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  YAJIMA, Naoki

   Professor

   Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
■ Academic Background
1. 1999/07~2005/06 Department of Politics, Graduate School, Division of Social Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Completed, Ph.D.
2. ~1998/07 Department of Philosophy, Graduate School, Faculty of Arts, The University of Edinburgh, Completed, M.Sc. By Research
3. ~1991/03 Graduate School, Division of Letters, Keio University, Completed, M.A.
4. 1985/04~1989/03 Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, Keio University, Graduated, B.A.
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■ Professional Background
1. 2023/04~ Department Chair, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Humanities, International Christian University
2. 2020/04~2021/03 Part time lecturer, Graduate School of Letters, Graduate School of Gakushuin University
3. 2019/04~ Part time lecturer, Divinity, Tokyo Union Theological Seminary
4. 2016/09~2017/08 Visiting Fellow, Princeton Theological Seminary
5. 2015/04~2016/08 Professor, Chair, Department of Humanities, International Christian University
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■ Present Specialized Fields
Philosophy/Ethics 
■ Books and Articles
1. Book Philosophy: Why It Matters (By Helen Beebee, Michael Rush,Translation into Japanese)   (Collaboration) 2024/10
2. Book A Very Short Introduction to Hume (By James Harris, Translation into Japanese)   (Single) 2024/07
3. Book Joseph Butler: A Preacher for Eighteenth-Century Commercial Society   (Collaboration) 2024/03
4. Book Guest Editor: Journal of Scottish Philosophy  21(1),pp.v (Collaboration) 2023/05
5. Book The Encyclopedia of Enlightenment   (Collaboration) 2023/02
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■ Academic Conference Presentation
1. 2025/03/29 Hume's Philosophy and Christian Theology (The 49th Annual Conference Tha Japanese Society for the British Philosophy)
2. 2024/07/06 Butler's Moral Theology as a Foundation Commercial Society
3. 2023/09/29 Enthusiasm in Modern British Philosophy
4. 2022/05/25 Response to Richard Velkley's Rousseau's Critique of the Enlightenment and Kant's Response (ICU ICC Symposium ousseau and Kant: Philosophical, Political, and Aethetic Relations)
5. 2022/03/25 ICU-ISSP Conference Opening Remarks (ICU-ISSP Conference: Political Economy in Scottish Enlightenment)
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■ Lectures
1. 2009/11/04 Hume's Theory of Sympathy as the Principle of Human Nature
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■ Academic Society Memberships
1. 2024/10 Journal of Scottish Philosophy
2. 2024/10~ ∟ Editorial Board
3. 2016/04~ Institute for the Study of Scottish Philosophy
4. 2009/04~ ICU Society for Philosophical Studies
5. 2005~ The Japanese Association of Puritanism Studies
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■ Research Topics, Funded Research, and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
1.   Epistemology and moral philosophy of David Hume  (Key Word : )
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■ Social Activities
1. 2005/07~2007/07 Councilor for the Project of Sewerage Construction, Shibata City, Niigata Prefecture
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■ Committees and Societies
1. 2024/10/01~ Journal of Scottish Philosophy (Edinburgh University Press) Editorial Board
2. 2021/12 Doctoral Thesis Examination Committee, University of Tokyo External Examiner
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■ Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number
10298309