The following is an approximate history of the courses offered at AKP since 1986. It is meant to show prospective AKP students and faculty the kinds of courses we offer and the faculty we hire, as well as provide a record for AKP graduates who want to reminisce. If you spot a mistake, please contact the Program Administrator with corrections.
| Rohlich Year, 2007-2008 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Izumi/Rohlich | Joint Seminar | Doshisha/RD |
| Stephen Vlastos | US-Japan Relations: 1850's - Present | VFF/Univ. of Iowa |
| Joel Upton | Ai-no-Ma: Constructing Space in Japan | VFF/Amherst |
| Kathryn Sparling | Kansai Fiction(s) | VFF/Carleton |
| Shinko Kagaya | Premodern Japanese Literature and Performance: Focus on Kansai | VFF/Williams |
| David Bogget | History of Kyoto | Scholar in Japan |
| Thomas H. Rohlich | The Literature of Space and Place in The Tale of Genji | RD/Smith |
| Terry MacDougall | Immigration, Citizenship and Identity in Japan | Scholar in Japan |
| Chester Michalik | Kyoto: A Photographic Profile | VFF/Smith |
| Barbara K. Hofer | Cultural Psychology: Japan and the U.S. | VFF/Middlebury |
| Walter Edwards | Japanese Antiquity and its Political Uses in the Modern Era | Scholar in Japan |
| Prindle Year, 2006-2007 | ||
| Izumi/Prindle | Joint Seminar | Doshisha/RD |
| Erik Lofgren | Desire in Japanese Cinema | VFF/Bucknell |
| Michael Flynn | Linguistics of the Japanese Writing System | VFF/Carleton |
| Walter Edwards | Japanese Antiquity and its Political Uses in the Modern Era | Scholar in Japan |
| David Boggett | The History of Kyoto | Scholar in Japan |
| Jonathan Lipman | The Meiji Revolution | VFF/Mount Holyoke |
| Tamae Prindle | Masterpieces: 20th Century Japanese Fiction | RD/Colby |
| Jacques Hymans | Perspectives on War | VFF/Smith |
| Cynthea Bogel | Temples, Icons, and Buddhist Visual Culture in Ancient Japan | Scholar in Japan |
| Terry MacDougall | Immigration, Citizenship and Identity in Japan | Scholar in Japan |
| Nemoto Year, 2005-2006 | ||
| Izumi/Nemoto | Joint Seminar | Doshisha/RD |
| Abraham Ravett | Japanese Cinema | VFF/Hampshire |
| Peter Schumer | The Game of Go | VFF/Middlebury |
| Neil Waters | Pre-Modern Japanese History | VFF/Middlebury |
| Sharon Yamamoto | Introduction to Visual Culture at Buddhist Temples | Scholar in Japan |
| Susanna Fessler | Landscape and Literature in Japan | VFF/SUNY Albany |
| Naoko Nemoto | The Structure of Japanese Language: "Missing" Elements in Japanese Grammar | RD/Mount Holyoke |
| Terry MacDougall | Immigration, Citizenship and Identity in Japan | Scholar in Japan |
| James Baxter | Japan and Its People in Modern Times | Scholar in Japan |
| Thomas Schalow | Japanese Economic History | Scholar in Japan |
| Sparling Year, 2004-2005 | ||
| Pavloska/Sparling | Joint Seminar | Doshisha/RD |
| Leonard Smith | World War II in Asia: 1931-1945 | VFF/Oberlin |
| Terry Kawashima | Kansai in Performing Arts and Film | VFF/Wesleyan |
| David Boggett | The History of Kyoto | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Yasuo Sakakibara | Introduction to the Japanese Economy | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Cynthia Atherton | Journey of the Three Jewels: Buddhist Arts of Japan | VFF/Middlebury |
| Beverly Nagel | Carleton College | VFF/Carleton |
| Kathryn Sparling | Kansai Fiction(s) | RD/Carleton |
| Naoko Nemoto | The Structure of the Japanese Language | VFF/Mount Holyoke |
| Hubbard Year, 2003-2004 | ||
| Pavloska/Hubbard | Joint Seminar | Doshisha/RD |
| Jonathan Best | Temples of Traditional Japan: Visual Dimensions of the Religious Past | VFF/Wesleyan |
| Sarah Strong | Nature and Place in Kansai Literature | VFF/Bates |
