KAKIGI, Nobuyuki

Department of Intercultural StudiesProfessor

ProfileMy research specialties are philosophy and aesthetics. I specialize in modern and contemporary, especially 20th century philosophy and aesthetics in the German-speaking area. My research has been focused on Walter Benjamin’s philosophy of language, philosophy of history, and aesthetics. Having the background of such research, I am examining the aesthetic representation of the memory of catastrophes since the 20th century, and I am also pursuing the possibility of the inheritance of their memory. I am the author of “History from Discontinuity: Benjamin’s Philosophy of History” (Getsuyosha, 2021), “Walter Benjamin: A Critique Walking in the Darkness” (Iwanami Shoten, 2019), “Toward the World after Bare Stripped in the Flash: Thoughts on Remembering Hiroshima” (Impact Press, 2015), and “Benjamin’s Philosophy of Language: Language as Translation, History from Remembrance” (Heibonsha, 2014). I translated “Toshio Hosokawa Talks about Music: Silence and Sound, Shadow and Light” (Artes Publishing, 2016). I also write critiques on art.

Degree

  • Master of Philosophy, Graduate School for Philosophy, Sophia University, Tokyo
  • 修士(哲学), 上智大学大学院
  • 博士(哲学), 上智大学大学院
  • Doctor of Philosophy by Dissertation, Graduate School for Philosophy, Sophia University, Tokyo

Research Keyword

  • Philosophy, Aesthetics, Literature, Poetics, Translation Studies, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of History, Critical Theory, Musicology
  • Aesthetics
  • Philosophy

Field of study

  • Humanities & social sciences, Aesthetics and art studies, Aesthetics and studies on art
  • Humanities & social sciences, Philosophy and ethics, Philosophy/Ethics

Career

  • Apr. 2021 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University, Department of International Studies, Professor
  • 01 Apr. 2009 - 30 Sep. 2022
    Hiroshima University, Liberal Arts, Guest Professor
  • 01 Apr. 2021
    Hiroshima City University, Faculty of International Studies, Part-time Lecturer
  • 01 Apr. 2021
    Seinan Gakuin University, Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Professor
  • 01 Apr. 2002 - 31 Mar. 2021
    Hiroshima City University, Faculty of International Studies, Professor
  • Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2021
    Hiroshima City University, Faculty of International Studies, Professor
  • 01 Apr. 2007 - 31 Mar. 2018
    Associate Professor at the Faculty of International Studies, Hiroshima City University
  • 01 Apr. 2017
    Hiroshima University, Liberal Arts, Part Time Lecturer
  • 01 Apr. 2009 - 31 Mar. 2016
    Hiroshima Cosmopolitan University, Faculty of Nursing, Part-time Lecturer
  • 01 Apr. 2009 - 31 Mar. 2016
    広島都市学園大学看護学部非常勤講師
  • 01 Apr. 2004 - 30 Sep. 2015
    Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Part-time Lecturer
  • 01 Apr. 2001 - 31 Mar. 2002
    Rissho University, Department of Humanities, Part-time Lecturer
  • 01 Apr. 2001 - 31 Mar. 2002
    Sophia University, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Humanities, Part-time Lecturer
  • 01 Apr. 1998 - 31 Mar. 2001
    Sophia University, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Humanities, Research Assistant

Educational Background

  • 01 Apr. 1995 - 31 Mar. 1998, Sophia University, Graduate School for Philosophy, Doctor Course of Philosophy
  • Apr. 1993 - Mar. 1998, Sophia University, Gradiate Division of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy
  • 01 Apr. 1993 - 31 Mar. 1995, Sophia University, Graduate School, Division of Philosophy, Master Course of Philosophy
  • 01 Apr. 1989 - 31 Mar. 1993, Sophia University, Department of Humanity, Faculty of Philosophy

Committee Memberships

  • Aug. 2014 - Jul. 2024
    委員, 広島芸術学会
  • Aug. 2012 - Mar. 2015
    広島県立図書館資料選定委員 広島県立図書館
  • Aug. 2012 - Mar. 2015
    Committeeman of the Material Selection Committee of Hiroshima Prefectural Library
  • May 2007 - Jul. 2007
    オリーヴ・プロジェクト広島実行委員 オリーヴ・プロジェクト広島実行委員会 占領に反対する芸術家たちのThe Olive Project: Keep Hope Alive展ならびにその関連イヴェントの企画運営
  • May 2007 - Jul. 2007
    Member of the Implementation Committee for Olive Project Hiroshima
  • Apr. 2007 - Apr. 2007
    ひろしまオペラ・音楽推進委員会委員 広島市文化財団 監事
  • Apr. 2007 - Apr. 2007
    Commiteeman of the Commitee for Promoition of the Opera and Classical Music in Hiroshima City
  • Apr. 2003 - Mar. 2007
    ひろしまオペラ推進委員会委員 広島市文化財団 監査委員
  • Apr. 2003 - Mar. 2007
    Commiteeman of the Commitee for Promoition of the Opera in Hiroshima City
  • Nov. 2006 - Nov. 2006
    ヒロシマ平和映画祭実行委員 ヒロシマ平和映画祭実行委員会 上映会のコーディネイトおよび映画祭全体の企画運営
  • Nov. 2006 - Nov. 2006
    Member of the Implementation Committee for Hiroshima Peace Film Festival 2007
  • May 2004 - Oct. 2004
    広島市区民文化センター活性化計画検討委員会委員 広島市文化財団 委員
  • May 2004 - Oct. 2004
    Commiteeman of the Commitee for the Examination of the Refresh-Programm of the Civil-Cultural Centres in Hiroshima City

