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ABE Yoshiro

ABE Yoshiro
Title Professor
Field History (Archaeology)
Research Themes Multi-facceted analyses of archaeological sites, features, and artifacts to approach social structure, residential systems, and production and distribution of the Jomon Period.

AOTANI Hideki

AOTANI Hideki
Title Associate Professor
Field History (European History)
Research Themes Historiography and Historical Consciousness in Medieval Europe; Social History of Religion in Cities of the Medieval Low Countries

AOYAGI Eiji

AOYAGI Eiji
Title Professor
Field Clonical Psyco-Social Sciences (Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes Human resource management of librarians, Information service and management of special libraries

ARAMATA Miyo

ARAMATA Miyo
Title Professor
Field Geography
Research Themes Idealistic backgrounds of urban planning projects in modern and contemporary France

ARASHIRO Marina

ARASHIRO Marina
Title Senior Assistant Professor
Field English Literature
Research Themes English phonetics (specifically Welsh English)

EGAWA Hikari

EGAWA Hikari
Title Professor
Field History (Asian History)
Research Themes Socioeconomic history of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. Specific theme is the transformation of local society including land issues, history of population and family, and nomads.

FUJIYAMA Ryuzo

FUJIYAMA Ryuzo
Title Professor
Field History (Archaeology)
Research Themes Prenistoric Natural Resource Exploitation; archeological methodology; Interdisciplinary Application of Archeological Methods

FUKUMA Tomoko

FUKUMA Tomoko
Title Professor
Field German Literature
Research Themes Poetry in the German language of the 20th century, Philosophy of language.

FURUYAMA Yugi

FURUYAMA Yugi
Title Associate Professor
Field Ancient History of Western Civilization (History of Ancient Greece)
Research Themes The political and social structures and negotiations with different cultures of polises in peripheral regions of the Greek world, belief, funeral rituals, religion, and the state in ancient Greece.

GODA Masato

GODA Masato
Title Professor
Field French Literature
Research Themes History of ideas exchange between Germany and France in the 19th and 20th century, Modern Jewish Thought.

HAMADA Shoko

HAMADA Shoko
Title Associate Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences (Clinical Psychology)
Research Themes Psychological and behavioral problems among adolescents and preadolescents

HIRAKAWA Keiko

HIRAKAWA Keiko
Title Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences (Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes Formation of Identity among Women Formation of Identity among Workers Analysis of Social Education Practice Formation of Competence by Supporters of Learning

HIRAYAMA Maki

HIRAYAMA Maki
Title Associate Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes Historical, social, and physical study of the decay of reproductiveness in the life cycle in contemporary Japan.

INOUE Masaru

INOUE Masaru
Title Professor
Field Drama and Theatre Arts
Research Themes Modern western innovation of staging system. Innovation of stagecrafts in western modern theatre.

INOUE Yuka

INOUE Yuka
Title Associate Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences (Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes Social and educational role of museums, International comparative studies of training of museum personnel

ISHII Toru

ISHII Toru
Title Professor
Field English Literature
Research Themes Theoretical linguistics, generative grammar theory and syntax / comparative syntax.

ISHIKAWA Hideshi

ISHIKAWA Hideshi
Title Professor
Field History (Archaeology)
Research Themes Analyses of social change from the Jomon Period to the Yayoi Period, of diverse regional differences, and of Japanese participation in the East Asian world in the Yayoi Period.

ITO Maki

ITO Maki
Title Professor
Field Drama and Theatre Arts
Research Themes Study of the development of modern theatre in Japan based on its relationship to the society of the same period.

ITO Naoki

ITO Naoki
Title Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences (Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes Improvement of adaptation in schools during puberty and adolescence

ITO Ujitaka

ITO Ujitaka
Title Professor
Field Literary Arts and Media
Research Themes The relationship between the demise of literature and the demise of art, and how the demise of the self relates to it.

KAI Yuichi

KAI Yuichi
Title Senior Assistant Professor
Field Japanese Literature
Research Themes Distribution and acceptance of literary works in the Song dynasty, against the background of the publishing culture

KAJIWARA Teruko

KAJIWARA Teruko
Title Professor
Field English Literature
Research Themes American poetry from 19th century to present, discourse analysis, gender.

KARIYA Hiroko

KARIYA Hiroko
Title Associate Professor
Field History of Performance, Stage Production, and Stage Art in the Contemporary West
Research Themes Theatre and religion in the Spain's Golden Age

KATO Shoko

KATO Shoko
Title Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Psychology)
Research Themes Consultation, Treatment of Abused and Neglected Children, Clinical Attachment Approach.

