Graduation Thesis Presentation (Faculty of Humanities)

What is the Graduation Thesis Presentation?

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Fourth-year students in the Faculty of Faculty of Humanities present highly polished and unique theses as a culmination of their four years of study. Themes are diverse, including literature, linguistics, history, art, architecture, sports, philosophy, and folklore, and each year a unique collection of theses is presented. There are also many different presentation methods. Presenters consider how to communicate effectively, making full use of slides and materials, and some students even give their presentations entirely in a foreign language.

Faculty of Humanities Graduation Thesis Topic

Department of British and American Studies

  • Tokyo's Linguistic Landscape: The Current State and Challenges of Multi-Voice Guidance
  • An ethnography of the cast, the inhabitants of the "Land of Dreams"
  • Banksy - The street artist who connects the "inside" and "outside" of museums
  • A comparison of the social acceptance of prostitutes in Victorian England and Japan in the late Edo period
  • Japonism in British women's fashion: from the opening of the country to the kimono boom in the early 20th century
  • Why is "Little House on the Prairie" a bestselling children's novel? Understanding author Wilder's portrayal of "race"
  • The impact of follow-up questions on communication
  • Desire for the throne and cruelty: Dealing with human weakness in "Richard III"
  • The British Women's Suffrage Movement and Working-Class Women: A Comparison between the East London Women's Suffrage Union (ELFS) and the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)

Department of European Studies

  • The utopia of "Moominvalley" - the world dreamed up by Tove Jansson
  • The changing cultural status of the potato in Germany
  • Technology and the National System: A Perspective on the Wartime and Postwar Systems
  • Gender Bias Inherent in Picture Books: A Comparison of 21st Century Japanese and European Picture Books
  • European pagan views of wolves: The appearance of wolves in Greek, Roman, and Nordic mythology and legends
  • What kind of existence is a human being? Focusing on Pascal's "Pensées"
  • Party Politics in Spain's Minority Government: From the Perspective of Negotiating Capacity and Negotiating Options
  • The beauty and spirituality of dome architecture: Focusing on Italy during the Renaissance
  • The history of the opening of the Paris Metro: Metro planning and urban development
  • Why do heroes in fairy tales find themselves in trouble?

Department of Japanese and East-Asian Studies

  • "Hwang Jin Yi" drama review: A new portrayal of Hwang Jin Yi
  • The relationship between the characters and the use of language expressed in hit song lyrics: Focusing on an analysis of lyrics from the Showa and Heisei eras
  • On the Ainu people's kuwagata (head guardian deity of the Ainu) in the early modern period
  • The relationship between communication on LINE and non-verbal information
  • Pollution reporting as seen in "Godzilla vs. Hedorah"
  • The process of establishing and standardizing the Japanese language: A study based on newspapers in the Meiji and Taisho periods
  • The island of Mizue no Ura in a lost passage from the Tango no Kuni Fudoki: Is Yomoyama in the "Tokoyonokuni"?
  • Bird costumes in ancient times
  • A Study of Miyazawa Kenji's "Night on the Galactic Railroad" - Kenji's self-sacrifice as seen through "True Happiness"
  • Looking at things as they really are and continuing to search for ways of living and relationships in the world --A discussion of director Kim Bo-ra's "Honeybird"--