Researcher Directory

All data is as of April 22, 2024.

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Culture

Archeology

Name Research Fields Research Keywords
KAWASHIMA TAKAMUNE Complex systems; Cultural assets study and museology; Cultural assets study and museology Ancient salt production / Archaeology
Maeno Hiroshi Humanities; History; History of Europe and America Greek Inscriptions / Ancient Mediterranean World / Curse tablets / magic / Religions / culture / Colonization
Nojima Hisashi Humanities; History; Archaeology Chiefdom Societies / Burial Mounds in the Yayoi Period / The Yayoi Period / Iron Culture / The Kofun Period / Casting Iron Hardware / Archaeology / Ritual Deposit Site / Excavation / Forged Iron Hardware

Design

Name Research Fields Research Keywords
Hikita Atsushi Informatics; Frontiers of informatics; Library and information science / Humanistic social informatics
Complex systems; Science education / Educational technology; Science education
Complex systems; Design science; Design science
socio informatics / media communication / media study / legible wayfinding design / Science education / Information design
Kuwajima Hideki Humanities; Art studies; Aesthetics and studies on art
Humanities; Art studies; Art at large
Humanities; Philosophy; History of thought
Aesthetics of the Sublime / Edmund Burke and His Cultural Background: History of the !8th Century Britain and Ireland / Geo-Aesthetics, or Aesthetics on Nature / Aesthetics on the Image of Landscape, or Nostalgia / Philosophy on the HIROSHIMA Representation / Irish Cinema and Irish Art Culture / Aesthetics of the Celtic Culture
SUMIKURA HIDEAKI Engineering; Architecture and building engineering; Town planning / Architectural planning Locality of Architecture / Building System / Construction System / Local housing sysytem

History of Architecture

Name Research Fields Research Keywords
MIZUTA SUSUMU History of Japanese Modern Architecture / History of Japanese Architecture
NAKAMURA YASUO Humanities; History; Japanese history
Engineering; Architecture and building engineering; Architectural history / Design

History of Japan/World

Name Research Fields Research Keywords
Ajima Noriaki Humanities; Art studies; Fine art history The Buddhist Painting
FUNADA YOSHIYUKI Humanities; History; History of Asia and Africa Mongol Empire; History; Asian History; Central Eurasia; East Eurasia; East Asia; Historical linguistics; epigraphy
ISHIDA MASAHARU Humanities; History; Japanese history Educational History / Oral History / Ancient Document Cataloging
KASUGA AYUKA Humanities; History; History of Europe and America Britain, Modern history, Environmental history
KAWAI NOBUHARU Humanities; History; History of Europe and America Socialism, East Germany, Leisure, Ordinary Life and Politics, Modern German History, Political and Social History
Komiyama Michio Social sciences; Education; Education pedagogy , educational history in Japan , history of university, history of higher education , school history education, secondary education, modern state, educational history, specialized instruction, medical pedagogy
KUBOTA AKIKO Humanities; History; Historical studies in general
Complex systems; Sociology / History of science and technology; Sociology / History of science and technology
History of Science / Archival Science / Medical materials / Physics materials / Academic research materials of Atomic Bomb
LIU JINPENG Humanities; History; Historical studies in general Postwar / History of ideas / Intellectuals / Asia / Modernization
Maeno Hiroshi Humanities; History; History of Europe and America Greek Inscriptions / Ancient Mediterranean World / Curse tablets / magic / Religions / culture / Colonization
NAKAMURA TAIRA Humanities; Philosophy; Area studies Japanese Studies, Anthropology, Japanese Colonialism, Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples, Historical Experiences, Autoethnography, Decolonization
NAKAMURA YASUO Humanities; History; Japanese history
Engineering; Architecture and building engineering; Architectural history / Design
NAKAO MAIKA
NARA KATSUJI Humanities; History; Japanese history Meiji Restoration / Neo Confucianism / Treaty / Antibarbarism / Kōgi
Nojima Hisashi Humanities; History; Archaeology Chiefdom Societies / Burial Mounds in the Yayoi Period / The Yayoi Period / Iron Culture / The Kofun Period / Casting Iron Hardware / Archaeology / Ritual Deposit Site / Excavation / Forged Iron Hardware
SHIMOOKA YUKA Humanities; Literature; Japanese literature Japanese modern literature / Japanese literature written by non-native author / Post colonial criticism / Shiga Naoya,Shirakaba / I-novel / Kou Reishi / Haiku / Taiwan Aikoku Fujin / Magazine Media Studies / editor,woman reporter
SUN LU Social sciences; law; Criminal law
Social sciences; law; Fundamental law
Criminal Law / Comparative legal history / Asian Legal History / comparative study of Tang Code and Japanese Ritsuryō system
Tsuji MANABU Humanities; Literature; European literature the Catholic Epistles / Paul / Pastoral Epistles / Pseudepigraphy / Early Christianity / New Testament
WATANABE MAKOTO Humanities; History; Japanese history Hian era, foreign relations, trade, court society, native Japanese culture

