The European Network of Japanese Philosophy (ENOJP) was founded by a group of scholars in the field of comparative and Japanese philosophy in 2014. The core of the organization aims to support and promote the scholarship of what is broadly construed as Japanese philosophy in European languages. The ENOJP aims to achieve this goal by organizing conferences, initiating research projects, and publishing journals and books.
If you wish to join the ENOJP, please send us a message via our contact information.
Committee:
Board of Directors:
- President: Alexandra Mustatea (2024 – now) (Kanda University of International Studies)
- Vice President: Francesca Greco (2024 – now) (Universität Hildesheim)
- Treasurer: Leon Krings (2014 – now) (Universität Hildesheim)*
- Record Keeper: Pierre Bonneels (2014 – now) (Université Libre de Bruxelles)*
Former Presidents and Vice Presidents:
- Jan Gerrit Strala (2014 – 2018) (Aichi Prefectural University)*
- Takeshi Morisato (2014 – 2018) (University of Edinburgh)*
- Raquel Bouso (2018 – 2024) (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)*
- Roman Paşca (2018 – 2024) (Akita University)
Advisory Board:
- Adam Loughnane (University College Cork, Ireland)
- Akinobu Kuroda (Université de Strasbourg, France)
- Alberto Garcia Salgado (University Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo; Englich, Spanish, Japanese)
- Alfonso Falero Folgoso (Universidad de Salamanca; English, Spanish, Japanese)
- Andreas Niehaus (Gent University)
- Andrew Arana (Université de Lorraine)
- Antonio Florentino Neto (UEL)
- Arjan van der Werf (East Asian Library – KU Leuven)
- Augustin Berque (EHESS)
- Chris Goto-Jones (Universiteit Leiden)
- Christian Uhl 鄔可賢 (Universiteit Gent)
- Edward McDougall (Durham University, UK)
- Franziska Ehmcke (University of Cologne)
- Frédéric Girard (EFEO)
- Gavin Walker (McGill University)
- Graham Parkes (UCC)
- Hisao Matsumaru (Dokkyo University)
- Hitoshi Ogawa (Yamaguchi University)
- Isamu Miyahara (Nagoya University)
- Jacynthe Tremblay (Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture)
- Katsuya Akitomi (Kyoto Institute of Technology)
- Kevin Lam (Dokkyo University)
- Michiko Yusa (Western Washington University)
- Mitsuko Yorizumi (University of Tokyo)
-
Nobuo Kazashi (Kobe University)
- Naoki Sakai (Cornell University)
- Raji Steineck (University of Zurich)
- Rein Raud (University of Helsinki)
- Richard Calichman (The City College of NY – CUNY)
- Robert E. Carter (Trent University)
- Rolf Elberfeld (University of Hildesheim)
- Susan C. Townsend (University of Nottingham)
- Saitō Takako (INALCO, Université du Havre)
- Higaki Tatsuya (Osaka University)
- Takao Todoroki (National Defence Academy of Japan)
- Kobayashi Toshiaki (University of Leipzig)
- William Haver (Binghamton University)
- Deguchi Yasuo (Kyoto University)
- Arisaka Yoko (University of Hildesheim)
All Members
*Founding Members
- Ado Huygens (International Federation of Daseinsanalysis IFDA)
- Adrian Kreutz (University of St. Andrews, Scotland)
- Ahmet Can Pirtici (Ryukoku University)
- Alexander Becker (Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany)
- Alexandre Taalba (Université Paris VIII Vincennes-Saint-Denis)
- Alessio Gerola (University of Twente, Netherlands)
- Amanda Fernandes (University Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
- Andrew Ka Pok Tam (University of Glasgow)
- Angel Gonzalez (Independent Scholar)
- Anna Novikova (Higher School of Economics)
- Anna Zschauer (Univerität Hildesheim)
- Annes Muzaferija (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
- Annewieke Vroom (Universiteit Amsterdam)
- Anton Heinrich Rennesland (University of Santo Tomas, Manila, the Philippines)
- Anttoni Kuusela (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
- Anwarullah Bhuiyan (Jahangirnagar University)
- Axel O. Karamercan (University of Edinburgh)
- Brice Fauconnier (INALCO, France)
- Britta Boutry-Stadelmann (freelance translator)
- Bruno Deschênes
- Camille Hervé (Université Paul Valéry)
- Carlos Andrés Barbosa Cepeda (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona)
- Christian Halstead (Fordham University)
- Christoph Mittmann (University of Zürich)
- Cody Staton (KU Leuven; English, Spanish, Italian)*
- Constantino Pereira Martins (NOVA University of Lisbon)
- Dagmar Dotting (Charles University, Prague)
- Damian Peikert (Heidelberg University)
- Daniel Kamp (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- Dario Vuger (Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek, Croatia)