KAWAGUCHI Taro

KAWAGUCHI Taro
Title Professor
Field Geography
Research Themes Human Geography (Urban Geography, Social Geography)

KAWASHIMA Yoshitaka

KAWASHIMA Yoshitaka
Title Senior Assistant Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Psychology)
Research Themes Suicide prevention, Psychosocial support for psychiatric disorders, Interprofessional education and collaborative practice

KOBAYASHI Shigeru

KOBAYASHI Shigeru
Title Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences (Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes Study of problems concerning lifelong learning. Speciality of Adult and Community Education staff. The challenges in the right of education security to people with disabilities.

KOJIMA Hisakazu

KOJIMA Hisakazu
Title Professor
Field French Literature
Research Themes Study of the works of Helisenne de Crenne.

KOMAMI Kazuo

KOMAMI Kazuo
Title Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences (Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes Roles and functions of museums in the context of the lifelong learning society

KOSHIKAWA Yoshiaki

KOSHIKAWA Yoshiaki
Title Professor
Field English Literature
Research Themes Postmodern literature, Border cultures and theory.

KUBOTA Toshihiko

KUBOTA Toshihiko
Title Associate Professor
Field English Literature
Research Themes Corpus linguistics.

MAKINO Atsushi

MAKINO Atsushi
Title Professor
Field Japanese Literature
Research Themes Explanatory study of the Tale of Heike, Enkyo Edition. Basic study of the medieval temple materials and leading sermon.

MANDELARTZ, Michael

MANDELARTZ, Michael
Title Professor
Field German Literature
Research Themes Literature in the 18th and 19th century, relations between philosophy and science, Especially Goethe and Kleist, motif analysis.

MATSUHASHI Koji

MATSUHASHI Koji
Title Professor
Field Geography
Research Themes Human Geography (Economic Geography)

MATSUYAMA Megumi

MATSUYAMA Megumi
Title Associate Professor
Field Modern history of Japan (Urban History, Cultural History)
Research Themes Modern urban history of Japan. A comprehensive examination mainly of the special characteristics of Japanese cities from the end of the Tokugawa shogunate to the Meiji period, looking at aspects such as space, society and culture.

MIZUNO Hiroko

MIZUNO Hiroko
Title Professor
Field History(Western History)
Research Themes Interdisciplinary research on the history of the formation and culture of the Austrian people, the social history of fire brigades, and memory-based cultural history

MOROTOMI Yoshihiko

MOROTOMI Yoshihiko
Title Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences (Clinical Psychology)
Research Themes Distress of teachers and support, focusing, and awakening networking based on transpersonal psychology.

NAITO Asao

NAITO Asao
Title Associate Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes Bullying in school, society and community. Micro-meso-macro link. Concept of liberal society. The ecological model on the psycho-society order.

NAKAE Keiko

NAKAE Keiko
Title Professor
Field Literary Arts and Media
Research Themes Sociohistorical research of arts and communication Sociohistorical research on the multilayered involvement between life culture and social psychology Sociological studies on body and media

NAKAMURA Tomokazu

NAKAMURA Tomokazu
Title Associate Professor
Field History (Japanese History)
Research Themes Comprehensive Research on the Formation and Development of Common Law and Legal & Ethical Codes in Ancient Japan, and on the Related Political and Regional History

NAKAZAWA Takashi

NAKAZAWA Takashi
Title Professor
Field Geography
Research Themes Economic geography of Japanese labour market, Research on restructuring of urban spaces focusing on changes of life course

NEMOTO Misako

NEMOTO Misako
Title Professor
Field French Literature
Research Themes French literature of the 20th century, Contemporary French criticism, Studies of Culture and Representation

NIIMOTO Fuminari

NIIMOTO Fuminari
Title Professor
Field German Literature
Research Themes writings by translator-authors / multilingualism in german literature / comparison of translations

NODA Manabu

NODA Manabu
Title Professor
Field English Literature
Research Themes British drama, theory of performance / production / body.

NOJI Katsunori

NOJI Katsunori
Title Associate Professor
Field Literary Arts and Media
Research Themes study of Muroo Saisei, study of Asakusa literary arts, study of literature and city, study of relationship of letter and imagination

NOJIRI Yasuhiro

NOJIRI Yasuhiro
Title Associate Professor
Field History (Japanese History)
Research Themes The relationship between the ruler and the ruled in early modern Japan, with a focus on feudal domains

OBAYASHI Noriko

OBAYASHI Noriko
Title Associate Professor
Field History of Performance, Stage Production, and Stage Art in the Contemporary West
Research Themes Re-examination of a stage director Max Reinhardt and the surrounding theatrical productions in the German-speaking world from the perspective of collaboration.

