Topic of Research or Lecture

Topics of Lecture

• German Language History
• Middle High German
• Early New High German
• Historical Sociolinguistics
• Stylistics

Topic of Research

Stylistic Studies on Documents of 16th Century Nuremberg - from the Perspective of Historical Sociolinguistics

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Graduate Seminar in German Language Ⅰ
• Specialized Lecture in German Language III a / III b

Doctoral Program

• Special Studies in German Language III
• Special Lecture in German Language III

Message from the Professor

Studying at the Graduate School inspires you to see things in new ways!

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Topic of Research or Lecture

German Sentence Structure, Especially Problems Related to Optional Dative Case and Verb Separation

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Graduate Seminar in German Language III
• Specialized Lecture in German Language I a / I b

Message from the Professor

You will acquire deep thinking skills and insight by seriously engaging in a foreign language and facing the language head on. Let’s learn together.

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Topic of Research or Lecture

Research into Faust Literature from the 16th Century to the Present Day / The Bible as A Source of Motifs in German Literature

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Graduate Seminar in German Literature II
• Specialized Lecture in German Literature II a / II b

Doctoral Program

• Special Studies in German Literature II
• Special Lecture in German Literature II

Message from the Professor

The wisdom of thinking and learning should really lead to developing your own logical and convincing arguments.

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Topic of Research or Lecture

German and Austrian Literature / 19th and 20th Century Austrian Literature and Art Criticism

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Graduate Seminar in German Literature IV
• Specialized Lecture in German Literature IV a / IV b

Doctoral Program

• Special Lecture in German Literature IV

Message from the Professor

Tackle German like a sumo wrestler! Fight with academia! Let’s devote all our time and spur each other on in the name of research!

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Topic of Research or Lecture

Thought and Culture at the End of the Age of Enlightenment (Especially the Movement of Popular Enlightenment), and folk literature in the 18th and 19th centuries

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Specialized Lecture in German Literature I a / I b

Message from the Professor

Read German as if looking at it through a microscope. As it is a foreign language, it is natural that you can understand it only slowly. But if you focus on the words until you begin to see them multilayered, you will definitely get something out of it.

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Topic of Research or Lecture

Research into Modern and Contemporary Jewish-German literature and its Poetics

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Graduate Seminar in German Literature V
• Specialized Lecture in German Literature V a / V b

Doctoral Program

• Special Lecture in German Literature I

Message from the Professor

Read lots of books. Continue your vivid interests. Research lies in interactions with many people both past and present. Do it all in different languages.

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Topic of Research or Lecture

Research into “Natural-Historical Philology” in the Brothers Grimm

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Graduate Seminar in German Literature III
• Specialized Lecture in German Literature III a / III b

Doctoral Program

• Special Lecture in German Literature III

Message from the Professor

There are many dictionaries in the graduate school’s seminar room. Use them effectively to help you read and understand the text accurately.

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Topic of Research or Lecture

Art / Housing and Aging Society in Japan and Germany / Comparative Culture and Sociology

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Graduate Seminar in European Studies I
• Specialized Lecture in European Studies I a / I b

Message from the Professor

Graduate school allows you to think deeply about one topic that you find yourself and to discuss it. Classes are basically in German, and therefore you will improve your ability to use the German language and discuss things in German.

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Topic of Research or Lecture

Modern and Contemporary German Literature (in Particular, the Study of Goethe) / German Teaching Methods

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Graduate Seminar in German Literature VI
• Specialized Lecture in German Literature VI a / VI b

Message from the Professor

The time enrolled in graduate school is a great opportunity to concentrate and engage in your studies. Try to make your life outside of research as simple as possible.

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Topic of Research or Lecture

What is truth in Japan and German subculture studies / literature using semiotics

Teaching Subjects

Master's Program

• Specialized Lecture in European Studies Ⅲ a / Ⅲ b

Message from the Professor

In graduate school, students will have the opportunity to academically pursue the topics that interested them during their time at university. In other words, they will attain the chance to develop their scientific thinking. The rational means of thinking you learn will surely become a source of assistance in your life.

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