This program will not be offered in 2009.
Please consider one of our other programs or contact
Laurie at Travel-Study@uci.edu if you would like to be put on a
Kyoto Program interest list for future years.
Additional information on Academics is also available.
Study at Doshisha University, one of Japan’s most highly esteemed educational institutions.
History 172G (4 units) (Fulfills UCI GE Requirement VIII or UCI Breadth Requirement VII-B)
During the years of Emperor Meiji’s reign (1867-1912) formative cultural interactions evolved between Japan and the West. Using the lives of Neejima Jo, the founder of Doshisha University, and Lafcadio Hearn, one of Japan’s most famous Western interpreters students will gain a deeper historical understanding of the cultural interactions between Japan and the West at the turn of the twentieth century, as well as a more sophisticated comprehension of the origins of contemporary debates about localization and globalization. Both men spent years living abroad trying to interpret the meaning of their physical and intellectual journeys within the larger context of Western “civilization and enlightenment” in Japan, and antimodernism and Japonisme in the West. Instructor: Dr. Gavin James Campbell, Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean at Doshisha University
Economics 169 (4 units)
This course focuses on comparative studies between US and Japanese economies. Lectures are designed to define the major issues, to supply data and information and present the instructor’s views. And discussions that follow are on more concrete topics. Through lectures and discussions, students will deepen understanding of two economies and their relevancies to the world economy. Instructor: Yasuo Sakakibara, Emeritus Professor of Economics at Doshisha University, where he has taught for over 50 years
Anthropology 139 (4 units)
This course aims to introduce students to approaches to understanding identity from an interdisciplinary blend of social anthropological and social psychological perspectives. Students will learn to be able to link the content of people’s life histories and self-images to a wider understanding of how and where these individuals locate themselves in the larger cultures that surround them. On fieldwork assignments, students will be expected to conduct life history research on local people on excursions to small country towns and villages, as well as gather information on the key historical narratives and points of identification of local people in particular places. Students will contrast the formation and maintenance of their own identities against the context of those individuals with whom they study in Japan. Instructor: Dr. Bruce Liam James White has been a Lecturer at Doshisha University since 2005
