Last Updated: 2025/10/15
In the European and American Culture Studies Course, we conduct multifaceted and comprehensive education and research on European and American societies and cultures, which have been playing a central role in world politics, economy and culture in modern times. Although the cultures developed in these regions have spread worldwide, it is it is being critically reexamined. Moreover, there has recently been progress on studies on the societies and cultures in Europe and America that only played a peripheral role in establishing the modern era. Based on these past achievements, we reexamine Western thoughts and values that are deeply rooted in our modern lives and consciousness, and seek their meanings in the 21st century. We want to reveal the unknown depths of Europe and America through a course of concrete studies in a wide range of fields including history, language, religion, philosophy, literature, art and society.
| Students’ research themes | The “German Legends” of the Grimm Brothers,
A Study on William Morris,
Acceptance of Victorian Culture in “Harry Potter”,
Modern French Fashion,
Czech Romani Literature,
Czech Baroque Studies,
A Study on C. Bronte Establishment of the Mirandese language,
Analysis of Visual Gags in I Love Lucy,
Stereotype of the Japanese People in Hollywood Movies,
Problems of Italian Immigration in America,
Pacifism, Isolationism and Populism in the United States of America during Interwar Periods,
Japan-Russian Relations through the Imperial Families,
Belarusian Nationalism,
Chinese Immigrants to the US. |
Teaching staff | Takuya OZAWA, Professor
Subjects: the Americas and Global History
Research fields: the Americas, especially the modern history of Central America, ethnic issues and culture concerning export crops that impact Central American society. Satoru FUKAMACHI, Associate Professor
Subjects: Trans-border Literature
Research fields: British literature, military science fiction (especially Invasion literature), propaganda studies, and British near-future war fiction from late 19th century to WWI. Taro KINUGASA, Associate Professor
Subjects: History of German and Central-Eastern Europe
Research fields: Modern and contemporary history of German and central-eastern European borderlands, the separatist movement and migration in Silesia. Asami NAKAMURA, Lecturer
Subjects: Religion and Culture in Britain
Research Fields: Anglophone literature, particularly utopian/dystopian fiction and science fiction (SF).
My research interests include nostalgia,gender and sexuality and posthuman philosophy. |
