Spring & Fall 2015: Announcement of “Interdisciplinary Lectures in English”
The faculty of the Global Human Resource Development Center offers lectures in English, and we have the following lineup for Spring & Fall 2015. All these lectures will be taught in English.
Subject: Interdisciplinary Lectures in English Ⅳ [15N3039]
Theme: Famous couples: gender relations in world cultures
Lecturer: Patrick Hein
Day and Time: [1st semester, semester system]
Thursday 3.0～4.0 (10:40-12:10)
Place: Room 101, Inter-Faculty Building 1
Content: 'We look at gender relations in various countries and study the lives of famous historic couples.'
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Subject: Interdisciplinary Lectures in English Ⅰ
Theme: An Invitation to Philosophy: How Do You Explain It?
Lecturer: Yasushi Ishida
Day and Time: [1st semester, semester system]
Tuesday 7.0-8.0 (15:00-16:30)
Place: Room 205, Inter-Faculty Building 1
Content: 'Let us discuss philosophical issues in very simple terms.'
Subject: Interdisciplinary Lectures in English Ⅱ [15N3035]
Theme: Global Food Culture
Lecturer: Aoi Hosoya
Day and Time: [2nd semester, semester system] Friday 5.0～6.0 (13:20-14:50)
Place: Room 202, Inter-Faculty Building 1
Content: 'We think about food cultures over the world from the perspective of anthropology. The class makes a frequent use of video materials!.'
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Subject: Interdisciplinary Lectures in English Ⅲ [15N3037]
Theme: Understanding Language and Ourselves: How language works? What it does to us?
Lecturer: Yukie Hara
Day and Time: [2nd semester, semester system] 5.0～6.0 (13:20-14:50)
Place: Room 404, Inter-Faculty Building 1
Content: 'Though learning linguistics, the students enhance understanding of “language” that is indispensable to our daily life and exchange their thoughts in English.'
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Spring 2015 specialized intensive course in English NEW!
Subject: 英語圏言語文化研究Ⅱ[15B6508]
Place: Room 401, Inter-Faculty Building 1
Content: 'Click here for more information. This is the intensive course for English Course, but we also welcome faculties and students from other departments who are interested in learning a foreign language and learning in English.
Students who would like to register for the class need to do so for either 英語圏言語文化研究Ⅱ[15B6508] or 英語圏言語文化研究a [15B6503] by July 5th. Also, please send an email to the following contact address in advance to receive papers to use in class.
Contact: Yamakoshi Kyoko (English Course) yamakoshi.kyoko ■ ocha.ac.jp
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Note: For more details, please refer to the syllabus.
