# About

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- [NEWS](#news)
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OVERVIEW
DEPARTMENTS AND STAFFS

Please refer to the following for details about the graduate school and the faculty.

- [ABOUT](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/overview/)

- [From the Dean](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/overview/message-from-dean/)
- [Education at the Graduate School and Faculty of Letters](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/overview/education/)
- [Getting to Campus](https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access)
- [Contact](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/contact/)

Please refer to the following for details about each division and department.

- [DEPARTMENTS AND STAFFS](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/department/)

- [Division of Philology and Literature (Eastern)](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/department/division-philology/eastern/)
- [Division of Philology and Literature (Western)](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/department/division-philology/western/)
- [Division of Philosophy](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/department/division-philosophy/)
- [Division of History](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/department/division-history/)
- [Division of Behavioral Studies](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/department/division-behavioral/)
- [Division of Contemporary Culture](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/department/division-contemporary/)
- [Division of the Joint Degree Master of Arts](https://www.cats.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/jdts/)

## OVERVIEW

- ### Towards Inquiry into the Principles of Human Activities

  We call for people who inquire the principles of human activities diachronically or synchronically, taking advantages of various methods and materials, in order to hold a conversation with history and other people across time and space.

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## NEWS

2026.01.09 (Fri)

[Call for Applications:Program-Specific Associate Professor/Junior Associate Professor Position（Department of Indological Studies）](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/news/15927/ "News Detail")

2025.04.01 (Tue)

[English website launched](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/news/15813/ "News Detail")

[VIEW MORE](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/news/)

## DEPARTMENT INTRODUCTION

Division

Chair (Course)

Dean of Letters

Philology and \
Literature

[Literature (Eastern) / \
Philology and Literature (Eastern)](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/department/division-philology/eastern/)

[Literature (Western) / \
Philology and Literature (Western)](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/department/division-philology/western/)

Philosophy

[Basic Philosophy / Philosophy](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/department/division-philosophy/)

History

[Basic History / History](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/department/division-history/)

Behavioral Studies

[Behavioral and Environmental Studies / \
Behavioral Studies](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/department/division-behavioral/)

Contemporary \
Culture

[Basic Contemporary Culture / \
Contemporary Culture](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/department/division-contemporary/)

[Kyoto University and Heidelberg University Joint Degree Master of Arts \
Program in Transcultural Studies](https://www.cats.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/jdts/)

[Center for Studies of Cultural Heritage and Inter Humanities, \
CESCHI](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/ceschi/)

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[CONTACT](https://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/contact/)

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