The Harvard School Kyoto program allows you to spend two months in the heart of Japan’s old capital city. Held on Doshisha University’s Imadegawa Campus, just north of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and led by senior Harvard faculty with deep ties to the city and the region, the program approaches Kyoto as an extension of the classroom laden with opportunities for cultural engagement and experiential learning. In addition to participating in a uniquely crafted curriculum, you will have ample time to explore Kyoto on your own and develop new friendships.
You take two classes during the eight-week program. Field excursions to relevant historical and cultural sites in the Kansai region are complemented by hands-on, experiential learning opportunities intended to deepen intellectual engagement with the course content. You will spend the living with a host family in the Kyoto area, offering further avenues to cultivate local connections while being immersed in the rhythm of Japanese daily life.
James Robson, PhD, James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Harvard College Professor, Harvard University
Kyoto Summer Course 2021
This course is designed as an introduction to the study of East Asian religions. It aims to cover the development and history of Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Shinto, and various forms of popular religions in a cross-cultural setting. The course begins in India, and moves north and east to China and Japan, at the same time we move (in a meandering way) from ancient times down to the present day. Since this course is being taught in the culturally rich city of Kyoto, it takes advantage of that location to link the course material to specific temples, shrines, and other cultural sites in the Kansai region to provide students with a sense of history as well as a hands-on experience of the lived religions of contemporary Japan. All sections of the course are connected to Japan, since even the Indian Buddhist and Chinese religious developments are discussed in an interdisciplinary and transnational context.
The human body and its afflictions were traditionally conceived very differently in East Asia and in Europe. This course will trace the fascinating history of these differences and explore their implications for medicine and health today. Why do notions such as qi and practices such as acupuncture seem so exotic in the West when they were taken for granted for nearly two thousand years in East Asia? Conversely, why did the Western conception of the body come to place such emphasis on muscles, a concept unknown to traditional Chinese medicine? How did contrasting beliefs about food and health shape different culinary practices and gastronomic tastes? Our course will take advantage of being conducted in Japan to teach through direct experience how studying foreign and past conceptions of the body can enable us to inhabit our own bodies in surprising new ways.
Kyoto is a historically rich and culturally vibrant city that offers a wide range of opportunities to deepen one’s understanding of Japan and its place in the world.
Summer And Spring Programs
For the eight-week program, you will be placed in a homestay with a local host family. You will have a private room. Most meals will be provided by host families. Access to a kitchen, laundry facilities, and a telephone may also be arranged between you and your host family. Host families live within commuting distance of the university. The program will provide commuter passes for use traveling to campus and for course-related field excursions.
The 2024 application will be available in early December. Each program has unique requirements included in the online application. Beginning your application early is the best way to ensure that you have sufficient time to review and complete the application requirements by the deadline.
You may apply to no more than two programs; if applying to two programs, you will be asked to rank your two applications in order of preference (first and second choice). Any applications submitted in excess of the maximum of two will be automatically withdrawn. You will be notified of your admissions status in each program in early March.
Summer Japanese Language Programs
Please note that this program requires letter(s) of recommendation as part of the online application process, which must be submitted by the application deadline. Apply early to ensure that your recommender has time to submit your letter(s).
You will also need to budget for a number of expenses not covered by the program fee. The amounts listed below for these out-of-pocket expenses are approximate, and you may incur additional expenses not noted here. Your actual expenses will depend on a number of factors, including personal spending habits and currency exchange rates. Note that expense categories–especially airfare–may be subject to significant fluctuations.This junior Japan Summer program is open to high school or middle students aged 14-18, it operates as a summer camp type of setting with a broad spectrum of culture, trips and activities and homestay with our warm-hearted host families. The key feature of this program (camp) is homestay to allow students to immerse in the local language and culture and interact with local people. The trips and culture lessons are to complement the language classes to make a fun and enriching experience.
The Youth Immersion program (Tokyo E) is designed for those students who want to focus on language learning along with intense culture experiences. Students spend full day on language and culture classes and involve lots of time to with local families to experience the local culture, the host families in this group are very committed and willing to spend much time to share the local culture with our students. Group trips are also included during weekdays. It has beginner and intermediate Japanese level classes. The program provides supervision to all students, and all stay with their host families.
Summer Festival Archives
The Culture Discovery Programs (Tokyo A, B & C) are designed for students with independence who wants a mix of language learning, culture experience, trips and free time to explore the city themselves. This stream has option of homestay and dormitory, please note that the dormitory in Japan is different from North America, it is provided by third party companies. This program is a mixed age group with college age students; thus students are expected to be independent.
The stream has classes for all levels. Limited supervision is provided in this program, and students are expected to be independent, this stream will be a mix group of college and high school age students with college students at majority.
Our students come from different countries around the world, from USA, Canada, and European countries, etc. It is a great opportunity to make new friends.
College Internship Program :: Us Army Garrison Japan
Please note that this program requires letter(s) of recommendation as part of the online application process, which must be submitted by the application deadline. Apply early to ensure that your recommender has time to submit your letter(s).
You will also need to budget for a number of expenses not covered by the program fee. The amounts listed below for these out-of-pocket expenses are approximate, and you may incur additional expenses not noted here. Your actual expenses will depend on a number of factors, including personal spending habits and currency exchange rates. Note that expense categories–especially airfare–may be subject to significant fluctuations.This junior Japan Summer program is open to high school or middle students aged 14-18, it operates as a summer camp type of setting with a broad spectrum of culture, trips and activities and homestay with our warm-hearted host families. The key feature of this program (camp) is homestay to allow students to immerse in the local language and culture and interact with local people. The trips and culture lessons are to complement the language classes to make a fun and enriching experience.
The Youth Immersion program (Tokyo E) is designed for those students who want to focus on language learning along with intense culture experiences. Students spend full day on language and culture classes and involve lots of time to with local families to experience the local culture, the host families in this group are very committed and willing to spend much time to share the local culture with our students. Group trips are also included during weekdays. It has beginner and intermediate Japanese level classes. The program provides supervision to all students, and all stay with their host families.
Summer Festival Archives
The Culture Discovery Programs (Tokyo A, B & C) are designed for students with independence who wants a mix of language learning, culture experience, trips and free time to explore the city themselves. This stream has option of homestay and dormitory, please note that the dormitory in Japan is different from North America, it is provided by third party companies. This program is a mixed age group with college age students; thus students are expected to be independent.
The stream has classes for all levels. Limited supervision is provided in this program, and students are expected to be independent, this stream will be a mix group of college and high school age students with college students at majority.
Our students come from different countries around the world, from USA, Canada, and European countries, etc. It is a great opportunity to make new friends.
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