| Peter Mauch | 20th Century Japan and the World | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Maki Hubbard | Japanese Language and Culture | RD/Smith |
| Aaron Isgar | Japan and the Environment: Interactions Between Nature and Culture | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Kenji Shinohara | The Art of Sumi-e | VFF/Wesleyan |
| Jamie Hubbard | Religion in Contemporary Japan | VFF/Smith |
| Yumiko Yamamoto | Postwar Japanese Economics | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Ogawa Year, 2002-2003 | ||
| Aaron Isgar | Japan and the Environment: Interactions Between Nature and Culture | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Nobuo Ogawa and Susan Pavloska | AKP - Doshisha Joint Seminar |
RD/Doshisha |
| Thomas Rohlich | The Literature of Space and Place in "The Tale of Genji" | VFF/Smith |
| Barbara Hofer | Culture and Cognition: A Psychological Exploration of Mind and Culture | VFF/Middlebury |
| Nobuo Ogawa | The Japanese Language | VFF/RD/Middlebury |
| James Kodera | Issues in Japanese Religion | VFF/Wellesley |
| Bettina Langnor-Teramoto | Kyoto: Urban History, Architecture, and Living Culture | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Yumiko Yamamoto | Postwar Japanese Economics | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Miyaji Year, 2001-2002 | ||
| Jerry Dennerline | China and Japan in Global Perspective | VFF/Amherst |
| Hiroshi Miyaji | Dynamics of Contemporary Japanese Culture | RD/Middlebury |
| Margaret Sarkissian | The Musics of Japan | VFF/Smith |
| Catherine Ludvic | Japanese Religions | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Lee Thompson | Sport and Japanese Society | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Robert Askins | The Ecology and Conservation of Natural Habitats in Japan | VFF/Connecticut |
| James Orr | Creating Modern Japan: A History | VFF/Bucknell |
| Kathryn Sparling | Kansai Fictions | VFF/Carleton |
| Pavloska/Miyaji | Joint Seminar | Doshisha/RD |
| Yasutomo Year, 2000-2001 | ||
| Daniel Gardner | Confucianism and its Modern Legacy | VFF/Smith |
| Erik Lofgren | Japanese Wars and Warriors: Textualized and Cinematized | VFF/Bucknell |
| Jonah Salz | The Classical Theater of Japan | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Gregory Vanderbilt | Outsiders in Japan | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Neil Waters | Modern Japanese History | VFF/Middlebury |
| Kevin Carr | Sacred Image and Place in Japanese Visual Culture | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Keiko Hara | Making Books: Japanese Papermaking and Printmaking | VFF/Whitman |
| Hiromitsu Kaneda | The Economy of Japan | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Yasutomo/Pavloska | Joint Seminar | RD/Doshisha |
| Dennis Yasutomo | Japanese Politics | RD/Smith |
| Dobbins Year, 1999-2000 | ||
| Anthony Chambers | Kyoto and Kansai in Literature | VFF/ASU |
| James Dobbins | Pure Land Buddhism | RD/Oberlin |
| Suzanne Gay | Japan in the Twentieth Century | VFF/Oberlin |
| Joyce Gelb | Politics of Social Change | VFF/CUNY |
| Ben Singer | Japanese Cinema | VFF/Smith |
| Dobbins/Ochi | Joint Seminar | RD/Doshisha |
| Suzanne Gay | Community and Conflict in the History of Kyoto | VFF/Oberlin |
| Mark Rowe | Approaches to Japanese Cultures | Scholar in Kyoto |
| William Rapp | Japanese Competitive Dynamics | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Monica Bethe | Noh and Kyogen | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Kodera, 1998-1999 | ||
| Matthew Santamaria | Marginalized Peoples of Japan | Kyoto University |
| Kelly Lemmon-Kishi | Gender in Changing Modern Japan | Scholar in Kyoto |
| David Stahl | Pacific War Experience in Japanese Literature and Film | VFF/Middlebury |