OCHIAI Hiroki

OCHIAI Hiroki
Title Professor
Field History(Japanese History)
Research Themes I study the changes in national leaders during the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration based on the existence of former clan (Han) members.

OHATA Hiroshi

OHATA Hiroshi
Title Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes Social movement and civil society in Korea.

OKAMOTO Kazuko

OKAMOTO Kazuko
Title Professor
Field German Literature
Research Themes Benjamin’s critical theory of art; descriptions of early childhood in modern German literature

OKAYASU Takahiro

OKAYASU Takahiro
Title Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences (Clinical Psychology)
Research Themes Study of the process of influence of psychological stress on mental health and the method of stress management.

OKU Kaori

OKU Kaori
Title Associate Professor
Field French Literature
Research Themes 18th-century French literature & culture with a focus on theater / Transformation of theatrical esthetics as viewed from the perspective of drama, theory, and performance (17th – 19th centuries) / Formation and transformation of opera = comic

ONO Masahiro

ONO Masahiro
Title Professor
Field Japanese Literature
Research Themes Study of semantic change (especially positive change and negative change in neutral semantics).

OSHIRO Naoki

OSHIRO Naoki
Title Professor
Field Cultural geography, History of geographical thought
Research Themes Production, circulation and consumption of regional culture; Changes of relationship between the city and the body in modernity

OYAMA Rumiko

OYAMA Rumiko
Title Professor
Field English Literature
Research Themes "Grammar" of iconography and scenography, formation of methodology of analysis of language and other mode coexistent text.

SAGARA Go

SAGARA Go
Title Senior Assistant Professor
Field Literary Arts and Media
Research Themes Interaction between media and culture (general human activity) and how media conveys, receives, and creates politics.

SAITO Yasunori

SAITO Yasunori
Title Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes Study of the theory, historical development and educational functions of reference service.

SAKURAI Satomi

SAKURAI Satomi
Title Associate Professor
Field History(Asian History)
Research Themes I study the political system and cultures in China from the 11th century to the 15th century and analyse the transformation in the regions from East Asia to inner Asia.

SASAKI Ken'ichi

SASAKI Ken'ichi
Title Professor
Field History(Archaeology)
Research Themes Archaeology of the state formation in Japan, with special reference to autonomons local communities to nations, focusing on the independence and autonomy of local societies.

SASAKI Shoko

SASAKI Shoko
Title Associate Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Psychology)
Research Themes Clinical psychological support for diverse genders (persons in question, families, workplaces, schools, local societies, etc.)

SATO Gayle K.

SATO Gayle K.
Title Professor
Field English Literature
Research Themes Asian American literature, 20th~21st century American literature, Transpacific war memory.

SATO Kiyotaka

SATO Kiyotaka
Title Professor
Field History (Western History)
Research Themes I study British social history with "popular culture," "immigrants,"and "multiethnic society" as keywords.

SEKINE Hiroaki

SEKINE Hiroaki
Title Associate Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes A Historical Study on the Thoughts of Political Subjectivation

SEKINO Hideaki

SEKINO Hideaki
Title Senior Assistant Professor
Field Clinical Psyco-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes Comparative sociological studies of protection for immigrants and refugees

SHIMIZU Yuko

SHIMIZU Yuko
Title Associate Professor
Field History (Japanese History)
Research Themes Elucidation of the Process of Formation of Policies and Laws Typifying Pre-Modern Japan (e.g., the Ban on Christianity and so-called “National Seclusion”), with a Focus on Interchange with European Powers in the 16th Century

SUGITA Masahiko

SUGITA Masahiko
Title Professor
Field Japanese Literature
Research Themes Study of Native Studies (Kokugaku) in the Edo Period, especially Norinaga Motoori.

SUGIYAMA Rieko

SUGIYAMA Rieko
Title Professor
Field French Literature
Research Themes Syntax of contemporary French.

TAGUCHI Mana

TAGUCHI Mana
Title Associate Professor
Research Themes Relationship between Japanese modern communality and poetry

TAKADA Yukio

TAKADA Yukio
Title Professor
Field History (Asian History)
Research Themes Transformation of politics, society, and educational culture in China in the 20th century focusing on Jiangnan region society.

TAKAHASHI Kazuki

TAKAHASHI Kazuki
Title Professor
Field History(Japanese History)
Research Themes Study on the development process of the manorial system in medieval Japan through the viewpoint of transport system between the capital city and rural areas, together with a reflection on the use of documents.

