MATS Graduation Ceremony goes virtual

As in the HCTS tradition, every year a ceremony is organized to celebrate the new graduate students from the
M.A. Transcultural Studies (MATS). Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, in 2021 the MATS graduation ceremony was held online.
The ceremony, which took place on February 18, 2021, followed the usual format: the event opened with the welcoming remarks by HCTS speaker
Prof. Harald Fuess, followed by the congratulatory message delivered by the
MATS Fachschaftsrat (council of student representatives). The programme continued with a round of special contributions by professors and graduates; this year´s speakers were Prof. Barbara Mittler and Lizeth Natalia Ortiz Carreno. The customary reception with food and drinks was held digitally, too.
The programme and list of awarded students is available
here.

Contacts:

Prof. Joachim KurtzGraduate Programme Speaker
Prof. Christiane BrosiusMaster Programme Speaker
Dr. Oliver LamersGraduate Programme Manager
Dr. Takuma MelberMaster Programme Coordinator

The HCTS houses two interdisciplinary and international study programmes:
- The
Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies (GPTS) was established in 2008 as three year, structured doctoral programme.
- The
M.A. Transcultural Studies (MATS) was established in 2011 as two-year, research orientated master programme. This includes the Joint Master Degree Program in Transcultural Studies, in collaboration with the Graduate School of Letters of Kyoto University.
In line with the HCTS’ research aims, both programmes strive to enhance the understanding of themulti-layered inter-actions between and within Asia and Europe byexamining the processes of exchange between cultures and establishing the concept of transculturality as a basic approach in the humanities and social sciences.