| John Anderson | Japan and Global Economy | VFF/Bucknell |
| James Kodera | Issues in Japanese Religion | RD/Wellesley |
| Bruce Coats | Art and Literature of Zen Buddhism | VFF/Pomona |
| Dennis Yasutomo | Government and Politics of Japan | VFF/Smith |
| Soichi Shinohara | Introduction to Contemorary Japanese Economy | Doshisha |
| James Kodera | Joint Seminar | RD/Doshisha |
| Miyaji Year, 1997-1998 | ||
| Jamie Hubbard | Religion in Contemporary Japan | VFF/Smith |
| Maki Hubbard | Japanese Language and Culture | |
| Sam Yamashita | Modern Japan | Pomona |
| Margaret Maurer-Fazio | East Asian Economic Development | VFF/Bates |
| Tamae Prindle | Women in Japanese Cinema and Literature | VFF/Colby |
| Miyaji/Ochs | Joint Seminar | RD/Doshisha |
| Y. Uda | Bilingual Seminar | Doshisha |
| Eric Rath | Buddhism and Medieval Japanese Culture | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Keith Takechi | Japanese Architecture | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Titus/Moore Year, 1996-1997 | ||
| Okada,Ochs, Matsui | Joint Seminar | Doshisha University |
| Titus, Uda, Nakamura | Bilingual Workshop | RD, Doshisha |
| Keith Takechi | Japanese Architecture | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Jonah Satlz | Japanese Theater | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Christopher Meyerson | The Political Economy of the US and Japan | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Chester Michalik | A Photographic Profile of Urban Japan | VFF/Smith |
| Karin Swanson | Major Themes in Japanese Art | Scholar in Kyoto |
| John S. LoBreglio | Religion in Japanese Culture | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Lynne Miyake | Japanese Women Writers | VFF/Pomona |
| Ray Moore | The Emergence of Postwar Japan | RD/Amherst |
| David Titus | Politics and Political Cutlure in Britian and Japan | RD/Wesleyan |
| Holman Year, 1995-1996 | ||
| Kathryn Sparling | Kansai Fictions | VFF/Carleton |
| David Stahl | Traditional Japanese Literature in Translation | VFF/Middlebury |
| Ronald DiCenzo | Traditional Japanese History | VFF/Oberlin |
| Christopher Meyerson | Legal Issues of U.S. /Japan Relations | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Eric Rath | Buddhism and Medieval Japanese Culture | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Keith Takechi | Japanese Architecture | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Herman Year, 1994-1995 | ||
| Greg Levine | Buddhist Temple Arts and Architecture in Kyoto | VFF/ |
| Hiroshi Miyaji | Japanese Confucianism | RD/Middlebury |
| Samuel Yamashita | Modern Japan | VFF/Pomona |
| John Anderson | Labor Relations in the U.S. and Japan | VFF/Bucknell |
| Marilyn Sides | The Modern and Short Story in Japan and U.S. | VFF/Wellesley |
| Wako Tawa | The Japanese Language: Structure and Use | VFF/Amherst |
| Rohlich Year, 1993-1994 | ||
| Roger Kaufman | Labor Relations in the U.S. and Japan | VFF/Smith |
| Terry MacDougall | Contemporary Japanese Politics and Public Policy | |
| Neil Waters | Modern Japanese History | |
| Greg Levine | Buddhist Temple Arts and Architecture in Kyoto | VFF/ |
| Tom Rohlich | The Tale of Genji and Literature of the Court | RD |
| Jonah Salz | Japanese Cultural Performances | Scholar in Kyoto |
| J.H. Stone | The Rise of Japanese Buddhism | VFF/Wesleyan |
| Robert & Mary Wood | Social Changes in Japan | |
| Rohlich Year, 1992-1993 | ||
| Joel Upton | Japanese Architectural Space | |
| David Titus | Politics in Britian and Japan | |
| James Orr | Kyoto and Japanese History | Scholar in Kyoto |
| John Strong | Buddhist Myths and Legends | |
| Jonah Salz | Japanese Theater Through Text and Performance | |
