Research areas
The department of Japanese Studies in the Tübingen Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies (AOI) is distinguished in its broad range of research foci with emphases in pre-modern and modern Japanese culture. Four full-time professors and an honorary professor represent the areas of Cultural Studies, Linguistics, the area modern Japan, and Religion and Intellectual History.
Research areas at the Tübingen department of Japanese Studies
Research area modern Japan, Prof. Robert Horres
- Media development in research and society
- Media-based research of cultural resources
- New media and didactic methods
- Intercultural studies
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Research area Japanese value systems, Prof. Monika Schrimpf
- Gender and religion in contemporary Japan
- Medicine and religion in contemporary Japan
- New religions
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Research area Environmental History Jun.-Prof. Dr. Fynn Holm
- Early Modern and Modern History of Japan
- Human-Animal-History
- Alpine Landscapes
- Human-Whale-Relationship
PI of the DFG-Emmy-Noether Project "The Japanese Alpine Empire"
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