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
| Title | 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
| 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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Geography |
| Research Themes | Idealistic backgrounds of urban planning projects in modern and contemporary France |
ARASHIRO Marina
| Title | Senior Assistant Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | English Literature |
| Research Themes | English phonetics (specifically Welsh English) |
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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | History (Archaeology) |
| Research Themes | Prenistoric Natural Resource Exploitation; archeological methodology; Interdisciplinary Application of Archeological Methods |
FUKUMA Tomoko
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | German Literature |
| Research Themes | Poetry in the German language of the 20th century, Philosophy of language. |
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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | French Literature |
| Research Themes | History of ideas exchange between Germany and France in the 19th and 20th century, Modern Jewish Thought. |
GUO Nanyan
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Japanese Modern Literature |
HAMADA Shoko
| Title | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences (Clinical Psychology) |
| Research Themes | Psychological and behavioral problems among adolescents and preadolescents |
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
| Title | 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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Drama and Theatre Arts |
| Research Themes | Modern western innovation of staging system. Innovation of stagecrafts in western modern theatre. |
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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | English Literature |
| Research Themes | Theoretical linguistics, generative grammar theory and syntax / comparative syntax. |
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 Masaru
| Title | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Drama and Theatre Arts |
ITO Naoki
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences (Clinical Sociology) |
| Research Themes | Improvement of adaptation in schools during puberty and adolescence |
ITO Takaaki
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology) |
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
| Title | Associate 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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | English Literature |
| Research Themes | American poetry from 19th century to present, discourse analysis, gender. |
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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Geography |
| Research Themes | Human Geography (Urban Geography, Social Geography) |
KAWASHIMA Yoshitaka
| Title | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Psychology) |
| Research Themes | Suicide prevention, Psychosocial support for psychiatric disorders, Interprofessional education and collaborative practice |
KOJIMA Hisakazu
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | French Literature |
| Research Themes | Study of the works of Helisenne de Crenne. |
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 |
KUBOTA Toshihiko
| Title | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | English Literature |
| Research Themes | Corpus linguistics. |
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
| 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. |
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. |
MIURA Taro
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences (Clinical Sociology) |
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
| 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
| 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
| 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 |
NAKAGAWA Shuichi
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Geography |
| Research Themes | Human Geography (Urban Geography, Social Geography) |
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
| 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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | French Literature |
| Research Themes | French literature of the 20th century, Contemporary French criticism, Studies of Culture and Representation |
NIIMOTO Fuminari
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | German Literature |
| Research Themes | writings by translator-authors / multilingualism in german literature / comparison of translations |
NODA Manabu
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | English Literature |
| Research Themes | British drama, theory of performance / production / body. |
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
| Title | 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
| Title | 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
| 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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology) |
| Research Themes | Social movement and civil society in Korea. |
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
| 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
| 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 ¨C 19th centuries) / Formation and transformation of opera = comic |
ONO Masahiro
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Japanese Literature |
| Research Themes | Study of semantic change (especially positive change and negative change in neutral semantics). |
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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | English Literature |
| Research Themes | "Grammar" of iconography and scenography, formation of methodology of analysis of language and other mode coexistent text. |
SAEKI Wakako
| Title | Senior Assistant Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Literary Arts and Media |
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
| 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
| Title | 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
| 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 Natsuki
| Title | Senior Assistant Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Geography |
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.
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | English Literature |
| Research Themes | Asian American literature, 20th~21st century American literature, Transpacific war memory. |
SEKINE Hiroaki
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology) |
| Research Themes | A Historical?Study?on the?Thoughts of Political Subjectivation |
SEKINOU Hideaki
| Title | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Clinical Psyco-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology) |
| Research Themes | Comparative sociological studies of protection for immigrants and refugees |
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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Japanese Literature |
| Research Themes | Study of Native Studies (Kokugaku) in the Edo Period, especially Norinaga Motoori. |
SUZUKI Kai
| Title | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | History(Asian History) |
TAGUCHI Mana
| Title | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Japanese Literature |
| Research Themes | Relationship between Japanese modern communality and poetry |
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
| 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
| 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 |
TAKASE Yuji
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Psychology) |
| Research Themes | Database utilization on the Rorschach test. |
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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Japanese Literature |
| Research Themes | Modern Japanese Literature, the study of the proletarian literature and the postwar cultural movement |
TAKEUCHI Masaya
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | English Literature |
| Research Themes | Southern Literature, and People and Families Since the Modern Period |
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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | French Literature |
| Research Themes | Poesy / History and memory / Representations of war in contemporary French literature |
TANIGUCHI Ryosei
| Title | Senior Assistant 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 |
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. |
TOMIYAMA Noritaka
| Title | Senior Assistant Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | History (Japanese History) |
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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Japanese Modern Literature |
| Research Themes | Sexual fantasies and Unconscious desires in Japanese modern novel |
UCHIMURA Katsushi
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Literary Arts and Media |
| Research Themes | Studies on Akinari Ueda, Zen thought, ancient Japanese thought and culture. |
UDA Kazuko
| Title | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology) |
UMEMOTO Tohru
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Geography |
| Research Themes | Physical Geography (Climatology, Geoecology) |
WAKASA Toru
| Title | 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 |
WANIBUCHI Shuichi
| Title | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | History (European History) |
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
| 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
| 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. |
YAMAMOTO Daisaku
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Geography |
| Research Themes | Human Geography (Urban Geography, Social Geography) |
YAMASHITA Tatsuya
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Clinical Psycho-Social Sciences(Clinical Sociology) |
| Research Themes | Comparative Studies in History of education in East Asia |
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
| Title | Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | Drama and Theatre Arts |
| Research Themes | Historical research on early modern and modern drama with a focus on Kabuki |
YOKOYAMA Akira
| Title | Senior Assistant Professor |
|---|---|
| Field | English Literature |
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. |

