About Us
The purpose of this research center is to promote education and research
in the field of “Northern Humanities,” exploring this area from a
multidisciplinary perspective through the many academic specialties
of the Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences, such as
history, culture,linguistics, art, and the environment.
To promote this aim, we have planned and organized various
activities, including symposia, workshops, conferences,
publications, and lectures.
News & Events
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講演会/Lecture「RUSSIA’S ARCTIC INDIGENOUS LITERATURES IN ECOCRITICAL AND POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVE」
本センター共催の科研費プロジェクト講演会「Russia’s Arct...
2023.9.29
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「人と動物の関わり連続セミナー」”Human-animal Relationship Seminar”開催のお知らせ
日時 Time 2019年12月4日（水）13:15-14:30December...
2019.12.04
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国際ワークショップ International Workshop｢RETHINKING ARCTIC COMMUNITY BUILDING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE｣(2/24)
来たる2月24日に、国際ワークショップ｢Rethinking Arctic co...
2019.2.24
Research Center
Organization
This center consists of nine professors of the Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, which promotes research and education on the northern humanities from a wide range of perspectives, such as history, culture, language, art, literature, and the environment.
Center for
Northern
Humanities
Research Area
Literature
Russian Literature, Polish Literature
Linguistics
Ainu Language, Slavic Linguistics
History
Hokkaido history, History of Sakhalin and Sakhalin, Ainu ethnography, Russian history, Research on historical materials related to Japan in Russia, Historical ornithology
Art Studies
Hokkaido Art, Art of the Russian Far East
Archeology
Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands, Republic of Sakha, Sea of Okhotsk coast, North Pacific coast, Siberia, Central and Eastern Europe
Cultural Anthropology
Hokkaido, Far East Russia, North American indigenous studies, Europe, Hunting
Regional Science
Conservation Ecology, Social Ecology, Relationship between Siberian Indigenous Peoples and Wild Animals, North American Area Studies, Urban Studies, Human Geography
Research Activities
Northern Humanities Network
This center aims to collaborate with researchers and research institutions in the northern part of the world, with a scope that goes beyond Hokkaido in Japan, and moreover it has built a comprehensive research network that is constantly in operation.
Study Groups
Our center plans and holds the regular lecture meetings and symposiums related to the northern regions of the world. In addition, by inviting distinguished researchers in relevant fields from within Japan and overseas to these lectures, etc., we open the results of their research to the academic world and local communities.
Publication of the Journal of the Center for Northern Humanities
We have been publishing our international academic journal, entitled Journal of the Center for Northern Humanities, every year since 2008 with the aim of bringing together and promoting humanities research in the northern regions of the world. The Journal is distributed to research institutions in Japan and overseas, and it is registered with the Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (HUSCAP) and has been made available online.
Contribution to Local Communities
We are contributing to the further development of the culture of Hokkaido by returning to the public, via open lectures, public seminars, and planned exhibitions, and the results of research that is closely related to the history and climate of Hokkaido.
Educational Activities
We provide university-wide and undergraduate specialized education in coordination with researchers from other institutions in Japan and abroad, and international education for graduate students in cooperation with the OGGs (NJE3) program.
