| The Department of Human Sciences
is made up of two broad fields. The first is "Applied Humanities"
which pursues the scientific study of the many forms of human
creative expression in areas such as philosophy, literature
and the arts. The second is "Clinical Psychology"
which covers fundamental knowledge related to psychological
counseling aimed at psychological healing. We take pride in
offering a prestigious faculty of specialists learned in a variety
of fields such as philosophy, literature, women's studies, the
arts, environment, and psychology who together offer a comprehensive
and interdisciplinary pursuit of "human expression"
that goes beyond the traditional framework both in research
and pedagogy. We explore the expression of the human mind from
three intersecting points: image, language and the body.
In addition to the regular lectures, the department
offers a unique way of training where students are able to
actually experience and participate. Also, by working in close
cooperation with research societies and symposiums sponsored
by the Human Sciences Research Center, students are given
the opportunity to pursue their fields of specialty in depth.
Moreover, a course where students may acquire
qualifications to become museum curators for art and natural
history museums has been established, support is offered for
those wishing to become environmental counselors or biotope
administrators, and a support system has also been designed
for those moving on to graduate school to become clinical
psychologists.
| Name |
Title |
Field of Research |
Subject of Research |
| UEMURA, Kuniko | Professor | Greek Mythology, Gender Studies, Literature | Correlation between Greek myths and modern thoughts. |
| YOKITANI, Yasuichi | Professor | Linguistic Thought | Life and Language. Language and Image. Image and Environment. Modern Poetry. Martin Heidegger. Sigmund Freud. |
| TANIGUCHI, Fumiaki | Professor | Philosophy, Human-Environmental Studies, Pedagogy of Environmental Education | Researches of philosophical anthropology. Psychological human mind and Practice of Environmental Education. |
| MINATOMICHI, Takashi | Professor | Philosophy, Ethics | Philosophical investigation on the political essence of thinking. | MORI, Shigeyuki | Professor | Clinical Psychology (Trauma Study) | Study and practice of psychotherapy with traumatized people, mainly with children. |
| HAGE, Daishin | Professor | Clinical Psychology, Community Psychology | My theme is the possibility and limits of psychological support concerning psychotherapy, mental care, community support. |
| KAWATA, Tokiko | Professor | Theory of Art | The theory of modern and contemporary art, and art history. Particularly on art criticism. |
| NISHI, Kinya | Professor | Theory of Art and Literature, History of Ideas | Comparative study of aesthetic discourse in modern Japan and Europe. |
| KITAGAWA, Megumi | Associate Professor | Clinical psychology, Personality development | Development of projective method to assess individual differences of attachment. Application of attachment research to clinical practice. |
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