KOS4560 – Traumatic memory and national identity across the Middle East and East Asia

Learning outcomes

• You will gain an understanding of modern and contemporary Japanese and Arabic culture and society as it is portrayed in literary works, including graphic novels.
• You will learn how to perform a close reading of literary and visual texts and examine them comparatively and in relation to their respective social, political, economic, and cultural contexts.
• You will learn to reflect on how trauma and memory are reflected in literary and visual cultural productions, and how these cultural productions in turn affect public perceptions of historical memory and trauma.
• You will develop interdisciplinary and cross-cultural analysis skills.
• You will develop advanced academic writing and discussion skills.
• You will acquire advanced collaborative research and project management skills, and gain concrete experience working in a culturally diverse environment.

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Admission to Japanese Studies (programme option) or Middle East Studies (programme option)

MES4000 – Theory, Methodology and Project Description in Middle East- and South Asia Studies or JAP4010 – Theory and Method in Japanese Studies (discontinued)

The course is comprised of three modules.

The first module consists of four lectures and four seminars, held on campus at UiO in February and March.

The second module consists of six online modules, available on an on-demand basis in April and May.

The third module consists of a five-day intensive workshop, held on campus at the University of Bologna in June, that will result in a group project (es. designing and presenting a research poster).

Compulsory activities

• Attendance and active participation in 2 out of 4 lectures/seminars at UiO
• A qualifying assignment at the end of the first module
• Mandatory short quizzes in the online module
• Attendance in the final intensive workshop

All compulsory activities must be approved in order for you to sit for the exam.

This is how you apply for valid absence from compulsory activities/compulsory attendance.