Faculty Members

Major in Humanities

Philosophy

  • Takuro ONISHI Associate Professor

    Takuro ONISHI, Associate Professor

    Logic, Philosophy of Logic

  • Takashi KAKUNI Professor

    Takashi KAKUNI, Professor

    Western Philosophy

  • Daisuke KAMEI Professor

    Daisuke KAMEI, Professor

    Contemporary French Philosophy, Contemporary Thought

  • Takashi SUZUKI Associate Professor

    Takashi SUZUKI, Associate Professor

    Phenomenology in German-speaking Regions

  • Nobutoshi NAGAMORI Associate Professor

    Nobutoshi NAGAMORI, Associate Professor

    Philosophy and Ethics in Early Modern Europe

  • Yoshinori HAYASHI Professor

    Yoshinori HAYASHI, Professor

    Ethics, Applied Ethics

Educational Anthropology

  • Yusuke UNO Professor

    Yusuke UNO, Professor

    Educational Anthropology, Folklore Literature

  • Tomoko KANO Professor

    Tomoko KANO, Professor

    Contemplative Education, Educational Anthropology

  • Takashi KAWANABE Associate Professor

    Takashi KAWANABE, Associate Professor

    Educational Psychology, Developmental Psychology

  • Atsuko TSUJI Associate Professor

    Atsuko TSUJI, Associate Professor

    Clinical Pedagogy, Educational Anthropology

  • Katsumi TOBINO Professor Emeritus

    Katsumi TOBINO, Professor Emeritus

    Educational Anthropology, Laughter Studies

  • Takuo NISHIMURA Professor

    Takuo NISHIMURA, Professor

    Educational Anthropology, Educational Philosophy, History of Educational Thought

  • Hiroyuki FUKUHARA Professor

    Hiroyuki FUKUHARA, Professor

    Educational Anthropology, Psychology

  • Miho FUYAMA Associate Professor

    Miho FUYAMA, Associate Professor

    Cognitive Science

  • Masateru YAMAMOTO Professor Emeritus

    Masateru YAMAMOTO, Professor Emeritus

    Psychotherapy, Psychological Assessment

Japanese Literature and Linguistics

  • Setsuko ARITA Professor

    Setsuko ARITA, Professor

    Japanese Linguistics, Japanese Language Education

  • Tomoko OKAZAKI Professor

    Tomoko OKAZAKI, Professor

    Japanese Linguistics, History of Japanese Language

  • Hideki OGURA Professor

    Hideki OGURA, Professor

    Corpus Japanese Linguistics, Japanese Language Policy

  • Yoshimasa KAGEI Professor

    Yoshimasa KAGEI, Professor

    Japanese Classical Literature

  • Sachiko KAWASAKI Professor

    Sachiko KAWASAKI, Professor

    Classical Japanese Literature

  • Kazunari TAKIMOTO Professor Emeritus

    Kazunari TAKIMOTO, Professor Emeritus

    Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature and Art

  • Michiaki TAGUCHI Professor

    Michiaki TAGUCHI, Professor

    Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature and Poetry

  • Yoshitada NAITOU Professor

    Yoshitada NAITOU, Professor

    Modern Japanese Literature and Culture

  • Dai NAKAMOTO Professor

    Dai NAKAMOTO, Professor

    Medieval Japanese Literature, Comparative Literature of Japan and China

  • Ikuyo HANAZAKI Professor

    Ikuyo HANAZAKI, Professor

    Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature, Postwar Japanese Literature