- Daryl Jamieson (Showa University of Music)
- Dávid Cseh (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
- Davide Andrea Zappulli (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
- David W. Johnson (Boston College; English, German, French, Japanese)
- Darren M. MacDonald (Daito Bunka University, Japan)
- Denise Ho (University of Durham)
- Diogo César Porto da Silva (The Federal University of Minas Gerais)
- Eberhard Ortland (University of Bielefeld, Germany)
- Eddi Dufourmont (University Bordeaux Montaigne, France)
- Eitan Bolokan (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
- Ellie Palmer (University of Liverpool, UK)
- Enrico Fongaro (Nanzan Institut for Religion and Culture)
- Fabio Ceravolo (University of Leeds)
-
Farhan M. Idris (Radboud University Nijmegen)
- Felipe Ferrari Gonçalves (Nagoya University; Portuguese, Japanese, English, Spanish, French)
- Ferenc Takó (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary)
- Fernando Wirtz (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany)
- Ferran de Vargas (University of Edinburgh)
- Filip Gurjanov (Charles University, Prague)
- Florencia di Rocco (Universite de Paris I-Pantheon Sorbonne)
- Francesca Greco (Universität Hildesheim)
- Francesco Nalin (Università degli Studi di Padova)
- François-Lucien Vulliermet (University of Antwerp)
- Frauke Schlitz (Artist)
- Friso Timmenga (University of Groningen)
- Georgii Bakhtiiarov (Université Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne)
- Giulio Conidi (La Sapienza University of Rome)
- Graham Mayeda (University of Ottawa)
- Habib AlBadawi (Lebanese University, Lebanon)
- Hanna McGaughey (University of Trier; English, German, Japanese)
- Hannah Sasaoka-Berns (University of Edinburgh)
- Hans Peter Liederbach (Kwansei Gakuin University)
- Helio Laureano (Instituto Brasileiro de Educação Emocional, Mindfulness e Pedagogia Contemplativa)
- Hiroyuki Akatsuka (University of Hildesheim; German, Japanese)*
- James W. Heisig (Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nagoya)
- Jamie Stephenson (University of Leeds)
- Jan Straßheim (Independent Scholar)
- Jay Hetrick (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
- Jean-Michel Abrassart (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
- Joel Krueger (University of Exeter)
- John Altmann (Independent Scholar)
- John C. Maraldo (University of North Florida)
- John Hocking
- Jonas Gerlach (University of Cologne)
- Jonatan Navarro (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
- Jordanco Sekulovski (Kobe University )
- Jordi Vallverdú (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
- José Barrientos-Rastrojo (University of Seville)
- Joseph Henares (Princeton University)
- Joseph William Turner (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Juan Ignacio García de las Peñas Otero (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
- Junichi Ono (Ghent University; Japanese, German)*
- Juno Hoay-Fern (University Of Malaya)
- Karsten Kenklies (University of Strathclyde)
- Kazuaki Niwa (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
- Kazuta Hirose (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
- Kenn Nakata Steffensen (University of Tokyo)
- Kristien Hens (University of Antwerp)
- Kristýna Vojtíšková (Charles University in Prague)
- Kyle Michael James Shuttleworth (Queen’s University Belfast)
- Lalit Rao (Cinema Poet Media Group, France)
- Laurentiu Andrei (Université Blaise Pascal; Clermont-Ferrand: French, Romanian)*
- Laÿna Droz (Basque Centre for Climate Change)
- Lehel Balogh (Kyungsung University)
- Liliana Timóteo (Lusófona University, Portugal)
- Lou Thomine (Cologne Center for Contemporary Epistemology and the Kantian Tradition)
- Lucas dos Reis Martins (University of Hildesheim; Portuguese, German)*
- Lucas Nascimento Machado (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
- Lucy McCormick (University of Glasgow)
- Luis Miguel Pujadas Torres (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
- Maki Sato (The New Institute, Hamburg / University of Tokyo)
- Marcello Ghilardi (Università degli Studi di Padova; Italian, English, Japanese)
- Margreet de Zeeuw (Radboud University, Nijmegen)
- Markus Ruesch (Freie Universität Berlin)
- Mathias Nygaard (Newman Institute)
- Mathieu Verret (Université Laval)
- Matteo Cestari (Università Degli Studi di Torino; Italian, English Spanish, Japanese)
