Faculty

BAUMERT Nicolas
Designated Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Academic Writing, French, France, Alimentary cultures, Geography
Designated Associate Professor BAUMERT Nicolas
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: baumert (at) ilas (dot) nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) 747-6704
Keywords:
- Academic Writing
- French
- France
- alimentary cultures
- Geography
Education:
- 2004 : Agrégation (Geography)
- 2009 : Ph. D. (Geography), Université Paris-Sorbonne
Courses Taught:
- Academic Writing I D / Academic Writing II D
- Academic Writing Tutorial
- French 1 / French 2 / French 3 / French 4
- Intermediate French 1 / Intermediate French 2
- Introduction to French Cultural Studies 1
Research:
- Historical and Cultural Geography
- Geopolitics
- alimentary cultures
- terroir and globalization
Publications:
- BAUMERT N. & GUICHARD-ANGUIS S. (ed.), 2014, Désastres et alimentation : le défi japonais (Géographie et cultures, n°86), Paris, L’Harmattan. 144 p.
- BAUMERT N., 2011, Le saké, une exception japonaise, Rennes, PUR, Tours, PUFR, 300 p.
Professional Experience:
- Since 2009 : Associate researcher, Institut Français de Recherche à l’Étranger UMIFRE 19 CNRS-MAE / Maison franco-japonaise, Tokyo http://www.mfj.gr.jp
- Since 2005 : Associate researcher, Espace, Nature et Culture (ENEC) UMR 8185 (CNRS) Research Institute, Paris (France) http://www.enec.cnrs.fr
- 2006-2010: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography. Paris- Sorbonne (Paris IV) University.

BOURNE Christopher
Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Operator algebras, noncommutative geometry, index theory, mathematical physics, topological phases of matter
Associate Professor BOURNE Christopher
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: bourne.christopher.jack.x7 (at) f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) 789-5181
Keywords:
- Operator algebras
- noncommutative geometry
- index theory
- mathematical physics
- topological phases of matter
Education:
- B.Sc. Flinders University
- Ph.D. Australian National University
Courses Taught:
- Calculus II
- Complex Analysis
- Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics
Research:
- Mathematical studies of quantum mechanics using operator algebras, noncommutative geometry and index theory.

HAMLITSCH, Nathan Jesse
Designated Lecturer of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Cognitive Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Frame Semantics, Construction Morphology, Loanwords, Scientific Skepticism
Designated Lecturer HAMLITSCH Nathan Jesse
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: hamlitsch (at) ilas (dot) nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052)
Keywords:
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Corpus Linguistics
- Frame Semantics
- Construction Morphology
- Loanwords
- Scientific Skepticism
Education:
- Ph.D., Nagoya University
- M.A., Nagoya University
- B.A., Western Washington University
- A.A.S., Whatcom Community College
Courses Taught:
- Research Skills B-3/B-4 (The Secrets of Research Writing/More Secrets of Research Writing)
- English Basic
- Academic English Intermediate
- Academic English Advanced
- Academic English Communication
- Academic English Seminar
- Tutorials
Research:
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Corpus Linguistics
- Frame Semantics
- Construction Morphology
- Loanwords
- Scientific Skepticism
- Academic Writing & Critical Thinking
Professional Experience:
- Designated lecturer. Nagoya University, Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2020-present
- Visiting Lecturer. Mie University, Faculty of Humanities, Law and Economics, 2018-2020
- Instructor, Aichi Shukutoku University, Department of English Literature, 2017-2018
- Instructor, Chubu University, Department of English Language and Culture, 2017-2018
- Instructor/Language Tutor, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, 2010-2018

