Organization

As of April 1 2018

Director	SHINOKAWA, Ken	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature
Manager	IWATA, Kazumasa	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature
Steering Committee	KOMIYAJI, Masahiro	Dean, Faculty of Economics
	MURASE, Ko	Dean, Faculty of Arts and Literature
	YAMAMOTO, Teruyuki	Dean, Faculty of Law
	IJICHI, Tomohiro	Dean, Faculty of Social Innovation
	KOJIMA, Takao	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature
	MIYAZAKI, Shuta	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature

Members (in alphabetical order)

Name	Position and Affiliation	Research field
AIZAWA, Masahiko	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature	Japanese Art History
HYOKI, Satoru	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature	Japanese Folklore Studies
IWATA, Kazumasa	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature	History of Education in Japan
KAWADA, Makito	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature	Cultural Anthropology
KOBAYASHI, Mayumi	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature	Classical Japanese Literature
KOJIMA, Takao	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature	Japanese Folklore Studies
MAKINO, Yoko	Professor, Faculty of Economics	Comparative Literature and Culture
MIYAZAKI, Shuta	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature	Early Modern Japanese Literature
MURATA, Hiroshi	Professor, Faculty of Social Innovation	Social Systems Theory
OTANI, Setsuko	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature	Medieval Japanese Literature
OZAWA, Masahito	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature	Asian Cultural Studies
TAJIMA, Nobuo	Professor, Faculty of Law	History of International Politics
TOIKE, Noboru	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature	Japanese Cultural History
UESUGI, Tomiyuki	Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature	Cultural Anthropology

Full-time staff

SAKAMOTO, Sumiko

HAYASHI, Yohei

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