- Mayuko Uehara (Kyoto University)
- Michael Lucken (INALCO; English, French, Japanese)
- Michel Dalissier (PHIER Université Blaise Pascal; French, Japanese)
- Mika Imono (Université de Strasbourg)
- Ming-Hon Chu (Université Paris Nanterre)
- Martin Landschein (University of Hildesheim, Germany)
- Masao Osajima (Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism)
- Matthew J. Dennis (TU Eindhoven)
- Moe Kuwano (Ramon Llull University; Spanish, Japanese, Italian)
- Montserrat Crespín Perales (University of Barcelona; Spanish, Catalan, English)
- Moritz Sommet (University of Fribourg; German, English, French, Japanese)
- Munir Hossain Talukder (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)
- Myriam-Sonja Hantke (University of Cologne)
- Namiko Josefine Holzapfel (University of Zurich)
- Neminemus
- Nicolás Orozco M. (Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia)
- Niklas Söderman (Tallinn University)
- Nikoleta Zampaki (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
- Nobuyuki Matsui (Ritsumeikan Daigaku)
- Oleksandr Mostipan (National Aerospace Zhukovsky University, Ukraine)
- Pascal Emmenegger (Kobe University)
- Paulus Kaufmann (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich)
- Brigid Martin (Macquarie University, Sydney)
- Quentin Blaevoet (Université Lille 3, Charles de Gaulle, France)
- Rainer Schulzer (Tōyō University)
- Ralf Müller (University of Hildesheim; German)
- Ramūnas Motiekaitis (Vilnius University; Lithuanian, English, Japanese, Russian)
- Raphaël Pierrès (Université Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne)
- Rebeca Maldonado (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; English, Spanish)
- René Willemsen (Indipendent Scholar)
- Ricard Puigferrat Chrysler (Financial KPIs)
- Richard Stone (Hokkaido University: English, Japanese)
- Riho Sakai (Meiji University)
- Romaric Jannel (EPHE; English, French, Japanese)
- Rossa O Muireartaigh (Aichi Prefectural University)
- Jean-Michel Abrassart (Catholic Louvain University, Belgium)
- Hiroyuki Akatsuka † (Hildesheim University, Germany)
- Habib Al Badawi (Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon)
- John Altmann (Independent Scholar)
- Georgii Bakhtiiarov (Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
- Lehel Balogh (Kyungsung University, Busan, South Korea)
- Uma Balu (Independent Scholar)
- Yōsuke Bandō (Kōgakkan University, Ise, Japan)
- Carlos Andrés Barbosa Cepeda (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain)
- José Barrientos-Rastrojo (Seville University, Spain)
- Tobias Bartneck † (Kyoto University, Japan)
- Alexander Becker (Marburg University, Germany)
- Anwarullah Bhuiyan (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)
- Quentin Blaevoet (Lille University 3 Charles de Gaulle, France)
- Eitan Bolokan (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
- Thorsten Botz-Bornstein (Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait)
- Britta Boutry-Stadelmann (Freelance translator)
- Philippe Bürgin (State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Germany)
- Timothy Burns (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, United States)
- Tom Burns (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Japan)
- Fabio Ceravolo (Leeds University, United Kingdom)
- Sova P. K. Cerda (Kyoto University, Japan)
- Matteo Cestari (Torino University, Italy)
- Ricard Puigferrat Chrysler (Indipendent Scholar)
- Ming-Hon Chu (Paris Nanterre, France)
- Vincent Citot (Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
- Giulio Conidi (La Sapienza, Rome, Italy)
- Dávid Cseh (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary)
- Michel Dalissier (Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France)
- Margreet De Zeeuw (Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherland)
- Matthew J. Dennis (Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands)
- Bruno Deschênes (Indipendent Scholar)
- Steffen Döll (Hamburg University, Germany)
- Lucas dos Reis Martins (Hildesheim University, Germany)
- Dagmar Dotting (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
- Laÿna Droz (Tokyo University, Japan)
- Eddi Dufourmont (Montaigne University, Bordeaux, France)
- Simon Ebersolt (INALCO, Paris, France)
- Joe Elsen (Liège University, Belgium)
- Pascal Emmenegger (Kobe University, Japan)
- Brice Fauconnier (INALCO, Paris, France)
- Amanda Fernandes (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain)