IMURA, Keiichiro
Lecturer of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Strongly Correlated Electrons System, Valence fluctuation, Magnetism
Lecturer IMURA, Keiichiro
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: (at) ilas.nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) -
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Courses Taught:
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KODAMA, Hideaki
Designated Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Cognitive Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Frame Semantics, Construction Morphology, Loanwords, Scientific Skepticism
Designated Associate Professor KODAMA, Hideaki
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: kodama (at) ilas (dot) nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) 789-4725
Keywords:
- Liberal Education
- Social Studies Education
- Period for Inquiry-Based Cross-Disciplinary Study
Education:
- M.S., Kyoto University
- B.S., Takasaki City University of Economics
Courses Taught:
- Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research:
- Liberal Education
- Academic Writing for freshman
- Period for Inquiry-Based Cross-Disciplinary Study
Professional Experience:
- Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences(2013)
Kyoto Institute of Technology , Kyoto Prefectural University , Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine - Shiga University , Center for Transition from Secondary to Higher Education(2016)

KOIZUMI, Takashi
Lecturer of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Foreign Language Education
Lecturer KOIZUMI, Takashi
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: koizumi (at) nagoya-u.jp
- Phone: (052) 747-6513
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- Second language acquisition
- English language education
- CALL materials development
Education:
- Ph.D., Nagoya University
- M.A., University of Brighton
- B.A., Nanzan University
Research:
- Second language acquisition
- English language education
- CALL materials development

KOMATSU, Masahiro
Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Elementary Particle/Atomic Nucleus/Cosmic Ray/Space Physics
Associate Professor KOMATSU, Masahiro
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: komatsu (at) nagoya-u.jp
- Phone: (052) 789-4190
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- Experimental Particle physics
- Neutrino physics
- Neutrino oscillation
- CALL system
Education:
- Department of Physics, School of Science, Nagoya University
- Graduate school of Science, Division of Particle and Astrophysical Science
Courses Taught:
- Basic Seminar in Information Processing
Research:
- Neutrino oscillation
- Neutrino property
- Gamma-ray telescope
Professional Experience:
- Measurement of decay constant of charmed strange meson (Fermilab E653)
- Short-baseline neutrino oscillation search (CERN WA95 CHORUS)
- Observation of tau neutrino interaction (Fermilab E872 DONUT)
- Long-baseline neutrino oscillation in appearance mode (CERN CNGS1 OPERA)

LAI, Wailing
Designated Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Designated Associate Professor Paul W. L. LAI
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: wailinglai (at) ilas (dot) nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) 747-6706
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- Academic Writing
- Logic
- Logical Thinking
- Critical Thinking
- Analytical Philosophy
- Cognitive Science
Education:
- Ph.D. (Sussex University)
- M.A. (Sussex University)
- B.Sc. (Bolton University)
Courses Taught:
- Academic Writing IA
- Academic Writing IIA
- TA Training
- Logical Thinking (Intensive Course)
- Tutorials
Research:
- Applied Logic
- Philosophy of Cognitive Science
- Higher Education
Professional Experience:
- 2008 – 2010, Writing center founder and director, Hokkaido University
- 2007 – 2008, Visiting Associate Professor, Kobe College
- 2005 – 2007, JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology

LU, Jian
Designated Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics
Designated Associate Professor LU, Jian
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: lujian (at) ilas.nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) 747-6715
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- Academic Writing
- Chinese
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Dialectology
- Chinese Bible
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Tokyo
Courses Taught:
- Academic Writing I E / Academic Writing II E
- Academic Writing Tutorial
- Chinese1/ Chinese2/ Chinese3/ Chinese4
Research:
- Academic Writing & Critical Thinking
- Chinese language studies
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Dialectology
- Chinese Bible
Professional Experience:
- Nagoya University Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2011-present
- University of Tokyo, 2008-2011

MARUO,Makoto
Deputy Head of Academic Writing Education Division
Professor of Graduate School of Humanities
Chinese, Chinese Language Education
Professor MARUO,Makoto
- Department: Academic Writing Education Division, Graduate School of Humanities
- Email: maruo.makoto.k5 (at) f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) 789-5702
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- Chinese
- Chinese Language Education
Education:
- Ph.D., Nagoya University
- Master of Arts in Linguistics, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Courses Taught:
- An introduction to the multilingual world
- Chinese
Research:
- Study on Modern Chinese Grammar
Professional Experience:
- Graduate School of Humanities, Nagoya University ,2016-present
- The Graduate School of Language and Cultures, Nagoya University, 2003-2016
- Faculty of Language and Culture ,Nagoya University, 1998-2003

