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Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies (Master's) Faculty | APU Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Graduate School Admissions

Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies Faculty

  • *1M: Master's Thesis Advising, D: Doctoral Dissertation Advising
  • *2Please note that seminar courses may not be offered every year.

【Current as of Oct 26, 2022】

  • Professor

    IGUCHI Yufu

    Graduate Advising *1
    M, D
    Degree
    Ph.D. (Humanities), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    MA (International Studies), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Divisions
    Society and Culture (SC)
    Research Fields
    Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Southeast Asian Studies (Malaysian Studies), Intellectual History
    Biography
    Professor Iguchi holds a PhD in Humanities from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and served as a visiting scholar at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland & University College Dublin Malaysia Campus in 2018. Her research interests include the female body and sexuality and the formation of the national subject. Currently, Iguchi is conducting research on female genital cutting in Southeast Asia. Her work has been published in both English and Japanese.
    Research Activities
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  • Professor

    KIM Chan Hoe

    Graduate Advising *1
    M
    Degree
    Ph.D. (Literature), Ritsumeikan University
    Divisions
    Society and Culture (SC)
    Research Fields
    Folklore Studies and Japanese Literature
    Research Activities
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  • Professor

    MANTELLO Peter A.

    Graduate Advising *1
    M, D
    Degree
    PhD, Aristotle University
    MFA (Media Arts), Concordia University
    BFA (Film Production), Concordia University
    BA (Asian Studies), Carleton University
    Divisions
    Society and Culture (SC), International Relations (IR)
    Research Fields
    Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Human-Machine Relations, Emotional AI, Malicious AI, Surveillance Systems, Predictive Policing, Videogame Theory, Conflict Media
    Biography
    Professor Mantello holds a PhD from Aristotle University in Greece and a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Canada. He is an award-winning and internationally recognized photographer, filmmaker, and game designer, with his work having been exhibited in museums and exhibitions around the world. He is the recipient of numerous research grants from the Japanese government and over a dozen artistic grants from the Canadian government.

    Mantello combines theory and real-world practice in his research, focusing on the intersection between new technologies and popular culture. He is a leading expert in the field of emotional artificial intelligence and has been extensively published in major international journals, such as AI and Society (Springer Nature), Media, War and Conflict (Sage), Technology in Society (Elsevier), HSSCOMS (Nature), Big Data and Society (Sage), the Australian Journal of International Affairs (Taylor & Francis), and the American Journal of Economics and Sociology (Wiley).
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  • Professor

    PROGLER Joseph

    Graduate Advising *1
    M
    Degree
    Ph.D. in American Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo
    M.Phil. in Ethnomusicology, Columbia University
    M.A. in Interdisciplinary Humanities, State University of New York at Buffalo
    B.A. in Secondary Music Education with a Minor in Jazz Guitar, Concordia College
    Divisions
    Society and Culture (SC), International Relations (IR)
    Research Fields
    Cinema (Science Fiction, Docudrama, Literary Adaptation), Education (Multiculturalism, Curriculum Studies, Pedagogy), Music (Ethnomusicology, Jazz Studies, Performance Practice), Religion (Local-global Dynamics, Environmental Ethics, Pilgrimage)
    Biography
    Professor Progler holds the PhD in American Studies from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He worked as an assistant professor of Social Studies in the College of Education at Brooklyn College in the City University of New York and then at Zayed University in Dubai as an associate professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences. He joined the APU faculty as a full professor in 2007, and teaches in the Culture, Society and Media cluster in the College of Asia Pacific Studies. His current research interests are in Cinema, Education, Music and Religion.
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  • Professor

    SEIKE Kumi

    Graduate Advising *1
    M
    Degree
    Credits Awarded, Withdrawal from Doctor Course, Graduate Faculty of Literature, Kyushu University
    Master (Sociology), Kyushu University
    Divisions
    Society and Culture (SC)
    Research Fields
    Sociology, Cultural Anthropology (including Ethnology and Folklore), Religion
    Biography
    Professor Seike studied sociology, structuralism and poststructuralism at Kyushu University where she earned her master’s degrees and completed her doctoral coursework. She further studied the religion and ethnicity of Malaysian Chinese from the perspective of Anthropology as a research fellow at Malaya University in Malaysia. More recently, she conducted research on NPOs whose purpose is the revitalization of rural areas vis a vis social movement theory and the theoretical possibility of cohabitation in present society. Currently, she is working on the articulation of “New-Realism” within sociological theory as a matter of philosophical concern.
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  • Professor

    TAHARA Hiroki

    Graduate Advising *1
    M
    Degree
    Ph.D. (Social and Cultural Studies), Nihon University
    Divisions
    Society and Culture (SC)
    Research Fields
    Vietnamese and Language Education
    Biography
    Professor Tahara graduated from Nihon University with his Ph.D. in Social and Cultural Studies. His research fields are Vietnamese and Language Education.
    Research Activities
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  • Professor

    YOSHIDA Kaori

    Graduate Advising *1
    M
    Degree
    Ph.D., University of British Columbia
    Master of Arts, University of Calgary
    Master of Education, Fukuoka University of Education
    Divisions
    Society and Culture (SC)
    Research Fields
    Media Studies (Representation Politics: Gender, Ethnicity, Nation), Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Comparative Culture Studies
    Research Activities
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  • Associate Professor

    HASUDA Takashi

    Graduate Advising *1
    M, D
    Degree
    PhD (Asian History), Osaka University
    Divisions
    Society and Culture (SC)
    Research Fields
    History of Pre-modern Southeast Asia
    Research Activities
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  • Associate Professor

    LE Hoang Anh Thu

    Graduate Advising *1
    M, D
    Degree
    PhD (Anthropology), Australian National University
    Divisions
    Society and Culture (SC)
    Research Fields
    Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vietnam, Ageing, Gender, Buddhism
    Research Activities
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