Course Description
Course Description
ICU is well known as the pioneer liberal arts university in Japan. But what is meant by the liberal arts?This course will introduce students to the history and present-day implications and significance of a liberal arts education. Beginning with Socrates, the course will trace the evolution of liberal learning (as a distinctive approach to education) through the European middle ages up to the present day.
ICUは日本のリベラルアーツのパイオニアとして有名だが、そもそもリベラルアーツとは何だろうか？このクラスはリベラルアーツの歴史とその現代的意義について、中世ヨーロッパから現代に至る世界史的な視野から考察する。
September 8 Introduction (by Professor Tachikawa Akira) What is the Liberal Arts?
September 8 Introduction (by Professor Tachikawa Akira) What is the Liberal Arts?
September 11 No Class (see assignment on Moodle for September 15)
September 11 No Class (see assignment on Moodle for September 15)
September 15 The Socratic Tradition: The Philosopher as Professor
September 15 The Socratic Tradition: The Philosopher as Professor
September 18 Learning from Antigone: The Playwright as Professor
September 18 Learning from Antigone: The Playwright as Professor
September 22 The Seven Liberal Arts
September 22 The Seven Liberal Arts
September 25 Liberal Arts Exercise 1: Religious Literacy and the Liberal Arts
September 25 Liberal Arts Exercise 1: Religious Literacy and the Liberal Arts
September 29: Oxford University: The British tradition (Guest: Professor Kei Nasu)
September 29: Oxford University: The British tradition (Guest: Professor Kei Nasu)
October 2 Harvard University: Liberal Arts come to America
October 2 Harvard University: Liberal Arts come to America
October 6 Liberal Arts Exercise 2: Free Speech and the Liberal Arts
October 6 Liberal Arts Exercise 2: Free Speech and the Liberal Arts
October 9 Free Speech Issues: Japan and the United States
October 9 Free Speech Issues: Japan and the United States
October 13 Japan and the Liberal Arts (Fukuzawa Yukichi and
October 13 Japan and the Liberal Arts (Fukuzawa Yukichi and
October 16 The Small Liberal Arts College in the United States
October 16 The Small Liberal Arts College in the United States
October 20 Liberalism in Education in Taisho Period Japan
October 20 Liberalism in Education in Taisho Period Japan
October 23 Yuasa Hachiro and the Establishment of ICU in postwar Japan.
October 23 Yuasa Hachiro and the Establishment of ICU in postwar Japan.
October 27 Liberal Arts Execise 3: Human Rights and the Liberal Rights
October 27 Liberal Arts Execise 3: Human Rights and the Liberal Rights
October 30 Integrating Liberal Rights into a Liberal Arts Education
October 30 Integrating Liberal Rights into a Liberal Arts Education
November 3 No Class
November 3 No Class
November 6 How to “do liberal arts”
November 6 How to “do liberal arts”
November 10 Socrates Revisited: Liberal Arts for the 21st Century
November 10 Socrates Revisited: Liberal Arts for the 21st Century
November 13 Reading Period
November 13 Reading Period
Instructor: STEELE‚ M. William | Language of Instruction: E
Major: History 歴史学 | Course ID: HST224 | Course Schedule: 4*/M, 4*/TH | Update: 2017.10.30 Category: Major Courses