MATSUBARA, Midori
Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Foreign Language Education
Associate Professor MATSUBARA, Midori
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: m_matsubara (at) nagoya-u.jp
- Phone: (052) 747-6512
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- Second Language Acquisition
- English Education
- Language Production
Education:
- M.A., Nagoya University
Courses Taught:
- Academic English Advanced
- Academic English Communication
- Academic English Intermediate
Research:
- Second Language Acquisition
- English Education
- Language Production

NAKAMURA, Yasuyuki
Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Learning Analytics / Educational Technology / Statistical Physics
Professor NAKAMURA, Yasuyuki
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: nakamura (at) nagoya-u.jp
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- Learning Analytics
- Educational Technology
- Statistical Physics
Education:
- D.E., Kyoto University
- M.E., Kyoto University
- B.S., Kyoto University
Courses Taught:
- Basic Mathematics
- Laboratory in Physics
- Decision Making
- Simulation Science 1
- Physical and Life Science Informatics 4
- Many Body Systems A, B
Research:
- Clarification of the Learning Process by Analyzing the Answering Process of Online Tests in an E-Learning System for Science and Mathematics
Professional Experience:
- 2023 - : Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nagoya University
- 2017-2023 : Associate Professor of Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University
- 2004-2017 : Associate Professor of Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University
- 2003-2004 : Research Associate of Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University
- 1995-2003 : Research Associate of School of Informatics and Sciences, Nagoya University

NAYATANI, Shin
Director of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Professor of Graduate School of Mathematics
Differential Geometry
Director Professor NAYATANI, Shin
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Mathematics
- Email: nayatani (at) math.nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) 789-2814
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- Differential Geometry
Education:
- Ph.D., Osaka University
- M.S., Osaka University
- B.S., University of Tokyo
Courses Taught:
- Linear Albebra
- Calculus
- Complex Analysis
Research:
- Laplace-eigenvalue and embedding optimization on manifolds, and its analogue on graphs
Professional Experience:
- S. Nayatani and T. Shoda: Metrics on a closed surface of genus two which maximize the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian, C. R. Math. Acad. Sci. Paris 357 (2019), 84-98.
- H. Izeki and S. Nayatani: Combinatorial harmonic maps and discrete-group actions on Hadamard spaces, Geom. Dedicata, 114 (2005), 147-188.
- S. Nayatani: Patterson-Sullivan measure and conformally flat metrics, Math. Z., 225 (1997), 115-131.

NILEP, Chad
Designated Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Linguistics,English linguistics ,Sociolinguistics
Designated Associate Professor NILEP, Chad
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: nilep (at) ilas (dot) nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) 747-6705
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- linguistics
- sociolinguistics
- pragmatics
- ethnography
- discourse analysis
- language and culture
- academic writing
- English
Education:
- PhD, University of Colorado
- MA, Arizona State University
- BA, University of North Dakota
Courses Taught:
- Academic Writing I and II
- Special English Seminar: Writing
- Special English Seminar: Reading
- Special English Seminar: Presentation
- Seminar: Political Philosophy
- Seminar: Bureaucratic Language
Research:
Identities and ideologies in second language learning, analysis of political discourse
Professional Experience:
- Nagoya University Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2010-present
- University of Colorado, 2001-2009
- Japan Foundation, 2005-2006
- University of Idaho, 1999-2001

