Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Traditional Japanese Theater in Osaka, Japan
Project Director: Jeremy Robinson, Assistant
Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literature
$40,000
The purpose of this tour is to expose students
to the major theatrical traditions of Japan through extensive reading and
attendance of live theatrical performances.
John Carroll University, University Heights, OH
Popular Culture in Times of Crisis: Japan 2012
Project Director: Susan Long, Professor,
Department of Anthropology
$22,800
This study tour will study the impact of natural
disasters on popular culture in Japan with visits to Tokyo, Kyoto-Osaka, and
earthquake/tsunami-affected regions. The design of this study tour is
consciously modeled on that of Japanese school trips (shuugaku
ryokou); students will work to plan the trip in
accordance with their individual interests and research projects.
Leeward Community College, Oahu, HI
Leeward CC Language and Cultural Study Tour
Project Director: Yumiko Asai-Lim,
Associate Professor, Language Arts Division
$90,600
The objective is to provide students with
firsthand experience that will allow them to gain a more nuanced and balanced
understanding of Japan. Students will have opportunities to make
connections between what they have learned in class and the authentic
situations in Japan.
College of Mt. St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH
Contemporary Japan and Its Roots
Project Director: Jennifer Morris, Associate
Professor, Department of History
$35,800
Students will study major artistic, historic,
and religious developments in pre-modern Japan and their influence on
contemporary Japanese and Japan. They will also compare these
developments with developments in the U.S..
Pratt
Institute,
Brooklyn, NY
Tokyo Planning and Urbanism (Summer 2012)
Project Director: Jonathan Martin, Associate
Professor, Grad Center for Planning
$51,000
The goal of the course is to expose students to
Japanese planning and urban design approaches – including planning issues
surrounding response to Japan’s March 11th Disasters – through interaction with
faculty, students, professional practitioners, and government issues.
Relevant aspects of Japanese society and culture (e.g. customs, geography,
economy, arts, and language) will also be introduced.
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
Travel for Learning, Travel as Learning: Myths
and Realities of Japanese Women
Project Director: Yoko Ueda, Assistant
Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
$27,646
Students will gain firsthand knowledge of
Japanese history, culture, and tradition. In addition, students will have
opportunities to interact with Japanese people and enhance their understanding
of social, cultural, and political dynamics in relation to women in
contemporary Japanese society.
University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
Hiroshima Peace Study
Project Director: Kyoko Amano, Associate
Professor, Department of English
$38,500
This course and study tour will allow students
to begin to understand Japanese literature, particularly Atomic Bomb
literature. The object of the tour is for students to understand class
readings more deeply by visiting Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and by meeting
survivors of the Atomic Bomb.
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY
Japanese Visual Cultural Study Tour
Project Director: Akiko Takenaka,
Assistant Professor, Department of History
$35,790
The course and tour will cover approximately
three centuries from the beginning of the 18th century to the end of the
20th. The study tour will give students the chance to learn about modern
Japanese history through primary visual resources; visual media that will be
explored include architecture, photography, film, prints, and other two and
three-dimensional visual productions.
University of Nebraska, Omaha: Board of Regents, Omaha, NE
The Making of Modern Japan out of the
Intellectual Tradition
Project Director: Halla
Kim, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
$29,861
The course is focused on understanding the
unique character of Japan and its intellectual heritage. Through visits
to historical sites and by exploring religious symbols, students will begin to
understand Japanese humanism and the Enlightenment spirit.
Washington College, Chestertown, MD
Japan’s Resilient Responses to Disaster: From
the Second World War to the ‘Triple Disasters’
Project Director: Andrew Oros,
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science & International
Studies
$53,040
This tour seeks to augment
and further development themes set out in a “Japanese Politics and Foreign
Policy” course taught by the project director. Students will meet
first-hand with Japanese students their age, with Japanese citizen-activists
and relief workers, with both local and national government officials, and local
professors. The tour will also expose students to Japanese culture
broadly through visits to local shrines and temples.