FUJITA KOJIRO

Department of Intercultural StudiesAssociate Professor

Contact Pointkojiroseinan-gu.ac.jp

Degree

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Paris-Est University

Research Keyword

  • Contemporary Philosophy
  • Subjectivation
  • Michel Foucault

Field of study

  • Humanities & social sciences, Philosophy and ethics

Career

  • Sep. 2024 - Present
    Emory University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Visiting Scholar
  • Apr. 2020 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University, Faculty of International Studies, Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2020
    Seinan Gakuin University, Faculty of Intercultural Stuides, Junior Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2020
    Kyoto University, Institute for Research in Humanities, Collaborative Researcher
  • Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2018
    Osaka University, Graduate School of Letters, Assistant Professor
  • Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2014
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow

Educational Background

  • Oct. 2008 - Sep. 2015, Paris-Est University, Graduate School of Human Sciences, PhD Program
  • Apr. 2005 - Sep. 2012, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, PhD Program
  • Oct. 2007 - Sep. 2008, Paris XII University, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Master's Program
  • Apr. 2003 - Mar. 2005, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Master's Program
  • Apr. 1999 - Mar. 2003, Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Social Sciences

Committee Memberships

  • Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2021
    Secretary, The Philosophical Association of Western Japan

Papers

Miscellaneous

Books and other publications

  • Mad Foucault: Proceedings of the Symposium on Foucault Studies Published by Zinbunken Academy (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University) (Japanese)
    A. Nobuyo et al.
    Dokushojin, Aug. 2021
  • Foucault Studies (Japanese)
    Y. Koizumi; K. Tsuiki (dir.), Joint work, What is Subject?
    Iwanami Shoten, Mar. 2021
  • Reading Michel Foucault "Lectures at the Collège de France" (Japanese)
    Y. Sato; K. Tsuiki (dir.), Joint work, Biologico-Sovereign Complex: A Range of Foucault's Critique of the Human Sciences
    Suiseisha, Mar. 2021
  • Un demi-siècle d'"Histoire de la folie"
    D. Lorenzini; A. Sforzini (dir.), Joint work, La naissance du cogito
    Kimé, Sep. 2013, Not reviewed

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • On the Principles of Kokubun's Philosophy: Boredom, Middle Voice, Freedom.
    Kojiro Fujita
    The Book Review Meeting for Works of Koichiro Kokubun, May 2023, Faculty of Law, Seinan Gakuin University
  • The Online Book Review Meeting "Reading Michel Foucault 'Lectures at the Collège de France'"
    Y. Koizumi; Y. Shinkai; All the Contributors to; Reading "Michel Foucault 'Lectures at the Collège de France'"
    Sep. 2021
  • Mad Foucault: A Symposium of Foucault Studies (Iwanami Shoten)
    S. Omoda; Y. Morimoto; All the Contributors to Foucault Studies
    Mar. 2021
  • Foucault, Comparative Cultures, Ethics: Toward an Art of Philosophizing the Contemporary World
    Kojiro Fujita
    Workshop for Researchers at the Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Seninan Gakuin University, Mar. 2019
  • Biologico-Sovereign Complex: A Range of Foucault's Critique of the Human Sciences
    Kojiro Fujita
    "Foucault Studies: Criticizing the Human Sciences again and Deploying them in Other Ways", Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Jan. 2019
  • Presentation of the Doctoral Thesis "Pour une philosophie de la subjectivation. Etude sur Michel Foucault"
    Kojiro Fujita
    Open Seminar "Foucault Studies Today" organized by M. Nakamura, Philosophy, Thought and Culture, School of Letters, Osaka University, Mar. 2018
  • On the Doctoral Thesis "Pour une philosophie de la subjectivation. Etude sur Michel Foucault"
    Kojiro Fujita
    "Foucault Studies: Criticizing the Human Sciences again and Deploying them in Other Ways", Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, May 2017
  • Call of Madness: Foucault's Transcendental Archaeology and Its Self-destruction
    Kojiro Fujita
    Franco-Japanese Society of Philosophy, Mar. 2017
  • Comment la philosophie de Foucault voyage-t-elle?
    Kojiro Fujita
    Young Scholar's Forum "Critical Theories and Local Societies: How do philosophy, theories and concepts travel?", National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan), Jun. 2016, Invited
  • Ideas for "The Genealogy of Power"
    Kojiro Fujita
    Philosophical Association of Japan, May 2013
  • The Concept of Body in Foucault
    Kojiro Fujita
    Franco-Japanese Society of Philosophy, Sep. 2012
  • Le concept de corps chez Foucault
    Kojiro Fujita
    Journées des doctorants "Cultures et Sociétés", Université Paris-Est, May 2012
  • La naissance du cogito chez Foucault
    Kojiro Fujita
    Colloque "Histoire de la folie: cinquante ans après, Université Paris-Est et Centre Michel Foucault, Dec. 2011, Invited
  • Dieu, l'homme, le surhomme. La lecture foucaldienne de Nietzsche
    Kojiro Fujita
    Colloque "Foucault/Nietzsche: nouveaux regards", ENS Lyon et Centre Michel Foucault, Oct. 2010, Invited
  • Force and Knowledge: Foucault's Reading of Nietzsche
    Kojiro Fujita
    Hitotsubashi Society for Philosophy and Social Thought, Dec. 2009
  • The Concept of Knowledge in Foucault
    Kojiro Fujita
    Japanese Society for the History of Social Thought, Oct. 2008

Academic society affiliations

  • THE PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN
  • THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR ETHICS
  • THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHTS
  • Societe Franco-Japonaise de Philosophie
  • Foucault Studies Forum
  • The Philosophical Association of Western Japan

Research Themes

Social Contribution Activities

  • Open Online Seminar "Philosophizing Pandemic"（Daisuke Nishisako）
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    Seminar of K. Fujita, Seinan Gakuin University, 27 Jul. 2020
  • Symposium "Philosophizing the Death Penalty" (Toshihito Kayano)
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    Seminar of K. Fujita, Seinan Gakuin University, 09 Nov. 2019
  • Open Seminar "An Introduction to Anarchisme" (Motonao Mori)
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    Seminar of K. Fujita, Seinan Gakuin University, 20 Dec. 2018