The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (Japanese: ???????????????, Hepburn: Ky?to Amerika Daigaku Cons?shiamu) (formerly the Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies), or KCJS, is a study abroad program founded in 1989 and currently housed at Doshisha University (?????) in Kyoto, Japan. Operated by a consortium of universities, the program is centered on advanced Japanese language training combined with Japanese or English-language coursework for college credit. Students are also encouraged to participate in homestay programs during their time at the program. Faculty also requires students to take part in a Community Involvement Project (CIP) which gets students involved in local teams, clubs, groups or organizations at Doshisha University, Kyoto University, or other nearby and unaffiliated places.
The consortium has been managed by Columbia University since 2006, and was previously managed by Stanford University.
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Consortium members
- Boston University
- Brown University
- University of Chicago
- Columbia University/Barnard College (current administrating university)
- Cornell University
- Emory University
- Harvard University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Yale University
- In association with University of Michigan
- University of Virginia
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Notable alumni and attendees
KCJS and its affiliated programs have produced many alumni that have distinguished themselves in the sciences, academia, business, politics, the military, arts and media.
- Jerry Yang, 1992
- Julian Bashore, 1993
Notable staff (past and present)
- Robert Orr
- Theodore C. Bestor
- Takashi Hikino
Notes
See also
- Kyoto
- Japanese language
- Study abroad
- Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
References
External links
- KCJS homepage
- KCJS at Columbia University
- KCJS at Stanford University
- Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies on Facebook (in Japanese) - Home page of the Stanford Japan Center, the former location of the program
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