NUSKE_Kyle
Designated Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Language teacher training, Critical pedagogy, Ideologies of English in Japan
Designated Associate Professor NUSKE Kyle
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: kylenuske (at) ilas (dot) nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) 789 - 4808
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- Language teacher training
- Critical pedagogy
- Ideologies of English in Japan
Education:
- Doctor of Philosophy: English: Composition and TESOL, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA (2014).
- Master of Arts: English: Composition and Rhetoric, Wright State University, Dayton, OH (2006).
- Bachelor of Arts: Rhetoric, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL (2004).
Courses Taught:
- Academic English Communication
- Academic English Intermediate
- Special English Seminar: Writing
- Special English Seminar: Presentation
- Special English Seminar: Reading
Research Interests:
- Language teacher training
- Critical pedagogy
- Ideologies of English in Japan
Professional Experience:
Teaching History:- Designated Associate Professor - Nagoya University, 2016-present.
- Assistant Professor - The University of New Mexico-Gallup, 2015-2016.
- Adjunct Faculty Member - Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2013-2015.
- Teaching Associate - Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2013.
- Instructor - American Language Institute, 2010-2014.
- Nuske, K. (in press). “Critical Friends: How to develop effective critical friends PD groups.” In J. Liontis (Ed.), The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. New York, NY: Wiley.
- Nuske, K. (in press). “Novice practitioners’ views on the applicability of postmethod and critical pedagogy in Saudi EFL contexts.” In L. Buckingham (Ed.), Language, Identity, and Education: The Place of English in Society in Arab Gulf States. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
- Nuske, K. (2015). Transformation and stasis: Two case studies of critical teacher education in TESOL. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies 12(4), 283-312.
- Nuske, K. (2014). “It is very hard for teachers to make changes to policies that have become so solidified”: Teacher resistance at corporate eikaiwa franchises in Japan. The Asian EFL Journal 16 (2), 105-131.
- Nuske, K. (2015, March.) “I just figured out I’m discriminating against my own people”: multilingual graduate students’ shifting perceptions of localized Englishes. Paper presented at the 2015 American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Toronto, Canda.
- Nuske, K. (2014, March). Resistance, subversion, and oppression in the kingdom: A critical discourse analysis of Saudi teachers’ perceptions of English proficiency. Paper presented at the 2014 American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Portland, OR.
- Nuske, K. (2013, March). What does it mean to be a critical language teacher? : Investigating graduate students’ situated understandings of criticality. Paper presented at the 2013 American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Dallas, TX.
- Nuske, K. (2013, March). Intercultural rhetoric: Ideologies of cultural comparison and pedagogical applications in ESL writing classrooms. Paper presented at the 2013 Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, NV.
- Oda, T., & Nuske, K. (2010, July). World Englishes in Japanese EFL classrooms: How to see the world through YouTube. Paper presented at the 16th annual Conference of the International Association for World Englishes, Vancouver, BC.

RICHARD Serge charles
Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
functional analysis, spectral and scattering theory, index theorems in scattering theory, Mourre theory, magnetic systems
Lecturer Serge, Richard
- Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: richard (at) math.nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052)-789-5572 (ext. 5572)
- See also Homepage Homepage of Serge Richard
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SHUKU, Yoshiaki
Lecturer of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Solid State Physics, Crystal Engineering, Molecular Design
Lecturer SHUKU, Yoshiaki
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: shuku (at) ilas (dot) nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) 789-5106
Keywords:
- Solid State Physics
- Crystal Engineering
- Molecular Design
Education:
- Ph.D., Nagoya University
- M.S., Nagoya University
- B.S., Nagoya University
Research:
- Solid state physics based on crystal engineering and molecular design

TOOHEY David Edward
Designated Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Political Science, Cultural Sudies, Immigration Studies, Critical Theory
Designated Associate Professor TOOHEY David
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: toohey (at) ilas (dot) nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) 747-6700
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- immigration studies
- cinematic political theory
- media studies
- critical theory
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
- M.S., George Mason University
- B.A., Vassar College
Courses Taught:
- Special Seminar: Writing 2
- Special Seminar: Reading 2
- Special Seminar: Presentation
- Academic Communication English
- Academic English Advanced
- Mei-Writing Presentation
Research:
- cinema and the U.S.-Mexico border
- critical theories
- media studies
Professional Experience:
- Visiting Assistant Professor. Aichi University. April 2011-September 2014
- Lecturer: University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Outreach College exchange with INHA University. August 2010
- Graduate Assistant: The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Department of Political Science. Fall 2009
- Lecturer: University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Outreach College: 2006-2009 various terms

