Manga Ph.D (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-07/kyoto-seika-university-offers-japan-1st-manga-ph.d)
QuoteKyoto Seika University announced (http://info.kyoto-seika.ac.jp/info/topics/2011/06/20124.php) on Tuesday that it will offer Japan's first doctorate program in manga studies to new students, beginning in April of next year. The university in Kyoto has a 40-year history of academic study in manga and animation.
There's never been such a better time for a return to school. :) :lol:
:bleeding: Universties and colleges should be audited for stupid course and funding cut for making a travesty of education.
Quote from: HVC on June 07, 2011, 02:46:55 PM
:bleeding: Universties and colleges should be audited for stupid course and funding cut for making a travesty of education.
Do you oppose PhDs in Literature?
Manga is quite important - and has been so for centuries - in Japanese society, and certainly deserves its own PhD (since the course itself already exists for over 40 years, just not the PhD).
Quote from: HVC on June 07, 2011, 02:46:55 PM
:bleeding: Universties and colleges should be audited for stupid course and funding cut for making a travesty of education.
You should have cried when they started founding theology faculties in middle ages. :rolleyes:
I am actually surprised the Ph.D hadn't been already available in Japan.
Quote from: Martim Silva on June 07, 2011, 03:34:29 PM
Quote from: HVC on June 07, 2011, 02:46:55 PM
:bleeding: Universties and colleges should be audited for stupid course and funding cut for making a travesty of education.
Do you oppose PhDs in Literature?
Manga is quite important - and has been so for centuries - in Japanese society, and certainly deserves its own PhD (since the course itself already exists for over 40 years, just not the PhD).
:bleeding:
Quote from: Razgovory on June 07, 2011, 05:59:08 PM
Quote from: Martim Silva on June 07, 2011, 03:34:29 PM
Quote from: HVC on June 07, 2011, 02:46:55 PM
:bleeding: Universties and colleges should be audited for stupid course and funding cut for making a travesty of education.
Do you oppose PhDs in Literature?
Manga is quite important - and has been so for centuries - in Japanese society, and certainly deserves its own PhD (since the course itself already exists for over 40 years, just not the PhD).
Oh, yeah, you're the Arbiter of Culture.
:bleeding:
Quote from: Ideologue on June 07, 2011, 06:09:47 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 07, 2011, 05:59:08 PM
Quote from: Martim Silva on June 07, 2011, 03:34:29 PM
Quote from: HVC on June 07, 2011, 02:46:55 PM
:bleeding: Universties and colleges should be audited for stupid course and funding cut for making a travesty of education.
Do you oppose PhDs in Literature?
Manga is quite important - and has been so for centuries - in Japanese society, and certainly deserves its own PhD (since the course itself already exists for over 40 years, just not the PhD).
Oh, yeah, you're the Arbiter of Culture.
:bleeding:
Quote from: Martim Silva on June 07, 2011, 03:34:29 PM
Quote from: HVC on June 07, 2011, 02:46:55 PM
:bleeding: Universties and colleges should be audited for stupid course and funding cut for making a travesty of education.
Do you oppose PhDs in Literature?
kind of, ya :P
QuoteManga is quite important - and has been so for centuries - in Japanese society, and certainly deserves its own PhD (since the course itself already exists for over 40 years, just not the PhD).
squid rape porn has been a motif in japan for like 300 years (seriously. the bomb didn't mess them up, they were already messed up), should that have a PhD? ;) My main objection is that i doubt serious people interested in the history of manga will gravitate to this degree. it's be the Tim's and Lettow's of society.
Quote from: HVC on June 07, 2011, 06:17:56 PM
Quote from: Martim Silva on June 07, 2011, 03:34:29 PM
Quote from: HVC on June 07, 2011, 02:46:55 PM
:bleeding: Universties and colleges should be audited for stupid course and funding cut for making a travesty of education.
Do you oppose PhDs in Literature?
kind of, ya :P
QuoteManga is quite important - and has been so for centuries - in Japanese society, and certainly deserves its own PhD (since the course itself already exists for over 40 years, just not the PhD).
squid rape porn has been a motif in japan for like 300 years (seriously. the bomb didn't mess them up, they were already messed up), should that have a PhD? ;) My main objection is that i doubt serious people interested in the history of manga will gravitate to this degree. it's be the Tim's and Lettow's of society.
