The Kyoto University Research Centre for the Cultural Sciences

Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University

Main building (designed by Kenzo Tohata)
Established	1949
Focus	Humanities
Director	Takuji Iwaki
Key people	Naoki Kano, Kinji Imanishi, Takeo Kuwabara
Address	Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Location	Kyoto , Kyoto prefecture , Japan
Website	https://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

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.

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

Organization

There are five research divisions and one attached research center.[4]

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

• home page

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. This is the current of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo.
3. The first-core fund was reparations of the Boxer Rebellion.
4. The organization was reorganized in April 2000.