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:en:The Kyoto University Research Centre for the Cultural Sciences

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{{Infobox institute

| name = Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University

| image_name = Kyu-tohobunkagakuin-kyotokenkyusho.jpg

| caption = Main building (designed by Kenzo Tohata)

| established = 1949

| head_label = Director

| head = Takuji Iwaki

| city = Kyoto

| state = Kyoto prefecture

| country = Japan

| address = Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan

| website = https://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

| founder =

| key_people = Naoki Kano, Kinji Imanishi, Takeo Kuwabara

| focus = Humanities

}}

{{nihongo|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.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.

History

=Early history=

The 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 This is the current of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo. and Kyoto in 1929. The establishment was one of the governmental cultural projectsThe first-core fund was reparations of the Boxer Rebellion. 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=

Organization

There are five research divisions and one attached research center.The organization was reorganized in April 2000.

  1. 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)
  1. Research Center
  • Research Center for Modern and Contemporary China (RCMCC)

External links

  • [http://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/ home page]

References

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