Literature

Name Research Fields Research Keywords
Ajima Noriaki Humanities; Art studies; Fine art history The Buddhist Painting
Furukawa Masafumi Humanities; Literature; European literature German Literature / Judentum / Comparative Literature / Kafka
KAWAGUCHI TAKAYUKI Humanities; Literature; Japanese literature
Humanities; Literature; Literature in general
genbakubungaku / colonialism and post colonialism / sengobunkaundou / ajia / Language and Culture Education
KAWAMURA YUTO Humanities; Philosophy; Chinese philosophy / Indian philosophy / Buddhist studies Sanskrit / Vedic / Etymology / Grammar / Liturgy / Theology / Poetics
KIDO MITSUYO Humanities; Literature; Literature in English Nineteenth-Century American Literature / Travel Writing
KOBAYASHI EKIKO Humanities; Literature; European literature
Humanities; Art studies; Aesthetics and studies on art
Drama of Lessing / German fables / Hypochondria and medicine in the German comedies in the Enlightenment age / German Comedies in the enlightenment age / History of German theatre / German lyric
Kubota Keiichi Humanities; Literature; Japanese literature waka in early modern period / the literary world of Tokugawa shogugunate / Reizei Tamemura / Terada Rinsen / wabunn| / Hiroshima feudal clan / Narushima Nobuyuki / Kondou Yoshiki / Tachibanano Akemi / Edo kyouka
LEE YUHUI Humanities; Literature; Literature in general Japanese language literature,Colonial period,Chinese language education
LIU JINPENG Humanities; History; Historical studies in general Postwar / History of ideas / Intellectuals / Asia / Modernization
MATSUNAGA KYOKO Humanities; Literature; Literature in English
MIZOBUCHI SONOKO Humanities; Literature; Literature in general Comparative Literature / Translated Literary / Cultural Representation / Modern Japanese Literature / Modern and Contemporary Russian Literature / Cultural Exchange
Ogawa Tsuneo Humanities; Literature; Chinese literature Huang Zunxian / poetry / Yuefu / Qing-dynasty / Liuzhao-dynasty
OGAWA YOKO Humanities; Literature; Japanese literature
OHCHI SHINSUKE Humanities; Literature; Literature in English American literature / William Faulkner
OHNO HIDESHI Humanities; Literature; Literature in English History of English Language and Chaucer's Langauge
Ooike Machiko Humanities; Literature; Literature in English literature / Africa / gender
SCHLARB HANS MICHAEL Humanities; Literature; European literature
SHIMOOKA YUKA Humanities; Literature; Japanese literature Japanese modern literature / Japanese literature written by non-native author / Post colonial criticism / Shiga Naoya,Shirakaba / I-novel / Kou Reishi / Haiku / Taiwan Aikoku Fujin / Magazine Media Studies / editor,woman reporter
SHIRAI JUN Humanities; Linguistics; Japanese linguistics Japanese Linguistics / Historical Japanese Linguistics / Jesuit Mission Press in Japan / Japanese Writing System / History of Print Cultures
SHIRATA RIHITO Humanities; Linguistics; Linguistics
Humanities; Linguistics; Japanese linguistics
Linguistics / Descriptive Linguistics / Field Linguistics / Language Documentation / Ryukyuan Languages / Amami Dialect / Kikai Dialect / Ryukyuan
TAKAO YUTA Humanities; Literature; Japanese literature Medieval literature
Tsuji MANABU Humanities; Literature; European literature the Catholic Epistles / Paul / Pastoral Epistles / Pseudepigraphy / Early Christianity / New Testament
YAMAMOTO TAKAKO Humanities; Literature; Chinese literature