| Quentin Durning | Japanese Society and Culture | |
| David Lu | Business with Japan | |
| Antonia Levi | Traditional Japanese History | VFF/Whitman |
| Thomas Rohlich | Literature Of Kyoto and the Court | RD |
| John Strong | Religions of Japan | |
| Wood Year, 1991-1992 | ||
| Peter Duus | The Chrysanthemum and the Yen | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Leonard Pronko | Japanese Theater | |
| Maribeth Graybill | Arts and Architecture of Buddhism in Japan | |
| James Stone | History of Cha'an and Zen Buddhism | VFF/Wesleyan |
| Charles Fox | The Lyrical Tradition in Japanese Literature | |
| John Anderson | Labor Relations in the U.S. and Japan | |
| James Stone | The Rise of Japanese Buddhism | |
| James Orr | Kyoto and Japanese History | Scholar in Kyoto |
| Robert and Mary Wood | Social Changes in Japan | RD |
| Jonah Salz | Japanese Cultural Performances | |
| Takemoto Year, 1990-1991 | ||
| Michael Martin | Agricultural Policy and Land Reform in Asia | VFF/Colby |
| Quentin Durning | Japanese Society and Culture | |
| J.V. Koschmann | The Pacific War and the Atomic Bombings | |
| Jonah Salz | Japanese Theater: Text and Performance | |
| Akira Takemoto | Introduction to the World of Tea | RD/Whitman |
| Noel Zahler | Pluralistic Musical Society: Japan | VFF/Connecticut |
| Anthony Chambers | The Writings of Tanizaki | Doshisha |
| Bardwell Smith | Japanese Religion and Culture | VFF/Carleton |
| Robert/Mary Wood | Social Changes in Japan | VFF/Carleton |
| Chambers Year, 1989-1990 | ||
| Frederic Cheyette | Religion and Politics in Medieval Japan and Europe | VFF/Amherst |
| Thomas Leabhart | Japanese Theater | VFF/Pomona |
| Donald Robinson | Constitutional Development in U.S. and Japan | VFF/Smith |
| Yoshiko Samuel | Images of Peoples East and West | VFF/Wesleyan |
| Timothy Kaufman-Osborn | Liberalism and Marxism in Japan, 1919-1941 | VFF/Whitman |
| Anthony Chambers | Kyoto and Kansai in Literature | RD |
| John Frazer | Postwar Japanese Film | VFF/Wesleyan |
| Jonah Salz | Japanese Cultural Performances | |
| Yamashita Year, 1988-1989 | ||
| Bolitho | Everyday Life in Tokugawa Era | |
| Benjamin | History of Japanese Costume | |
| Charles Fox | Classical Japanese Literature | |
| Michael Albertson | History of Science in Modern Japan | VFF/Smith |
| Kamata | Japanese Constitutional Law | |
| Kasai | History of Art In Japan | |
| Tada Yamashita | Zen and Japanese Culture | RD/Mount Holyoke |
| Kathryn Sparling | Modern Japanese Literature | VFF/Carleton |
| John Anderson | Japanese Labor Relations | VFF/Bucknell |
| Lu Year, 1987-1988 | ||
| Robert Askins | Field Ornithology and Japanese Natural History | VFF/Connecticut |
| Keiko Hara | Ukiyo-e and Studio Art | VFF/Whitman |
| David Lu | Seminar on Contemporary Japan | RD/Bucknell |
| Robert Townsend | Lives of Men in Japanese and American Literature | VFF/Amherst |
| Larry Cohen | Nuclear War and the Japanese Experience | VFF/Pomona |
| David Lu | Doing Business with Japan | RD/Bucknell |
| James Stone | Japanese Buddhism | VFF/Wesleyan |
| DiCenzo Year, 1986-1987 | ||
| Ronald DiCenzo | Buildings, Paintings, Pots and Prints: Japanese Art History to 1868 | RD/Oberlin |
| Anne Doyle | The Concept of the Individual in Japanese Literature | VFF/Mt. Holyoke |
| Charles Fox | The Lyrical Tradition in Classical Japanese Literature | |
| David Titus | Modern Japan: A Multidisciplinary Approach | VFF/Wesleyan |
| Ronald DiCenzo | Tradition and Modernity and the Modern Japanese Novelist | RD/Oberlin |
| Ronald DiCenzo | Women in Postwar Japan: Myths and Realitities | RD/Oberlin |
| Sophia Lee | Relations Between Japan and China | VFF/ |
| John Pyper | Japanese Government and Exectutive Authority | VFF/Bucknell |