theory and practice of Transnational Law
and taking a discursive approach to the material, students explore the relevance and potential of Transnational Law
both 1) as a project, encompassing new legal doctrinal instruments and concepts, and 2) as an experiment inmethodology, implying the creation and consolidation of complex assemblages of law and ‘regulatory governance’elements. In doing so, they discuss from the critical perspective issues such as the ‘shift from government togovernance’, the proliferation of private norm production, the emergence of new actors as norm authors and theincreasing resort to ‘soft’ and ‘informal’ law. Upon completion of this course, students are expected to arrive at theirown conclusions regarding the question of what, ultimately, is to be considered law.

Thu. 5This course is designed to give students an opportunity to acquaint themselves with a range of Japanese novels
written between the late 19th century and the present. We will place a particular focus on how the Japanese writers
struggled to come to terms with the idea of the modern, and explore the nature of the dilemma these writers faced intheir attempt to incorporate modernity. Starting with the pioneering writers of the Meiji period, we will move on to
the writers of the later periods and will also deal with the new writings of the younger generation in contemporary
Japan. Some of the works will be examined in detail, using different critical approaches to analyze their thematicconstruction, structural characteristics and stylistic features. Most of the texts dealt with in this course are widely readworks by well‐known authors., but I am hoping to introduce some new readings. I also hope that the class experience
will provide an opportunity for students to gain a critical perspective on the state of Japanese society. today. Students
will be strongly encouraged to exchange ideas in class.

GIRAUDOU, Isabelle

Fri.5

This course explores the role of law and governance in mediating the human‐environment interface. It focuses on thelegal and consequent governance challenges presented by the emergence of the Anthropocene as a possible newgeological epoch. While the epoch has yet to be formally confirmed, the trope and discourse of the Anthropocene
already confront law and governance scholars with a unique challenge concerning the need to question, andultimately re‐imagine, international environmental law and governance interventions in the light of a new socio‐
ecological situation.
Through interactive lectures, classroom discussions based upon pre‐assigned readings, and the elaboration of a jointmini‐project, students not only assess the (mostly unsuccessful and ineffective) regulatory interventions used thus far
to mediate the human‐environment interface; they also examine the possibility to develop counter‐narratives andalternative institutional practices, by drawing on most recent critical legal approaches as well as socioculturaltraditions that have been marginalised within international environmental law.

KIHARA‐HUNT Ai

This course aims at providing foundation of public international law that is related to protection of individuals and at
enabling students to discuss international law solutions to contemporary world issues. In particular, it covers
international human rights law, international humanitarian law, refugee law and protection of civilians in the context
Wed. 2of peace operations.
It is designed for students who are not familiar with international law, but depending on the level of the students, its
content can be modified.

THOMPSON, Mieko

GIRAUDOU, Isabelle

ELLIS Toshiko