Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

The Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies is an academic institution, independent from the University faculties. The Institute investigates the nature of human cognitive capacities and socio-cultural interactions, adopting an interdisciplinary approach across humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Currently, a permanent faculty of the seven scholars, specialized in theoretical linguistics, typological linguistics, psycholinguistics, philosophy of language, Hellenistic literature, Islamic thought, and Vietnamese history, guides the direction of the research projects at the Institute, bringing together faculty members with common interest broadly from all the schools of the university. An outcome of the ongoing projects is reported in the Institute’s annual bulletin, Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies, and major results are published in its monograph series. The Institute also offers a range of language courses at undergraduate and graduate level, including Akkadian, Arabic, Cambodian, Egyptian, Hebrew, Korean, Persian, Sanskrit, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.