The Specialty Deepening Program

Overview

Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Geography, Japanese history, Oriental history, Western history, archaeology, Japanese Linguistics/Japanese Literature, Chinese Linguistics/Chinese Literature, English Linguistics/British and American Literature, German Linguistics/German Literature, linguistics, Cultural heritage studies, Comparative Study of Cultures, Cultural Anthropology

This program consists of 16 academic fields ranging from philosophy to comparative culture studies, and classes are conducted according to the curriculum of each academic field.
Students can choose to pursue their studies in a particular area of specialization according to their own interests.

Research Field of the Academic Staff

Programs/Courses	Name	Research fields	E-mail
Philosophy	SASAKI Taku	Western Ethics	tsasaki@staff.
	YAMAMOTO Eisuke	Philosophy and Ethics	eisukey@staff.
Psychology	ARAKI Yukiko	Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology	yukikoa@staff.
	OKADA Tsutomu■	Personality Psychology, Youth Psychology	tokada@staff.
	KOJIMA Haruyuki	Experimental Psychology, Perception and Cognitive Psychology, Physiological Neuroscience Psychology	hkojima@staff.
	TANIUCHI Tohru	Learning Psychology, Comparative Psychology, Experimental Studies on Learning and Cognition in Animals	tohruta@staff.
Sociology	KOBAYASHI Daisuke	Sociology	dkobayashi@staff.
	TODOROKI Makoto	Sociology	todoro@staff.
Geography	UNE Yoshimi	Human Geography	une@staff.
	TANAKA Kensaku	Human Geography	ketanaka@staff.
	NAKASHIMA Koji★	Human Geography	koji331@staff.
Cultural Anthropology	IIDA Reiko	Cultural Anthropology, Area Studies (South Asia and India), Performing Arts, Gender and Sexuality	r-iida@staff.
	OSAWA Takamasa	Social Anthropology, Area Studies (Southeast Asia, Indonesia), Environmental Policy, Indigenous Rights	tosawa@staff.
	YAMAGUCHI Ryota	Cultural Anthropology, Regional Studies (Africa, Cameroon), Witchcraft, Biodiversity Conservation	y-ryota@staff.
Japanese History	UEDA Hisao	Early Modern Japanese History	h-ueda@staff.
	TAKEI Koichi	Early Modern Japanese History, History Education	ktakei@staff.
	NOGAWA Yasuharu	Japanese History, Economic History	ysnogawa@staff.
	YOSHINAGA Masafumi	Ancient Japanese History	m-yoshinaga@staff.
Asian History	ABE Soichiro	Ancient Chinese History	soichiro@staff.
	FURUICHI Daisuke	Qing Dynasty Chinese History	dfuruic@staff.
Western History	TANAKA Toshiyuki	Medieval Urban, Medieval Rural, Domain Policy, General History	ttanaka@staff.
	NEZU Yukio■	General History	ynezu@staff.
	HOSOKAWA Mayu	Western Modern History, European History of International Relations, French History of Politics and Diplomacy, Interwar Period	mhosokawa@staff.
Archaeology	ADACHI Takuro	Archaeology, Museum Studies, Western Asian History	mppnb@staff.
	ODAKA Takahiro	Archaeology, Near Eastern Prehistory	odaka@staff.
	GAKUHARI Takashi	Archaeological Molecular Biology, Paleo Genomics, Isotope Ecology, and Cultural Property Science	gakuhari@staff.
Japanese Linguistics/Japanese Literature	IIJIMA Hiroshi	Japanese Literature，General Literature	h-iijima@staff.
	INOSE Chihiro	Japanese Literature	c-inose@staff.
	ONO Junko	Japanese Literature	j-ono@staff.
	SUGIYAMA Kinya	Japanese Literature	kinkin-s@staff.
	TAKAYAMA Tomoaki	Japanese Linguistics, Language Studies	tomotaka@staff.
	HARA Yusuke	Japanese Literature，General Literature	harayusuke@staff.
Chinese Linguistics/Chinese Literature	UEDA Nozomu	Chinese Literature	nueda@staff.
	KANO Nozomi	Modern Chinese Grammar	nkano@staff.
	HARADA Ai	Classical Chinese Literature	yuantian46@staff.
English Linguistics/British and American Literature	SHIBUYA Yoshikata	English Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics	y.shibuya@staff.
	BROWN Dale Colin	Applied Linguistics, TESOL	dbrown@staff.
	HORITA Yuko	English Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Cognitive Science	horitay@staff.
	MIYAZAWA Yuki	English and American Literature	ymiyazawa@staff.
German Linguistics/German Literature	SATO Fumihiko	European Literature, General Literature	satof@staff.
	NISHIDE Kayo	Linguistics	knishide@staff.
	HAYAKAWA Fumito	German Literature, Austrian Literature, Interwar Literature, Moderne, Austrian Fascism	fhayakawa@staff.
Linguistics	IRIE Koji	Linguistics, Icelandic Linguistics	iriek@staff.
	SUGANUMA Kentaro	Linguistics	suganumak@staff.
	YASUNAGA Daichi	Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Science	daichi.y@staff.
Cultural Heritages	SUGAWARA Hirofumi	Western Art History	h.suga0616@staff.
	TANIGAWA Ryuichi	Architectural History and Design, 20th-Century Japanese-Asian Relations History, Regional Studies	tryuichi@staff.
Comparative Study of Cultures	MIZUNO Saya	History of Oriental Art	sayamz@staff.
	MORI Masahide☆	Chinese Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Buddhism Studies, Art History, Religious Studies	abhaya@staff.

• Note1:Those with ■ on the right of the name column will not be Senior Supervisors because they will transfer in March 2026, ☆ in March 2027, and ★ in March 2028.
• Note2: Please add “kanazawa-u.ac.jp” after the “E-mail” field.