Research subject Japanese Language and Culture
Research in this section is conducted in Japanese linguistics and language education on the one hand, and Japanese culture on the other.
The latter foregrounds studies in Japanese literature (with a special focus on classical literature and Genji Monogatari) and Japanese arts, stretching from early modern music and stage art (centered on the bamboo flute shakuhachi) to visual culture (woodcut prints) and contemporary media arts (manga and anime). Methodologies stretch from contrastive linguistics to metaphor and translation theory, from new formalism to Environmental and Digital Humanities. Due to this diversity, individual projects and collaborations with extra-departmental partners predominate.
Related research subject
Asian Languages and Cultures
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Researchers
Jaqueline Berndt
Professor
Mitsuyo Kuwano Lidén
Lecturer
Stina Jelbring
Associate professor
Gunnar Jinmei Linder
Associate professor
Ewa Machotka
Professor
Christina Nygren
Affiliated researcher
Damiana De Gennaro
PhD student
Courses and programmes
Beginner courses in Japanese are offered every autumn semester as part of the six semesters required to attain a bachelor’s degree. All courses are offered as freestanding courses.
We offer a few freestanding courses at the master's level. Some of the courses are part of the Master's Programme in Asian Studies and are not available for application as a stand-alone course.
Doctoral studies
The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies offers third cycle studies (Doctoral studies) in the main area: Asian languages and cultures.
Doctoral studies in Asian languages and cultures consist of area studies with the focus on one or more of the main language and culture areas Japan, China and Korea.
The multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary PhD studies are characterised in that a substantial part of the material consists of both primary and secondary sources in the source language determined by the thesis project.
Read more about PhD studies at The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
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The research activities takes place at the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
Department of Asian and Middle Eastern studies