Hiroshima City University
Hiroshima Peace Institute
The hub of wisdom in an international city of peace and culture, Hiroshima
As a university located in the first atomic-bombed city, Hiroshima City University (HCU) contains the affiliated Hiroshima Peace Institute (HPI) which was established on April 1, 1998. Through academic research the institute is focused on contributing to nuclear abolition, the achievement of sustainable global peace, and the development of local society.
Contribution to education, local communities and the world
The research activities of HPI are disseminated through academic publications and conferences, its website, newsletter, and public events including symposia, public lecture series and research forums. Educationally, the research staff of HPI pass on their research outcomes teaching in both undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as the intensive summer course “HIROSHIMA & PEACE”.
HPI Research Forum
HPI Public Lecture Series
| Position | Name | Research Area |
| HPI Director (Specially Appointed Professor) |
OSHIBA, Ryo | International Relations (Global Governance Studies) |
| HPI Vice-Director (Professor) | NAGAI, Hitoshi | Modern Japanese History, Japan-Philippines Relations |
| Professor | GANESAN, Narayanan | Southeast Asian Politics, International Relations |
| Professor | JACOBS, Robert A. | History of Science and Technology, History and Culture of Nuclear Weapons |
| Lecturer | KATO, Mihoko | International Relations, Russia’s Foreign Policy, International Order in East Asia |
| Professor | KAWAKAMI, Akihiro | Constitutional Law, Peace Studies |
| Specially Appointed Professor | KIKKAWA, Gen | Peace Studies, International Relations, International Security, Preventive Diplomacy |
| Professor | OKIMURA, Tadashi | International Relations, International Institution Studies, United Nations Studies |
| Specially Appointed Professor | SATO, Tetsuo | International Law, the Law of International Organizations |
| Associate Professor | SHIJO, Chie | Historical Sociology, Memories and Representations of the Atomic Bombings |
| Associate Professor | SON, Hyun Jin | International Law, North Korean Issue, Situation on the Korean Peninsula |
| Associate Professor | TAKEMOTO, Makiko | Modern and Contemporary German History, the History of Peace Philosophies and Peace Movements |
| Associate Professor | XU, Xianfen | History of Japan-China Relations, International relations in East Asia, International Cooperation Studies |
| Professor | YAMADA, Yasuhiro |
⇒ Hiroshima City University Researcher Information
Contacts
The Hiroshima Peace Institute (Administrative Office)
Phone: 082 830 1811
Fax: 082 830 1812
E-mail: office-peace＆m.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp
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