Nishio, Takahiro

ニシオ　タカヒロ

Nishio, Takahiro

Faculty of Letters Department of Humanities and Social Science (Literature)/Professor

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Specialty

Modern German Literature

Biography

Research experience

2018.04 - 2022.03

Keio University Faculty of Business and Commerce Associate Professor

2022.04 - 2026.03

Keio University Faculty of Letters Department of Humanities and Social Science (Literature) Associate Professor

2026.04

Keio University Faculty of Letters Department of Humanities and Social Science (Literature) Professor

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Research

Reseach overview

My research project is to explore the theme of the "public sphere" led by e. g. the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas from the standpoint of the literary studies. In my doctoral dissertation I focused on the cultural and political situations around 1800 in German-speaking countries, centered on Prussian writer, Heinrich von Kleist, who lived in the social conflicts after the French Revolution. Recently, while shifting gradually its focus to the middle of the “long 19th century”, I address the public roles that a wide range of communication spaces derived from literature and journalism can play in the society from a historical perspective. Currently, the theme I am working on with interest is the problematics of “lying and fiction”.