University of Tsukuba

Faculty Member, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Associate Professor

Modern Languages and Cultures (Master’s & Doctoral Program), International and Advanced Japanese Studies (Doctoral Program), International Area Studies (Master's Program), Graduate General Course, Foreign Language Center

About

I have been teaching at the University of Tsukuba since April 2009 as associate professor on a contract basis. Starting April 2012, I will be a tenured associate professor at Daito Bunka University, Faculty of Foreign Languages (URL: http://www.daito.ac.jp/english/undergraduate/foreign_languages/english.html).
At Daito Bunka University, I will be part of the "European Dual-Language" program, where students can combine English as a major with either French or German as their minor. I will also teach at Daito Bunka's Graduate School.

I received my Ph.D. in history in 2009 from Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, one of Germany's oldest and most acclaimed universities. My （summa cum laude) thesis dealt with Karl Haushofer's role within German-Japanese Relations and will come out as a book in 2012.

A complete CV, list of articles, reviews and conference papers etc. is available on request. Some of my minor publications along with some reviews about my work can be found in the "Websites" section.

TSUKUBA GRADUATE SCHOOL: In the academic year 2011/12, I am offering the following postgraduate classes (in English):

(1)  Graduate General Courses (大学院共通科目):
The Origins of Geopolitical Thinking
(1st trimester)
URL: http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/education/g-courses/detail.php?subject_id=236

(2)  Master’s Program in International Area Studies (国際地域研究専攻):
European Politics II (The Cold War 1945-90)
(1st trimester)

(3)  Master’s Program in International Area Studies (国際地域研究専攻):
Historical Study of International Relations II (Introduction to Japanese - German Relations)
(2nd & 3rd trimester)
=> I will continue to teach this course as an adjunct professor in the academic year 2012/13. Classes will be taught as an intensive course some time in November/December 2012.

(4) International and Advanced Japanese Studies (Doctoral Program) (国際日本研究専攻):
日独関係史 （Japanese-German Relations until 1945）
(2nd & 3rd trimester)

As an adjunct professor, I am offering two seminars at Sophia University's Faculty of Liberal Arts (FLA) - also taught in English. In the spring term, I dealt with "The European Powers and East Asia", focusing on the 16th to 19th century encounters between East and West. My winter term seminar is called "Reading European Sources". The focus of this class will be the Cold War 1945 - 1990.

URL: http://www.fla.sophia.ac.jp/academics/professors/spangchristian

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