

Organization
The Research Center consists of five research divisions and the Strategy Planning Office, which coordinates these divisions, promotes collaboration between divisions and external research institutions, and serves as a hub while formulating mid- to long-term visions for the Center’s operations. The Center also has an Administrative Office to provide administrative support for all Center activities.

Researchers
Affiliation | Research Division | Assignment | Research Field | |
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Yu Itahashi (Division Head) | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor | Division of Archaeology | Full-time | Archaeological Science, Chronometry |
Osamu Maeda | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor | Part-time | Neolithic Studies | |
Yutaka Miyake | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor | Full-time | Prehistoric Studies | |
Jun Ikeda | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor | Division of Assyriology | Full-time | Akkadian Linguistics, West Semitic Linguistics |
Daisuke Shibata (Director, Division Head) | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor | Full-time | Mesopotamian History | |
[To be appointed in September] | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Full-time | Hittite History | |
[To be appointed in September] | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Full-time | Mesopotamian History | |
Nozomu Kawai (Division Head) | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor | Division of Egyptology | Full-time | Egyptian Political History and Archaeology |
Tokihisa Higo | Faculty of Art and Design, Assistant Professor | Part-time | Egyptian Religious History | |
So Miyagawa | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor | Full-time | Egyptian Linguistics and Coptic Studies | |
Kei Ikehata | Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor | Division of Earth Science | Full-time | Ore Deposit Studies, Metal Isotope Analysis |
Yoshihito Kamata | Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor | Part-time | Geology | |
Masanori Kurosawa (Division Head) | Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor | Full-time | Mineralogy, Microanalysis | |
Kimikazu Sasa | Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Associate Professor | Part-time | Accelerator Science | |
Teruyuki Maruoka | Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor | Part-time | Geochemistry, Sulfur Isotope Analysis | |
Shuhei Kimura | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor | Division of Modern and Contemporary Urban Environment and Cultural Heritage |
Part-time | Cultural Anthropology |
Akifumi Shioya | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor | Part-time | Modern and Contemporary History | |
Yoko Taniguchi | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor | Full-time | Cultural Heritage Science | |
Kosuke Matsubara (Division Head) | Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, Associate Professor | Full-time | Urban Planning |
Researchers
Division of Archaeology
Yu Itahashi (Division Head) | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor |
Assignment | Full-time |
Research Field | Archaeological Science, Chronometry |
Osamu Maeda | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor |
Assignment | Part-time |
Research Field | Neolithic Studies |
Yutaka Miyake | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor |
Assignment | Full-time |
Research Field | Prehistoric Studies |
Division of Assyriology
Jun Ikeda | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor |
Assignment | Full-time |
Research Field | Akkadian Linguistics, West Semitic Linguistics |
Daisuke Shibata (Director, Division Head) | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor |
Assignment | Full-time |
Research Field | Mesopotamian History |
[To be appointed in September] | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Assignment | Full-time |
Research Field | Hittite History |
[To be appointed in September] | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Assignment | Full-time |
Research Field | Mesopotamian History |
Division of Egyptology
Nozomu Kawai (Division Head) | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor |
Assignment | Full-time |
Research Field | Egyptian Political History and Archaeology |
Tokihisa Higo | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Art and Design, Assistant Professor |
Assignment | Part-time |
Research Field | Egyptian Religious History |
So Miyagawa | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor |
Assignment | Full-time |
Research Field | Egyptian Linguistics and Coptic Studies |
Division of Earth Science
Kei Ikehata | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor |
Assignment | Full-time |
Research Field | Ore Deposit Studies, Metal Isotope Analysis |
Yoshihito Kamata | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor |
Assignment | Part-time |
Research Field | Geology |
Masanori Kurosawa (Division Head) | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor |
Assignment | Full-time |
Research Field | Mineralogy, Microanalysis |
Kimikazu Sasa | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Associate Professor |
Assignment | Part-time |
Research Field | Accelerator Science |
Teruyuki Maruoka | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor |
Assignment | Part-time |
Research Field | Geochemistry, Sulfur Isotope Analysis |
Division of Modern and Contemporary Urban Environment and Cultural Heritage
Shuhei Kimura | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor |
Assignment | Part-time |
Research Field | Cultural Anthropology |
Akifumi Shioya | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor |
Assignment | Part-time |
Research Field | Modern and Contemporary History |
Yoko Taniguchi | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor |
Assignment | Full-time |
Research Field | Cultural Heritage Science |
Kosuke Matsubara (Division Head) | |
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Affiliation | Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, Associate Professor |
Assignment | Full-time |
Research Field | Urban Planning |