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]

History

Early history

The Institute for Research in Humanities was established in 1949 by re-organizing institutes in Kyoto. The Institute of Humanistic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, and the Institute of Occidental Studies were combined to make the Institute for Research in Humanities. [2]

One of the core was the Institute for Oriental Culture, Kyoto. Institute for Oriental Culture was established in Tokyo[3] and Kyoto in 1929. The establishment was one of the governmental cultural projects[4] 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.[5]

  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)

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Institute for Research in Humanities". KYOTO UNIVERSITY. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
  3. ↑ This is the current of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo.
  4. ↑ The first-core fund was reparations of the Boxer Rebellion.
  5. ↑ The organization was reorganized in April 2000.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kyoto_University_Research_Centre_for_the_Cultural_Sciences