- Yuliya Osadcha Ferreira (Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine)
- Enrico Fongaro (Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nagoya, Japan)
- Juan Ignacio García de las Peñas Otero (Complutense University, Madrid, Spain)
- Jonas Gerlach (Cologne University, Germany)
- Alessio Gerola (Twente University, Netherlands)
- Marcello Ghilardi (Padova University, Italy)
- Felipe Ferrari Gonçalves (Nagoya University, Japan)
- Angel Gonzalez (Independent Scholar)
- Russell Guilbault (Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, United States)
- Filip Gurjanov (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
- Christian Halstead (Fordham University, United States)
- Myriam-Sonja Hantke (Cologne University, Germany)
- James W. Heisig (Emeritus – Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nagoya)
- Joseph Henares (Princeton University, United States)
- Kristien Hens (University of Antwerp, Netherland)
- Camille Hervé (Paul Valéry University, Montpellier, France)
- Jay Hetrick (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
- Eduard Heyning (Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, Netherlands)
- Kazuta Hirose (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan)
- Denise Ho (Edinburgh University, United Kingdom)
- Juno Hoay-Fern (Malaya University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
- John Hocking (Indipendent Scholar)
- Namiko Josefine Holzapfel (Zurich University, Switzerland)
- Thierry Hoquet (Paris Nanterre, France)
- Ado Huygens (International Federation of Daseinsanalysis IFDA)
- Satoki Hyodo (Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan)
- Farhan M. Idris (Radboud University, Nijmegen, China)
- Mika Imono (Strasbourg University, France)
- Anthony Inutsuka (Indipendent Scholar)
- Yu Inutsuka (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
- Yuko Ishihara (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Daryl Jamieson (Showa University of Music, Kawasaki, Japan)
- Romaric Jannel (École pratique des hautes études, Paris, France)
- David W. Johnson (Boston College, United States)
- Andrew Ka Pok Tam (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
- Daniel Kamp (Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherland)
- Axel O. Karamercan (Edinburgh University, United Kingdom)
- Paulus Kaufmann (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich)
- Karsten Kenklies (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
- Tomomi Koizumi (École pratique des hautes études, Paris, France)
- Yayoi Kotani (Japan Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan)
- Adrian Kreutz (St. Andrews University, United Kingdom)
- Joel Krueger (Exeter University, United Kingdom)
- Thomasine Kushner (Belgrade University, Serbia)
- Anttoni Kuusela (Jyväskylä University, Finland)
- Moe Kuwano (Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain)
- Yukiko Kuwayama (Tokyo University, Japan)
- Martin Landschein (University of Hildesheim, Germany)
- Helio Laureano (Instituto Brasileiro de Educação Emocional, Mindfulness e Pedagogia
- Contemplativa, Brasil)
- Andrei Laurentiu* (Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France)
- Robert Lehmann (Hildesheim University, Germany)
- Hans Peter Liederbach (Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan)
- Adam Loughnane (Cork University College, Ireland)
- Michael Lucken (INALCO, Paris, France)
- Rossella Lupacchini (Federico II University, Naples, Italy)
- Darren M. MacDonald (Daito Bunka University, Tokyo, Japan)
- Lucas Nascimento Machado (San Paulo University, Brazil)
- Rebeca Maldonado (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
- John C. Maraldo (Emeritus – North Florida University, United States)
- Samuel Marie (Lyon III University, France)
- Brigid Martin (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia)
- Constantino Martins Pereira (NOVA University, Lisbon, Portugal)
- Nobuyuki Matsui (Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan)
- Valentin Matveenko (Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia)
- Graham Mayeda (Ottawa University, Canada)
- Lucy McCormick (Glasgow University, United Kingdom)
- Hanna McGaughey (Trier University, Germany)
- Zhao Miao (Beijing University, China)
- Sergej Milanovic (Copenhagen University, Denmark)
- Christoph Mittmann (Zurich University, Switzerland)
- Oleksandr Mostipan (National Aerospace Zhukovsky University, Kharkiv, Ukraine)