Philosophy/Thoughts

Name Research Fields Research Keywords
Ajima Noriaki Humanities; Art studies; Fine art history The Buddhist Painting
ARIMA TAKUYA Humanities; Philosophy; Chinese philosophy / Indian philosophy / Buddhist studies Early modern times Japan Chinese classics / Modern Japanese Chinese classics
GOTOU YUUTA Humanities; Philosophy; Philosophy / Ethics Nihilism / Nietzsche / Heidegger / Bioethics / Information Ethics
GRAJDIAN MARIA MIHAELA Humanities; Art studies; Art at large Media Studies, Popular Culture, Japanese Studies, Musicology, Anthropology
KAWAMURA YUTO Humanities; Philosophy; Chinese philosophy / Indian philosophy / Buddhist studies Sanskrit / Vedic / Etymology / Grammar / Liturgy / Theology / Poetics
Kuwajima Hideki Humanities; Art studies; Aesthetics and studies on art
Humanities; Art studies; Art at large
Humanities; Philosophy; History of thought
Aesthetics of the Sublime / Edmund Burke and His Cultural Background: History of the !8th Century Britain and Ireland / Geo-Aesthetics, or Aesthetics on Nature / Aesthetics on the Image of Landscape, or Nostalgia / Philosophy on the HIROSHIMA Representation / Irish Cinema and Irish Art Culture / Aesthetics of the Celtic Culture
Maruyama Yasushi Social sciences; Education; Education Ethics of Education / Philosophy of Education / Teacher Educator / Professional Ethics Education / Post-colonialism / Otherness / Professionalism of Teaching / Wittgenstein
NAKAMURA TAIRA Humanities; Philosophy; Area studies Japanese Studies, Anthropology, Japanese Colonialism, Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples, Historical Experiences, Autoethnography, Decolonization
NAKAO MAIKA
NARA KATSUJI Humanities; History; Japanese history Meiji Restoration / Neo Confucianism / Treaty / Antibarbarism / Kōgi
NEMOTO HIROSHI Humanities; Philosophy; Chinese philosophy / Indian philosophy / Buddhist studies Buddhist thought / Tibet / Madhyamaka / Theory of Time / Tsong kha pa
OKAMURA MIYUKI Social sciences; Education; Education Teacher Education / Teacher Educators / Reflective Practice, Reflective Practitioner / Philosophy of Education / Theory of Knowledge / Philosophy of Mind
SAWAI TSUTOMU Humanities; Philosophy; Philosophy / Ethics
Humanities; Philosophy; Religious studies
Ethics / Applied Ethics (Bioethics) / Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (ELSI) of life science and healthcare / Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) / Philosophy of Disease / Ethics in Religion / Modern and Contemporary Japanese Philosophy and Ethics
SEKIMURA MAKOTO
SUENAGA TAKAYASU Humanities; Philosophy; Chinese philosophy / Indian philosophy / Buddhist studies
TAKAO YUTA Humanities; Literature; Japanese literature Medieval literature
Tsuji MANABU Humanities; Literature; European literature the Catholic Epistles / Paul / Pastoral Epistles / Pseudepigraphy / Early Christianity / New Testament
UENO TAKAHUMI Humanities; Linguistics; Linguistics Linguisitcs, Italian, Japanese, English, Syntax, Morphology, Unaccusative, Complement Sentence, Complementizer, Historical Linguistics

