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Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University (京都大学人文科学研究所, Kyōto Daigaku Jinbun Kagaku Kenkyūjo) is an institution for research at Kyoto University. It specializes in humanities and ethno-ecological studies. It has a distinctive school tradition, as heir to the philosophically oriented Kyoto School, but differs from the latter in its broader cultural interests.[1]
Established | 1949 |
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Focus | Humanities |
Director | Takuji Iwaki |
Key people | Naoki Kano, Kinji Imanishi, Takeo Kuwabara |
Address | Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
Location | , , Japan |
Website | https://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ |
History
editEarly history
editThe Institute for Research in Humanities was established in 1949 by re-organizing institutes in Kyoto.
One of the core was the Institute for Oriental Culture, Kyoto. Institute for Oriental Culture was established in Tokyo[2] and Kyoto in 1929. The establishment was one of the governmental cultural projects[3] undertaken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The building is the current main building, which was completed in November 1930. The first director was Kano Naoki, who is a sinologist. In 1938, The Institute for Oriental Culture was split in two by the difference in policy.
After the Pacific War
editOrganization
editThere are five research divisions and one attached research center.[4]
- Research Divisions
- Cultural Research Methodologies Division
- Cultural Processes Division
- Cultural Interrelationships Division
- Cultural Representation Division
- Cultural Composition Division
- Center for Informatics in East Asian Studies (CIEAS)
- Research Center
- Research Center for Modern and Contemporary China (RCMCC)
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Much of this article will be translated from the equivalent article ja:京都大学人文科学研究所, in the Japanese Wikipedia, as retrieved on June 24, 2007.
- ^ This is the current of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo.
- ^ The first-core fund was reparations of the Boxer Rebellion.
- ^ The organization was reorganized in April 2000.