Chatham University is an American university that has coeducational academic programs through the doctoral level, with its primary campus located in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Chatham University maintains its Chatham Eastside location at the corner of Shadyside and the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. This facility serves the health science and interior architecture programs. In 2013, Chatham opened its Eden Hall Campus, located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Richland Township, to house the Falk School of Sustainability & Environment. The current university student population of 2,110 includes 1,002 undergraduate students and 1,108 graduate students. The University grants certificates and degrees including bachelor, master, first-professional, and doctorate in the School of Arts, Science & Business, the School of Health Sciences, and the Falk School of Sustainability & Environment.
Niijima Jō, better known by his English name Joseph Hardy Neesima, was a Japanese missionary and educator of the Meiji era who founded Doshisha English School.
James Martin Holman, Jr. is a literary translator, professor, puppeteer, and puppet theater director. He did his graduate work in Japanese literature at the University of California, Berkeley.
Teikyo University is a private university headquartered in the Itabashi ward of Tokyo, Japan. It was established in 1931 as Teikyo Commercial High School (帝京商業高等学校). It became Teikyo University in 1966. It is part of Teikyo Group, a multinational educational foundation that also operates language and cultural exchange facilities at pre-university levels in various countries.
Kamigyō-ku (上京区) is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Located in the center of the present-day city of Kyoto, Japan it previously occupied the northern region of the ancient capital of Kyoto. The Kamo River flows on the eastern border of the ward. The area was previously a district of residences for the royalty and upper classes in the old capital.
Ofer Feldman is a Professor of Political Psychology and Political Behavior at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.
Juliet Winters Carpenter is an American translator of modern Japanese literature. Born in the American Midwest, she studied Japanese literature at the University of Michigan and the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo. After completing her graduate studies in 1973, she returned to Japan in 1975, where she became involved in translation efforts and teaching.
Kizugawa is a city located in southern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is the southernmost city in the prefecture and it is named after the Kizu River, a tributary of the Yodo River, which runs through the city. Kizugawa City is a part of the Kansai Science City project and houses research facilities of several corporations, including Rohto Pharmaceutical and Omron.
Dōshishamae Station is a railway station in Kyōtanabe, Kyoto, Japan.
Issei Tajima is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Hikone, Shiga he earned his undergraduate degree in Chuo University, study-abroad credit in Carleton College in Minnesota, United States and master's degree in Doshisha University. He was elected for the first time in 2005.
Niijima Yae, also known as Yamamoto Yaeko, was a Japanese woman of the late Edo period who lived into the early Shōwa period. She was famously known as the wife of Joseph Hardy Neesima, the founder of Doshisha English School in 1875, and with a help of American missionary Alice J. Starkweather, they co-founded the Doshisha Girls’ School a year later.
The Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies, or KCJS, is a study abroad program founded in 1989 and currently housed at Doshisha University (同志社大学) in Kyoto, Japan. Operated by a consortium of universities, the program is centered on advanced Japanese language training combined with Japanese or English-language coursework for college credit. Students are also encouraged to participate in homestay programs during their time at the program. Faculty also requires students to take part in a Community Involvement Project (CIP) which gets students involved in local teams, clubs, groups or organizations at Doshisha University, Kyoto University, or other nearby and unaffiliated places.
Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts is a private women's college in Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1876, and it was chartered as a university in 1949.
Demachiyanagi Station is a railway station located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Doshisha Business School (DBS) is the Graduate School of Business at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.
Kansai Big6 Baseball League is a collegiate baseball league located in central Kansai region of Japan, stretching from Hyōgo in the west to Kyoto in the east. The league joined the All Japan University Baseball Federation in 1951.
Doshisha Women's Junior College is a private junior college in Kyōtanabe, Kyoto, Japan.
Atsushi Oyagi is a former rugby union player who played as lock, rugby commentator, tarento, educator and school corporate president. He is 190 cm tall. He is affiliated to Shochiku Geino.
Tasuku Harada was a Japanese pastor and the president of Doshisha University from 1907 to 1919. Harada started the University of Hawaii's Japanese Studies department in 1922.