- Ramūnas Motiekaitis (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
- Rossa O Muireartaigh (Aichi Prefectural University, Nagakute, Japan)
- Ralf Müller (Indipendent Scholar)
- Annes Muzaferija (Ljubljana University, Slovenia)
- Tomoe Nakamura (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
- Francesco Nalin (Padova University, Italy)
- Jonatan Navarro (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain)
- Kazuaki Niwa (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan)
- Anna Novikova (Higher School of Economics, Russia)
- Shigeto Nuki (Senshu University, Chiyoda, Japan)
- Mathias Nygaard (Newman Institute, Uppsala, Sweden)
- Tadashi Ogawa (Emeritus – Kyoto University, Japan)
- Junichi Ono (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Nicolás M. Orozco (El Bosque University, Bogotá, Colombia)
- Eberhard Ortland (Bielefeld University, Germany)
- Masao Osajima (Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism)
- Tony Pacyna (Heidelberg University, Germany)
- Ellie Palmer (Liverpool University, United Kingdom)
- Theodore Paradise (Indipendent Scholar)
- Damian Peikert (Heidelberg University, Germany)
- Montserrat Crespín Perales (Barcelona University, Spain)
- Tara Peternell (Ljubljana University, Slovenia)
- Matthew Peters (Australian University of Theology, Australia)
- Ruben Pfizenmeier (Freie University, Berlin, Germany)
- Raphaël Pierrès (Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France)
- Ahmet Can Pirtici (Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan)
- Diogo César Porto da Silva (Minas Gerais Federal University, Brazil)
- Luis Miguel Pujadas Torres (Balearic Islands University, Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
- Lalit Rao (Cinema Poet Media Group, France)
- Anton Heinrich Rennesland (Santo Tomas University, Manila, the Philippines)
- Florencia di Rocco (Pantheon Sorbonne, Paris, France)
- Thomas Josef Roth (DOK Haus, Berlin, Germany)
- Markus Ruesch (Freie University, Berlin, Germany)
- Riho Sakai (Meiji University, Chiyoda, Japan)
- Hannah Sasaoka-Berns (Edinburgh University, United Kingdom)
- Maki Sato (University of Tokyo, Japan)
- Frauke Schlitz (Artist)
- Rainer Schulzer (Tōyō University, Tokyo, Japan)
- Jordanco Sekulovski (Kobe University, Japan)
- Kyle Michael James Shuttleworth (Akita International University, Japan)
- Sofia Simitzi (University of Ioannina, Greece)
- Niklas Söderman (Tallinn University, Estonia)
- Moritz Sommet (Fribourg University, Switzerland)
- Rei Sonden (Nanjing University, China)
- Cody Staton (Leuven Catholic University, Belgium)
- Kenn Nakata Steffensen (Tokyo University, Japan)
- Jan Stanisław Steiner (Zurich University, Switzerland)
- Jamie Stephenson (York St. John University, United Kingdom)
- Richard Stone (Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan)
- Jan Straßheim (Independent Scholar)
- Yusuke Suzumura (Hosei University, Chiyoda, Japan)
- Alexandre Taalba (Vincennes Saint Denis, Paris, France)
- Ferenc Takó (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary)
- Munir Hossain Talukder (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)
- Lou Thomine (Cologne University, Germany)
- Friso Timmenga (Groningen University, Netherland)
- Liliana Timóteo (Lusófona University, Lisboa, Portugal)
- Joseph William Turner (Wisconsin University, Madison, United States)
- Mayuko Uehara (Kyoto University, Japan)
- Satoshi Urai (Kyoto University, Japan)
- Jordi Vallverdú (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)
- Ferran de Vargas (Edinburgh University, United Kingdom)
- Mathieu Verret (Laval University, Québec, Canada)
- Kristýna Vojtíšková (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic)
- Annewieke Vroom (Amsterdam University, Netherland)
- Dario Vuger (Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek, Croatia)
- François-Lucien Vulliermet (Antwerp University, Netherland)
- Shinya Watanabe (Temple University, Japan)
- René Willemsen (Indipendent Scholar)
- Fernando Wirtz (Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany)
- Tomoaki Yamada (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France)
- Tak-lap Yeung (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
- Nikoleta Zampaki (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
- Davide Andrea Zappulli (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
- Cai Zhenyang (Michael) (Edinburgh University, United Kingdom)
- Anna Zschauer (Hildesheim University, Germany)


