Students' research themesTeaching staffTakuya OZAWA, ProfessorSubjects: Latin America and Global HistoryResearch fields: Latin America, especially the modern history of Central America, ethnic issues and culture concerning export crops that impact Central American society.Takuya NISHITANI, ProfessorSubjects: Literary and Visual Culture in North AmericaResearch fields: American literature, especially Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and other writers of the American Renaissance; film studies, especially adaptation studies and comparative studies in the narrative representation in film and literature.Yuka OISHI, Associate ProfessorSubjects: Social Anthropology Research Fields: Ecological anthropology, environmental anthropology, global history, subsistence, material culture, Siberian ethnography, Arctic area studiesHiroki OKADA, ProfessorSubjects: Ethnographic ResearchResearch fields: Societies in East Asia and Vietnam, re-organization of families and religions in the process of colonization and modernization, minorities and multiculturalism, space anthropology.The “German Legends” of the Grimm Brothers, A Study on William Morris, Acceptance of Victorian Culture in “Harry Potter”, Modern French Fashion, Czech Romani Literature, Czech Baroque Studies, A Study on C. Bronte Establishment of the Mirandese language, Analysis of Visual Gags in I Love Lucy, Stereotype of the Japanese People in Hollywood Movies, Problems of Italian Immigration in America, Pacifism, Isolationism and Populism in the United States of America during Interwar Periods, Japan-Russian Relations through the Imperial Families, Belarusian Nationalism, Chinese Immigrants to the US.Taro KINUGASA, LecturerSubjects: History of German and Central-Eastern EuropeResearch fields: Modern and contemporary history of German and central-eastern European borderlands, the separatist movement and migration in Silesia.Asami NAKAMURA, LecturerSubjects: Religion and Culture in BritainResearch Fields: Anglophone literature, particularly utopian/dystopian fiction and science fiction (SF). My research interests include nostalgia,gender and sexuality and posthuman philosophy.Satoru FUKAMACHI, LecturerSubjects: Trans-border LiteratureResearch fields: British literature, military science fiction (especially Invasion literature), propaganda studies, and British near-future war fiction from late 19th century to WWI.Hisashi SHIMOJO, Associate ProfessorSubjects: Contemporary Cultural AnthropologyResearch Fields: Historical anthropology, Vietnamese and Southeast Asian studies, water frontier, wet zomia, ethnicity, religion, hybridity, migration/refugee, war, socialism, survivalEuropean and American Culture StudiesIn the European and American Culture Studies Course, we conduct multifaceted and comprehensive education and research on European and American societies and cultures, which have been playing a central role in world politics, economy and culture in modern times. Although the cultures developed in these regions have spread worldwide, it is it is being critically reexamined. Moreover, there has recently been progress on studies on the societies and cultures in Europe and America that only played a peripheral role in establishing the modern era. Based on these past achievements, we reexamine Western thoughts and values that are deeply rooted in our modern lives and consciousness, and seek their meanings in the 21st century. We want to reveal the unknown depths of Europe and America through a course of concrete studies in a wide range of fields including history, language, religion, philosophy, literature, art and society.Cultural AnthropologyThe Cultural Anthropology Course specializes in various themes and regions providing a high-quality education and research curriculum. Today’s various cultural issues are characterized by the dynamism of the conflict, division, integration, reconciliation, generation and extinction of various cultures and values under the influence of globalization. In the course, we consider methods of allowing dialogues among various cultures based on deep intercultural understanding, by viewing the world from down-to-earth research investigation field work with broad and flexible perspectives. We welcome students who wish to be internationally successful specialists and researchers and foreign students who wish to conduct high-level anthropological studies.
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