  • Takakazu FUJIWARA Professor Emeritus

    Takakazu FUJIWARA,
    Professor Emeritus

    Japanese Mythology, Ancient Japanese Song and Dance

  • Tomohumi YOSHIMI Associate Professor

    Tomohumi YOSHIMI, Associate Professor

    Animation, Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature

Chinese Literature and Thought

  • Mamiko ISHII Professor

    Mamiko ISHII, Professor

    Ancient Chinese Thought, Excavated Documents

  • Masaki HAGIWARA Professor

    Masaki HAGIWARA, Professor

    Classical Chinese Literature, Japanese Traditional Chinese Poetry

English and American Literature

  • Ryota KANAYAMA Professor

    Ryota KANAYAMA, Professor

    19th-century English Novels, English Popular Drama including Operetta

  • Atsushi SUGIMURA Professor

    Atsushi SUGIMURA, Associate Professor

    American Literature and Culture

  • Harumi TAKEMURA Professor

    Harumi TAKEMURA, Professor

    British Literature, Cultural History of Early Modern Britain

  • Yuko NAKAGAWA Professor Emerita

    Yuko NAKAGAWA, Professor Emerita

    English and American Literature, Gender

  • Hitomi NAKAMURA Associate Professor

    Hitomi NAKAMURA, Associate Professor

    Irish Literature (mainly Poetry and Fiction), Literary Translation

  • Nathaniel H. PRESTON Professor

    Nathaniel H. PRESTON, Professor

    English and American Literature

Japanese History

  • Soichiro OHTA Professor

    Soichiro OHTA, Professor

    Medieval Japanese History, Japanese Religious History

  • Motoaki OZEKI Professor

    Motoaki OZEKI, Professor

    Modern Japanese History, Modern Japanese Intellectual History

  • Satoshi TANAKA Professor

    Satoshi TANAKA, Professor

    Japanese History (Ancient History and Historiography), Kyoto Studies

  • Tetsuya TANI Professor

    Tetsuya TANI, Professor

    Early Modern Japanese History, Japanese Political History

  • Hirokazu TSUJI Professor

    Hirokazu TSUJI, Professor

    Japanese Medieval History, Japanese Cultural History, History of Japanese Performing Arts

  • Makoto HIGASHIJIMA Professor

    Makoto HIGASHIJIMA, Professor

    Mediology, Spiritual History of "Connection"

  • Masatsugu HONGO Professor Emeritus

    Masatsugu HONGO, Professor Emeritus

    Ancient Japanese History, Japanese Religious History

  • Kei MIKAWA Professor Emeritus

    Kei MIKAWA, Professor Emeritus

    Medieval Japanese History

  • Motoki MIZUGUCHI Professor

    Motoki MIZUGUCHI, Professor

    Ancient Japanese History, East Asian Cultural History

East Asian History

  • Mitsuyuki INOUE Professor

    Mitsuyuki INOUE, Professor

    Cultural, Social and Environmental History of Early Modern China

  • Yuji TAKATORI Professor

    Yuji TAKATORI, Professor

    Ancient Chinese History, Studies of Chinese Wooden Tablets

  • Yasunobu MATSUMOTO Professor

    Yasunobu MATSUMOTO, Professor

    Chinese History, History of the Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty and Five Dynasties Period

