Students will explore and debate questions about human experience from multiple perspectives as they discover influential works from cultures around the world, both ancient and modern. Students will develop critical approaches and analytical skills as they exchange ideas with peers, ask questions, and respond to works in different genres through a variety of expressive modes. The course will focus on four fundamental themes: love, identity, death, and the meaning of life.

Students will explore and debate questions about human experience from multiple perspectives as they discover influential works from cultures around the world, both ancient and modern. Students will develop critical approaches and analytical skills as they exchange ideas with peers, ask questions, and respond to works in different genres through a variety of expressive modes. The course will focus on four fundamental themes: love, identity, death, and the meaning of life.

Class objectives and themes • Understand an overview of the research fields that the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology are working on. • Understand the research results of each laboratory and the latest trends in the research field. • Consider the role of agricultural and environmental biology in food production and environmental problems in the future. Outline of the class In this lecture, the basic knowledge and the latest results of the research conducted in the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology will be introduced. Through the understanding of the research and its achievement, we will consider the agricultural biological resources and production systems that will be required in the coming era.

This course covers the theory and practice of intelligence. ‘Intelligence’ in this course is ‘a mechanism by which knowledge on critical national security issues is collected and analysed on request, and provided to policy makers’, and its primary function is to support policy making on national security. The main topics include (1) role of intelligence in policy making, (2) process by which intelligence functions, (3) intelligence organizations, and (4) recent trends in intelligence. The course will provide an overview of academic theories on each topic, while referring to actual examples. Theories and example cases are mainly from the US and Japan. The goal of the course is to enhance insight and literacy regarding intelligence by examining the above topics. The course is intended for future intelligence professionals, policy makers in the security field, and those who are interested in international affairs and decision-making mechanisms based on intelligence.

This course provides an introduction to the political economy of regime change. The course explores theories of regime change, and some of the questions we will investigate in the class include: Do concessions help the regime’s survival?; Which is better for the regime’s survival, concession or repression?; How does the technology affect regime’s survival? This class will help you develop an understanding of the answers to these questions.

This course provides an introduction to the political economy of regime change. The course explores theories of regime change, and some of the questions we will investigate in the class include: Do concessions help the regime’s survival?; Which is better for the regime’s survival, concession or repression?; How does the technology affect regime’s survival? This class will help you develop an understanding of the answers to these questions.

This course provides an introduction to the political economy of regime change. The course explores theories of regime change, and some of the questions we will investigate in the class include: Do concessions help the regime’s survival?; Which is better for the regime’s survival, concession or repression?; How does the technology affect regime’s survival? This class will help you develop an understanding of the answers to these questions.

This graduate class is designed to introduce basic concepts and various approaches to the study of public administration and management. Through the study of basic concepts in public administration, management, and policy, and by understanding various aspects of actual public management practices, students are expected to acquire an analytical framework for public administration cases and their theoretical implications. The work of government and its performance are an integral part of our daily lives. Public safety, health and wellness, a vital economy, education, and other public values are ensured by the activities of government and its policies. Our contemporary life is largely shaped by these activities. The study of public administration and management is concerned with what governments do, why they do it, and what difference it makes. Using standard textbooks and relevant articles, students will first learn general theories and analytical frameworks of government activities, such as bureaucracy, public management, intergovernmental relations, personnel management, and others. The class will then cover topics including the strategic management, public sector marketing, local government, public trust, and public sector reforms. Additionally, students will learn about the development and characteristics of Japanese public administration and policy as a reference point for comparative study. By combining theoretical knowledge with the Japanese context, students are expected to identify both the unique and common characteristics of government in their home countries and develop analytical solutions for improving government performance.

In this course, we will explore topics including Western scholarly approaches to gender, economic history, use of primary historical sources, and periodization. Goals include (1) developing the ability to think critically about the ways that historians make assumptions and build arguments, (2) understanding how Western scholars have approached women’s and gender history, and (3) looking comparatively at Japan’s economic institutions in the medieval and early modern eras. ※ミシガン大学のEthan Segal先生をお招きし、欧米における日本中世・近世史研究についてご自身の研究を中心にご紹介いただき、上記の(1)から(3)を学ぶ。

現代ヨーロッパ政治の中心的な争点について，世論・選挙・政党政治がどのようなものとなっているのか，学術論文（定番といえるものからやや先端のもの）の読解とペーパー執筆を通じて理解を深めます。扱うテーマは，①左右対立と欧州統合，②移民・ナショナリズム，②環境・エネルギーの3つです。ディスカッションでは欧州外（日本・北米・他地域）の政治現象の検討も含めます。 　受講者は本授業を通じ，欧州の事例／経験にもとづく比較の観点から，これらの政策課題について幅広く世界を分析するための知識と視点を習得することになり，また自身による分析を言語化できるようにします。 We will deepen our understanding of public opinion and elections regarding the salient issues on contemporary European politics, through reading academic article (both widely known and somewhat cutting-edge) and writing own term-papers. The course covers three topics; 1) Left-Right ideology and European integration, 2) immigration and nationalism, and 3) environmentalism and energy issues. Comparisons with other regions (eg. Japan, North America, etc) are welcome in discussions. Successful students will acquire the knowledge and perspective to analyze these global policy issues from a comparative perspective based on European cases/experiences. [note: the lectures and discussions will be given in Japanese, but students may submit comments and a final term-paper in English.]