TAKAMURA Takeyuki

TAKAMURA Takeyuki
Title Professor
Field History(Asian History)
Research Themes Research on institutions and society during the Qin and Han dynasties, based on literature and antique documentary materials

TAKANO Kazuko

TAKANO Kazuko
Title Professor
Field Clinical Psyco-Social Sciences (Clinical Socilogy)
Research Themes Comparative research on the history of teacher education system in England and Japan

TAKASE Yuji

TAKASE Yuji
Title Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Psychology)
Research Themes Database utilization on the Rorschach test.

TAKEMATSU Shino

TAKEMATSU Shino
Title Associate Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Psychology)
Research Themes Study and practice of psychotherapy through images. Clinical psychological study and practice of death education.

TAKEUCHI Emiko

TAKEUCHI Emiko
Title Professor
Field Japanese Literature
Research Themes Modern Japanese Literature, the study of the proletarian literature and the postwar cultural movement

TAKEUCHI Masaya

TAKEUCHI Masaya
Title Associate Professor
Field English Literature
Research Themes Southern Literature, and People and Families Since the Modern Period

TAMOGAMI Kenjiro

TAMOGAMI Kenjiro
Title Professor
Field French Literature
Research Themes Study of French modern poetry; especially relationship between depth exploration and superficial ecriture in the works of Henri Michaux.

TANIGUCHI Asako

TANIGUCHI Asako
Title Professor
Field French Literature
Research Themes Poesy / History and memory / Representations of war in contemporary French literature

TERADA Ryoichi

TERADA Ryoichi
Title Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes Comparative study of environmental movements and environmental NPOs. Risk society and environmental policy.

TOMISHIGE Yoshio

TOMISHIGE Yoshio
Title Professor
Field German Literature
Research Themes Study of Karl Philipp Moritz, expressionism in the 20th century, and art and literature after Dadaism.

TOYOKAWA Koichi

TOYOKAWA Koichi
Title Professor
Field History (Western History)
Research Themes Modern history of Russia. Especially focusing on popular movements and the movement of ethnic groups in the modern age, I study their relationships to the political structure and social system.

UBUKATA Tomoko

UBUKATA Tomoko
Title Professor
Field Japanese Modern Literature
Research Themes Sexual fantasies and Unconscious desires in Japanese modern novel

UCHIMURA Katsushi

UCHIMURA Katsushi
Title Professor
Field Literary Arts and Media
Research Themes Studies on Akinari Ueda, Zen thought, ancient Japanese thought and culture.

UMEMOTO Tohru

UMEMOTO Tohru
Title Professor
Field Geography
Research Themes Physical Geography (Climatology, Geoecology)

WAKASA Toru

WAKASA Toru
Title Associate Professor
Field History (Archaeology)
Research Themes In pursuit of the elucidation of the social structure during the Kofun period through farming, immigration of foreign settlers and regional development, and the relationship between an ancient chieftain's residence and tomb

WATANABE Manabu

WATANABE Manabu
Title Professor
Field German Literature
Research Themes Examination and analysis of vocabulary, style, and other aspects of contemporary German as compared and contrasted with Japanese, based on linguistic cultural history

WATOSON, Alex

WATOSON, Alex
Title Associate Professor
Field English Literature
Research Themes Annotation of Romanticism works, reception of Romanticism in Asia, English literature in the Pacific region in the 19th Century

YAMADA Akira

YAMADA Akira
Title Professor
Field History (Japanese History)
Research Themes Study of relationship between nation and military affairs from the 15 years war period to the postwar occupation period, the role of the Imperial system and colonial rule.

YAMASHITA Tatsuya

YAMASHITA Tatsuya
Title Associate Professor
Field Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology)
Research Themes Comparative Studies in History of education in East Asia

YAMAZAKI Kenji

YAMAZAKI Kenji
Title Professor
Field Ancient Japanese Literature
Research Themes Research about the literary works and anthologies of the Man'yoshu, centered on Otomo no Yakamochi. Literary historical examination of the dark age of Japanese literature.

YANAI Kenji

YANAI Kenji
Title Professor
Field Drama and Theatre Arts
Research Themes Historical research on early modern and modern drama with a focus on Kabuki

YOSHIDA Hidetsugu

YOSHIDA Hidetsugu
Title Professor
Field Geography
Research Themes Physical Geography, Topography, History of Topographic Development

YUASA Yukiyo

YUASA Yukiyo
Title Associate Professor
Field Ancient Japanese literature mainly on "Genji monogatari" (The Tale of Genji) written in the 11th century.
Research Themes The description of royalty in ancient japanese literature, and The Influence of "Genji monogatari" on medieval and early-modern times.