https://www.tuj.ac.jp/ug/academics/semester-info/schedule/2019-summer-topical
Last update: March 11, 2019 Am St 2120 (811) Hip-Hop Culture: African Origins to Urban America This course examines hip-hop culture and its relation to American & African American Culture in general. We will examine the historical origins of hip-hop culture from the Griot oral tradition in Africa up to the current global impact on youth consumption, imitation, appropriation, and customization ...
https://www.tuj.ac.jp/ug/academics/semester-info/schedule/2020-spring-topical
POLS 4896 (801) Contentious Politics and Social Movements This seminar examines how ordinary citizens attempt to influence political decision-making in national and global politics. Citizens may organize street demonstrations, join political strikes, occupy buildings, and start hunger strikes. They also can use more contentious and violent forms of protest and resistance such as insurgencies ...
https://www.tuj.ac.jp/icas/events/2022/1019/current-status-lgbtq-rights-china-singapore-taiwan
Overview The last decade has brought dynamic changes in the status, visibility, and rights of LGBTQ+ people in some parts of Asia, but significant challenges lie ahead. In August, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that the government would finally repeal the British colonial era law Section 377A that criminalized sexual intimacy between men in a significant victory for ...
https://www.tuj.ac.jp/icas/events/2021/0125/icas-lgbt-experiences-in-the-forward-deployed-navy-10-years-after-dont-ask-dont-tell
Overview In December 2010, President Obama signed legislation to end the 1993 policy commonly referred to as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” which technically lifted the U.S. military ban on LGBT servicemembers, but in practice continued to institutionalize discrimination. YCAPS is pleased to work with its partners to organize a panel discussion about the repeal, 10 years later. Leading LGBT ...
https://www.tuj.ac.jp/career-support/events/2023/1011/sophia-tuj-virtual-career-fair-fall-2023
Sophia University and Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) will hold a joint career fair. This event will be held entirely in English. Most companies will be hiring students graduating by spring 2025, but all TUJ students and recent alumni, including underclassmen, are welcome to attend!
https://www.tuj.ac.jp/sites/japan/files/official_AtAGlance_Apr2022.pdf
現代アジア研究所The Intellectual Hub of TUJ The Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) is an intellectual platform for the TUJ and Tokyo community to academically engage on issues related to Japan and Asian studies, public policy, contemporary social issues and international relations. Since its inception the ICAS has organized a public lecture series, hosted seminars and ...