About the Graduate School of International Relations
In the present age, when connections among the world’s peoples only continue to grow stronger and stronger, it is more important than ever to foster the development of international perspectives and professional know-how. To this end, the Graduate School of International Relations, with its carefully designed interdisciplinary curriculum and diverse 60-member collaborating faculty, distributed across its Divisions of International Relations and Comparative Culture and dedicated to fostering individualized learning, challenges students to explore a wide range of essential issues affecting our global and local communities and, thus, prepares them to play an active role in their chosen fields.
Division of International Relations
International Politics and Development
In response to the growing societal need for comprehensive study in international politics and sustainable development, our program offers a broad interdisciplinary curriculum centered on various interrelated social sciences, including international politics, international economics, international management, and international law. Expert support and supervision are also available for the writing of a master’s thesis in area studies of East Asia, the Middle East, the United States, and Europe.
In response to the growing societal need for comprehensive study in international politics and sustainable development, our program offers a broad interdisciplinary curriculum centered on various interrelated social sciences, including international politics, international economics, international management, and international law. Expert support and supervision are also available for the writing of a master’s thesis in area studies of East Asia, the Middle East, the United States, and Europe.
Socio-Cultural Studies of Global Issues
By combining a communication-based approach promoting multicultural communication and problem-solving with a global studies approach incorporating sociology, anthropology, and social psychology, our program seeks to empirically examine critical global issues related to poverty, the environment, immigration, ethnicity, and gender.
By combining a communication-based approach promoting multicultural communication and problem-solving with a global studies approach incorporating sociology, anthropology, and social psychology, our program seeks to empirically examine critical global issues related to poverty, the environment, immigration, ethnicity, and gender.
Division of Comparative Culture
Japanese Culture
Our program seeks to promote research and education in the foundations of comparative culture through the lens of Japanese language, literature, and thought, specifically by including study of Japanese education, analysis of classical and contemporary Japanese, and research on classical and modern literature and thought. We also offer an advanced licensure program for prospective Japanese language teachers.
Our program seeks to promote research and education in the foundations of comparative culture through the lens of Japanese language, literature, and thought, specifically by including study of Japanese education, analysis of classical and contemporary Japanese, and research on classical and modern literature and thought. We also offer an advanced licensure program for prospective Japanese language teachers.
Asian Culture
Our program aims to holistically examine and research the various regions of China, the Korean Peninsula, South and Southeast Asia, and Russia from a multiplicity of disciplinary perspectives, including international relations, political science, economics, sociology, cultural anthropology, history, philosophy, and religious studies.
Our program aims to holistically examine and research the various regions of China, the Korean Peninsula, South and Southeast Asia, and Russia from a multiplicity of disciplinary perspectives, including international relations, political science, economics, sociology, cultural anthropology, history, philosophy, and religious studies.
British and American Culture
Our program seeks to promote contemporary and historically oriented comparative research into a wide range of subdisciplines within British and American Studies, including new linguistic theory, history, literature, sociology, and communication. We also offer an advanced licensure program for prospective English language teachers.
Our program seeks to promote contemporary and historically oriented comparative research into a wide range of subdisciplines within British and American Studies, including new linguistic theory, history, literature, sociology, and communication. We also offer an advanced licensure program for prospective English language teachers.
European Culture
Our program provides students with an extensive overview of European comparative studies, including the regional histories, philosophies, literatures, cultures, and societies of Spain, France, and Germany. It also promotes a reexamination of European culture from a broadened perspective, encompassing human sciences and contemplating continuity and change in European society.
Our program provides students with an extensive overview of European comparative studies, including the regional histories, philosophies, literatures, cultures, and societies of Spain, France, and Germany. It also promotes a reexamination of European culture from a broadened perspective, encompassing human sciences and contemplating continuity and change in European society.
