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This course surveys the main developments in education from ancient Greece up until present day, emphasizing in particular the cultural and philosophical milieu of each place and period. Participants develop a critical understanding of the historical dynamics through which educational theory and practice evolved in the west and the influence of these on contemporary education. This course is implemented as a colloquium: open-ended, participant-directed discussions on the weekly topic. 

The problem facing less developed countries are among the greatest challenges facing the world today. This course focuses on the diverse structures and common characteristics of less developed countries and offers an evaluation of policies being pursued. The course provides an introduction to the micro-economic approach to development economics. The course presents key theoretical models and related empirical evidence that shape our thinking of economic interactions and policy-making in developing countries.

From K-pop to Korean television series and cinema, South Korean culture has boasted its popularity both within the East Asian region and across the globe. Since the so-called South Korean film renaissance of the 1990s-2000s until the recent box office mega-hits such as TRAIN OF BUSAN, ALONG THE GODS, and PARASITE, the Korean film industry has been showcasing its versatility through its adapting to the changes of the global film industry and transforming of popular genre conventions. This course surveys the history of post-war Korean cinema since the 1950s to the present, in particular its relationship to urban space and gender, popular genre, trauma and history, and authorship.

This is an interdisciplinary class on the relationship between the EU and Japan, focusing on economic aspects but also including political and social aspects. The course comprehensively deals with the history from the beginning of European integration to the establishment of the euro, and the relationship between the EU and Japan and other countries during that process.

In each lecture, Power point will be prepared and uploaded before the lecture. In addition, we rely on the reference books such as 'EU-Japan relations and the crisis of multilateralism' and 'Routledge handbook of the economics of European integration’ for which e-books are available at Keio library and are useful for you to study at home. Students are supposed to submit short comments after every class. European policy makers and academics will be invited for guest speeches occasionally.

The course examines how gender, and multiple other categories relating to personal and political context, has influenced personal and public effort and experience. It examines a variety of topics to show diversity and continuities across social class, political change, time, and place. Students learn about political, intellectual, and social contexts from the late 18th century to the present. Students analyze both historical and contemporary effort and lives. In so doing, they acquire critical insight into themes of international interest and the opportunity to discuss questions of personal interest. A core object is to reveal the complex extent of connections, continuities,and change in a variety of contexts.

This is a special studies course with projects arranged between the student and faculty member. The specific topics of study vary each term and are described on a special study project form for each student. The number of units varies with the student’s project, contact hours, and method of assessment, as defined on the student’s special study project form.

The course provides a study of major school of thought, debates, and theoretical approaches in the discipline of international relations (IR). It discusses the main arguments and interventions of IR theories, the differences and similarities between them, and their accounts of such important concepts as state, anarchy, war, change, cooperation, capitalism, norms, identity, culture, order and justice and so on. It also puts IR theories into the intellectual context or the development of so-called ‘great debates’ since 1945.