Papers

Miscellaneous

Books and other publications

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

Courses

  • Special Lecture for Intercultural Studies
    Apr. 2023 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University
  • Seminar for Aesthetics and Science of Arts
    Apr. 2022 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University
  • Special Lecture for Aesthetics and Science of Arts
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University
  • Seminar for Bachelor Project A/B
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University
  • Specialized Seminar A/B
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University
  • Advanced Seminar A/B
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University
  • Basic Seminar A/B
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University
  • Basic Theory of Intercultural Studies f1/2
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University
  • Philosophy A/B
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University
  • Aesthetics and Science of Arts
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University
  • Interdisciplinary Studies on War and Peace
    Present
    Hiroshima University
  • Peace and Human Right A
    Present
    Hiroshima City University
  • Bachelor Project
    Apr. 2021
    Seinan Gakuin University
  • ドイツ語I
    立正大学
  • ドイツ語II
    上智大学文学部哲学科
  • 哲学
    広島都市学園大学
  • 人間の存在
    日本赤十字広島看護大学
  • 哲学A/B
    広島大学
  • 世界の文学
    広島市立大学
  • 現代思想I/II
    広島市立大学大学院国際学研究科
  • 基礎演習
    広島市立大学国際学部
  • 発展演習I/II
    広島市立大学国際学部
  • 卒論演習I/II
    広島市立大学国際学部
  • 専門演習I/II
    広島市立大学国際学部
  • 国際研究入門
    広島市立大学国際学部
  • 多文化共生入門
    広島市立大学国際学部
  • 哲学B
    広島市立大学
  • 人間論A
    広島市立大学大学院国際学研究科
  • 社会文化思想史I/II
    広島市立大学国際学部
  • Philosophy of Coexistence I/II
    Hiroshima City University

Academic society affiliations

  • Apr. 2017 - Present
    Japanese Society for German Literature
  • The Philosophical Association of Sophia University
  • The Phenomenological Association of Japan
  • The Philosophical Association of Japan
  • Japanese Society of Existential Thought
  • The Japanese Association of Aesthetics
  • Hiroshima Society for Science of Arts

Works

  • Japanese Subtitle of Toshio Hosokawa’s “Vision of Lear” for its Performance in Hiroshima Happy New Ear Opera II
    Nobuyuki Kakigi; Mitsuru Hirano
    Jan. 2015 - Feb. 2015, Artistic activity
  • Japanese Subtitle of the Text of Toshio Hosokawa’s “The Raven” in Hiroshima Happy New Ear XVII
    Nobuyuki Kakigi; Mitsuru Hirano
    Oct. 2014 - Oct. 2014, Others
  • Hiroshima Happy New Ear XV:バーバラ・ハンニガン リサイタル プログラム歌詞対訳
    Mitsuru Hirano
    Sep. 2013 - Sep. 2013, Others
  • 半田美和子ソプラノ名曲集『Khôra: Niemandslied』歌詞対訳
    Dec. 2012 - Dec. 2012, Others

Research Themes

Social Contribution Activities

  • Coordination of the Talk Session in the Lectuer for Book Culture
    appearance
    Seinan Gakuin University, Committee for Promotion of Book Culture, Lecture and Talk for Book Culture at Seinan Gakuin University, 06 Jun. 2024 - 06 Jun. 2024
  • Book Talk on the Asako Nakai’s New Book “Edward Said: Echo of a Critic”
    appearance
    Shoshi Kankanbo Publishing, 30 May 2024 - 30 May 2024
  • Coordination of the Lecture for Literary Culture at Seinan Gakuin University
    commentator
    Promotion Council for Literary Culture, Yomiuri Shimbun, Seinan Gakuin University, 30 Jun. 2023 - 30 Jun. 2023

Media Coverage

Academic Contribution Activities

Others

  • A Dialogue between a Historian and a Philosopher considering Minamata: Toward a History of Creatures
    Oct. 2023 - Oct. 2023
  • Talk at the Screening “How to Keep in the Body”
    Aug. 2023 - Aug. 2023
  • Japanese Translation of the Text for György Ligeti’s “Mysteries of the Macabre”
    03 Mar. 2023
  • Book Talk on “Thinking from Cinders: Toward Intersection of Memories in Hiroshima”
    24 Nov. 2022
  • Address at the Symposium for the Continuous Thinking on “National Funeral”
    27 Sep. 2022
  • 路を仮設する──柿木伸之『燃エガラからの思考』と渡邊英理『中上健次論』をめぐって
    23 Sep. 2022
  • Opening Talk “Memory and Culture: Poets of Holocaust and Atomic Bomb”
    22 Aug. 2022 - 22 Aug. 2022
  • Translation of the Comments on Isabel Mundry’s Musical Pieces by the Composer: Theme Composer of Summer Festival 2022
    21 Aug. 2022 - 21 Aug. 2022
  • How can be Salvation and Emancipation Possible Today?: Walter Benjamin’s “The Arcade Project” as an Alternative Historiography
    11 Dec. 2021 - 11 Dec. 2021