Research Faculty

Department of Pan Asian Studies⸺ Development of Society and Culture in Asian Regions ⸺

NamePositionExpertise
SUGA YutakaProfessorFolkloristics in East Asia
MATSUDA YasuhiroProfessorPolitics and Foreign Relations in China and Taiwan, Cross-Strait Relations
SAHASHI RyoProfessorInternational Relations and Power Politics in East Asia
NAWA KatsuoProfessorAnthropology of Nepal and South Asia
KURAMOTO RyosukeProfessorAnthropology of Buddhism

Department of East Asian Studies (i)⸺ State Power and Socioeconomic Structure in East Asia ⸺

NamePositionExpertise
TSUJI YamatoAssociate ProfessorHistory of Natural and Cultural Resources in East Asia
MANABE YukoProfessorTraditional Cultures and Nationalism in Korean Ethnic Societies
UMEMURA NaokiAssociate ProfessorHistory of Society and Thought in Medieval China
KOTERA AtsushiProfessorHistory of the Family in Ancient China

Department of East Asian Studies (ii)⸺ The Formation and Development of Multi-Faceted Cultures in East Asia ⸺

NamePositionExpertise
NAKAJIMA TakahiroProfessorWorld Philosophy in East Asia
TANAKA YukiAssociate ProfessorPhilosophy of Chinese Science and Music
UEHARA KyuichiAssociate ProfessorPublication Culture and Popular Literature in Ming and Qing China
ITAKURA MasaakiProfessorSong and Yuan Literati Painting
TSUKAMOTO MaromitsuProfessorThe History and Culture of Chinese Paintings

Department of South Asian Studies⸺ The Intricacy of Culture and Civilization in the Bay of Bengal Region ⸺

NamePositionExpertise
AOYAMA WakaProfessorEconomy and Ethics in Southeast Asia
FURUI RyosukeProfessorAncient and Early Medieval History of South Asia
OGAWA MichihiroAssociate ProfessorSocio-Economic History of South Asia
BABA NorihisaProfessorHistory and Thought of Theravada Buddhism

Department of West Asian Studies⸺ The Historical Formation and Present Situation of West Asian Cultures ⸺

NamePositionExpertise
AKIBA JunProfessorHistory of the Ottoman Empire
WATANABE ShokoAssociate ProfessorModern and Contemporary History of the Maghrib
MASUYA TomokoProfessorFine Arts and Society in West Asia
MORIMOTO KazuoProfessorSocio-Religious History of Muslim Societies
RIDGEON Lloyd Vincent JohnProfessorPersianate Sufism

Department of Pioneering Asian Studies⸺ Exploring the Frontier of Asian Studies ⸺

NamePositionExpertise
SATO JinProfessorResources and Human Interdependence in Southeast Asia
SONODA ShigetoProfessorComparative Sociology of “Changing Asia”
Khohchahar E. ChuluuAssociate ProfessorComparative Asian Law and History
Pattajit TANGSINMUNKONGLecturerHistorical Narratives and International Perceptions in Southeast Asia
Jiyoon KIMAssistant ProfessorSocio-cultural histories of global mobility in Korea

Global Research Planning Unit

NamePositionExpertise
VEG Sebastian JuliusProfessorIntellectual history of 20th century China
YANAGI MikiyasuAssociate ProfessorHistory and Philosophy of Chinese Buddhism
KIKUCHI YurikoAssistant ProfessorMaritime Trade History in Asia; Ceramics and Coins
HIROTA Terunao Assistant ProfessorDigital Archiving of Academic Materials
SAKIHAMA SanaProject Assistant ProfessorModern intellectual history of Okinawa and postcolonial theory of peripheries in East Asia