Organization of the Faculty

The Faculty of Arts and Letters at Tohoku University consists of 26 departments in the humanities and social sciences. From their second year, students join one of these departments and take classes, deepening their learning while in contact with instructors and graduate students and completing a graduation thesis or research in their fourth year.

Please visit the database "Introduction to the Researchers of Tohoku University" providing information to the public on the researchers at Tohoku University.

Faculty of Arts and Letters

Humanities and Social Sciences

Department Professor Associate prof Assistant
Innovative Japanese Studies TANAKA Shigeto MOTEGI Kennosuke
AKAI Kimi
NISHIHARA Shiho
History of Japanese Thought KATAOKA Ryu
HIKINO Kyousuke
SASAKI Shunsuke
Japanese Linguisitics ŌKI Kazuo
KODA Naomi
NAKANISHI Taro
KIKUCHI Keita
LIU Haiyan
Applied Japanese Linguistics OGAWARA Yoshiro SHIMASAKI Kaori ONISHI Yumi
Japanese Literature SAKURA Yoshiyasu
YOKOMIZO Hiroshi
NIHEI Masato
DING Shuwen
Japanese History YANAGIHARA Toshiaki
ADACHI Hiroaki
HORI Yutaka
KAGOHASHI Toshimitsu
Archaeology KANOMATA Yoshitaka MATSUMOTO Keita
Cultural Anthropology KAWAGUCHI Yukihiro OCHI Ikuno
Religious Studies KIMURA Toshiaki
TANIYAMA Yozo
TOISHIBA Shiho IKAWA Yugaku
Death & Life Studies/ Practical Religious Studies TAKAHASHI Hara
TANIYAMA Yozo (Joint Posting)
Indology and History of Indian Buddhism SAKURAI Munenobu
NISHIMURA Naoko
WATANABE Ryo
Chinese Language and Literature YATA Naoko
TSUCHIYA Ikuko
CHANG Peiju
Chinese Philosophy SAITO Tomohiro NII Yoko FEI Kangxing
Oriental History ONO Koji WATANABE Hideyuki Chen Ying
English Literature ONUKI Takashi
TINK James
IIMI Chiaki
English Linguistics SHIMA Etsuro NAKAMURA Taichi
German Literature SHIMAZAKI Satoru
NARROG Heiko
French Literature IMAI Tsutomu
KUROIWA Taku
MUTO Natsuki
European and American History ASAOKA Zenji OHTANI Satoshi
Philosophy OGIHARA Satoshi
KIDO Atsushi
HARA Saku
Ethics MURAYAMA Tatsuya KOMATSUBARA Orika KURIYAMA Katsuyuki
Eastern and Japanese Art History SUGIMOTO Yoshihisa OSHIMA Sachiyo
Aesthetics and Western Art History ADACHI Kaoru Marinucci Lorenzo
HIMINO Natsuko
Psychology ABE Tsuneyuki
SAKAI Nobuyuki
TSUJIMOTO Masahiro
OMORI Mika
ARAI Takashi
KAWACHI Yousuke
RAEVSKIY Alexander
Linguistics KOIZUMI Masatoshi
NAITO Maho
KIYAMA Sachiko
Sociology KOMATSU Takeaki
TASHIRO Shimon
AOKI Soko
TAKAHASHI Satoka
Behavioral Science HAMADA Hiroshi OGAWA Katsunori
MIZUNO Keiko
Computational Humanities and Social Sciences LYU Zeyu

Others

Belong Professor Associate prof Assistant
In charge of Foreign Students SHIBASAKI Tomomi
Computer room MORIKAWA Tamon
International Graduate Program in Japanese Studies NAGAOKA Ryusaku
The Office of Community Engagement ABE Tomonori
The Office of Research Evaluation and Promotion NAKANO Etsuko

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