About FGS

Introducing the Faculty

International Relations

International Politics

KISHIKAWA, Takeshi

Professor
Comparative Politics; Democratization Theory

KOBAYASHI, Ayako

Assistant Professor by Special Appointment
International Politics, Peace and Conflict Studies, International Organization, Global Governance

SAITOU, Kousuke

Associate Professor
International Politics, Security Studies, Innovation, Technology Management

SUZUKI, Kazutoshi

Professor
International Relations, International Political Economy, Simulation

TSURU, Yasuko

Professor
International Politics; Peace Studies; International Institutions; Ocean Governance; Ocean Security

NAKAUCHI, Masataka

Professor
International Politics; Peacebuilding; Regional Integration; Regional Organizations

MAESHIMA, Kazuhiro

Professor
American Government and Politics

MIYAGI, Taizo

Professor
History of International Politics; Japanese Diplomacy

WATANABE, Shino

Professor
International Relations; Contemporary Chinese Politics; International Relations of East Asia

Civil Society and International Cooperation

INABA, Nanako

Professor
Sociology of Globalization; Globalization and Civil Society; International Migration and Gender; Poor People's Social Movements

WEISS, Tobias

Assosiate Professor
Political Sociology, Field Theory, Japanese Studies, Journalism, Civil Society, Social Movements

OGISU Takayo

Assistant Professor by Special Appointment
Comparative and International Education, International Educational Development and Coorperation, Teacher Education

SHIMOKAWA, Masatsugu

Professor
Development Economics; International Political Economy; Globalization and Poverty Issues

TAKASHIMA, Ryo

Professor
Development Economics; International Trade; Economics of Happiness and Subjective Well-Being

TANAKA, Masako

Professor
Development Studies; International Cooperation; Gender Studies; NGOs and NPOs; South Asian Area Studies

MARUYAMA, Hideki

Professor
Comparative and International Education, Sociology of Education, International Educational Cooperation, Non-formal Education, Education for Immigrant

Area Studies

Asian Studies

AUGUSTINE, Sali

Professor
Ethnic Politics; Area Studies (South Asia)

KWON, Hyang Suk

Associate Professor
Northeast Asian Studies; Society and Culture in East Asia; Migration Studies; Korean-Chinese Studies

KUSHIMOTO, Hiroko

Associate Professor
Muslim societies in South East Asia, Cultural Anthropology, Comparative Education

NEMOTO, Kei

Professor
Contemporary and Modern History of Southeast Asia; Area Studies(Burma)

FUKUTAKE, Shintaro

Professor
Anthropology; Southeast Asian Studies

MARUI, Masako

Professor
Southeast Asian Archaeology; Cultural Heritage Studies

Middle Eastern and African Studies

AKAHORI, Masayuki

Professor
Anthropology; Islamic Area Studies

SAWAE, Fumiko

Professor
Contemporary Politics and Society of Turkey; Islam and Politics

TSUJIGAMI, Namie

Professor
Comparative Gender Studies in the Middle East, Area Studies

TODA, Mikako

Assosiate Professor
African Area Studies (Central Africa), Ecological Anthropology, Disability in Africa

MAKI, Momoka

Professor
African History; African Studies; Ethiopian Studies; Eritrean Studies; International Relations

YAMAGUCHI, Akihiko

Professor
Early Modern and Modern History of the Middle East, Kurdish Studies