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Profile:
Name: Shoichiro Iwakiri
Age: 65 (born in 1959)
Current position: President, ICU
Specialty: French literature, drama
[Main research themes]
Modern and contemporary French poetry, with a special focus on Baudelaire. His interests also include theory and practice of French drama translation.

Education:
1983 Graduated from the Faculty of Letters, the University of Tokyo with a B.A. (area of specialization: French Language and Literature)
1988 Received an M.A. in French Language and Literature from the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo
1991 Completed the coursework requirements for his doctoral program in French Language and Literature at the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo
1993 L' Université Paris 7, Science de Textes et Documents, troisième cycle (Completed Third cycle and received DEA from the Department of Science of Texts and Documents, Paris Diderot University [Paris 7])

Positions held:
1996 Assistant Professor of the College of Liberal Arts, ICU
2007 Professor of the College of Liberal Arts, ICU
2011 Director of the Admissions Center, ICU
2019 Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, ICU

Awards:
2008 The 15th Yuasa Yoshiko Prize (section of drama translation)