Keio University

Introduction to Seminars (Kenkyukai)

Many faculty members in the Department of Political Science offer seminars (kenkyukai) at the Mita Campus. Here, we introduce the activities of several seminars to show what students are learning.

The Faculty of Law has a special website prepared by the Seminar Committee. It contains detailed information about seminars, so please feel free to refer to it.

List of Seminars

Political Thought

  • Ken Tsutsumibayashi Seminar (History of Modern Political Thought)

  • Masanori Tagami Seminar (History of Western Political Thought)

  • Takeharu Okubo Seminar (History of Oriental Political Thought)

  • Akira Nagano Seminar (Political Philosophy)

Politics and Society

  • Atsushi Sawai Seminar (Contemporary Social Theory)

  • Atsushi Sawai Seminar (Contemporary Social Theory)

  • Yoshikazu Shiobara Seminar (Social Change Theory)

  • Hirohisa Takenoshita Seminar (Social Stratification Theory)

  • Naoko Taniguchi Seminar (Contemporary Political Theory)

  • Shuzo Yamakoshi Seminar (Mass Communication Theory)

  • Masayuki Karasudani Seminar (Political Communication Studies)

  • Keigo Obayashi Seminar (Constitutional Law, American Constitutional Law)

  • Hiroki Tsukiyama Seminar (Political Process Theory)

  • Yoshinori Kasai Seminar (Community Sociology)

  • Yuki Oda Seminar (Public Administration)

  • Haruo Kondo Seminar (Public Finance)

Japanese Politics

  • Masamichi Ogawara Seminar (History of Japanese Political Thought)

  • Kentaro Oku Seminar (Modern and Contemporary Japanese Political History)

  • Junsuke Matsuura Seminar (Contemporary Japanese Politics)

  • Hiroki Kashiwabara Seminar (Japanese Administrative History)

Area Studies and Comparative Politics

  • Yu Okayama Seminar (American Politics and Political History)

  • Yuko Kasuya Seminar (Comparative Politics of Developing Countries)

  • Kazuko Kojima Seminar (Contemporary Chinese Politics)

  • Atsushi Ogushi Seminar (Politics of Russia and Other Former Soviet States)

  • Akiko Sugiki Seminar (Contemporary African Politics and International Relations)

  • Aiko Nishikida Seminar (Migration and Refugee Studies)

  • Thomas Barrett Seminar (Modern and Contemporary Chinese Politics)

  • Shuichiro Masukata Seminar (Contemporary Latin American Politics and Diplomacy)

International Politics

  • Nobuto Yamamoto Seminar (Southeast Asian Politics)

  • Yuichi Hosoya Seminar (Diplomatic History)

  • Isao Miyaoka Seminar (Security Studies)

  • Junya Nishino Seminar (Contemporary Korean Politics)

  • Satoru Mori Seminar (Contemporary International Politics)

  • Masaya Inoue Seminar (Japanese Diplomatic History)

  • Kayo Takuma Seminar (Global Health Governance)