Research Seminar
What is a Research Seminar?
In Research Seminars, students deepen their research interests and knowledge under a supervisor of their choice. There are over 20 Research Seminars (listed below).
Competencies students develop in seminars
- Identifying and analyzing problems
Following the guidance of researchers with abundant knowledge and experience, students develop the skills to independently analyze the various issues Japan faces.
- Teamwork and small-group discussion skills
Seminars are small classes. The individualized atmosphere gives students the opportunity to interact positively with each other and to discuss their research one-on-one with their supervisor.
- Practical skills and autonomy as researchers
Seminars improve students’ research skills in numerous ways. Students proceed with their own research through various types of study, such as literature review, group studies, discussions, research presentations, and discussing thesis drafts.
- Creativity and originality as researchers
Alongside the Research Seminar, students may take seminars (Major Courses) offered by other professors, too. Through this system, they acquire the multifaceted perspectives necessary for developing rich creativity.
Outline of seminars
Here are the Research Seminars offered in the School of Japan Studies.
[Japanese Society]
- KIMURA Masami [Foreign Policy History Studies, Japanese History, American History, Japan-US Relations, Asia-Pacific Relations]
- SATO Masahiro [Modern Japanese History, Modern Japanese Socioeconomic History, History of Statistics]
- Philip SEATON [Historical Memory, Heritage, Tourism Studies]
- John PORTER [Urban Society History, Regional History, People’s History, Paleography]
- TOMOTSUNE Tsutomu [Intellectual History and Religion in Japan, Modern Japanese History, Minority Studies]
- HARUNA Nobuo [Japanese Politics (and Foreign Relations), Political Thought, Modern Japanese History]
[Japanese Culture and Literature]
- Iris HAUCAMP [Japanese Film History, International Co-Productions in the Interwar Period, Local Film Culture, Film and Society, Japanese Cinema, Film Analysis, Film History, Film Adaptations, Transnational Cinema, Co-Productions]
- SUGANAGA Rie [Classical Japanese Literature, Tanka, HAIKU (Classical Japanese Haiku, Modern and Postmodern Japanese Haiku, World Haiku)]
- TSUCHIDA Kosuke [Aesthetics and Art Studies in Medieval to Modern Japan (based on materials such as Waka and Renga Poetry, Japanese Gardens, and Tea Ceremony)]
- NISHIHARA Daisuke [Modern Japanese Literature, Comparative Literature Related to Modern Japanese Literature. Instruction in modern Japanese art and Noh/Kyogen is also possible]
[Japanese Linguistics]
- KAWAMURA Futoshi [Japanese Grammar and Vocabulary, Japanese Language History, etc.]
- SUZUKI Tomomi [Japanese Linguistics, Japanese Language Education Studies]
- TANIGUCHI Ryuko [Critical Discourse Studies, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics]
- HANAZONO Satoru [Japanese linguistics (grammar and lexicology, Okinawan language education)]
[Japanese Language Education]
- ABE Shin [Japanese Language Education Studies]
- ARAKAWA Yohey [Application of Cognitive Linguistics to Japanese Language Education, Teaching Material Studies, Metaphor Research, International Language Management]
- IJ?IN Ikuko [Pragmatics, Japanese Language Education, Discourse (Conversation/Composition) Analysis, Corpus Analysis]
- UMINO Tae [Second Language Acquisition Studies, Japanese Language Education Studies]
- OTSU Tomomi [Conversation Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Linguistic Anthropology, Sociolinguistics, Japanese Language Education Studies]
- NAKAI Yoko [Japanese Language Education Studies, Conversation Data Analysis, Conversation Education Research]
- LIN Chunchen [CALL Material Development, Digital Language Learning Environment, and other fields related to computers and education, including AI Studies]