Research Faculty
Department of Pan Asian Studies⸺ Development of Society and Culture in Asian Regions ⸺
Name | Position | Expertise |
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SUGA Yutaka | Professor | Folkloristics in East Asia |
MATSUDA Yasuhiro | Professor | Politics and Foreign Relations in China and Taiwan, Cross-Strait Relations |
SAHASHI Ryo | Professor | International Relations and Power Politics in East Asia |
NAWA Katsuo | Professor | Anthropology of Nepal and South Asia |
KURAMOTO Ryosuke | Professor | Anthropology of Buddhism |
Department of East Asian Studies (i)⸺ State Power and Socioeconomic Structure in East Asia ⸺
Name | Position | Expertise |
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TSUJI Yamato | Associate Professor | History of Natural and Cultural Resources in East Asia |
MANABE Yuko | Professor | Traditional Cultures and Nationalism in Korean Ethnic Societies |
UMEMURA Naoki | Associate Professor | History of Society and Thought in Medieval China |
KOTERA Atsushi | Professor | History of the Family in Ancient China |
Department of East Asian Studies (ii)⸺ The Formation and Development of Multi-Faceted Cultures in East Asia ⸺
Name | Position | Expertise |
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NAKAJIMA Takahiro | Professor | World Philosophy in East Asia |
TANAKA Yuki | Associate Professor | Philosophy of Chinese Science and Music |
UEHARA Kyuichi | Associate Professor | Publication Culture and Popular Literature in Ming and Qing China |
ITAKURA Masaaki | Professor | Song and Yuan Literati Painting |
TSUKAMOTO Maromitsu | Professor | The History and Culture of Chinese Paintings |
Department of South Asian Studies⸺ The Intricacy of Culture and Civilization in the Bay of Bengal Region ⸺
Name | Position | Expertise |
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AOYAMA Waka | Professor | Economy and Ethics in Southeast Asia |
FURUI Ryosuke | Professor | Ancient and Early Medieval History of South Asia |
OGAWA Michihiro | Associate Professor | Socio-Economic History of South Asia |
BABA Norihisa | Professor | History and Thought of Theravada Buddhism |
Department of West Asian Studies⸺ The Historical Formation and Present Situation of West Asian Cultures ⸺
Name | Position | Expertise |
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AKIBA Jun | Professor | History of the Ottoman Empire |
WATANABE Shoko | Associate Professor | Modern and Contemporary History of the Maghrib |
MASUYA Tomoko | Professor | Fine Arts and Society in West Asia |
MORIMOTO Kazuo | Professor | Socio-Religious History of Muslim Societies |
RIDGEON Lloyd Vincent John | Professor | Persianate Sufism |
Department of Pioneering Asian Studies⸺ Exploring the Frontier of Asian Studies ⸺
Name | Position | Expertise |
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SATO Jin | Professor | Resources and Human Interdependence in Southeast Asia |
SONODA Shigeto | Professor | Comparative Sociology of “Changing Asia” |
Khohchahar E. Chuluu | Associate Professor | Comparative Asian Law and History |
Pattajit TANGSINMUNKONG | Lecturer | Historical Narratives and International Perceptions in Southeast Asia |
Jiyoon KIM | Assistant Professor | Socio-cultural histories of global mobility in Korea |
Global Research Planning Unit
Name | Position | Expertise |
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VEG Sebastian Julius | Professor | Intellectual history of 20th century China |
YANAGI Mikiyasu | Associate Professor | History and Philosophy of Chinese Buddhism |
KIKUCHI Yuriko | Assistant Professor | Maritime Trade History in Asia; Ceramics and Coins |
HIROTA Terunao | Assistant Professor | Digital Archiving of Academic Materials |
SAKIHAMA Sana | Project Assistant Professor | Modern intellectual history of Okinawa and postcolonial theory of peripheries in East Asia |