English Language and Literature Major
| Research area | degree | Faculty name | Research topic | doctoral course First Semester Research guidance |
doctoral course Advanced course Research guidance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early modern English drama | doctor (literature) |
ISHIBASHI, Keitarou | British drama studies with the New World as a theme | ○ | ○ |
| Modern British novels | Ph.D. | IZUMI, Yoriko | British novels and culture from the 19th century onward | ○ | ○ |
| Modern and contemporary British and American novels | doctor (literature) |
IDE, Tatsuro | Modernist Literature | ○ | ○ |
| English linguistics | doctor (literature) |
ONUMA, Hitomi | Phonology/morphology | ○ | |
| English linguistics | Ph.D. | TOYOSHIMA, Takashi | Linguistic theory/morphology/syntax/semantics | ○ | ○ |
| English linguistics | Ph.D. | NASUKAWA, Kuniya | Phonology/morphology | ○ | ○ |
| English linguistics | Ph.D. | Buckley Philip | Phonology/Phonological history | ○ | ○ |
| 17th-century English drama | doctor (literature) |
FUKUSHI, Wataru | Representation of the "other" in theater | ○ | ○ |
| English Language Education and Applied Linguistics | Ph.D. | MURANOI, Hitoshi | Second language acquisition research | ○ | ○ |
| English Language Education | MA | YOSHIMURA, Fumiko | Research on processing and teaching methods in English reading and writing | ○ | ○ |
Major in European Cultural History
| Research area | degree | Faculty name | Research topic | doctoral course First Semester Research guidance |
doctoral course Advanced course Research guidance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern and contemporary Christian culture and thought | doctor (literature) |
OKADA, Yusuke | Modern and contemporary philosophy and theology | ○ | |
| Modern and contemporary Christian culture and thought | doctor (literature) Master of Theology |
KAWASHIMA, Kenji | Research on the Transformation of Modern and Contemporary Christian Thought and Religious Concepts | ○ | ○ |
| History of thought/cultural history | doctor (literature) |
KIMURA, Junji | ethics | ○ | ○ |
| Modern European History | doctor (literature) |
KINEFUCHI, Fumio | Research on the economic and trade policies of modern European countries | ○ | ○ |
| Early Modern European History | Master of Arts | KUSUNOKI, Yoshihiko | Studies of the State and Society in Early Modern Europe | ○ | ○ |
| Medieval European History | doctor (literature) |
SAKURAI, Yasuto | Studies of Christianity and the Crusades in Medieval Europe | ○ | ○ |
| Old Testament Studies | doctor (literature) |
TAJIMA, Takashi | The history of the formation of the Old Testament and its philosophical interpretation | ○ | ○ |
| New Testament | doctor (theology) |
YOSHIDA, Shin | Historical Psychological Studies of the New Testament | ○ | ○ |
| Research on modern Chinese history, research on the history of East-West cultural exchange | doctor (Academic) |
WATANABE, Yuko | Research on missionaries who came to China, research on the history of Christianity in China | ○ | ○ |
| European art history | doctor (aesthetics) |
WATANABE, Yumi | The relationship between the veneration of the Virgin Mary and iconography from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. | ○ |
Specialization in Asian Cultural History
| Research area | degree | Faculty name | Research topic | doctoral course First Semester Research guidance |
doctoral course Advanced course Research guidance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| modern history of china | doctor (literature) |
OIDE, Shoko | History of the Northeast Chinese Museum, History of Manchukuo, History of the Qing Dynasty Imperial Property Management System | ○ | |
| Early Modern and Modern History of Inner Asia | doctor (literature) |
Onuma, Takahiro | Politics and society in the Xinjiang region: The relationship between nomadic peoples and oasis settlers. | ○ | ○ |
| environmental folklore | doctor (Human Sciences) |
KANEKO, Hiroyuki | Environmental history and disaster history in village societies, and research on lifestyle consciousness from a folkloric perspective. | ○ | ○ |
| Japanese Early Modern History | doctor (literature) |
KANEHIRA, Kenji | History of feudal shogunate politics, early modern paleography, and history of the Tohoku region. | ○ | ○ |
| Modern Japanese history | doctor (literature) |
Kawanishi, Kosuke | The history of international relations between Japan and Southeast Asia, and the issues surrounding the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. | ○ | ○ |
| Asian archaeology | doctor (literature) |
KIYAMA, Katsuhiko | The history of inter-regional exchange in Northeast Asia (Russian Far East, Mongolia, and Northeast China) from prehistoric to medieval periods. | ○ | ○ |
| Ancient and Medieval Chinese History | doctor (literature) |
SHIMOKURA, Wataru | The history of the Chinese state, family history, gender history, and ritual system. | ○ | ○ |
| Japanese Medieval and Early Modern History | doctor (Economics) |
Takei, Hidefumi | History of eastern Japan during the transition period between the medieval and early modern periods, theories of the Oda-Toyotomi regime, history of castles, etc. | ○ | ○ |
| Ancient Japanese History | doctor (literature) |
NAGATA, Hideaki | Ancient transportation history, ancient Tohoku history | ○ | ○ |
| Japanese Medieval History | doctor (literature) |
NANAMI, Masato | Lord-vassal system, history of the Eastern Kingdom, etc. | ○ | ○ |
| Folklore | doctor (literature) |
MASAOKA, Nobuhiro | Research on folk practices and their significance, and a re-examination of the concept of folklore. | ○ | ○ |