VASSILEVA Maria Nikolaeva
Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Food and Health / Molecular Epidemiology / Biology Science Education/ Internationalization of Higher Education
Associate Professor VASSILEVA Maria Nikolaeva
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: mnvassileva (at) ilas.nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) 789-5621
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- Food and Health
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Biology Science Education
- Internationalization of Higher Education
Education:
- PhD, Nagoya University, Japan (Medicine)
- MVSc, Trakia University, Bulgaria (Veterinary medicine)
Courses Taught:
- Fundamentals of Biology II
- Biology in English I, II, III, IV
- Studium Generale I, II
Research:
- Molecular epidemiology of food pathogens
- Population level health knowledge association with health status
- Health knowledge promotion
- Biology Science Education, teaching and learning
- Internationalization of higher education

WEEKS, Mark
Designated Associate Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Cultural Studies, Literature, Philosophy, Laughter
Designated Associate Professor Mark WEEKS
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: mark (at) ilas (dot) nagoya-u.ac.jp
- Phone: (052) 747-6860
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- Cultural Studies
- Philosophy
- Literature
- Laughter
- Research Presentations
Education:
- PhD: University of Western Australia
- BA (Honors) (English Literature): University of Western Australia
Courses Taught:
- Graduate seminars in cultural studies, cross-disciplinary studies, literature
- Graduate classes in presentation skills
- Undergraduate courses in cultural studies
- Undergraduate courses in English writing, reading, communication, presentation skills
Research:
- Cultural Studies
- Philosophy
- Literature
- Laughter
- Research Presentations
Professional Experience:
Published Articles (Peer Reviewed)- "Affect Philosophy Meets Incongruity: About Transformative Potentials in Comic Laughter," European Journal of Humour Research 8:1 (2020): pp. 1-13.
- “Communicative Efficacy and the Issue of ‘Self-performance’ in the Cross-disciplinary Research Presentations Classroom,” NU Ideas 6 (2017): pp. 65-70.
- “The Enigma of Solitary Laughter,” European Journal of Humour Research 4:3 (2016): pp. 76-87.
- “Communicative Efficacy and the Issue of ‘Self-performance’ in the Cross-disciplinary Research Presentations Classroom,” NU Ideas 6 (2017): pp. 65-70.
- “The Enigma of Solitary Laughter,” European Journal of Humour Research 4:3 (2016): pp. 76-87.
- “American Beauty: The Art of Work in the Age of Therapeutic Masturbation,” European Journal of American Culture 34:1 (2015), pp. 49-66.
- “Abandoning Our Selves to Laughter: Time and the Question of Self-loss in Laughter,” Israeli Journal of Humor Research: an International Journal 3 (2013), pp. 58-75.
- “Laughter and Japan in Transition: Towards an Understanding through a Time-based Incongruity Theory,” Studies in Languages and Cultures 25 (2010) [Kyushu University], pp. 149-62. [Internal Review]
- Milan Kundera: A Modern History of Comedy amid the Comedy of History,” Journal of Modern Literature 28:3 (2005), 130-48.
- “Beyond a Joke: Nietzsche and the Birth of Superlaughter,” The Journal of Nietzsche Studies 27 (2004), pp.1-17.
- “Laughter, Desire and Time,” International Journal of Humor Studies 15:4 (2002), pp. 383-400.
- “From Catch-22 to Closing Time: A Decline of Otherness,” Songklanakarin: Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 7:1 (2001), pp. 78-87.
- (Co-authored [1st author] with Frédéric Maurel) “Voyagers Across the Web of Time: Angkarn, Nietzsche and Temporal Colonization,” The Journal of South East Asian Studies 30:2 (1999), pp. 325-37.
- “Indifférance: The Difference between Laughter and Jouissance,” Southern Review 31:2 (1998), pp. 4-11.
- “Laughter and the Ludic Economy: Delillo and Kundera,” Meridian 17:1 (1998), pp. 89-107.
- "Thailand: a Time and Motion Study," Meridian 16:2 (1997), pp. 117-22.
- Comic Theory and Perceptions of a Disappearing Self,” Studies in Language and Culture 34:1 [Nagoya University], 2012, pp.19-29.
- "Laughter is a Time Machine," Philosophy Now 80 (2010), pp. 14-6. (This is a commercial magazine. A shorter version was published under the same title in the conference proceedings The Technology of Pleasure, Nagoya University, 2010.)
- "The Bakhtinian Carnivalesque and American Comic Pragmatism, Studies in English Language and Literature 60 [Kyushu University], 2010.
- “‘Alas, Poor Yorick’: Death of the Fool in Sterne and Shakespeare,” Studies in Languages and Cultures 59 (2009) [Kyushu University], pp. 1-13.
- “Freud and the Economics of Laughter,” Studies in Language and Culture 28:2 [Nagoya University], 2007. Pp. 227-39.
- “A City of One: Desire and Isolation,” The City and Culture言語文化研究叢書3 都市と文化 (2004) [Nagoya University], pp. 19-35.
