Cultivation of Human Resources

Special Research Student System
Research Progress Presentation & Doctoral Dissertation Presentations: 8 times
Publication of Student Papers in BulletinⅠ- Ⅸ: 113 papers
Acceptance of International Special Research Students: 26 students from 14 countries

Financial Support for Young Researchers
Employment of Visiting Research Associates: 13 associates
Support for Project of Special Research Students: 7 students

Incentive Programme of Overseas Study
Overseas Study of Visiting Research Associates: 8 associates (six-month stay as visiting researcher)

USA: Columbia University, Cornell University, The Ohio State University
UK: University of London
Germany: The Free University of Berlin

Holders of Ph. Ds: 16 students
Full-time Positions: 13 students

Academic Achievements

Symposiums, Conferences, and Lectures:
558 events (2002-2006)

International Symposiums
Co-hosting with Embassies: Ireland, the French Republic, Czech, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Mongolia

Restorative Productions
Revival Performances of Joruri
Restorative Reading of French Classical Drama
Performance of Paul Claudel's Dance Drama La femme et son ombre
Textual Reconstruction of Ancient Noh Okina sarugaku

Document Digitalisation and Public Database
Digital Recording of Collected Material: 500,000 items
Database Access: 3,500,000 hits (in a year)

Publication of Academic Accomplishments
The Institute for Theatre Research Bulletin: 9 volumes (221 papers)
The Institute for Theatre Research Report: 3 volumes
Book Publications: 12 books

Accomplishments of Particular Merit
Discovery of Fragment of Long-Lost Silent Movie Masterpiece The Case of Lena Smith by Josef von Sternberg (Prof. Komatsu Hiroshi)
Discovery of Copy of Zeami nohgaku ron [Zeami's Theory of the Art of Noh] "Sando [The Three Ways]" (Prof. Takemoto Mikio)
Host for "Borderless Beckett: International Samuel Beckett Symposium in Tokyo, 2006" (Prof. Okamuro Minako)