It's a multi-billion dollar industry that takes up 50% of the Japanese publishing industry. There are lots of serious business people involved.
Quote from: Razgovory on June 07, 2011, 06:10:37 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on June 07, 2011, 06:09:47 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 07, 2011, 05:59:08 PM
Quote from: Martim Silva on June 07, 2011, 03:34:29 PM
Quote from: HVC on June 07, 2011, 02:46:55 PM
:bleeding: Universties and colleges should be audited for stupid course and funding cut for making a travesty of education.
Do you oppose PhDs in Literature?
Manga is quite important - and has been so for centuries - in Japanese society, and certainly deserves its own PhD (since the course itself already exists for over 40 years, just not the PhD).
Oh, yeah, you're the Arbiter of Culture.
:bleeding:
Oops.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 07, 2011, 06:21:01 PM
Quote from: HVC on June 07, 2011, 06:17:56 PM
Quote from: Martim Silva on June 07, 2011, 03:34:29 PM
Quote from: HVC on June 07, 2011, 02:46:55 PM
:bleeding: Universties and colleges should be audited for stupid course and funding cut for making a travesty of education.
Do you oppose PhDs in Literature?
kind of, ya :P
QuoteManga is quite important - and has been so for centuries - in Japanese society, and certainly deserves its own PhD (since the course itself already exists for over 40 years, just not the PhD).
squid rape porn has been a motif in japan for like 300 years (seriously. the bomb didn't mess them up, they were already messed up), should that have a PhD? ;) My main objection is that i doubt serious people interested in the history of manga will gravitate to this degree. it's be the Tim's and Lettow's of society.
It's a multi-billion dollar industry that takes up 50% of the Japanese publishing industry. There are lots of serious business people involved.
It's doesn't follow that you should be able to get a PHD in it!
When I am King, I shall make Raz my official Arbiter of Culture. :)
When I am god-emperor, animetards shall be sent to showers.
Quote from: Razgovory on June 07, 2011, 06:36:25 PM
It's doesn't follow that you should be able to get a PHD in it!
No shit. By that logic universities should offer PhDs in potato chips.
I'm already a god, and I'll keep things more or less the way they are.
Quote from: Neil on June 07, 2011, 07:05:45 PM
I'm already a god, and I'll keep things more or less the way they are.
Your throne is failing.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 07, 2011, 07:11:17 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 07, 2011, 07:05:45 PM
I'm already a god, and I'll keep things more or less the way they are.
Your throne is failing.
I have no throne. 'King' and 'emperor' are lowly titles and it is beneath My dignity to adopt them.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on June 07, 2011, 06:21:01 PM
It's a multi-billion dollar industry that takes up 50% of the Japanese publishing industry.
:blink:
More nukes. NOW. :bleeding:
Quote from: Neil on June 07, 2011, 07:23:52 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 07, 2011, 07:11:17 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 07, 2011, 07:05:45 PM
I'm already a god, and I'll keep things more or less the way they are.
Your throne is failing.
I have no throne. 'King' and 'emperor' are lowly titles and it is beneath My dignity to adopt them.
You are doomed when the second ghost dance starts, King Nothing.
See folks? There is a Shadowrun and a Metallica reference. Eat that.
The Re-Education and Relocation Act hasn't been passed, so don't think that I have a Ghost Dance to worry about.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 07, 2011, 07:05:11 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 07, 2011, 06:36:25 PM
It's doesn't follow that you should be able to get a PHD in it!
No shit. By that logic universities should offer PhDs in potato chips.
I'm sure there must be PhDs in industrial food production or something similar.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 07, 2011, 07:05:11 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 07, 2011, 06:36:25 PM
It's doesn't follow that you should be able to get a PHD in it!
No shit. By that logic universities should offer PhDs in potato chips.
I wonder if you can get a PhD in prostitution or child trafficking in Thailand.
Quote from: Razgovory on June 07, 2011, 10:02:35 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 07, 2011, 07:05:11 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 07, 2011, 06:36:25 PM
It's doesn't follow that you should be able to get a PHD in it!
No shit. By that logic universities should offer PhDs in potato chips.
I wonder if you can get a PhD in prostitution or child trafficking in Thailand.
Disturber Pervert will say that's impossible as there's no child trafficking in Thailand, just Laos.