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2023.12.21
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The "Environmental Humanities Program" was established in the Graduate Graduate School of Literature Department of English and American Literature
Starting in the 2024 academic year, a new "Environmental Humanities Program" will be established within the Master's Course Department of English and American Literature at the Graduate Graduate School of Literature.
Upon registering for this program and fulfilling the specified requirements, you will be awarded a program completion certificate.
"Environmental Humanities" is...
This refers to a movement that brings together the knowledge of the humanities accumulated through research in diverse fields such as culture, history, language, gender, and race, and works to readjust thoughts and values in response to global environmental problems. The "Environmental Humanities Program" is a place to deepen your studies in Department of English and American Literature while confronting the global environmental crisis, which has now become a normal part of life.
What is the "Environmental Humanities Program"?
The "Environmental Humanities Program" aims to cultivate interdisciplinary thinking that can be called environmental humanities. To achieve this, the program facilitates credit transfer between different departments at the Graduate Graduate School of Literature, Aoyama Gakuin University Graduate School (Department of English and American Literature, the Graduate Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Meiji University (Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Integrated Arts Program), and the Graduate School of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University (Department of Intercultural Communication). Courses related to the program are mutually offered.
This will enable students to acquire an interdisciplinary approach to the environment, and aim to cultivate individuals who can "re-examine contemporary and historical specialized research on English-speaking languages and cultures from an environmental perspective, and contribute to social issues surrounding the environment from a literary and linguistic standpoint."
Furthermore, this program, offered at the three graduate schools mentioned above, is the first of its kind in Japan as an educational program in environmental humanities.
A three-way discussion event, "Adventures in Environmental Humanities," will be held.
To commemorate the establishment of the "Environmental Humanities Program," we will be holding a three-way discussion event titled "Adventures in Environmental Humanities." The "Environmental Humanities Program" will also be discussed at this event.
■Date and time: Friday, December 22, 2023, 13:20-14:50
■Location: Room 15305, Building 15, Aoyama Campus Aoyama Gakuin University
Since 2021, our university has been conducting the "天美影视 Environmental Humanities Forum" as a project of the Institute for Research in Humanities, Faculty of College of Literature. Details of the program will be updated periodically on the following website. Please refer to it for further information.
Contact Information
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青山学院大学 教务课 文学研究科担当
罢贰尝：03-3409-9527
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青山学院大学 政策?企画部 大学広报课
罢贰尝：03-3409-8159