European and Islamic History

  • Ichiro OZAWA Professor

    Ichiro OZAWA, Professor

    Modern and Contemporary West Asian History

  • Isao KOBAYASHI Professor

    Isao KOBAYASHI, Professor

    Byzantine Empire, Mediterranean World

  • Hidetoshi TAKAHASHI Professor Emeritus

    Hidetoshi TAKAHASHI, Professor Emeritus

    Contemporary German History, Historical Sociology

  • Kazuhiro NOSE Associate Professor

    Kazuhiro NOSE, Associate Professor

    Modern Western History, History of European Integration

  • Tamon BABA Professor

    Tamon BABA, Professor

    Medieval Islamic History, Indian Maritime History

  • Takako MORINAGA Professor

    Takako MORINAGA, Professor

    Modern Russian Social and Economic History

Cultural Dynamics Studies

  • Takahiro UEDA Professor

    Takahiro UEDA, Professor

    Western Art History, Comparative Art Studies

  • Yasuhiko KARASAWA Professor

    Yasuhiko KARASAWA, Professor

    Military History

  • Kosuke KUNISHI Associate Professor

    Kosuke KUNISHI, Associate Professor

    European (with a focus on Italian) Literature and Philosophy

  • Michiru KODERA Associate Professor

    Michiru KODERA, Associate Professor

    Musicology, Sound Studies

  • Masaki SAKIYAMA Professor

    Masaki SAKIYAMA, Professor

    Latin American Intellectual History, Area Studies

  • Naoto SUDO Professor

    Naoto SUDO, Professor

    Comparative Literature

  • Tetsuo CHIKAWA Associate Professor

    Tetsuo CHIKAWA, Associate Professor

    French Literature, French Drama

  • Asako NAGASAWA Professor

    Asako NAGASAWA, Professor

    German Intellectual History

  • Tadao NAKAMURA Professor

    Tadao NAKAMURA, Professor

    Cultural Anthropology, Mythology

  • Takahiro NISHIBAYASHI Professor

    Takahiro NISHIBAYASHI, Professor

    Buddhist Art History, Japanese and Oriental Art History

  • Naomi MIYAMOTO Professor

    Naomi MIYAMOTO, Professor

    Music Sociology, Cultural Sociology

Modern East Asian Languages and Cultures

  • Yuka ANZAKO Professor

    Yuka ANZAKO, Professor

    Modern and Contemporary Korean History, History of International Relations

  • Ryuzo UENO Professor

    Ryuzo UENO, Professor

    Chinese Films, Classical Chinese Literature

  • Mitsuaki SASSA Professor

    Mitsuaki SASSA, Professor

    Religious Studies, Modern Korean History

  • Yusuke MISU Professor

    Yusuke MISU, Professor

    Modern Chinese Drama, Taiwanese Literature

  • Hajime MIYAUCHI Professor

    Hajime MIYAUCHI, Professor

    Modern Chinese History, Chinese Social History

Languages, Cultures, and Area Studies of English Speaking Countries

  • Keiko WELLS Professor Emerita

    Keiko WELLS, Professor Emerita

    American Literature and Culture, Comparative Literature and Culture

  • Hiroki OKAMOTO Associate Professor

    Hiroki OKAMOTO, Associate Professor

    Medieval English Literature, History of English Language and Culture

  • Manako OGAWA Professor

    Manako OGAWA, Professor

    American Studies, American History

  • Shinsuke SATSUMA Professor

    Shinsuke SATSUMA, Professor

    History (Early Modern British History, Colonial American History, Atlantic History)

  • Hiroyuki NEMOTO Professor

    Hiroyuki NEMOTO, Professor

    Second Language Acquisition based on Sociolinguistics and Sociocultural Theories

  • Meyu YAMAMOTO Associate Professor

    Meyu YAMAMOTO, Associate Professor

    South African Studies, Africa-Asia Relations


Major in Informatics of Behavior and Cultures

Geography and Regional Tourism Studies

  • Hideki ENDO Professor

    Hideki ENDO, Professor

    Sociology of Tourism, Contemporary Culture

  • Mayumi ONO Associate Professor

    Mayumi ONO, Associate Professor

    International Retirement Migration, Lifestyle Migration, Long-stay Tourism, Migrant Care Workers

  • Masahiro KATO Professor

    Masahiro KATO, Professor

    Human Geography

  • Kazuhito KAWASHIMA Professor Emeritus

    Kazuhito KAWASHIMA, Professor Emeritus

    Historical Geography, Irish Studies

  • Naomi KAWASUMI Professor

    Naomi KAWASUMI, Professor

    Historical Geography

  • Norifumi KAWAHARA Professor

    Norifumi KAWAHARA, Professor

    Historical Geography, Modern Japanese Immigration History

  • Koji KANDA Professor

    Koji KANDA, Professor

    Cultural Geography, Tourism

  • Shinji KOGA Professor

    Shinji KOGA, Professor

    Urban Geography

  • Yukio TERATOKO Associate Professor

    Yukio TERATOKO, Associate Professor

    Rural Geography, Social Geography

  • Kazumasa HANAOKA Professor

    Kazumasa HANAOKA, Professor

    Geographic Information Science, Human Geography

  • Kohei MATSUNAGA Associate Professor

    Kohei MATSUNAGA, Associate Professor

    Natural Geography, Environmental Studies

  • Akio MURANAKA Professor

    Akio MURANAKA, Professor

    Human Geography, Environmental and Disaster Studies

  • Keiji YANO Professor

    Keiji YANO, Professor

    Human Geography, Geographic Information Science

  • Rika YAMAMOTO Professor

    Rika YAMAMOTO, Professor

    Cultural Geography, landscape Theory

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  • Ryo AKAMA Professor

    Ryo AKAMA, Professor

    Japanese Culture, Digital Humanities for Arts and Cultures

  • Naomi KAWASUMI Professor

    Naomi KAWASUMI, Professor

    Historical Geography

  • Keiji YANO Professor

    Keiji YANO, Professor

    Human Geography, Geographic Information Science

Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

  • Ryo OKADERA Professor

    Ryo OKADERA, Professor

    Japanese Archaeology (Historical Period)

  • Masaaki KIDACHI Professor

    Masaaki KIDACHI, Professor

    Ceramics Archaeology, Folk Archaeology

  • Tomoko NAGATOMO Professor

    Tomoko NAGATOMO, Professor

    Japanese Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology

  • Yutaka NAKAMURA Professor

    Yutaka NAKAMURA, Professor

    Japanese Archaeology (Paleolithic and Jomon Eras)

  • Kenichi YANO Professor Emeritus

    Kenichi YANO,
    Professor Emeritus

    Archeology