Faculty of Humanities

About the Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty of Humanities offers a multifaceted study of culture, with a focus on language, literature, and history, while fostering both imagination and logical thinking skills. The program comprises three areas of study: Japanese Cultural Studies, International Cultural Studies, and Cultural History.

Students select the area that best aligns with their interests at the time of admission. From their first year, students have the opportunity to take specialized courses, allowing them to explore their interests from an early stage.

Additionally, as all areas share the same Faculty of Humanities curriculum, students can choose courses according to their interests, enabling flexible learning that broadens their academic horizons. Students can design a timetable that allows them to fully pursue their passions — for example, focusing on Japanese literature while also taking classes in Japanese history and Japanese art history.

Research areas

Faculty


Japanese Cultural Studies	Shinji Konno	Japanese language studies	Professor
	Takahiro Saeki	Early modern Japanese literature	Professor
	Naoko Suzuki	Japanese modern and contemporary literature, gender studies	Professor
	Makiko Tawa	History of Japanese language	Professor
	Yukiko Fujii	Japanese literature of the Heian period, Narrative literature (Monogatari).	Professor
	Hideyuki Fujisawa	Modern Japanese literature	Professor
	Atsuko Himeno	Japanese medieval literature, Song literature	Associate Professor
Cultural History	Madoka Inoue	Religious studies and religious history, History of religion in modern Russia	Professor
	Tomonori Oi	Modern Western History, History of international relations	Professor
	Hiromi Kigawa	History of Western art	Professor
	Moritoshi Sasaki	Japanese art history	Professor
	Takao Suzuki	Philosophy, Ethics, History of Western thought	Professor
	Shunji Nakanowatari	Japanese Ancient History	Professor
	Maki Fukutome	History of the early modern period	Professor
	Jiro Momoi	Western History, Maghreb Area Studies, Peace Studies	Professor
	Kazuharu Ishino	Oriental History	Associate Professor
	Nanae Sakata	History of Christian thought	Associate Professor
International Cultural Studies (English)	Etsuko Saito	American literature	Professor
	Hiroko Sasada	Children’s literature in English-speaking countries and fantasy literature	Professor
	Takashi Suzuki	Language education studies, Discourse analysis	Professor
	Tomoko Takada	English language teaching, Applied linguistics	Professor
	Kristofer Bayne	Intercultural communication	Professor
	Anna Sasaki	Translation and Interpretation studies, Children’s literature translation	Lecturer
International Cultural Studies (Spanish)	Takuya Kimura	Spanish linguistics, Phonetics	Professor
	Ayako Saito	Spanish and Latin American Literature	Professor
	Hanako Saito	Spanish language education	Professor
	Trenado Deán María Paloma	Language education	Professor
	Mutsuko Komai	Modern poetry in Spanish-speaking countries	Associate Professor
	Juan Carlos MOYANO	Spanish language education	Associate Professor