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. 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
  • 01 Aug. 2014
    委員, 広島芸術学会
  • 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

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