- “Cranford’s ‘Organic Community’ and the Dark Spectre of Time,” in Evil and Its Variations in the Works of Elizabeth Gaskell: Sesquicentennial Essays, ed. Mitsuharu Matsuoka (Osaka: Osaka Kyoiku Tosho, 2015), pp. 105-20.
- “The Power of Time,” in Essays on Literature and Culture of the Asia-Pacific Region, eds. Dennis Haskell & Ron Shephard, Perth: University of Western Australia Press (2000), pp. 63-71.
- “Epistolary Prose, Epistemological Problems: James’s ‘A Bundle of Letters’,” in Hardy and James (Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Narrative), ed. Sanae Uehara, (Nagoya: ARM, 2014), pp. 30-6.
- "The indifférance in laughter,” in Semiotics around the World: Synthesis in Diversity (Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies), eds. Irmengard Rauch & Gerald F. Carr, (Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1997), pp. 505-8.
- (with Loyola McLean, Lisa Stafford) Exploring Bodies in Time and Space, (Oxfordshire: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2014), ISBN: 978-1-84888-246-1.
- ”Different Rivers in Heart of Darkness," Blue Humanities: Anglo-American Literature/Culture and the Aquatic Environment," Nagoya University, March 14-15, 2020.
- “KonMari in the USA: animism meets commodity fetishism,” Anglo-American Literature/Culture and Japan, Nagoya University, March 16-17, 2019.
- “A Huge Suspense Movie, Only Real’: Approaching Narrative through the Present,” Anglo-American Literature/Culture and Education, Nagoya University, March 17-18, 2018.
- “The Queerest Comic Corruption: Laughing Alone,” 10th Deleuze Studies Conference, Toronto, Canada, June 19-21, 2017.
- “Solitary Laughter: Breaking the Silence,” International Society for Humor Studies 28th Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, June 27-July 1, 2016.
- “Steps Supporting Greater Cultural Diversity in Theoretical Discourses on Laughter,” International Society for Humor Studies 27th Annual Conference, Oakland CA, USA, June 29-July 3, 2015.
- “Playing across Time, Space and Bodies in Laurie Anderson’s ‘Mach 20’,” American Literature and Culture at the Crossroads of Race and Gender Symposium, Nagoya University, March 23-4, 2015.
- “The Noisiest Silence: Reading the Laughable Text,” 2nd International Conference on Narrative, Nagoya University, December 10, 2014.
- “Laughter as a Time Machine: A Nomadic Investigation,” 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, New Orleans (LA), USA, October 23-5, 2014.
- “Towards Nomad Thinking on Laughter’s Time Machinery,” 7th Deleuze Studies Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, July 14-16, 2014.
- “A trial of project-based SLA using communicative media as an effective way to develop pragmatic and discourse competence,” Breaking Walls with a TV Conferencing System: A Way to Develop an Effective Language Competency Program (Symposium), Nagoya University, June 28, 2014.
- Epistolary Prose, Epistemological Problems: James’s ‘A Bundle of Letters,” 1st International Conference on Narrative,” December 6-7, 2013.
- “Utilizing TV Conference Systems across Asian Cultures,” 11th Asia TEFL International Conference, Manila, Philippines, October 26-8, 2013.
- “Andy Warhol and Comic Nomadic Culture,” International Society for Humor Studies 25th Annual Conference, Williamsburg (VA), USA, July 2-6, 2013.
- “Andy Warhol: Identity and Indifference,” Race and Ethnicity in American Literature and Culture: a Reconsideration (Symposium), Nagoya University, March 16-17, 2013.
- “Bodies, Selves and the Temporal Collapse in Laughter,” Global Conference on Time, Space and the Body, Sydney, Australia, February 11-13, 2013.
- “Towards an Integration of Some Asian and European Conceptions of Comic Laughter,” Asian Conference on Arts and Cultures, Bangkok, Thailand, August 9-10, 2012.
- “On Perceptions of a Subjective Time Slip in Laughter,” International Society for Humor Studies 24th Annual Conference, Krakow, Poland, June 25-29, 2012.
- “Is there Silence at the Heart of Laughter?” Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion Conference, New Delhi, India, December 30, 2011-January 2, 2012.
- "Warai and Japan in Transition: through a Time-based Incongruity Model," Japan Studies Association [USA] Conference, Honolulu (HI), USA, January 6-9, 2010.
- "Laughter is a Time Machine," The Technology of Pleasure Conference, Nagoya University, November, 2009.
- “American Beauty: The Neo-Liberal Body and Libidinal Self-Sufficiency,” International Symposium on the Topology of the Body, Nagoya University, February 16-17, 2008.
- “Diversity or Indifference? A Temporal Approach to Laughter,” International Society for Humor Studies, 15th Annual Conference, Chicago (IL), USA, July 1-4, 2003.
- “The Power of Time,” Literature and Culture in the Asia-Pacific (8th Symposium), Perth, Australia, December 11-12, 1998.
- "The Indifférance in Laughter,” Fifth Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, University of California, Berkeley, June, 1994.