Sociology

Name Research Fields Research Keywords
Asano Toshihisa Humanities; Human geography; Human geography Ecomuseum / environmental conservation|socil movement / forest on the country side|environmental management / Utilization of nature|Ramsar wetland / regional planning / regional differences / civic participation / Nature consevation / environmental movement
Egashira Daizou Social sciences; Sociology; Sociology Family / Cause and Function / Durkheim
FUNCK CAROLIN ELISABETH HANNA Complex systems; Geography; Geography
Humanities; Philosophy; Tourism Studies
Island tourism / Sustainable tourism / tourist destination / innovation / international tourism
Hata Hiroto Social sciences; law; Fundamental law
Social sciences; Sociology; Sociology
Professional Practice / Criminal Lawyer / Criminal Defense / Juvenile Correctional Guidance / Youth Development / Local Government / Legal Socialization / Juvenile section in Policing / Equal and Representative Election / Legal Education
HIGA MARSHALL KIYOSHI Humanities; Linguistics; Foreign language education Second Language Acquisition
KIM YANGSON Social sciences; Education; Education Internationalization of Higher Education, Academic Profession, Higher Education System in Korea, Comparative Higher Education in Asia-Pacific Countries
KITANAKA CHISATO Social sciences; Sociology; Sociology gender / sexual harassment / academic harassment / domestic violence / gender-based violence / sience and technology / SOGI / LGBT
KUBOTA AKIKO Humanities; History; Historical studies in general
Complex systems; Sociology / History of science and technology; Sociology / History of science and technology
History of Science / Archival Science / Medical materials / Physics materials / Academic research materials of Atomic Bomb
NAKATSUBO FUMINORI Complex systems; Childhood science; Childhood science (childhood environment science)
Social sciences; Education; Education
Professional Development / Early Childhood Teachers / Qualitative Research / Early Childhood Education and Care Conference / Fieldwork / Comparative Culture
NARA KATSUJI Humanities; History; Japanese history Meiji Restoration / Neo Confucianism / Treaty / Antibarbarism / Kōgi
NISHI MAKOTO Humanities; Cultural anthropology; Cultural anthropology Medical Anthropology, Global Health
Seki Koki Humanities; Cultural anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Humanities; Philosophy; Area studies
Anthropology of Social Policy and Development / Anthropology of Civil Society and Citizenship / Ethnography of Welfare and Security / risk, uncertainty, and precarity / Post-neoliberalism and "the Social" / Globalization and Migration / Governmentality and Subjectivity / The Philippines
SUN LU Social sciences; law; Criminal law
Social sciences; law; Fundamental law
Criminal Law / Comparative legal history / Asian Legal History / comparative study of Tang Code and Japanese Ritsuryō system
TSUJI TERUYUKI Humanities; Cultural anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Social sciences; Sociology; Sociology
Humanities; Philosophy; Area studies
Religion; Immigration & Diaspora; Race & Ethnicity; Gender & Sexuality; Social Capital & Civic Engagement; Trans/Nationalism; History & Ethnography; the Caribbean; the United States
Tsunematsu Naomi Humanities; Linguistics; Japanese language education
Social sciences; Education; Sociology of education
Humanities; Philosophy; Gender
Humanities; Cultural anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Japanese Studies, Japanese Language / Connection of High School and University / Internship for International Students, Serviceship, Active Learning, International Experiential Learning, Cooperation of International Students and Local Society / Higher education, International Students Education, International Education, Cross-cultural Education / Intercultural Education, Cultural Adjustment and Re-adjustment, Culture Shock and Reverse Culture Shock, Holistic Support System for International Students, Intercultural cohesion / International Education Exchange / Regional Cooperation, Industry-Academic Collaboration / Consciousness, Consciousness Transformation, Spirituality & Education / Gender Theories
van der Does Luli Social sciences; Psychology; Social psychology
Social sciences; Psychology; Social psychology
memory, heritage, forgetting, war and conflict, reconciliation, forgetting, authenticity, legitimacy, atomic-bomb experiences, peace & tourism, media discourse and representations
ZOLLET SIMONA Agricultural sciences; Agricultural science in society and economy; Agricultural science in rural society and development Rural revitalization; Urban to Rural migration; Lifestyle entrepreneurship; Sustainable lifestyles; Newcomer farmers; Alternative Food Networks; Organic farming; Agroecology

Works of Art/Art

Name Research Fields Research Keywords
Ajima Noriaki Humanities; Art studies; Fine art history The Buddhist Painting
Hitokuwada Tooru Social sciences; Education; Education on school subjects and activities Sculpture,Art education
KOBAYASHI EKIKO Humanities; Literature; European literature
Humanities; Art studies; Aesthetics and studies on art
Drama of Lessing / German fables / Hypochondria and medicine in the German comedies in the Enlightenment age / German Comedies in the enlightenment age / History of German theatre / German lyric
Kuwajima Hideki Humanities; Art studies; Aesthetics and studies on art
Humanities; Art studies; Art at large
Humanities; Philosophy; History of thought
Aesthetics of the Sublime / Edmund Burke and His Cultural Background: History of the !8th Century Britain and Ireland / Geo-Aesthetics, or Aesthetics on Nature / Aesthetics on the Image of Landscape, or Nostalgia / Philosophy on the HIROSHIMA Representation / Irish Cinema and Irish Art Culture / Aesthetics of the Celtic Culture
NAKAMURA YASUO Humanities; History; Japanese history
Engineering; Architecture and building engineering; Architectural history / Design
TATARA TAKIKO Humanities; Art studies; Fine art history Art history of Japan, Kyo-kano school, Modern Kyoto Painting Circles, Records and Evaluation of Japanese Art, Scholars' Notebooks
TERAUCHI DAISUKE Social sciences; Education; Education on school subjects and activities Improvisation / Music Making
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