YAMAZATO, Takaya
Vice-Director, Professor of Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Communication/Network Engineering,Educational technology
Vice-Director Professor YAMAZATO, Takaya
- Department: Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Email: yamazato (at) nagoya-u.jp
- Phone: (052) 747-6596
- Homepage: Yamazato Laboratory
- See also Nagoya University Faculty Profile page
Keywords:
- OpenCourseWare
- e-Learning
- Vehicle-to-vehicle communications
- Visible light communications
- Stochastic Resonance
Education:
- 1988/03, Shinshu University, Faculty of Engineering, Graduated
- 1993/03, Keio University, Graduate School, Division of Science and Engineering, Department of Electronics, Doctor Course, Completed
Courses Taught:
- Digital Circuits with Exercises
- Theory of Signal Processing and Waveform Transmission
- Advanced Lecture on Signal Transmission and Detection Theory
- Advanced Experiments and Exercises in Information and Communication Systems
- Seminar on Information and Communication Systems
Research:
- Wireless sensor networks
- Satellite communications
- Vehicle-to-vehicle communications
- Visible light communications
- Stochastic Resonance
- e-Learning
Awards
- IEEE Communication Society 2006 Best Tutorial Paper Award, 2006/06/11
Professional Experience:
- IEEE Communication Society Asia Pacific Board, Director, 2016/01 - 2017/12
- IEICE I-Scover Project, Subleader, 2013/02 - 2017/03